Category Archives: Goal City

And just like that, all done.

By Andrew Ford | Published: July 4, 2011
I didn’t practice a lick of Spanish today, but I’m all done with the book. It’s got room for improvement, but I like the cover and, breathing, at least it’s freakin’ done. af  
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Day 10: She’ll be comin’ round the mountain when she comes

By Andrew Ford | Published: July 2, 2011
Tetris book: Crunch time boys and girls. There is just a few more days until this guy has to be sent and of course there is plenty, plenty more to do. Of course my head is trying to play tricks on me: “Push the deadline back just a few more days! It will create a [...]
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Day 9: Shoot. First late Post.

By Andrew Ford | Published: July 1, 2011
Last night I cranked through the last 100+ pages of For Whom The Bell Tolls and somehow forgot about this bad boy. So, today is the first time there has been a late post. I was halfway through Google News when I realized it. Tetris Book: I’m maybe 10 percent done with my first round [...]
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Day 8: So much crap to do

By Andrew Ford | Published: June 30, 2011
I am just hoping that my 7-minute minimum on Tetris this week doesn’t balloon to 70 a day. Luckily for energy I’ve been ridin’ a few miles a day with this in the ears: Suspiraban lo mismo los dos y hoy son parte de una lluvia lejos no te confundas no sirve el rencor son [...]
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Day 7: The grind

By Andrew Ford | Published: June 29, 2011
It’s getting past the point of being uber excited everyday and inching closer to the putting off until midnight stage, but I am still glad to be getting into it everyday. Tetris Book: 1. Make corrections 2. Write 4 more chapters 3. Get a second or third set of eyes on this thing 4. Make [...]
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Day 6: Piece frequency

By Andrew Ford | Published: June 28, 2011
An I Tetrimino will show up every 6.25 pieces and a L Tetrimino will show up every 5.83. #gamesandgamesandgames #jugando
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Day 5: Why Tetris?

By Andrew Ford | Published: June 27, 2011
Sorry if I am draggin’ a bit. Videos from here on out will always have caffeine in the system. af
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Day 4: First draft editing and the wonders of flash cards

By Andrew Ford | Published: June 26, 2011
I’m sure I must be missing some chapters, but as of 10:20 p.m. Saturday night I have all of my first draft edited. I probably have 3-5 chapters to write, including some the 2-3 most difficult, but it still feels good to have red penned through a first draft. On with the second. Today I [...]
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Day 3: Gone fishin’

By Andrew Ford | Published: June 25, 2011
Right now I’m headed up near Bogus Basin to do some camping and bro-in down. But rest assured I’ll keep the nose to the grind. I have a bunch of probability stuff for the Tetris book I need to do and the iPod will be cranking the Espanol. af
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Day 2: Cómo Están

By Andrew Ford | Published: June 24, 2011
Even though it feels like I’m investing a lot of work into this project, time wise they’re really not that bad. Today I spent about 25 minutes editing the Tetris book and a little over a half hour with audio practicing Spanish. While audio CDs and tapes make a growing foreign language learner feel cozy [...]
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