First, I have to say that's a much more morbid title than something like, "What You Want to Do With Your Life."
Okay, in no particular order:
1. learn Japanese (I can start on this one next year)
2. travel to Japan
3. live in Tokyo for a period no shorter than a month or so
4. get a mustard yellow Vespa moped with a big P on one side, just like Haruko has, and tour northern Japan
5. get married to... a person... this one person, in fact, that I know... I like her... a lot
6. do, y'know, *that* with a person I actually care about
7. live in Seattle
8. graduate from the University of Washington with at least a 4-year degree
9. be a voice actor for at least one high-quality, fairly well-received animated series (Kevin McDonald, Nick Bakay, and Richard Horvitz are like, my heroes in that category)
10. become some sort of scientist, either a herbologist, a geneticist, or some kind of scientist of physics, chemistry or biology, in a position where I can somehow make the world a better place
11. make my political views known, in an attempt to end the ridiculous governing of our world
12. become a manga-style artist and/or a writer (I don't care if I'm well-known... maybe an indie)
13. dabble in computer game programming and the stock market
14. make at least one person happy every single day of my life
15. be happy myself every single day of my life
16. be financially secure, with enough money to do the things I want to do
17. get a happy and meaningful ending to MegaTokyo... I always like it when the geeky, low self-esteem, nice guy gets the equally nice, attractive, intelligent, quirky and funny girl, simply because of his personality and intelligence and not because of his physical appearance, and because deep down they were absolutely made for each other, and the way it's being set up, Piro and Kimiko seem like a match made in heaven, only they both have low self-esteems and Piro is kind of clueless, and Kimiko recognizes Piro as someone who really understands her, but she hasn't realized that he likes her, nor admitted to herself that she likes him, and meanwhile all these things are going on, and I really hope Piro ends up with Kimiko, because I really like a happy ending and I can definitely relate to Piro, liking a girl a lot but thinking she doesn't like him, only in MegaTokyo she really does like him, so maybe the girl I like likes me too and if I just worked up the nerve and told her I like her she would tell me she likes me and everything would be okay
P.S. Don't let my rant turn you off from MegaTokyo. It's not just romance, it has a perfect balance of the sci-fi, the fantasy, the parody sci-fi and fantasy, the action, the high-brow comedy, the slap-stick, the romance, all just thrown in together with a cast of colorful and deep characters and portrayed in both excellent dialogue and quality manga-style art.
P.P.S. Hey wow, I just realized how many goals I have! Why am I still sitting around all mopy and not determined like a fat couch potato? I can reach those goals, dammit! I'm going to reach them!
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