{"id":132,"date":"2011-01-16T01:11:27","date_gmt":"2011-01-16T08:11:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.grassmonk.net\/blog\/?p=132"},"modified":"2014-06-23T16:59:18","modified_gmt":"2014-06-23T22:59:18","slug":"goals-for-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grassmonk.net\/blog\/2011\/01\/16\/goals-for-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Goals for 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello, imaginary readers!<\/p>\n<p>I am back again, to pretend that I will commit to posting regularly again, only to disappear for a long stretch of time.\u00a0 It seems to be what I do.\u00a0 However, this time I do have a list of things that I want to accomplish this year, and it will interesting to see what I actually get done.<\/p>\n<p>Two things to note:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This is not an exhaustive list (though after looking at the movie\/TV shows portion, it seems exhaust<em>ing<\/em>), but I&#8217;ll try to maybe keep it updated and stuff.<\/li>\n<li>I never said these were noble goals.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;m going to keep track of all the movies and books I watch and read this year, plus the video games I play through and DVDs\/Blu-rays I buy, and post a status update at the end of each month.<\/p>\n<h3>Household Projects<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Finish the kitchen remodel<\/li>\n<li>Get the two bathrooms remodeled<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Books to Read<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The Book of Mormon<\/li>\n<li>I Shall Wear Midnight<\/li>\n<li>The Mistborn Trilogy<\/li>\n<li>The Hobbit<\/li>\n<li>The Lord of the Rings<\/li>\n<li>The Chronicles of Narnia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>TV Seasons to Watch<\/h3>\n<p><em>Haven&#8217;t seen before:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>30 Rock Seasons 1 &#8211; 4 (started season 1 in 2010)<\/li>\n<li>Battlestar Galactica Seasons 1 &#8211; 4<\/li>\n<li>The Flintstones Seasons 1 &#8211; 6<\/li>\n<li>Lois &amp; Clark Seasons 3 &#8211; 4 (started season 3 in 2010)<\/li>\n<li>Monk Seasons 1 &#8211; 8<\/li>\n<li>The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show<\/li>\n<li>Veronica Mars Seasons 1 &#8211; 3<\/li>\n<li>Wolverine and the X-Men<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Have seen before, but haven&#8217;t yet watched my DVDs:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alias Seasons 1 &#8211; 5<\/li>\n<li>The Big Bang Theory Seasons 1 &#8211; 3<\/li>\n<li>The Closer Season 6 (once it comes out)<\/li>\n<li>Dollhouse Seasons 1 &#8211; 2 (once season 2 goes on sale)<\/li>\n<li>Life Seasons 1 &#8211; 2 (once season 2 goes on sale)<\/li>\n<li>Mad About You Seasons 1 &#8211; 5<\/li>\n<li>Spider-Man: The New Animated Series<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Currently airing:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>30 Rock Season 5<\/li>\n<li>The Big Bang Theory Season 4<\/li>\n<li>Bones Season 6 (if I can stand it any longer)<\/li>\n<li>Castle Season 3<\/li>\n<li>Chuck Season 4<\/li>\n<li>Fringe Season 3<\/li>\n<li>House, M.D. Season 7<\/li>\n<li>The Mentalist Season 3<\/li>\n<li>Smallville Season 10<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Movies to Watch<\/h3>\n<p><em>From last year:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The A-Team<\/li>\n<li>Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1<\/li>\n<li>Megamind<\/li>\n<li>The Other Guys<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>New this year:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Thor<\/li>\n<li>Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides<\/li>\n<li>Kung Fu Panda 2<\/li>\n<li>X-Men: First Class<\/li>\n<li>Green Lantern<\/li>\n<li>Cars 2<\/li>\n<li>Harry Potter and the Deathy Hallows Part 2<\/li>\n<li>Winnie the Pooh<\/li>\n<li>Captain America<\/li>\n<li>Cowboys and Aliens<\/li>\n<li>Mission: Impossible: Ghost Protocol<\/li>\n<li>Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows<\/li>\n<li>The Muppets<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Movies I watch at least once a year:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Batman Begins<\/li>\n<li>The Dark Knight<\/li>\n<li>The Bourne Identity<\/li>\n<li>The Bourne Supremacy<\/li>\n<li>The Bourne Ultimatum<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Horrible&#8217;s Sing-Along Blog<\/li>\n<li>Firefly<\/li>\n<li>Serenity<\/li>\n<li>(500) Days of Summer<\/li>\n<li>Iron Man<\/li>\n<li>Iron Man 2<\/li>\n<li>The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring<\/li>\n<li>The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers<\/li>\n<li>The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King<\/li>\n<li>The Matrix<\/li>\n<li>The Matrix Reloaded<\/li>\n<li>The Matrix Revolutions<\/li>\n<li>Scott Pilgrim vs. the World<\/li>\n<li>Spider-Man<\/li>\n<li>Spider-Man 2<\/li>\n<li>Spider-Man 3<\/li>\n<li>Star Trek<\/li>\n<li>Superman Returns<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Unwatched DVDs\/Blu-rays:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy<\/li>\n<li>Back to the Future<\/li>\n<li>Back to the Future Part II<\/li>\n<li>Back to the Future Part III<\/li>\n<li>Batman Forever<\/li>\n<li>Batman: Gotham Knight<\/li>\n<li>Batman: Under the Red Hood<\/li>\n<li>Cars Toon: Mater&#8217;s Tall Tales<\/li>\n<li>Chicken Little<\/li>\n<li>Easy A<\/li>\n<li>Fantasia<\/li>\n<li>Fantasia 2000<\/li>\n<li>The Goonies<\/li>\n<li>Harry Potter and the Sorcerer&#8217;s Stone<\/li>\n<li>Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets<\/li>\n<li>Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban<\/li>\n<li>Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire<\/li>\n<li>Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix<\/li>\n<li>Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince<\/li>\n<li>I, Robot<\/li>\n<li>Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths<\/li>\n<li>Justice League: The New Frontier<\/li>\n<li>The Karate Kid<\/li>\n<li>The Legend of Zorro<\/li>\n<li>Mr. &amp; Mrs. Smith<\/li>\n<li>Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind<\/li>\n<li>Pinocchio<\/li>\n<li>Rocky<\/li>\n<li>Salt<\/li>\n<li>Sherlock Holmes<\/li>\n<li>Shrek<\/li>\n<li>Shrek 2<\/li>\n<li>Shrek the Third<\/li>\n<li>Shrek Forever After<\/li>\n<li>Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs<\/li>\n<li>Superman\/Batman: Public Enemies<\/li>\n<li>Superman: Doomsday<\/li>\n<li>The Wizard of Oz<\/li>\n<li>Wonder Woman<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>DVDs\/Blu-rays I haven&#8217;t watched since 2008 or before:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>About a Boy<\/li>\n<li>Aladdin<\/li>\n<li>As Good as it Gets<\/li>\n<li>Atlantis: The Lost Empire<\/li>\n<li>A Beautiful Mind<\/li>\n<li>Beverly Hills Ninja<\/li>\n<li>Bewitched<\/li>\n<li>Big Fish<\/li>\n<li>Billy Madison<\/li>\n<li>The Cable Guy<\/li>\n<li>Chain Reaction<\/li>\n<li>Cinderella<\/li>\n<li>DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp<\/li>\n<li>Dumb and Dumber<\/li>\n<li>The Emperor&#8217;s New Groove<\/li>\n<li>Ever After<\/li>\n<li>Fantastic 4<\/li>\n<li>Fever Pitch<\/li>\n<li>Finding Nemo<\/li>\n<li>The Fugitive<\/li>\n<li>Fun With Dick and Jane<\/li>\n<li>The Great Mouse Detective<\/li>\n<li>Happy Gilmore<\/li>\n<li>How The Grinch Stole Christmas<\/li>\n<li>The Island<\/li>\n<li>The Jungle Book<\/li>\n<li>Kermit&#8217;s Swamp Years<\/li>\n<li>The Kid<\/li>\n<li>The Mask of Zorro<\/li>\n<li>Lady and the Tramp<\/li>\n<li>Lara Croft: Tomb Raider<\/li>\n<li>Lara Croft: Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life<\/li>\n<li>The Little Mermaid<\/li>\n<li>A Lot Like Love<\/li>\n<li>Mary Poppins<\/li>\n<li>Meet the Parents<\/li>\n<li>Meet the Fockers<\/li>\n<li>Mission: Impossible<\/li>\n<li>Mission: Impossible III<\/li>\n<li>Mr. Deeds<\/li>\n<li>The Muppets Take Manhattan<\/li>\n<li>The Musketeer<\/li>\n<li>Mystery Men<\/li>\n<li>National Treasure<\/li>\n<li>National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets<\/li>\n<li>A Night at the Roxbury<\/li>\n<li>Oliver &amp; Company<\/li>\n<li>101 Dalmatians<\/li>\n<li>Peter Pan<\/li>\n<li>The Rescuers<\/li>\n<li>Robin Hood<\/li>\n<li>Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves<\/li>\n<li>Signs<\/li>\n<li>So I Married an Axe Murderer<\/li>\n<li>Speed Racer<\/li>\n<li>Superman II<\/li>\n<li>Superman III<\/li>\n<li>The Sword in the Stone<\/li>\n<li>Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles<\/li>\n<li>The Three Musketeers<\/li>\n<li>Transformers: The Movie<\/li>\n<li>The Transporter<\/li>\n<li>Transporter 2<\/li>\n<li>Treasure Planet<\/li>\n<li>The Waterboy<\/li>\n<li>Waterworld<\/li>\n<li>Wayne&#8217;s World<\/li>\n<li>The Wedding Singer<\/li>\n<li>The Whole Nine Yards<\/li>\n<li>Zoolander<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Movies I haven&#8217;t seen for a while, and have a hankering to watch again (hello, Netflix):<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dude, Where&#8217;s My Car?<\/li>\n<li>Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind<\/li>\n<li>The Karate Kid II<\/li>\n<li>The Karate Kid III<\/li>\n<li>Little Shop of Horrors<\/li>\n<li>Undercover Blues<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Blogging<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The remaining poetism commentaries<\/li>\n<li>Once-a-month update on my goals progress<\/li>\n<li>More frequent posts about whatever<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello, imaginary readers! 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