Accountability Day

Three years ago, I made a list of 30 Things I Want To Do and theorized that I would get around to doing three of them. How have I done?

• Learn to play the violin: FAILURE
• Resume my self-studies of jazz piano: FAILURE
• Add song info to 13 years worth of MP3s: SUCCESS
• Compose a new band piece: FAILURE
• Learn how to use Photoshop CS4 in a structured, non-ad-hoc way: FAILURE
• Take some random interest online classes through the free, yet poorly implemented, Skillsoft program at work: SUCCESS
• Learn to program with Google Web Toolkit: FAILURE
• Learn to program in Ruby: FAILURE
• Write more reviews on Yelp: FAILURE
• Review burgers with Rebecca: FAILURE
• Learn enough to pass as a Database Administrator: FAILURE
• Create maps for Half-Life 2: FAILURE
• Learn video editing: FAILURE
• Redo the cabinets and appliances in the kitchen: SUCCESS
• Organize the closets: SUCCESS
• Start an herb garden for cooking: FAILURE
• Eradicate the creepy olive-sized spiders in the shed: FAILURE
• Permanently mount my over-the-air HD antenna: SUCCESS
• Hang out with more people in the vicinity who don't require a thirty minute drive to reach: SUCCESS
• Host the sixth annual Month of Thanksgivings: SUCCESS, then FAILURE
• Create new photo albums for all the unsorted pre-digital pictures scattered about: SUCCESS
• Volunteer for something: FAILURE
• Exercise at least three times a week: SUCCESS
• Cook more: SUCCESS
• Eat more disgusting foods, like fruits and vegetables: PYRRHIC VICTORY
• Exercise Booty more: FAILURE
• Learn Spanish: EL FAILURE
• Relearn French: LE FAILURE
• Work on the Paravia Wiki: FAILURE
• Write more Interactive Fiction.: FAILURE

Summary: BU meets or exceeds expectations by over 300%!