{"id":139,"date":"2005-01-03T11:36:17","date_gmt":"2005-01-03T18:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ahniwa.com\/blog\/?p=137"},"modified":"2005-01-03T11:36:17","modified_gmt":"2005-01-03T18:36:17","slug":"ill-finish-before-im-done","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ahniwa.com\/old\/2005\/01\/03\/ill-finish-before-im-done\/","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019ll finish before I\u2019m done"},"content":{"rendered":"

The new year’s begun. Hip hip ______!<\/p>\n

My resolutions? Hmmmm …<\/p>\n

  • Get good at this dancing thing. Really good. Diversify.\n<\/li>\n
  • Take no day for granted.\n<\/li>\n
  • Write more, more often.\n<\/li>\n
  • Yoga, or some sort of healthiness, consistently.\n<\/li>\n
  • Grad School in the Fall.\n<\/li>\n
  • Enjoy people more, and be more social. Converse.\n<\/li>\n
  • Take mad pictures to document the year with new digicam.\n<\/li>\n
  • Lessen anxiety about big and scary changes.\n<\/li>\n
  • Get my finances back into the green. Pay off debts.\n<\/li>\n
  • Play more music.\n<\/li>\n
  • Explore more music. Maybe DJ at swing, or get a show on KAOS.\n<\/li>\n
  • Be gracious, unceasingly, while remaining conscious of personal needs.\n

    That’s more than enough, I say. And now, a poem.<\/p>\n

    —<\/p>\n

    — Fancy That —<\/p>\n

    Fancy that, another year has passed,
    \nhundreds of days gone by leaving
    \nmemories like dust on the sill.
    \nFancy that, back in Olympia,
    \nplotting out a future wrife with adventure;
    \noh perilous and exciting days yet to come.
    \nThere are so many tomorrows.
    \nFancy that, I still cherish the thought of you,
    \nthough time’s tarnished the picture I brought of you,
    \nand a crack runs down the frame now
    \nlike a spiderweb, or a bit of lace.
    \nFancy that, I thought I might fall in love again,
    \nso soon; but I did, and her name is:
    \nthe world, each day, the sound of the rain
    \ndropping gentle like memories into the black.
    \nFancy that, plans that precipitate action,
    \nno distance too great because I’m moving forward
    \ninstead of falling back. I’m out to sea now,
    \nsail taut pulling into the sunrise and
    \nthe sky’s red and I may never find my way back.
    \nFancy that, that fancies change;
    \nand I’m dancing again, fancying something perfect.
    \nBecause these days pass by so swift that
    \nI’d be a fool to think I’ll finish before I’m done
    \nand I think I’d rather share this thing called life.
    \nFancy that, another year has come,
    \ndifferent days and different ways to pass the time;
    \nand I’ll not look back. I’ll not look back;
    \nbecause I fancy that the future
    \nwill be a marvelous place.<\/i><\/p>\n

    —<\/p>\n

    My anthem for 2005: Eels – Mr. E’s Beautiful Blues.<\/p>\n

    “Goddamn right it’s a beautiful day.”<\/i><\/li>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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