quasify » resolutions

2010: better late than never

nathanael — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 04:43:52 +0000

With just under 50 weeks left in the year, I finally get around to resolutions.

1) Run 1000 miles in 2010. That’s 20 miles a week from here on out.
2) Run at least one marathon, and one half.
3) Learn to use external lighting. Buy a secondary light source.
4) Acquire a wide angle lens.
5) Turn my 365 into a 730.
6) Eat better. Embrace my inner Michael Pollan.
7) Run the Ragnar.
8) Make Foss Fest 2010 a financial success.
9) Make Jingle Blast III bigger, better somehow.
10) Finish off everything from last year that got left undone. Specifically discrete objectives 5 through 8. And re-embrace all the vague unmeasurable notions.

The List

nathanael — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 06:22:12 +0000

I’ve been idly working on a to do list for the greater bay area. Just stuff a person should do while they have the opportunity. Persons briefed on this idea have helpfully suggested a cheap trip to Hawaii from this coast and while I’m sympathetic to the concept this defeats the live local part of my short term goals. So far I’ve got only five items. Any suggestions?

Note that finding the wild parrots is not on the list, but the providence of this semi-random phenomenon is still very much appreciated and was the highlight of today.

In 2009

nathanael — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 03:33:39 +0000

Discrete, achievable objectives.	Vague unmeasurable notions.
Run an (injury-free?) half. Eat at 24 new SF restaurants. Climb in Yosemite. Find a new DSLR. Visit the dentist. Bike (v.). new passport. Refinance the house. Obtain a couch. Foss Fest.	Explore the coast. Be less obvious. A new EP project. Talk to strangers. Obtain proficiency. Live flexibly. Remember names. Stay focused. Meet someone kind. Be stronger.

Found: Great Summer List

nathanael — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 04:39:09 +0000

I spent tonight cleaning as a hedge against inflationary clutter. The one great find of the night was the aforementioned ‘great summer list.’ The list itself is clearly some years old, improvised from a Harpoon UFO beer coaster and bearing a number of different handwriting styles. Forthwith -

1. Seattle
2. Florida
3. Tattoo
4. EP official 11m
5. Great Adventure, Jackson NJ
6. 1000 DVD order
7. Bombay/Mumbai
8. Camping in VT w/ G. ~~Limited~~ band practice, excess of controlled/illegal substances.
9. Kahuna, Ikea, Alpha Fight Club
10. (here there’s something that looks like the artist former known as Prince symbol)
11. Relearn Spanish
12. Puppy for AZ.

Although I’m not sure I understand all of this, it’s clear that whoever wrote this clearly had their priorities straight.

April Resolutions

nathanael — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 02:34:28 +0000

After the smashing success of the lowball effort in March, I’m upping the ante in April.

1) Run 50 miles.
2) Install ceiling light.
3) Eat at least one vegetable each week.
4) One night a week, asleep by 10pm.
5) Pay off my friggin car loan. (!!!)

The car being paid off will be made possible by cashing out my vacation hours when I switch jobs later this month. After weighing the relative merits of three weeks vacation vs. no car loan, I’ve decided to sell my soul and sanity to finally own outright the machine that I don’t even need to get to work anymore.

Mid-March

nathanael — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 12:56:20 +0000

It was pointed out to me recently that I hadn’t made explicit my March resolutions. After the abject failure that was February, I lowered my expectations this month to a single resolution: daily photography. You can see the results thusfar here.

February Resolutions

nathanael — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 05:55:55 +0000

Annual resolutions don’t do it for me, I can’t follow through. For 2007 I decided to do all my resolutions on a month-by-month basis. Here’s my top four for the short cold month of February.

1) To bed by 10pm twice a week.

2) 10 new job applications.

3) 4 grants.

4) 1 paying design gig.