List #737: Favorite Albums of 2011

List #737: Favorite Albums of 2011 (albums I first heard in 2011)

1. The Joy Formidable "The Big Roar"

2. Los Campesinos! "Hello, Sadness"

3. Childish Gambino "Camp"

4. Low "C'Mon"

5. Florence & The Machine "Ceremonials"

List #736: List #395 -- 2011 Goals -- reportcard

List #736: List #395 -- 2011 Goals -- reportcard

1. Be better at my job --- MOSTLY

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

3. Run 5k in under 26 minutes* -- NOPE 27:59 was the best

4. Get caught up on the "Wheel of Time" books* ---NOPE, 1.5 remaining

5. Finish a song* --- YESSS

6. Add Sauce-making to my kitchen repertoire -- ADDED A FEW, BUT NOT ENOUGH

7. Make a cheesecake* -- YES, HELPED WITH #2

8. Make my bedtime and wake-up time 15 minutes earlier* --- EARLIER BEDTIMES, NOT WAKEUP

9. Have better variety in workouts -- MOSTLY

10. Play more Games -- NOT ENOUGH

11. Be less negative -- MOSTLY

List #734: Things I enjoyed in Portland

List #734: Things I enjoyed in Portland

1. Going up into the snowy mountain for adventure

2. Meeting some cool people (and seeing some that I met in october again)

3. Long walks in the rain

4. Eating great soups and indian food and brunch

5. Powell's Books

6. bridges

7. A super cool waterfall

8. an eventful new year's eve party (that didn't quite make it to 12)

9. playing really nice guitars (at a number of locations)

10. almost going to the zoo

11. Eddie!

List #733: 5 Great Things about 2011

List #733: 5 Great Things about 2011

1. Girlfriend

2. UMD and DEHS hockey seasons

3. Wrote a cool song

4. Game of Thrones TV Show

5. Lots of cool concerts

List #732: 5 Worst Things about 2011

List #732: 5 Worst Things about 2011 (That I can remember right now (personal, not worldwide))

1. Twins' season

2. Land Grab (Library and Lake Vermillion)

3. Community being put on Hiatus

4. Another event

5. Facebook stops importing outside blogs

hmmmm.... it was a pretty good year

List #728: A Sampling of this year's Christmas Loot

List #728: A Sampling of this year's Christmas Loot

1. Books: ("super sad true love story", "The Googlization of Everything." "Catching Fire" (not the hunger games one), "In A Silent Way: Joe Zawinul")

2. Awesome Nike pants

3. A display case of Lord of the Rings heroclix

4. An Apple and Orange

5. Amazon gift card.

6. 3 "achewood" collections

7. Glow-in-the-dark silly putty

8. Frosty Friends ornaments

9. Trader Joe's holiday beer

10. Electric Razor

11. many hours of ball hockey playing on the lake

12. Glass beads

List #725: New Clothes for This Year

List #725: New Clothes for This Year(and for many years to come... budget <$100)

1. Navy pants

2. Light khaki pants

3. Brown pants

4. Brown corduroy pants

5. Dark blue-green shirt

6. Red shirt

List #704: Frustrations of the Week

List #704: Frustrations of the Week

1. I'm not good at Ice Hockey

2. The Post Office has misplaced a package I'm expecting (missing since Nov. 18th, valued at $35)

3. Getting Verizon switched over

4. Not eating meat or dairy (but that's voluntary)

List #656: Countries I'd Like To Travel To

List #656: Countries I'd Like To Travel To (currently)

1. Iceland

2. New Zealand

3. Argentina

4. Sweden (again)

5. Wales (again)

6. Canada (either the far west or far east)

7. Finland (again)

8. Norway

9. Bulgaria

10. Bermuda

11. Australia (but far away from venomous animals)

12. Poland

List #633: Irksome Things Today

List #633: Irksome Things Today

1. Facebook Changes... Again

2. Forgetting my lunch AND dinner... looks like I'm Fasting today

3. The Field Hockey team we're playing doesn't have a JV squad

4. It's the first of 3 consecutive days where I'll be at work until at least 8 pm

5. Humidity

List #632: Cool Things in Wired Magazine This Month

List #632: Cool Things in Wired Magazine This Month

1. Turning Chickens into Dinosaurs

2. The international standard for the kilogram

3. Google+ (maybe)

4. Crazy Russian radio signals

5. The guy that makes alcohol from stuff like seaweed and crabs and mushrooms

List #619: Likely Fall TV Watching Schedule

List #619: Likely Fall TV Watching Schedule (plus a comment)

1. How I Met Your Mother (Mondays 8pm) - Still probably my favorite.

2. Modern Family (Wed. 9 pm) - Still probably the best comedy

3. Community (Th. 8) - The Highlight of My Week. Every Week.

4. Parks and Rec (Th. 8:30) - Great cast

5. The Office (Th. 9) - I'm more excited about James Spader than I am sad about Steve Carrell

6. Fringe (Fri. 9) - Best earthbound Sci-Fi in a loooong time

Bonus List: Shows I will try to catch via other means or will consider watching (if it's a new show)

1. Big Bang Theory (conflicts with Community, and Abed>Sheldon)

2. 2 Broke Girls (follows HIMYM, also Kat Dennings)

3. The New Girl (Tuesdays. But Zoey Deschanel is a pretty strong draw)

4. Grimm / Once Upon A Time (two different "Fables"-esque shows later in October)

List #610: Stuff I've Bought at Target in the Last Week

List #610: Stuff I've Bought at Target in the Last Week

1. Vacuum Cleaner

2. Bookshelves

3. Other Shelves

4. Broom

5. Dustpan

6. Protein Bars

7. Milk Crate

8. Wipe-off board

9. Magic Bullet blender

10. Document Holder and folders

11. Toilet Cleaner

12. Laundry Detergent

13. Two Bath Towels

14. Towel Hangar

15. Waste Basket

16. Bath mat

List #608: Books Read This Summer

List #608: Books Read This Summer

1. Born to Run

2. A Dance With Dragons

3. Embassytown

4. Power of Play

5. Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (on Audiobook)

List #597: Things that make the trip back to MD okay

List #597: Things that make the trip back to MD okay

1. A good co-pilot

2. Field Hockey is the first thing

3. I missed my big computer

4. Grocery Shopping gets to happen soon

5. I have more friends in MD than MN right now

6. West Virginia is pretty to drive through

7. The weather is good

List #596 Goals for the Summer Revisited

List #596 Goals for the Summer Revisited (see earlier List)

1. Be Barefoot or Five-Fingers-ed as much as possible (YES!)

2. Run more often (NO)

3. Read 8 Books (more like 5)

4. At Least 3 Trips to Vermillion (NO)

5. At least 3 times seeing the Trio at Blackwater (Yes)

6. Eat smarter (Sometimes)

7. Go to the Twin Cities (NO)

8. Go up the Shore at least once (YES)

9. Disc Golf (3 Times)

10. Make a video with my brother (NO)

11.Suggestions? ('Go to Pike Lake a lot and hang out with My Grandpa.... YES)

List #570: Things I haven't done enough of this summer so far

List #570: Things I haven't done enough of this summer so far

1. Sailed

2. Gone Downtown

3. Cleaned up stuff or gone through boxes of my old stuff at my mom's house

4. Played Music

5. Made it up to the lake before 3 in the afternoon.

6. Taken Pictures

List #551: Goals for the Summer

List #551: Goals for the Summer

1. Be Barefoot or Five-Fingers-ed as much as possible

2. Run more often

3. Read 8 Books

4. At Least 3 Trips to Vermillion

5. At least 3 times seeing the Trio at Blackwater

6. Eat smarter

7. Go to the Twin Cities

8. Go up the Shore at least once

9. Disc Golf

10. Make a video with my brother

11.Suggestions?

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 #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