Mo' Dernity, Mo' Problems

20 years ago I...
1. ...found Lego and Matchbox cars fascinating.
2. ...hoarded coins and Halloween candy.
3. ...pretended that strategically placed pillows constituted a fort.

10 years ago I...
1. ...listened to Led Zeppelin like it was my job.
2. ...was a Boy Scout.
3. ...spent my free time in Karate class.

5 years ago I...
1. ...got a D in Discrete Math.
2. ...contemplated dropping out of college and joining the army.
3. ...spent the summer working for GE and living in the Rocket House.

3 years ago I...
1. ...earned money by working for the Yale Dining Hall and the Yale Library and by volunteering for lots of studies.
2. ...spent 10 months living in the BOSH house, some of the time with a compulsive liar.
3. ...commuted on the BQE .

1 year ago I...
1. ...lived on the 3rd floor of a mansion-become-school.
2. ...contemplated grad school.
3. ...printed a playbill for the Mikado.

So far this year I...
1. ...quit smoking.
2. ...learned PL/SQL .
3. ...recieved honorary membership in the Yale undergraduate class of 2008.

Yesterday I...
1. ... discovered that soup eaten straight from the can is not only easy, but not all that disgusting.
2. ...listened to Murders in the Rue Morgue on my $7 walkman about 8 times, despite the fact that this required flipping the tape over and fast-forwarding since the thing has no rewind button.
3. ...went to bed around 9:30.

Today I will...
1. ...make last minute bug fixes to my code before the 5 PM deploy.
2. ...feel guilty about not going to the gym.
3. ...drive from New Haven to Yorktown.

Tomorrow I will...
1. ...hike at Mohonk Preserve.
2. ...catch up on some reading.
3. ...hang with my family.

In the next year I will...
1. ...get a job title more exalted than "Intern."
2. ...move to a dump to save money.
3. ...learn to cook something other than curry.