2009 meme
I has new $22 speakers from Fry's that came with a subwoofer. I have never had a subwoofer before.
My main new year's resolution is to knit a fucking sweater, because it seems that everyone else has finished sweaters and I am feeling left out.
I'd also like to find a way to rearrange my life so it has room for a dog, but that might not be a one-year project, and I can't think of where to start.
From the altfriday5 :
1. Someone's built an orbiting habitat that revolves around Earth at twice the distance of the moon. You're offered free passage, and food, drink and shelter, as long as you help finish setting up the habitat - build things, grow food, be part of the experiment to see if the humans can all cooperate enough to be self-sustaining. Do you go? Why or why not? If you go, what is your role?
See, I'm pretty useless here on this planet, so I figure I would be completely useless in such a habitat, unless someone else was going to raise some sheep and shave them for me, and even then I'd have to learn how to spin first and there are plenty of better knitters in the world.
It would be pretty sweet to see and take pictures of, though.
I'm pretty sure Biosphere 2 failed miserably, so I'm assuming this is in some hypothetical future where they fixed all those problems.
2. Cryogenics is not an issue anymore. You're offered free passage on a vessel to Alpha Centauri, but you're not crew, and will be frozen until you get there. You decide to go. Why? What do you look forward to doing when you get there?
Pretty much the same answer...I'm just stuck on the minor detail that there is no room for a useless passenger on such a ship, not if it's traveling that slowly.
3. How do you feel about robots?
Funny you should mention that. One rolled into my office behind my desk and laughed at me this afternoon.
I am very fond of our roomba, and would be more fond of it if the battery was happier.
I would like a robot to do all my chores, because I am incredibly lazy. Maybe a sol
4. You and your favorite person (or people) are offered the opportunity to travel into the future without leaving the planet: be frozen for an arbitrary length of time. Do you take it? If yes, how long will you be away? If you decide not to do it but a favorite person wants to, does that influence your decision?
...If they freeze you, you don't get to come back, do you? I would be a little stuck on that part, and I don't like anyone enough to give up the rest of my life for them.
The question is sort of implying that I could come back, though, and then I might, except I am a giant wuss and something could still go horribly wrong (waking up in some crazy fascist regime or a completely uninhabitable planet).
5. What one scientific development described in science fiction do you wish were part of our life? Why?
We went to the fucking moon ... and then stopped going and haven't been back in forty years. What the fuck is that shit? Why are we barely in space?
Replicators, because I hate cooking. Babel fish (okay - not technically a scientific development, but I want one). Having a shadowrun-style commlink to the internet would be simultaneously awesome and creepy.
But...really...all I want is a future with a reasonably functional society and multiple functional planets.
1. Will you be looking for a new job in 2009?
As a contract worker, my chances of staying employed if (when) the economy continues to suck are near zero.
2. Will you be looking for a new relationship?
I don't really "look", even when I *am* single...
3. New house?
Do not want to move again.
4. What will you do differently in '09?
Try to pay more attention. As always. *promptly gets distracted by something shiny*
5. New Year's resolution?
Knit a sweater.
6. What will you not be doing in '09?
...I'm not planning on bungee jumping or setting myself on fire...
7. Any trips planned?
Sadly, no, though my parents might visit.
8. Wedding plans?
I know of four weddings coming up.
9. What's on your calendar?
Uh, going to the movies tomorrow night, probably going to Portland, my passport expires in August...
10. What can't you wait for?
Nothing in particular.
11. What would you like to see happen differently?
well...overall this year was pretty awesome. having less headaches would be sweet though.
12. What about yourself will you be changing?
I've never actually succesfully changed anything about myself that I meant to change, so this question is rather useless.
13. What happened in '08 that you didn't think would ever happen?
America actually elected a president that isn't a rich white guy.
14. Will you be nicer to the people you care about?
Uh...that's always a goal...
15. Will you dress differently this year than you did in '08?
I currently have more clothes that fit, so it'll depend on whether that changes.
16. Will you start or quit drinking?
I am amused by this question. "Yes, I have plans to start drinking in January and become a full-on alcoholic by April."
17. Will you better your relationship with your family?
Once again, "No, I was planning to get into a huge fight with everyone around August..."
18. Will you do charity work?
Honestly, it's very unlikely that I will get up off my ass in order to do any such thing, because I am a horrible lazy person.
19. Will you go to bars?
Uh, probably.
20. Will you be nice to people you don't know?
I wasn't planning on being mean to them...
21. Do you expect 2009 to be a good year for you?
I see no reason it's likely to be a good year, but who knows.
22. How much did you change from this time last year till now?
A lot, mostly medication-induced.
23. Do you plan on having a child?
In 2009? Fuck no.
24. Will you still be friends with the same people you are friends with now?
...Is anyone answering this "No, I'm planning to get into a huge fight and ditch all my friends around July."
26. Will you be moving?
I hope not.
27. What will you make sure doesn't happen in '09 that happened this year?
Uh...I don't think there's anything I can decisively promise to keep from happening.
28. What are your New Years Eve plans?
I spent New Year's Eve at a party in Tacoma with approximately 12 people, 27 dogs, and karaoke. I had been cranky/deathly afraid of said party all day, but it ended up pretty awesome, and not just because I was drinking.
29. Will you have someone to kiss at midnight?
*squee*
30. Wish for 2009?
decent health for my friends and my family (and me), and to stay employed enough to cover my expenses all year.
My main new year's resolution is to knit a fucking sweater, because it seems that everyone else has finished sweaters and I am feeling left out.
I'd also like to find a way to rearrange my life so it has room for a dog, but that might not be a one-year project, and I can't think of where to start.
From the altfriday5 :
1. Someone's built an orbiting habitat that revolves around Earth at twice the distance of the moon. You're offered free passage, and food, drink and shelter, as long as you help finish setting up the habitat - build things, grow food, be part of the experiment to see if the humans can all cooperate enough to be self-sustaining. Do you go? Why or why not? If you go, what is your role?
See, I'm pretty useless here on this planet, so I figure I would be completely useless in such a habitat, unless someone else was going to raise some sheep and shave them for me, and even then I'd have to learn how to spin first and there are plenty of better knitters in the world.
It would be pretty sweet to see and take pictures of, though.
I'm pretty sure Biosphere 2 failed miserably, so I'm assuming this is in some hypothetical future where they fixed all those problems.
2. Cryogenics is not an issue anymore. You're offered free passage on a vessel to Alpha Centauri, but you're not crew, and will be frozen until you get there. You decide to go. Why? What do you look forward to doing when you get there?
Pretty much the same answer...I'm just stuck on the minor detail that there is no room for a useless passenger on such a ship, not if it's traveling that slowly.
3. How do you feel about robots?
Funny you should mention that. One rolled into my office behind my desk and laughed at me this afternoon.
I am very fond of our roomba, and would be more fond of it if the battery was happier.
I would like a robot to do all my chores, because I am incredibly lazy. Maybe a sol
4. You and your favorite person (or people) are offered the opportunity to travel into the future without leaving the planet: be frozen for an arbitrary length of time. Do you take it? If yes, how long will you be away? If you decide not to do it but a favorite person wants to, does that influence your decision?
...If they freeze you, you don't get to come back, do you? I would be a little stuck on that part, and I don't like anyone enough to give up the rest of my life for them.
The question is sort of implying that I could come back, though, and then I might, except I am a giant wuss and something could still go horribly wrong (waking up in some crazy fascist regime or a completely uninhabitable planet).
5. What one scientific development described in science fiction do you wish were part of our life? Why?
We went to the fucking moon ... and then stopped going and haven't been back in forty years. What the fuck is that shit? Why are we barely in space?
Replicators, because I hate cooking. Babel fish (okay - not technically a scientific development, but I want one). Having a shadowrun-style commlink to the internet would be simultaneously awesome and creepy.
But...really...all I want is a future with a reasonably functional society and multiple functional planets.
1. Will you be looking for a new job in 2009?
As a contract worker, my chances of staying employed if (when) the economy continues to suck are near zero.
2. Will you be looking for a new relationship?
I don't really "look", even when I *am* single...
3. New house?
Do not want to move again.
4. What will you do differently in '09?
Try to pay more attention. As always. *promptly gets distracted by something shiny*
5. New Year's resolution?
Knit a sweater.
6. What will you not be doing in '09?
...I'm not planning on bungee jumping or setting myself on fire...
7. Any trips planned?
Sadly, no, though my parents might visit.
8. Wedding plans?
I know of four weddings coming up.
9. What's on your calendar?
Uh, going to the movies tomorrow night, probably going to Portland, my passport expires in August...
10. What can't you wait for?
Nothing in particular.
11. What would you like to see happen differently?
well...overall this year was pretty awesome. having less headaches would be sweet though.
12. What about yourself will you be changing?
I've never actually succesfully changed anything about myself that I meant to change, so this question is rather useless.
13. What happened in '08 that you didn't think would ever happen?
America actually elected a president that isn't a rich white guy.
14. Will you be nicer to the people you care about?
Uh...that's always a goal...
15. Will you dress differently this year than you did in '08?
I currently have more clothes that fit, so it'll depend on whether that changes.
16. Will you start or quit drinking?
I am amused by this question. "Yes, I have plans to start drinking in January and become a full-on alcoholic by April."
17. Will you better your relationship with your family?
Once again, "No, I was planning to get into a huge fight with everyone around August..."
18. Will you do charity work?
Honestly, it's very unlikely that I will get up off my ass in order to do any such thing, because I am a horrible lazy person.
19. Will you go to bars?
Uh, probably.
20. Will you be nice to people you don't know?
I wasn't planning on being mean to them...
21. Do you expect 2009 to be a good year for you?
I see no reason it's likely to be a good year, but who knows.
22. How much did you change from this time last year till now?
A lot, mostly medication-induced.
23. Do you plan on having a child?
In 2009? Fuck no.
24. Will you still be friends with the same people you are friends with now?
...Is anyone answering this "No, I'm planning to get into a huge fight and ditch all my friends around July."
26. Will you be moving?
I hope not.
27. What will you make sure doesn't happen in '09 that happened this year?
Uh...I don't think there's anything I can decisively promise to keep from happening.
28. What are your New Years Eve plans?
I spent New Year's Eve at a party in Tacoma with approximately 12 people, 27 dogs, and karaoke. I had been cranky/deathly afraid of said party all day, but it ended up pretty awesome, and not just because I was drinking.
29. Will you have someone to kiss at midnight?
*squee*
30. Wish for 2009?
decent health for my friends and my family (and me), and to stay employed enough to cover my expenses all year.