The predictions.
written by Julie R. Neidlinger 11 comments link this postFrom Jim's blog, regarding what I have to say about 2008:
1. Will you be looking for a new job? Ha ha. HA HA HA HA. ha. heh. sniff. sob.
2. Will you be looking for a new relationship? I don't go looking for trouble.
3. New house? Not at all.
4. What will you do different in 08? Absolutely nothing. I'm fully in a rut.
5. New Years resolution? None whatsoever.
6. What will you not be doing in 08? Winning beauty pageants and making lots of money.
7. Any trips planned? Nicaragua. Maybe out west. Who knows.
8. Wedding plans? Yes. I'm playing violin for a wedding. Does that count?
9. Major thing on your calendar? The coil which holds the pages together.
10. What can’t you wait for? For 2008 to be over.
11. What would you like to see happen differently? To quit wishing things were different.
12. What about yourself will you be changing? More wrinkles. Longer hair. New running shoes.
13. What happened in 07 that you didn’t think would ever happen? That some random person could wreak havoc in my life and make me doubt my worth and value as a human being.
14. Will you be nicer to the people you care about? I wish I could say yes, but I know I'm an ingrate.
15. Will you dress differently this year than you did in 07? Yes. Smaller sizes.
16. Will you start or quit drinking? I do love water...
17. Will you better your relationship with your family? No. It's already good.
18. Will you do charity work? You know it.
19. Will you go to bars? I do like candy bars.
20. Will you be nice to people you don’t know? I wish I could say yes, but I know I'm rude.
21. Do you expect 08 to be a good year for you? No. I'm a pessimist. There are no good years.
22. How much did you change from this time last year till now? I'm jaded, less trusting, and tired of caring. On a happy note, I'm physically smaller.
23. Do you plan on having a child? Absolutely not.
24. Will you still be friends with the same people you are friends with now? Ha ha. HA HA HA HA. ha. heh. sniff. sob.
25. Major lifestyle changes? I don't know. Maybe try to run more. Debating on whether to withdraw and become more hermit-like. It's sounding good right now.
26. Will you be moving? Ha ha. HA HA HA HA. ha. heh. sniff. sob....no. Pretty sure I'll just be standing still.
27. What will you make sure doesn’t happen in 08 that happened in 07? I'm not going to be open and friendly to random people who could wreak havoc in my life and make me doubt my worth and value as a human being.
28. What are your New Years Eve plans? Same plans as any other night: supper, bath, read a book, write, sleep.
29. Will you have someone to kiss at midnight? No. And I hate you for asking. Luckily, I'll be asleep by midnight.
30. One prayer for 08? That God would further his purpose in/for me, even if he doesn’t tell me what it is. (I am taking Jim's answer, because it's the one I wish I'd said.)
Copyright (c) Julie R. Neidlinger 12/27/2007 10:26:00 PM
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11 Comments:
Not to nitpick, but..
Okay, maybe I AM NITPICKING, but so what.
I think you meant "the plans," not predictions. You predict things you have no control over. You can, for example, move to California. Trust me, it's not as bad as they say.
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David Cho, at
28/12/07 01:43
Not quite sure what to comment ...
I will take exception to number 20. You have been very nice to me.
By Rey, at
28/12/07 08:05
Julie: I don't what kind of jerk "random human being" would "wreak havoc" in your life. I am never had any doubt about your worth. Your blog makes me laugh and at the same time gives me many things to think about. That to me is indeed a gift you have and you share with us.
By 
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28/12/07 09:15
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By girlfriday, at
29/12/07 19:35
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By girlfriday, at
29/12/07 19:39
I simply must know the other two.
By Julie R. Neidlinger, at
29/12/07 20:06
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By girlfriday, at
29/12/07 21:30
I think of my "there are no good years" statement as "Dickensian Negation."
That is, there is no year (that I've experienced so far, and I can only answer for my experience) that I would say was "good." There are, instead, years filled with the best of times and the worst of times, which, in some sort of bastardized ideological or verbal mathematics, seem to cancel each other out.
Just as there are no good years, there are no bad years, either.
There are just years. Time.
Good time. Bad time. And just neutral, evenly-balanced, years.
I don't find this depressing. Rather, it's kind of nice. No pressure on any year to be better than the rest. No need to feel bad about a year because it seems to be going badly. A year is a rotation about the sun. A mark on the ruler of life.
Now, if I said something like "there are no good moments in life", I would take your verbal beating and rightly so.
But there are no good years.
At least, for me, not yet. And so my theory stands.
By Julie R. Neidlinger, at
29/12/07 22:08
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By girlfriday, at
29/12/07 23:09
Perhaps 'twas a bad day to answer the questions.
(That is....if there are bad days...)
I'm up for an ass kicking.
So says the masochist.
By Julie R. Neidlinger, at
29/12/07 23:14
Julie,
Here are three of my thoughts on your "predictions."
1) You won't have to go looking for trouble. It will find you, just as it did this year.
2) I am sorry that what you have been through has made you more jaded and less caring, but I hope you won't withdraw and become more hermit-like since that would make me, and I am sure, many of your other readers sad. Given the limitations of an internet friendship, I care about you and want the best for you so I understand why you wrote these words, but from a purely selfish perspective, of which I am very capable of having, I would miss your openness and vulnerability.
3) Since when do you get to bed by midnight? It seems that many of your posts, comments and our correspondence takes place later than that. Frankly, given all you do, I can;t imagine you ever sleeping. Of course there might be something with the time difference between you and me, but still . . . in bed before midnight on New Years Eve? If you are, someone ought to call you and wake you up and wish you a Happy New Year at 12:01 am.
By Will, at
30/12/07 19:19
