{"id":111,"date":"2011-11-27T19:13:54","date_gmt":"2011-11-28T00:13:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yeahandstuff.net\/dayzero\/?p=111"},"modified":"2011-11-27T19:21:09","modified_gmt":"2011-11-28T00:21:09","slug":"november-update-16101","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yeahandstuff.net\/dayzero\/2011\/11\/27\/november-update-16101\/","title":{"rendered":"November Update (16\/101)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So I&#8217;m not as good as posting about my progress as I thought I&#8217;d be. Oops. That being said, so far I&#8217;m on track to accomplish my goals. I&#8217;m 15.84% through my goals, and only 14.89% through my time available.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the <a title=\"Day Zero\" href=\"http:\/\/www.yeahandstuff.net\/dayzero\/2011\/07\/01\/day-zero\/\" target=\"_blank\">full list<\/a> in case you forgot.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s some updates as to some other things I&#8217;ve knocked off the list:<\/p>\n<p>1. 1. <del>Reach the top of the Empire State Building<\/del>. (9\/13\/11)<\/p>\n<p>In September, I took a trip to New York City to visit Alex, and visited the top of the Empire State Building. It was pretty amazing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.yeahandstuff.net\/dayzero\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_6543.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-116\" title=\"ESB\" src=\"http:\/\/www.yeahandstuff.net\/dayzero\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_6543.jpg\" alt=\"From the top of the Empire State Building\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yeahandstuff.net\/dayzero\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_6543.jpg 512w, https:\/\/www.yeahandstuff.net\/dayzero\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_6543-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>21. <del>Start saving for retirement (401k, Roth IRA, whatever)<\/del>. (9\/19\/11)<\/p>\n<p>With my new job, decided to start saving right away with a 401k.<\/p>\n<p>26. <del>Get a raise to at least $50,000 a year<\/del>. (9\/19\/11)<\/p>\n<p>I started a new job in September, and got a nice raise as a part of that.<\/p>\n<p>32. <del>Don&#8217;t go out for lunch for two weeks straight<\/del>. (10\/13\/11 &#8211; 11\/27\/11)<\/p>\n<p>I haven&#8217;t gone out for lunch at work for over a month and a half. It&#8217;s helpful that I work so near my house that I come home for lunch though.<\/p>\n<p>37. <del>Try a super-hot sauce extract<\/del>. (Dave&#8217;s Ghost Pepper Naga Jolokia, 8\/23\/11)<\/p>\n<p>This is the hottest thing I&#8217;ve ever tried. And I like it. A lot.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.yeahandstuff.net\/dayzero\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMAG02071.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-118\" title=\"Hot Sauce\" src=\"http:\/\/www.yeahandstuff.net\/dayzero\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMAG02071-612x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Dave's Ghost Pepper\" width=\"330\" height=\"552\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yeahandstuff.net\/dayzero\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMAG02071-612x1024.jpg 612w, https:\/\/www.yeahandstuff.net\/dayzero\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMAG02071-179x300.jpg 179w, https:\/\/www.yeahandstuff.net\/dayzero\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMAG02071.jpg 1952w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>57. <del>Donate blood<\/del>. (9\/27\/11)<br \/>\nI donated blood for the first time!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.yeahandstuff.net\/dayzero\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMAG0228.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-119\" title=\"Donated Blood\" src=\"http:\/\/www.yeahandstuff.net\/dayzero\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMAG0228-612x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"330\" height=\"552\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yeahandstuff.net\/dayzero\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMAG0228-612x1024.jpg 612w, https:\/\/www.yeahandstuff.net\/dayzero\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMAG0228-179x300.jpg 179w, https:\/\/www.yeahandstuff.net\/dayzero\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMAG0228.jpg 1952w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>58. <del>(And find out my blood type.)<\/del> (A+, 11\/20\/11)<\/p>\n<p>70. <del>Get a hat trick<\/del>. (11\/4\/11)<\/p>\n<p>81. <del>Cook dinner for someone<\/del>. (11\/12\/11)<br \/>\n82. <del>Eat dinner by candlelight<\/del>. (11\/12\/11)<\/p>\n<p>Made spaghetti, chicken, and garlic bread for Sandy.<\/p>\n<p>88. <del>Go to a zoo<\/del>. (Detroit Zoo, 8\/3\/11)<\/p>\n<p>Went to the zoo for the first time since second grade.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.yeahandstuff.net\/dayzero\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMAG0176.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-120\" title=\"Zoo!\" src=\"http:\/\/www.yeahandstuff.net\/dayzero\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMAG0176-1024x612.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yeahandstuff.net\/dayzero\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMAG0176-1024x612.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.yeahandstuff.net\/dayzero\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMAG0176-300x179.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Added: 97. See all 30 NHL teams in person. (Added 11\/3\/2011)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So I&#8217;m not as good as posting about my progress as I thought I&#8217;d be. Oops. That being said, so far I&#8217;m on track to accomplish my goals. I&#8217;m 15.84% through my goals, and only 14.89% through my time available. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yeahandstuff.net\/dayzero\/2011\/11\/27\/november-update-16101\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yeahandstuff.net\/dayzero\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yeahandstuff.net\/dayzero\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yeahandstuff.net\/dayzero\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yeahandstuff.net\/dayzero\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yeahandstuff.net\/dayzero\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.yeahandstuff.net\/dayzero\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":123,"href":"https:\/\/www.yeahandstuff.net\/dayzero\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111\/revisions\/123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yeahandstuff.net\/dayzero\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yeahandstuff.net\/dayzero\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yeahandstuff.net\/dayzero\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}