I See Calliope's Underpants

Ok, so we know the goals, right?

1. Become a published author.
2. Continue to write books.
3. Land a comic book based on my credentials.
4. Find *the one*.
5. Have a baby.

That's about the size of it, more or less. There are other things that fit in there and around the edges, but that's the big stuff to concentrate on. I suspect some of those items will be harder than the others, but there isn't anything on that list that I don't feel I can accomplish somehow or another.

I'm convinced Jen isn't *the one*. There's more to that, obviously, but let's leave it there for now. The woman at Rugers who has been giving me the eyeball since Day One probably isn't *the one* either, but there's no reason I shouldn't pursue that lead as a time-being sort of thing, if indeed I'm reading those signals right. As a rule of thumb, if **I** think someone is flirting with me, she probably is, as I'm historically the last person in the room aware of such a thing. Anyway, we'll talk more about this at a later date as well.

I was tentative about putting that baby goal out there into the void when I wrote up that other post, but now that cooler heads prevail ... it's still the ultimate goal. I haven't waffled on it. I want one. And if I just keep it in the back of my mind as a vague sort of "someday" thing, it'll never happen, and I'm not getting any younger here. I'm looking towards accomplishing this goal between now and my 40th birthday, but if things are progressing fine it could happen even a little later than that. But it will happen.

As my alter-ego, fixated on twin girls, I used to brainstorm out some possible names for this hypothetical offspring. I have some thoughts now.

1. London and Paris
2. Magenta and Seraphim
3. Gwen and Mary Jane
4. Erica and Loren

Through pure accident my alter-ego has a last name (Dufresne) that fits with almost any first name I could possibly think of. Don't believe me? Try it. Everything sounds pretty good in front of her last name. In real life, while I have a good, strong last name, it won't necessarily fit with everything I think of, and such is a possibility out of those suggested names. Even so, none of those are clinkers.

Chances are they won't be twins, and the baby might not even be female, but we'll adjust as necessary at the appropriate time.

I have to find the mother first anyway.