So, yeah, we've got a new year here, don't we?
Well, I managed to fall just short of my goal of 50 books:
49) Otherwise Engaged, by Simon Gray. This is one British play. It's literally the play where a guy's sitting in his house and people keep walking in the room. It's that British.
So, yeah. Didn't quite pull that off this year. Last year. Whatever. 2006.
Which is a decent enough segue into my 2007 resolutions:
I came damn close to 50 books this year. Last year. Anyway...I'm going to pull it off this year. Same rules as last year. Comic books and such don't count. Books I've read before don't count. The point of this is to expand my horizons/knowledge/etc. Anyway. 50 books read by 11:59pm Dec 31.
To make the previous goal even harder, I will endeavor to make one of those books the Good Book. Yes, I'm going to try to read the entire Bible this year. I've always wanted to do this, and now seems as good a time as any to try. And yes, the Bible will count as 1 (and only 1) book toward my 50. Because I'm nuts.
I wrote 2 plays during senior year, a 1-act and a full-length play. I haven't touched them since. I am going to edit them and get them to a point where I will be able to attempt to get them performed.
I tried NaNo WriMo this year and failed quite miserably. Whether it is within the confines of that challenge or separate from it, I want to write a novel this year.
I've also had an idea for a tabletop RPG. Setting, system, the whole nine yards. Now I just need to do the work toward making it work. Research, writing, thinking...all that stuff. I've gotten a bit of a start, but I want to have something to show for my work. By the end of the year I want to have the setting and system in playable form (note that I didn't say "balanced", just playable).
So to review:
1) 50 book-a-ma-jig.
2) Read Bible.
3) Edit "His Last Jump" and "Grimm Tale" to producible form.
4) Write novel.
5) Create RPG.
And if I have time, I'll look into nice mental care facilities, because I must be nuts to think that I'll be able to do all this in 2007.
49) Otherwise Engaged, by Simon Gray. This is one British play. It's literally the play where a guy's sitting in his house and people keep walking in the room. It's that British.
So, yeah. Didn't quite pull that off this year. Last year. Whatever. 2006.
Which is a decent enough segue into my 2007 resolutions:
I came damn close to 50 books this year. Last year. Anyway...I'm going to pull it off this year. Same rules as last year. Comic books and such don't count. Books I've read before don't count. The point of this is to expand my horizons/knowledge/etc. Anyway. 50 books read by 11:59pm Dec 31.
To make the previous goal even harder, I will endeavor to make one of those books the Good Book. Yes, I'm going to try to read the entire Bible this year. I've always wanted to do this, and now seems as good a time as any to try. And yes, the Bible will count as 1 (and only 1) book toward my 50. Because I'm nuts.
I wrote 2 plays during senior year, a 1-act and a full-length play. I haven't touched them since. I am going to edit them and get them to a point where I will be able to attempt to get them performed.
I tried NaNo WriMo this year and failed quite miserably. Whether it is within the confines of that challenge or separate from it, I want to write a novel this year.
I've also had an idea for a tabletop RPG. Setting, system, the whole nine yards. Now I just need to do the work toward making it work. Research, writing, thinking...all that stuff. I've gotten a bit of a start, but I want to have something to show for my work. By the end of the year I want to have the setting and system in playable form (note that I didn't say "balanced", just playable).
So to review:
1) 50 book-a-ma-jig.
2) Read Bible.
3) Edit "His Last Jump" and "Grimm Tale" to producible form.
4) Write novel.
5) Create RPG.
And if I have time, I'll look into nice mental care facilities, because I must be nuts to think that I'll be able to do all this in 2007.