It's New Year's Day now

Another year used up and ready to leave.  It's been a good year, with lots of thing happening.  Some bad things happened, and some good things happened, as they do every year, but the good things far outnumbered the bad things.  And as we prophesied at the beginning of the year, 2011 was indeed a good year, full of interesting and awesome things.  "I felt, I believed, I hoped, I mourned"  And somehow, this seems to be a fitting ending to such a year, a day of journaling and writing and podcasts, with no great big New Year's party to cap it off, just some sparkling juice, my journal, and a great playlist of music.  Oh, and working on my Ultimate Accomplishments of Awesome lists, the one from this year and the one from this upcoming year.  And I just know that 2012 is going to be a great year.  I can just feel it.

Here's my Ultimate Accomplishment's of Awesome 2011: The Reckoning

(x=accomplished, /=partially accomplished or in progress)

{}=deleted or changed

[] Memorize a book of the bible

[] Look at the Stars until 2 in the morning

[] Go to Chicago

[] Write a short story

[] {Learn six new words and use them regularly} When exposed to new words, actually try to remember them

[] Learn to juggle

[] Start Using French the Llama in normal conversation

[/] Read Last Words of Notable People

[/] Walk through Kalamazoo with Emily, singing along the way

[/] Reread Fahrenheit 451

[/] Read a lot of poetry

[/] Read the Silmarillion

[/] Have Deep and pointless theoretical conversations

[/] Name all of my turtles

[/] Memorize five poems

[/] {Read all seven Harry Potter books in a week} {Read all seven Harry Potter books this summer before the movie comes out} Read all seven Harry Potter Books

[/] Own all of John Green's books ([x]Lfa, AoK, PT, WGWG, TFiOS []Let it Snow)

[x] Learn how to do the nerdfighter salute (it hurts, but I can do it)

[x] Grow Closer to James and Jesse

[x] Study things that are interesting to me

[x] Journal like crazy

[x] Color a lot more in my coloring books

[x] {Sign Language?} French

[x] Pen Pals!

[x] Have more Kalamazoo adventures

[x] Blog about interesting stuff, not just keep a type of online journal

[x] Hang out with people more

[x] Decrease World Suck [I'm not sure how to measure this...]

[x] Deal with issues caused by event in childhood/forgive people

[x] Help others accomplish their UAoA lists

[x] Own Last Words of Notable People

[x] Stay up all night talking (I'm going to say the Lock-in counted)

[x] Attend/make a dance party happen.  

[x] Wear make-up

[x] Dress Up for no reason

[x] Have a tea party :D

[x] Buy more tea

[x] Buy a New Teapot!/Fix Camille

[x] Photo shoot

[x] Finish my dress

[x] Become comfortable with my singing voice

[x] Read all of John Green's books

[x] Watch every Vlogbrother's video

[x] Read the Phantom Tollbooth

[x] Wear my Octopi shirt

[x] Have fun awesome walking adventures with some of my favorite people

[x] See at least one musical

[x] Go to shows and artsy things

[x] Go to at least one museum

[x] Think about my life, a lot

[x] Read Mere Christianity

[x] Practice Structured Procrastination more often

[x] Reread LotR in a month

[x] Be Bold

[x] Fast something (for a month)

[x] Acquire at least two sundresses

[x] Wear dresses/skirts at least once a week once it's warm (55 degrees and up)

[x] Watch Doctor Who

[x] Get rid of excess stuff/pare down my material goods/give them to a charity

[x] Pare down my facebook friends list

[x] Get a haircut

[x] Be a hipster with Emily

[x] Vlog every day in May (29 out of 31 isn't too bad)

[x] Go see the Harry Potter movie opening night

[x] Fall in Love

{[] Read The Hunger Games}  

{[] Read Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte}

{[] Read Great Expectations by Charles Dickens}

{[] Read two Shakespeare plays I haven't read before}

{[] Camp out in my backyard with some of my favorite people}

{[] {Do the Romans 8 thing Emily, Kiersten and I talked about}  Keep Emily accountable for the Bible/theology thing we talked about}

{[/] {Read my bible every day.}  Read the New Testament in three months.}

{[] Make my people/ideas/quotes/inside jokes book}

{[] Index my journals by people}

{[] Name my newly acquired teapot}  This one has been rendered redundant

{[] Write at least 5 appreciation letters}

{[] Road Trip?} Not this year

{[] Get a tattoo} Not this year

{[] Journal every day in June}

{[] Vlog every couple of days}

The most recent additions:

[x] Learn how to knit

[x] Secret Project, Code name: K

[x] Quote book

[x] Make epic wish on 11/11/11 at 11:11

[x] Blanket Fort!!!