Bold Predictions for 2012

In 2012, I predict that I will…

…go skydiving.

…cook more.

…go to five new major league baseball stadiums.

…go hiking at least 10 times.

…watch The Wire (TV show).

…explore more (like visit a new country or National Park).

…write more.

…go kayaking.

…finish watching the American Film Institute’s Top 100 Movies.

…play volleyball.

…witness the end of the world (the Mayan 2012 version).

Let’s look at how I fared from my 2011 list:

Success rate: 6/10

…travel to Croatia. Nope, didn’t make it. Should have gone.

…take in the national pastime at four new major league baseball stadiums. Ahhh, sadly I went to just one new stadium, the Angels Stadium in Anaheim.

…hang around in a hammock. Quite. Maybe too much.

…go scuba diving. I don’t have a good track record so far…didn’t do this either.

…start using Twitter. YES! Finally, something I did. I started both work and personal Twitter feeds.

…go river rafting. YES!  I got wet white water rafting on the Mae Tang River near Chiang Mai, Thailand.

…make things happen. Sure, why not? Who’s going to fact check…

…read more books. Yes, I read many, many books.

…run, walk, bike and hike more. Yes, yes, yes and no. I started running. I walked. And I biked a lot. I only managed three hikes.

…be the one your mother warned you about. I was too good. Your mother probably liked me.

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