futureme.org [e-mail yourself in the future] redux

I knew I'd get around to using this website somehow. I'm too into this dippy stuff to not. Fay e-mailed me her new years resolutions and asked me my own, and I responded accordingly. And then I copied the e-mail to FUTURE ME, but only future me a few months later. The thinking is that it'll help to be reminded of them a few months in.

Now that I think of it, I'm preeetty sure you can just time-delay an e-mail in Outlook or some other e-mail client, but hush. Futureme.org.

Letter to Self

I secretly love when I'm forced to write a 'letter to myself' for one reason or another. In a letter I wrote myself in high school (written in 9th grade and read in 12th grade, I believe), one of the things  I asked myself was, "What is the price of gas now? It is currently $X." Unfortunately, usually I need to be forced to do it. When I get the motivation, I will write myself a future e-mail using this website.



http://www.futureme.org/

Some actual words of wisdom

"Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not... genius will not... education alone will not. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent."

- Ray Kroc, Founder of McDonalds

"paper plates" and "sugar cones"

I used to be really into ceramics back in high school my senior year, particularly after I took all of my AP tests and no longer had to go to class in June and could work in the art studio for massive portions of time during the day. I find myself in a somewhat similar situation now, with a lot of inspiration all around me. These are plates by Sin by Virgina Sin, and I think I could create some personalized facsimiles in the ceramics studio here at school since I've just bought a year-round pass to the studio.

Same goes for these sugar cones:

It's a feat to be both adorable and genius, but these make the cut.

A Secret

So one of my secret desires/goals in life is to be depicted in one of the WSJ's photo-realistic sketches. It looks to me that there are two ways to achieve this - to be famous (e.g. Warren Buffet, who I'm sure has had his share of WSJ features) or to be infamous (I distinctly recall seeing Paris Hilton once).

This guy took the latter route (see FBI Arrests Danny Pang), but I wonder if he still has some sort of perverse pride in being featured. I mean, he looks pretty good here.


P.S. Way to run a Ponzi scheme, asshole. Today it was reported that sixteen thousand Taiwanese customers have invested money with Mr. Pang.
P.P.S. Gosh, do I love the WSJ.