30 before 30 update

i have forgotten about this list. time for a progress check, since there is less than a year left

1. start a 365 photos project - done! started 8/1/12 and still going!
2. move to a new city - done! seattle on 6/9/11
3. learn another foreign language - because the random words of german i learned recently doesn't count
4. travel to europe - done! germany and austria on 10/27/12
5. ride a hot air balloon - i want to do this at the albequerque balloon fiesta, not sure if i will make it tho
6. read 2-3 more books in the song of ice and fire series - done! finished the 3rd book in the series 9/8/12
7. visit austin - done! first on 12/24/11, and few times after that
8. make mojito cupcakes - done! on 4/17/11
9. acquire a navy blue coat - except i have plenty of coats from living in madison... hmm
10. acquire a touchscreen device (ex. tablet, smartphone...) - done! kinda inherited an iPad, bought a smartphone a few months later
11. finish writing my list of 100 things to do before i die (currently at 77) - occasionally i pick this up...
12. replace my dying dell laptop - done! on 4/3/11 with a shiny acer
13. create a new website/blog of some form - eeeh, lacking ambition
14. go sky diving - ideally in hawaii
15. figure out my favorite kind of wine - done! dessert wines, for now
16. buy a hat at sacred feather (one of madison's longest standing stores on state street) - done! on 4/30/11, though i never wear it
17. acquire a new camera - done! Canon PowerShot S100 on 7/23/12
18. bake for a bake sale - done! 4/18/11 bake sale for an office fundraiser
19. consolidate burned media into 1-3 TB hard drives - done! sometime 2011, now all on my giant 3TB drive
20. (related to above) organize my music files - in progress
21. sell some of my crafts - done! at the same bake sale fundraiser above
22. build a small board game collection - done! one of my bookcases is now filled up
23. organize/display my vinyl toys - done! in my 2011 apartment
24. win money at a casino poker table - done! at Harrah's in New Orleans 5/7/11, though lost it immediately afterwards
25. finish making 1000 cranes - sorta in progress
26. attend an anime convention - i might change this to "a comic-con" and call it done for emerald city comic-con
27. finish epic mickey - but i haven't played my wii in almost a year...
28. pick up a new physical activity (ex. team sports, martial arts...) - done! joined a kickball league, on/off rock climbing
29. memorize the chinese pinyin system - because i still make it up
30. paint my ansem figurine - not motivated at all for this one

completed 18/30 since 4/3/11

wow. my mindset was very different in early 2011. i'd scratch out several of these and go with completely different ones. intrigued by how quickly my interests change