some goals for '08

1. get brave enough to actually try snowboarding again
2. then do it enough to feel comfortable with it
3. get better at guitar
4. be able to play F, Fmaj7, Fm and Bb so that I can rock Space Oddity
5. get some new moves
6. learn to breakdance
7. learn salsa
8. and merengue
9. bust out with my new moves {and then I seal the deal; I do my moves, I do my dance moves}
10. run more than once a month
11. make some headway on el debt-o
12. eat more vegetables
13. watch more movies
14. especially independent films
15. and foreign films
16. or just watch more dvds with foreign dubbing on
17. find some new music to please my ears
18. SYL
19. take a roadtrip
20. play piano more often
21. whip out the clarinet once in awhile
22. do more pushups
23. and more situps
24. learn new things in my scripture study
25. read the "dirty 30"
26. at least some more of them
27. and more of the classics
28. dress more "professionally" for work
29. naw, nevermind
30. write some songs
31. sing more at home
32. figure out what to do with these half-dead bulbs that sprouted, wilted, yet are somehow clinging desperately to life
33. get that african violet to bloom
34. use up the misu karu that I've had since I was a missionary 2/1: hmm. turns out it went rancid sometime in the last year. well, there wasn't much left anyway.
35. use the tea that my korean friend gave me last time I was there (ah, it's 동글래 차)
36. try making kimchi again
37. dye my nails with bongsungwha flowers this summer
38. not buy any more shoes til I wear out the ones I have
39. same with clothes
40. maybe
41. definitely on the shoes though
42. become a minimalist and purge myself of worldly excess
43. have some kind of garden
44. or if nothing else, get a little rake for my zen garden
45. accomplish the whole emergency preparedness thing
46. have a real food storage instead of just a few cans of tuna and some mac&cheese
47. go backpacking
48. learn math again
49. think about the future
50. remember the past
51. eat more voodoo donuts
52. look at the stars more
53. use up all those blank journals I have
54. sharpen my knives
55. go shooting with the bishop
56. stop wasting time
57. or maybe waste a little more
58. stop spending my savings
59. stop spending, period.
60. take pictures more often
61. make movies (the youtube type)
62. get out in the sunshine more
63. keep in touch better
64. chill out
65. be more imaginative
66. be more hopeful
67. have pretty thumbs
68. give more hugs
69. doodle more
70. go through my recipes
71. try the ones that look like they have potential
72. throw away the ones that don't
73. and make them all legible
74. and organized somehow
75. be less glued to gmail and google talk
76. and stop checking for new blog postings every 5 minutes
77. stop looking for things I know won't be there
78. or wishing for things that I know won't happen
79. find other things to wish for
80. make things happen
81. prepare my lunches and clothes/ironing the night before so that I can sleep longer in the morning
82. use food before it rots
83. significantly lower my winter heating bill
84. survive the long winters
85. make my relationships more meaningful
86. wear gold pants more often
87. wear fake mustaches more often
88. get back to my Berkeley roots and protest something
89. vote
90. know what I'm voting for
91. renew my passport
92. file my taxes early
93. get henna tattoos so I don't think I want to get a real one
94. make world peace
95. or at least peace in myself
96. find something completely new to try
97. don't be afraid to step out of my comfort zone
98. figure out how to use my creme brulee flamer
99. find time to do all this
100. figure out what the heck's going on