{"id":160,"date":"2013-01-21T13:10:58","date_gmt":"2013-01-21T20:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.grassmonk.net\/blog\/?p=160"},"modified":"2014-06-23T16:58:21","modified_gmt":"2014-06-23T22:58:21","slug":"stuff-not-from-my-2012-goals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grassmonk.net\/blog\/2013\/01\/21\/stuff-not-from-my-2012-goals\/","title":{"rendered":"Stuff not from my 2012 goals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes it feels like I did more stuff outside of <a title=\"Goals for 2012\" href=\"http:\/\/www.grassmonk.net\/blog\/2012\/01\/29\/goals-for-2012\/\">my goals list<\/a> than inside.\u00a0 It also feels like I might copy and paste text from other blog entries as a introduction, so as not to have to come up with something new, fresh, hip, vapid.\u00a0 Here is a reckoning of part of that, with some commentary as I deem, not fit, exactly, but something.\u00a0 This list also doesn\u2019t include movies from my <a title=\"My favorite (and not) movies of 2012\" href=\"http:\/\/www.grassmonk.net\/blog\/2012\/12\/31\/my-favorite-and-not-movies-of-2012\/\">2012 list<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Books<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I read <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Complete Calvin and Hobbes<\/span> with my kids.\u00a0 It was time well spent.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TV<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Hadn&#8217;t seen before:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Avengers: Earth&#8217;s Mightiest Heroes (half of season 2)<\/li>\n<li>The Guild (season 5)<\/li>\n<li>Major Crimes (season 1)<\/li>\n<li>Phineas and Ferb (the rest of season 3)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Major Crimes<\/em> is the continuation of <em>The Closer<\/em>, one of my favorite shows.\u00a0 It&#8217;s almost as good as <em>The Closer<\/em>, but with a different feel and some new cast members (and minus some who left after <em>The Closer<\/em> ended).<\/p>\n<p><em>Had seen before:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It&#8217;s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown<\/li>\n<li>Justice League (seasons 1-2)<\/li>\n<li>Mad About You (seasons 6-7)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Movies<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Hadn&#8217;t seen before:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Adventureland<\/li>\n<li>American Reunion<\/li>\n<li>Castle in the Sky<\/li>\n<li>Drive<\/li>\n<li>In Time<\/li>\n<li>Kiki&#8217;s Delivery Service<\/li>\n<li>Moneyball<\/li>\n<li>Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow<\/li>\n<li>The Secret World of Arrietty<\/li>\n<li>Ultimate Avengers: The Movie<\/li>\n<li>Ultimate Avengers 2<\/li>\n<li>Whisper of the Heart<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Castle in the Sky, Kiki&#8217;s Delivery Service, The Secret World of Arrietty, <\/em>and <em>Whisper of the Heart<\/em> are all Studio Ghibli films.\u00a0 They are always fun to watch, and often heartwarming.<\/p>\n<p>The three <em>Avengers<\/em> movies listed are part of Marvel&#8217;s direct-to-DVD line, most of which are in my Netflix queue and of which I watch one here and there.\u00a0 In 2013 I plan to watch (most of?) the rest.<\/p>\n<p><em>Had seen before:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Across the Universe<\/li>\n<li>The Aristocats<\/li>\n<li>As Good as it Gets<\/li>\n<li>Bambi<\/li>\n<li>Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker<\/li>\n<li>Bill &amp; Ted&#8217;s Excellent Adventure<\/li>\n<li>Black Sheep<\/li>\n<li>Elf<\/li>\n<li>Ernest Saves Christmas<\/li>\n<li>Fever Pitch<\/li>\n<li>Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1<\/li>\n<li>Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2<\/li>\n<li>Home Alone<\/li>\n<li>Hulk<\/li>\n<li>The Incredible Hulk<\/li>\n<li>Jumanji<\/li>\n<li>The Lost World: Jurassic Park<\/li>\n<li>Jurassic Park III<\/li>\n<li>The Muppet Christmas Carol<\/li>\n<li>Muppets from Space<\/li>\n<li>Newsies<\/li>\n<li>Not Another Teen Movie<\/li>\n<li>Pete&#8217;s Dragon<\/li>\n<li>Pocahontas<\/li>\n<li>The Princess and the Frog<\/li>\n<li>The Rescuers Down Under<\/li>\n<li>Rocky Balboa<\/li>\n<li>The Rundown<\/li>\n<li>The Tigger Movie<\/li>\n<li>Tommy Boy<\/li>\n<li>Yes Man<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Video Games<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Replays:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>New Super Mario Bros. 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