My crystal ball’s a little blurry: reviewing my predictions for 2007
About seventeen months ago, I posted my predictions for 2007. This post was so memorable that I complete fucking forgot about it until I found it searching for when I adopted my dog Rosie.
Let’s recap my predictions, and see if they actually came true in 2007.
- The United States will go to war with Iran. There is too much saber-rattling on behalf of Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for George W. to let slide. I’m not belittling the casualties in Iraq, but we’ll see more war-like casualty numbers if we tangle with Iran. At this point, I’d much rather support a war in Iran than one in Iraq.
Not true. At least, not that anyone is willing to admit.
- I will divest myself of Inara, my Pontiac Solstice. I would have ditched her sooner, but the wintertime is the wrong time to sell a convertible.
True. And thank goodness. I was thinking about this the other day, and the Solstice was by far the worst-built car I have ever owned (and I have owned eleven thus far).
- I will get laid off in June. Re-employment options include hit man or coffee shop manager. Maybe both.
True … sort of. I was laid off in late October. I am not yet a hit man nor a coffee shop manager.
- The AD&D campaign played at my house will dissolve as The Proto-Lawyer™ graduates and moves up to Northern Virginia to live with The Accountant™.
True.
- A major repair for the house. I am strongly leaning towards water heater failure. The poor thing is almost fifteen years old.
False. I didn’t have anything major happen to the house, except some siding is starting to rot on the backside of the house.
Three out of five isn’t bad. 🙂 Admittedly, the one about Iran was a longshot, and I already knew I wanted to get rid of Inara. Any predictions for 2008? No, not this year. Besides, I’d be cheating with the year halfway done, right?
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