{"id":254,"date":"2015-01-10T18:09:23","date_gmt":"2015-01-11T01:09:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.grassmonk.net\/blog\/?p=254"},"modified":"2015-01-10T18:09:23","modified_gmt":"2015-01-11T01:09:23","slug":"goals-for-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grassmonk.net\/blog\/2015\/01\/10\/goals-for-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Goals for 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Books to Read<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The Lord of the Rings<\/li>\n<li>The Chronicles of Narnia books 4 &#8211; 7 (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Silver Chair<\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Horse and His Boy<\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Magician&#8217;s Nephew<\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Last Battle<\/span>)<\/li>\n<li>The \u201cSpeaker\u201d Trilogy (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Speaker for the Dead<\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Xenocide<\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Children of the Mind<\/span>)<\/li>\n<li>Raising Steam<\/li>\n<li>The First Formic War Trilogy (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Earth Unaware<\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Earth Afire<\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Earth Awakens<\/span>)<\/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 that I didn&#8217;t get to last year.\u00a0 Some, like <em>The Flintstones<\/em>, I\u2019ve had for about five years.\u00a0 In the case of <em>DuckTales<\/em>, I bought volume 2 eight years ago and still haven\u2019t watched it.\u00a0 It&#8217;s even longer for <em>Fraggle Rock<\/em> (though I think I actually did watch some of it way back when I bought the sets).\u00a0 Alternatively, <em>The Flintstones<\/em> still may end up on eBay.<\/p>\n<p><em>Haven&#8217;t seen before:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>DuckTales (volumes 2 &#8211; 3)<\/li>\n<li>The Flintstones (seasons 1 &#8211; 6)<\/li>\n<li>Fraggle Rock (seasons 1 &#8211; 4)<\/li>\n<li>Iron Man: Armored Adventures (seasons 1 &#8211; 2)<\/li>\n<li>The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show (season 1)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Have seen before:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alias (seasons 1 &#8211; 5)<\/li>\n<li>Dexter (season 8)<\/li>\n<li>Heroes (season 1)<\/li>\n<li>Friends (seasons 1 &#8211; 10)<\/li>\n<li>Life (seasons 1 &#8211; 2)<\/li>\n<li>Pinky and the Brain (volumes 1 \u2013 3)<\/li>\n<li>Star Trek: The Next Generation (seasons 1 \u2013 7)<\/li>\n<li>Star Wars: Clone Wars (seasons 1 \u2013 2)<\/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 8)<\/li>\n<li>Brooklyn Nine-Nine (the rest of season 2)<\/li>\n<li>Castle (the rest of season 7)<\/li>\n<li>Homeland (season 5)<\/li>\n<li>Major Crimes (the rest of season 3, season 4)<\/li>\n<li>Marvel&#8217;s Agent Carter (season 1)<\/li>\n<li>Marvel&#8217;s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (the rest of season 2)<\/li>\n<li>The Mentalist (season 7)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Movies to Watch<\/h3>\n<p>This year I am shrinking my &#8220;<em>BDs\/DVDs I [try to] watch at least once a year<\/em>&#8221; list and adding a new one: &#8220;<em>BDs\/DVDs I [try to] watch at least once every other year<\/em>.&#8221; Most of the movies on the latter list I watched last year, so it&#8217;s pretty short for now.<\/p>\n<p><em>From last year:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Big Hero 6<\/li>\n<li>Dawn of the Planet of the Apes<\/li>\n<li>Dumb and Dumber To<\/li>\n<li>The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1<\/li>\n<li>Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>From previous years, already seen or not:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>007: Casino Royale<\/li>\n<li>007: Quantum of Solace<\/li>\n<li>007: Skyfall<\/li>\n<li>Captain America: The Winter Soldier<\/li>\n<li>Guardians of the Galaxy<\/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>The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey<\/li>\n<li>The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug<\/li>\n<li>The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies<\/li>\n<li>Home Alone<\/li>\n<li>The Hunger Games<\/li>\n<li>The Hunger Games: Catching Fire<\/li>\n<li>Iron Man 3<\/li>\n<li>Mission: Impossible<\/li>\n<li>Mission: Impossible 3<\/li>\n<li>Mission: Impossible &#8211; Ghost Protocol<\/li>\n<li>101 Dalmatians<\/li>\n<li>Shrek<\/li>\n<li>Shrek 2<\/li>\n<li>Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace<\/li>\n<li>Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones<\/li>\n<li>Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith<\/li>\n<li>Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope<\/li>\n<li>Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back<\/li>\n<li>Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi<\/li>\n<li>Superman\/Batman: Apocalypse<\/li>\n<li>Thor: The Dark World<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>New this year:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ant-Man<\/li>\n<li>The Avengers: Age of Ultron<\/li>\n<li>Batman vs. Robin<\/li>\n<li>007: Spectre<\/li>\n<li>The Good Dinosaur<\/li>\n<li>Fantastic Four<\/li>\n<li>The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2<\/li>\n<li>Inside Out<\/li>\n<li>Jurassic World<\/li>\n<li>Justice League: Gods and Monsters<\/li>\n<li>Justice League: Throne of Atlantis<\/li>\n<li>Mission: Impossible 5<\/li>\n<li>Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>BDs\/DVDs I [try to] watch at least once a year:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\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>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>Superman Returns<\/li>\n<li>The Truman Show<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>BDs\/DVDs I [try to] watch at least once every other year:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Elf<\/li>\n<li>The Fifth Element<\/li>\n<li>Home Alone 2: Lost in New York<\/li>\n<li>The Muppet Christmas Carol<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>BDs\/DVDs I haven&#8217;t watched since 2011 or before<\/em>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>All-Star Superman<\/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>Batman: Year One<\/li>\n<li>Bewitched<\/li>\n<li>Big Trouble<\/li>\n<li>A Bug&#8217;s Life<\/li>\n<li>The Cable Guy<\/li>\n<li>Cars<\/li>\n<li>Cars 2<\/li>\n<li>Despicable Me<\/li>\n<li>DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp<\/li>\n<li>Dumbo<\/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>Megamind<\/li>\n<li>Mr. and Mrs. Smith<\/li>\n<li>Mystery Men<\/li>\n<li>The Pirates Who Don&#8217;t Do Anything<\/li>\n<li>Ratatouille<\/li>\n<li>Shrek the Third<\/li>\n<li>Shrek Forever After<\/li>\n<li>So I Married an Axe Murderer<\/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: Doomsday<\/li>\n<li>Superman\/Batman: Public Enemies<\/li>\n<li>Tangled<\/li>\n<li>The Transporter<\/li>\n<li>Up<\/li>\n<li>Wall-E<\/li>\n<li>The Waterboy<\/li>\n<li>Wayne&#8217;s World<\/li>\n<li>Wonder Woman<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Video Games to Play<\/h3>\n<p>Our family has had some great Zelda interest lately.\u00a0 <em>Mario Kart 8<\/em> got downloadable content including Link as a playable character and a Zelda-based track.\u00a0 Along with <em>Hyrule Warriors<\/em>, we got Zelda Monopoly and a map of Hyrule puzzle for Christmas.\u00a0 I also played <em>The Wind Waker<\/em> last year and <em>Twilight Princess<\/em> last month.\u00a0 I have three Zelda shirts that I wear pretty frequently.\u00a0 <em>Ocarina of Time<\/em> and <em>Skyward Sword<\/em>, at least, are up for replay this year, along with maybe a few others like <em>A Link to the Past<\/em> or <em>The Minish Cap <\/em>if I get a hankering.\u00a0 I also hope that the Wii U Zelda game will be released this year.<\/p>\n<p><em>First-time plays:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze<\/li>\n<li>Hyrule Warriors<\/li>\n<li>LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham<\/li>\n<li>The LEGO Movie Video Game<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Replays:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time<\/li>\n<li>The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Other<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>More poetism commentaries<\/li>\n<li>Maybe a secret-for-now series of blog posts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Books to Read The Lord of the Rings The Chronicles of Narnia books 4 &#8211; 7 (The Silver Chair, The Horse and His Boy, The Magician&#8217;s Nephew, The Last Battle) The \u201cSpeaker\u201d Trilogy (Speaker for the Dead, Xenocide, Children of the Mind) Raising Steam The First Formic War Trilogy (Earth Unaware, Earth Afire, Earth Awakens) 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