Resolution-type things
Resolution #1: In 2011, I intend to read at least one book in each of the ten main classes of the Dewey Decimal Classification system. When I first came up with this resolution in November, I was undecided about whether I'd include Biography as part of the 900s (it's number 920) or as a separate category (the local library system shelves it seprately). For purposes of this resolution I've decided to consider biography as a distinct category, so that means I should be reading at least 11 nonfic books this year. Barring some catastrophe that keeps me from reading, this should be an easy resolution to keep.
When I was a kid living in the Washington, DC suburbs, we'd have field trips to some museum or other a few times every school year, and I'd be standing around wondering why we were supposed to be so excited about these exhibits when we would be able to get a better look at the paintings/fossils/spaceships/whatever by looking at a good photograph instead. Then when I was twelve, I finally got my first pair of glasses. Naturally, that's about the time when schools stopped sending us on so many interesting field trips. Resolution #2: Take advantage of the fact that I live near The Land of the Free Museums and go to museums at least four times in 2011. I'd make this a goal of once a month--the Smithsonian Institution alone has many parts--but it's probably good to allow myself to avoid going downtown in particularly hot or busy or otherwise inconvenient months.
Resolution #3: Play with computer graphics more than I did in 2010. Since I did almost nothing interesting in 2010, this should be another easy resolution to keep.
When I was a kid living in the Washington, DC suburbs, we'd have field trips to some museum or other a few times every school year, and I'd be standing around wondering why we were supposed to be so excited about these exhibits when we would be able to get a better look at the paintings/fossils/spaceships/whatever by looking at a good photograph instead. Then when I was twelve, I finally got my first pair of glasses. Naturally, that's about the time when schools stopped sending us on so many interesting field trips. Resolution #2: Take advantage of the fact that I live near The Land of the Free Museums and go to museums at least four times in 2011. I'd make this a goal of once a month--the Smithsonian Institution alone has many parts--but it's probably good to allow myself to avoid going downtown in particularly hot or busy or otherwise inconvenient months.
Resolution #3: Play with computer graphics more than I did in 2010. Since I did almost nothing interesting in 2010, this should be another easy resolution to keep.