2008

I have several … lets not call them resolutions but rather goals. I have several goals for 2008.

• Blog 50 Times - Easily once a week I think of something that would be interesting to write about, or an opinion / thought I would like to share. I have already started passing the shorter of these off to Twitter, but I should stop being lazy about the longer ones. I also have an idea for a set of themed posts I’m going to try and start. As an experiment I started writing this blog post on my iPhone on the bus which was not as successful as I had hoped, but it leads to…
• Stop Driving To Work - I spent most of last year driving to work, and paying for parking there. This is such a waste and it needs to stop. So I figured out my bus schedule and I’m now busing to work. Hopefully this will return to biking when the weather turns. One nice thing about the bus is that I’m actually reading again which leads to…
• Read 10 Books - Looking at this goal written down seems really pathetic, but there it is. I read 0 books in 2007 (although I finished one I started in 2006) which is just sad considering I’ve always been a very active reader. The internet has had a strong hand in killing that habit, especially the endless supply of RSS feeds I’m subscribed to. I’ve really begun trimming that shit down to stuff that is actively useful and interesting.
• Write Some Code For Fun - I enjoy writing software. It’s cool and interesting and I love solving real world problems through technology. In the last few years though, I have written very little software for fun, something I used to do with reasonable regularity. So I need a new coding project that will be useful and fun and push my boundaries a bit. I have a project I’ve been sitting on for a long time that I might dig out.
• Get The Darkroom Set Back Up - While digital photography has become completely mainstream, I am taking a step backward and getting my hands dirty in the chemicals again. I have not printed a picture in over ten years. This is an activity that I loved, but it was also a source of great relaxation and calmness. I miss it a lot, and with our basement there’s no reason not to bring it back.
• See 20 New Release Movies In The Theatre - Last year I saw so few new release films on the big screen. I did slightly better with rep stuff, but the fact is that outside of SIFF I only saw like 20 movies total in any format. I need to get out more, and this year I felt a little disconnected with the current film scene whatever it might be. This may actually be the hardest goal to acheive, but we shall see. I wouldn’t say my love of film has dimmed, but my overwhelming passion for it probably has. The SIFF slog last year, which was brutally mediocre, didn’t help matters one bit I imagine, but I also have other interests crowding around taking up my brain.

I listened to a decently sized pile of new release records this year which I also want to keep up. I have started creating my new ‘08 lists on Listology, and updated the ‘07 ones that I had slacked off on.

So that’s it. Coming soon - 2007 Music Top Ten list (there’s no movie top ten because I don’t think I saw enough to justify it.) Also possibly yet another site redesign.

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