Things you want to do this year...

Cliffjumper · Post by **Cliffjumper** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 6:05 pm

...ambitious, pretentious, banal, anoraky, young guns go for it!

For me:

- Quit smoking (my 25th is the target; no, it's financially motivated, bitches)
- Stop my laptop from frying
- Get my hair done like David Bowie
- Get to watch all the games I want for the World Cup (yay for hosts in sensible timezone!)

Post by **Denyer** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 6:15 pm

- Pass driving test.
- Get fulltime teaching contract.
- Not disappear off the face of the planet, to some extent.
- Read stuff.
- Keep up with weights.

Sixswitch · Post by **Sixswitch** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 6:20 pm

Go to the gym semi-regularly.
Learn something new.
Be more proactive in life.
Get a better idea of where I want my career to go.

Wildrider · Post by **Wildrider** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 6:34 pm

Hmm leave my job and travel with some kind of environmental terrorist group.

Get a tortoise or possibly two.

Breed with my wife to create a race of superior Wigan/Crewe hybrids.

Get to see the Latics in a major cup final (Fingers crossed)

Finally get my first international field placement with the Red Cross/Red Crescent. (Fingers and toes crossed)

Participate in the Bog snorkeling world championships, (just to say I have competed at a world event.)

Learn to drive/play guitar properly and begin writing my book (arf)!

DrSpengler · Post by **DrSpengler** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 6:59 pm

*Get my Japanese Language Certification
*Get accepted into GMU despite my math failings
*Not get mugged when I got to Manhatten in April
*Plan a way to go back to Japan in summer '07
*Find a new job with good pay
*Actually watch all the DVDs I've bought/read all the comics I've bought
*Translate more manga for the Archive
*Not become a hopeless boozer post-21st Birthday
*Learn how to make webpages
*Pass all my classes
*Spend less money
*Ride my bike more
*Increase sexiness
*Spend less time on internet messageboards

Post by **Denyer** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 7:06 pm

Originally posted by DrSpengler
*Not become a hopeless boozer post-21st Birthday

I've really got to stop assuming everyone's more-or-less the same age as me...

It's less fun when it's legal. Differently fun, anyway.

Check out http://www.w3schools.com for the website bit... get into good habits early on and you'll have far fewer headaches later on.

-Predaking- · Post by **-Predaking-** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 7:11 pm

1) Find a good job that I enjoy and pay good, with promotional opportunities (don't we all)
2) Pass Real Estate Broker exam (one last class I have to take before I am qualified)
3) Continue to collect toys but rein in my spending from last year
4) Visit Taiwan, Japan, and Thailand for vacation
5) Strengthening my relationship with my gf.. no more big fights if possible
6) Go back to the gym, use up my personal trainer sessions, and reach my goals of having a strong, toned body. Cut down on fried and fatty food and eat healthy. Start habit of cardio exercise every day
7) Buy MP3 player and DVD burner
8) Make money and pay off my car this year

ravimus prime · Post by **ravimus prime** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 7:19 pm

- Be more social.
- Seeing my 16 year old dog finally die. I hope this is the year.
- Try to get more fit.
- Move to a better house.
- Cut down on transformers.

the_escaflowne_2k · Post by **the_escaflowne_2k** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 7:21 pm

-Get a new job closer to home
-Get a tattoo (once i'm settled on the design)
-Stick to my weekly budget till i've saved enough to finally get a new car.
-Get through to my 4thyear of uni
-Figure out what i want to do post uni.
-Keep up regular reading
-Go on holiday at least once (not been further south than where i am now in 6 years).
-Start drawing again.

Ozz · Post by **Ozz** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 7:33 pm

-get a job
-graduate
-find a nice place to live
-start pursuing a Master degree at the fall
-don't lose anything I have now

verytired · Post by **verytired** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 8:14 pm

- Have more fun
- stop pretending I don't care about my job
- Have second and last child
- have secret vascectomy so last child will definetly be last

Halfshell · Post by **Halfshell** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 8:28 pm

- Fix finances.
- Contact lenses.
- New big tv. w00.
- Harness the powers of Castle Grayskull.

Chromia · Post by **Chromia** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 8:49 pm

- finish my pilots license

- finsh renovation on house

- spend more time at gym (so far so good)

- spend more time with kids

Post by **Sades** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 9:14 pm

-Pass the class I'll be taking this spring [I'm aiming for 85% or better]
-get into college this fall
-stick with it, not let my own doubts get to me
-learn to drive
-become very pooterknowing
-quit smoking
-quit my stupid job
-make more of an effort to keep in touch with people
-program my toaster to ask if I'd like it to do a little song and dance for my amusement upon my arrival into the kitchen every morning
-get my own place/shared place with a friend
-take a road trip

Sir Auros · Post by **Sir Auros** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 9:34 pm

-Move into a house with room for a crossbow (like a bowflex, but cheaper)
-Make my MAME cabinet
-Sell some undisplayed toys on ebay
-Move back to Blacksburg if I get a job offer in the area
-Get back into working the Toys section of the site

Offtopic, but does anyone know how well something like a crossbow machine would work to substitute regular lifting? I used to go to the gym with friends, but now I have no gym and no friends (except my wife who couldn't spot me in a million years) where I live now.

Chromia · Post by **Chromia** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 11:02 pm

Offtopic, but does anyone know how well something like a crossbow machine would work to substitute regular lifting? I used to go to the gym with friends, but now I have no gym and no friends (except my wife who couldn't spot me in a million years) where I live now. [/B]

Very well. We actualy have 3 of them at my gym, and I have an older one in the basment...

Wildrider · Post by **Wildrider** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 11:08 pm

Originally posted by ravimus prime

Seeing my 16 year old dog finally die. I hope this is the year.

I know where your coming from, it's hard to see a beloved family member struggle through old age, but do you have to sound so upbeat?

CounterPunch · Post by **CounterPunch** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 11:39 pm

-Pass my driving test
-Get in to a steady relationship that lasts more than 2 months
-Complete College

It really

-Predaking- · Post by **-Predaking-** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 12:32 am

Originally posted by Sir Auros

Offtopic, but does anyone know how well something like a crossbow machine would work to substitute regular lifting? I used to go to the gym with friends, but now I have no gym and no friends (except my wife who couldn't spot me in a million years) where I live now.

You mean bowflex machine? I once knew a girl who swears by it and even bought one for each family member. I like the new bowflex product which is a dumbell that you can adjust the weight on it. Couple that with a bench and you can do a lot of free weight exercises. I plan to let my current gym membership run out before deciding whether to get it.

RID Scourge · Post by **RID Scourge** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 3:00 am

Ummm . . . I'm gonna look into schools to apply to, and apply to grad school in Fall 07.
Collect more GI Joes
Maybe finish that RID Thunderwing I've been working on for a few years, now.
Build a new computer that incorporates the video card and tv card that I have, but won't work in my slaggin' compaq.
Go deeper into prayer