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Jan 11, 2016 21:58

The Year of 2015 in Memes and Lists

End of Year Meme

2015 In The Beginning:

Where did you ring in the New Year? - In my uncle and aunt’s home.
Who were you with? - Uncle and aunt; aunt’s sister, brother-in-law, two nieces ; aunt and uncle’s two friends.
Did you kiss anyone at midnight? - Everyone got a kiss on the cheek because that’s how we roll.
Did you make any resolutions? - No.
If so did you keep them? - N/A.

2015 Your Love Life:

Single/Taken? - Single.
How many relationships did you have? - 0
How many break ups? - 0
How many people did you kiss? - 0

2015 Friends and Enemies:

Did you meet any new friends this year? - No. (Well, maybe the Pilates crew, but we were sorta friends last year already, so…)
Did any of your friendships end? - No.
Did you dislike anyone? - Yes.
Did you get into any fights? - Yes.
Did you make any new enemies? - No.
Did you resolve any fights? - No.
Who was your closest friend? - My two peeps: my bean and my dumpling.

2015 The Holidays:

Did you have a Valentine? - No.
Did the Easter bunny visit you? - No.
Did you dress up for Halloween? - No.
Did you make a list of gifts for the holidays? - No.
Did you receive what you wanted? - Yes but I had to return it because it wasn’t the right size and they were all out. So no.

2015 Your Birthday:

How old did you turn? - 32.
Did you have a cake? - Not the day of, no. The day after, though, we went to this fantastic buffet place in France and nearly exploded.
What did you do for your birthday? - Road trip.
Did you have a party? - No.
Did you get any presents? - Does food count?

2015 Memories and Accomplishments:

Funniest Memory? - …amnesia has struck.
Saddest Memory? - Ehhhh.
Most Embarrassing Memory? - *shrugs*
Best Accomplishment? - Getting my driver’s license. Also known as my only accomplishment.

2015 Favorites:

Favorite TV shows? - The 100
Favorite songs? - Whatever’s on the Repeat Fanmixes… Which, speaking of, I still need to make the Late 2015 one. Oops?
Favorite bands?
Favorite food?
Favorite stores?
Favorite restaurants?
Favorite piece of clothing?

2015 All About You:

Did you change at all this year? - I turned into a driver. I also turned into an officially medicated mental penguin.
Did you dye your hair? - Yes.
Did you get your hair cut? - Yes.
Did you change your style? - *snorts*
Were you in school? - No.
Did you have a job? - No.
Did you drive? - Yes!
Did you own a car? - No.
Did you lose anyone this year? - No.
Did anyone close to you give birth? - No.
Did you move at all? - Houses. Just down the street but still.
Did you go on any vacations? - A couple weekends.
Did you leave the country at all? - I went across the border to France.

2015 Wrap Up:

Was 2015 a good year? - In the words of Joe, it was mediocre.
Do you have any regrets? - Yes.
Did 2015 bring any new insights? - No.
Do you think 2016 will top 2015? - I am resigned to mediocrity.
Do you have any goals for 2016? - Try not to die.
If you could relive any moment which would you choose? - None of them.
If you could forget any moment what would it be? - I’m way ahead of you, buddy.
Do you plan to do anything special for NYE 2015? - Have dinner with the uncles.
Who will you be kissing at midnight? - What is it with you and kissing? Sheesh.

Meme: How was 2015?:

1. What did you do in 2015 that you’d never done before? - Started seeing a psychologist, psychiatrist. Taking anxiety and depression meds. Everything involved with getting a driver’s license. Using Pilates machines. Living in a house my parents actually own. Not checking my professional email since June because I’m a coward. Quietly abandoning the PhD plans. Visiting new towns in the province and France. Eating frog legs.

2. Did you keep your new years’ resolutions, and will you make more for next year? - Like I said last year: they are basically life resolutions by this point.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth? - No.

4. Did anyone close to you die? - No.

5. What countries did you visit? - France.

6. What would you like to have in 2016 that you lacked in 2015? - Same as last year and the year before that: an income, a place of my own, a sense of purpose, a life. Also, a pet.

7. What dates from 2015 will remain etched upon your memory? - I have a shitty memory. I can’t remember last year at all right now.

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? - Driver’s license.

9. What was your biggest failure? - Abandoning the PhD plan.

10. Did you suffer illness or injury? - Judging from the medication, I’m going to say anxiety and depression. (They don’t actually come out and tell you “hey, so you have this thing”, though, which is weird. It’s like being given antibiotics but not being told you have an infection.) Also I was disgustingly sick with the flu early on in the year.

11. What was the best thing you bought? - I don’t know, some shirt or something.

12. Whose behavior merited celebration? - My internet peeps. My Pilates teacher. My driving teacher.

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed? - My immediate family’s.

14. Where did most of your money go? - Driver’s license.

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about? - Astonishingly, same as last year: nothing, because I am dead inside, with the exception of RP.

16. What song will always remind you of 2015? - Ask me in five years or whatever.

17. Compared to this time last year, you are:

Happier or sadder: A withered husk.

Thinner or fatter: Fitter, you shitty meme.

Richer or poorer: Poorer. Hella poorer.

18. What do you wish you’d done more of? Having a useful and fulfilling existence.

19. What do you wish you’d done less of? Being shitty at this whole useful and fulfilling existence thing.

20. How will you be spending did you spend Christmas? At my uncle’s, with family and peeps.

21. What was your favorite month of 2015? It’s all a disgusting blur.

22. Did you fall in love in 2015? No.

23. How many one-night stands? Zero.

24. What was your favorite TV program? The 100.

25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year? No.

26. What was the best book you read? Dark Places by Gillian Flynn.

27. What was your greatest musical discovery? - *snorts*

28. What did you want and get? My driver’s license.

29. What did you want and not get? The PhD thing.

30. What was your favorite film of this year? I remember nothing.

31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you? - Turned 32 on a road trip up north.

32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? A cat. Or hamster.

33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2015? I wasn’t naked.

34. What kept you sane? Meds.

35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? Josh Helman took me by surprise.

36. What political issue stirred you the most? The separatist bullshit.

37. Who did you miss? Gabriela, who has not shown signs of life and it is most upsetting.

38. Who were the best new people you met? My driving prof.

39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2015: *points at car* How to use one of those.

40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year: “You know you done fucked up don’t ya?” - Spice 1, “You Done Fucked Up”

Media of 2015

Films
Belle (2013), The Devil Wears Prada (2006), Dragonheart (1996), The Fall (2006), Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013), The Mockingjay Part 1 (2014), Much Ado About Nothing (2012), Penguins of Madagascar (2014), A Place to Live is Not a Place to Stay (2014), Qu’est-ce qu’on a fait au Bon Dieu (2014, in cinema), Shanties and Sea Songs with Gareth Malone (2010), Something Borrowed (2011), The Terminal (2004), When Love Comes (1998), Las ovejas no pierden el tren (2015, in cinema), East is East (1999), Paint Your Wagon (1969), 9 mois ferme (2014), Aziz Ansari: Intimate Moments for a Sensual Evening (2009), La isla mínima (2014), What We Do In the Shadows (2014), George Lopez’s Why You Crying (2004), Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008), Nosotros los nobles (2013), Rec³: Génesis (2012), Sharknado 2: The Second One (2014), La famille Belier (2014), Cloning the Tasmanian Tiger (2002), The Hobbit: The Tolkien Edit, El muerto y ser feliz (2012), Tiempo sin aire (2015, in cinema), Triangle (2009), Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), Extraordinary People: The Twins Who Share a Body (2007), World’s Biggest Pets (2012), • The Emperor’s New Groove (2000, repeat), Låt den Rätte Komma In (2008), Mysterious Skin (2004), The Secret Life of Cats (1998), The Wonderful World of Cats (2009), The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet (2013), Cabin in the Woods (2012, repeat), The Cut (2012), Jurassic World (2015), Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), Rat mal, wer zu Hochzeit kommt (2012), Spain’s Last Lynx (2005), Mia Madre (2015), The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015), Warm Bodies (repeat, 2013), A Single Man (2009), About a Boy (2002, repeat), Coming Down the Mountain (2007), Grandma’s Eternal Forest (2012), The Hobbit: Battle of Five Armies Extended Edition (2014), I am Legend (2007, repeat), Sinister (2012), Zodiac (2007), Hocus Pocus (1993), Hannibal Rising (2007), Grabbers (2012), Jack the Giant Slayer (2013), Kung Fury (2015), Minority Report (2002, unfinished), Perdiendo el norte (2015), The Scorch Trials (2015), Young Ones (2014), The Act of Killing (2012), Ant Man (2015), Ned Kelly (2003), Ocho apellidos catalanes (2015, in cinema), Mad Max: Fury Road (2015, repeat), Raise the Red Lantern (1991), Rentaneko (2012), Snowpiercer (2013), The Thing (1982), X:Men: Days of Future Past (2014)

TV Shows:

The 100 (Season 1-2), Adventure Time (Season 3-4), ALF (1x10-1x14), Aquí no hay quien viva (?), Better Call Saul (Season 1), Bob’s Burgers (Season 1-5), Buffy the Vampire Slayer (4x01, 7x01), Castle (Season 7-8), The Clinic (Aidan Turner Edition), Community (Season 6), Cranford (Season 1-2), The Daily Show (Dec. 18-Oct.), Daredevil (Season 1), Elementary (Season 3, 4x01), Dr Quinn Medicine Woman (1x00-1x02), Flesh and Bones (Season 1), Forever (1x01), The Future is Wild (1x01), Game of Thrones (Season 5), Generation Kill (1x03-1x07), Grandma’s House (Season 2), Grey’s Anatomy (Season 11-12), Halt and Catch Fire (Season 1-2), Hannibal (Season 3), The Hollow Crown (1x01), How to Get Away With Murder (Season 1-2), Human Planet (1x01-1x05), In Love With Shakespeare (Part 1), In With the Flynns (1x01-1x02), Kimi ga Oshietekureta Koto (1x02), Kings (Season 1), Line of Duty (Season 1), Lost (Season 1), Lost Land of the Tiger (Season 1), Men in Trees (Season 2), The Mentalist (Season 7), Merlin (1x09-1x11), Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries (Season 1-2, 3x01-3x02), Modern Family (4x08), Monty Python’s Flying Circus (Episode 18-23), Mr Ed (1x03-1x10), Once Upon a Time (4x03-4x12), Orphan Black (Season 3), The Pacific (1x01-1x04), Penguins of Madagascar (2x05-2x06, 2x18-2x19), Planet Dinosaur (Season 1), Primeval (1x01-1x03), Poldark (Season 1), Pushing Daisies (1x02), Sleepy Hollow (Season 2), Soldier of Fortune (1x01-1x02), Primeval (1x01-1x02), Salvados (Episode ETA desde dentro), Secret Diary of a Call Girl (Season 1-4), Sense8 (Season 1), Spartacus (1x01), Teen Wolf (Season 5), The Twilight Zone (1x23-1x30), The Walking Dead (Season 5, Season 6), Whose Line is it Anyway (11x01-11x11), Vikings (Season 3)

Radio Plays and Podcasts:

Cabin Pressure (Episode: Zürich); Hardcore History (Episode: Wrath of the Khans Part 2), Harmontown (Episode 138-139), The Hidden Almanac (Episode Mar. 9-13, Oct. 8-Nov. 5), Kevin and Ursula Eat Cheap (Episode 161, 178-180-182, 186), Made of Fail (Episode 75), A Matter of Taste (Episode: Bonus 3-6, 51-53, 71-72, 81-84), MonsterTalk (Episode El D20ablo: The Satanic Panic & Role-Playing; Shame on the Lizard People), My Brother, My Brother, and Me (Episode 207, 209-211, 212-214, 242, 251), Sawbones (Episode Malaria; Medical Education; John Kellogg’s Odd Prescription; Medical TV; Heroes of Patent Medicine Part 1; Heroes of Patent medicine Part2), Welcome to Night Vale (Episode 56, 64-70b, Bonus Episode 1-3),

Books & Fanfic

Novels

James Dashner’s The Maze Runner (2009) & The Scorch Trials (2010)
Caitlín R. Kiernan’s Alabaster Wolves - Volume 1
Alvin Schwartz’s More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (1984)
After the Goat Man (1974) by Betsy Byars
Edge of Eden (1990) by Nicholas Proffitt
Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened (2013) by Allie Brosh (reread)
Dead Over Heels (1996) by Charlaine Harris (audio)
Digger: The Complete Omnibus Edition (2013) by Ursula Vernon
Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886) by Robert Louis Stevenson
The Diary of a Young Girl (1952) by Anne Frank
Humans (2003) by Robert J. Sawyer - (audio, unfinished)
Red Dragon (1981) by Thomas Harris
Anne of Green Gables (1908) by Lucy Maud Montgomery (unfinished)
Warm Bodies (2010) by Isaac Marion
WTF, Evolution?!: A Theory of Unintelligible Design (2014) by Mara Grunbaum
Journey to the Dark Continent (…) by Chaosvizier - (unfinished)
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (1981) by Alvin Schwartz
Dark Places (2009) by Gillian Flynn

Short Stories

Richard Connell’s The Most Dangerous Game (1924)
Isaac Asimov’s The Last Question (1956), The Last Answer (1980)
Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s The Yellow Wall-Paper (1982)
Chris Harman’s A People’s History of the World (1999) - Introduction
Shirley Jackson’s The Lottery (1948)
Ernest Hemingway’s Hills Like white Elephants (1927)
Ray Bradbury’s All Summer in a Day (1954)
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.’s Harrison Bergeron (1961)
Stephen King’s The Monkey (1980)
Nuingiliath’s (Original) The Lines of Descent ; Miranda and Lucas: Collected
A Good Man is Hard to Find (1953) by Flannery O’Connor (audio)
“Audio and Visual Analysis” in A Simplified Guide to Forensic Science by The National Forensic Science and Technology Center
Frost by Johnny Nava [audio]

Fanfic - The Hobbit

Anna’s Untitled
Anon’s Untitled
Drabblehobbit’s Dragonborn
Kitsune45’s Untitled
Sleepingswwrites’ Scars ; Age and Alcohol
Thazog’s Untitled
nuingiliath ‘s Daughter of the Bitter Stone ; Twilight and Shadow ; Cinder and Ash ; The Land of Defeat ; Leaf and River ; A Perfect Smile
bluehawthorn’s Initiation
Englishable’s Idle Chatter
notbecauseofvictories’ Saudade
Phoebe_Hunter’s We Are Allies in This (Chapter 24)
FlareWarrior’s Really, Men and Elves Aren’t That Different, Are They?
Smilebavkwards’ Wedding Cup
Sath’s Taking Licenses ; Unauthorised Caulk
Carmenta’s The Oddities of Fate and Circumstance

Fanfiic - Mad Max: Fury Road

Florentium’s All Donated Blood <3
Valkyrien’s My Tongue Will Tell the Anger of My Heart <3
FancyLadySnackCakes’ Curiosity ; Lizards Are Delicious ; A Comfortable Knot
xenowjore’s Until You Sleep
raider’s Reptilian
RubyQuinn’s A New Kind of Touch
Anon’s Slit Learns to Drive
Anon’s Easy, Safe
Biliouskaiju & Chrome Carnicvale (thewarboys)’s Mother’s Milk [Mad Max: Fury Road]
juilettdelta’s Chasing Valhalla
Anon.’s The Real Thing
tatecorrigan’s Take My Hand, We’ll Grab the Sun by [Mad Max: Fury Road]
just_kiss_already’s Pack Order ; Rough Play
redacted’s Carpe Diem
BloodlooksBathory’s Ankle-Biter by Proxy
JauntyHako’s Useful
wifematerial’s Ghost

Fanfic - Other

robotsdance’s Barrier Methods [Pushing Daisies]
nuingiliath’s He. [Spooks]
lit_chicko8’s We Stole Our New Lives Through Blood and Pain [Game of Thrones]

Music of 2015

Fall Out Boy’s American Beauty/American Psycho (2015)
Hozier’s Hozier (2014)
The Neighborhood’s I Love You (2013)
Tycho’s Dive (2011)
Low Roar’s Low Roar (2011)
Iron and Wine’s Our Endless Numbered Days (2004)
Florence and the Machine’s How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (2015)
Sufjan Stevens’s Illinois (2005), Seven Swans (2004)
Yuna’s Nocturnal (2012)
Gregory Porter’s Liquid Spirit (2013)
8tracks: I Wanna Love That Man [General], Débuts du swing [General] ; I Don’t Know What to do With My Life and I Wanna Cry So Fuck It ; Finale [Hannibal]

Look I Made Stuff in 2015

RP - The Hobbit
  • Azog
  • Defiled
  • Sea
  • Siblings
  • Captive
  • Captive AU
  • Bathtub
  • Everything is Terrible
  • Virgin
  • Language Lessons
  • Dis’s Dress
  • Crab Dinner
  • Mermaid
  • Afterlife
RP - Mad Max: Fury Road
  • War Boys
Fanfic - The Hobbit
  • Lady Thranduil (6,476 words)
  • Aftertaste (1,331 words)
  • Pervasive (1,945 words)
Fanfic - Mad Max: Fury Road
  • There Hung the Sun (3,205 words)
  • First Impressions (1856 words)
  • Deliver Me (1290 words)
  • The Lizard’s Ache (378 words)
  • A Small Theft & Coda - Cold Hands (1,898 words)
  • Joint Operation Planning (2069 words)
  • The Benefits of Trust (2069 words)
Fic - Other
  • Wayfarer (Reverse AU) (1,448 words)
  • Wayfarer (Reverse2 AU) (277 words)
  • NaNoWriMo 2015 - Mercy (6727 words)
Fanmixes
  • A Junkman’s Choir: Repeat Songs of Late 2014
  • Ready to Fly on the Streets: Repeat Songs of Early 2015
  • S.I.C.K.L.E. (off shoreditchvampire ‘s track selection)
  • Whither Thou Goest
  • 5th
  • World of Wonders
Fanvids
  • Mad Max: Fury Road Crack - 8 Clips
Places

Spain - Barcelona, Benasque, Besalou, Cardona, Manresa, Sitges, Solsona, Norella, Vilafranca del Penedes, Vilanova
France - Argelés Sur Mer , Collieyre, Fontfroide, Narbonne

* "Just One Yesterday", Fall Out Boy

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