Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Millennium Goals

My big projects for the year are the Millennium Goals, two sets of nine achievements that have to be completed at various points. The first set has to be done by the beginning of January, and the second by the end of finals week. For every one I fail I have to watch a not-X-rated movie chosen by my peers. I'm already queued up to watch Barbie's Magical Adventures. Lists are below.

Short Term
 
Successfully replicate a restaurant dish.
Read two books on photography. 
Run a 7.5 minute mile.
Bench press 140 pounds.
Flash five balls.
Sit still for 20 minutes.
Get an A- in Grad Math Methods and a A in Statmech.
Stop instinctively avoiding eye contact. 
Write a 500 word creative piece in Spanish.

Long Term

Cook a three course fusion meal.
Get something published in a student zine.
Get my resting heart rate to or below 60 BPM.
Bench press 200 pounds.Juggle five balls.
Sit still for 60 minutes. 
Get an 870 or above on the GRE.
Trim my emotional hypersensitivity. 
Pass the Spanish language competency exam.

Monday, September 26, 2011

Another blog?!

Apparently a rambling blog, a travel blog, and two private diaries were not enough for me. So I'm starting another blog.

Those of you who know me well know that I take a very keen interest in improving myself. Those of you who don't know me well: I take a very keen interest in improving myself. I can't really explain why; when people ask that I tend to go all crazy-eyed and mutter something about life being a quest or whatever. Needless to say, it's something I try to do a lot. Some time in August I realized that it's a hell of a lot easier to keep on track with things when you know that everybody's watching. You won't surf the web when your boss is looking over your shoulder.

Suddenly this blog! If everybody can watch me ramble about raising my lactate threshold or teaching myself photography I'll be a lot less inclined to be lazy. This will hopefully be somewhat of an interactive blog. People should shame me if I start slacking off. People should shame me harder if I give up entirely.

Good? Good. Let's get started.