Resound 11: 12 in 12

I’ve reached that point in this month of meme-and-prompt-inspired blogging where I just don’t care anymore. It happened last year with Reverb 10. I even swore to myself that I wouldn’t take part in Reverb or Resound again this year. And yet here I am, less than half way through the month cursing myself for jumping in only to half ass it.

Still, the twelfth prompt is a good one:

Take today to talk about 12 things you would like to accomplish in 2012. These 12 things can be 12 resolutions, 12 changes in your life, 12 wines you’d like to drink, 12 cities you’d like to visit, or 12 monthly goals. The decision is yours. Good luck and have fun!

So here’s my list of 12 Things I Want to Accomplish in 2012.

1. Get up to speed on the Web Sockets API.
2. Get my feet wet with Node.js.
3. Take a class in kitchen knife work.
4. Go on an overnight, possibly a weekend-long meditation retreat.
5. Set foot on the continents of Australia or South America.
6. Host at least one cocktail party at Casa de Brown-Toney, complete with a bartender to handle the minibar situation. I’m swapping the cocktail party idea for “Improve my home office situation.”
7. Publish two articles in web development magazines.
8. Buy a bicycle. Maybe two.
9. Take drawing classes Done. MinneWebCon. (Please make it happen selection committee!)
10. Make my annual May pilgrimage to New Orleans to celebrate Derrick‘s grad school graduation, and volunteer with the St. Bernard Project.
11. End 2012 debt-free.