Year End Thingy 2009
1. What did you do in 2009 that you’d never done before?
Seriously contemplated having kids
2. Did you keep your New Years’ resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I resolved not to make resolutions, which I obviously kept. I might shoot for joining a gym this year.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
A few people on my flist and one of my coworkers is pregnant.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
Not this year.
5. What countries did you visit?
None, though we did go to Vegas.
6. What would you like to have in 2010 that you lacked in 2009?
Happiness, more money, maybe a kid.
7. What date from 2009 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
Finding my grandfather on the floor 8+ hours after he had a stroke.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Surviving it.
9. What was your biggest failure?
Didn't go back to school like I'd hoped.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Had a nasty stomach bug and pneumonia.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
I suppose a new car.
12. Whose behaviour merited celebration?
No one.
13. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed?
My grandfather.
14. Where did most of your money go?
Food, Vegas, bills.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Vegas and our vow renewal.
16. What song will always remind you of 2009?
The Muse song
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
happier or sadder? happier.
thinner or fatter? much thinner.
richer or poorer? Richer.
18. What do you wish you’d done more of?
Having sex. That's always a good one.
19. What do you wish you’d done less of?
Being miserable.
20. How did you spend Christmas?
Slept in, opened gifts, fought with the cat, and saw a movie.
21. How will you be spending New Year’s Eve?
Watching movies with Steven, drinking champagne at midnight.
22. Did you fall in love in 2009?
Nope.
23. How many one-night stands?
None.
24. What was your favorite TV program?
Battlestar Galactica but that's done now. Same with Pushing Daisies.
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
Nope.
26. What was the best book you read?
Probably the last book in the Twilight series. I didn't read much this year.
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Metric
28. What did you want and get?
A tablet!
29. What did you want and not get?
Peace of mind.
30. What was your favourite film of this year?
Wolverine and Sherlock Holmes were great.
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I turned 28 and we went out to dinner.
32. What’s one thing that would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Having my grandfather stay in the nursing home.
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2009?
Comfortable and artsy.
34. What kept you sane?
Drugs.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Really, it's always Hugh Jackman.
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
None of them. I despise politics
37. Who did you miss?
My gramma.
38. Who was the best new person you met?
Irene, who I met IRL.
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2009:
Life is a lot of biding your time.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
I've been down so long, it looks like up to me.