I’m leaving town tomorrow for the holidays. I figure I better commit my resolutions to words now.
- Treat exercise as being at least as important as work and political commitments
- Climb at least once a week (been doing this mostly, should be no problem)
- Rock climb at least once a month (I mostly boulder, which I really like but rock climbing’d be good too)
- Figure out a climbing support fitness program and start it, like rotator cuffs and stuff
- Do a cardio-vascular work three times a week
- Go back to yoga, average once a week
- Go back to a meditation group, at least once a month
- Get down to 200 pounds (I’m about 215 right now)
- Do more ab work out stuff, improve ye olde gutte
- Shave my face and head at least once a week; no more scruffy
- Finally get those other tattoos I’ve been thinking about forever, at least one of them anyways
- About every two weeks call the brother I don’t live with
- At least every two weeks do some thing deliberately to improve my writing, like a writing exercise or reading a thing on style then trying it out
- Get two massages by May
- Finally finish volumes two and three of Capital
- Cook vegetarian versions of poutine, biscuits and gravy, chicken and dumplings
- See more rock music live
- Make a short list of novels to read from the gilded age and progressive era and actually read them
- Keep my desk more neat and organized
- Make and keep some socializing goals, rather than pretending that having a job and doing political stuff is the same thing as a social life
- Do more outdoor things, like outdoor rockclimbing and kayaking
- Read some of those books about understanding comic books and/or the history of comic books
- Get my blog posts categorized at least up through 2008
- Finally get around to getting to know Twin Cities music more, starting with the Husker Du records I don’t have then maybe Lftr Pllr (sp?)
To help me with my fitness goals, this:
http://www.fitday.com/fitness/PublicJournals.html?Owner=nateholdren
195 pounds by March 7th.
Comment by Nate — December 24, 2008 @ 7:41 pm
I dunno, but somehow it’s a sad thing, it’s not necessary, ppl making something of themselves…
Comment by fanboi — December 26, 2008 @ 9:36 pm
i’ll miss the scruff, but i’d like to read volumes two and three of capital, too. maybe we could hold each other to that?
Comment by erik — December 27, 2008 @ 12:49 am
hi Erik,
Sounds great. I definitely think this is a goal that requires other people’s help. Let’s talk about this when we’re both back in the cities.
xox
n8
Comment by Nate — December 27, 2008 @ 10:59 am
Note to self -
Don’t forget to come back to these:
http://fragments.awedge.net/?p=606
http://grundlegung.wordpress.com/
Comment by Nate — December 29, 2008 @ 1:45 am
I think you should substitute or supplement the part of reading Vol 2 and 3 of Capital with reading “Historical Capitalism and Capitalist Civilization” by Wallerstein.
Why??!!
Because 1. Its way shorter (less than 150 pg)
2. Prop easier to read than Marx’s philosophical bend
3. Gives a more expansive analysis of capitalism using much of the same approaches (ie its more updated)
4. W doesn’t hold M’s notions of capitalism being a progressive force and his analysis is better off for it (in fact the last essay is all about this)
5. Has a whole section on ideologies that help capitalism function that Marx never touches
6. We can compare notes after!!
How you like them apples?
Comment by Adam W. — January 7, 2009 @ 12:59 am
Husker Du, Replacements, Bob Dylan,… - you guys got one hell of a music scene, buddy. And movie scene, so I gather from some online friends who go to a lot of retrospectives, festivals. Best of luck!
Comment by jsc — January 14, 2009 @ 10:16 am