2008
Merry Christmas everyone
xo
1.What did you do in 2008 that you'd never done before?
Many things - it was the year of Big Things.
- Went to Thailand and Japan by myself, also saw Uluru, presented two sessions at a national conference, had some articles published in magazines, organised a graduation for 15 students, produced and presented an outside broadcast at RMIT, did a wedding ceremony at CERES, created a course in broadcasting at JOY. Won a poker tournament. Went on the fantastic Blues Train at Queenscliff. Produced a sold out event at Darebin Music Feast yay!
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I wanted adventures and less procrastination - mission accomplished. Next year I have one and that's to be present. So much of this year has passed me by with my head in the clouds. I guess I'm aiming to feel my feelings no matter how intense. That's a bit hippie isn't it. For concrete tick the box ones:
Learn how to use the ridiculously fancy camera I just bought on a whim and am a bit scared of
Finish my celebrancy course and get the damn piece of paper and put it out there as a job
Make a garden which is nice to sit in!
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Nope.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
Nope.
5. What countries did you visit?
Japan, Thailand, other bits of Australia.
6. What would you like to have in 2009 that you lacked in 2008?
A lasting romantic relationship would be GREAT.
7. What dates from 2008 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
July 31st - Radio School graduation. By the end of it I had a migraine and do not remember how I got home but it went off without a hitch.
September 13. Darebin Music Feast. It went really well, and I signed in front of an audience for the first time in a few years. Scary but great.
Hmm, both of these things are related to event management freakouts.
8.What was your biggest achievement of the year?
I think I was good at being brave this year. I'm proud of that.
Also learning not to be so pigheaded about finishing unimportant things.
9.What was your biggest failure?
N/A
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Sure, I'm a crip. But it was all ok.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
- The Chocolate man my lovely acoustic guitar
- Campers boots. They're bloody expensive but worth every penny.
- Happy Jesus the insane pomeranian cross :)
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
Happy Jesus the insane pomeranian cross!
13. Whose behavior made you appalled?
A friend who I can unfortunately no longer trust.
14. Where did most of your money go?
Travel! Yay, first time in years it wasn't medical expenses.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Salt N Pepa - who then cancelled their Australian tour! That sucked.
16. What songs will always remind you of 2008?
Adele - First Love
Josh Pyke - Monkey With A Drum and The Lighthouse Song
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
- i. happier or sadder? happier
- ii. thinner or fatter? same but stronger
- iii. richer or poorer? same
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
been present
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
worried, zoned out, mooched around
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
fambly
21. Who did you spend the most time on the phone with?
Jana
21. What LJ users did you meet for the first time?
No idea.
23. How many one-night stands?
I'd rather not say. Big slut year this year. Bad form. Hopefully I've learned from that.
24. What was your favorite TV program?
Arrested Development
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
Nope
26. What was the best book you read?
I'm not home right now so I can't look at the stuff I've read but I loved reading the Denton transcripts of the best of Enough Rope.
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Fireside Bellows
Tania Bosak
28. What did you want and get?
Adventures.
29. What did you want and not get?
As always, I didn't get The Girl. Probably because I was a total ho.
30. What was your favorite film of this year?
Into The Wild
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I was 27, had dinner at a Japanese restauraunt, got very drunk, went to karaoke, went to the Peel, other things happened that I don't really remember, woke up and had champagne breakfast at lovely place on Bridge Road, went to the Nova and saw Into The Wild, went to dinner at Wesley Anne with a bunch of people, ended up at The Empress and went home extremely pissed and broken hearted over a stupid thing that happened. Maybe less alcohol next year might be a good thing.
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Better timing!
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2008?
Friendly dyke
34. What kept you sane?
Work, when I think about it.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
I just love Ellen. I think she's wonderful. I met and interviewed Josh Pyke and I was a bit in love with him as well, in both cases in a respectful way not a lame fangirl way.
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
Wonderful to see Obama elected into office.
37. Who did you miss?
Amy.
38. Who was the best new person you met?
Micah. He is a very talented broadcaster and a wonderful person.
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2008:
Things will fall into place regardless of how much you stress, as long as you're organised.
I am good at my job and should try and remember that.
Also, it is ok to spend a lot of money on footwear. It really is!
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
Megan from Don't Mess With The Pony wrote a song for me when I was in a particularly bad way, and it's very handy to have a recording of so whenever I feel shit I can listen to it and think "oh, I don't suck as much as I think I do!". If you want to listen to it go listen to Show Us The Way at their myspace it's just lovely. I think that's my 2008 song.
http://www.myspace.com/dontmesswiththepony
xo
1.What did you do in 2008 that you'd never done before?
Many things - it was the year of Big Things.
- Went to Thailand and Japan by myself, also saw Uluru, presented two sessions at a national conference, had some articles published in magazines, organised a graduation for 15 students, produced and presented an outside broadcast at RMIT, did a wedding ceremony at CERES, created a course in broadcasting at JOY. Won a poker tournament. Went on the fantastic Blues Train at Queenscliff. Produced a sold out event at Darebin Music Feast yay!
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I wanted adventures and less procrastination - mission accomplished. Next year I have one and that's to be present. So much of this year has passed me by with my head in the clouds. I guess I'm aiming to feel my feelings no matter how intense. That's a bit hippie isn't it. For concrete tick the box ones:
Learn how to use the ridiculously fancy camera I just bought on a whim and am a bit scared of
Finish my celebrancy course and get the damn piece of paper and put it out there as a job
Make a garden which is nice to sit in!
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Nope.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
Nope.
5. What countries did you visit?
Japan, Thailand, other bits of Australia.
6. What would you like to have in 2009 that you lacked in 2008?
A lasting romantic relationship would be GREAT.
7. What dates from 2008 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
July 31st - Radio School graduation. By the end of it I had a migraine and do not remember how I got home but it went off without a hitch.
September 13. Darebin Music Feast. It went really well, and I signed in front of an audience for the first time in a few years. Scary but great.
Hmm, both of these things are related to event management freakouts.
8.What was your biggest achievement of the year?
I think I was good at being brave this year. I'm proud of that.
Also learning not to be so pigheaded about finishing unimportant things.
9.What was your biggest failure?
N/A
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Sure, I'm a crip. But it was all ok.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
- The Chocolate man my lovely acoustic guitar
- Campers boots. They're bloody expensive but worth every penny.
- Happy Jesus the insane pomeranian cross :)
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
Happy Jesus the insane pomeranian cross!
13. Whose behavior made you appalled?
A friend who I can unfortunately no longer trust.
14. Where did most of your money go?
Travel! Yay, first time in years it wasn't medical expenses.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Salt N Pepa - who then cancelled their Australian tour! That sucked.
16. What songs will always remind you of 2008?
Adele - First Love
Josh Pyke - Monkey With A Drum and The Lighthouse Song
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
- i. happier or sadder? happier
- ii. thinner or fatter? same but stronger
- iii. richer or poorer? same
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
been present
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
worried, zoned out, mooched around
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
fambly
21. Who did you spend the most time on the phone with?
Jana
21. What LJ users did you meet for the first time?
No idea.
23. How many one-night stands?
I'd rather not say. Big slut year this year. Bad form. Hopefully I've learned from that.
24. What was your favorite TV program?
Arrested Development
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
Nope
26. What was the best book you read?
I'm not home right now so I can't look at the stuff I've read but I loved reading the Denton transcripts of the best of Enough Rope.
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Fireside Bellows
Tania Bosak
28. What did you want and get?
Adventures.
29. What did you want and not get?
As always, I didn't get The Girl. Probably because I was a total ho.
30. What was your favorite film of this year?
Into The Wild
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I was 27, had dinner at a Japanese restauraunt, got very drunk, went to karaoke, went to the Peel, other things happened that I don't really remember, woke up and had champagne breakfast at lovely place on Bridge Road, went to the Nova and saw Into The Wild, went to dinner at Wesley Anne with a bunch of people, ended up at The Empress and went home extremely pissed and broken hearted over a stupid thing that happened. Maybe less alcohol next year might be a good thing.
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Better timing!
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2008?
Friendly dyke
34. What kept you sane?
Work, when I think about it.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
I just love Ellen. I think she's wonderful. I met and interviewed Josh Pyke and I was a bit in love with him as well, in both cases in a respectful way not a lame fangirl way.
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
Wonderful to see Obama elected into office.
37. Who did you miss?
Amy.
38. Who was the best new person you met?
Micah. He is a very talented broadcaster and a wonderful person.
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2008:
Things will fall into place regardless of how much you stress, as long as you're organised.
I am good at my job and should try and remember that.
Also, it is ok to spend a lot of money on footwear. It really is!
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
Megan from Don't Mess With The Pony wrote a song for me when I was in a particularly bad way, and it's very handy to have a recording of so whenever I feel shit I can listen to it and think "oh, I don't suck as much as I think I do!". If you want to listen to it go listen to Show Us The Way at their myspace it's just lovely. I think that's my 2008 song.
http://www.myspace.com/dontmesswiththepony