[ WP ] They said I would n't make it this far . I wish they had been right .

No one thought I could do it. 
 
 `` Crazy,'' the papers said, `` A pipe dream.'' 
 
 `` This guy's just gon na crash in burn out there! His goose is cooked!'' said the young blonde on daytime television. 
 
 What did I care? I had billions of dollars, millions more coming in every day. And the cancer was spreading through my body. 
 
 So I built the thing, from the ground up. I got right into it when it was finished. And then I was off. 
 
 No one thought I could do it. But I did it. I'm here. And now I can see that it was the worst mistake I've ever made. 
 
 They said I would never make it this far. And I wish they were right. 
 
 You see, a few minutes ago, I woke up from my cryosleep groggy from the long ride through space and the extended lack of consciousness, an effect of the technology that had kept me alive. As the thousand-year sleep left my eyes, I found myself surrounded by clear walls. A cage. Outside, strange beings peered in, gesturing at me, buzzing amongst themselves with an alien form of conversation. 
 
 And I do n't think they're trying to cure my cancer.
