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Looking back on 52 in 23*
Monday, January 30, 2012
Let's talk stock of the 2011 52 in 23* failure list. I'd been trying to update this list throughout the year, but here's the final score score:
Done: 20/52 = 39%
Not done, with reason: 7/52 = 13%
Not done, no reason: 25/52 = 48%
...and if I remember correctly from my policy debate days, Ullo vs. Smith determined that 20% qualifies something as substantial, so yes, I completed a substantial portion of my 2011 list. Be back another day with the list of awesome, non-list things from 2011.
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Color codes: pink=done, blue=not done without reason, grey=not done with reason
Running (4-4)
Run the Hyannis Half Marathon.(2/27/11)Run the OneAmerica 500 Festival Mini Marathon. (5/7/11)- Run the Boston Half Marathon. (Did not sign up, as I know I will not have time to train properly.)
Get my minute/mile pace under 10 minutes.You know what, I'm giving myself this one because I ran the first half of the Mini at about a 9 minute/mile average pace. So yeah, CHECK and CHECK.
Football (3-7)
Go to an Indianapolis Colts game in Indianapolis, IN.(September AND November)Go to an Indianapolis Colts game not in Indianapolis, IN.(October)- Go to a college football game.
Trips (6-13)
- Visit my friend in Denver. (Friend no longer lives in Denver.)
Visit my cousin and friend in Washington, DC.(2/3-2/6/11)Visit my cousins and friend in Chicago.(August)- Take a road trip to someplace besides Indianapolis, Chicago, or DC. (No time!)
- Visit my #2. - (Timing never really worked out, but I did try.)
- Visit my penpal. - She never seemed interested whenever I brought it up. Marking this one as a "with reason".
New York (5-18)
Attend a Broadway show (musical). (12/11/10, saw Chicago)Attend a Broadway play.(1/4/11, saw Al Pacino in The Merchant of Venice)- Go to a New York Yankees game.
Go to the Bronx Zoo.(4/30/11)- Go to a Giants game.
Books (7-25)
- Re-read The Count of Monte Cristo (favorite version).
- Re-read I, Claudius.
- Read The Count of Monte Cristo (unabridged version).
Read a non-fiction book.(2/20/11, finished the book Cod by Mark Kurlansky)- Read a biography.
- Do not buy a Kindle.
- Read Darwin's Origin of the Species.
Trying new things (9-34)
- Order fish at a restaurant.
- Take a yoga class.
Attend my first "real" concert.(6/4/11, Kenny Chesney)- Learn how to rollerblade.
Update this blog every day in January.(1/31/11)- Learn how to use my DSLR.
- Learn some German.
- Go skydiving.
- Learn Flash.
TV/Movies (4-38)
Buy a Blu-Ray player.(1/25/11, received free one)See a non-Transformers 3 movie in a movie theater.(1/26/11, saw The King's Speech)- Watch the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy in one day. - Marking this one as "with reason" because I did this JUST before I embarked on this list. How many times a year can one do this?
- Watch the entire series of Frasier, from beginning to end, in order. - NO TIME, but I didn't really try.
Go to the "Race to the End" exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History.(12/31/10)- Bake my favorite chocolate chip cookies (while living in New York).
- Organize my entire music library.
Go to Texas de Brazil.(7/15/11)- Finish LEGO Star Wars with Marek (starting from the beginning). - Made a lame attempt.
- Join the LSA. - Still grappling with paying $95 for a membership that really only gets me a subscription to their journal. Since I'm not active in the field (and won't be for the foreseeable future, that's a steep amount to pay for basically a magazine subscription).
- Lose 10 pounds.
- Set up my photography website.
- Have a date night with my best friend.
- Order another CanvasPop. - Darn, ordered one for Marek for Christmas, which was after the deadline. BOO!!!!
Get a pedicure.(2/19/11)Paint my nails (fingers).(1/3/11)Send a handwritten note to a friend (non-penpal, non-family).(5/14/11)- Buy a Clarisonic. (Have decided not to spend $200 on something I will not use.)
