Five things that 2003 taught me:
1) Change and evolution will always occur in my life.
2) Nothing is gained through complacency.
3) My disciples hold true greatness.
4) The Way in my life will not be easy to follow, but the journey will be a great reward.
5) I must expand my knowledge and influences in order to progress.
Five personally significant events of 2003:
1) Spending time with Ashley in July.
2) Days spent with my disciples April and Wanda.
3) Becoming closer with some new friends.
4) Reading The Tao of Inner Peace
5) The invasion of Iraq, because it was a terrible event that depressed me greatly.
Five things I want to do in 2004:
1) Write more often and with better skills.
2) Attain a job.
3) Spend more time with my disciples.
4) Finish reading all the novels I currently have sitting on my desk.
5) Begin practicing playing my guitar.
Five things I don’t want to do in 2004:
1) Become complacent again
2) Lose any of my friends
3) Remain poor
4) Be silent
5) Compromise my beliefs
Five external things I want to see happen in 2004:
1) Bush and his regime leave power to be replaced by a competent and compassionate leader.
2) Canada’s government to shift further left.
3) Same-sex marriages become legalized completely.
4) Greater compassion and peace developed for the world.
5) The A.I.D.S. epidemic addressed properly.
Five external things I don’t want to see happen in 2004:
1) Bush remain in power.
2) The new Canadian conservative party gaining much support.
3) Further corporate mingling. (i.e. AOL Time Warner Clear Channel Satan)
4) Another war begin.
5) The spread of poverty, disease and famine.
Five musical acts you all need to watch out for in 2004:
1) Poe – she will hopefully have a new album for us in the new year
2) Eyes For Telescopes – here’s hoping they’ll put a new album out in 2004
3) Matthew Good – he’s working on a new one, and it should be great as usual
4) Broken Social Scene – they’ll surely continue to make quality music
5) Fiona Apple – she plans to have a new album ready for release in 2004