// goals for 2006.anime

	o	My friends, my brother and his friends are all pretty heavily into Japanese anime and I have experienced a bit of spill-off love for the same. My problem is that I have no inclination to sit and watch television without also getting something else done (cleaning, writing, etc.), which makes it really hard to watch anything with subtitles on a regular basis.
	o	But I really do like the shows, so I’m going to put at least a small effort into catching myself up on the favorites that have been recommended to me by various fans:

	-	Scrapped Princess recommended by my brother Matt
	-	Gunslinger Girl recommended by my boyfriend Brian
	-	Samurai Champloo recommended by Matt
	-	R.O.D. recommended by Matt’s girlfriend Sarah
	-	Neon Genesis Evangelion recommended by my friend Eric
	-	BoogiePop Phantom recommended by Matt’s friend Brent
	-	FLCL recommended by Matt

	o	It’s a small list, but it will grow through the year. I will endeavor to actually watch twelve series (given that each series is around 26 episodes and I can at least watch around 250 episodes just with the one I see each morning on the exercise bike).
	o	I know some will say if I have to make a resolution just to get myself to watch something for enjoyment, then why do it? I really do enjoy them, though, and it’s just a matter of reminding myself that I’m allowed to sit and watch something for the sake of watching, if only for twenty minutes.
	o	So, by December 31, 2006, I will have gone through the seven shows listed above, as well as a few more for a grand total of 150 episodes.

03.27.06 Episode total: 18--One month later, and I've watched one. One episode. That's sad. And one of my major outlets for this--a weekend where I could easily end up watching an entire 24-episode series' worth of anime--isn't going to happen. It's my choice, so I'm not arguing, but bleh. Just bleh. I really have nothing else to say about this one at the moment, other than every update I've made tonight has been an acceptance of failure. I feel like the entire year is going down the toilet. 02.28.06 Episode total: 17--Wow am I sucking hard on this one. I'm changing the goal from 12 entire shows to a more concrete number of 150 episodes of anime. For those of you who will scoff at me for lowering the goal (if you count a series as generally being 26 episodes), I assure you that lowering this goal will not make it any easier to achieve; it will merely have a less sickening margin of failure. Part of this failure is due to the fact that I don't use the bike much anymore and instead opt to do a double dose of DDR. The other is due to my aforementioned inability to sit down on only watch something--without filing or writing or reading, etc. But, like I said before, it would be useless to force this one too much as it is an activity for enjoyment, and if I don't, after all, enjoy it, it does no good. How was that for justification?

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