{"id":1203,"date":"2008-01-22T20:24:00","date_gmt":"2008-01-22T20:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/isplotchy.com\/blog\/?p=1203"},"modified":"2013-05-04T01:43:49","modified_gmt":"2013-05-04T01:43:49","slug":"i-could-not-imagine-this-25-years-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/isplotchy.com\/blog\/2008\/01\/i-could-not-imagine-this-25-years-ago\/","title":{"rendered":"I Could Not Imagine This 25 Years Ago"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Continuing the celebration of January Is Meme Month, a tag from <a href=\"http:\/\/sprawlingramshacklecompound.blogspot.com\/2008\/01\/and-you-may-ask-yourself-wellhow-did-i.html\" target=\"_blank\">Bubs<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>He modified it a bit from how he received it, and actually made it a little easier for me to answer &#8212; list five things I did not foresee in the future 25 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>So, that&#8217;s 1983.  Here are five things.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Playing with computers for a living<\/span> &#8211; When I was goofing around with graphics programs on the Apple II in junior high, it never occurred to me that I could make a living at computers.  It turns out you can!<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><span>Star Trek communicators in the hands of everyday people<\/span>  &#8212; The coolest thing about the original Star Trek series (aside from the velour shirts) was Kirk whipping out his communicator on a strange planet to tell Scotty to beam him up.  And now we have cellphones.   Goddamn cellphones.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><span>Michael Jackson a freak of nature?<\/span> &#8211; In &#8217;83, I picked up Michael Jackson&#8217;s wonderful album Thriller.  Sure, on the cover his nose looked a little skinnier than it did on the cover of Off The Wall, but what&#8217;s a little plastic surgery to a famous entertainer? To each their own!<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><span>Jim Henson is dead.  Keith Richards is alive.<\/span> &#8211; I am still confused and saddened by this.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><span>Twins!<\/span> &#8211; I had not dated anyone yet at this point in my life, though I was hopeful someone would eventually find me non-unappealing.  And sure, I thought to myself, I might meet-someone-get-married-have-children, that was definitely within the realm of possibility.  But twins, that I had not thought of.  Hey, that reminds me, it&#8217;s the twins&#8217; fifth birthday today!  Happy Birthday, B&#038;E (no, their names are not Breaking and Entering, smartass)!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Continuing the celebration of January Is Meme Month, a tag from Bubs: He modified it a bit from how he received it, and actually made it a little easier for me to answer &#8212; list five things I did not foresee in the future 25 years ago. So, that&#8217;s 1983. Here are five things. 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