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2. Did you keep your new year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I probably had resolutions last year, but since I don’t remember them I have no idea if I kept them. And I will probably have resolutions this year. I just like them.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
I don’t…think so.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
Yes.
5. What countries did you visit?
None…T_T
6. What would you like to have in 2010 that you lacked in 2009?
-stability, both in home and relationships
7. What dates/events from 2009 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
-Kumoricon: because if I hadn’t been doing TTGL cosplay there, I wouldn’t have all of these new friends
-Moving into the apartment: Well…this has been a first. It’s exciting.
-the Jason Webbley/Amanda Palmer show: I almost hyperventilated from blowing bubbles. Need I say more? Also I HUGGED AMANDA PALMER.
-Meeting Vienna Teng
-a late summer day at Fort Warden
-U-District Streetfair
-the day I learned that Tiersa died
-Airika’s 21st Birthday
-Akicon: if only because Bryce’s house is DAMN COLD
-Staying up until 7 AM on the night before Halloween talking about space, then all ending up in Bryce’s bed for the entire day until we got up to give candy to kids.
-the first time I saw The Mustache
-drunken grocery shopping with my mom
-every one of my long conversations with madrone_goddess
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Making lots of friends who seem to really enjoy my company. Don’t get this wrong, PT crew…I love you all. But suddenly I have even more friends, and I trust all of them as much as you’re supposed to trust friends, unlike a lot of the people I was friends with back in high school.
9. What was your biggest failure?
This past quarter in class? I didn’t really…do so well. But also this summer. I’m sorry. <3
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Twisted my ankle, and had a brief bout with tendonitis.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
PS3. Or maybe…my Mugen sword?
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
Bryce, Chris, terenewen , cloudninja , and madrone_goddess .
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
My mom’s husband once or twice.
14. Where did most of your money go?
Textbooks, rent, and cosplay.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Sakuracon! Kumoricon! Apartment! FRIENDS!
16. What song will always remind you of 2009?
“Don’t Stop Believin’” by Journey
17. Compared to this time last year, are you: (a) happier or sadder? (b) thinner or fatter? (c) richer or poorer?
Happier.
Thinner
Poorer. T_T
18. What do you wish you’d done more of?
Music, maybe, or writing.
19. What do you wish you’d done less of?
Stressing. I dislike it.
20. How did you spend Christmas?
Christmas Eve was what I always do, spending time with my dad’s side of the family and opening all of my presents from them. We even went over to visit these friends of the family that we always used to, who make the most amazing egg nog, and this was the first year I got rum in mine. >D For Christmas Day I went over to my mom’s and that was fun because I got to hang out with the puppy.
21. Did you fall in love in 2009?
Only out of love, but I still care.
22. What was your favorite TV program?
Dollhouse.
23. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
I don’t really tend to hate people.
24. What was the best book you read?
Dammit…this is the hardest always. I’ve been in multiple lit classes, okay? Let’s see…I think I’ll go with Pixel Juice by Jeff Noon, because it inspired me the most.
25. What was your greatest musical discovery?
-Too many to count. I really don’t know. Also I can’t seem to remember what I found this year, and what I found earlier.
26. What did you want and get?
-PS3, more friends, an apartment, and a loli dress.
27. What did you want and not get?
-Closure from a certain person in Oregon.
-A 100% good picture of my Kiyoh cosplay
28. What was your favorite film of this year?
-Watchmen…Star Trek…Inglourious Basterds...
29. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
-I had to work, but when my boss found out it was my birthday she let me leave early, so I went home and cooked a yummy dinner. I was twenty.
30. What one thing made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
FRIENDS. And ending a few things that needed to be ended.
31. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2009?
Uh…I dunno. But apparently people like it…
32. What kept you sane?
Music and my friends and cosplay.
33. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
STENDEX-KUN~~~<3 No, kidding, kidding. I guess…Eliza Dushku?
34. What political issue stirred you the most?
Gay rights and our economic situation.
35. Who did you miss?
Plenty of people.
36. Who was the best new person you met?
STENDEX-KUN~~~<3 No, really, uh…this is a hard question! I met so many people!
37. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2009.
If you know what you need to do, do it. Don’t sit around hoping it will work itself out on its own.
38. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
I dreamed I was dying; as I so often do
And when I awoke I was sure it was true
I ran to the window; threw my head to the sky
And said whoever is up there, please don't let me die
But I can't live forever, I can't always be
One day I'll be sand on a beach by a sea
The pages keep turning, I'll mark off each day with a cross
And I'll laugh about all that we've lost
and also
Just a small town girl
Livin' in a lonely world
She took the midnight train goin' anywhere
Just a city boy
Born and raised in south Detroit
He took the midnight train goin' anywhere
A singer in a smoky room
A smell of wine and cheap perfume
For a smile they can share the night
It goes on and on and on and on
Strangers waiting
Up and down the boulevard
Their shadows searching in the night
Streetlight people
Living just to find emotion
Hiding somewhere in the night
Working hard to get my fill
Everybody wants a thrill
Payin' anything to roll the dice just one more time
Some will win, some will lose
Some were born to sing the blues
Oh, the movie never ends
It goes on and on and on and on
Strangers waiting
Up and down the boulevard
Their shadows searching in the night
Streetlight people
Living just to find emotion
Hiding somewhere in the night
Don't stop believin'
Hold on to that feelin'
Streetlight people
1. What did you do in 2009 that you’d never done before?
-rented my own apartment
-done karaoke
-gave someone a lap dance
-went to a natural hot springs
-dated outside of the weird world of Port Townsend
-drank at a party (with people I actually trusted)
-hosted a party at my apartment, all by myself (with Katie)
-made lasting friends at a convention
-quit roleplay
-did sewing with vinyl
-got a 1.1 in a class
-participated in photoshoots
-wore 5-inch heels all day
-walked across an icy slippery log in the pitch dark over a raging river
-had a sort-of fight with a friend and then worked things out
-set an eggplant on fire (not on purpose)
-briefly dated someone from another country (Australia)
-high-fived Chris over an ocean of Simone’s tears