List #550: Yearly Goals (Mid Year Report)

List #550: Yearly Goals (Mid Year Report or

List #395: Goals for 2011 which are mostly measurable)

1. Be better at my job --- UNDECIDED (I didn't get worse)

2. Go on a date (hopefully more than one, but let's not get greedy) - EPIC WIN

3. Run 5k in under 26 minutes --- NOT YET (was coming off an illness so ran it in 32 min)

4. Get caught up on the "Wheel of Time" books-- PROGRESS (Finished the final Jordan one, own the Sanderson ones)

5. Finish a song -- WIN ( The Shadow Government)

6. Add Sauce-making to my kitchen repertoire -- NO (I have the book, but haven't tried it yet)

7. Make a cheesecake -- WIN (with raspberries and marshmallow and Nilla Wafer crust)

8. Make my bedtime and wake-up time 15 minutes earlier -- OCCAISIONALLY

9. Have better variety in workouts -- KIND OF ( I added more cardio, and sometimes VertiMax)

10. Play more Games -- YES

11. Be less negative -- BASICALLY YES

List #549: Favorite Characters on Community

List #549: Favorite Characters on Community

1. Abed

2. Jeff Winger

3. Troy Barnes

4. The Dean

5. Annie

6. Shirley

7. Pierce

8. Britta

9. Professor Duncan

10. The Greendale Human Being

List #548: Good Duluth Things Done So Far During a Friendly Visit

List #548: Good Duluth Things Done So Far During a Friendly Visit

1. Trip to Lake Vermilion (okay, not Duluth)

2. Mini-tour of Hawks Ridge, Park Point, Canal Park

3. Awesome Wedding

4. Brunch at Porters

5. Dinner at Lake Avenue Cafe

6. Walk through Hartley

7. Floated, Paddleboated, Jetski-ed, Pontooned

8. Music in the Park At Chester Park (or Chester Creek Concerts, or whatever)

List #547: Books I Could Start next

List #547: Books I Could Start next

1. The Passage, Justin Cronin

2. Embassytown, China Mieville

3. Gathering Storm, Brandon Sanderson and Robert Jordan

4. Some professional development reading

5. The Omnivores Dilemma, Michael Pollan

List #546: Things I learned from reading "Born to Run"

List #546: Things I learned from reading "Born to Run"

1. Every once and awhile I do get swept up in the book that 'everybody's reading'

2. As much as the book made me think it would be awesome, I'll never be a distance runner

3. I would like to be barefoot more (some place once made me think that "shoes at all times" was a truth)

4. I want to try the foods they talk about

5. Proctor, MN is important

6. I should eat better and be nicer

7. Evolutionary Biology is cool

8. Drug Cartels are bad (and that's why drugs are bad)

List #545: Observations after this morning's 5k

List #545: Observations after last night/this morning's 5k

1. Bring extra water in the car

2. I can still run an okay time even if I didn't prepare and was sick all week

3. I didn't feel bad about having to walk part

4. I wished I could have stolen a glow stick (the big green kind)

5. I'm sad that the shirt design changed

List #544: 5 Least Favorite Letters of the Alphabet

List #554: 5 Least Favorite Letters of the Alphabet (though, truthfully, I like all of the letters)

1. U

2. H

3. B

4. O

5. L

List #543:Good Things that Will Happen today

List #543:Good Things that Will Happen today

1. Visitor From Afar!

2. Maybe Feel Better

3. See Grandpa

4. Visit Lake Vermillion

5. See Cousin

List #542: WotC Commander Decks In Order

List #542: WotC Commander Decks In Order

1. Mirror Mastery

2. Political Puppets

3. Devour for Power

4. Counter Punch

5. Heavenly Inferno

List #541: Reasons Why The Next Few Lists May Seem Late

List #541: Reasons Why The Next Few Lists May Seem Late

1. I think I'm getting sick

2. That will make me lazy

3. TV on DVD

List #540: Stuff I didn't do at Reunion that I wish I would've

List #540: Stuff I didn't do at Reunion that I wish I would've

1. Visited more of my old professors (if they were around)

2. Found the College Archivist

3. Gone to the lawn games (but rehearsal was important)

4. Been able to see John Hasse's presentation (but the rock show was more important!)

5. Had more energy on saturday night

6. Walked in the Arb

List #539: Reflections On a 10 Year Reunion

List #539: Reflections On a 10 Year Reunion

1. Good friends stay that way and it's good to see people even after a long while (and even people you didn't really know way back when can be interesting conversations)

2. I graduated with a lot of fascinating and truly interesting people that are doing all manner of awesome stuff now; it's humbling

3. Even though reunions are, in part about fundraising, ours seems driven by sincerity rather than greed

4. Carleton really is a non-pretentions, student-centric place, with fantastic faculty.

5. GU still rocks (even if we need help)

6. Old Roommates are good people too

7. Sometimes a Tent isn't so bad.

8. I'm pretty proud of my college: Proud to be a part of it, proud that it is part of me

9. I should've spent even more time in the library when I was there

10. I'm excited for 2016

List #538: Things that may or may not be played at a rock show tonight

List #538: Things that may or may not be played at a rock show tonight

1. Jump

2. Psycho Killer

3. Jet Pack

4. Alex Chilton

5. Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)

6. Kanadian Youth

7. Astronaughty

8. whatever else we can manage.

List #537: 5 Things I liked about Reunion Today

List #537: 5 Things I liked about Reunion Today

1. Guided tour of the Gould Library by the College Librarian

2. Band 'rehearsal'

3. Fireworks

4. Waking up Early

5. Meeting one of the new archivists

List #536: Favorite Hockey Teams and their 2010-2011 Finishes

List #536: Favorite Hockey Teams and/or teams I coach and their 2010-2011 Finishes

1. JV Field Hockey 7-2-3 '2nd place'

2. Varsity Field Hockey: IAAM B CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS

3. JV Ice Hockey: 7-0 MIAA Co-champions

4. Duluth East High School: Lost Minnesota State High School Championship multi-OT

5. University of Minnesota Duluth: NCAA Div I Champions (OT)

6. Vancouver Canucks: Lost Stanley Cup in 7 games.

List #535: Good things to do in Omaha

List #535: Good things to do in Omaha

1. See awesome friends and cool kids

2. Jam on the Porch

3. Eat fried rice and curry

4. Play in parks

5. Bridge to nowhere

List #534: First 5 Things I Want to Do When I Get Back to Duluth

List #534: First 5 Things I Want to Do When I Get Back to Duluth

1. Figure out where I'm allowed to sleep

2. Go Visit my Grandpa

3. Play some EDH

4. Eat at the Hacienda del Sol

5. Be on a Boat

List #533: Things I Like To Do on Road Trips

List #533: Things I Like To Do on Road Trips

1. Drive Safely

2. Only stop when I need gas

3. Time my waste production to coincide with fuel needs

4. Play Ukulele when I'm not the driver

5. Listen to humorous audio-books

6. Listen to podcasts about nerdy things (if I'm alone)

7. Eat frugally unless stopped for the day

8. Get good gas mileage, and keep track of time/place/amount of fuel purchase

9. Visit friends

10. Get on the road early

11. Have a co-pilot

12. Avoid Toll Roads

13. Use Cruise Control!

14. Have good playlists of music

15. Arrive at home!

List #532: New Commander Wedge Generals Ranked (with a comment)

List #532: New Commander Wedge Generals Ranked (with a comment)

1. Riku of Two Reflections (copies are fun!) +!

2. Animar, Soul of Elements ( cost reducer and grows!) +!

3. Damia, Sage of Stone (hand refill is nice) +

4. Karador, Ghost Chieftain (costly, but nice graveyard recursion) +

5. Ghave, Guru of Spores (would've preferred this in BUG) +/-

6. Zedruu the Greathearted (a bit too build-around) +/-

7. The Mimeoplasm (not a fan of situational casting requirements for generals, biggest letdown of expectations) -

8. Tariel, Reckoner of Souls (not a fan of 'random') -

9. Kaalia of the Vast (odd tribal) -!

10. Ruhan of the Fomori (not a fan of Random, no evasion) -!

Bonus list: New Enemy Color Commanders ranked (with comment)

1. Skullbriar (stays big!)

2. Vish Kal (I love B/W sac outlets)

3. Edric (interesting political card)

4. Basandra (nice art, probably not general material)

5. Nin (a bit too political)

List #531: Favorite NHL Teams (current)

List #531: Favorite NHL Teams (currently existing franchises AND locations)

1. Vancouver Canucks (since 1993, no bandwagon (not even '94 cup bandwagon))

2. Minnesota Wild

3. Buffalo Sabres

4. Tampa Bay Lightning (though, geographically, they pain me)

5. New Jersey Devils

6. Montreal Canadiens

7. Pittsburgh Penguins ('91 has been forgiven)

Bonus List: Favorites No Longer With Us

1. Minnesota North Stars

2. Hartford Whalers

3. California/Oakland Seals/Golden Seals

List #530: Top 5 Least Favorite NHL Teams

List #530: Top 5 Least Favorite NHL Teams

1. Dallas Stars (for dropping from the 'North')

2. Colorado Avalanche (for not being the Nordiques)

3. Philadelphia Flyers

4. Carolina Hurricanes (for not being the Whalers)

5. New York Rangers (though I feel bad for hating on an original 6 team)

Bonus List: Teams I just kind of dislike

1. Detroit Red Wings (used to hate, but have grown to respect)

2. Chicago Blackhawks (old rivalries die hard)

3. Washington Capitals (proximity and Ovechkin worship)

4. Boston (for being from Mass. and for not losing enough in the finals right now)

List #529: Things I Dislike About Hockey

List #529: Things I Dislike About Hockey

1. Fights

2. Massachusetts

3. Pro teams south of Chicago

4. Overtime Shoot-outs

5. Ticket Prices

List #528: Challenging Things About Writing Lists

List #528: Challenging Things About Writing Lists

1. Thinking up one that I haven't done yet

2. Remembering to do it

3. Agonizing over whether it is a true representation of self

4. Feeling like I should go to nice round numbers

5. Being annoyed when the Facebook Blog importer doesn't put my list up (since no one reads it on the actual list blog)

6. Coming up with new kinds of lists (aside from just 'favorite _____')

7. Feeling like a narcissist

List #527: Things I Need And Or Get To Do This Week

List #527: Things I Need And Or Get To Do This Week

1. Get a lot of stuff organized to head back to MN

2. Alumni Field Hockey Game

3. Proctor an exam

4. Finish the last three grades I need to do

5. Senior Raft Trip

6. Lots of meetings

7. Commencement

8. 2 Grad Parties

9. Alumni/Faculty party

10. Pack the car

11. Get my brother from the airport

12. Show him around Baltimore

13. Practice for Reunion Show

14. A lot of other things that just aren't going to get done.

15. Get some lists in the Bank just in case I don't have time while travelling next week

List #526: The Next 5 Commander-EDH Decks I want to build

List #526: The Next 5 Commander-EDH Decks I want to build (pre-official Commander release)

1. Intet the Dreamer: RUG Copy Chaos

2. Intet the Dreamer: RUG Land tricks

3. Kresh the Bloodbraided: Jund beats

4. Ghost Council of Orzhova: B/W Life Gain

5. As of Yet Undecided: Mono Red

List #525: 5 Things I Still Miss About Camp Life

List #525: 5 of the many Things I Still Miss About Camp Life (even though I pretend not to)

1. Staff Training

2. Monday morning Bocce

3. Prisoner's Base

4. Opening Campfire

5. Working with former Campers.

List #524: Favorite Nuts or Seeds

List #524: Favorite Nuts or Seeds(of the food variety, including things that aren't, technically, nuts)

1. Peanuts

2. Walnuts

3. Brazil nuts

4. Pistachios

5. Almonds (especially the cocoa roast ones)

6. Sunflower Seeds (unshelled)

7. Pumpkin seeds

8. Pecans

9.Macadamia nuts

10. Grape Nuts

List #523: Things I'd Like to Happen in the Future of Magic: the Gathering

List #523: Things I'd Like to Happen in the Future of Magic: the Gathering

1. Legendary Creatures that are 4-colored for use as EDH generals

2. For Innistrad to be about wherever Baron Sengir came from

3. Foil Zephyr Falcons

4. The Blue-Green planeswalker to be printed (and a Black-White one that makes tokens!)

5. A return to Ravnica

6. Functional reprints of the original Dual lands (even though they said they won't)

7. A 5-color "Lord" card for the "Ally" creature type

8. Allied-color 'Sword of __ and ___'

9. Riggers assembling Contraptions!

10. Something to remove poison counters, other than Leeches

List #522: Favorite Tasks While Working at the Hacienda del Sol

List #522: Favorite Tasks While Working at the Hacienda del Sol (as a dishwasher that also did prep-work)

1. Making Guacamole (but I didn't salt it enough)

2. Bleaching Cutting Boards

3. Frying Chips (which I didn't salt enough)

4. Grating Cheese

5. Making Rice (but I burnt it too often)

Bonus: Things I didn't like

1. Chopping Onions

2. Mashing Beans (though the masher was cool)

3. Throwing away food

4. Checking bus-tubs when the patio was open

5. Washing the Onion chopper

Bonus II: Thing that could go either way

1. Rolling enchiladas.

List #521: Favorite Things to Order at the Hacienda Del Sol

List #521: Favorite Things to Order at the Hacienda Del Sol

1. Chicken Enchilada Dinner, Medium, w/Taco Sauce, Double Rice Side, dollop of SCream

2. Huevos con Chorizo, Side of Rice

3. Chorizo Burrito, Medium+

4. Guacamole

5. Beef Taco Dinner, Soft

(6.) Lots of Chips to eat the rice with

Bonus: Things not to order (because it's a Mexican restaurant!)

1. Grilled Cheese

2. Grilled PBJ