Report Card: February // 50 Book Challenge 2008

[alexmegami]

Same as January's - bold successes, final tally.

1. Contribute at least $500 to my RRSP.

Just didn't happen. I'll still be doing this, but probably as an automatic withdrawal from my bank account for a certain amount each month.

2. Draw a Fanart100 image.

No, it isn't up yet, but I did manage to finish the lineart and most of the coloring on Breakfast. Will be up officially soon, I promise.

3. Work out at least 10 days out of 29.

I'm surprised that I actually managed this.

4. Read four books.

Done! See below.

5. Apply to a job every weekday (21 days total).

NO.
I actually managed, uh... two?

6. Try out Toastmasters.

Never happened - we were always busy on Wednesdays.

7. Give Serena her birthday present.

Clearly I am a bad friend (tm). Though not as bad as with Nick's birthday present. -_-

8. Give Patrick his Valentine's Day gift.

Yay!

9. Give Patrick his birthday gift.

Okay, not yet, but it's in transit. :P Blame Amazon (actually, don't, they're pretty good).

10. Discuss BC with doctor.

Yep!

11. Monitor health at SparkPeople.

Yes. Now following their advice? That's something else entirely...

12. Draw Heroes fanart for sae.

OMG, non-character fanart! Amazing.

FINAL GRADE: C+ (67%)

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50 Book Challenge

6. World War Z, Max Brooks (2006).

It's like a zombie movie in my pants in interview format! Really good read, I recommend it.

7. Fledgling, Octavia E. Butler (2006).

A good kind of vampire. Really loved the protagonist of this one, and it's a good story, quick read. Sad that the author died last year - but I'll be looking into more of her books.

8. What Color is Your Parachute? 2008, Richard Nelson Bolles (2007).

This was where I was getting a lot of those career exercises from. :P Good, though in the end it didn't really help me much...

9. Across the Nightingale Floor, Lian Hearn (2002).

Samurai and ninja in a vaguely magical-flavored Japan-esque history! What's not to like? It's practically Exalted! (No, really, I did enjoy it.)

Comments

[roseneko.livejournal.com]

My impression of What Color is Your Parachute? was that it was less about helping you find your career as it was about alleviating a lot of the pessimism that so often comes in a long job hunt, mostly by giving you a lot of exercises to do so you could feel like you were actually taking charge and achieving something rather than feeling like you're at the whim of various potential employers. It's got a lot of good advice in it, though, so I'm glad you enjoyed it.

[extramild.livejournal.com]

how did the confab with the doctor go?

[alexmegami]

Eh, mostly I said I wanted off and explained why, she offered anti-depressants and I said no thanks.