Bye Bye Blackhawks
Posted on | February 12, 2009 at 7:53 pm | 5 Comments
Again, sorry about being lax with the blog updates, but I have a good excuse. I’ve been vacationing in Florida for two weeks. Okay, you caught me, that’s a lie. Well, it’s kind of the truth, since I live vicariously through others. I’ve also been fighting wildfires in Australia.
Some of you may have noticed that I didn’t make any New Year’s Resolutions this year. Isn’t joining a gym (as cliché as that is) enough? No, it’s not. The real reason is that I’m not done with last year’s resolutions. And everyone knows you can’t start new resolutions until you’ve finished off the old ones. So, let’s take a minute and check the status of those 2008 resolutions:
- Sell my comic book collection.
Miraculously, I finally did that this week. I did save a few rare ones to sell on eBay if times get rough, but I actually sold the bulk of the collection (nearly 20,000 comics in 60-some longboxes) to a local collector who found me through my Craigslist ad (which was posted for all of a day). I even got something close to my asking price (in cash), and got rid of the warehouse shelving unit they were stored on at the same time. I thought I would be sad, but it feels like a great weight has been lifted from my shoulders. Although my shoulders hurt from helping to load the comics into his SUV, which involved multiple loads. - Eat less and exercise more.
Didn’t do very good on that one, though I’m hoping the whole gym thing will help me with that this year. - Keep in better touch with friends.
Not sure. I don’t think I did very well, though probably better than 2007. What’s bad is that I didn’t take any trips to visit friends in other parts of the country, and I definitely want to do that this year. - House repairs and remodels, including replacing some appliances and finishing the basement.
Didn’t accomplish any of this, although now that the comics are out of the basement I can finally start on the basement finishing project. Well, after I get rid of a lot of other stuff down there. Oh, I did at least secure a Home Equity Line of Credit. - Rip all my CDs to the computer.
Ha! I barely kept up with ripping new ones, much less making any headway on the back catalog. - Read more books and play more video games.
I finished one book and got halfway through another, but that’s probably not better than the previous year. I did however play (and finish!) more video games. - Learn a new skill or technology at work.
I took some training classes but I’m not sure I really “learned” anything. Although I’m on a new project now that should give me a chance to learn some new stuff. - Take a trip to a beach with the gf.
Yep, we went to Cancún in April. - Avoid driving into things.
Yeah! No accidents in 2008! And so far in 2009…
Well, I mentioned in that post last year that I would be happy to accomplish any two of the resolutions, and it looks like I did even better than that. So I’m happy!
For 2009: More of the same. Plus I want to appear on Hell’s Kitchen. And see more movies. And listen to more music. And write more blog entries, or at least more than I’m writing now. And upgrade Wordpress again and change the theme.
Latre.
Songs That Came Up On The iPod While Exercising Since Last Bog Update:
- “I Have Faith” (The Dream Syndicate)
- “Poking Myself In The Eye To Spite My Finger” (Anton Barbeau)
- “The Day Of The Triffids” (The Celebrity Pilots)
- “A Different Man” (The Church)
- “The Return of the Beserker” (The Futureheads)
- “Head Full of Steam” (The Go-Betweens)
- “Hairdresser on Fire” (Morrissey)
- “Tall” (Poi Dog Pondering)
- “Detonator” (Ash)
- “Strong Enough” (Bill Nelson)
- “Dirty Mouth” (Hot Hot Heat)
- “Between the Worlds” (Be Bop Deluxe)
- “Parade of Punk Rock T-Shirts” (Maritime)
- “Driving to Damascus” (Big Country)
- “Pastimes & Lifestyles” (Dogs Die in Hot Cars)
- “Yolanda Hayes” (Fountains of Wayne)
- “The Day The Rain Came Down” (Felt)
- “The One You Never Had” (Lloyd Cole)
- “Quality” (Barenaked Ladies)
- “Love’s Great Adventure” (Ultravox)
- “Distance Makes” (Maxïmo Park)
- “Dream The Moon” (Pere Ubu)
- “Limboland” (Sun & the Moon)
- “Just Too Bloody Stupid” (Close Lobsters)
- “I Come from Another Planet, Baby” (Julian Cope)
- “Lucy” (54-40)
- “From Georgia to Osaka” (Gene)
- “Conjure Me” (Afghan Whigs)
- “A Certain Bridge” (Last Man In Europe)
- “Return of the Roughnecks” (Chameleons UK)
- “Road To Ruin” (The Libertines)
- “Easy Does” (Let’s Active)
Pet Peeve of the Day: I may be totally off-base here, but it seems like The Daily Show and The Colbert Report have gotten shorter and Comedy Central is throwing more commercials in. Anyone have any statistics? Although I guess that’s not a bad thing, since it makes my morning routine go faster.
Ben Affleck’s Wife-Related Search Term Of The Day That Led To This Blog: “juno yuppie woman”.
Videogame(s) Played Since Last Blog Update: Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia (DS). Still brutally hard!
Comments
5 Responses to “Bye Bye Blackhawks”
February 13th, 2009 @ 4:38 am
> Oh, I did at least secure a Home Equity Line of Credit.
Congratulations, and welcome to 2004!
And much less sarcastic congrats on selling the collection!
February 14th, 2009 @ 4:27 pm
Way to go on unloading the comics. Excess stuff creates stress you don’t even realize was there until you unload it. Even when it’s stuff that we once really loved. Of course, that can be true of people, too, but we won’t darken this Hallmark Holiday with such negativity.
You got a new project? Is it the one you were expecting to move to, or something else? How about Pilto? We really need to have a beer or five.
I’m sure RTD has been keeping an eye out for you this year.
February 16th, 2009 @ 8:34 pm
Congrats on the unload…I dumped a crapload of Hello Kitty last year..it was SO uplifting..now to dump the rest of the crap..well except for the GOdzillas and Pez..
was CL easy..no freaks calling or showing up?
February 17th, 2009 @ 10:31 pm
You got a new project? Is it the one you were expecting to move to, or something else? How about Pilto? We really need to have a beer or five.
Oh yeah, on most counts. We need to discuss.
February 17th, 2009 @ 10:33 pm
was CL easy..no freaks calling or showing up?
Craigslist is very easy. I’ve sold a lot that way, and only had one bad experience (person repeatedly not showing up when he said he would). The comics posting was up for all of a day, and they were bought by the second person who inquired.