2013 Report Card

INPUT

Movies in Theatres      75

Movies on DVD      104
Plays      42
Operas      1
Dance Performances      5
Readings      6
Music Performances      16
Museum Visits      5
 
Literary Magazines     34
Shakespeare Related Books      15
Plays and Screenplays      55
Poetry Collections      30
Short Story Collections      2
Fiction      21
Non-Fiction      18
Mystery      12
Science Fiction      9
Fantasy      6
Horror      4
Graphic Novels      45
Comic Books       256

CDs      21
MP3 Albums      54
MP3 Albums (Xmas)       27
 

OUTPUT

Staged Readings     1

Produced Plays      0
Poetry Readings      2
Stories      1
Ten-Minute One-Acts      2
One-Acts      1
Full-Length Plays      2
Rewrites      0
Novels In Progress      1
Poetry Collections in Progress      1
Humor Book In Progress      1
Cedar Tavern Fictional Memoir In Progress      1
Poems      48
Blog Posts        53
New Ideas        13
Song Lyrics      1

Submissions:  26

Acceptance Letters:  0
Rejection Letters:  11 from 2012, 6 from 2013
Number Of Clueless People Who Have Read My Submissions: 17
Awaiting Reply:  20

VICES

Abita Amber          2
Anchor Steam          6
Blue Moon   12
Bronx Pale Ale    1
Brooklyn Lager          5
Corona          25
Empire Ale          1
Guinness          82
Hoppy Poppy IPA          1
Lion Stout    1
Magic Hat    4
McSorley's          12
Negra Modelo          3
Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout          1
Rogue Dead Guy Ale    12
Running Dog In Heat Wheat          2
Sam Adams          7
Sam Adams Alpine Spring          2
Sam Adams Summer Ale    6
Sam Adams Winter Ale          5
Sapporo          4
Speckled Hen   2
Steinhof          3

Bloody Mary 2

Jameson shots            6
Malbec (bottles)   3
Malbec (glasses)   10
Margaritas          10
Martinis     16
Petron shots          14
Pinot Noir          25
Powers shots          5
Sake (bottles)          15
Sangria     4
Talisker (bottles)          2
Writer's Tears Irish Whiskey (bottles)    1

MISCELLANEOUS

 
Day Jobs Quit: 1

Weeks Spent In Los Angeles: 1

 
Weeks Spent On The Beach In Massachusetts: 3

Weeks Spent Recuperating From Day Job:  12

Eulogies: 1

Bowling: 2

All-Nighters: 1

Working Days Of Drinking (8 hours or longer): 2

Nights On The Town With A Fetish Model: 4

Nights On The Town With An Australian: 8, I think, though a couple might have fallen through the cracks.

Friends Helped Out Of A Jam: 1

Books That Annoyed The Living Crap Out Of Me: 2

(The Goldfinch, Donna Tartt; Why Does The World Exist, Jim Holt)

Movies That Annoyed The Living Crap Out Of Me:  3

(Lone Ranger; Man Of Steel; Oz: The Great And Powerful)

Movies I Liked That Nobody Else Did: 1
(The Counselor)

Resolutions made on 1/1/13: 5

Resolutions kept as of 12/31/13: 3

Authors who died while I was reading one of their books: 1

(Author: Colin Wilson – Book: Afterlife)
(I know, right?)