For the several weeks I have been indulging in a daily fortune cookie. Ok...wait...let me be honest...for the past several weeks I have been indulging in many things, mostly unhealthy, as it has been the Christmas season. I am not using Christmas as the excuse - but I would like to note that my widening frame is correlated to the holiday season, and that like many naive individuals, I have made the New Years Resolution to "eat healthy"...again.

So, I have a bag of fortune cookies, that I have been enjoying for several weeks. From this bag, I have found some witty one-liners..."Stop procrastinating - starting tomorrow." (you have to love fortune cookie humour).

I have had educational and philosophic explorations: "Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth." I'm a little worried about the deeper meaning of this - is someone hiding the truth from me? Am I lying to myself? Does someone think I am lying?

I have had prophecies..."You will soon witness a miracle." (I would love to know when and where this miracle might emerge). On December 31 my fortune read, "Remember three months from this date. Good tihngs are in store for you." So on March 31 I can expect something exciting - or is it a gradual build up that culminates on March 31? My biggest concern is that this fortune was to occur three months from the date of manufacture, which means that I may have already missed my lucky spell. Such is life, I suppose. My personal favourite "Any doubts you may have will disappear early this month." I hope so...I really, really hope so.

So what is the plan here?
Answer: One fortune cookie a day for the next 365 days. Ok...for the majority of the next 365 days. I am largely unproductive on major holidays.

Why?
I don't really have a good answer for this. I am a fatalist, and maybe this is my way of testing fate. I do believe the bag of fortune cookies that I purchase was meant for me, and not for another individual. I believe that a person's moment to die, is definitely their moment to die - death has nothing to do with this, but it illustrates my point. My Mother hates my fatalist point of view, and I'm not sure many people understand it, given my views on religion. Maybe I'm hoping to find guidance through fortune cookies. I'm not sure.

What will I do with all of this at the end of the year?
I'm not entirely sure. I really have no formal plan here - let's see how the year unfolds and go with the flow.

Why fortune cookies?
Because I like them. I find humour in them, and they are an inexpensive way to search for deeper meaning. If you want to know about the "rest" of my life you can check out my other blog - Frenzied Haze. Maybe I'm hoping to understand my fatalist point of view. Maybe I just like creating additional work and projects for myself. Really...its up in the air...

So...Welcome to the 2010 Fortune Cookie Project...

If you find me, and want to add a fortune or two, please feel free.

For a definition of the fortune cookie, visit the below link :)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortune_cookie