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hummingwolf ([personal profile] hummingwolf) wrote2010-12-31 05:51 pm
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Resolution-type things

Resolution #1: In 2011, I intend to read at least one book in each of the ten main classes of the Dewey Decimal Classification system. When I first came up with this resolution in November, I was undecided about whether I'd include Biography as part of the 900s (it's number 920) or as a separate category (the local library system shelves it seprately). For purposes of this resolution I've decided to consider biography as a distinct category, so that means I should be reading at least 11 nonfic books this year. Barring some catastrophe that keeps me from reading, this should be an easy resolution to keep.

When I was a kid living in the Washington, DC suburbs, we'd have field trips to some museum or other a few times every school year, and I'd be standing around wondering why we were supposed to be so excited about these exhibits when we would be able to get a better look at the paintings/fossils/spaceships/whatever by looking at a good photograph instead. Then when I was twelve, I finally got my first pair of glasses. Naturally, that's about the time when schools stopped sending us on so many interesting field trips. Resolution #2: Take advantage of the fact that I live near The Land of the Free Museums and go to museums at least four times in 2011. I'd make this a goal of once a month--the Smithsonian Institution alone has many parts--but it's probably good to allow myself to avoid going downtown in particularly hot or busy or otherwise inconvenient months.

Resolution #3: Play with computer graphics more than I did in 2010. Since I did almost nothing interesting in 2010, this should be another easy resolution to keep.

[identity profile] szeretni.livejournal.com 2011-01-01 01:06 am (UTC)(link)
Happy new year! :D
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[identity profile] hummingwolf.livejournal.com 2011-01-01 02:57 am (UTC)(link)
Happy New Year!!
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[personal profile] bluegreen17 2011-01-01 04:14 pm (UTC)(link)
sounds like a fun reading plan!
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[identity profile] hummingwolf.livejournal.com 2011-01-02 01:48 am (UTC)(link)
I finished one book from the 300s today, but it was a children's book so the achievement wasn't very impressive. However, since I made the rules, I say that reading children's books or picture books isn't cheating. :-)
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[personal profile] bluegreen17 2011-01-02 10:40 am (UTC)(link)
i agree with you wholeheartedly! i read children's books a lot to learn things,not to mention because of the art!