Looking back on 52 in 23*

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)

1. Run the Hyannis Half Marathon. (2/27/11)
2. Run the OneAmerica 500 Festival Mini Marathon. (5/7/11)
3. Run the Boston Half Marathon. (Did not sign up, as I know I will not have time to train properly.)
4. 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)

1. Go to an Indianapolis Colts game in Indianapolis, IN. (September AND November)
2. Go to an Indianapolis Colts game not in Indianapolis, IN. (October)
3. Go to a college football game.

Trips (6-13)

1. Visit my friend in Denver.  (Friend no longer lives in Denver.)
2. Visit my cousin and friend in Washington, DC. (2/3-2/6/11)
3. Visit my cousins and friend in Chicago.  (August)
4. Take a road trip to someplace besides Indianapolis, Chicago, or DC.  (No time!)
5. Visit my #2. - (Timing never really worked out, but I did try.)
6. Visit my penpal. - She never seemed interested whenever I brought it up.  Marking this one as a "with reason".

New York (5-18)

1. Attend a Broadway show (musical). (12/11/10, saw Chicago)
2. Attend a Broadway play. (1/4/11, saw Al Pacino in The Merchant of Venice)
3. Go to a New York Yankees game.
4. Go to the Bronx Zoo. (4/30/11)
5. Go to a Giants game.

Books (7-25)

1. Re-read The Count of Monte Cristo (favorite version).
2. Re-read I, Claudius.
3. Read The Count of Monte Cristo (unabridged version).
4. Read a non-fiction book. (2/20/11, finished the book Cod by Mark Kurlansky)
5. Read a biography.
6. Do not buy a Kindle.
7. Read Darwin's Origin of the Species.

Trying new things (9-34)

1. Order fish at a restaurant.
2. Take a yoga class.
3. Attend my first "real" concert. (6/4/11, Kenny Chesney)
4. Learn how to rollerblade.
5. Update this blog every day in January. (1/31/11)
6. Learn how to use my DSLR.
7. Learn some German.
8. Go skydiving.
9. Learn Flash.

TV/Movies (4-38)

1. Buy a Blu-Ray player. (1/25/11, received free one)
2. See a non-Transformers 3 movie in a movie theater. (1/26/11, saw The King's Speech)
3. 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?
4. Watch the entire series of Frasier, from beginning to end, in order. - NO TIME, but I didn't really try.

Other (14-52)

1. Go to the "Race to the End" exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History. (12/31/10)
2. Bake my favorite chocolate chip cookies (while living in New York).
3. Organize my entire music library.
4. Go to Texas de Brazil. (7/15/11)
5. Finish LEGO Star Wars with Marek (starting from the beginning). - Made a lame attempt.
6. 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).
7. Lose 10 pounds.
8. Set up my photography website.
9. Have a date night with my best friend.
10. Order another CanvasPop. - Darn, ordered one for Marek for Christmas, which was after the deadline.  BOO!!!!
11. Get a pedicure. (2/19/11)
12. Paint my nails (fingers). (1/3/11)
13. Send a handwritten note to a friend (non-penpal, non-family). (5/14/11)
14. Buy a Clarisonic.  (Have decided not to spend $200 on something I will not use.)