I’m A Made Man

Well, at least my bed is a made bed. 🙂

Today’s Daily Challenge
Drink a glass of water before you feel thirsty.
Could this be an omen for happy hour?

Rain And Traffic
I worked until 6:00pm last night. With the lousy weather traffic was inevitably shitty, so I went to my natural home-away-from-home Taco Mac. Except I really didn’t go to Taco Mac…

Thursdays are “pint nights” which normally draw a large crowd. Through in the extra amount of people who came to the same conclusion about driving and you can imagine the density of people waiting for a table. “At least thirty minutes” I was told, but since I had nowhere else to be and the weather was not conducive to going for a walk, I took out the documentation I needed to read and started to get into it. While I waited I was generously asked if I needed a beer by one of the regular waitresses, but I declined figuring that I could wait until I obtained my own table. As I sat reading documentation my boss called; he and one of my coworkers were already at Outback. So, I turned in my buzzer at Taco Mac and scooted across the parking lot in the rain and joined them.

I called my mother on the drive home and arrived home early enough to see that my across-the-street neighbors were having a successful party, and to get some work done. Except that I didn’t get any real work done. I struggled with a failed install on my Mac (Trouble? With an Apple product? In-CON-ceivable!!!) and then passed out for the evening.

ITP Flickr Pic
While I don’t exactly think of myself as incredibly photogenic I do seem to like to take photos of myself.

Especially when I’m obscured in some way.

A Confusing Weekend Ahead
With the exception of going to Variety Playhouse for The Mountain Goats show tomorrow night and to a dinner party on Sunday evening I don’t really know what’s in store for this weekend. I might work (I’m so far behind). I must find time to exercise (though unfortunately the office building’s workout/shower facilities will still be under renovation). I need to watch Stanford iOS Development Classes and start to get back into reading books. I need to file paperwork for Sharpened Stone. I need to read the documentation for my company’s 2012 benefits plan. I need to eat pancakes (okay, perhaps I don’t need to eat pancakes). So much to do. So little time.

Plus, there are some pesky January Goals that are still achievable that I should try and accomplish…

Stats & Goals
Daily
Current Mood – fair, the current weather isn’t helping, and I feel as if I am falling behind all of the time
Current Music – listening to this week’s “The Kindle Chronicles” podcast
Website Of The Day – The Omni Group makes some great Mac software, including OmniFocus, which I need to start using more effectively to get my life in order.
Mode Of Transportation To Work – my car
Exercise (b)Log – nothing
Morning Weigh-In – next Monday

Monthly
Foot Mileage – ~11.7 miles
Wheel Mileage – ~6.0 miles
Pushups – 0
Situps – 0
Stairs – 0 flights

Days Of Bed-Making – 1

Vegetarian Days – 0
Carnivorous Days – 26
Pancakes Eaten – 3

Marta Rides To Work – 0
Bike Rides To Work – 0

January Goals
– Lose at least one pound (net weight loss)
– “Completely” recover from the bike crash (though I’m beginning to think that this will never happen)
– Exercise for thirty minutes no fewer than twenty days
– Not to get sick for the entire month
– Eat vegetarian no fewer than ten days
– Not get fired from my job, nor quit my job
– Follow up with doctors, lawyer, women in whom I have interest
– Participate in a least one dinner party (perhaps held at my house when plumbing issues are addressed?)
– Go out on a least one date with a woman in whom I have interest
– Submit 2012 paperwork for Sharpened Stone, LLC
– Gather all tax paperwork for 2011 income taxes
– Request free credit report
– Successfully arrange for automatic payments for my mortgage
– Watch all of the classes in the 2011 Winter semester of Stanford’s CS193P (iOS Development) course

2012 Goals [will be a little less fluid than last year]
– Get my weight under 200 pounds, or at least whittle myself back down to where wearing a 36″ pant size is comfortable
– Completely read ten books, audio books permissible
– Run Sharpened Stone as a real business
– Save $500 for the sole purpose of donating to charitable organizations of my choice
– Attend at least one professional photography workshop
– Ride in no fewer than five 50 mile or 50K bike rides
– Run in no fewer than one one 10K
– Submit at least one application under the name “Sharpened Stone” to Apple’s iOS store
– Restore the ITP Estate to a condition where it can be put up for sale at any time
– Buy a new iPhone (iPhone 5?), a new iPad (iPad 3?), and MacBook Air [look, not all goals have to be altruistic]

The Unmeasurable
– Continue backing up all data, including the off-site storage
– Become a proficient and profitable programmer in Objective-C
– Do not create a solution for something which is not a problem
– Eat smaller portions
– Start, and continue, to make my own bread using my bread machine as well as using the technique outlined in Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day: The Discovery That Revolutionizes Home Baking
– Read and discard magazines during the month in which they arrive (even digitally)
– See more live concerts than I did in 2011
– Eat more pancakes
– Drive/Fly somewhere for a real vacation

Cheers,
Paulie [eatl/ga]