{"id":148,"date":"2012-01-29T22:55:40","date_gmt":"2012-01-30T05:55:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.grassmonk.net\/blog\/?p=148"},"modified":"2014-06-23T16:58:32","modified_gmt":"2014-06-23T22:58:32","slug":"goals-for-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grassmonk.net\/blog\/2012\/01\/29\/goals-for-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Goals for 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>2012 is upon us, and I dated the check right the first time!\u00a0 Also, I still write checks occasionally.\u00a0 Like 5 or 6 times a month.\u00a0 That seems weird.\u00a0 Also, this paragraph would be better if I had published it just after the new year, instead of three weeks later.<\/p>\n<p>My 2011 goals <a title=\"2011 Goals Update\" href=\"http:\/\/www.grassmonk.net\/blog\/2012\/01\/16\/2011-goals-update\/\">could have faired better<\/a>, and I assume that I will be equally both as ambitious and non-achieving in 2012.\u00a0 Without further ado, here is my 2012 list.<\/p>\n<h3>Household Projects<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Remodel the other bathroom<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Books to Read<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The rest of the Book of Mormon<\/li>\n<li>Snuff<\/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<li>Ender&#8217;s Game<\/li>\n<li>Speaker for the Dead<\/li>\n<li>Xenocide<\/li>\n<li>Children of the Mind<\/li>\n<li>Shadows in Flight<\/li>\n<li>A Memory of Light<\/li>\n<li>Possibly the other Wheel of Time books<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>TV Seasons to Watch<\/h3>\n<p><em>Haven&#8217;t seen before:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hey, Vern, It&#8217;s Ernest!<\/li>\n<li>The Office seasons 3 &#8211; 7<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Have seen before, but haven&#8217;t yet watched my DVDs:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Big Bang Theory seasons 1 &#8211; 4<\/li>\n<li>The Closer season 7 (once it&#8217;s released)<\/li>\n<li>Life season 2<\/li>\n<li>Mad About You seasons 1 &#8211; 5<\/li>\n<li>Smallville seasons 1 &#8211; 10<\/li>\n<li>Spider-Man: The New Animated Series<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Currently airing\/will air this year<\/em>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>30 Rock season 6<\/li>\n<li>The Big Bang Theory season 5<\/li>\n<li>Castle season 4<\/li>\n<li>Chuck season 5<\/li>\n<li>Dexter season 7<\/li>\n<li>Fringe season 4<\/li>\n<li>Homeland season 2<\/li>\n<li>House M.D. season 8<\/li>\n<li>The Office season 8<\/li>\n<li>The Mentalist season 4<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Movies to Watch<\/h3>\n<p><em>From last year:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cowboys &amp; Aliens<\/li>\n<li>Mission: Impossible &#8211; Ghost Protocol<\/li>\n<li>The Muppets<\/li>\n<li>Puss in Boots<\/li>\n<li>Rise of the Planet of the Apes<\/li>\n<li>Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows<\/li>\n<li>Tower Heist<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>New this year:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Amazing Spider-Man<\/li>\n<li>The Avengers<\/li>\n<li>The Bourne Legacy<\/li>\n<li>Brave<\/li>\n<li>The Dark Knight Rises<\/li>\n<li>The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey<\/li>\n<li>Justice League: Doom<\/li>\n<li>Men in Black 3<\/li>\n<li>007: Skyfall<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Movies\/TV I [try to] 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>Captain America: The First Avenger<\/li>\n<li>Chicken Little<\/li>\n<li>The Karate Kid<\/li>\n<li>Kung Fu Panda 2<\/li>\n<li>The Legend of Zorro<\/li>\n<li>Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind<\/li>\n<li>Nick and Norah&#8217;s Infinite Playlist<\/li>\n<li>Pinocchio<\/li>\n<li>Rocky<\/li>\n<li>Sherlock Holmes<\/li>\n<li>Stardust<\/li>\n<li>Star Wars: The Phantom Menace<\/li>\n<li>Star Wars: Attack of the Clones<\/li>\n<li>Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith<\/li>\n<li>Star Wars: A New Hope<\/li>\n<li>Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back<\/li>\n<li>Star Wars: Return of the Jedi<\/li>\n<li>Thor<\/li>\n<li>The Truman Show<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>DVDs\/Blu-rays I haven&#8217;t watched since 2009 or before:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad<\/li>\n<li>Atlantis: The Lost Empire<\/li>\n<li>A Beautiful Mind<\/li>\n<li>Beverly Hills Ninja<\/li>\n<li>Big Fish<\/li>\n<li>Billy Madison<\/li>\n<li>Chain Reaction<\/li>\n<li>Cinderella<\/li>\n<li>Daredevil<\/li>\n<li>DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp<\/li>\n<li>Dumb and Dumber<\/li>\n<li>Ernest Rides Again<\/li>\n<li>Ever After: A Cinderella Story<\/li>\n<li>Fantastic 4<\/li>\n<li>The Fifth Element<\/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>The Hobbit<\/li>\n<li>Howl&#8217;s Moving Castle<\/li>\n<li>How the Grinch Stole Christmas<\/li>\n<li>The Jungle Book<\/li>\n<li>Jurassic Park<\/li>\n<li>Kermit&#8217;s Swamp Years<\/li>\n<li>The Kid<\/li>\n<li>Kung Fu Panda<\/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>The Mask of Zorro<\/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>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: Prince of Thieves<\/li>\n<li>Signs<\/li>\n<li>Sleeping Beauty<\/li>\n<li>Speed Racer<\/li>\n<li>Spirited Away<\/li>\n<li>Star Trek: The Motion Picture<\/li>\n<li>Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan<\/li>\n<li>Star Trek III: The Search for Spock<\/li>\n<li>Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home<\/li>\n<li>Star Trek V: The Final Frontier<\/li>\n<li>Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country<\/li>\n<li>Star Trek: Generations<\/li>\n<li>Star Trek: First Contact<\/li>\n<li>Star Trek: Insurrection<\/li>\n<li>Star Trek: Nemesis<\/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>The Transformers: The Movie<\/li>\n<li>Transporter 2<\/li>\n<li>Treasure Planet<\/li>\n<li>Waterworld<\/li>\n<li>The Wedding Singer<\/li>\n<li>The Whole Nine Yards<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Movies I haven\u2019t seen for a while, and have a hankering to watch again (hello, Netflix):<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind<\/li>\n<li>Good Will Hunting<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Video Games to Play<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The Legend of Zelda<\/li>\n<li>The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past<\/li>\n<li>The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time<\/li>\n<li>The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures<\/li>\n<li>The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker<\/li>\n<li>The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess<\/li>\n<li>The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword<\/li>\n<li>Lego Batman 2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Blogging<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The remaining poetism commentaries<\/li>\n<li>More regular posting in general<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Other<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>More regular guitar practice and learning lots of songs<\/li>\n<li>Still not joining Facebook<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2012 is upon us, and I dated the check right the first time!\u00a0 Also, I still write checks occasionally.\u00a0 Like 5 or 6 times a month.\u00a0 That seems weird.\u00a0 Also, this paragraph would be better if I had published it just after the new year, instead of three weeks later. 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