My achievements for 2009
I’ve never been a new years resolution kind of guy, but for some reason I thought it would be a good idea this year. But, I wanted my own spin on it. Instead of one or two vague “I want to lose weight” or “I want to travel more” cop-outs, I’d do a list of Xbox-style achievements. All the Xbox Live Arcade games have 12 achievements for a total of 200 points…so, that’s what I’m doing in 2009. Without further ado…
Mike’s achievements for 2009
- I chose poorly… (10)
Replace HD DVD player with Blu-ray player.
- Blah blah blah (10)
Post 12 blog entries
- Hope I don’t get mugged (20)
Visit a city with a population greater than 1 million 500,000 that I’ve never been to [EDIT: Didn't realize so few cities have pop > 1 mil]
- Green thumbs up! (10)
Plant a garden
- It was a dark and stormy night… (15)
Write a piece of fiction longer than 1000 words
- Dirty deeds done dirt cheap (10)
Buy an AC/DC album already, you dirty pirate!
- You haven’t seen that?!? (10)
Watch either Night of the Living Dead, Spaceballs, or Seven Samurai…preferrably all three.
- Snakes…why did it have to be snakes? (10)
Write a script longer than 50 lines in Python.
- Played it ’til my fingers bled, it was the summer of ‘69 (10)
Buy a real guitar!
- There are no touchdowns in basketball (10)
Take Gavin to a professional sporting event. Try to pretend I understand it.
- I can haz artz (10)
Paint a painting, on a canvas, not in the style of Jackson Pollack.
- He asked for a 13 but they drew a 31 (10)
Get another tattoo.
