Jellyn's Collection of Curiosities

I did watch all of Saturday Night Live, with variable attention. I left the room during the monologue. I never pay attention to the music. Most of the sketches were boring or painful to watch. They had a Suze Orman sketch. The best one was about Adam Samberg's father. I think I spelled his name right.

I watched Honey and Clover Live Action episode 8 after that and finished watching it when I woke up. With non-serial shows, I feel compelled to discuss how good the episode was, but, at least with anime and other Japanese shows I've watched, there's few particularly good or bad episodes. They're part of a whole. Or something. Anyway, the show itself is based on a manga and it's about some kids at an art school. It's held my interest.

Rather than a list of resolutions, here is a list of 2008 goals.

In no particular order:

* Be able to recognize all 1945 Joyo kanji so I can read a manga in Japanese.
First step: Buy Remembering the Kanji by James Heisig because the library doesn't have it.

* Read books 1-6 of Harry Potter in Spanish. (As I can't find book 7 at the library)
First step: Borrow the Spanish Reader I found from the library.

* Read 250 books, at least 10% of which are nonfiction. Non-English books count double though.
First step: Start reading on Tuesday!

* Watch 12 movies in French without subtitles.
First step: Find a good movie in French to start with.

* Score 100 in the Clarion Submission game.
First step: Write a story.

* Be 1*0 pounds by December 31st. (Which means 5 pounds leeway for Christmas fudge. ;) )
First step: Find a class.

* Get a yellow belt in a martial art.
First step: Make some phone calls.

* Acquire tickets to Japan. (Note, not necessarily buy, and not necessarily for 2008.)
First step: ?????

* Make $100,000.
First step: Make $1,000 in non-wage income.

* Volunteer for an organization.
First step: See if Room to Read has anyone local to hook up with.

* Go to 3 cons.
First step: Pre-register for Readercon and Albacon.

* Learn shorthand.
First step: Pick up the library book on my floor and open it. :)

* Take a drawing class.
First step: Find a drawing class.

Edit: Fixed the categories for this post. And created a goals page.

This is my first time embedding a YouTube video. We'll see how well it works.

Someone stuck a video camera on a sushi conveyor belt. Enjoy all the intense drama, edge-of-your-seat action, and sparkling dialogue.