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Things I want to do in 2017

Oh boy here it goes again. New Year's resolutions. Every single year I make that list and try to check out as many things as possible. Let's how am I going to fare in 2017.

The list

In no particular order. I guess I'll assign some priorities when I'm done with thinking up things.

  • Apply for Vulcanus in Japan - didn't make it, will try again next year
  • Go to Japan - scrapped for next year as I didn't manage my funds carefully enough
  • Read 52 books
    • Hisamitsu Ueo - Murasakiiro no Qualia
    • Yoshiki Tanaka - Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Endurance
    • William Deresiewicz - A Jane Austen Education: How Six Novels Taught Me About Love, Friendship, and the Things That Really Matter
    • Charles Dickens - Great Expectations
    • Akira Kareno - Shuumatsu Nani Shitemasu ka? Isogashii desu ka? Sukutte Moratte Ii desu ka? 1
    • Akira Kareno - Shuumatsu Nani Shitemasu ka? Isogashii desu ka? Sukutte Moratte Ii desu ka? 2
    • Akira Kareno - Shuumatsu Nani Shitemasu ka? Isogashii desu ka? Sukutte Moratte Ii desu ka? 3
    • Akira Kareno - Shuumatsu Nani Shitemasu ka? Isogashii desu ka? Sukutte Moratte Ii desu ka? 4
    • Kana Akatsuki - Violet Evergarden 1
    • Akira Kareno - Shuumatsu Nani Shitemasu ka? Isogashii desu ka? Sukutte Moratte Ii desu ka? 5
    • Yoshiki Tanaka - Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Stratagem
    • Hoshiroza Meteo - Fire Girl 1a
    • Hoshiroza Meteo - Fire Girl 1b
    • Kanata Yanagino - Faraway Paladin: The Boy in the City of the Dead
    • William Deresiewicz - A Jane Austen Education
    • Friedrich Nietzsche - Thus Spoke Zarathustra
  • Watch 52 things from my backlog.
    • Sketchbook: Full Color's
    • Detroit Metal City
    • Shirobako
    • Girls und Panzer der Film
    • Mawaru Penguindrum
    • Ore no Nounai Sentakushi ga, Gakuen Love Comedy wo Zenryoku de Jama Shiteiru
    • Busou Shinki
    • Haitai Nanafa
    • Initial D Second Stage
    • Initial D Third Stage
    • A-Channel
    • Flip Flappers
  • Read 12 visual novels (at least one has to be in Japanese)
    • Steins;Gate 0
    • Dies irae
    • Subarashiki Hibi
  • Finish reading Bartender
  • Finish (at least) the following games:
    • The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky the 3rd
    • The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel I and II
    • Ar tonelico III
    • Persona 5 - leave it to Atlus to fuck up a translation
    • Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book - done
    • Magicka
    • Magicka 2 - done
  • Start my own business - scrapped as the translation wasn't even started
  • Participate in at least one hackathon (organizing it doesn't count)
  • Participate in at least one game jam (organizing it doesn't count)
  • Write something not trivial in Haskell (tinkering with Hakyll doesn't count)
  • Try my hand at writing reviews
  • Go to calligraphy course
  • Invest more - I managed not to lose money this year!
  • Finish SICP (I'm absolutely not making this resolution like the 4th time)
  • Learn Rust
  • Learn Elixir

Probably more to come.