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New Year, New Stuff
Jan. 1st, 2006 02:19 pmI’m not a person for resolutions, I think they’re pretty much a promise to yourself that you know even as you make it that it will probably be broken. So I don’t bother.
But I did do something last year that I persisted with for the entire year, and I’m kinda proud of that. I kept a fairly accurate list of every movie that I saw and every book that I read for recreational purposes. My intent is to post this list in the forthcoming days, it will be in multiple parts as I intend on commenting on all of them. I don’t recall the exact counts, but I averaged over three books a month and probably a similar number for films, the film count being somewhat lower due to the fact that there’s only five screens in a 50 mile radius of where I live.
And though it was not a specific goal, I posted a lot more here than in the past, even going so far as to become a paid member, the only web site that I pay for. It might be a matter of living in a very rural community, i.e. sometimes not a heck of a lot else to do. ;)
So for 2006? Again, not resolutions, but things that I need to do. First and most importantly, pay more attention to nutrition. That’s not to say that my diet is horrible, I’m averaging 15 lbs lighter than when I was living in Phoenix, but that’s mainly due to the absence of readily available fast food up here, i.e. there ain’t any. I need to prepare more of my meals from scratch. I made a start on it last night at the observatory by making a big salad for our gourmet night/NYE dinner. Big salads are one of my fav meals: lots of Romaine, spinach, red onion, and throw in sliced almonds, croutons, cheese, and a good dressing. I don’t have much of a problem doing big salads for dinner pretty much every night, though it can be a lot of work the way that I make ‘em. I need to gain some add’l L33t Cutt1ng Sk1lz to speed up my salad production. I’m doing a fair job of keeping the kitchen moderately clean and organized, so that’s maybe Non-Resolution 1.5.
Second, also important, I need to be more focused on doing homework. I failed my pre-algebra class mainly because I really hate algebra. I hadn’t studied it in over 25 years and I have never used it in my 20 years of database programming. I heartily agree that some professions depend on it, but I don’t think it’s the universal requirement that a lot of education systems think it is. It certainly doesn’t hurt, but neither does it help. Anyway, since my degree requires a unit, and I can’t take that unit until I complete pre-algebra, I gotta get my butt in gear and pass this turkey.
Third, the universal “fitness” thingie. Both Russ and I could really benefit by walking a mile or so a day, but it always seems like I’m recovering from something. I’m healthy for a month or so, then I get sick again. Very much an ARGH! moment.
Fourth, though not last in terms of importance, WORK ON MY F*ING GAMES! I really need to get some of these selling in stores, particularly as my employment will be ending in the next week or so. I have the same problem as a bio I heard of this guy on NPR yesterday afternoon, I have so many ideas that I’d rather work on something new than go back and finish revising an older idea. I’ve started three more games since I moved up here with pretty much zero work on any other game that I’d previously done anything with.
Fifth, and a high priority, CLEAN THIS F*ING PLACE UP! :) We haven’t made a bit of progress in unboxing my stuff and rearranging to accommodate it all (which will include purging a great many books). I could blame several things in my life as not having functional space, i.e. tables to work on, etc., but that’s a cop-out. It definitely is not easy with the very narrow intersections between Russet’s schedule and mine, so that’s something we both definitely need to work on.
So there you have it. Not resolutions per se, but things that I need to work on. Hopefully we’ll make some progress on this stuff, time will tell.
But I did do something last year that I persisted with for the entire year, and I’m kinda proud of that. I kept a fairly accurate list of every movie that I saw and every book that I read for recreational purposes. My intent is to post this list in the forthcoming days, it will be in multiple parts as I intend on commenting on all of them. I don’t recall the exact counts, but I averaged over three books a month and probably a similar number for films, the film count being somewhat lower due to the fact that there’s only five screens in a 50 mile radius of where I live.
And though it was not a specific goal, I posted a lot more here than in the past, even going so far as to become a paid member, the only web site that I pay for. It might be a matter of living in a very rural community, i.e. sometimes not a heck of a lot else to do. ;)
So for 2006? Again, not resolutions, but things that I need to do. First and most importantly, pay more attention to nutrition. That’s not to say that my diet is horrible, I’m averaging 15 lbs lighter than when I was living in Phoenix, but that’s mainly due to the absence of readily available fast food up here, i.e. there ain’t any. I need to prepare more of my meals from scratch. I made a start on it last night at the observatory by making a big salad for our gourmet night/NYE dinner. Big salads are one of my fav meals: lots of Romaine, spinach, red onion, and throw in sliced almonds, croutons, cheese, and a good dressing. I don’t have much of a problem doing big salads for dinner pretty much every night, though it can be a lot of work the way that I make ‘em. I need to gain some add’l L33t Cutt1ng Sk1lz to speed up my salad production. I’m doing a fair job of keeping the kitchen moderately clean and organized, so that’s maybe Non-Resolution 1.5.
Second, also important, I need to be more focused on doing homework. I failed my pre-algebra class mainly because I really hate algebra. I hadn’t studied it in over 25 years and I have never used it in my 20 years of database programming. I heartily agree that some professions depend on it, but I don’t think it’s the universal requirement that a lot of education systems think it is. It certainly doesn’t hurt, but neither does it help. Anyway, since my degree requires a unit, and I can’t take that unit until I complete pre-algebra, I gotta get my butt in gear and pass this turkey.
Third, the universal “fitness” thingie. Both Russ and I could really benefit by walking a mile or so a day, but it always seems like I’m recovering from something. I’m healthy for a month or so, then I get sick again. Very much an ARGH! moment.
Fourth, though not last in terms of importance, WORK ON MY F*ING GAMES! I really need to get some of these selling in stores, particularly as my employment will be ending in the next week or so. I have the same problem as a bio I heard of this guy on NPR yesterday afternoon, I have so many ideas that I’d rather work on something new than go back and finish revising an older idea. I’ve started three more games since I moved up here with pretty much zero work on any other game that I’d previously done anything with.
Fifth, and a high priority, CLEAN THIS F*ING PLACE UP! :) We haven’t made a bit of progress in unboxing my stuff and rearranging to accommodate it all (which will include purging a great many books). I could blame several things in my life as not having functional space, i.e. tables to work on, etc., but that’s a cop-out. It definitely is not easy with the very narrow intersections between Russet’s schedule and mine, so that’s something we both definitely need to work on.
So there you have it. Not resolutions per se, but things that I need to work on. Hopefully we’ll make some progress on this stuff, time will tell.
