The goal for this year was, of course, to go back over the previous years and work on all the resolutions I never managed to complete. Here is the annotated list:
- Go back to Australia… even if I have to sell my blood to do it
I did it! From July 17 to August 6 I went back to Oz to visit some old friends! I had many good times, but I missed my friend Elle, my friend Adriano, and had to miss a philosophy of biology conference in order to do it. Still: Done and well worth it. - Read my weight in books
Do articles count? Because otherwise I failed at this one miserably. I’ll modify it and try again in 2009. - Go to at least one concert, one roadtrip, one vacation, one date, move twice, and talk to at least three strangers
I went to the Magnetic Fields on October 12 with my friends Adelay, Heather, and Russ!
I drove to Seattle, back to New Mexico, to North Carolina, to DC a few times, and just finished a tour of Pennsylvania!
I vacationed in Mexico for six weeks and Australia for three! (Guess which one was much, much cheaper? Even discounting airfare, too.)
I went on 1.5 dates with girls I never saw again! Then, I possibly kissed 3 girls in unrelated events (not in a row, obviously).
I moved to Seattle in February, back to New Mexico in March, and to North Carolina in August!
I talk to strangers regularly! Only I call them my friends. Also, I don’t really understand why this was ever a resolution. Maybe I meant something hidden by it back in the day, I don’t remember. - Finish the Great American Novel
Still working on it. But now I have both ideas and inspiration. No time, though. - Save someone’s life
I prevented someone from being born, punched a fat person (but didn’t press too many charges), and did an “It’s a Wonderful Life“-style thing for someone. I also gave great advice and was a pretty good friend to some people. All told: I’m okay with not doing this one. - Buy furniture, even if it’s just a bean bag
I sleep in a $1000 bed every night. It is so comfortable! - Memorize five more poems, pi, or learn the nations of the world
I’ll do this later? - Paint/fix my car
I worked on fixing my car and added some minute bits of paint to it. Sum total: I’ll probably never make it pristine until I try to sell it later. - Make a new true friend, but be a good friend to all the old
Sort of success. I told someone they were my friend for the year and they called me a serial killer. Which is one of the nicer things people have said to me, considering. And I still love all my friends from the past, even if it is very hard to talk to them with any regularity! - Probably something having to do with women… or cantaloupe
Frankly, that sounds kind of gross now that I think back on it. But everyone loves Pixel for some reason and Pixel feels an odd sense of confidence now, so he wins. Yey! - Produce a comic… or at least paint something
I did! I made a bunch! As soon as I have time and patience and contentment with a job well done, I will make them all fabulous and put them up online. - Buff out
Nope, but then again, I JUST got my bike and gym membership, so… since they were a big part of my original plan, I predict success pretty soon. - Get a job
I tutored in Maths for a while back in March, and it was fun! But then resolution 14 got in the way and I had to quit. - Be a grad student
This was scary for a little while…… But I DID IT! - Sell my car / buy a new one
I like my car! I’m hoping it lasts another 120,000 miles! - Help my cousin emigrate
I tried, believe me. But bureaucracy needs time, you know? Still: it would have been so complicated for a few months were she here. - Write 100 works of necroautobiographical microfiction
I wrote 4. But I got a cool program that might help me. - _______________ Audience may fill in the blank here.
You never did!
So I accomplished 12 out of 18. Of the rest, I still want to do 4. So I accomplished two thirds of my goals and only still care about two thirds of the rest!
I’d call this year a success. At least on paper. How did you do?
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