How'd I do? (Resolutions for this year)
I think the verdict is... not so well
0. Straighten out my life. Make things work. Cut loose ends. Etc.
I am not sure whether I did this or not. I suppose I have at least sort of straightened out all the crap that went on AFTER the split, but not necessarily whatever I was referring to here.
1. Lose weight. Sorry, it's always on there.
Nope. I weigh the same now that I did last year at this time.
2. Take the General GRE's and the Computer Science subject GRE's.
I didn't, and I suck. I wonder if![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
samildanach did, since he'd offered to study with me. Or keevon or anyone else.
3. Go back to Japan; go to Hokkaido to see the Fighters play in the Sapporo Dome!
Yes! Kinda! I went back to Japan... and I went to Chiba to see the Fighters play! Next year, Hokkaido.
4. Go to 4 cities I've never been to. Visit a new country. (England, maybe!)
Hmmm, no new countries. But, if you count the roadtrips to CA I stopped in many cities I had never been to. I stayed in Eugene, OR for a night, and had never been there before. And Jeff and I stopped in San Luis Obispo twice. And does Berkeley count (since I'd never been there before this year even though I'd been around the bay area a ton)? And all the little places around LA, like Anaheim? I had never been to Nagoya/Gifu before, so at least that counts on my Japan trip. I was stranded in Cincinnati for an evening, and had never been there before, but I don't think I'd count that. Oh, and Leesburg VA -- for my brother's wedding -- had never been there before either.
5. Work on changing my sleeping habits to suck less.
/me cries. I utterly did not accomplish this.
6. Get better at managing time in general, and planning and whatnot.
I did get a little bit better about planning things in general -- although this was a specific referral to things in my professional life at Amazon. I did get better at it in terms of what my boss wanted, but not good enough before I quit.
7. Watch more of my unwatched VHS tapes.
Neither -- Well -- I still have a huge backlog -- BUT -- I think I watched more VHS tapes than I bought this year.
8. Read more of my unread books.
Yes! I read a lot this year! I am actually really excited about that, even if 90% of what I read was baseball-related. I know I finished around 20 books and I feel very good about it.
9. Become more focused on work.
No. I think I am off the hook for this one due to my personal life issues which got in the way at work, but I will add it to my list for next year.
10. AAA a Heavy song on DDR in the arcade.
No. I black-flagged Be In My Paradise but that's the best I did. Ah well.
11. Find a new music group to play in.
No. Bleh, this fell off the pile because of all my travelling and whatnot. I'll be singing the Messiah again in fall 2005 with NW Chorale I'm betting...
12. Practice my journalism skills and do some significant baseball writing.
Yes/No. I did write a lot about baseball, but nothing I can point to and be like "Woo, look at what I wrote". That'll be my goal for next year, I think.
13. Take better care of myself healthwise (ie the stomach issues and the foot issues)
Yes. Well, until this bronchitis thing I was actually doing pretty well with this. I've been regulating my diet a bit more and taking my acid-reducing pills regularly. I wore my arch support sneakers every day and did foot exercises and stopped aggravating it with extensive DDR and whatnot. So, yeah.
14. Write 5 new songs.
Yes, by god, yes. I wrote over 20 songs this year. I did mean filks/parodies I think. Though I did write a few original songs in the meantime (like the "Mute mute mute while we loot loot loot" song, heh)
15. Meet more new people in Seattle of an appropriate age group and interest group.
Yes. Kinda. I was doing really well with the east-side game developers game night thing for a while, and I was being pretty outgoing about meeting new people at baseball games and whatnot. I got to know Jeff and his group of friends in Tacoma, although I haven't seen them in forever because I suck. I went out on a few "blind non-dates" with people from craigslist or okcupid. I went to people's parties, and activities like Puzzle Hunt, and the USS Mariner feed, and whatnot, to try to meet new people. I think I've done a semi-decent job on the attempting to meet, even if my success rate at making friends isn't phenomenal.
(I'm not counting Puzzle Pirates friends in this because very few of them are in Seattle. But I did meet a whole bunch of awesome people this year due to it. And I even met tons of cool people elsewhere as well, like in Japan and Pittsburgh and Philly and California and Canada and wherever.)
16. Become a happier, better person, less bitter and less petty, now a floor wax AND a dessert topping!
This is a tough one to call. I think I have dealt fairly well with a lot of stuff, but at the same time I wouldn't say I am any happier overall than I was when I wrote that a year ago before Eli and I split up.
I'll make my resolutions for the new year in a few days, I guess.
0. Straighten out my life. Make things work. Cut loose ends. Etc.
I am not sure whether I did this or not. I suppose I have at least sort of straightened out all the crap that went on AFTER the split, but not necessarily whatever I was referring to here.
1. Lose weight. Sorry, it's always on there.
Nope. I weigh the same now that I did last year at this time.
2. Take the General GRE's and the Computer Science subject GRE's.
I didn't, and I suck. I wonder if
samildanach did, since he'd offered to study with me. Or keevon or anyone else.3. Go back to Japan; go to Hokkaido to see the Fighters play in the Sapporo Dome!
Yes! Kinda! I went back to Japan... and I went to Chiba to see the Fighters play! Next year, Hokkaido.
4. Go to 4 cities I've never been to. Visit a new country. (England, maybe!)
Hmmm, no new countries. But, if you count the roadtrips to CA I stopped in many cities I had never been to. I stayed in Eugene, OR for a night, and had never been there before. And Jeff and I stopped in San Luis Obispo twice. And does Berkeley count (since I'd never been there before this year even though I'd been around the bay area a ton)? And all the little places around LA, like Anaheim? I had never been to Nagoya/Gifu before, so at least that counts on my Japan trip. I was stranded in Cincinnati for an evening, and had never been there before, but I don't think I'd count that. Oh, and Leesburg VA -- for my brother's wedding -- had never been there before either.
5. Work on changing my sleeping habits to suck less.
/me cries. I utterly did not accomplish this.
6. Get better at managing time in general, and planning and whatnot.
I did get a little bit better about planning things in general -- although this was a specific referral to things in my professional life at Amazon. I did get better at it in terms of what my boss wanted, but not good enough before I quit.
7. Watch more of my unwatched VHS tapes.
Neither -- Well -- I still have a huge backlog -- BUT -- I think I watched more VHS tapes than I bought this year.
8. Read more of my unread books.
Yes! I read a lot this year! I am actually really excited about that, even if 90% of what I read was baseball-related. I know I finished around 20 books and I feel very good about it.
9. Become more focused on work.
No. I think I am off the hook for this one due to my personal life issues which got in the way at work, but I will add it to my list for next year.
10. AAA a Heavy song on DDR in the arcade.
No. I black-flagged Be In My Paradise but that's the best I did. Ah well.
11. Find a new music group to play in.
No. Bleh, this fell off the pile because of all my travelling and whatnot. I'll be singing the Messiah again in fall 2005 with NW Chorale I'm betting...
12. Practice my journalism skills and do some significant baseball writing.
Yes/No. I did write a lot about baseball, but nothing I can point to and be like "Woo, look at what I wrote". That'll be my goal for next year, I think.
13. Take better care of myself healthwise (ie the stomach issues and the foot issues)
Yes. Well, until this bronchitis thing I was actually doing pretty well with this. I've been regulating my diet a bit more and taking my acid-reducing pills regularly. I wore my arch support sneakers every day and did foot exercises and stopped aggravating it with extensive DDR and whatnot. So, yeah.
14. Write 5 new songs.
Yes, by god, yes. I wrote over 20 songs this year. I did mean filks/parodies I think. Though I did write a few original songs in the meantime (like the "Mute mute mute while we loot loot loot" song, heh)
15. Meet more new people in Seattle of an appropriate age group and interest group.
Yes. Kinda. I was doing really well with the east-side game developers game night thing for a while, and I was being pretty outgoing about meeting new people at baseball games and whatnot. I got to know Jeff and his group of friends in Tacoma, although I haven't seen them in forever because I suck. I went out on a few "blind non-dates" with people from craigslist or okcupid. I went to people's parties, and activities like Puzzle Hunt, and the USS Mariner feed, and whatnot, to try to meet new people. I think I've done a semi-decent job on the attempting to meet, even if my success rate at making friends isn't phenomenal.
(I'm not counting Puzzle Pirates friends in this because very few of them are in Seattle. But I did meet a whole bunch of awesome people this year due to it. And I even met tons of cool people elsewhere as well, like in Japan and Pittsburgh and Philly and California and Canada and wherever.)
16. Become a happier, better person, less bitter and less petty, now a floor wax AND a dessert topping!
This is a tough one to call. I think I have dealt fairly well with a lot of stuff, but at the same time I wouldn't say I am any happier overall than I was when I wrote that a year ago before Eli and I split up.
I'll make my resolutions for the new year in a few days, I guess.
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I do kind of want to take the CS GREs, for grins. I'd study with you if you're still interested.
How can one get in on Puzzle Hunt?