<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Ben&#039;s Bitter Blog]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://bensbitterblog.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[bensbitterblog]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://bensbitterblog.com/author/bensbitterblog/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[20/20 Vision Bitter Friday&nbsp;Giftures]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>My kids are always telling me how out of touch and old I am. I try to stay in touch and I think that I know just enough to be dangerous. I am never on the bleeding edge of all the memes, just the cutting edge, so they tell me to stop talking.  Anyways, as usual, I am just past the youth expiration date on one of the memes. The one that goes, &#8220;So what are your plans for the future?&#8221; and they say, &#8220;I don&#8217;t know. I don&#8217;t have 20/20 vision,&#8221; referring to the year 2020. But now that it&#8217;s 2020, it is passe&#8217;. Thankfully, I&#8217;m also at the age where I stopped caring about being trendy. I make my own trends, like Bitter Friday Giftures.</p>
<p><strong>My vision for the future&#8230;</strong></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<div style="width: 490px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img src="https://media.giphy.com/media/lOyrQ8OiSazc17xKvo/giphy.gif" alt="Milos Raonic Lol GIF by Tennis TV" width="480" height="270" /><p class="wp-caption-text"><strong>&#8230;is a little shifty. </strong></p></div>
<p><strong>Things are looking&#8230;</strong></p>
<div style="width: 490px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img src="https://media.giphy.com/media/WNiWlEpVNf4lyqgDg8/giphy.gif" alt="Scared Mood GIF by Tennis TV" width="480" height="270" /><p class="wp-caption-text"><strong>&#8230;a little depressing. </strong></p></div>
<p><strong>Sometimes this is&#8230;</strong></p>
<div style="width: 488px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img src="https://media1.giphy.com/media/12PMxjnRn4Hynu/giphy.gif?cid=790b761170ebe2612066aa3812070a887ae36f9190671165&amp;rid=giphy.gif" alt="timothy dalton deal with it GIF" width="478" height="245" /><p class="wp-caption-text"><strong>&#8230;is the only way to focus.</strong></p></div>
<p><strong>Now that&#8230;</strong></p>
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<p><strong>This is how my vision of 2020&#8230;</strong></p>
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<p><strong>I&#8217;m thinking some great technology&#8230;</strong></p>
<div style="width: 490px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img src="https://media2.giphy.com/media/g5eBXj2CH7iZW/giphy.gif?cid=790b7611f419dfcce26dbf4ef84cea0eb07ed55e8e3c0cf8&amp;rid=giphy.gif" alt="90s vhs GIF" width="480" height="365" /><p class="wp-caption-text"><strong>&#8230;is ready to bust out. </strong></p></div>
<p><strong>All the cool kids&#8230;</strong></p>
<div style="width: 330px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img src="https://media3.giphy.com/media/Kmap21NivFBu/giphy.gif?cid=790b7611ea0ca3bd2c5c724d010f94143d68984a2c21518e&amp;rid=giphy.gif" alt="technology GIF" width="320" height="240" /><p class="wp-caption-text"><strong>&#8230;are wearing shades&#8230;even at night. </strong></p></div>
<p><strong>There will probably be some&#8230;</strong></p>
<div style="width: 510px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img src="https://media3.giphy.com/media/4KkSbPnZ5Skec/giphy.gif?cid=790b761183781d17f26c507b0afb748ff0ac8fdb1df215b1&amp;rid=giphy.gif" alt="lazy the simpsons GIF" width="500" height="510" /><p class="wp-caption-text"><strong>&#8230;exercise being done. </strong></p></div>
<p><strong>Eating faster&#8230;</strong></p>
<div style="width: 410px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img src="https://media2.giphy.com/media/C8i0BQxUQyrQZulxoj/giphy.gif?cid=790b7611c64c9868408680b4fb5f4c2a2eb1710a284d16c6&amp;rid=giphy.gif" alt="Food Eating GIF by Bounce" width="400" height="400" /><p class="wp-caption-text"><strong>&#8230;so you can get more food in is of utmost importance.</strong></p></div>
<p><strong>We should try&#8230;</strong></p>
<div style="width: 321px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img src="https://media1.giphy.com/media/121oPZipRQ2zvy/giphy.gif?cid=790b7611dc82ee285df00dc4840151fefc623e3ba774468e&amp;rid=giphy.gif" alt="splash GIF" width="311" height="237" /><p class="wp-caption-text"><strong>&#8230;to get more water this year. </strong></p></div>
<p><strong>How about getting&#8230;</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Quit trying to leap headforward into the year&#8230;</strong></p>
<div style="width: 330px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img src="https://media1.giphy.com/media/WAGWMuccq5Pdm/giphy.gif?cid=790b76111e613ecd9a483446e1672a37ef30175a4b00853c&amp;rid=giphy.gif" alt="dive GIF" width="320" height="240" /><p class="wp-caption-text"><strong>&#8230;and just take it one day at a time. </strong></p></div>
<p>That is what I say all the time.  Don&#8217;t plan ahead more than a few seconds at a time. Just try to make it through your bitter day and survive. Planning always goes wrong anyways.</p>
<p>ARRRRRRGGGGHHHHHHHH</p>
<p>Bitter 2020 Vision Ben</p>
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