a few days late...
1. What did you do in 2009 that you'd never done before?
i went to australia
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
i did, for once
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
nope
4. Did anyone close to you die?
yes
5. What countries did you visit?
australia, ireland, italy, the vatican, and northern ireland
6. What would you like to have in 2010 that you lacked in 2009?
financial freedom
7. What dates from 2009 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
feb 13, march 5
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
not losing my house
9. What was your biggest failure?
i really don't think i failed at anything in 2009. i really tried.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
swine flu and a subsequent rash :(
11. What was the best thing you bought?
my car(s)
12. Whose choices and behavior merited celebration?
i really can't pick just one. maybe blythe if anyone
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
philip's
14. Where did most of your money go?
travel
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
initially, my unemployment. that got a little stressful toward the end
16. What song will always remind you of 2009?
ice cream paint job - dorrough
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
a) happier or sadder? happier
b) thinner or fatter? about the same
c) richer or poorer? poorer. i have more coming in, but i have to climb out of the hole some
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
working out
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
eating
20. How did you spend Christmas?
in ohio, with various relatives
21. Did you fall in love in 2009?
almost
22. How many one-night stands?
i always have slutty falls, so i think a lot, but there weren't that many in the first 6 or 7 months of the year
23. What was your favorite TV program?
the biggest loser
24. What was the best book you read?
"outliers" by malcolm gladwell
25. What was your greatest musical discovery?
the princess and the frog
26. What did you want and get?
out of my old job
27. What did you want and not get?
a trip to korea
28. What was your favorite film of this year?
princess and the frog
29. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
26, i was in savannah. i did a site visit, shopped and had dinner with family
30. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
it's really hard to just choose one thing
31. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2009?
i couldn't afford many new clothes. i did get some much more stylish shoes, though.
32. What political issue stirred you the most?
obamacare
33. Who was the best new person you met?
toyin
34. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2009:
i am one lucky son of a bitch.
35. Thing you will miss the most that you had in 2009 that you won't have in 2010?
all that glorious time off!
2008: http://claussendunce.livejournal.com/518621.html#cutid1
2007: http://claussendunce.livejournal.com/445838.html#cutid1
2006: http://claussendunce.livejournal.com/385810.html#cutid1
2005: http://claussendunce.livejournal.com/271204.html#cutid1
2004: http://claussendunce.livejournal.com/2004/12/19/