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2018: Plotting the Year Ahead, Which Will Inevitably Fail But Here We Are

It's 2018! I don't know how I feel about things! Things feel...vaguely...better than 2017. But that's mostly because of our lovely tradition of "it's a new year!" which is preeeetty arbitrary in the grand scheme of things, but also since a lot of cultures have calendars, also probably not . This new year MEANS something. And what it means is there is like a 20% chance of this year being better than the shitshow that was last year. 20% because you don't wanna tempt fate, man. I have plans for this year! Big plans! Mostly regarding books, because obvs. Last year, counting comic volumes, I read 105 books. Mostly because I was freelancing for much of the summer. This year, I'm starting a project that'll necessitate reading even more  nonfiction, which I'm very excited about, and I'd like to finish Martin Chuzzlewit  and my book proposal. Ideally both by July, but I'm not married to the Chuzzlewit  idea. My personal library is s...