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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