the end of year roundup

it's time a) to stop saying I'm getting back up on the blogging horse and f*&king do it and b) condense my sidebar items in preparation for 2013.  It's a small housekeeping item, so bear with me.  I like to be able to look back at this kind of stuff, so I'm dragging you one or two (or zero) people with me.

My weight loss efforts:

February 2008: 386.4

2011

February 7th: 268.8

March 14th: 276

April 4th: 273.4

May 9th: 281.4

June 6th: 275.6

August 8th: 288

September 5: 288.2

November 14: 312

December 12: 322.4

2012

January 2: 329.6

August 13: 325.4
August 20: 325.2

August 27: 327.0

September 3: 314.2

September 7: Gastric Sleeve Surgery

September 10. 305.8

September 17: 301.8

September 24: 299

October 1: 294.4

October 8: 289.6

October 15: 286.0

October 22: 287.4

October 29: 286.2

November 5: 280.0

November 12: 276.8

November 19: 275.2

November 26: 274.8

December 3: 269.6

December 10: 265.8

December 17: 266.8

December 24: away from home
December 31: 262.6

BOOKS OF 2012

• 75. In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson
• 74. The Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolfe
• 73. The Moviegoer by Walker Percy
• 72. The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
• 71. Marshall's Guard by Isabo Kelly
• 70. Dead-Eye Dick by Kurt Vonnegut
• 69. Stay by Allie Larkin
• 68. Heart of Danger by Lisa Marie Rice
• 67. Bite by Sean Michaels
• 66. Black Heart by Holly Black
• 65. Girl of Nightmares by Kendare Blake
• 64. Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
• 63. Sara and Eleanor: The Story of Sara Delano Roosevelt and Her Daughter-in-Law, Eleanor Roosevelt by Jan Pottker
• 62. Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
• 61. The Night Strangers by Chris Bohjalian
• 60. Bad Boys Online by Erin McCarthy et. al.
• 59. Red Shirts by John Scalzi
• 58. The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
• 57. Locke & Key Volume 2: Head Games by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez
• 56. The Outlaw Album by Daniel Woodrell
• 55. John Dies At the End by David Wong
• 54. Dearly Departed by Lia Habel
• 53. Drive by James Sallis
• 52. Crossed by J.F. Lewis
• 51. Seraphina by Rachel Hartmann
• 50. Unexpected by Lori Foster
• 49. The Case of the Missing Marquess by Nancy Springer
• 48. Locke & Key Volume 1: Welcome to Lovecraft by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez
• 47. Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith
• 46. The Wave by Susan Casey
• 45. Blood, Bones, & Butter by Gabrielle Hamilton
• 44. Warriors 1 edited by George R.R. Martin
• 43. The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
• 42. The Great Escape by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
• 41. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
• 40. Dream a Little Dream by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
• 39. The Secret of the Great Pyramid by Bob Brier
• 38. Nobody's Baby But Mine by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
• 37. Railsea by China Mieville
• 36. Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake
• 35. The Paris Wife by Paula McLain
• 34. The Enchantress by Michael Scott
• 33. Enticed by His Forgotten Lover by Maya Banks
• 32. The Gatecrasher by Madeleine Wickham
• 31. Georgia's Kitchen by Jenny Nelson
• 30. Amped by Daniel H. Wilson
• 29. Dragon Shift by Alice Gaines
• 28. Crazy for Love by Victoria Dahl
• 27. The Ritual by Adam Nevill
• 26. The Lifeboat by Charlotte Rogan
• 25. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: The Unseen Visitor by Maryrose Wood
• 24. The Sisters Brothers by Patrick DeWitt
• 23. The Duchess Who Wouldn't Sit Down: An Informal History of Hospitality by Jesse Browner
• 22. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: The Hidden Gallery by Maryrose Wood
• 21. A Good and Useful Hurt by Aric Davis
• 20. Extraordinary, Ordinary People by Condoleezza Rice
• 19. Fifty Shades of Gray by E.L. James
• 18. Crucible of Gold by Naomi Novik
• 17. The Cailiffs of Baghdad, Georgia by Mary Helen Stefaniak
• 16. The 27s: The Greatest Myth of Rock & Roll by Eric Segalstad
• 15. Surprise Offense by Carol Halston
• 14. T-R-O-U-B-L-E by Sable Hunter
• 13. Room by Emma Donoghue
• 12. The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
• 11. The Hangman's Daughter by Oliver Potzsch
• 10. Night Road by Kristin Hannah
• 9. Blackdog by K.V. Johansen
• 8. The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
• 7. Willpower: Rediscovering Humanity's Greatest Strength by Roy F. Baumeister and John Tierney
• 6. War Horse by Michael Morpurgo
• 5. Farmer in the Sky by Robert Heinlein
• 4. Graveminder by Melissa Marr
• 3. Stay by Ally Larkin
• 2. Deep Cover by Sandra Orchard
• 1. Burning Up by Angela Knight et al

AT THE MOVIES 2012

Les Miserables

Cique du Soleil: Worlds Away

Wreck-It Ralph

Sinister

Paranormal Activity 4

The Possession

Madagascar 3

Paranorman

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days

The Campaign

The Dark Knight Rises

Magic Mike

Men In Black 3

Brave

The Raven

Cabin in the Woods

Mirror, Mirror

The Hunger Games

The Lorax

Jack & Jill

The Woman in Black

Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows

The Devil Inside

Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol