What I Have To Do So Far

Maybe to help me actually get some work done on my list of 15 things to do, I thought I might need some constant reminders. Hopefully seeing the link to this this page on my blog at the top right corner of the window will do that.

Here’s the list again with status updates:

1. Give the clothes I don’t wear anymore to charity. - I’ve started replacing some clothes with new ones. I’ve got a good idea what I don’t wear anymore. These shirts I’m going to get rid of are barely worn too. Sally Anne is gonna like this stuff.
   UPDATE 12/25/07 - Bagged and ready to go.
   UPDATE 01/22/08 - I gave the bag to my mother. She was bringing some stuff to the Salvation Army. GOAL COMPLETE
2. Lose an inch or two from my waist. - I know I lost a bit. Some of my pants started to feel a bit loose but then I through out my back. Once my back was better I got sick. Now my back is gone out again. It sounds like I’m making excuses and I am. But you try losing your love handles when the only thing that makes you feel better is a donut or three. Basically, I haven’t done much in the past month. I think it all came back. But, historically, I get thinner at Christmas time. I somehow find ways to eat less at the holidays. Don’t ask me why. I don’t know how I do it. So bring on the holidays. I need to lose some weight.
   UPDATE 02/25/08 - Things seem to be taking a turn for the worse, fat worse. I feel fatter and some of my pants are a bit tighter. I can’t really figure out why. I don’t think I’m eating more. But I have to dedicate more of my time to working out.
3. Clean up my DVD collection. - I’ve seperated all the discs I want to unload. I’m just going to take them to some used DVD place and hawk them. That will make it much easier. And right now, I’ve got all the movies seperated from the TV shows. That was a big undertaking and it is now done. I must thank my Dad for helping with that.
4. Get Bob a ladyfriend. - I haven’t gotten out much lately. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. This is a lifelong goal.
   UPDATE 01/22/08 - There’s a five hundred dollar incentive for him to get laid. That should help.
   UPDATE 03/18/08 - I offered to be his wingman at a bar on St. Patrick’s Day. Play some Have-You-Met-Bob. He told me to go fuck myself.
5. Read more. - I’m not exactly reading one book, but everyday I read a bit of something. Newspaper, magazine, book; whatever I can get my hands on when I’m, you know, in the office.
6. Redecorate my bedroom. - Can’t do this until Christmas is over. My closest is full of gifts. Also getting rid of some unused clothing will give me more room to work with. As for the furniture, I’m going to at least hold on to the current set until the Summer. Its too difficult to move big pieces of furniture in the Winter.
   UPDATE 12/25/07 - With the extra clothes out of the closet, the hanger rod isn’t dropping so dramatically. Most of the gifts are out of there as well. I think I just might need some more closet space. Each day I turn more into my Father than I would like.
7. Get at least one good photo of myself. - I look great in this shot but its not the best shot in the world. My camera person needs some help. The lighting is not great. But its a start. Nice suit though. It wasn’t at all what I was looking for when I bought it but the salesman talked me into it. I’m glad he did. I look great in that suit.
   UPDATE 04/27/08 - It had a couple of quick photos of me taken. Here’s one of me in front of my house. I think I look pretty good in this shot.
   
8. Roll and get rid of all my spare change. - I haven’t rolled any change but I’ve been slowly giving it all to Tim Hortons and that little charity box in Tim Hortons. The basket I keep my change in is dwindling. I have to sift through it to find any quarters now. I still have lots of nickels and dimes. My Loonie ($1) and Toonie ($2) coins seem more abundant now. I try not to use those. Those can go pretty quickly. Its the pennies, nickels and dimes that take forever to piss through.
   UPDATE 01/22/08 - Its hard getting rid of all these pennies. All other denominations have dwindled nicely.
   UPDATE 02/25/08 - I’m running pretty low of everything right now. I think the people at the Tim Hortons are starting to hate me for always paying with handfuls of change, and lots of pennies.
9. Try out that remote control helicopter I have collecting dust in my basement. - Still haven’t done this. And now the weather is too poor. This is going to have to wait until next Summer, again.
10. Take a vacation. - Leaning towards Texas in February, unless I can think of something better. I have been floating the idea of my brother and his fiancee eloping to Las Vegas or something. You know, a quickee wedding with only a couple of guests. I could use a trip to Vegas. My brother seems open to that idea. His fiancee does not. Bah, women!
11. Tie a half windsor knot in a tie in under 60 seconds. Sort of. I bought a tie and the guy at Harry Rosen did it for me. Don’t look at me like that. I dropped $1500 on a new suit dammit. That’s the least the salesman could do.
    UPDATE 12/15/07 - I spent nearly half an hour trying to tie some of my ties. I got one for Christmas and I still hadn’t tied that tie I got for my birthday. It is just so frustrating for me. I had to resist the urge to rip the ties to shreds.
12. Make red the new white. - I can’t find any nice red shirts, but I’m always on the lookout. But I guess to pull this off, I have to get other people to wear a lot of red too.
13. Rid myself of that pesky insomnia thats been keeping me up at night. - Yeah, right!
    UPDATE 02/25/08 - Don’t know why, but I’ve been sleeping a bit better lately. Let’s hope this keeps up.
    UPDATE 03/19/08 - Barely slept all week. Even after going out drinking on St. Patrick’s Day and not getting to bed until 3:00AM, I couldn’t sleep past 7.
14. Buy Miss Ash a drink, apparently… Hopefully she’ll return the favour. - I think she said something about doing this in the New Year. Balls in her court. She wants a drink, she knows how to reach me.
15. See the following movies: You’re Gonna Miss Me, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Krull - I still haven’t watched Liberty Valance although I have the DVD. YGME, I don’t think its available in Canada and Krull might be hard to find. I did get a Blockbuster membership recently though. That might make acquiring the films a bit cheaper. I won’t have to buy them this way.