Completely self-centred goal...

I realized tonight I have achieved a goal I had set out long ago.

Nothing that I had written down, or really committed to actual goal-dom, such as the way other goals are recorded. I did not write it on a white piece of paper, fold it six times and tear it into bits, then cast the shards over a crystal-blue lake in a valiant effort to signify how important this goal was.

Nowhere near that interesting. But ultimately so satisfying.

Tonight I went to Google. And I typed in 'frozen underwear'. And I am the first page that Google takes you to.

That's right, I have beaten all other references of 'frozen underwear', to take the top spot on Google's search engine. For those keywords, at any rate.

When I first started writing, it was a secret goal for me to take that spot. Previously when searching those keywords, I was greeted with a few eclectic selections, including lyrics for a song which mentioned frozen underwear. There was another proclamation, "They froze my underwear!". And some other garbage, including underwear for sale online.

I existed, buried several pages into the search, possibly on the fourth or fifth page of 'frozen underwear' references. A nothing, helpless, deserted in a maze of meaningless jumbled phrases that happened to include my keywords. (That is not to say that indeed, today, I am a something.)

But I have out-linked them all, taking the top spot. All within the 8 months I have been writing.

I'd like to thank the academy...