Wednesday, May 27, 2009

goals for the summer

I. READ SOME BOOKS (not in chronological order. asterisks indicate must-reads)
1. portrait of an artist as a young man. joyce*
2. metamorphosis. kafka*
3. mansfield park. austen*
4. all's well that ends well. shakespeare*
5. as you like it. shakespeare*
6. king leopold's ghost. hochschild
7. taming of the shrew. shakespeare
8. the tempest. shakespeare*
9. emma. austen*
10. persuasion. austen*
11. pride and prejudice. austen* (i swear i'll read all of it and not skip pages this time!)
12. the lifted veil. george eliot*
13. daniel deronda. george eliot*
14. attempt at mein kompf. hitler
15. lolita. nabohkov*
16. mill on the floss. george eliot*
17. canterbury tales. chaucer
18. crime and punishment. dostoevsky*
19. 1984. orwell
20. tender is the night. fitzgerald

II. RUN/EXERCISE EVERY DAY
(tentative work-out regiment. asterisks indicate everyday, 2 asterisks indicate every other day)
1. mile*
2. 200 m sprints (2*)// (4**)
3. ULTIMATE! (as much as possible)
4. 20 reg. sit ups*
5. 20 sit ups w/ legs up*
6. 20 sit ups alternating L & R*
7. 1 minute planks*

III. DUTIES
1. wash dishes
2. do laundry/fold laundry
3. SSP 2009 tutor

IV. GOALS
1. read as many books as possible
2. improve frisbee skills
3. be nicer to parents (and brother)
4. have adventures with friends