Day 1 (Post 100)

This blog, on it's 100th post, has been given a new purpose: to monitor the progress of my next 500 days here on Earth.

My latest project was inspired, if only in it's name, by the movie 500 Days of Summer. I would say the inspiration ends there, though. I am not Zooey Deschanel or any other cute little hipster chick. I am not a love-struck dude. I'm just me. With my blog. And 500 days ahead of me, the contents of which I cannot begin to predict.

This, then, doesn't make my blog so different than usual. The main change lies in my spirit and the attitude with which I will approach this corner of the Internet which I so happily call my own. It is now an adventure. A captain's log of my stargazing, musing, and sometimes merely surviving. Sounds pretty [self'-]important, huh? It is.

So here we are. Day One.

As a way of starting things off, I'll look into the murky waters of the future. How long, exactly is 500 days? Well, if today is Monday February 1, 2010 then 500 days from now will be Thursday June 16, 2011.

I'm not setting any goals for where I want to be in the next 500 days or who I want to be for that matter. Here are things that will be true.

It will be Summer, an escape from this miserable chilly weather now.
I'll be a year (and a half) older, putting me at 24.
A full moon will occur on June 15, so I'm guessing it'll still look pretty full.

And here's the present, for posterity's sake.

I'm 23. It's Winter here in Philadelphia (and I'm freezing!). The moon was full the other night but still looked nice last night. It's sunny outside as I type. Current room conditions are a little untidy with a great need to go buy some cleaning supplies from the rite aid (my room is a litter box...).

Also, I quit smoking today. Let's see if I can make it all 500 days!