things I will be able to do this time next year

  1. Be addressed as “Lieutenant Shoer” once again (Ithaca Composite Squadron, Civil Air Patrol)
  2. Kayak in Cayuga Lake (or should I call it Kayaka Lake?)
  3. Go wine-tasting any time I like
  4. Officially call myself a rocket scientist
  5. Be the first person in the world to work on an entirely new class of spacecraft
  6. Have a color as a mascot
  7. Live in my own apartment
  8. Be surrounded by gorges and waterfalls
  9. Walk down the hall to the ornithopter lab or mix things up with a visit to the college synchotron
  10. Use Zaphod Beeblebrox’s pickup line: “Hey baby, you wanna see my spaceship?”

One Response to “things I will be able to do this time next year”

  1. alden Says:

    I like the pickup line but I feel very, very deeply that this is where discourse on the subject should end.

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