1. One of my students looks almost exactly like rinku. And I don't mean a young Rinku. I mean Rinku.

2. I was reviewing an old inventory list from last summer when I started the 100 thing challenge. I was able to erase a LOT of stuff. I got rid of all of my CDs. I got rid of all of my video games (sorry Rinku and jijnasa, but it was easier to find someone local to give them to and not worry about postage/packing etc.). I still have 552 books, though and I imagine that I'll probably always have a lot of books. I can't think of what look without a lot of books around me would be like. (I made a new year's resolution concerning my books--I'll post my new year's resolutions below).

Some New Year's Resolutions

New year's resolutions, in order to be fulfillable, must also be actionable and follow a plan. Here are some easy ones:

1. I would like my wargames unplayed/wargames* owned ratio to equal zero by December 31, 2009. I will accomplish this by (1) playing the games I do own and (2) getting rid of the games I don't play. This might be tough to accomplish, but not if I really stick to the selling off of games also. For the purpose of this resolution I'm not going to count expansions and the like.

2. I currently have an unread/read books ratio of nearly 40%. I'd like to get that down to 30%. This would entail reading or getting rid of 55 books. That's do-able.

3. Publish a short story by the end of the year.

4. Write every day. Write something. But write. I'm getting a lot better on this. I'm not up to everyday, but I'm close. The thing I should be content with is the fact that I'm just not going to write on the same story every day. Even if I don't have the inspiration to work on some particular thing, still write. Spend time out in public, in coffeeshops, more often. It's good to gather sketches of people.

5. Publish in my new blog every Sunday and Thursday.


*I'm talking about analog, board wargames. They look like this: