Monday, January 05, 2009

109 in 2009

A la the Rage Diaries, here's my 109 to do in '09:
  1. Lose 6 lbs in quarter 1, lose 2 lbs in q2,3,4.
  2. visualize the loans being paid off.
  3. come up with a playable proto of the hippie game.
  4. print Outpost proxy.
  5. give blood 6 times.
  6. make grandma's kringla recipe in April.
  7. set dates for lee for next year's lone star.
  8. find more in-town conventions to attend.
  9. Get rid of one more box of miscellaneous archived material from college,a.k.a. junk.
  10. get Chris, Tim, and RJ together again some night.
  11. take at least one picture of the girls every week and post it to the blog.
  12. resume keeping a notebook.
  13. begin making gratitude lists on Fridays.
  14. blog – update wordpress to current on my web server even though I'm not using it.
  15. learn at least one technical thing Robert/Steven knows, (every month).
  16. learn at least one technical thing Robert/Steven doesn't know (every month).
  17. start and finish a work project (copying all backup tapes to current format) by the end of January.
  18. get out the guitar again in March.
  19. get in 7 playtests of 18IA, either by me or by another group.
  20. complete 1.2 full graphics draft of 18IA by May
  21. complete 1.3 full graphics draft of 18IA by September
  22. attempt to restart 18xx play-by-email games I've punked out on.
  23. skate or die on google reader, act or toss each saved entry.
  24. install two new operating systems by June.
  25. contemplate moving my old Angelfire page to Blogger to consolidate to Blogger and offline the Angelfire site.
  26. work on something in Inkscape every month.
  27. Game Rules review project – always have a game rules handy for editing.
  28. Do a graphics rework of St Petersburg (Robot City).
  29. finish putting together boards for Blue Moon City expansions and Agricola postcard.
  30. play power grid atolla modulis, also get picture.
  31. find 2 classes to take. Can be spring, summer, fall, LLU or college, don't care.
  32. eat more fruits and vegetables.
  33. save up $100 of spending cash for surprise classy meal out with Lee to celebrate mortgage payoff in 2014.
  34. make a budget for my spending cash for the year.
  35. make at least one new friend this year.
  36. bring in 2 games in each Monday in January and try to get a lunch thing going at work.
  37. start carrying a notepad again.
  38. play 4 new games on BSW in 2009.
  39. spend 4 hours updating my resume in January and July. I love my job, but I also need to figure out where to be focusing my training there.
  40. get lee time to update hers as well.
  41. give Lee a "vacation day" for herself by June, then by November.
  42. plan year's vacation schedule.
  43. give Alex an age-appropriate game, even if it's Candyland, for her birthday.
  44. QUARTERLY schedule at least 2 hour block for desk cleaning and get lee to unplug computer during this time. do pre&post pictures.
  45. don't subscribe to any more magazines this year.
  46. renew domain names promptly.
  47. print this list and keep one by the bed and one by my desk at home and at work, to keep me on track.
  48. conceptualize and design a web app, even if it's something like making a list and checking things off.
  49. buy a book every other month on half.com that I haven't read before (buy at least one of Seth Godin's books).
  50. buy a book every other month on half.com that I haven't read before ( a PKD collection I don't have, ).
  51. buy a book every other month on half.com that I haven't read before ( open).
  52. buy a book every other month on half.com that I haven't read before (open).
  53. buy a book every other month on half.com that I haven't read before (open).
  54. buy a book every other month on half.com that I haven't read before (open).
  55. schedule a time with Alan to do his video diary thing.
  56. sell the last textbook I own on half.com.
  57. take the DBSA facilitator training.
  58. actually volunteer for something, somewhere, some way, in 2009.
  59. Reconnect with friends.
  60. Do a babysitting night for someone we owe, and someone we don't.
  61. Make a walk chart and post it.
  62. Upgrade tech by…- Getting rid of computer shells not in use. This includes -See if the laptop shell has a firewire port. If it does, transition it into my "desktop". If they are not gone by December 31, 2009 throw them away.
  63. keep on track to pay off home equity loan in 2010, no matter what.
  64. Make an initiative chart for me. Stickers every time I take the initiative on a task.
  65. get someone over to the house or the playground at least once a month in January.
  66. get someone over to the house or the playground at least once a month in February.
  67. get someone over to the house or the playground at least once a month in March.
  68. get someone over to the house or the playground at least once a month in April.
  69. get someone over to the house or the playground at least once a month in May.
  70. get someone over to the house or the playground at least once a month in June.
  71. get someone over to the house or the playground at least once a month in July.
  72. get someone over to the house or the playground at least once a month in August.
  73. get someone over to the house or the playground at least once a month in September.
  74. get someone over to the house or the playground at least once a month in October.
  75. get someone over to the house or the playground at least once a month in November.
  76. get someone over to the house or the playground at least once a month in December.
  77. reread 10 important-to-me books and journal as I go.
  78. reread 10 important-to-me books and journal as I go.
  79. reread 10 important-to-me books and journal as I go.
  80. reread 10 important-to-me books and journal as I go.
  81. reread 10 important-to-me books and journal as I go.
  82. reread 10 important-to-me books and journal as I go.
  83. reread 10 important-to-me books and journal as I go.
  84. reread 10 important-to-me books and journal as I go.
  85. reread 10 important-to-me books and journal as I go.
  86. reread 10 important-to-me books and journal as I go.
  87. JUST POST THIS LIST and stop editing it.
  88. come up with a good birthday present for Lee.
  89. re-buy 3 copies of My Bohemian America, and loan them to Kevin Nunn, Alan Wen, Beth, Larry, and Chris B.. It's that important.
  90. only goof-around-browse the web for 30 minutes max per day.
  91. continue write up all face-to-face games played.
  92. burn a 2nd archive of all the digital photos we have and send it to Mom, Amy, and Rachel
  93. and it pains me to write this but… buy a new TV.
  94. sell old game systems on craigslist. Good night, sweet Final Fantasy Tactics, and may angels sing thee to thy rest.
  95. repurpose one game I have but will never play. (a la Kevin's Pokémon challenge).
  96. print & play(!!) 1 game each quarter. Micropul first.
  97. write end of 2008 gaming retrospective.
  98. write at-least-quarterly updates on 18IA blog... i.e. I owe it one.
  99. blog every book I read in 2009.
  100. continue not to drink.
  101. be the best employee I can be (the one they thought they hired)
  102. Get to a Monday night proto night.
  103. Get back in the library habit BUT only check out 2 books at once.
  104. play something unplayed in my collection.
  105. play something unpunched in my collection.
  106. Make a deal with Lee to start Netflix and decide if we can live with a single Netflix queue or really are going to want 2 queues.
  107. See if the book browser still exists, and if so, if I have any credit there.
  108. Sign up for Lone Star and OwlCon as soon as I can.
  109. Be creative. Always.

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