{"id":129,"date":"2002-01-01T15:40:00","date_gmt":"2002-01-01T23:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/?p=129"},"modified":"2002-01-01T15:40:00","modified_gmt":"2002-01-01T23:40:00","slug":"129","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/?p=129","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"quote\">&#8220;Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.&#8221; &#8211; Samuel Beckett<\/div>\n<p><font face=\"Verdana\" size=\"2\">A few resolutions for this brave new year, 2002:<\/font><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><font face=\"Verdana\" size=\"2\">I will write something that will change the world. If this change is not immediate, irrevocable or earth-shattering, and if the only world it affects is my own, that will be enough. I will finish the stories that have stalled in my head. I will put pen to paper and craft new worlds from whole cloth. I will write or die trying.<\/font><\/li>\n<li><font face=\"Verdana\" size=\"2\">I will read more. My goal will be a new book every two weeks, give or take depending on length, averaging some two dozen for the year. I would like to read at least one new book <em>every<\/em> week, if not more, but I have a job and responsibilities, and I know myself too well to make promises like that.<\/font><\/li>\n<li><font face=\"Verdana\" size=\"2\">I will keep in touch with old friends, write letters, answer emails, remember birthdays. I will remember to thank others when they do the same.<\/font><\/li>\n<li><font face=\"Verdana\" size=\"2\">I will do something unexpected, I will do something that frightens me, and I will learn something new every day. I will be wiser when the year is through, and I will still have much to learn.<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/images\/122801_1.jpg\"><\/center><br \/><font face=\"Verdana\" size=\"2\">Me and my new (eternal blue pearl-colored) car. Bring it on.<\/font><\/br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.&#8221; &#8211; Samuel Beckett A few resolutions for this brave new year, 2002: I will write something that will change the world. If this change is not immediate, irrevocable or earth-shattering, and if the only world it affects is my own, that will be &#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/?p=129\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[238],"class_list":["post-129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}