{"id":161,"date":"2013-01-28T10:16:32","date_gmt":"2013-01-28T17:16:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.grassmonk.net\/blog\/?p=161"},"modified":"2014-06-23T16:58:13","modified_gmt":"2014-06-23T22:58:13","slug":"goals-for-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grassmonk.net\/blog\/2013\/01\/28\/goals-for-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Goals for 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>2013 is here!\u00a0 I will be 33 this year!\u00a0 That&#8217;s exact rhyming, not just near!\u00a0 Argh stay this madness!<\/p>\n<p>I seem to have <a title=\"2012 Goals Update\" href=\"http:\/\/www.grassmonk.net\/blog\/2013\/01\/02\/2012-goals-update\/\">done better with my 2012 goals<\/a> than <a title=\"2011 Goals Update\" href=\"http:\/\/www.grassmonk.net\/blog\/2012\/01\/16\/2011-goals-update\/\">those of 2011<\/a>, which could mean I&#8217;m a better planner, or just that I&#8217;m more realistic about what I am too lazy to do.<\/p>\n<h3>Books to Read<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The rest of the Book of Mormon (with my children)<\/li>\n<li>The Wheel of Time books 10 &#8211; 14 (Crossroads of Twilight, Knife of Dreams, The Gathering Storm, Towers of Midnight, A Memory of Light)<\/li>\n<li>The Hobbit<\/li>\n<li>The Lord of the Rings<\/li>\n<li>The &#8220;original&#8221; Ender quartet (Ender&#8217;s Game, Speaker for the Dead, Xenocide, Children of the Mind)<\/li>\n<li>The Chronicles of Narnia<\/li>\n<li>The Mistborn Trilogy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>TV Seasons to Watch<\/h3>\n<p><em>Haven&#8217;t seen before:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Avengers: Earth&#8217;s Mightiest Heroes (the rest of season 2)<\/li>\n<li>The Super Hero Squad Show<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Have seen before, but haven&#8217;t yet watched my DVDs:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Animaniacs (volume 4, once it&#8217;s finally released)<\/li>\n<li>The Big Bang Theory (seasons 1 &#8211; 5)<\/li>\n<li>Buffy the Vampire Slayer (seasons 1 &#8211; 7)<\/li>\n<li>The Closer (season 7)<\/li>\n<li>The Transformers (seasons 1 &#8211; 4)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Currently airing\/will air this year:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Big Bang Theory (the rest of season 6)<\/li>\n<li>Castle (the rest of season 5)<\/li>\n<li>Dexter (season 8)<\/li>\n<li>Fringe (the rest of season 5)<\/li>\n<li>Homeland (season 3)<\/li>\n<li>Major Crimes (season 2)<\/li>\n<li>The Mentalist (the rest of season 5)<\/li>\n<li>The Office (the rest of season 9)<\/li>\n<li>30 Rock (the rest of season 7)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Have seen before, to rewatch on DVD\/Netflix:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Animaniacs (volumes 1 &#8211; 3)<\/li>\n<li>Batman: The Animated Series<\/li>\n<li>Batman: The Animated Series movies (Mask of the Phantasm, Sub Zero, Mystery of the Batwoman)<\/li>\n<li>Batman Beyond<\/li>\n<li>The Closer (seasons 1 &#8211; 6)<\/li>\n<li>Justice League: Unlimited<\/li>\n<li>Pinky and the Brain<\/li>\n<li>Superman: The Animated Series<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Movies to Watch<\/h3>\n<p><em>From last year:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Bourne Legacy<\/li>\n<li>Jack Reacher<\/li>\n<li>The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey<\/li>\n<li>Looper<\/li>\n<li>Total Recall<\/li>\n<li>Wreck-It Ralph<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>From previous years, already seen or not (thanks, Netflix):<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind<\/li>\n<li>Good Will Hunting<\/li>\n<li>Hulk Vs.<\/li>\n<li>The Invincible Iron Man<\/li>\n<li>Planet Hulk<\/li>\n<li>Thor: Tales of Asgard<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>New this year:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Anchorman: The Legend Continues<\/li>\n<li>Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part 2<\/li>\n<li>Ender&#8217;s Game<\/li>\n<li>A Good Day to Die Hard<\/li>\n<li>The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug<\/li>\n<li>Iron Man 3<\/li>\n<li>Justice League: Flashpoint<\/li>\n<li>Man of Steel<\/li>\n<li>Monsters University<\/li>\n<li>Much Ado About Nothing<\/li>\n<li>Star Trek into Darkness<\/li>\n<li>Superman: Unbound<\/li>\n<li>Thor: The Dark World<\/li>\n<li>The Wolverine<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Movies\/TV I [try to] watch at least once a year:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Amazing Spider-Man<\/li>\n<li>The Avengers<\/li>\n<li>Batman Begins<\/li>\n<li>The Dark Knight<\/li>\n<li>The Dark Knight Rises<\/li>\n<li>The Bourne Identity<\/li>\n<li>The Bourne Supremacy<\/li>\n<li>The Bourne Ultimatum<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Horrible\u2019s 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>Alice in Wonderland<\/li>\n<li>Finding Nemo<\/li>\n<li>The Lorax<\/li>\n<li>Shrek 2<\/li>\n<li>Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>DVDs\/Blu-rays I haven\u2019t watched since 2010 or before:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Atlantis: The Lost Empire<\/li>\n<li>Bandits<\/li>\n<li>007: Casino Royale<\/li>\n<li>007: Quantum of Solace<\/li>\n<li>Chain Reaction<\/li>\n<li>Clear and Present Danger<\/li>\n<li>DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp<\/li>\n<li>Elektra<\/li>\n<li>Ernest in the Army<\/li>\n<li>Ernest Rides Again<\/li>\n<li>Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within<\/li>\n<li>Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children<\/li>\n<li>Flight of the Navigator<\/li>\n<li>Follow That Bird<\/li>\n<li>Ghostbusters<\/li>\n<li>Groundhog Day<\/li>\n<li>The Hobbit<\/li>\n<li>Hook<\/li>\n<li>Howl&#8217;s Moving Castle<\/li>\n<li>How the Grinch Stole Christmas<\/li>\n<li>The Italian Job<\/li>\n<li>Kermit&#8217;s Swamp Years<\/li>\n<li>Lara Croft: Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life<\/li>\n<li>Liar Liar<\/li>\n<li>Live Free or Die Hard<\/li>\n<li>The Man Who Knew Too 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I seem to have done better with my 2012 goals than those of 2011, which could mean I&#8217;m a better planner, or just that I&#8217;m more realistic about what I am too lazy to do. Books [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grassmonk.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grassmonk.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grassmonk.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grassmonk.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grassmonk.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.grassmonk.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grassmonk.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grassmonk.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grassmonk.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}