Author Topic: 2012 GOALS (Read 6410 times)

Himu · « **on:** December 30, 2011, 05:16:44 PM »

My goal for 2012 is to read 52 books. One for every week! PUSH ME! I CAN DO THIS!

I CAN DO IT ADRIAN!

Enl · « **Reply #1 on:** December 30, 2011, 05:21:21 PM »

Finish my game or at least release some version of it.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #2 on:** December 30, 2011, 05:22:38 PM »

yes you can Himuro! (my name is Adrian if you didn't know

)

my goals:

- get a job
- get paid
- get laid
- play video games

Himu · « **Reply #3 on:** December 30, 2011, 05:24:49 PM »

Getting a full time job is my number one priority! If I don't have one in a few months I'm joining the military because fuck it!

The Sceneman · « **Reply #4 on:** December 30, 2011, 05:27:47 PM »

yeah I'm currently applying for welfare but I hopefully wont be on it for too long. Job market seems pretty good here atm.

Himu · « **Reply #5 on:** December 30, 2011, 05:28:34 PM »

Applying for welfare? You're blacker than me. I have too much pride.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #6 on:** December 30, 2011, 05:31:01 PM »

I worked and paid tax for 7 years, I figure I'm entitled to a months worth of unemployment benefit payments while I'm looking for work

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #7 on:** December 30, 2011, 05:55:05 PM »

-Be a good dad.
-Run two half-marathons.
-Buy more shitty Gundam games.

Robo · « **Reply #8 on:** December 30, 2011, 05:55:49 PM »

Quote from: The Sceneman on December 30, 2011, 05:22:38 PM

my goals:

- get a job
- get paid
- get laid
- play video games

This stuff, more or less.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #9 on:** December 30, 2011, 06:29:33 PM »

Goal: Get a book published
Chances: Slim

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #10 on:** December 30, 2011, 06:37:02 PM »

My goal is to not do the following:

wear a backpack using both straps and hooking thumbs under straps

Mandark · « **Reply #11 on:** December 30, 2011, 07:44:08 PM »

My goal is to think of a dozen really short books to recommend to Himuro next November.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #12 on:** December 30, 2011, 08:02:56 PM »

Goosebumps books are very good, you can finish one of those in a couple of hours

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #13 on:** December 30, 2011, 08:10:43 PM »

There are at least twelve Hank the Cowdog books, so Himu should be able to complete his goal this year.

Himu · « **Reply #14 on:** December 30, 2011, 08:29:23 PM »

Quote from: Mandark on December 30, 2011, 07:44:08 PM

My goal is to think of a dozen really short books to recommend to Himuro next November.

Most of the books on my wishlist are like 300 or so pages.

Almost done with Jonathon Strange!

The Sceneman · « **Reply #15 on:** December 30, 2011, 08:35:32 PM »

read some Vonnegut!

ps. books are for homos

Himu · « **Reply #16 on:** December 30, 2011, 08:44:21 PM »

well, put a ring on my finger then honey cuz I'm ready to suck DICKS

The Sceneman · « **Reply #17 on:** December 30, 2011, 08:55:11 PM »

Quote from: Stringer Bell on December 30, 2011, 08:44:21 PM

well, put a ring on my finger then honey cuz I'm ready to suck DICKS

Eric P · « **Reply #18 on:** December 30, 2011, 08:56:53 PM »

Quote from: Great Rumbler on December 30, 2011, 08:10:43 PM

There are at least twelve Hank the Cowdog books, so Himu should be able to complete his goal this year.

I loved the Hank the Cowdog books.

Of course growing up in Texas will do that for you.

tiesto · « **Reply #19 on:** December 30, 2011, 09:27:37 PM »

-Find a decent girl
-Get a promotion at work (I am overdue for this, just have to tactfully press the issue with my bosses)
-Get my house redone and finish settling in
-Finish my Xbox 360 indie game
-Beat more RPGs

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #20 on:** December 30, 2011, 09:44:12 PM »

I'm also going to continue bitching about the upper level management of the Seattle Mariners. Spending some fucking money jesus christ.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #21 on:** December 30, 2011, 09:56:20 PM »

-maintain the status quo (work hard, study kinda hard, have fun friends/gf)
-visit my brother in Kenya next year or in 2013

Olivia Wilde Homo · « **Reply #22 on:** December 30, 2011, 10:15:30 PM »

- Go for my MBA (was supposed to start this fall but 90 hour work weeks put the kibosh to that!)
- Have $125,000 in savings
- Build a beast of a PC

Not many goals this year. I'm just trying to keep on keepin' on.

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My goal is to think of 40 really short books to recommend to Himuro next November.

fix'd

Quote from: The Sceneman on December 30, 2011, 08:55:11 PM

Quote from: Stringer Bell on December 30, 2011, 08:44:21 PM
well, put a ring on my finger then honey cuz I'm ready to suck DICKS

(Image removed from quote.)

Is that Captain Jack?

The Sceneman · « **Reply #23 on:** December 30, 2011, 10:23:07 PM »

lol yep

Trent Dole · « **Reply #24 on:** December 30, 2011, 10:47:26 PM »

Quote from: Great Rumbler on December 30, 2011, 06:29:33 PM

Goal: Get a book published
Chances: Slim

It's easier than you think. One of my insane aunts got a book published this or last year. It's not very well written, either. Of course it was published by a company whose only other publications are the works of its owner/founder, but hey, it's still published!

Olivia Wilde Homo · « **Reply #25 on:** December 30, 2011, 10:57:40 PM »

Can't you self publish on Amazon these days?

Himu · « **Reply #26 on:** December 30, 2011, 10:58:17 PM »

Publish your book to Amazon like ZephyrFate did.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #27 on:** December 30, 2011, 11:42:33 PM »

Quote from: Trent Dole on December 30, 2011, 10:47:26 PM

Quote from: Great Rumbler on December 30, 2011, 06:29:33 PM
Goal: Get a book published
Chances: Slim
It's easier than you think. One of my insane aunts got a book published this or last year. It's not very well written, either. Of course it was published by a company whose only other publications are the works of its owner/founder, but hey, it's still published!

Quote from: Stringer Bell on December 30, 2011, 10:58:17 PM

Publish your book to Amazon like ZephyrFate did.

That's always a possible move, but I'd really like to get an agent to bite on it.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #28 on:** December 30, 2011, 11:45:24 PM »

I always wanted to write a fantasy novel :'(

Olivia Wilde Homo · « **Reply #29 on:** December 30, 2011, 11:50:50 PM »

Quote from: Great Rumbler on December 30, 2011, 11:42:33 PM

Quote from: Trent Dole on December 30, 2011, 10:47:26 PM
Quote from: Great Rumbler on December 30, 2011, 06:29:33 PM
Goal: Get a book published
Chances: Slim
It's easier than you think. One of my insane aunts got a book published this or last year. It's not very well written, either. Of course it was published by a company whose only other publications are the works of its owner/founder, but hey, it's still published!

Quote from: Stringer Bell on December 30, 2011, 10:58:17 PM
Publish your book to Amazon like ZephyrFate did.

That's always a possible move, but I'd really like to get an agent to bite on it.

What would it be about?

Himu · « **Reply #30 on:** December 30, 2011, 11:53:35 PM »

Rumbler, if old ladies going through menopause can shit out crappy love novels, you should be able to publish your book.

One of my roommate's in college, he had an aunt who wrote those shitty novels. His mom was so proud of her. LOOK, HAVE YOU READ THIS? HAVE YOU HEARD OF IT?! And there's this chick in a bed, eyes wide open, ready for a dicking while this bare-chested Fabio looking wannabe walks through the door on the cover.

Suffice to say, YOU CAN DO IT MAN.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #31 on:** December 30, 2011, 11:56:35 PM »

Quote from: The Experiment on December 30, 2011, 11:50:50 PM

What would it be about?

It's about an exiled prince searching through a massive desert for his sister. The idea was to make it a bit surreal and draw from Heart of Darkness, though I wasn't quite as successful in that area as I would have liked. That's a stand-alone story, I've also got the more typical grand fantasy novel that's the first part in the series. I'm still doing a bit of work on both, but I've got some hopes for publishing progress next year.

Quote from: Stringer Bell on December 30, 2011, 11:53:35 PM

Rumbler, if old ladies going through menopause can shit out crappy love novels, you should be able to publish your book.

One of my roommate's in college, he had an aunt who wrote those shitty novels. His mom was so proud of her. LOOK, HAVE YOU READ THIS? HAVE YOU HEARD OF IT?! And there's this chick in a bed, eyes wide open, ready for a dicking while this bare-chested Fabio looking wannabe walks through the door on the cover.

Suffice to say, YOU CAN DO IT MAN.

My chances would be so much better if I just wrote some generic vampire romance story!

Olivia Wilde Homo · « **Reply #32 on:** December 31, 2011, 12:13:53 AM »

Quote from: Great Rumbler on December 30, 2011, 11:56:35 PM

Quote from: The Experiment on December 30, 2011, 11:50:50 PM
What would it be about?

It's about an exiled prince searching through a massive desert for his sister. The idea was to make it a bit surreal and draw from Heart of Darkness, though I wasn't quite as successful in that area as I would have liked. That's a stand-alone story, I've also got the more typical grand fantasy novel that's the first part in the series. I'm still doing a bit of work on both, but I've got some hopes for publishing progress next year.

Good luck!

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #33 on:** December 31, 2011, 02:29:35 AM »

Lose weight
put my penis in a girl again

Trent Dole · « **Reply #34 on:** December 31, 2011, 02:57:43 AM »

Actual goals-
Tone up
Practice piano/learn audactiy/etc more
Read mo'
Get a real career going, enough of this freight monkey stuff
Those are all things that could happen, right?

MCD · « **Reply #35 on:** December 31, 2011, 06:03:09 AM »

Stop wasting money.

Cheebo · « **Reply #36 on:** December 31, 2011, 07:32:53 AM »

It's pretty easy to get a book published on Amazon as a ebook. And there are people who have had million seller self published titles on Amazon and got real book deals out of it what's to lose. Goal is easily achieved if you can finish a novel.

Why go the agent route? Ebooks sell better than traditional books now anyway. No reason to hold on to the old way of doing things and hope to get a agent a book in actual print. Having a popular ebook would likely make getting an agent way easier for book number 2.

lennedsay · « **Reply #37 on:** December 31, 2011, 09:28:32 AM »

One goal for next year was to pay off my car, but I paid it off last month.

Maybe I'll replace that with my husband's car instead.

-Gain weight
-Birth a child without pooping
-Raise baby without destroying marriage
-Replace tiny paid off car with a 4-door...

-Pay off debt

I've already started buying furniture, picking out paint and decor, clearing out one of the spare bedrooms, etc. It's all pretty gender-neutral so theoretically it could be started soon. Once we find out what we're having, we can add gender-specific accents.

chronovore · « **Reply #38 on:** December 31, 2011, 06:07:39 PM »

- Buy a car
- Train myself back up to present-level tech in game art
- Get a new job
- Move family across the Pacific Ocean to somewhere near the new job
- Enroll kids in US schools for the first time in their lives
- Take care of wife's immigration

Bebpo · « **Reply #39 on:** December 31, 2011, 08:29:39 PM »

-Finish writing my story. Then I can turn it into a film, a game, or a novel (don't want to pin myself to a format until most of the plot/dialogue is done). I want to sit down and every day spend time on this, so I can create the ultimate epic story of

-Put on some muscle weight. Will start going to the gym with a personal trainer for a few months and learn how to actually build muscle to go along with all the cardio workouts I do.

-Join a Japanese speaking club. My listening/reading is fine from all the jrpgs and stuff I play, but the last time I spoke to someone in Japanese was probably 3 years ago at this point and I'm sure my spoken Japanese is awful currently. Want to join a club where I can talk to Japanese people and practice keeping up my language skills.

-Take an intro French class. Been wanting to learn a few more languages for like FIVE YEARS now, but haven't made the time to do it. 2012 is when I will learn some French. Goal is to learn French and then Spanish.

-Travel across Europe. Never been anywhere in Europe. Hoping to make the trip to Italy, France, and UK in 2012.

-Mayyybe learn how to play Guitar again like I did when I was 15. I own ROCKSMITH and an electric guitar; so I'm hoping to combine the two and see if it can refresh my ancient memory on how to play a song again. I've never really been musically inclined, but hey, always worth a shot!

PS. Himuro, how do you read 50+ books while still playing videogames? Juggling a book & videogames & some movies during my free hobby time, it takes me about a month to read a 1000 page book. I try to make it through about 5-6 books a year.

Quote from: MCD on December 31, 2011, 06:03:09 AM

Stop wasting money.

This is my 2013 goal.

Quote from: Mr. Gundam on December 30, 2011, 05:55:05 PM

-Be a good dad.
-Run two half-marathons.
-Buy more shitty Gundam games.

I'm sure you'll be an awesome dad. Your kid is going to have the BEST mecha collection in Seattle!

Himu · « **Reply #40 on:** December 31, 2011, 08:55:52 PM »

Well I'm going to be playing games less in 2012 anyhow.

Bacchus7 · « **Reply #41 on:** December 31, 2011, 09:44:21 PM »

Quit smoking Mary Jane and cigarettes.

Get a job.

Get in shape.

Jamie · « **Reply #42 on:** December 31, 2011, 10:53:28 PM »

Mine is to sell my awful car, I refuse to stay in this abusing relationship. Don't necessarily need it anyway. Also hope to move into a bigger house before spring.

Quote from: Stringer Bell on December 30, 2011, 05:16:44 PM

My goal for 2012 is to read 52 books. One for every week! PUSH ME! I CAN DO THIS!

Reading this made me tremble. Then I realized I probably read the equivalent of 52 books on the internet/games.

Still won't read more than 1 book a year.

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #43 on:** December 31, 2011, 11:00:29 PM »

my 2012 goal is to laugh at himu when he fails his 2012 goal.

Olivia Wilde Homo · « **Reply #44 on:** January 01, 2012, 09:31:37 AM »

Another nerdy goal that I have is that this is the year that I'm going all digital. I'm donating all of my books to the local library and put whatever I like onto a Kindle or Nook (haven't decided yet). Won't own any physical copies of games, they'll either be rented through Gamefly or downloaded (I'm downloading PS3 full games as I speak). I'm going to sell or donate my tiny DVD collection and use Netflix or Hulu Plus. As for music, I'll be downloading illegally, like I have been for 12 years.

Not a difficult goal by any means but might as well get all modern and shit.

Fifstar · « **Reply #45 on:** January 01, 2012, 09:56:07 AM »

Finish uni, financing myself independently, produce some good house music.

Also, waste less time on FB and Forums, but that goes without saying.

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #46 on:** January 01, 2012, 10:34:08 AM »

Quote from: Jamie on December 31, 2011, 10:53:28 PM

Quote from: Stringer Bell on December 30, 2011, 05:16:44 PM
My goal for 2012 is to read 52 books. One for every week! PUSH ME! I CAN DO THIS!

Reading this made me tremble. Then I realized I probably read the equivalent of 52 books on the internet/games.

Basically the same thing.

ELAINE: Kevin and his friends are nice people! They do good things. They read. . . .

JERRY: I read.

ELAINE: Books, Jerry.

JERRY: Oh. . . . Big deal!

ferrarimanf355 · « **Reply #47 on:** January 01, 2012, 10:59:50 AM »

Buy less video games
Play more video games
Finally finish that novel I've been writing on and off for the past five years.
Get laid

demi · « **Reply #48 on:** January 01, 2012, 11:17:41 AM »

Quote from: Creepy Old Guy on December 31, 2011, 02:29:35 AM

Lose weight
put my penis in a girl again

Keep the weight and I'll put on a wig

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #49 on:** January 01, 2012, 06:30:45 PM »

All great goals I read guys and gals. Very cool to see so many of you doing creative stuff!

Positive Touch · « **Reply #50 on:** January 02, 2012, 08:25:08 AM »

Quote from: Green Man on January 01, 2012, 06:16:17 PM

I'm not very good looking and kinda an asshole so I'm not very appealing.[/li][/list]

1. no youre not
2. this never stopped all the ACTUAL ugly scumbags! you can do it!

also getting into college isnt that hard. just make sure you apply for every single type of financial aid you can get, no matter how small.

demi · « **Reply #51 on:** January 02, 2012, 10:28:00 AM »

Why would you want to jerk off less? :shrug:

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #52 on:** January 28, 2012, 11:12:21 AM »

Quote from: Great Rumbler on December 30, 2011, 11:42:33 PM

Quote from: Stringer Bell on December 30, 2011, 10:58:17 PM
Publish your book to Amazon like ZephyrFate did.

That's always a possible move, but I'd really like to get an agent to bite on it.

Well, despite my earlier hesitance, here it is:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0072NYPO0

Come and laugh at my banal scribblings! It's only costs a dollar!

demi · « **Reply #53 on:** January 28, 2012, 11:44:03 AM »

> Kindle

Guess I'll take my business elsewhere

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #54 on:** January 28, 2012, 11:44:43 AM »

Got a Nook? They need me to actually call them to set up my account there, so it'll be Monday at least.

Himu · « **Reply #55 on:** January 28, 2012, 01:39:57 PM »

I'm on my 4th book so far this year!

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #56 on:** January 28, 2012, 03:58:19 PM »

Quote from: Stringer Bell on January 28, 2012, 01:39:57 PM

I'm on my 4th book so far this year!

"Murder at the End of the World"?

Himu · « **Reply #57 on:** January 28, 2012, 04:02:05 PM »

Nope! The Hunger Games..which isn't...bad. Surprisingly.

Vizzys · « **Reply #58 on:** January 28, 2012, 05:56:18 PM »

read this himu
http://www.amazon.com/Notebook-Proof-Third-Lie-Novels/dp/0802135064/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1327791063&sr=8-1
its 3 books technically

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #59 on:** January 28, 2012, 06:34:31 PM »

Quote from: Stringer Bell on January 28, 2012, 04:02:05 PM

Nope!

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Author Topic: 2012 GOALS (Read 6410 times)