Where do you see yourself twenty years from now?

[darklinensuit]

Originally posted by GardenStateGirlie
Okay...let me bring it down a notch for you...

pot. kettle. black.

lamp. denim. blue.

get it?

Coach. Exit. Jersey.

Neat patterns.

- Jake

[GardenStateGirlie]

Originally posted by darklinensuit
Coach. Exit. Jersey.

Neat patterns.

- Jake

Ahh...I can always count on you to bring Jersey into it.... perhaps I need to start with Philly??

[pianogirl04]

Here we go. I should so be sleeping but who needs sleep? I stayed up till 5 yesterday. Not me.

Living where?
Houston, LA, or... or... not here. I think. My mom will be in Houston and I don't know where I'll be, I might still be living with my friend in her LA apartment. Life will *never* be dull.

Family?
My grandmother will have passed away, my cousin has graduated from Berklee, my dad's lost touch with me, Mom's in Houston with her cats and her fish, and me? Probably not. I'll be on the road.

Career-wise?
Oh yeah, baby. On stage almost every night. Or trying not to go nuts in the studio. (I just get the feeling I wouldn't like having walls that close me in like that.) Mom will be glad she got her aspiring little musician that iBook ten years earlier. I may not exactly be a lead singer, but hey - when the girl behind the keyboards starts singing, don't you dare try to shut her up. I'm gonna guess I'll have at least three of them, btw... just random guess. Maybe four. Or five. Depends. And with my luck I'll still be driving the same SUV I'm begging my 'rents for now (a hybrid one).

Hobbies?
I'm gonna have a trampoline when I grow up. I'm serious. In ground pool with a slide and a trampoline. And a swing. (I have Asperger's syndrome.) Outside of that... writing, reading, and probably working with autistic or deaf children when I'm not on the road. Chasing down Chris Isaak with my best friend. We'll never stop. Hopefully I'll have a life by then.

Accomplishments?
Hopefully I'll have figured out a good pseudonym for my last name because I know this one isn't going to make it in showbiz... and I'll have that name on a few albums, at least. Lots of touring. Lots of singing going on. Other than that, just working with challenged kids, maybe I'll have gotten my interpreting license by then and maybe I'll be doing Braille transcription on the side. But I will never recover from the culture shock of moving from one place to another overnight. Ever. Much less living in LA. But I don't care about the awards -- I'm just seeing myself looking at the crowd, only I'm behind the keyboards this time. I can't wait. It makes me all warm and fuzzy just thinking about it.

Bedtime for little aspiring keyboardists like me. Nite nite.

[darklinensuit]

Originally posted by GardenStateGirlie
Ahh...I can always count on you to bring Jersey into it.... perhaps I need to start with Philly??

Yo, you's can start, finish, and keep them both.

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

Originally posted by pianogirl04
Here we go. I should so be sleeping but who needs sleep? I stayed up till 5 yesterday. Not me.

Living where?
Houston, LA, or... or... not here. I think. My mom will be in Houston and I don't know where I'll be, I might still be living with my friend in her LA apartment. Life will *never* be dull.

Family?
My grandmother will have passed away, my cousin has graduated from Berklee, my dad's lost touch with me, Mom's in Houston with her cats and her fish, and me? Probably not. I'll be on the road.

Career-wise?
Oh yeah, baby. On stage almost every night. Or trying not to go nuts in the studio. (I just get the feeling I wouldn't like having walls that close me in like that.) Mom will be glad she got her aspiring little musician that iBook ten years earlier. I may not exactly be a lead singer, but hey - when the girl behind the keyboards starts singing, don't you dare try to shut her up. I'm gonna guess I'll have at least three of them, btw... just random guess. Maybe four. Or five. Depends. And with my luck I'll still be driving the same SUV I'm begging my 'rents for now (a hybrid one).

Hobbies?
I'm gonna have a trampoline when I grow up. I'm serious. In ground pool with a slide and a trampoline. And a swing. (I have Asperger's syndrome.) Outside of that... writing, reading, and probably working with autistic or deaf children when I'm not on the road. Chasing down Chris Isaak with my best friend. We'll never stop. Hopefully I'll have a life by then.

Accomplishments?
Hopefully I'll have figured out a good pseudonym for my last name because I know this one isn't going to make it in showbiz... and I'll have that name on a few albums, at least. Lots of touring. Lots of singing going on. Other than that, just working with challenged kids, maybe I'll have gotten my interpreting license by then and maybe I'll be doing Braille transcription on the side. But I will never recover from the culture shock of moving from one place to another overnight. Ever. Much less living in LA. But I don't care about the awards -- I'm just seeing myself looking at the crowd, only I'm behind the keyboards this time. I can't wait. It makes me all warm and fuzzy just thinking about it.

Bedtime for little aspiring keyboardists like me. Nite nite.

Why Houston? Because your mom will be here? I live here, & even I don't want to be here in twenty years.

I hope you have a big yard. A trampoline next to a swimming pool sounds like a dangerous set-up. Or fun. Your call.
Good night.

- Jake

[laurie816]

Twenty years from now, I see myself twenty years older and that alone is depressing!!

Hopefully, we will be living in a bigger house. We are outgrowing the one we are in now very quickly.

My son will be 28 and hopefully very successful in whatever endeavor he chooses. Most importantly, I wish him health and happiness. I'm looking forward to seeing him with his own little family.

Hopefully, my husband and I will be able to travel more. As corny as it sounds, our dream is just to travel around the country in an RV and just enjoy life with no worries.

My father is already gone. I don't know if my mother will be around or not...and that's not a cheery thought...so I'll end it right there.

Basically, I don't see much changing. But that's okay, 'cause I kinda like the way things are now.

[pianogirl04]

Why Houston? Because your mom will be here? I live here, & even I don't want to be here in twenty years.

When I went to Houston last October I liked it and my mom used to live there twenty years ago (haha) and she's sworn that when I go off to college, she's moving back. But trust me, I don't want to have to live with her or within obligatory visiting distance if I don't have to. My family scares me.

I hope you have a big yard. A trampoline next to a swimming pool sounds like a dangerous set-up. Or fun. Your call.

lol, I didn't catch that. That should show me for writing that at 2:30. As long as I have the trampoline I'm okay. I'm too scared to jump from it to the pool, although I used to babysit kids who did that. Same kids that woke up every morning and started chasing each other throughout the house. As for me, I just gotta bounce. Or rock. Or something repetitive.

[darklinensuit]

Originally posted by laurie816

Basically, I don't see much changing. But that's okay, 'cause I kinda like the way things are now.

Ahh, a rare bird...the content human being.

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

Originally posted by pianogirl04
But trust me, I don't want to have to live with her or within obligatory visiting distance if I don't have to. My family scares me.

Some day we'll trade stories.

- Jake

[GardenStateGirlie]

Originally posted by darklinensuit
Some day we'll trade stories.

- Jake

When your relatives are an episode of The Sopranos (minus the killing and strip club) gone terribly wrong, then talk to me. My dads side of the family? Good grief.

We do this big Italian thing Christmas Eve...the whole Seven Fish....gathering in my grandparents house with their midget Christmas tree. It's a friendly reminder of why it is only once a year that we see each other

[darklinensuit]

Originally posted by GardenStateGirlie
When your relatives are an episode of The Sopranos (minus the killing and strip club) gone terribly wrong, then talk to me. My dads side of the family? Good grief.

We do this big Italian thing Christmas Eve...the whole Seven Fish....gathering in my grandparents house with their midget Christmas tree. It's a friendly reminder of why it is only once a year that we see each other

I'm telling you, my family makes the Jacksons look like the Waltons. You have no idea. Just to give you some sense, I am absolutely the normal one. Really. And by far. Really.

- Jake

[GardenStateGirlie]

Originally posted by darklinensuit
I'm telling you, my family makes the Jacksons look like the Waltons. You have no idea. Just to give you some sense, I am absolutely the normal one. Really. And by far. Really.

- Jake

I wasn't aware that "Jake" was synonymous with "normal."

Damn.

That is all.

Carry on.

[laurie816]

Originally posted by darklinensuit
Ahh, a rare bird...the content human being.

- Jake

I try to be!!

I'm grateful for what I have, however small and humble it may seem.

[Carolina Girl]

I'm grateful for what I have, however small and humble it may seem.

A Satisifed Mind

[Pisces Queen]

Well I just went down memory lane in the 20 years ago thread now I will look to the future. What do I see in my crystal visions? HMMMM......although I like living in Dallas I can't see myself here in 20 years. Too much of a rat race. I would like to move to Montana and live on a ranch or maybe Arizona and live in the dessert. In 20 yours my son will be 32. That's wild. I do want more children but feel I need to make that decision soon. It's hard to tell which way I will go. I can see myself not having another child and traveling the world. Or I can see having another baby or two and raising them. I know I will never go back home to Oklahoma. I have moved on emotionally and can't see myself living in that depressing small town. As far as my career goes I hope I will be close to retiring. I will be 53. Wow 53 ~ I wonder what I will look like or what my son will look like as a grown man? I just hope the next 20 years the world will see that hate and violence is not the way to live. I think the next 20 years will be a turning point for America. We can't keep going the path we are on with weapons off mass destruction and a president that doesn’t give a flying flip about the people in this county.