This one goes up to '11

Ok, so it's time for my annual laughable goals in review and goals for the next year. So, here's 2010 in review. Some things turned out not to apply due to... life changes? It's a hard sell taking the bus when work is less than 5 miles away. <>

-Finish the bathroom remodel.

Done.

-Release Stress Test. Give 100% of sales to United Way of Kansas City.

Done. No one bought it, though. It's the thought that counts...?

-Volunteer 10 times in 2010

1. KCUR spring funding drive

2. Pilgrim Chapel easter egg hunt

3. Pilgrim Chapel children's film festival

Fail!

-Paint the porch and deck

Fail

-Get involved in the KC Fringe Fest
Fail

-Read at least 25 books
1. Haruki Murakami - Sputnik Sweetheart

2. Chuck Klosterman - Fargo Rock City

3. Benjamin Wallace - The Billionaire's Vinegar

4. Chuck Palahniuk - Fugitives and Refugees: A Walk In Portland, OR

5. Sarah Vowell - The Wordy Shipmates

6. Banana Yoshimoto - Kitchen

7. Jake Adelstein - Tokyo Vice

8. Guy P. Harrison - 50 Reasons People Give for Believing in a God

9. Michael Largo - Genius and Heroin

10. Bret Easton Ellis - The Rules of Attraction

11. Lydia Peelle - Reasons for and Advantages of Breathing

12. Stig Saeterbakken - Siamese

13. Jack Kerouac and William S Burroughs - And The Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks

14. Sam Tanenhaus - The Death of Conservatism

15. James Howard Kunstler - The Geography of Nowhere

16. Brian Epstein - Good Without God: What A Billion Nonreligious People Do Believe

17. Tom Robbins - B is for Beer

18. Chuck Palahniuk - Tell-All

19. Matthew Latimer - Speechless: Tales of a White House Survivor

20. Michael Muhammed Knight - Osama Van Halen

21. Miranda July - No One Belongs Here More Than You

22. Sherry Lamb Shirmer - A City Divided: The Racial Landscape of Kansas City, 1900-1960

23. Haruki Murakami - The Elephant Vanishes

23. Melissa Febos - Whip Smart: A Memoir

24. Hans Keilson - Comedy in a Minor Key: A Novel

25. …fail!

-Run at least 7 races

1. 3/14 St. Patrick's Day Run

2. 4/11 Brew to Brew

Fail!

-Build a linen closet at the end of the second floor hallway

Done!

-Either substantially complete my thesis or switch to a non-thesis degree for the sake of getting it done.

Switched to Master of Engineering. My last class is this spring. Assuming I can pass Cryptography, I'm actually finally going to finish my Master's!

-Take the bus or carpool for at least 50% of my commutes

Fail, and also N/A now. My commute is so short that I don't feel bad for driving it. Though I want to try biking when the weather is nice.

-Pay of Rikki's low student loan and substantially pay off my student loan

Rikki's is paid off. We paid off our second mortgage instead of my student loan.

-Expand my musical tastes beyond what Pitchfork sells me. Listen to more Jazz, Neoclassical, and Soul music.

I would say The Current has helped me along those lines.

And for silly things I would like to do in 2011:

Get a tattoo.

Read 25 books.

Make gravlax.

Make cheese.

Make more beer.

Make ice cream.

Make sorbet.

Go to a firing range.

Run 5 races.

Volunteer 10 times.

Give 1% of my income to charity.

Do an album for RPM Challenge.

Do a novel for NaNoWriMo.

Finish grad school.

Pay off one outstanding line of credit (e.g. student loan).

Travel somewhere new.

Buy a pass to SXSW for 2012 for my 30th birthday.

Cook 10 challenging new dishes.