Summer Plans [September 9th, leaving 12 official days to plan, even though the rains have started]

Figure out how to break the habit of crossing my legs while sitting at computer desk. This to fade the darkish circle on my calf which has appeared as a result of the cut-off of blood-supply. At the very least, train myself to switch crossing sides.

Summer Plans [August 26th, leaving approx. 25 days left for execution of said plans ]

Start drinking protein shake in mornings. A la "Circadian rhythms" book I am reading. Sounds kooky, but plausible. Protein emphasized in am, carbos in pm. Willing to give it a shot.
Increase weight lifting set to four.
Train for 8k race on September 8th. First check to see if this is the same race. Now it seems to have a weird name "French Dressing Jeans 8k"....Sounds suspect.
Make tapenade recipe. It's been at least 4 years since I've made this. It consists mainly of olives, sun-dried tomatoes, pine nuts, basil and is scrumptious
Make a list of all the folks I'm out of contact with but would like to still count as friends. Then contact them. Email might be lame, but that's what happens.
Go to beach at least three more times.

Monitor basil plants for aphids. It may not seem so, but this requires constant vigilance.

Last summer I made a garlic-water mixture which I sprayed on the plants. It consists of taking several cloves of peeled garlic and soaking them in a jar of water for at least a week. You then spray this on the plant. Pinching your nose is highly recommended. Particularly when you've left said mixture on balcony for a year and are stupid enough to open it up before ditching. (Recycling the jar being the motivation for this act of idiocy -- sometimes it's best just to let it go and throw stuff away.)
Get on bicycle more often. Actually, this follows on a previously unrecorded plan, which was to get back on bike (post last summer's nasty accident inspiring much trepidation). That now being accomplished -- four times and once all the way to the beach! --I can now up the ante. Goal: bike 4 times/week.
Run one race. A 5k even.
Convert all of this site and former projects to xhtml.
Plan a kick-ass hallowe'en costume. Make drawings and everything. [View former costumes here]

A wonderful gal I know offered to teach me how to drive. Perhaps I will take up her offer.
Find some decent fiction to read. Criteria: something published in this century; something with a nicely designed book jacket (it's true, you can occasionally judge a book by it's great design); something not recommended by anybody's list (that's a toughie)
Tone my triceps to peak perfection [translation: lose x lbs]

Fantasize about taking driving lessons. Yes, it's true. I never got my license.
Muster about the courage to ask some guy or gal at the gym the technique for the chest exercise where you pull two weights diagonally across your chest. Looks complicated.
Eat more salad

Treatise on Buffy. Qualifications: Big Fan.
Finally saw first episode yesterday June 17th while the moon was void of course.
Read Anne Rice avidly a long time ago.
Didn't own a TV when it first aired (1997).
Download all the web sites I can find that date from 1996.
Qualifications: Modest amount of available time this summer due to cancellation of planned show [sigh].
Make of list of summer reads and write something eloquent like those folks in the weekend paper. Learn how to make a strawberry daquiri to accompany reading of tomes.
Qualifications: Never read "Remembrance of Things Past" except for some mini-excerpts in French.
Know how to make a decent gin and tonic.