Official 2009 Recap Post
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The method: Copy and paste the first sentence of the first entry of every month this year into one fun-filled entry.
january: I has new $22 speakers from Fry's that came with a subwoofer. I have never had a subwoofer before.
february: i was going to post all the guinea pig nom jokes david and i came up with last night, but i just got back from the vet with twee and the vet says she has cancer.
march: photos of pigs and a hippo.
april: typing hurts at the moment, but this is Garfunkel pig. he is simultaneously calm and loud.
may: Nori pig died this morning.
june: i have a work laptop...so now when i work crazy overtime, i can at least go home and eat something. other than that i am trying to stay away from the computer, because now i have fun stabby jaw pain in addition to my usual shoulder/neck/wrist fun, and i'm not even sure who to start seeing about that.
july: public service announcement: david and i are going to be in philly from august 24 - 30, if anyone wants to grab some rita's.
august: I apparently didn't post anything in August.
september: or September.
october: today was seattle's annual amateur porn festival, hump!, and i must provide my traditional recap.
november: oh goodness it's been awhile.
december: and this is my first post of December.
these numbers are kinda fubar because i deleted some of the duplicate questions and couldn't be arsed to fix them.
1. What did you do in 2009 that you'd never done before?
witness death.
2. Did you keep your New Year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
Let's see..."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."
Status: Fail. I finished one hat (last month) and worked on a clapotis.
"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. "
Status: Exactly the same as last year.
I don't think I'm bothering for next year except to try to be less of an asshole, and I have vague intentions of eating less crap, but I say that a lot. I dreamed I had a really great resolution, but I forgot what; it might have been "stop making resolutions I'm not going to keep anyway."
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Gina and Chris had the cutest baby evar.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
My pigs. My mother's aunt (who I may have met once when I was four). My cousins' grandfather (who was always around at holidays).
5. What countries did you visit?
I completely failed to leave the US this year, but I did renew my passport.
6. What would you like to have in 2010 that you didn't have in 2009?
A slightly less shitty commute and the ability to resign myself to the fact that I will never have a job that I really love. or at least, one that i really love that also pays the bills.
7. What date(s) from 2009 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
Losing the pigs, Heather's wedding, lots of David mushiness.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Staying employed, although luck was involved in that.
9. What was your biggest failure?
All things social.
10. Did you suffer any illness or injury?
Some awesome TMJ.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
My Kinesis keyboard...or my haircut...
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
David, for being sweet, and my fucking awesome housemates.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
My government, as usual.
14. Where did most of your money go?
Rent and utilities.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
David! and Heather's wedding.
16. What song will always remind you of 2009?
Nina Gordon's cover of Straight Out of Compton.
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder?: well, this week kinda blows, but generally happier.
ii. thinner or fatter?: the same.
iii. richer or poorer?: it feels really weird to say "richer". but it also feels really awesome to have a decent savings account. it's not close to a down payment on a house or anything, just a couple months' expenses, but...it is one of the few things that calms me.
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Hiking, same as the last two years...also, making stuff.
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
working...
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
I spent it curled into a little ball with a migraine, and then with David's family.
22. Did you fall in love in 2009?
I admitted I was in love in 2009.
23. How many one-night stands?
I parsed that as nightstands, as in furniture - does that answer your question?
24. What was your favorite TV program?
I still don't watch TV...
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
I don't have the attention span to hate people.
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
I have a pretty sweet psytrance Pandora station. Which is to say...it started off as some random person's psytrance station, and after three hours of voting it was playing VNV Nation.
28. What did you want and get?
A DSi, and there is Rock Band in the house.
29. What did you want and not get?
World peace and a puppy.
30. What were your favorite films of this year?
The only one I saw was Hangover, which was a fine example of its genre.
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I turned 28 (after spending four months convinced I was 28 already) and had sushi with David, Brian and Marissa at Aoki.
I am now convinced I am 29 so I guess that pattern will continue.
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Less headaches.
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2009?
Pants.
34. What kept you sane?
Wellbutrin, Lexapro, David and the Treehouse.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
I forgot to.
37. Who did you miss?
family.
38. Who was the best new person you met?
Evan and Katie, though technically I met them last year.
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2009:
Stand mixers are awesome.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
the warmth of your love’s like the warmth of the sun
and this will be our year, took a long time to come
don’t let go of my hand, now the darkness is gone
and this will be our year, took a long time to come
1.) Where did you ring in 2009?
At a party full of dogs and karaoke.
2.) What was your status by Valentine's Day?
head over heels in love.
3.) Were you in school (anytime this year)?
Nope.
4.) How did you earn your keep?
Working for the Man in the eternally exciting field of asset management...for three and a half years now, which earned me a shop-vac. Yay. I'm not being sarcastic; it's a sweet shop-vac.
5.) Did you have to go to the hospital?
Nope.
6.) Did you have any encounters with the police?
Once, when incompetent tweakers broke in, and Bull from Night Court showed up.
7.) Where did you go on vacation?
Dallas and Philly, and we spent one weekend up in Leavenworth, the faux Bavarian village.
8.) What did you purchase that was over $500?
Rent, for one thing...
9.) Did you know anybody who got married?
The Heatharrr!
11.) Have you run into anybody you graduated high school with?
I did see Sage, but not accidentally.
12.) Did you move anywhere?
For once, NO, thank $deity.
13.) What sporting events did you go to?
I got stuck in traffic for various Mariners and Seahawks games, so I hate them.
14.) What concerts/shows did you go to?
VNV Nation and Abney Park, mostly.
15.) Are you registered to vote?
Yes.
16.) If so, did you do your patriotic duty?
I think I remembered to mail my ballot in this year...
17.) Where do you live now?
Same place I did last year.
19.) What's the one thing you thought you would never do but did in 2009?
Went to Texas.
20.) What is one thing you regret from this year?
The usual, being disorganized and scared and sucking at keeping in touch with people.
21.) What do you want for Christmas?
Last year I said "a laundry-washing robot"...I still want this.
My dad upgraded and gave me his old iPod, which is very yay.
I still want fleece pants, so I shall acquire them.
22.) Any new additions to your family?
Garfunkel pig.
23.) What was your best month?
Uh...November?
24.) What from pop culture will you remember 2009 by?
Michael Jackson. Lady Gaga's apparent inability to wear pants.
25.) How do you plan to ring in 2009?
Kissing David at the dog/karaoke party.
1. Will you be looking for a new job in 2010?
Not really planning on it. I am lazy.
2. Will you be looking for a new relationship?
I am happy with the one I have.
3. New house?
I don't think I can afford to buy one next year, and I am too lazy to move otherwise unless I am forced to.
4. What will you do differently in '10?
Same answer as last year: Try to pay more attention. As always. *promptly gets distracted by something shiny*
5. New Year's resolution?
Fuck it, I never keep them.
6. What will you not be doing in '10?
Bungee jumping and setting myself on fire.
7. Any trips planned?
Philly for my cousin's wedding in October. Also, I want to actually get around to visiting Vancouver this year.
8. Wedding plans?
Attending my cousin's.
9. What's on your calendar?
Have to renew my driver's license.
10. What can't you wait for?
Nothing in particular.
11. What would you like to see happen differently?
same answer as last year: "overall this year was pretty awesome. having less headaches would be sweet though." also, less death, plzkthx.
12. What about yourself will you be changing?
trying to be less angry. however one does that.
13. What happened in '09 that you didn't think would ever happen?
I got around to cutting my hair off.
14. Will you be nicer to the people you care about?
I wasn't planning on being meaner to them...
15. Will you dress differently this year than you did in '09?
Dude, do you have any idea how expensive a new wardrobe is?
16. Will you start or quit drinking?
I will probably drink about as much as I did this year.
17. Will you better your relationship with your family?
I wasn't planning on being meaner to them...
18. Will you do charity work?
same answer as last year: 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?
Most likely.
20. Will you be nice to people you don't know?
I wasn't planning on being mean to them...
21. Do you expect 2010 to be a good year for you?
I've found that expecting such things leads to disappointment. I'm not particularly expecting it to be bad, either.
22. How much did you change from this time last year till now?
Not as much, I think.
23. Do you plan on having a child?
Infant daycare costs a significant portion of my monthly income, so that would be an extraordinarily bad idea.
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 '10 that happened this year?
I can absolutely guarantee that my first two guinea pigs won't die again.
28. What are your New Years Eve plans?
we will be at the dogful karaoke party again.
29. Will you have someone to kiss at midnight?
Yes!
30. Wish for 2010?
Same as last year...decent health for my friends and my family (and me), and to stay employed enough to cover my expenses all year.
other highlights of 2009:
in local news, seattle was closed due to rain, and we were invaded by a bear.
highlights from twitter:
my car's going to hit 100,000 miles on the way home today. I put all but 16 of them on myself. 4:55 PM May 8th, 2009 from web
dan says not to name new pig Tesla b/c it is wrong to name something so stupid after someone so smart. 9:59 AM Mar 30th, 2009 from web
now that they point it out, all the layoffs *have* made traffic noticeably better... 12:35 PM Mar 17th, 2009 from web
as of today, i have lived as long in seattle as i did in oneonta (not counting college). yay! 11:19 AM Mar 3rd, 2009 from web
I regret that I have but one lap to fit both my guinea pigs. 8:58 PM Mar 1st, 2009 from txt
...it was. I feel betrayed. 1:23 PM Jan 23rd, 2009 from web
i think...i think this might be decaf. 11:25 AM Jan 23rd, 2009 from web
i made fail cookies and win tiramisu, which i think is all the cooking i did this year. oh, i made one omelet and no one died.
twee pig was diagnosed with cancer in early february and, after a month of pig hospice and watermelon-flavored medicine, passed away on march 12th. i adopted garfunkel from the seattle animal shelter on april 2nd. and spent the next month trying to get him to stop humping nori every time he saw her. (he was either in denial that he's fixed or it was a dominance thing.) so they never did live together (though they were within wheeking/smelling distance) before she quit eating and died a month later. they are buried in the backyard.
the cat purred a lot, and had to have surgery, but is better now.
David and I went to Texas for Heather's wedding, and got to hang out with everyone and it was awesome.
I celebrated my fourth Seattleversary, for some values of "celebrate" that are closer to "noticed".
i have been putting off making a dentist appointment for...uh since i moved out here...and putting off fixing my car's hood latch since january. and i never did get around to seeing anyone about my jaw issues, although they seem to have improved on their own (85% or so). i did, however, get around to making a hair appointment, thanks to sabdapranam, and getting most of my hair cut off. this is still awesome.
i still need to cross stitch "Cats are assholes. Have some pasta." I have several other cross-stitch projects I need to finish; at least one moved with me from the east coast.
and...yeah. pigs dying, new pig, RSI fun, procrastination, philly, and texas. that was pretty much 2009 right there.
trying to get psyched up for this party, even though i know perfectly well i had fun last year. it's hard not to enjoy being surrounded by dogs.
The method: Copy and paste the first sentence of the first entry of every month this year into one fun-filled entry.
january: I has new $22 speakers from Fry's that came with a subwoofer. I have never had a subwoofer before.
february: i was going to post all the guinea pig nom jokes david and i came up with last night, but i just got back from the vet with twee and the vet says she has cancer.
march: photos of pigs and a hippo.
april: typing hurts at the moment, but this is Garfunkel pig. he is simultaneously calm and loud.
may: Nori pig died this morning.
june: i have a work laptop...so now when i work crazy overtime, i can at least go home and eat something. other than that i am trying to stay away from the computer, because now i have fun stabby jaw pain in addition to my usual shoulder/neck/wrist fun, and i'm not even sure who to start seeing about that.
july: public service announcement: david and i are going to be in philly from august 24 - 30, if anyone wants to grab some rita's.
august: I apparently didn't post anything in August.
september: or September.
october: today was seattle's annual amateur porn festival, hump!, and i must provide my traditional recap.
november: oh goodness it's been awhile.
december: and this is my first post of December.
these numbers are kinda fubar because i deleted some of the duplicate questions and couldn't be arsed to fix them.
1. What did you do in 2009 that you'd never done before?
witness death.
2. Did you keep your New Year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
Let's see..."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."
Status: Fail. I finished one hat (last month) and worked on a clapotis.
"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. "
Status: Exactly the same as last year.
I don't think I'm bothering for next year except to try to be less of an asshole, and I have vague intentions of eating less crap, but I say that a lot. I dreamed I had a really great resolution, but I forgot what; it might have been "stop making resolutions I'm not going to keep anyway."
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Gina and Chris had the cutest baby evar.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
My pigs. My mother's aunt (who I may have met once when I was four). My cousins' grandfather (who was always around at holidays).
5. What countries did you visit?
I completely failed to leave the US this year, but I did renew my passport.
6. What would you like to have in 2010 that you didn't have in 2009?
A slightly less shitty commute and the ability to resign myself to the fact that I will never have a job that I really love. or at least, one that i really love that also pays the bills.
7. What date(s) from 2009 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
Losing the pigs, Heather's wedding, lots of David mushiness.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Staying employed, although luck was involved in that.
9. What was your biggest failure?
All things social.
10. Did you suffer any illness or injury?
Some awesome TMJ.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
My Kinesis keyboard...or my haircut...
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
David, for being sweet, and my fucking awesome housemates.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
My government, as usual.
14. Where did most of your money go?
Rent and utilities.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
David! and Heather's wedding.
16. What song will always remind you of 2009?
Nina Gordon's cover of Straight Out of Compton.
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder?: well, this week kinda blows, but generally happier.
ii. thinner or fatter?: the same.
iii. richer or poorer?: it feels really weird to say "richer". but it also feels really awesome to have a decent savings account. it's not close to a down payment on a house or anything, just a couple months' expenses, but...it is one of the few things that calms me.
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Hiking, same as the last two years...also, making stuff.
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
working...
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
I spent it curled into a little ball with a migraine, and then with David's family.
22. Did you fall in love in 2009?
I admitted I was in love in 2009.
23. How many one-night stands?
I parsed that as nightstands, as in furniture - does that answer your question?
24. What was your favorite TV program?
I still don't watch TV...
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
I don't have the attention span to hate people.
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
I have a pretty sweet psytrance Pandora station. Which is to say...it started off as some random person's psytrance station, and after three hours of voting it was playing VNV Nation.
28. What did you want and get?
A DSi, and there is Rock Band in the house.
29. What did you want and not get?
World peace and a puppy.
30. What were your favorite films of this year?
The only one I saw was Hangover, which was a fine example of its genre.
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I turned 28 (after spending four months convinced I was 28 already) and had sushi with David, Brian and Marissa at Aoki.
I am now convinced I am 29 so I guess that pattern will continue.
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Less headaches.
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2009?
Pants.
34. What kept you sane?
Wellbutrin, Lexapro, David and the Treehouse.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
I forgot to.
37. Who did you miss?
family.
38. Who was the best new person you met?
Evan and Katie, though technically I met them last year.
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2009:
Stand mixers are awesome.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
the warmth of your love’s like the warmth of the sun
and this will be our year, took a long time to come
don’t let go of my hand, now the darkness is gone
and this will be our year, took a long time to come
1.) Where did you ring in 2009?
At a party full of dogs and karaoke.
2.) What was your status by Valentine's Day?
head over heels in love.
3.) Were you in school (anytime this year)?
Nope.
4.) How did you earn your keep?
Working for the Man in the eternally exciting field of asset management...for three and a half years now, which earned me a shop-vac. Yay. I'm not being sarcastic; it's a sweet shop-vac.
5.) Did you have to go to the hospital?
Nope.
6.) Did you have any encounters with the police?
Once, when incompetent tweakers broke in, and Bull from Night Court showed up.
7.) Where did you go on vacation?
Dallas and Philly, and we spent one weekend up in Leavenworth, the faux Bavarian village.
8.) What did you purchase that was over $500?
Rent, for one thing...
9.) Did you know anybody who got married?
The Heatharrr!
11.) Have you run into anybody you graduated high school with?
I did see Sage, but not accidentally.
12.) Did you move anywhere?
For once, NO, thank $deity.
13.) What sporting events did you go to?
I got stuck in traffic for various Mariners and Seahawks games, so I hate them.
14.) What concerts/shows did you go to?
VNV Nation and Abney Park, mostly.
15.) Are you registered to vote?
Yes.
16.) If so, did you do your patriotic duty?
I think I remembered to mail my ballot in this year...
17.) Where do you live now?
Same place I did last year.
19.) What's the one thing you thought you would never do but did in 2009?
Went to Texas.
20.) What is one thing you regret from this year?
The usual, being disorganized and scared and sucking at keeping in touch with people.
21.) What do you want for Christmas?
Last year I said "a laundry-washing robot"...I still want this.
My dad upgraded and gave me his old iPod, which is very yay.
I still want fleece pants, so I shall acquire them.
22.) Any new additions to your family?
Garfunkel pig.
23.) What was your best month?
Uh...November?
24.) What from pop culture will you remember 2009 by?
Michael Jackson. Lady Gaga's apparent inability to wear pants.
25.) How do you plan to ring in 2009?
Kissing David at the dog/karaoke party.
1. Will you be looking for a new job in 2010?
Not really planning on it. I am lazy.
2. Will you be looking for a new relationship?
I am happy with the one I have.
3. New house?
I don't think I can afford to buy one next year, and I am too lazy to move otherwise unless I am forced to.
4. What will you do differently in '10?
Same answer as last year: Try to pay more attention. As always. *promptly gets distracted by something shiny*
5. New Year's resolution?
Fuck it, I never keep them.
6. What will you not be doing in '10?
Bungee jumping and setting myself on fire.
7. Any trips planned?
Philly for my cousin's wedding in October. Also, I want to actually get around to visiting Vancouver this year.
8. Wedding plans?
Attending my cousin's.
9. What's on your calendar?
Have to renew my driver's license.
10. What can't you wait for?
Nothing in particular.
11. What would you like to see happen differently?
same answer as last year: "overall this year was pretty awesome. having less headaches would be sweet though." also, less death, plzkthx.
12. What about yourself will you be changing?
trying to be less angry. however one does that.
13. What happened in '09 that you didn't think would ever happen?
I got around to cutting my hair off.
14. Will you be nicer to the people you care about?
I wasn't planning on being meaner to them...
15. Will you dress differently this year than you did in '09?
Dude, do you have any idea how expensive a new wardrobe is?
16. Will you start or quit drinking?
I will probably drink about as much as I did this year.
17. Will you better your relationship with your family?
I wasn't planning on being meaner to them...
18. Will you do charity work?
same answer as last year: 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?
Most likely.
20. Will you be nice to people you don't know?
I wasn't planning on being mean to them...
21. Do you expect 2010 to be a good year for you?
I've found that expecting such things leads to disappointment. I'm not particularly expecting it to be bad, either.
22. How much did you change from this time last year till now?
Not as much, I think.
23. Do you plan on having a child?
Infant daycare costs a significant portion of my monthly income, so that would be an extraordinarily bad idea.
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 '10 that happened this year?
I can absolutely guarantee that my first two guinea pigs won't die again.
28. What are your New Years Eve plans?
we will be at the dogful karaoke party again.
29. Will you have someone to kiss at midnight?
Yes!
30. Wish for 2010?
Same as last year...decent health for my friends and my family (and me), and to stay employed enough to cover my expenses all year.
other highlights of 2009:
in local news, seattle was closed due to rain, and we were invaded by a bear.
highlights from twitter:
my car's going to hit 100,000 miles on the way home today. I put all but 16 of them on myself. 4:55 PM May 8th, 2009 from web
dan says not to name new pig Tesla b/c it is wrong to name something so stupid after someone so smart. 9:59 AM Mar 30th, 2009 from web
now that they point it out, all the layoffs *have* made traffic noticeably better... 12:35 PM Mar 17th, 2009 from web
as of today, i have lived as long in seattle as i did in oneonta (not counting college). yay! 11:19 AM Mar 3rd, 2009 from web
I regret that I have but one lap to fit both my guinea pigs. 8:58 PM Mar 1st, 2009 from txt
...it was. I feel betrayed. 1:23 PM Jan 23rd, 2009 from web
i think...i think this might be decaf. 11:25 AM Jan 23rd, 2009 from web
i made fail cookies and win tiramisu, which i think is all the cooking i did this year. oh, i made one omelet and no one died.
twee pig was diagnosed with cancer in early february and, after a month of pig hospice and watermelon-flavored medicine, passed away on march 12th. i adopted garfunkel from the seattle animal shelter on april 2nd. and spent the next month trying to get him to stop humping nori every time he saw her. (he was either in denial that he's fixed or it was a dominance thing.) so they never did live together (though they were within wheeking/smelling distance) before she quit eating and died a month later. they are buried in the backyard.
the cat purred a lot, and had to have surgery, but is better now.
David and I went to Texas for Heather's wedding, and got to hang out with everyone and it was awesome.
I celebrated my fourth Seattleversary, for some values of "celebrate" that are closer to "noticed".
i have been putting off making a dentist appointment for...uh since i moved out here...and putting off fixing my car's hood latch since january. and i never did get around to seeing anyone about my jaw issues, although they seem to have improved on their own (85% or so). i did, however, get around to making a hair appointment, thanks to sabdapranam, and getting most of my hair cut off. this is still awesome.
i still need to cross stitch "Cats are assholes. Have some pasta." I have several other cross-stitch projects I need to finish; at least one moved with me from the east coast.
and...yeah. pigs dying, new pig, RSI fun, procrastination, philly, and texas. that was pretty much 2009 right there.
trying to get psyched up for this party, even though i know perfectly well i had fun last year. it's hard not to enjoy being surrounded by dogs.