Friday, April 01, 2016

Monthly Update - March 2016

RESOLUTIONS:

1. Reasonable Bedtime - March started a movie challenge, featured two comic book conventions, several game nights, Daredevil season 2 and a whole bunch of other busy times. End result: Bedtime slipped to after 2 AM regularly. However... still setting my alarm for 11:30 AM every day, so I'm not sleeping in past noon. Baby steps.

2. Cook More - Last month I added four new recipes (only one of which made the regular rotation), This month I made Korean Beef, Philly Cheesesteak Sliders, Crockpot Chicken and Dumplings and Beef Cutlets with Red Wine Mushroom Gravy for 14. Of those, though, I only really liked the Red Wine Mushroom Gravy Beef and Chicken and Dumplings enough to add to the rotation.

3. No Cancer - Smooth sailing until April, when I get my next CT scan.

4. Halloween Costume 

  • Dead of Winter (Squad Goals) - I could do the principal (jacket, flashlight, fake blood, the farmer (jacket, shovel, hat, fake blood), the ninja (ski mask, gloves, wallet with chain) but I'd really need two or three partners to pull this off. Ideally someone to dress as the fireman, soldier and/or paramedic to sell the theme. 
  • Spider Jerusalem (Glasses are $80 (but I'd be half-blind in costume if I was wearing them, since my eyes are so bad), I could find black clothes cheap and easy enough, just need some temporary tattoos or makeup)
  • Star Wars - Not sure what, but I know Aaron would love a Stormtrooper outfit - maybe I could find an Imperial officer uniform (yep... $99 or so here.) We may have a winner.

6. Spend More Time With My Kids - Lots of videogames with Aaron, and I took Katy to iFly for her birthday.

7. Stay on budget. I've ordered Better Call Saul, Supergirl, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee and Angie Tribeca so far this year. That's 4 of my 12 seasons, which is pretty much on track. I preordered No Man's Sky, and I'm going to order Overwatch, so that's 2 of my 6 videogames. 


8. Try New Things. I tried Uber for the first time. Also first time at C2E2.



POP CULTURE GOALS:

1. Read 15 Books (3)
  • Nothing this month
2. Read 100 Graphic Novels (26)
  1. Amazing Spider-Man by Roger Stern Omnibus
  2. Smut Peddler 2014
  3. Welcome Back Vol 1
  4. Southern Cross
  5. Book of Death
3. Catch up on TV/Movie DVDs and Blurays
  • Nothing this month
4. Play 15 New Boardgames (11)
  • Bohnanza
  • Sushi Go!
  • Splendor
  • Pandemic Legacy
  • Machi Koro
  • King of New York
  • 7 Wonders
  • Just Desserts
  • DC DBG
5. Go to 5 Comic Book Conventions
  • Dallas Comic Con (February)
  • STAPLE! (March)
  • C2E2 (March)
  • Heroes Con (June)
  • Alamo City Con (October)
My Picks of the Week For This Month:
  1. Black Widow #1
  2. Avengers Standoff Assault on Pleasant Hill Alpha #1
  3. Doctor Strange #6
  4. Amazing Spider-Man #9
  5. Spider-Woman #5
  6. Astonishing Ant-Man #6
  7. All-New All-Different Avengers #7
  8. Birthright #15
  9. Jughead #5
  10. Saga #35
      Other Comics I Read This Month (96+43=139):
      • Agents of SHIELD #3
      • All-New All-Different Avengers #7
      • All-New Hawkeye #5
      • All-New Wolverine #6
      • Amazing Spider-Man #9
      • Amazing Spider-Man and Silk Spiderfly Effect #1
      • Astonishing Ant-Man #6
      • Astro City #33
      • Avengers Standoff Assault on Pleasant Hill Alpha #1
      • Birthright #15
      • Black Widow #1
      • Captain Marvel #3
      • Daredevil #5
      • Darth Vader #17-18
      • Descender #11
      • Discipline #1
      • Doctor Strange #6
      • Gutter Magic #3
      • Haunted Mansion #1
      • Hercules #5
      • Howard the Duck #5
      • Huck #5
      • Independence Day #1
      • Interceptor #3
      • Jughead #5
      • Klaus #4
      • Mockingbird #1
      • Ms. Marvel #5
      • Power Man and Iron Fist #2
      • Rat Queens #15
      • Saga #35
      • Scarlet Witch #4
      • Silk #6
      • Spider-Woman #5
      • Star Wars #17
      • Starve #7
      • Street Fighter X GI Joe #2
      • Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #6
      • Uncanny Avengers #7
      • Uncanny X-Men #4-5
      • Usagi Yojimbo #153
      • Violent #3
      TV I Watched This Month:
      • 11.22.63 "Other Voices, Other Rooms" "The Eyes of Texas" "The Truth" "Happy Birthday, Lee Harvey Oswald" "Soldier Boy"
      • Agent Carter "The Edge of Mystery" "A Little Song and Dance" "Hollywood Ending"
      • Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. "Bouncing Back" "The Inside Men" "Parting Shot"
      • Americans "Glanders" "Pastor Tim"
      • Arrow "Broken Hearts"
      • Baskets "Strays" "Easter in Bakersfield" "Uncle Dad" "DJ Twins"
      • Better Call Saul "Amarillo" "Gloves Off" "Rebecca" "Bali H'ai" "Inflatable"
      • Broad City "Two Chainz" "Co-Op" "Game Over" "Rat Pack"
      • Brooklyn Nine-Nine "Adrian Pimento" "Cheddar" "Terry Kitties"
      • Daredevil "Bang" "Dogs to a Gunfight" "New York's Finest" "Penny and Dime" "Kinbaku" "Regrets Only" "Semper Fidelis" "Guilty as Sin" "Seven Minutes in Heaven" "The Man in the Box" ".380" "The Dark At the End of the Tunnel" "A Cold Day in Hell's Kitchen"
      • DC's Legends of Tomorrow "Marooned" "Night of the Hawk"
      • Flash "Trajectory" "Flash Back"
      • Full Frontal with Samantha Bee "Episode 1004-1007"
      • Hap & Leonard "Savage Season"
      • iZombie "Eternal Sunshine of the Caffeinated Mind" "He Blinded Me With... Science"
      • It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia "The Gang Goes to Hell"
      • Last Week Tonight With John Oliver "Special Districts" "Encryption" "The Wall"
      • Real O'Neals "Pilot" 
      • Star Wars Rebels "Homecoming"
      • Supergirl "Solitude" "Falling" "Manhunter" "World's Finest"
      • The People vs. OJ Simpson: American Crime Story "The Race Card"
      • Togetherness "Advanced Pretend" "Changetown" "Just the Range" "Geri-ina"
      Top Ten Shows This Month:
      1. Better Call Saul
      2. Togetherness
      3. The Americans
      4. Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
      5. Full Frontal With Samantha Bee
      6. Supergirl
      7. Flash
      8. Broad City
      9. The People vs. OJ Simpson
      10. Daredevil
      Movies I Watched This Month:
      • 10 Cloverfield Lane
      • Across the Universe
      • Avengers Age of Ultron
      • Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon Sword of Destiny
      • Harmontown
      • Inside Out
      • Into the Woods
      • Jurassic World
      • Lucy
      • Man from U.N.C.L.E.
      • Pitch Perfect 2
      • Spy
      • Star Wars Force Awakens
      • The Martian
      • To Kill A Mockingbird
      • Tomorrowland
      • Veronica Mars
      • Zootopia
      Places I Ate This Month (42+32=74):
      • Alamo Drafthouse (x2)
      • Chi'Lantro
      • Chuy's
      • Culver's (x2)
      • Firehouse Subs
      • Freebird's
      • Fuddrucker's (x2)
      • Giordano's (Chicago)
      • Hoody's Subs (x2)
      • Jack Allen's Kitchen
      • Jason's Deli (x2)
      • Joe's Crab Shack
      • Juarez
      • KFC
      • Michi Ramen
      • Moon Palace (Chicago)
      • New Fortune Chinese (x2)
      • Popeye's (x2)
      • Shake Shack
      • Smokey Mo's (x2)
      • Torchy's (x2)
      • Wendy's (x2)