End of Year Survey Thinger peoples are doing, so I do it do!
This'll probably one of only 3 posts i make this year, so let's make it an informational one.
1. What did you do in 2009 that you'd never done before?
Two things come to mind, one meaningful, one trivial. I was in my first wedding, I was a groomsman for my super best friend Chris who got married to my other super best friend Caitlin.
Also I sang Karaoke for the first time. I went out with my cousins the day after Christmas for a few drinks, and as our sense of shame became diluted by the alcohol we ended up each singing. I choose to sing Guns and Roses, Knocking on Heaven's door. I choose this song for several reasons, it's simple, has very few lyrics to it and I know it by heart. I was afraid I wouldn't be able to read the prompter so picking a song I knew only made sense. Also it's a Guns and Roses song, so you're free to do a bad Axl Rose impression and people will think you're doing that on purpose instead of singing that way due to a lack of musical talent. Also it's a catchy song the even a group of drunks can sing alone with. Sadly no one sang along, but I was told I did a good job, though I take that with a grain of salt, for as I said, they were a group of drunks.
2. Where did you begin 2009?
Alone in my room. I don't have any real friends in the area, and I have never actually been to a real new years ever party in years much to my chagrin.
3. Did you keep your new year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
New years resolutions are retarded, if you want to do something to change your life just do it.
4. What was your status by Valentine's Day?
Alone
5. Did anyone close to you give birth?
My brother's girlfriend and I suppose at this point tentative fiance
6. Did anyone close to you die?
Nope
7. Were you in school?
Nope
8. What countries did you visit?
None! Though Playing Assassin's Creed II was kind of like touring Italy.
9. What would you like to have in 2010 that you lacked in 2009?
A social life and perhaps a significant other.
10. What moments from 2009 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
Probably Chris and Caitlin's Wedding and everything that came along with it.
11. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
I finally learned some HTML and started a website. www.jaredforbesart.com, an online portfolio and www.kickassmcawesome.com, a webcomic, something I've always wanted to make.
12. What was your biggest failure?
I still don't have a real actual job, though the web comic keeps me busy enough that at times I feel like I have one.
13. Did you have to go to the hospital?
Not personally, no, but I did go to see my niece the day she was born.
14. What was the best thing you bought?
Hands down the XBox 360, though technically I bought it mostly with gift certificates and Christmas money, but I still bought it damnit!
15. Where did most of your money go?
Rent.
16. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Nothing really.
17. What song(s) will always remind you of 2009?
Probably the new Green Day album, 21st Century Breakdown. Not as good as American idiot, but still a really good album. I'll be looking forward to Green Day: Rockband later this yeear.
18. What concerts/shows did you go to?
None, that whole no local friends problem again, that and the fact I can't drive.
19. Compared to this time last year, are you:
I. happier or sadder? neither
II. thinner or fatter? same
III. richer or poorer? poorer
20. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Work on finding a job
21. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Generally everything that ends up with nothing to show for the time I spent doing, so pretty much everything I did this year.
22. How will you be spending Christmas?
Yeah, I don't wanna talk about it.
23. What was your favorite TV program?
House, I just love the wacky medical mystery solving cripple.
24. What was the best book you read?
I don't know, most of the books I read were comic in nature and I'm a bit ashamed to list them.
25. What were your greatest musical discoveries?
Didn't really discover anything new really, if I had to list anything I'd say Josh Joplin Group. I used one of his songs for a story I'm writing. The song, Camera One was used in an episode of Scrubs way back in it's first season, and I always thought it was an REM song cause he sounds a little like Michael Stipe, but in searching for the album information of the song I discovered who actually sang the song, so it that way it was a discovery.
26. What did you want and get?
Well I wanted an XBox 360 and I got one, so that works. This is really a stupid question. Most things you get you wanted, a more useful question would have been what did you get that you didn't want, or what did you want, but didn't get? Bad survey, F--
27. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I turned 25 and a really can't remember what I did, I think it was just another day.
28. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
I feel like a loser for saying this, but yeah, the XBox 360
29. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2009?
I'm a Cowboy!, but that's been my fashion concept for the past five years, but only in the winter time really.
30. What kept you sane?
Who says I'm sane?
31. Who did you miss?
I was all my friends I had in college town, pretty much all the friends I had in college in general.
32. Who was the best new person you met?
I didn't really meat any new peoples this year, though I did meat a few friends from WoW in real life, so that was cool, I suppose.
33. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2009:
Underpants go on first. That and always make sure you back up any and all files you don't want to lose.
34. Did you move anywhere?
Nope, I wish I did, I hate where I live now, but I'm not really in the situation where I could move.
35. What's something you thought you would never do but did in 2009?
Dude this is the same fucking question as the first one, it just has one extra little clause, but it's totally the same question. Fuck you survey, f---
36. What was your best month?
Febtober
37. Any regrets?
Not getting a job, and again, hey survey what's really the difference between a regret and a biggest failure? Unless you're the kind of person that finds giant failures an upbeat part of your life. Learn to proofread yourself survey, f----
38. Overall, how would you rate this year?
C
39. What did you like most about 2009?
Will I'm glad I got my website up and running.
40. Other than home, where did you spend most of your time?
Truthfully probably in a vehicle traveling to and from my home, the more interesting answer would be in Boston/Framingham visiting Chris and Caitlin, followeed by being in a vehicle on my way to visit Chris and Caitlin,
41. Change your hairstyle?
Nope
42. Get a new job?
Fuck you Survey!
43. Do anything embarrassing?
Not really
44. Get married or divorced?
Neither.
45. Did you get sick this year?
Nope, I am glad to say i avoided the outbreak of Hamthrax.
46. Start a new hobby?
Well I make a webcomic 3 times a week now, i suppose that counts
47. Are you happy to see 2009 go?
yes, 2009 can go hell
48. What are you wishing for in 2010?
for something actually meaning full to happen to me instead of just the people around me for once.
1. What did you do in 2009 that you'd never done before?
Two things come to mind, one meaningful, one trivial. I was in my first wedding, I was a groomsman for my super best friend Chris who got married to my other super best friend Caitlin.
Also I sang Karaoke for the first time. I went out with my cousins the day after Christmas for a few drinks, and as our sense of shame became diluted by the alcohol we ended up each singing. I choose to sing Guns and Roses, Knocking on Heaven's door. I choose this song for several reasons, it's simple, has very few lyrics to it and I know it by heart. I was afraid I wouldn't be able to read the prompter so picking a song I knew only made sense. Also it's a Guns and Roses song, so you're free to do a bad Axl Rose impression and people will think you're doing that on purpose instead of singing that way due to a lack of musical talent. Also it's a catchy song the even a group of drunks can sing alone with. Sadly no one sang along, but I was told I did a good job, though I take that with a grain of salt, for as I said, they were a group of drunks.
2. Where did you begin 2009?
Alone in my room. I don't have any real friends in the area, and I have never actually been to a real new years ever party in years much to my chagrin.
3. Did you keep your new year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
New years resolutions are retarded, if you want to do something to change your life just do it.
4. What was your status by Valentine's Day?
Alone
5. Did anyone close to you give birth?
My brother's girlfriend and I suppose at this point tentative fiance
6. Did anyone close to you die?
Nope
7. Were you in school?
Nope
8. What countries did you visit?
None! Though Playing Assassin's Creed II was kind of like touring Italy.
9. What would you like to have in 2010 that you lacked in 2009?
A social life and perhaps a significant other.
10. What moments from 2009 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
Probably Chris and Caitlin's Wedding and everything that came along with it.
11. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
I finally learned some HTML and started a website. www.jaredforbesart.com, an online portfolio and www.kickassmcawesome.com, a webcomic, something I've always wanted to make.
12. What was your biggest failure?
I still don't have a real actual job, though the web comic keeps me busy enough that at times I feel like I have one.
13. Did you have to go to the hospital?
Not personally, no, but I did go to see my niece the day she was born.
14. What was the best thing you bought?
Hands down the XBox 360, though technically I bought it mostly with gift certificates and Christmas money, but I still bought it damnit!
15. Where did most of your money go?
Rent.
16. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Nothing really.
17. What song(s) will always remind you of 2009?
Probably the new Green Day album, 21st Century Breakdown. Not as good as American idiot, but still a really good album. I'll be looking forward to Green Day: Rockband later this yeear.
18. What concerts/shows did you go to?
None, that whole no local friends problem again, that and the fact I can't drive.
19. Compared to this time last year, are you:
I. happier or sadder? neither
II. thinner or fatter? same
III. richer or poorer? poorer
20. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Work on finding a job
21. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Generally everything that ends up with nothing to show for the time I spent doing, so pretty much everything I did this year.
22. How will you be spending Christmas?
Yeah, I don't wanna talk about it.
23. What was your favorite TV program?
House, I just love the wacky medical mystery solving cripple.
24. What was the best book you read?
I don't know, most of the books I read were comic in nature and I'm a bit ashamed to list them.
25. What were your greatest musical discoveries?
Didn't really discover anything new really, if I had to list anything I'd say Josh Joplin Group. I used one of his songs for a story I'm writing. The song, Camera One was used in an episode of Scrubs way back in it's first season, and I always thought it was an REM song cause he sounds a little like Michael Stipe, but in searching for the album information of the song I discovered who actually sang the song, so it that way it was a discovery.
26. What did you want and get?
Well I wanted an XBox 360 and I got one, so that works. This is really a stupid question. Most things you get you wanted, a more useful question would have been what did you get that you didn't want, or what did you want, but didn't get? Bad survey, F--
27. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I turned 25 and a really can't remember what I did, I think it was just another day.
28. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
I feel like a loser for saying this, but yeah, the XBox 360
29. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2009?
I'm a Cowboy!, but that's been my fashion concept for the past five years, but only in the winter time really.
30. What kept you sane?
Who says I'm sane?
31. Who did you miss?
I was all my friends I had in college town, pretty much all the friends I had in college in general.
32. Who was the best new person you met?
I didn't really meat any new peoples this year, though I did meat a few friends from WoW in real life, so that was cool, I suppose.
33. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2009:
Underpants go on first. That and always make sure you back up any and all files you don't want to lose.
34. Did you move anywhere?
Nope, I wish I did, I hate where I live now, but I'm not really in the situation where I could move.
35. What's something you thought you would never do but did in 2009?
Dude this is the same fucking question as the first one, it just has one extra little clause, but it's totally the same question. Fuck you survey, f---
36. What was your best month?
Febtober
37. Any regrets?
Not getting a job, and again, hey survey what's really the difference between a regret and a biggest failure? Unless you're the kind of person that finds giant failures an upbeat part of your life. Learn to proofread yourself survey, f----
38. Overall, how would you rate this year?
C
39. What did you like most about 2009?
Will I'm glad I got my website up and running.
40. Other than home, where did you spend most of your time?
Truthfully probably in a vehicle traveling to and from my home, the more interesting answer would be in Boston/Framingham visiting Chris and Caitlin, followeed by being in a vehicle on my way to visit Chris and Caitlin,
41. Change your hairstyle?
Nope
42. Get a new job?
Fuck you Survey!
43. Do anything embarrassing?
Not really
44. Get married or divorced?
Neither.
45. Did you get sick this year?
Nope, I am glad to say i avoided the outbreak of Hamthrax.
46. Start a new hobby?
Well I make a webcomic 3 times a week now, i suppose that counts
47. Are you happy to see 2009 go?
yes, 2009 can go hell
48. What are you wishing for in 2010?
for something actually meaning full to happen to me instead of just the people around me for once.