{"id":326,"date":"2018-01-25T16:22:19","date_gmt":"2018-01-25T23:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.grassmonk.net\/blog\/?p=326"},"modified":"2018-01-25T16:22:19","modified_gmt":"2018-01-25T23:22:19","slug":"goals-for-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grassmonk.net\/blog\/2018\/01\/25\/goals-for-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Goals for 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Books to Read<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The Ender Quartet (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Ender&#8217;s Game<\/span>, <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>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<li>As many of the <em>Discworld<\/em> books as I can, particularly <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Raising Steam<\/span> and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Shepherd&#8217;s Crown<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>TV Seasons to Watch<\/h3>\n<p><em>Haven\u2019t seen before:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cheers (seasons 1 &#8211; 11)<\/li>\n<li>The Flintstones (seasons 2 &#8211; 6)<\/li>\n<li>Inhumans (season 1)<\/li>\n<li>The Punisher (season 1)<\/li>\n<li>The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show (season 1)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Have seen before, but haven\u2019t yet watched my BDs\/DVDs:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Justice League: Unlimited (seasons 1 &#8211; 2)<\/li>\n<li>Mad About You (seasons 6 &#8211; 7)<\/li>\n<li>NYPD Blue (seasons 5 &#8211; 6)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Have seen before:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Buffy the Vampire Slayer (seasons 1 &#8211; 7)<\/li>\n<li>Dollhouse (seasons 1 &#8211; 2)<\/li>\n<li>Justice League (season 2)<\/li>\n<li>NYPD Blue (seasons 1 &#8211; 4, 7 &#8211; 12)<\/li>\n<li>Pinky and the Brain (volumes 1 &#8211; 3)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Currently airing\/will air this year:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (season 5)<\/li>\n<li>The Big Bang Theory (the rest of season 11)<\/li>\n<li>Brooklyn Nine-Nine (season 5)<\/li>\n<li>Daredevil (season 3)<\/li>\n<li>Homeland (season 7)<\/li>\n<li>Jessica Jones (season 2)<\/li>\n<li>Major Crimes (season 6)<\/li>\n<li>Star Trek Discovery (season 1)<\/li>\n<li>Unbreakble Kimmy Schmidt (season 4)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Movies to Watch<\/h3>\n<p><em>From last year:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Coco<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>From previous years, already seen or not:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cars<\/li>\n<li>Cars 2<\/li>\n<li>Doctor Strange<\/li>\n<li>Guardians of the Galaxy<\/li>\n<li>Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2<\/li>\n<li>The Incredibles<\/li>\n<li>Mission: Impossible<\/li>\n<li>Mission: Impossible III<\/li>\n<li>Mission: Impossible &#8211; Ghost Protocol<\/li>\n<li>Mission: Impossible &#8211; Rogue Nation<\/li>\n<li>Spider-Man: Homecoming<\/li>\n<li>Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan<\/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: Rogue One<\/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>Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens<\/li>\n<li>Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi<\/li>\n<li>Thor<\/li>\n<li>Thor: The Dark World<\/li>\n<li>Thor: Ragnarok<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>New this year:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ant-Man and the Wasp<\/li>\n<li>Aquaman<\/li>\n<li>Avengers: Infinity War<\/li>\n<li>Black Panther<\/li>\n<li>Deadpool 2<\/li>\n<li>The Incredibles 2<\/li>\n<li>Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom<\/li>\n<li>Mission: Impossible 6<\/li>\n<li>The New Mutants<\/li>\n<li>Solo: A Star Wars Story<\/li>\n<li>Spider-Man: Into the Spider-verse<\/li>\n<li>Tomb Raider<\/li>\n<li>Venom<\/li>\n<li>Wreck-It Ralph 2<\/li>\n<li>X-Men: Dark Phoenix<\/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>Avengers: Age of Ultron<\/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:<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Amazing Spider-Man<\/li>\n<li>The Amazing Spider-Man 2<\/li>\n<li>Ant-Man<\/li>\n<li>Captain America: The First Avenger<\/li>\n<li>Captain America: The Winter Solder<\/li>\n<li>Captain America: Civil War<\/li>\n<li>Home Alone<\/li>\n<li>Home Alone 2: Lost in New York<\/li>\n<li>The Incredible Hulk<\/li>\n<li>Iron Man<\/li>\n<li>Iron Man 2<\/li>\n<li>Iron Man 3<\/li>\n<li>Love Actually<\/li>\n<li>Much Ado About Nothing<\/li>\n<li>Star Trek<\/li>\n<li>Star Trek Into Darkness<\/li>\n<li>Star Trek Beyond<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>BDs\/DVDs I haven\u2019t watched since 2014 or before<\/em>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>About a Boy<\/li>\n<li>The Aristocats<\/li>\n<li>Atlantis: The Lost Empire<\/li>\n<li>Bandits<\/li>\n<li>Batman: Assault on Arkham<\/li>\n<li>Beauty and the Beast<\/li>\n<li>Bolt<\/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>Brother Bear<\/li>\n<li>Chain Reaction<\/li>\n<li>Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs<\/li>\n<li>Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2<\/li>\n<li>Crazy, Stupid, Love.<\/li>\n<li>Dinosaur<\/li>\n<li>Easy A<\/li>\n<li>Elektra<\/li>\n<li>Ernest Goes to Camp<\/li>\n<li>Ernest Goes to Jail<\/li>\n<li>Ernest in the Army<\/li>\n<li>Ernest Riders Again<\/li>\n<li>Ernest Scared Stupid<\/li>\n<li>50 First Dates<\/li>\n<li>Flight of the Navigator<\/li>\n<li>Follow That Bird<\/li>\n<li>The Fox and the Hound<\/li>\n<li>From Up on Poppy Hill<\/li>\n<li>Fun and Fancy Free<\/li>\n<li>Gone in 60 Seconds<\/li>\n<li>The Great Muppet Caper<\/li>\n<li>Hercules<\/li>\n<li>Home on the Range<\/li>\n<li>Horton Hears a Who!<\/li>\n<li>Howl&#8217;s Moving Castle<\/li>\n<li>How to Train Your Dragon<\/li>\n<li>How to Train Your Dragon 2<\/li>\n<li>The Hunchback of Notre Dame<\/li>\n<li>I Am Legend<\/li>\n<li>Inception<\/li>\n<li>The Island<\/li>\n<li>The Italian Job<\/li>\n<li>Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie<\/li>\n<li>The Jungle Book<\/li>\n<li>Kermit&#8217;s Swamp Years<\/li>\n<li>Kiki&#8217;s Delivery Service<\/li>\n<li>Knight and Day<\/li>\n<li>The LEGO Movie<\/li>\n<li>Liar Liar<\/li>\n<li>Lilo &amp; Stitch<\/li>\n<li>The Lion King<\/li>\n<li>Live Free or Die Hard<\/li>\n<li>The Lorax<\/li>\n<li>The Majestic<\/li>\n<li>Mary Poppins<\/li>\n<li>Meet the Robinsons<\/li>\n<li>Les Miserables<\/li>\n<li>The Muppet Movie<\/li>\n<li>The Muppets<\/li>\n<li>Muppets Most Wanted<\/li>\n<li>Muppet Treasure Island<\/li>\n<li>National Treasure<\/li>\n<li>National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets<\/li>\n<li>Oliver &amp; Company<\/li>\n<li>Peter Pan<\/li>\n<li>Phineas and Ferb: Across the Second Dimension<\/li>\n<li>Piglet&#8217;s Big Movie<\/li>\n<li>Pom Poko<\/li>\n<li>Pooh&#8217;s Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin<\/li>\n<li>Pooh&#8217;s Heffalump Movie<\/li>\n<li>The Princess Bride<\/li>\n<li>Princess Mononoke<\/li>\n<li>Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves<\/li>\n<li>Salt<\/li>\n<li>Sleeping Beauty<\/li>\n<li>The Sorcerer&#8217;s Apprentice<\/li>\n<li>Speed Racer<\/li>\n<li>Star Trek: The Motion Picture<\/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>Stranger Than Fiction<\/li>\n<li>Super Mario Bros.<\/li>\n<li>Tarzan<\/li>\n<li>The Three Musketeers<\/li>\n<li>Toy Story<\/li>\n<li>Toy Story 2<\/li>\n<li>Toy Story 3<\/li>\n<li>The Transformers: The Movie<\/li>\n<li>Treasure Planet<\/li>\n<li>UHF<\/li>\n<li>The Wind Rises<\/li>\n<li>Wreck-It Ralph<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Video Games to Play<\/h3>\n<p><em>First-time Plays:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition<\/li>\n<li>The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks<\/li>\n<li>LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2<\/li>\n<li>Mario Kart 8 Deluxe<\/li>\n<li>Super Mario Odyssey<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Replays:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Other<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>More 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