Lost in Translondon: Mid year review

Hard to believe its more than halfway through the year. Its around this the time of the year where I tend to reflect how the year is going and ask myself...

"What the @#$@#! have I been doing with my life?"

Let's rewind to some of the goals I set in January.

Golf - yeah right. Clubs are here. Collecting dust. I think my main excuse for this is that I don't have a car. It also doesn't help that I don't have any golf buddies.

Ride my bike - This is actually going okay. I spent one of the weekends last month riding all the way to Angel and even to Greenwich. If the weather was more consistent I'd probably ride more. But since the British summer is pretty much crap, I'll blame it on that. I was considering riding to work, instead of riding the tube, but I've found a nice bus route to work which is more relaxing. Which leads me to my next one...

Reading more? Not. I've completed 3 books this year. And its already July! I really should spend more time reading instead of spending all this time on the Internet. And I'm not even blogging as much! To my credit, I'm reading two books at the same time, so hopefully that will bump up my average. I reckon sitting down in the bus to work and back will help with this. Its hard to read in the tube when your face is smashed into someone's armpit. The perks of being short. The list just never ends...

Pick up a new skill. Hmm... This is still in the works. I've signed up for French classes in September. I'm considering taking up acting again as well in the fall. But I can't really say I've accomplished anything on this goal.. yet.

That said, traveling is still going well. Still hitting the average of a city a month.. believe I'm at about 8 cities/destinations this year, with a few already in the pipeline. Working out has its ups and downs. I've picked it up again. Improv has fallen out of the picture, but some kind of creative art may be picked up in the fall as its replacement.

Other than that I think I've been concentrating on enjoying the summer. I've got a long TODO list of things to see and do and currently working on that!

New goals? I'm working on a few things currently that I'd prefer to discuss in person, rather than broadcast it in the blogosphere! Send me a mail and I'll fill you in!

In other news...

I keep telling myself to get better at keeping this up to date, but here a quick roundup of TISGOMB points..

Never try to keep up with a couple of french guys when drinking Champagne. It just doesn't work. Its almost the same as drinking pints with the English. I'm so out of my element.

Most if not all public parks in London ban the use of using a BBQ grill. How lame is that. The search continues where we can throw a proper BBQ picnic at a park... if only we can pick a weekend where the weather isn't crap.

Speaking of BBQ's.. I went to one where most of the people were of the "creative" type. What an interesting experience. We were surrounded by directors, actors, writers, musicians.. I tell ya, creative people tend to be more outgoing and very interesting to talk to. And also very encouraging!