New Year's Resolution Update

Instead of working (but I got a lot of work done today, honest), I thought I'd update my loyal readers on my elaborate New Year's Resolutions from January. Why now? Why not?

I want to go see more concerts.
Nope. So far, I've seen one (Guy Clark and Terry Allen at the Old Town School of Folk Music).

I want to volunteer at something.
Nope. The only thing that could possibly qualify is my work at the film studio, which I suppose is volunteer since I haven't been paid.

I want to see more obscure films next year.
Not really. I did well for a while: in the first two months, I saw a lot of foreign films. But since then, I've gone back to normal, which means pretty mainstream English-language stuff. I guess I've been renting more foreign films, but they've been mostly Asian and Italian horror films.

I want to take an acting class.
Nope. I looked some up, and even picked which one I'd take, but I haven't been able to afford it.

I want to make more friends, both in person and online, and see my existing ones more often.
Finally, success! I've become friends with some of the regulars from my theater, and my internet friend Nick has become my real-life friend Nick. There are some new friend prospects in my favorite art historian's department. Altogether, not a bad year for friends, except that one of my closest friends just moved away. The jerk.

I want to find a transcendent pizza experience in Chicago.
It depends. I haven't found any new pizza places, although MFAH has been telling me about one that's supposed to be great. However, I realized that a slice of pizza from Santullo's, big and thin (but not crackery), loaded with cheese and pepperoni and sliced tomatoes (my toppings of choice), is about as good as you can get.

I want to start learning a second language.
Define "start." I own two Spanish books, one of which is Spanish for Dummies and the other of which contains slang and curses. The fact that I haven't opened either of them doesn't mean I haven't taken baby steps. Right?

(Let's not talk about my specific movie-watching resolutions, of which I've seen only two, although I have five others on DVD.)