2013 New Year's resolutions

[ChadTower]

Anyone want to make some resolutions?  Set a goal, kill a bad habit, eat a sandwich?  Do it here!   

[lordnacho]

Less  at the kids.  I've got a short  lately.  Although it works

[yotsuya]

My goal is to finish up 3 restore projects I have in the air.

[DaOld Man]

Survive the 2012 doomsday? 

[ChadTower]

I have three resolutions right now.  I might add a fourth.  I keep starting lifting again but stopping after 3-4 weeks.  I have been allowing other parts of my schedule to interfere and not making the time for trips to the Y.  This happened several times in 2012 and it's not going to happen in 2013.  To that end I picked up a squat rack and flat bench off of Craigslist a couple of weeks ago.  It's now set up in a corner of my yard and I'm easing back into the routine.



My lifting goals are to regain some of the strength I had ten years ago.  I'm going for a bench of 250,  squat of 330, deadlift of 330.  All should be reachable by the fall from where I am now.  The only equipment I'm missing now is a few plates and a couple more sets of spring clips.  And maybe a VHS copy of Rocky IV. 

[JMB]

  It's now set up in a corner of my yard and I'm easing back into the routine.

Are you expecting a mild winter?

[dextercf]

1920 × 1080
(My resolution for 2013)

[ChadTower]

1920 × 1080
(My resolution for 2013)

 

Are you expecting a mild winter?

We didn't get much snow last year after getting five years' worth two years ago.  That's right next to my shed so if the snow starts to really come in I can probably throw a slanted cover over that area so it doesn't pile up there.  Temps shouldn't affect me much.  Workouts have a way of keeping a person warm. 

[Louis Tully]

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[mcseforsale]

Quit smoking and drinking beer for over 2 years.  Then, a trip to the coast with our high school friends had us drinking and smoking like pirates.  Ugh.  So, after 5 months of the nonsense, I'm back in to get on the wagon again.  Saves money, I'll feel worse, but I'll be healthy.  So, first of the year, back on the wagon.

Then, it's on to the mountain bike.  I've been riding for over 20 years and just stopped when I moved back to Ga.  Trails here suck.  They're gentrified and are so full of traffic that it's sometimes unbearable.  In Ct. where I'm from, mountain biking is more of a skill and it'll take you 2 hours to cover 4 miles in some of the most technical terrain.  Here, it's exercise.     But, I need to find the love somehow.  Either that, or I'm getting back on the ramps!


Now...where's my lighter?

AJ

[drventure]

Get through a divorce without losing what's left of my hair (not to mention everything else)
Help my daughter get through all this.


and off in the distance....
Finish a second antique radio cabinet build I'd started, but now don't even have access too.
Start a racing cabinet

[ChadTower]

Dude! I wish I had a squat rack. I've got to power clean, then front squat which isn't bad but keeps me from maxing out.

Keep your eye on Craigslist.  This is the second time I've picked up a bench and rack like this for $300.  They pop up fairly frequently when some gym decides it has to "upgrade" the equipment to stuff that has more chrome or better paint.  This is the one I picked up for $175 8 years ago and sold maybe 4 years ago when I got into pinball.

[JMB]

A few of my goals for the year

Pay for the oldest child's braces without swearing every month
Lose 20lbs
Get both cabs 100% finished rather than just playable. Finally got the basement finished this year so no excuse for unfinished cabs.
Write and record at least one complete original song.

[ChadTower]

Is anyone interested in using this thread to discuss action plans on their resolutions or track progress towards them?

[Well Fed Games]

Lose about 30 pounds (for a start).
Finish Raiden Cab
Finish Point Blank cab
Start writing regularly (eventually want to do a couple books)
Buy no video games in 2012 (Humble Bundles excluded)- my backlog needs love

[ChadTower]

Lose about 30 pounds (for a start).

Might have to change your username for this one.

[yotsuya]

my backlog needs love

What about the log in the front? 

I'm down for tracking here. I lost 100 lbs about three years ago. I've gained some of that back naturally, but I'd like to shed about 30 lbs. I need some motivation.

[SNAAKE]

do cardio or something..need to lose like 10lbs..


not be so lazy and find some more work online..I have all kinds of random skills and I need to make more $..

[mcseforsale]

If you find out how to make more money online, let me know how.  Scraping the bottom over here.

AJ

[Cakemeister]

Lose 10 lbs and keep it off (cardio)
Watch less television
Make progress on projects
Wake up and go to bed at a consistent time. (6:00 am, 11:00 pm)
Self-improvement blah blah blah

[brad808]

Gain 15 pounds, get a new house, start designing a permanent game room, be able to run for more then 15 minutes without feeling like I'm dying.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus

[matt4949]

beat the wife less and learn the kids names.

[Louis Tully]

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[matt4949]

beat the wife less and learn the kids names.

One thing at a time.

 

I think the lil' one's  Scooter....................................wait, maybe that's the dog.

[Gray_Area]

1920 × 1080
(My resolution for 2013)

beat the wife less and learn the kids names.

Totally the high points in these threads for me.



I suggest a dedicated thread for yo's health fi'ness.

[DaOld Man]

Start Christmas shopping in October and not two days before Christmas Eve.

[Thenasty]

MM2 and the new FIF.   

and a NEW ADVMAME with support of those 2 above. 

[ChadTower]

Start Christmas shopping in October and not two days before Christmas Eve.

I always say I'm going to do this.  Then I get sucked into 10 days' worth of work prepping and recovering from Thanksgiving.  I'm too worn out after that to shop for a week.  Then we're right back to Dec 20th and most of my shopping is ahead of me.

[Gray_Area]

Then we're right back to Dec 20th and most of my shopping is ahead of me.

You could buy nothin fer no one. Just bein there is enuf fer me, and that's all I give.

and a NEW ADVMAME with support of those 2 above. 

That's only a resolution if you're the dev, silly.

[SNAAKE]

try not to get fat

[jmike]

Finish what I started and not skip to the next project.

Maybe listing them will shame me into finishing them   
Cocktail Cab
Run  and Gun Bartop
lowboy arcade
Finish fixing up the basement

Also try to eat healthier. Started working out again and been going strong for 8 months but still eat all sorts of crap.

[mcseforsale]

All you gotta do is start a build thread over in projects and get griffindodd to subscribe.  He'll keep you moving!   
And I quote"  Any hoooo back on track...... stop slacking and get this cab done you least coaster  ".

Hahahaha!  Love that guy.

AJ

Finish what I started and not skip to the next project.

Maybe listing them will shame me into finishing them   
Cocktail Cab
Run  and Gun Bartop
lowboy arcade
Finish fixing up the basement

Also try to eat healthier. Started working out again and been going strong for 8 months but still eat all sorts of crap.

[griffindodd]

Get through a divorce without losing what's left of my hair (not to mention everything else)

been there buddy, I'm right here with you for that one, it ends in the end, just keep on keepin' on.

My resolutions

1. Finish the PaperBoy Resto
2. Buy a house
3. Possibly start my dedicated driver
4. Brew my own beer with the gear I got for Xmas
5. Remember to enjoy the journey and stop obsessing over the destination

[griffindodd]

All you gotta do is start a build thread over in projects and get griffindodd to subscribe.  He'll keep you moving!   
And I quote"  Any hoooo back on track...... stop slacking and get this cab done you least coaster  ".

Hahahaha!  Love that guy.

AJ

Lol just saw this......why are you posting here, that cab is still in your garage 

[mcseforsale]

Yeah...sux.  It's been a difficult x-mas season around here.  Mother in law got the plague, so we couldn't do the customary x-mas eve at her house with all the italian food...then we couldn't celebrate her birthday on x-mas (she's 12/25 birthday).  Now, I'm sick as are 2 of my kids.  This thing'll never go away!   

But, the upshot is I can enjoy games on The Blue Pill and have the Gunslinger running in arcade mode all at the same time!   

AJ

All you gotta do is start a build thread over in projects and get griffindodd to subscribe.  He'll keep you moving!   
And I quote"  Any hoooo back on track...... stop slacking and get this cab done you least coaster  ".

Hahahaha!  Love that guy.

AJ

Lol just saw this......why are you posting here, that cab is still in your garage 

[SNAAKE]

posted in wrong thread!

[Dervacumen]

Last year's was easy: I wanted to gain 10 pounds, and  I was successful.  Gave me the motivation to be a little more aggressive this year:
Unload all of my left over arcade related items and fix the Imagination Station.  Then finish the new Hollister Danish website, create marketing slick, earn my JCNIA-JUNOS cert., take one Mandarin class, rewrite the rules for the Three Cheers game, and complete and publish my first short story.  On second thought, I might skip the Mandarin class.  Depends on the hours. 

[mcseforsale]

Instead of laughing at people who ask how much a cab costs, I'm going to start taking some orders..  They can figure out the mame/jamma part of it..  Maybe I can recover some of this $$ that I have floating around in free cabs and other "hobbies".   

AJ

[AtomSmasher]

My resolution is to be more positive and less sarcastic.... like I won't screw that up right away.

[Louis Tully]

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[mcseforsale]

Yep.  no more sitting on the toilet...you'll be FALLING on it.  HAHAHAHAHA

AJ

[vorghagen]

Only 1 resolution for me this year - be the best father I can.
My first child was born Dec 3rd and he is the only thing on my mind right now.

[Dervacumen]

Only 1 resolution for me this year - be the best father I can.

Yes.

Derv

[yotsuya]

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[mcseforsale]

Ahh.  Dec. 3!  It's a wonderful day!  A great day!  Just remember that I like cash for my birthday.  It always fits and it's always the right color!

(my birthday's Dec. 3, BTW.) 

Congratulations!  I remember my first one being born.  14 some-odd years ago.  I can only hope that your kid ends up as great as mine.

AJ

[ChadTower]

Yeah, that's only part of a bench/rack combo.  I wouldn't use that with all that much weight as it looks like it relies on the bench being present for a lot of its stability.  For $15 I'm sure you could make some use of it, though.   

I almost built my own with a pegs built onto a couple thick fence posts set a couple feet into the soil.  If I had not found a real rack by spring that was my plan.  If you have your own yard that shouldn't be a ton of work.


My lower back isn't responding as I had hoped it would to the new workload.  I am adding Yoga to my resolutions.  First is the beginner's round of Yoga For Regular Guys and then once a week with the Yoga disc from P90X.  That should fix whatever lower back weakness/flexibility issue I have right now that is causing me problems.

[CoryBee]

I usually don't partake in New Years resolutions, but I really should go out and make friends with people. Haven't done anything really social since I quite smoking the reefer  People annoy me quite a bit now, don't even get me started on people my age and their choice in music 



I became an old man in my early twenties I swear it.

[Gray_Area]

Two of my past girlfriends were December thirds.

@CoryBee: vitamin D. Worked for me. Not that I was an ---uvula--- (maybe just an ---uvula---, which don't bother me), but now I'm just peachy.

[CoryBee]

Yea going outside is probably a good idea, only thing I partake in is kayaking (no complaints I love it). But it is too cold for this now. Just been saving up money for a trip across the pond, and to me I wouldn't mind being a shut-in in exchange for this.

[ark_ader]

1. Finish my Weecade
2. Ace my Degree
3. No more buying crap off ebay.
4. Return home.

[CoryBee]

3. No more buying crap off ebay.

 

[Gray_Area]

Yea going outside is probably a good idea, only thing I partake in is kayaking (no complaints I love it). But it is too cold for this now. Just been saving up money for a trip across the pond, and to me I wouldn't mind being a shut-in in exchange for this.

Sun may not be enough. I'm taking a supplement, generally 2000 a day (the doc recommended 2000 - though some sources say a few to several thousand, to prevent cancer and stuff....)**  plus getting out in the sun when I can. I forgot to mention sleep. I so love being rested versus going out, etc.

So, yeah, I have nothing topical to contribute here. I don't make resolutions.


** I originally said 800mg, but I was wrong about the amount and what D is measured in. The range for D is 30 to 100 (mcg per litre of blood, I think), and mine was down to almost 20!

[kahlid74]

• Finish the BattleTech Cockpit/Simpit
• Play with my Son everyday
• Play with my wife everyday
• Start the CNC Machine build and achieve 50%
• Fine tune the 3D printer to print the nose hole on the owl
• Finish my CCIE
• Begin writing the SSotLLR

[BC_Jeffro]

one- quit smoking cigars (i have never smoked regular cigarets) but i do smoke a lot of captain blacks so i quit a week before new years.. good so far
two- do something about the growing number of unfinished/ not started projects i took a count and i have 16 arcades 1 cocktail 1 merit mega touch maxx  9 arcade monitors and 12 tube tvs in my shop not to mention there is a stunn runner a sega 50" deluxe cab with all 3 parts and 1 showcase cab.     
my plan is to do the easy ones first so this year i should have a lot of posts...       

[ChadTower]

That sounds like it's time to make up a project list, assess them and come up with an order, then put up a project thread.  That way we can nudge you along on one project until it's done and then repeat.

[BC_Jeffro]

i will do that thanks

[Gray_Area]

• Play with my wife everyday

I agree.  ((I didn't know you could do that with HTML....makes sense, though.))

[kahlid74]

• Play with my wife everyday

I agree.  ((I didn't know you could do that with HTML....makes sense, though.))

Haha yeah, well the goal is to get her motor running as often as I can.

[Bluedeath]

lose 35 pound at least, and not getting them back.

[ChadTower]

My lower back isn't responding as I had hoped it would to the new workload.  I am adding Yoga to my resolutions.  First is the beginner's round of Yoga For Regular Guys and then once a week with the Yoga disc from P90X.  That should fix whatever lower back weakness/flexibility issue I have right now that is causing me problems.

Progress:

Yoga for Regular Guys is a 90 day cycle.  I finished the first month of the beginner level.  My back isn't perfect yet buy holy crap what a difference from a month ago.  The pain is mostly gone, flexibility is increasing quickly, and my day to day life is a ton better than it was in the fall.   

There are a ton of heavy handed emotional videos on youtube on this stuff, and I'm not saying I was like those people, but in 30 days this has made a substantial positive difference on how I feel day to day.   

(YRG is the older and not quite as well retail packaged form of DDPYoga.)
 

[ChadTower]

Update:  I'm a week away from finishing off the 90 day YRG cycle.  A couple of weeks ago I added in the 57 min stretching workout  to do once a week.  Between the two the issues in my lower back are greatly reduced and I can feel a huge difference.  I hadn't realized how tight my hamstrings and lower back had gotten over the years.  Things are really opening back up and I feel a ton better.

Anyone else have any updates on the stuff they posted?

[jmike]

That's great ChadTower. Keep it up.

As for my resolutions:

I managed to start and finish one of my projects it was  bartop (Fight Club 360)
Working out 5 days a week, and actually started a no carbs diet (not planning on doing this for the long run) but it's nice to know that I can go a day or 2 without all the carbs I used to eat.
I'm actually under 200 lbs, haven't been under 200 in like 2 years (192lbs to be exact).
Hoping to start working my cocktail arcade real soon.

 

[Louis Tully]

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[ChadTower]

That diagram isn't a squat.  That's a clean and press, I believe, which is a much different and more complicated thing.

[Louis Tully]

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[Gray_Area]

Power snatch is a Cross Fit staple. It's a dyamic movement, and safe if done so.

This isn't a resolution or anything, more a nod to Chad's commentary on flexibility: I started going to a yoga....class....recently. Never done yoga. Though I've been decently flexible via what I normally do, the yoga is enabling much, much more. It's a weekly thing, and I can tell the difference. Of course, the class population is majority female, at least half between 18 and 30, and I am one of perhaps three males under 50, and the fittest to boot.....but I'm mainly there to gooden my bod.

[mcseforsale]

Yoga = trying not to fart for an hour.

AJ

[ChadTower]

Yoga = trying not to fart for an hour.

You don't even want to know about heavy barbell squat farts.

[Louis Tully]

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[Gray_Area]

I tend to have gas more when I'm laying down at a massage. That's without them working on my organs - OH the right person doing that is just wonderful. Be prepared to go the bathroom sooner than you'll get home, though, cos....I hear that train a-coming, it's rollin down the track......

[ChadTower]

Welcome to Creepyville.  Population:  Gray_Area.

[kahlid74]

I tend to have gas more when I'm laying down at a massage. That's without them working on my organs - OH the right person doing that is just wonderful. Be prepared to go the bathroom sooner than you'll get home, though, cos....I hear that train a-coming, it's rollin down the track......

[Gray_Area]

It's actually.....Grey Area.  All these years......

DAn-ger Zone.

[SNAAKE]

was supposed to go back to the gym

cant even find my damn card..and the lock..and the gym bag

[jmike]

was supposed to go back to the gym

cant even find my damn card..and the lock..and the gym bag

Maybe it's under one of those Xboxes you hoarding. 
Stop making excuses an get back to the gym!

 

[SNAAKE]

probably is..gonna try to check tomorrow..MAYBE!!

[Gray_Area]

Lack of gym access is not a reason, it's an excuse.

[CoryBee]

Don't need a gym to get fit.....

 

[Gray_Area]

Yeah, lesten ta Bae.

[ark_ader]

So what is the most important and favorite broken promise(s) are you going to make for next year?

[matt4949]

beat the wife less and learn the kids names.

Carmen and Cristofer. 2 out of 3 ain't bad