Oh hey, it's 2011
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ximenWow, it's been a year. A weird year that was long in some places and short in others and generally just full of stuff. Last year I was too busy moving to make my usual end-of-the-year post, so this year will be something of a fresh start-- no resolutions from last year to reflect on.
2010
Good things:
-Moving out of the horrible house I'd been living in during the fall of 2009, and into the awesome King St. studio I had for the first half of 2010. That studio was wonderful.
-Getting into two PhD programs: UW and Princeton!
-Successfully running several RPGs, including a multi-session game of Bliss Stage and a couple of Mud Dragon sessions. Previously I'd had some bad luck running games, but now I feel more confident about it,
-Going to China for a trip (the first time I ever left the country just for fun, not for school or work!). I managed not to have any huge meltdowns, and got to have lots of adventures.
-Going to Mt. Rainier with my dad.
-Getting to be a bridesmaid in Shreyas and Elizabeth's wedding. I got to wear a sari and eat yummy food and hang out with a lot of people I liked and see my friends get married.
-So much delicious food.
-Making lots of new friends: Grace at @Cafe, Mark and Prikha at Thai Curry Simple, Cynthia, Bing, Aliyah, Erin, and Flori in Princeton, Jiang Lian in Chengdu. Making friends is something I'm nervous about, and I was worried that I wouldn't be able to at all once I moved here to Princeton. But so far it's been going well.
-Keeping in touch with a lot of old friends; I got to see Ben, Jon and Karen, Jaya, Jono and Sushu, Karla and Gordon, Rebecca, El, Chris, and Isaac multiple times last year, and I got to see Dev, Shreyas and Elizabeth, Vincent and Meg, Joshua and Carrie, Emily, and Julia at the wedding. And I saw David a few times before he moved to PDX.
-My brother had a second child! I have a nephew now!
Not-as-good things:
-Living in Princeton-- this place is boring! But the real problem is that you really need a car to get by around here.
-Wondering if I should have gone to UW instead... I'm still feeling a little uncertain about my ability to do well at this school. Check back in a month, when the semester ends.
-I've had more depressed periods than I'd like. But it's hard to tell if I'm doing better or worse than before.
-I didn't get to see/talk to some friends as much as I'd like. I didn't get to see Brian, Jeremy and Zach, Mel, Colin, or Aki at all, and I'd like to! And the other people whose names I missed because I'm tired. And I only saw Jess and the Western MA people once each. And even the people I have gotten to see, none of them live here, and I miss them!
-I spent way too much of the past year being sick. And I didn't get as much exercise as I wanted to.
-I'm still having lots of trouble focusing and not procrastinating.
-I didn't really do much in the way of creative stuff this year. I didn't blog much, I didn't do many crafts, I didn't finish a single project. That was disappointing.
Overall, I made a lot of progress in learning to be social and make friends, but I spent too much time feeling sad or sick, and I haven't really made progress on the procrastination front.
Okay, resolution time! I'm going to stick to mostly concrete, measurable goals, so that I can see how well I'm doing. But I'll allow myself a few vague ones.
Resolutions
School/Academics:
-Turn in all my papers on time
-Get my minor fields set and squared away
-Don't miss more than one of each class per semester
Projects:
-Finish my sewing project
-finish those fingerless gloves I was knitting
-make that bus transfer poster I wanted to create
Personal:
-Save 10% of my stipend and either pay down my unsubsidized student loans or invest it
-be able to do 10 push-ups (the real kind, not the knee kind)
-go see a PT person about my leg
Vague:
-Be more in touch with friends
-Procrastinate less, and be more organized!
-Have a living space I feel happy with
We'll see how I do!
2010
Good things:
-Moving out of the horrible house I'd been living in during the fall of 2009, and into the awesome King St. studio I had for the first half of 2010. That studio was wonderful.
-Getting into two PhD programs: UW and Princeton!
-Successfully running several RPGs, including a multi-session game of Bliss Stage and a couple of Mud Dragon sessions. Previously I'd had some bad luck running games, but now I feel more confident about it,
-Going to China for a trip (the first time I ever left the country just for fun, not for school or work!). I managed not to have any huge meltdowns, and got to have lots of adventures.
-Going to Mt. Rainier with my dad.
-Getting to be a bridesmaid in Shreyas and Elizabeth's wedding. I got to wear a sari and eat yummy food and hang out with a lot of people I liked and see my friends get married.
-So much delicious food.
-Making lots of new friends: Grace at @Cafe, Mark and Prikha at Thai Curry Simple, Cynthia, Bing, Aliyah, Erin, and Flori in Princeton, Jiang Lian in Chengdu. Making friends is something I'm nervous about, and I was worried that I wouldn't be able to at all once I moved here to Princeton. But so far it's been going well.
-Keeping in touch with a lot of old friends; I got to see Ben, Jon and Karen, Jaya, Jono and Sushu, Karla and Gordon, Rebecca, El, Chris, and Isaac multiple times last year, and I got to see Dev, Shreyas and Elizabeth, Vincent and Meg, Joshua and Carrie, Emily, and Julia at the wedding. And I saw David a few times before he moved to PDX.
-My brother had a second child! I have a nephew now!
Not-as-good things:
-Living in Princeton-- this place is boring! But the real problem is that you really need a car to get by around here.
-Wondering if I should have gone to UW instead... I'm still feeling a little uncertain about my ability to do well at this school. Check back in a month, when the semester ends.
-I've had more depressed periods than I'd like. But it's hard to tell if I'm doing better or worse than before.
-I didn't get to see/talk to some friends as much as I'd like. I didn't get to see Brian, Jeremy and Zach, Mel, Colin, or Aki at all, and I'd like to! And the other people whose names I missed because I'm tired. And I only saw Jess and the Western MA people once each. And even the people I have gotten to see, none of them live here, and I miss them!
-I spent way too much of the past year being sick. And I didn't get as much exercise as I wanted to.
-I'm still having lots of trouble focusing and not procrastinating.
-I didn't really do much in the way of creative stuff this year. I didn't blog much, I didn't do many crafts, I didn't finish a single project. That was disappointing.
Overall, I made a lot of progress in learning to be social and make friends, but I spent too much time feeling sad or sick, and I haven't really made progress on the procrastination front.
Okay, resolution time! I'm going to stick to mostly concrete, measurable goals, so that I can see how well I'm doing. But I'll allow myself a few vague ones.
Resolutions
School/Academics:
-Turn in all my papers on time
-Get my minor fields set and squared away
-Don't miss more than one of each class per semester
Projects:
-Finish my sewing project
-finish those fingerless gloves I was knitting
-make that bus transfer poster I wanted to create
Personal:
-Save 10% of my stipend and either pay down my unsubsidized student loans or invest it
-be able to do 10 push-ups (the real kind, not the knee kind)
-go see a PT person about my leg
Vague:
-Be more in touch with friends
-Procrastinate less, and be more organized!
-Have a living space I feel happy with
We'll see how I do!
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Date: 2011-01-02 06:32 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-01-02 02:33 pm (UTC)It's not too late to register to GM for Dreamation, which gets you in for free, and you'd be welcome to squeeze into my hotel room with me and my friends!
Matt
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Date: 2011-01-02 04:46 pm (UTC)How many games do they need you to run? I can run Bliss Stage, and if Ben is okay with it and they allow playtests, I can also run Mud Dragon. I have a Friday morning seminar, but I could probably head out there after that, assuming some sort of ride-ness (even just pickup from the nearest train station) can be arranged.
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Date: 2011-01-02 07:13 pm (UTC)Vinnie loves playtests and you should probably run a minimum of 2-3 games.
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Date: 2011-01-02 09:45 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-01-02 06:41 pm (UTC)Happy new year! I tried calling but your mailbox says it's full.
I'm right there with you on the focus/procrastination thing.
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Date: 2011-01-03 04:21 am (UTC)Your year sounds really exciting! In spite of the procrastination thing, which I hear you about, it sounds like you did a lot of living between episodes of studying and sickness. I guess you've moved so many times in your life that you don't experience it as an accomplishment anymore, but from over here I'm astonished at how comfortably mobile you are!