futureme

i guess that by now people would have heard of the new fad of sending emails to yourself in the future. the idea doesn't appeal to me too much; after all, what might one say?

1) i trust that by now you'll have accomplished ________
(an obvious setup for disappointment)

2) please remember to continue eating your vegetables/getting sunshine and exercise/loving your neighbour etc.
(as if failing to keep resolutions one year at a time is not enough, you can now look back over a span of five or more years and realise what a failure you've been during that time.)

3) you are a child of the universe, no less than the trees or the stars, etc.
(if you know it, you know it. if you don't, there's no point telling yourself)

4) the mundane
(keep a journal)

5) the random
(get a life. yes, that refers to me as well. and you.)

so, eliminating all the above, i guess i'd be left with something like this

dear j_______,

this message was written on the 22nd of december, 2005. lots will happen between now and when you next read this. some of it will be awesome, and some of it will make you wish you could vanish into a singularity and never re-emerge.

i hope more of it was awesome.

sincerely
~j_______