{"id":190,"date":"2014-02-01T11:19:15","date_gmt":"2014-02-01T18:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.grassmonk.net\/blog\/?p=190"},"modified":"2014-06-23T16:57:49","modified_gmt":"2014-06-23T22:57:49","slug":"goals-for-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grassmonk.net\/blog\/2014\/02\/01\/goals-for-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Goals for 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am pleased to be the first to inform you that it is now 2014.\u00a0 In fact, it&#8217;s been 2014 for 32 days now.\u00a0 I have leftover goals from last year and new ones for this year.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve even already done some of the things listed below, but I&#8217;m going by my list as of January 1 for the sake of completeness\/obsessiveness.<\/p>\n<h3>Books to Read<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The rest of The Hobbit<\/li>\n<li>The Lord of the Rings<\/li>\n<li>The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever<\/li>\n<li>The Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant<\/li>\n<li>The Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant<\/li>\n<li>The Chronicles of Narnia<\/li>\n<li>The &#8220;Speaker&#8221; Trilogy (Speaker for the Dead, Xenocide, Children of the Mind)<\/li>\n<li>Elantris<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>TV Seasons to Watch<\/h3>\n<p>This is the year when I am determined to finally watch (most of) the DVDs and Blu-rays that have sat on my shelf unwatched for years.\u00a0 Some, like <em>The Flintstones<\/em>, I&#8217;ve had for about four years.\u00a0 In the case of <em>Rescue Rangers<\/em>, I bought volume 1 eight years ago and still haven&#8217;t watched it.<\/p>\n<p><em>Haven&#8217;t seen before:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Adventures of the Gummi Bears (volume 1)<\/li>\n<li>Chip &#8216;n&#8217; Dale Rescue Rangers (volumes 1 &#8211; 2)<\/li>\n<li>The Flintstones (seasons 1 &#8211; 6)<\/li>\n<li>Iron Man: Armored Adventures (seasons 1 &#8211; 2)<\/li>\n<li>The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show (season 1)<\/li>\n<li>The Superhero Squad Show (seasons 1 &#8211; 2)<\/li>\n<li>TaleSpin (volumes 2 &#8211; 3)<\/li>\n<li>The Transformers (seasons 1 &#8211; 4)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Have seen before, but haven&#8217;t yet watched my BDs\/DVDs:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Closer (season 7)<\/li>\n<li>Justice League (season 1)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Have seen before:<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Animaniacs (volumes 2 &#8211; 3)<\/li>\n<li>Batman Beyond (seasons 1 &#8211; 3, plus Return of the Joker)<\/li>\n<li>The Closer (seasons 1 &#8211; 6)<\/li>\n<li>Dollhouse (seasons 1 &#8211; 2)<\/li>\n<li>Heroes (season 1)<\/li>\n<li>Justice League (season 2)<\/li>\n<li>Justice League: Unlimited (seasons 1 &#8211; 2)<\/li>\n<li>Pinky and the Brain (volumes 1 &#8211; 3)<\/li>\n<li>Spider-Man: The New Animated Series (season 1)<\/li>\n<li>Star Trek: The Next Generation (seasons 1 &#8211; 7)<\/li>\n<li>Star Wars: Clone Wars (seasons 1 &#8211; 2)<\/li>\n<li>TaleSpin (volume 1)<\/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 7)<\/li>\n<li>Brooklyn Nine-Nine (the rest of season 1)<\/li>\n<li>Castle (the rest of season 6)<\/li>\n<li>Homeland (season 4)<\/li>\n<li>Major Crimes (season 3)<\/li>\n<li>Marvel&#8217;s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (the rest of season 1)<\/li>\n<li>The Mentalist (the rest of season 6)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Movies to Watch<\/h3>\n<p><em>From last year:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2<\/li>\n<li>Elysium<\/li>\n<li>The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug<\/li>\n<li>The Hunger Games: Catching Fire<\/li>\n<li>RED 2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>From previous years, already seen or not:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Captain America<\/li>\n<li>The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey<\/li>\n<li>The Muppets<\/li>\n<li>X-Men: First Class<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>New this year:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Amazing Spider-Man 2<\/li>\n<li>Captain America: The Winter Soldier<\/li>\n<li>Dawn of the Planet of the Apes<\/li>\n<li>Dumb and Dumber To<\/li>\n<li>Edge of Tomorrow<\/li>\n<li>Guardians of the Galaxy<\/li>\n<li>The Hobbit: There and Back Again<\/li>\n<li>How to Train Your Dragon 2<\/li>\n<li>Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit<\/li>\n<li>Justice League: War<\/li>\n<li>Muppets Most Wanted<\/li>\n<li>Son of Batman<\/li>\n<li>X-Men: Days of Future Past<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>BDs\/DVDs 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&#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>Iron Man 3<\/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>Star Trek Into Darkness<\/li>\n<li>Superman Returns<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Unwatched BDs\/DVDs:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Les Miserables<\/li>\n<li>The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>BDs\/DVDs I haven&#8217;t watched since 2010 or before*:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bandits<\/li>\n<li>Beauty and the Beast<\/li>\n<li>007: The Living Daylights<\/li>\n<li>007: License to Kill<\/li>\n<li>007: Goldeneye<\/li>\n<li>007: Tomorrow Never Dies<\/li>\n<li>007: The World Is Not Enough<\/li>\n<li>007: Die Another Day<\/li>\n<li>Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs<\/li>\n<li>DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp<\/li>\n<li>Elektra<\/li>\n<li>50 First Dates<\/li>\n<li>Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children<\/li>\n<li>Flight of the Navigator<\/li>\n<li>Follow That Bird<\/li>\n<li>Get Smart<\/li>\n<li>Hook<\/li>\n<li>Horton Hears a Who!<\/li>\n<li>How to Train Your Dragon<\/li>\n<li>I Am Legend<\/li>\n<li>The Italian Job<\/li>\n<li>Kermit&#8217;s Swamp Years<\/li>\n<li>Knight and Day<\/li>\n<li>The Majestic<\/li>\n<li>National Treasure<\/li>\n<li>National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets<\/li>\n<li>Piglet&#8217;s Big Movie<\/li>\n<li>Ponyo<\/li>\n<li>Pooh&#8217;s Grand Adventure<\/li>\n<li>Pooh&#8217;s Heffalump Movie<\/li>\n<li>The Princess Bride<\/li>\n<li>The Sorcerer&#8217;s Apprentice<\/li>\n<li>Speed Racer<\/li>\n<li>Spirited Away<\/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>Stranger Than Fiction<\/li>\n<li>Super Mario Bros.<\/li>\n<li>TMNT<\/li>\n<li>Toy Story<\/li>\n<li>Toy Story 2<\/li>\n<li>Toy Story 3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>* It seems that in my past years&#8217; goal lists I was using the phrase &#8220;since year x or before&#8221; when what I meant was &#8220;since before year x.&#8221;\u00a0 I&#8217;ll stick with &#8220;since year x or before&#8221; but this time actually mean it.<\/p>\n<h3>Video Games to Play<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD<\/li>\n<li>LEGO Marvel<\/li>\n<li>New Super Luigi U<\/li>\n<li>New Super Mario Bros. U<\/li>\n<li>Super Mario 3D World<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Other<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Learn more about git and get my web site and other code into git repositories<\/li>\n<li>Poetism commentaries<\/li>\n<li>Resist the Facebook<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am pleased to be the first to inform you that it is now 2014.\u00a0 In fact, it&#8217;s been 2014 for 32 days now.\u00a0 I have leftover goals from last year and new ones for this year. 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