New Year's Meme (yoinked from vintage_belle)
Like apps on an iPhone, there's a meme for that:
1. WHAT DID YOU DO IN 2009 THAT YOU'D NEVER DONE BEFORE?
Taught students, graduated college.
2. DID YOU KEEP YOUR NEW YEARS' RESOLUTIONS, AND WILL YOU MAKE MORE FOR NEXT YEAR?
Didn't make them, and made some for this year (which I've kept so far)
3. DID ANYONE CLOSE TO YOU GIVE BIRTH?
Yes, my older sister Amanda.
4. DID ANYONE CLOSE TO YOU DIE?
No.
5. WHAT COUNTRIES DID YOU VISIT?
I don't think you can count Gary as another country...
6. WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE IN 2010 THAT YOU LACKED IN 2009?
Money
7. WHAT DATES FROM 2009 WILL REMAIN ETCHED UPON YOUR MEMORY AND WHY?
June 13, 2009: Graduation. Sept. 13, 2009: When I became an uncle. December 27th: When I won at Fantasy Football.
8. WHAT WAS YOUR BIGGEST ACHIEVEMENT OF THE YEAR?
Graduating (I'm sensing a theme)
9. WHAT WAS YOUR BIGGEST FAILURE?
Getting rejected from a job where I was told I was all but a shoe-in.
10. DID YOU SUFFER ILLNESS OR INJURY?
A touch of bronchitis.
11. WHAT WAS THE BEST THING YOU BOUGHT?
I bought my sister a cooler edition of the "Complete Works of E.A. Poe" than I have...
12. WHOSE BEHAVIOUR MERITED CELEBRATION?
My nephew Logan's. Calmest baby I've ever heard of.
13. WHOSE BEHAVIOUR MADE YOU APPALLED AND DEPRESSED?
My friend Sam's, for her behavior at my New Year's Eve party.
14. WHERE DID MOST OF YOUR MONEY GO?
Bills.
15. WHAT DID YOU GET REALLY, REALLY, REALLY EXCITED ABOUT?
Wedding planning, oddly enough.
16. WHAT SONG WILL ALWAYS REMIND YOU OF 2009?
I Kissed a Girl
17. COMPARED TO THIS TIME LAST YEAR ARE YOU:
i. HAPPIER OR SADDER? Sadder.
ii. THINNER OR FATTER? Fatter.
iii. RICHER OR POORER? Poorer. Very much poorer
18. WHAT DO YOU WISH YOU'D DONE MORE OF?
Worked when I could get the hours.
19. WHAT DO YOU WISH YOU'D DONE LESS OF?
Been so separated from family and friends.
20. HOW DID YOU SPEND CHRISTMAS?
The usual "Widows and Orphan's Banquet" as my father calls it.
21. DID YOU FALL IN LOVE IN 2009?
No.
22. HOW MANY ONE-NIGHT STANDS?
Zero.
23. WHAT WAS YOUR FAVOURITE TV PROGRAM?
Lie to Me*
24. DO YOU HATE ANYONE NOW THAT YOU DIDN'T HATE LAST YEAR?
Yes.
25. WHAT WAS THE BEST BOOK YOU READ?
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
26. WHAT WAS YOUR GREATEST MUSICAL DISCOVERY?
Skillet
27. WHAT DID YOU WANT AND GET?
I wanted a degree.
28. WHAT DID YOU WANT AND NOT GET?
A job: I got a hobby that pays.
29. WHAT WAS YOUR FAVOURITE FILM OF THE YEAR?
Zombieland.
30. WHAT DID YOU DO ON YOUR BIRTHDAY, AND HOW OLD WERE YOU?
24, and I had a small gathering.
31. WHAT ONE THING WOULD HAVE MADE YOUR YEAR IMMEASURABLY MORE SATISFYING?
Getting a full-time position
32. HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONAL FASHION CONCEPT IN 2009?
Comfy
33. WHAT KEPT YOU SANE?
Kept. Me. Sane?
34. WHICH CELEBRITY/PUBLIC FIGURE DID YOU FANCY THE MOST?
Michele Obama.
35. WHAT POLITICAL ISSUE STIRRED YOU THE MOST?
National Healthcare, where even the people who are championing for the cause are doing it wrong.
36. WHO DID YOU MISS?
Mom...a lot.
37. WHO WAS THE BEST NEW PERSON YOU MET?
Eric! (Yes, another one). He's my manager at work, and he rocks something hard.
38. TELL US A VALUABLE LIFE LESSON YOU LEARNED IN 2009:
Sometimes a missed opportunity is a dodged bullet.
39. QUOTE A SONG LYRIC THAT SUMS UP YOUR YEAR.
o/ What do you do with a B.A. in English? What is my life going to be? o/
1. WHAT DID YOU DO IN 2009 THAT YOU'D NEVER DONE BEFORE?
Taught students, graduated college.
2. DID YOU KEEP YOUR NEW YEARS' RESOLUTIONS, AND WILL YOU MAKE MORE FOR NEXT YEAR?
Didn't make them, and made some for this year (which I've kept so far)
3. DID ANYONE CLOSE TO YOU GIVE BIRTH?
Yes, my older sister Amanda.
4. DID ANYONE CLOSE TO YOU DIE?
No.
5. WHAT COUNTRIES DID YOU VISIT?
I don't think you can count Gary as another country...
6. WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE IN 2010 THAT YOU LACKED IN 2009?
Money
7. WHAT DATES FROM 2009 WILL REMAIN ETCHED UPON YOUR MEMORY AND WHY?
June 13, 2009: Graduation. Sept. 13, 2009: When I became an uncle. December 27th: When I won at Fantasy Football.
8. WHAT WAS YOUR BIGGEST ACHIEVEMENT OF THE YEAR?
Graduating (I'm sensing a theme)
9. WHAT WAS YOUR BIGGEST FAILURE?
Getting rejected from a job where I was told I was all but a shoe-in.
10. DID YOU SUFFER ILLNESS OR INJURY?
A touch of bronchitis.
11. WHAT WAS THE BEST THING YOU BOUGHT?
I bought my sister a cooler edition of the "Complete Works of E.A. Poe" than I have...
12. WHOSE BEHAVIOUR MERITED CELEBRATION?
My nephew Logan's. Calmest baby I've ever heard of.
13. WHOSE BEHAVIOUR MADE YOU APPALLED AND DEPRESSED?
My friend Sam's, for her behavior at my New Year's Eve party.
14. WHERE DID MOST OF YOUR MONEY GO?
Bills.
15. WHAT DID YOU GET REALLY, REALLY, REALLY EXCITED ABOUT?
Wedding planning, oddly enough.
16. WHAT SONG WILL ALWAYS REMIND YOU OF 2009?
I Kissed a Girl
17. COMPARED TO THIS TIME LAST YEAR ARE YOU:
i. HAPPIER OR SADDER? Sadder.
ii. THINNER OR FATTER? Fatter.
iii. RICHER OR POORER? Poorer. Very much poorer
18. WHAT DO YOU WISH YOU'D DONE MORE OF?
Worked when I could get the hours.
19. WHAT DO YOU WISH YOU'D DONE LESS OF?
Been so separated from family and friends.
20. HOW DID YOU SPEND CHRISTMAS?
The usual "Widows and Orphan's Banquet" as my father calls it.
21. DID YOU FALL IN LOVE IN 2009?
No.
22. HOW MANY ONE-NIGHT STANDS?
Zero.
23. WHAT WAS YOUR FAVOURITE TV PROGRAM?
Lie to Me*
24. DO YOU HATE ANYONE NOW THAT YOU DIDN'T HATE LAST YEAR?
Yes.
25. WHAT WAS THE BEST BOOK YOU READ?
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
26. WHAT WAS YOUR GREATEST MUSICAL DISCOVERY?
Skillet
27. WHAT DID YOU WANT AND GET?
I wanted a degree.
28. WHAT DID YOU WANT AND NOT GET?
A job: I got a hobby that pays.
29. WHAT WAS YOUR FAVOURITE FILM OF THE YEAR?
Zombieland.
30. WHAT DID YOU DO ON YOUR BIRTHDAY, AND HOW OLD WERE YOU?
24, and I had a small gathering.
31. WHAT ONE THING WOULD HAVE MADE YOUR YEAR IMMEASURABLY MORE SATISFYING?
Getting a full-time position
32. HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONAL FASHION CONCEPT IN 2009?
Comfy
33. WHAT KEPT YOU SANE?
Kept. Me. Sane?
34. WHICH CELEBRITY/PUBLIC FIGURE DID YOU FANCY THE MOST?
Michele Obama.
35. WHAT POLITICAL ISSUE STIRRED YOU THE MOST?
National Healthcare, where even the people who are championing for the cause are doing it wrong.
36. WHO DID YOU MISS?
Mom...a lot.
37. WHO WAS THE BEST NEW PERSON YOU MET?
Eric! (Yes, another one). He's my manager at work, and he rocks something hard.
38. TELL US A VALUABLE LIFE LESSON YOU LEARNED IN 2009:
Sometimes a missed opportunity is a dodged bullet.
39. QUOTE A SONG LYRIC THAT SUMS UP YOUR YEAR.
o/ What do you do with a B.A. in English? What is my life going to be? o/