eleven months, two weeks, and a day to go

yep, that’s all she wrote according to the mayans…

…of course, can you actually FIND a mayan to check that shit?

(and i don’t mean the latin gang in S.O.A. – that would be cheating)

but just in case we’re all gonna go shit house in the next year, and we’ve already made it through “the last” Christmas, and in a few months i’ll be doing “the last” juneteenth bbq, i figured i’d kinda re-do (but not really) a sixer i did just before i turned forty – the one that was of the “bucket list” variety. the things i wanted to do before i turned forty i, for the most part, didn’t do…

…”most part” my ass; i think i went zero for six.

but this is the “do or die” bucket list, ’cause if the mayans and john cusak flicks have anything to say about it, we’re all pretty well fucked in eleven months and some change…

the final bucket list sixer (maybe – depending on apocalyptic conditions)

6. stay on top of the whore – i’m kinda cheating here. as of when this ie being written, i’m doing it rather nicely, now that i’ve realized my own set of rules for this (don’t try and write at the shop, don’t try and force bits out of my brainus, etc) but can i keep up the pace? time will tell – just not TOO much time…

5. get the place looking nice – i like heading off to vacation with the house looking nice. i figure if i’m gonna go out for good, might as well leave nice looking rubble so future post-apocalyptic types can go, “damn – for a single guy he kept a nice place…and had a SHIT-LOAD of music!”

4. build up more debt – admittedly, this is hedging my bets on the mayan prophecy, but you can’t take it with you – and that phrase includes DEBT, so i’ve always said, “if you die owing them money, you WON!!!”

3. drama free since ’03 – okay, that’s kinda bullshit, as that was the year right BEFORE alex and we all know that was far from drama-free. but since ’08-’09? MUCH more drama-free…and at this point, pretty much 100% drama free. plan on riding this theme out till the end, be it 2012 or 2072…

2. reaching for the 10K – for all who thinks this is me implying i wanna run some kind of foot race, punch yourself in the face ’cause you obviously don’t know me worth a shit. i drive a nice car for one reason – i LIKE to drive. i have no need to run a 10K when i can drive it much faster AND more comfortably. no, this is an iTunes reference – sitting at (checks it) 9,255 songs as of when this is being written (which is 12/5/2011 to ruin some of the magic but shows number six on this list is coming along nicely) so we’ll see how things play out here. i figured one of these needed to be realistic, unlike…

1. don’t worry, be happy – this pretty much sums ’em all up, i suppose. always wanted to accomplish this in my lifetime, guess it’s now or never…