Tuesday, December 8, 2020

Positives Sat Nov 7-Mon Dec 7, 2020

*Flashlight, first-aid kit, smoke detectors checked.

*Watched The Apartment, The Thing (1982), Dial M For Murder, and Life Is Beautiful (1997).

*Wrote my first Twitter API downloading tweets in .csv.

*Cooked with Kinder's The Blend Salt, Pepper & Garlic spice for the first time.

*Ate at Luna Mexican Kitchen for the first time. I also ate at Taco Bravo for the first time since I was a child. I ate a tostada for the first time.

*Vacuumed and mopped main areas.

*Cleaned the house gutters.

*Ate Gino's East Of Chicago frozen deep dish pizza for the first time.

*Reread Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire. Side note: I finished reading the book for the first time exactly one year ago on Dec 7, 2019.

Saturday, November 7, 2020

Positives Thur Oct 15-Fri Nov 6, 2020

*Wore G.H. Bass & Co. cotton stretch knot boxers for the first time.

*Watched Absence Of Malice movie.

*Ate at The Cheese Steak Shop for the first time.

*Helped a family friend fixed a leaky vanity in the bathroom and another family friend cleaned and sealed gutters.

*I voted.

Thursday, October 15, 2020

Positives Sun Sep 6-Wed Oct 15, 2020

*Ate StoneRidge Ranch pastrami and Cinnamon Cheerios for the first time.

*Watched Three Colors: Red (1994); The Big Short; Pink Cadillac; Jacob's Ladder (1990); and Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011).

*Reread Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets and Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling.

*Ate at Hash House restaurant for the first time.

*Purchased Corehome Fitness 5-50lbs adjustable dumbbells for home mini home gym.

*Cleaned the house.

Sunday, September 6, 2020

Positives Sun Aug 9-Sat Sep 5, 2020

*Watched All About Eve, Rogue Trader (1999), Carbon Copy (1981), and That Sinking Feeling.

*Ate at Los Pericos restaurant for the first time.

*Reread Brave New World by Aldous Huxley and Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling.

*Unclogged the stairway bathroom sink.

Sunday, August 9, 2020

Positives Tue Jul 7-Sat Aug 8, 2020

*Finished reading Going Postal and Strata by Terry Pratchett.

*Watched The Prestige, Kids In The Hall Brain Candy, The Big Chill, Modern Times, and His Girl Friday.

*Watched The Last Dance. The Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls 1997-1998 season documentary.

*Jogged around the neighborhood for the first time. My first jogging cardio exercise during the COVID-19 pandemic.

*Purchased a USGS topographical map of my neighborhood.

*Mopped all floors.

*Ate Kisses cereal for the first time.

Tuesday, July 7, 2020

Positives Wed Jun 10-Mon Jul 6, 2020

*Finished reading Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card.

*Mopped the floors and vacuumed the house at the previous positives.

*Removed calcium residue on a cooking pot with vinegar.

*Watched Black Dynamite, Gone Girl, Moving Violation (1976), Empire Records, and The Enforcer.

*Purchased Suunto MC-2 compass and Philips Norelco MG7750 cleaning brushes.

*Ate at Sam's Bar-B-Que restaurant for the first time.

*Washed with Dove Men Extra Fresh Cooling Agent body wash for the first time.

*Shopped and purchased video games at Steam's annual summer sale for the first time.

*Ate THIN addictive Mango & Coconut Almond thin cookies for the first time.

Wednesday, June 10, 2020

Positives Mon May 4-Tue Jun 9, 2020

*Watched Chariots Of Fire, Once Upon A Time . . . In Hollywood, Zero Hour (1957), Westworld (1973), Sudden Impact, Bat 21, Spotlight, and The Great Raid.

*Installed Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.

*Finished reading The Hunt For Red October by Tom Clancy and The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett.

*Ate at Blue Sky Restaurant for the first time.

*Ate Tillamook ice cream for the first time.

Monday, May 4, 2020

Positives Thur Apr 9-Sun May 3, 2020

*Completed a 911 Operator campaign.

*Watched Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire, Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix, Fail Safe (1964), Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince, Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 1, Black Moon Rising (1986), Amelie (2001), and Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 2.

*Updated my web page Innovate Infinitely.

*Shaved using Pure by Gillette shaving gel for the first time.

Thursday, April 9, 2020

Positives Thur Mar 5-Wed Apr 8, 2020

*Flashlight, first-aid kit, and smoke detector checked.

*Watched 12 Angry Men, Bloodsport, Gigi (1958), Parasite (2019), Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets, and Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban.

*Baked homemade bread using a bread maker for the first time.

*Worked out following a mini-home gym workout plan.

*Roasted a top round roast in the oven for the first time.

*Finished reading Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling.

*Cleaned the house.

Thursday, March 5, 2020

Positives Wed Feb 5-Wed Mar 4, 2020

*Worked out with a dumbbell workout plan at the gym.

*Cleaned the house.

*Watched Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas, The Green Mile, and Titan A.E.

*Ate at Shooting Star restaurant for the first time.

*Finished reading Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling.

*Ate Nature Bakery Fig Bar Raspberry and Dave's Killer Bread for the first time.

*Replaced spark plugs for my car.

*Completed Castle Crashers video game.

*Shredded past credit card statements and reorganized my desk.

*I voted.

Wednesday, February 5, 2020

Positives Sun Jan 12-Tue Feb 4, 2020

*Watched Born On The Fourth Of July and Moon (2009).

*Ate Belvita Chocolate Bites for the first time. I also ate homemade bread from a breadmaker Breadman Ultimate.

*Finished reading Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix by J.K. Rowling.

*Purchased Bose Soundsport Wireless headphones.

*Built my second desktop PC.

*Super Bowl LIV.

Sunday, January 12, 2020

Positives Tue Dec 10, 2019-Sat Jan 11, 2020

*Interviewed for a RMA Data Analyst position.

*Purchased a new laptop HP Spectre x360.

*Watched Army Of Darkness, Magnum Force, Mystic Pizza, Mystic River, and Joker (2019).

*Car maintenance front-end alignment.

*Ate M&M candy and THIN Addictives Almond Cranberry cookie for the first time.

*Cleaned the house.

*Ate donuts at World's Fare Donuts for the first time.

*Applied Gold Bond Ultimate hand cream for the first time.

*Replaced kitchen old wastebasket with a new wastebasket.