The Great Goals of 2008 Update
Striked items complete.
Red items in serious, active progress.
Blue items can't be accomplished with the time left in this year, because an item's window of opportunity closed, or because, in reflection, the task was boring.
1) Do the 24-hour feature with all new poems.
2) Complete the mile-long poem event.
3) Put on the Rust Belt regional.
4) Release the breath record, “Second Wind”.
5) Release the Ambient Long new age record, as yet untitled.
6) Start (in earnest) the “Tap Dance to Lap Dance” musical comedy record.
7) Release full-length poetry book.
8) Release “Best of” poetry CD.
9) Release “Watering Hole” CD.
10) Paint at least 10 good paintings. (5 so far)
11) Have a strong second draft of whatever we’re calling the “BBQ novel”. (In heavy edits now.)
12) Give the BBQ novel a title.
13) Do a live breath show. (Have a setlist)
14) DJ in at least 3 new clubs. (1 house party, 2 gigs to go)
15) Do another new poem feature.
16) Pick up at least 10 publishing credits. (2 down, 7 to go. Don't think it's going to happen.)
17) Coach an NPS team into semis again. (Didn't accomplish. VERY close, but not quite.)
18) Quit caring if people don’t blog about my features.
19) Appear on NPR again. (Haven't pursued this at all. May forego for next year. If I had a great election poem...wait...)
20) Edit and share that Virginia Tech poem you’re afraid to edit and share. ("Cho" is the poem.)
21) Do Poetry is Doomed once a month, you slacker. (12 is the goal, 5 to date.)
22) Get two new pieces of gear for the studio, whatever they may be.
23) Keep my CDs in stock at CD Baby with more regularity. (Yawn. Not an artistic goal, but a business goal.)
24) Read 40 novels for fun instead of research.
25) Start (in earnest) the one-woman show.
26) Work with Nathan Durfee.
27) Perform a feature in a totally unaccustomed place. (Have been scouting locations.)
28) Finish framing my magnetic poetry wall. (I just don't care about this one really in light of all the other cool stuff.)
29) Start another novel. (Saving for NaNoWriMo in November. Yep, doing it again...and touring a little at the same time. Doh!)
30) Attend Larry’s more often. (2 visits down, 2 to go)
Additions that happened post-list:
31) Made Top 100 list of classic Columbus music records in last 30 years.
- I had another addition, but I don't have the physical list in front of me.
- Have a crazy idea to accomplish a bunch of these in a short span of time. Too crazy to say out loud right now. Sometimes I scare myself.
- #8 and #9 are kind of in the air now because of the new computer. Need to replace the sound editing software.
- Changing #14 to "places" instead of clubs. I have a cool idea for this to get it done in a unique way.
- Wasn't sure how to make #26 happen right, so I've decided I'm going to send Nathan the material and let him go nuts with it.
- #30 will be fixed in about a month, I imagine. Just been waiting for them to start up again.
- #19? Just had a thought for.