Haiku-a-Day Challenge: Week 52 and the final few days

CAN YOU BELIEVE IT.  One entire year of haikus every day.  WTF.

Caturday 6/30/2012
Big day with Cool Cat
Afternoon beers and a film
Then: TERRIBLE things


Sunday 7/1/2012
Tall ships in Boston
Filling my gut with chowder
Like... so much chowder

Monday 7/2/2012
Only one more week
I'm becoming terrified
Ready to be done

Tuesday 7/3/2012
Yet another day
Beers bring solace after work
Now more thesis work

Wednesday 7/4/2012
Fireworks in the rain
A damp, incredible sight
I'm ready for Chines

Thursday 7/5/2012
Time for some training
This week is getting hectic
I need to de-stress

Friday 7/6/2012
Out with Ed (again)
Insane Boston roofdeck views
Another great night


Caturday 7/7/2012
Bachelor party!
Polish Horseshoes and swimming
Bacon burger. YES.


Sunday 7/8/2012
Whitewater rafting
Exhausting and refreshing
Now I must prepare.


Monday 7/9/2012
Thesis: DEFENDED.
Rocked it like a hurricane
I have my life back


Wow, this has been a wild ride.  A YEAR (well, a few days more than a year - leap years are crazy) of haikus every day.  It was a pretty interesting experiment: I found that it was a really good way to get a mini-recap of my day.  Just a few words to help remember what I did each day, each week etc.  I've actually used it to go back and see when certain events happened and to check dates.  And it only took like 5 minutes a day.  Not a bad way to get a little creative (or boring as hell when all I do is thesis work).


Also, I kind of wish I could get some stats on these.  Like "how many times did I use the word 'awesome' or 'thesis?'"  And the fact that I've called it "Caturday" every single week has had it's effect on my vocabulary.  I can't believe it's been a year.  If you'd like a little haiku-recap, you can start here and go through or look up the "haiku" tags.
So, who's ready to help me publish these?  DON'T ALL JUMP AT THE SAME TIME.

Haiku-a-Day Challenge: Week 51

Whoa boy.  Coming down to the end.

Caturday 6/23/2012
Reading in the Sun
Imbibing with some soccer
Surprise thunderstorm?


Sunday 6/24/2012
Hiking a long trail
So unfairly infamous
Owl's Head: two thumbs up

Monday 6/25/2012
A long day at work
Followed by long thesising
Thank god for cupcakes

Tuesday 6/26/2012
Less than two weeks left
I'm having thesis nightmares
That's just fantastic

Wednesday 6/27/2012
This poem is bad
All I did was my thesis
Shit shit shit shit shit

Thursday 6/28/2012
Crappy burrito
You are not enough to eat
I must buy more food

Friday 6/29/2012
What a sweaty dance
Ten billion people dancing
Right in Central Square

Haiku-a-Day Challenge: Week 50

HOW IS IT WEEK 50 ALREADY.

Caturday 6/16/2012
Just hiked fifteen miles
My knees will surely explode
Mt. Lafayette rules


Sunday 6/17/2012
Early backpacking
Another amazing day
I will eat so much

Monday 6/18/2012
Finishing the Bonds
A spectacular sunrise
And a looooong walk out

Tuesday 6/19/2012
Making some edits
Busy with work and thesis
I'm making progress

Wednesday 6/20/2012
A much needed break
Went swimming at Walden Pond
A cure for the heat

Thursday 6/21/2012
Sweltering potluck
The only way to cool off
Is six popsicles

Friday 6/22/2012
Four margaritas
A good pre-game for Lincoln
to kill some vampires*
I think vampires is two syllables?  Well it is now.

Haiku-a-Day Challenge: Week 49

Caturday 6/9/2012
Hiked some more mountains
The Wildcats!  Great view of Tux
My knee is destroyed


Sunday 6/10/2012
Some outdoor reading
And then indoor thesising
I liked the first part

Monday 6/11/2012
Coming to the end
Ok thesis.  Let's do this.
Just a few more weeks

Tuesday 6/12/2012
A long busy day
Late night running with Sarah
Gets the blood moving

Wednesday 6/13/2012
Poems get boring
When all I do is thesis
I am almost there

Thursday 6/14/2012
I've had better days
Lots of great food at potluck
But still.  Some things suck

Friday 6/15/2012
Heading to the Loj
Brownies and soup await us
We must prep our bags

Haiku-a-Day Challenge: Week 48

Whoa really?  Week 48 already?

Caturday 6/2/2012
Rainy thesis day
And a great shindig at night
Wulz: you are a champ


Sunday 6/3/2012
Season finale
I need my Game of Thrones fix
I must read book five

Monday 6/4/2012
Work interruption
I had to capture some flags
But then back to work

Tuesday 6/5/2012
More thesis tonight
I'm going hard in the paint
Submission: one month

Wednesday 6/6/2012
Never-ending work
But I finally obtained
Game of Thrones Book 5

Thursday 6/7/2012
Brinner for potluck
Always a good choice.  Always.
Candied bacon: yum

Friday 6/8/2012
Alissa's birthday
That game of darts was intense
And then some dancing

Haiku-a-Day Challenge: Week 47

Caturday 5/26/2012
Polish horseshoes: yay!
Cliff jumping and a rope swing
That's a damn fine day


Sunday 5/27/2012
Whiteface Mountain hike
The Adirondack Mountains
have some insane views


Monday 5/28/2012
The best invention:
Bacon-wrapped s'mores with pancakes
Nothing can compete

Tuesday 5/29/2012
Back to the grindstone
Some progress and some setbacks
But mostly boring

Wednesday 5/30/2012
Making graphs all night
Reprieve with Korean food
Nice Groupon, Sarah!

Thursday 5/31/2012
Friends from home came up
Beers outside: best kind of beer
And Hong Kong scorps bowls

Friday 6/1/2012
Time for a beerfest
Ghost pepper beer: no thank you
Hey Geoff, nice stickers

Haiku-a-Day Challenge: Week 46

Caturday 5/19/2012
This weather is great
People watching in the park
Followed by some darts


Sunday 5/20/2012
Bay to Breakers day
I don't even... what the fuck?
... "The Muppets" was good


Monday 5/21/2012
Last day in S.F.
Spent re-hashing yesterday
Is Blake's dick sunburned?

Tuesday 5/22/2012
Back to work today
It will be a long few months
Busy already

Wednesday 5/23/2012
So much busyness
Baked avocado and egg
What a tasty treat

Thursday 5/24/2012
Poems get boring
When all I do is thesis
I packed for camping?

Friday 5/25/2012
Driving through Vermont
Blaring "History of Rome"
With the windows down

Haiku-a-Day Challenge: Week 45

Caturday 5/12/2012
Let's go look at whales!
I've never been whale watching
We saw a shitload



Sunday 5/13/2012
Watched The Avengers
Perfect schwarma reference
So we schwarm'd after


Monday 5/14/2012
Did nothing but work
Potential house for next year?
Better check that out

Tuesday 5/15/2012
It's tea time with Tai
So much alliteration!
I'm a great poet!


Wednesday 5/16/2012
Intense thesis sesh
Break for some Indian food
My stomach is full


Thursday 5/17/2012
A trip to San Fran!
The best kind of bar ever
is a pirate bar


Friday 5/18/2012
Hiking to the beach
Climbing rocks, getting sunburned
Food truck party time!

Haiku-a-Day Challenge: Week 44

Europe is owning it

Caturday 5/5/2012
Sintra trip today
More magic than Disney World
This castle is nuts

9th Century Moorish Castle.  AYFKMB?

Sunday 5/6/2012
More pastries and alcs
Before our long flight back home
Back to the real world

Bye Europe

Monday 5/7/2012
Back to my thesis
My hand appointments are done
At least that is good


Tuesday 5/8/2012
Redbones has saved me
The delicious BBQ
Cures my thesis stress

Wednesday 5/9/2012
Thesising all day
This poem will be boring
Since that's all I did

Thursday 5/10/2012
All-nighters blow ass
I'm having a sleepy day
But I got stuff done

Friday 5/11/2012
Thesis all day long
With a tea intermission
Later: dancing time

Haiku-a-Day Challenge: Week 43

Europe is owning it

Caturday 4/28/2012
La Alhambra.  What?
How can this even exist?
It's so intricate

Random wall in the Alhambra.  What?

Sunday 4/29/2012
Went to bed at 8
Discoteca all night long
Also: free tapas

Tapas are the greatest gift to man

Monday 4/30/2012
Strolling around
Albaicin and trivia
Soccer questions? Ugh.

View from... somewhere awesome

Tuesday 5/1/2012
Another Bullfight!
What an incredible sport
Sad but amazing

Last time to see the Alhambra...

Wednesday 5/2/2012
Early Lisbon flight
Are we in Eastern Europe?
What is this language?

Also, awesome museum converted from a destroyed cathedral

Thursday 5/3/2012
A great night last night
Makes for a rough morning now
Pastries are delish

Pastel de Belem.  SO DELICIOUS.

Friday 5/4/2012
Belem adventure
Monuments and museums
Oh and more pastries

Haiku-a-Day Challenge: Week 42

These are late, but my excuse is that I was on a different continent.

Caturday 4/21/2012
Golden Circle drive
Huge geysers and waterfalls
Northern lights are nuts

Thingvellir National Park

Sunday 4/22/2012
Iceland is quite strange
Expensive and beautiful
Still: northern lights rock

HALLGRIMSKIRKJA

Monday 4/23/2012
Time for Madrid, Spain
Cheap tapas and sangria
This place is awesome

Also kittehs

Tuesday 4/24/2012
El Retiro Park
Y U so friggn gorgeous?
Row boats in the pond

Wednesday 4/25/2012
Kebab is the best
Saw Picasso's "Guernica"
Free museum night

More Retiro Park

Thursday 4/26/2012
Train to Sevilla
Just in time for a bull fight!
Then some Flamenco

Friday 4/27/2012
Giralda today
Then a bus to Granada
Ok, Spain is great

We also saw the Plaza de Espana.  SO PRETTY HOLY CRAP.

Haiku-a-Day Challenge: Week 41

I'm going to be in Europe for a bit, so I'm assuming these are going to come out "late."

Caturday 4/14/2012
Nice walk in the Fells
Delicious BBQ meat
Warm days are the shit 

Sunday 4/15/2012
Tufts cadaver lab
What a cool experience
The brain is heavy 

Monday 4/16/2012
My throat is scratchy
I will not be pleased if I
procure an illness

Tuesday 4/17/2012
Oh man fuck this shit
Going to drown this virus
before it gets me


Wednesday 4/18/2012
Working overtime
Getting ready for Europe
Typing this thesis


Thursday 4/19/2012
Reykjavik tonight
Guess it's time for me to pack
I need lots of socks


Friday 4/20/2012
What time is it here?
Who cares: it's time for swimming
Natural hot spring

Natural hot spring with a swim-up bar

Haiku-a-Day Challenge: Week 40

FORTY WEEKS!?!?! That's a shitload of "poems."

Caturday 4/7/2012
I have just imbibed
the greatest chai tea ever
"Midnight Iguana"

Sunday 4/8/2012
Easter at Sarah's
Great food and bocci! Huzzah!
Our beers came out great

Monday 4/9/2012
Brand new Game of Thrones
Correctly starting the day
Thesis all day long

Tuesday 4/10/2012
Yak and Yeti noms
A grand feast for the ages
Man I'm hungry now

Wednesday 4/11/2012
Working and South Park
The working part was awful
South Park was wondrous

Thursday 4/12/2012
Gary visited!
My car battery passed on
So we had a beer

Friday 4/13/2012
New car battery
Thanks for the jump-start Sarah!
Tonight: Katie's old

Haiku-a-Day Challenge: Week 39

Caturday 3/31/2012
Homemade Shamrock shakes!
Combos well with Carcassone
Ed's birthday: success

Sunday 4/1/2012
Brunch and gecko pics
A good way to start the day
Prep for Game of Thrones

Monday 4/2/2012
Awful thesis news
I need to re-do two months
of analysis

Tuesday 4/3/2012
Game of Thrones board game
We finally completed
an entire game
3 out of 11 words in this "poem" are the word "game." AWARDS PLEASE.

Wednesday 4/4/2012
I learned how to glaze!
Pottery seems relaxing
I need some of that

Thursday 4/5/2012
Peeps rice crispies treats
Looks like Slimer dropped a barf
But they're quite tasty

Friday 4/6/2012
I am le tired
These all-nighters have to stop
Rest comes in New York

Haiku-a-Day Challenge: Week 38

Caturday 3/24/2012
Dim Sum for breakfast!
Those were some tasty dumplings
Then: too much glitter

Sunday 3/25/2012
Two new beers exist!
Beyond Nirvana Pale Ale
Also Bumble Beeer

Monday 3/26/2012
All-nighter again
At least I had free cupcakes
I love them. I do.

Tuesday 3/27/2012
I got some stuff done!
An efficient all-nighter
But now I must sleep

Wednesday 3/28/2012
I ate well today
McCormick and Schmick's seafood
and great lunch with friends

Thursday 3/29/2012
A grand potluck night
Spreads and dip and bread and shit
Holy crap that rhymed!

Friday 3/30/2012
Rough game of O-Hell
then last call at Underbones
Thirty-three ounce beers

Haiku-a-Day Challenge: Week 37

Caturday 3/17/2012
Hiked Mt. Carrigain
Ass sledding: the best way to
descend the mountain

Sunday 3/18/2012
Greenman suit is back
The St. Paddy's Day hero
Wacky stuff happened

Monday 3/19/2012
It's so damn nice out
Running was enjoyable
So was that kebab

Tuesday 3/20/2012
Had to read outside
Staying late for the thesis
Totally worth it

Wednesday 3/21/2012
Dave's Fresh: always great
Avocado BLT
You're magnificent

Thursday 3/22/2012
Midnight movies rule!
Guess what definitely sucked:
The Hunger Games sucked

Friday 3/23/2012
Cool Cats rage tonight
Connect-4 flip-cup and then
some darts at the Field

Haiku-a-Day Challenge: Week 36

Caturday 3/10/2012
Skyrim, BBQ
What else is necessary?
Dave makes some good ribs

Sunday 3/11/2012
Great day for hiking
Traipsing through someone's backyard
and up two mountains

Monday 3/12/2012
It's tuxedo time
followed by secondary
fermenting the beer

Tuesday 3/13/2012
Beautiful day out
Time for a run... and visit
the Greek gyro truck

Wednesday 3/14/2012
Working all day hurts
Physically and mentally
I need new South Park

Thursday 3/15/2012
All-nighter again
The Book of Mormon soundtrack
Repeated all night

Friday 3/16/2012
Worst thesis day yet
I'm just gonna work all day
and then read all night

Haiku-a-Day Challenge: Week 35

I've legitimately used these haikus to go back and look up what dates specific events have occurred.

Caturday 3/3/2012
Game of Thrones board game:
Extremely complicated.
Extremely awesome.

Sunday 3/4/2012
Brewing two batches
A pale ale and honey ale
I must wait a month?!

Monday 3/5/2012
Thesis is evil
It might be the death of me
Why won't it be done?

Tuesday 3/6/2012
What a shitty week
Jurassic Park must happen
And China Deright

Wednesday 3/7/2012
This day has improved
Korean BBQ. YUM.
Pork and steak save souls

Thursday 3/8/2012
Another long day
Devouring tasty food
Potluck wins again

Friday 3/9/2012
College basketball
Making friends with bartenders
Free drinks abounding

Haiku-a-Day Challenge: Week 34

I am... almost capable of using my hand again

Caturday 2/25/2012
Time to walk Lexie
Valley Forge does not calm her
Victory brews might...

Sunday 2/26/2012
We have to drive back?
This weekend was much too short
At least I'm well fed

Monday 2/27/2012
Fucking finally
Trading my cast for a splint
I can type! Kinda...

Tuesday 2/28/2012
Free IHOP shortstack
It's finally pancake day!
I could still eat more

Wednesday 2/29/2012
Leap Day thesising
I must Skyrim my brains out
If I make it home

Thursday 3/1/2012
No sleeping tonight
Researching at Tufts doop doop
I have lost my mind

Friday 3/2/2012
Somerville theater
Showing "From Russia with Love"
Holy balls that's great

Haiku-a-Day Challenge: Week 33

[Insert hilarious comment here]

Caturday 2/18/2012
A short nature walk
gets me amped up for card games
Pogo: greatest cat

Sunday 2/19/2012
More cozy card games
and a jaunt up Mt. Philo
Ultra-relaxing

Monday 2/20/2012
Happy birthday Mom!
But I'm still up in Vermont
Trying all the jams

Tuesday 2/21/2012
Mardi Gras! Let's drink!
Underbones is a great spot
Marching band hijinks

Wednesday 2/22/2012
Nothing but thesis
Oh man, these days are the worst
I want to be done

Thursday 2/23/2012
Ran my third 5K
I should always drink beer first
It helps me do well

Friday 2/24/2012
Driving to Malvern
A weekend with my parents
and insane puppy