2010 YEAR IN REVIEW
For the last three years, I've done the same memes every New Year- it's been pretty interesting, so here's 2010!
Post the first line of first post of every month in 2010
January:
AWW YISS NEW DECADE
February:
Taking a milisecond break to say hi, tell everybody I'M IN A MASQ SKIT!! and post this, THEN BACK TO WORK!
Foreshadowing the massive failure that was Katsucon '10...
March:
So... Roaming around in my room, I happened to find a unicorn horn that the darling missamerikka got for me. Some googling, and I think I've found out what to do with it...
Foreshadowing the second massive personal clusterfail that was March and early April...
April:
Got this icon so I can yam about Pokemans too. It's so good to be playing again!
ON the bright side, I started playing Pokemon again!
May:
Sooo I've realized my LJ's sorta become a dumping ground for my Twitter... So now I've gotten it so that the entries are behind a happy little LJ-cut when they post so you only have to see em if you click em!
Much to the relief of everyone, I unhooked my Twitter from my LJ, and for the most poart, have quit using it now...
June:
I WAS IN NEW YORK AND SOMEHOW MANAGED TO NOT HAVE AN LJ ENTRY??
July:
Oh, hey darlings. So, uh, where have I been?
Addressing the communication fail that was June...
August:
Weeabooness Alert
As if I needed a warning label.
September:
As it's tradition to make a post before I leave for a New Year at SCAD, I guess I'll crawl out of the woodwork to make one! I haven't really been writing on my LJ this summer since it would either A) Be a spiraling emofest, which NO ONE wants, or B) Boring and or "wow my life is great yay yay yay" and with everyone it seems having hard Summers, I felt I shouldn't really speak about it.
Nervous nervous and self-analyzing, what else is new?
October:
After much deliberation and guilting and whining, I'm gonna go. Scrambled to find stuff hanging around and am wearing what I wore to AWA. So ashamed, sob.
Evidence of me being particularly anti-social in the fall quarter, LOL.
November:
If you've even come in contact with me, you'd know there are two series that reduce me from low-power level fan to 110% weeaboo: Nabari being one, and Kuroshitsuji being the other.
Again, trying super hard to look not like a Weeaboo and failing.
December:
Whuh- OH HEY GUYS!
A month later, but LOOK IT'S BEEN A SUPER BUSY MONTH OKAY.
I GUESS IN SUMMATION: MAN I DIDN'T DO A LOT OF SQUAT ON LJ THIS YEAR. Sorry, guys- can I even be apologizing? Who reads this thing anymore anyway? Anyway, for the scant readers I have and my own mental notes, I'll try to keep track of it better.
1. Was 2010 a good year for you?
Yes and no? As with all years, there were high and low points. And, I feel like it started off kinda rotten and ended on a high note. Most years are like that, I think!
2. What was your favorite moment of the year?
Probably some of the times I was in New York, rollicking around by myself.
3. What was your least favorite moment of the year?
Realizing my friends really are better off without me, several times. ROFL.
4. What are your plans for 2011?
It'll be my first year in Melbourne and my first year as cosplaying an adult a grownup and graduate, so at this point, I only plan on SURVIVING AND NOT ENDING UP IN A SHOEBOX. LOOOOL
Also impressing someone enough that they'll sponsor me to come back.
And, as last year, here were the goals I set for 2010:
♥ More things for Fashion Incubator in AU! Fashion Incubator closed, unfortunately, but I'm seeking other venues!
♥ Get The Star Girl Project finished and published! I took Bree the Starstitcher on as my project for Childrens' Book Class, and made a functional Dummy, so I'd count that as a yes! Still need to get it published, though.
♥ Intern at Disney! - Turned out the timing didn't really work. D'oh.
♥ Katsucon 2010! - Massive, collective failure on my part. More on that later.
♥ Otakon 2010! - Went to NYC instead! MUCH better choice for the time. :D
♥ Have a TABLE hopefully at AWA 2010! - Had fun with Lizbabycakepants, but financially failed hardcore.
5. What countries did you visit?
France, last month!
6. What date in 2010 will remain etched in your memory?
I can't honestly pick out a single day in particular. Maybe my last day at SCAD?
7. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
I graduated SCAD! Holy crap! Even TYPING that is still weird.
8. What was your biggest failure?
As I said before- Katsucon. It was a massive technical and emotional failure and I seriously don't want to get into it. I have never regretted or been more embarrassed or ashamed of myself for various reasons more than that single con. But there were a lot of personal failures on my part this year.
9. Did you suffer any illness or injury?
Only that I managed to give myself a permanent burn on my arm from making Bagel Bites. LOL.
10. What was the best thing you bought?
My Laptop! Seriously, the thing is attached to me now.
11. Who's behavior made you appalled and depressed?
My own, as usual.
12. Where did most of your money go?
I poured a lot of unnecessary money into failed cosplays. And then later, into a failed Artist Alley table. But in general, I actually socked a lot a way in savings accounts and things to get ready for Melbourne.
13. What did you get really really really excited about?
AUSTRALIAAA etc. Also, Paris on the sly, and New York. Traveling in general just makes me all kinds of happy. I have perpetually itchy feet.
14. What songs will always remind you of 2010?
Travelogue - Glo-Worm
Cosmic Love - Florence and the Machine
Firework - Katy Perry
Body - Mother Mother
If I Had You - Adam Lambert
Us - Regina Spektor
Angel on Hiatus - Benton Falls
Remedy - Little Boots
Bulletproof - La Roux
Jolly Holiday - Mary Poppins
15. Compared to this time last year are you:
a) Fatter or thinner? I fluctuated like WOAH this year. I definitely was getting flabby, but once I got home I started exercising more. And still more to go before Melbourne! I bought myself some hand-weights yesterday, actually!
b) Happier or sadder? Hmm. Happier, I hope. I know the beginning of the year I certainly wasn't.
c) Richer or poorer? Believe it or not both? I'm currently pretending I am completely and utterly broke, because I'm hoarding all of my money into savings accounts to generate interests and get all of my bonds and such fattened up.
16. What do you wish you'd done more of?
♥ Gave more to others.
♥ Loved others more.
♥ Been more gentle with people
AND more gentle with myself.
17. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Being sad- spend more time getting over it and making my own happiness!
18. How will you be spending Christmas?
We had our Christmas today, early, so we're probably gonna sneak off and see a movie again!
19. Which LJ/MySpace users did you meet for the first time?
I MET LINA!
And it was AWESOME and she is the cutest human and WE CUDDLED IN BED ARE YOU JEALOUS YOU KNOW YOU ARE.
20. Did you fall in love in 2010?
No… Again. But I have high hopes for next year!
21. How many one night stands?
I'd be lucky if I got a one-night sit!
22. What was your favourite TV show? (Putting in Manga, too)
♥ Glee
♥ Bones
♥ House
♥ Kuragehime
♥ K-ON! S2
♥ Adventure Time
23. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
Nope.
24. What was/were the best books you read?
Tipping the Velvet. Beautiful, tragic, and insightful.
25. What was your greatest musical discovery?
ALL of /mu/ and fanmix. MOST of my delicious new music came from there. I got so many good discoveries from there, it'd be impossible to pick just one.
26. What did you want and get?
My diploma, I guess?
27. What did you want and not get?
A boyfran. one two THREE years running, DERP!
28. What were your favorite films this year?
Bunch of them this year!
♥ Shutter Island
♥ How to Train Your Dragon
♥ Despicable Me
♥ Inception
♥ Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
♥ Tron: Legacy
29. What did you do on your birthday and how old were you?
I turned 21! I didn't do much really. That was a hard week. However, my friends were awesome and pelted me with confetti eggs! :'D
30. What one thing would have made your year more satisfying?
Being able to understand my own head sometimes, and know what I want and need, and even more- be able to take care of it myself.
31. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2010?
I'm in a weird transition now. I tried to not wear Lolita all year, save for at a con or a special event. I missed it hardcore, and am definitely not doing that to myself again. This year I wore a lot of comfort clothes, or if I dressed up, it was more on the professional side. Didn't feel good, man.
32. What kept you sane?
As usual, my RP partners- and just burying myself in my artwork. I found it to be more therapeutic than frustrating this year.
33. Which celebrity did you fancy the most?
If she counts, I'd say Lady Gaga. I'm not an obsessed Little Monster, but I do listen to what she has to say, and I was intrigued to watch her antics this year.
34. Which political issue stirred you the most?
Again, Equal Marriage Rights and the DADT policy being repealed was interesting to watch come down.
35. Who did you miss?
My mom and dad, actually. :C
36. Did you treat somebody badly in 2010?
Too many people, as usual. They know who theyare. I also think I was pretty tough on myself this year, too. Maybe I deserved it, IDK.
37. Did somebody treat you badly in 2010?
Again, I'd say I didn't really take care of business with myself.
38. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned this year?
Love before anything. It is the only emotion powerful enough to break apart any other.
39. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
Got drunk at the top of the Eiffel Tower
In a boat on the Seine we kissed for hours and hours
Whistled while we danced
I fell in love in Paris, France
In Venice we kissed on a moonlit gondola
Slept in a park and roamed ‘til dawn, was a dream
They say it’s hard to leave
I fell in love in Italy
I’ve traveled every sea
And every town held love for me
We rented the Netherlands' highest kites
Peddled through gardens and kissed on a bike built for two
Held tulips in our hands
I left my heart in Amsterdam
Harcourt was the best when it rained like crazy
And the fog on The Thames
We drifted for days at a time
We kissed beneath Big Ben
I fell in love in London
I’ve traveled every sea
There’s more than one true love for me
The shadow of the end
Won’t darken up my door again
GTFO, 2010.
Bring on 2011!
XOXOX
~Lilly
Post the first line of first post of every month in 2010
January:
AWW YISS NEW DECADE
February:
Taking a milisecond break to say hi, tell everybody I'M IN A MASQ SKIT!! and post this, THEN BACK TO WORK!
Foreshadowing the massive failure that was Katsucon '10...
March:
So... Roaming around in my room, I happened to find a unicorn horn that the darling missamerikka got for me. Some googling, and I think I've found out what to do with it...
Foreshadowing the second massive personal clusterfail that was March and early April...
April:
Got this icon so I can yam about Pokemans too. It's so good to be playing again!
ON the bright side, I started playing Pokemon again!
May:
Sooo I've realized my LJ's sorta become a dumping ground for my Twitter... So now I've gotten it so that the entries are behind a happy little LJ-cut when they post so you only have to see em if you click em!
Much to the relief of everyone, I unhooked my Twitter from my LJ, and for the most poart, have quit using it now...
June:
I WAS IN NEW YORK AND SOMEHOW MANAGED TO NOT HAVE AN LJ ENTRY??
July:
Oh, hey darlings. So, uh, where have I been?
Addressing the communication fail that was June...
August:
Weeabooness Alert
As if I needed a warning label.
September:
As it's tradition to make a post before I leave for a New Year at SCAD, I guess I'll crawl out of the woodwork to make one! I haven't really been writing on my LJ this summer since it would either A) Be a spiraling emofest, which NO ONE wants, or B) Boring and or "wow my life is great yay yay yay" and with everyone it seems having hard Summers, I felt I shouldn't really speak about it.
Nervous nervous and self-analyzing, what else is new?
October:
After much deliberation and guilting and whining, I'm gonna go. Scrambled to find stuff hanging around and am wearing what I wore to AWA. So ashamed, sob.
Evidence of me being particularly anti-social in the fall quarter, LOL.
November:
If you've even come in contact with me, you'd know there are two series that reduce me from low-power level fan to 110% weeaboo: Nabari being one, and Kuroshitsuji being the other.
Again, trying super hard to look not like a Weeaboo and failing.
December:
Whuh- OH HEY GUYS!
A month later, but LOOK IT'S BEEN A SUPER BUSY MONTH OKAY.
I GUESS IN SUMMATION: MAN I DIDN'T DO A LOT OF SQUAT ON LJ THIS YEAR. Sorry, guys- can I even be apologizing? Who reads this thing anymore anyway? Anyway, for the scant readers I have and my own mental notes, I'll try to keep track of it better.
1. Was 2010 a good year for you?
Yes and no? As with all years, there were high and low points. And, I feel like it started off kinda rotten and ended on a high note. Most years are like that, I think!
2. What was your favorite moment of the year?
Probably some of the times I was in New York, rollicking around by myself.
3. What was your least favorite moment of the year?
Realizing my friends really are better off without me, several times. ROFL.
4. What are your plans for 2011?
It'll be my first year in Melbourne and my first year as cosplaying an adult a grownup and graduate, so at this point, I only plan on SURVIVING AND NOT ENDING UP IN A SHOEBOX. LOOOOL
Also impressing someone enough that they'll sponsor me to come back.
And, as last year, here were the goals I set for 2010:
♥ More things for Fashion Incubator in AU! Fashion Incubator closed, unfortunately, but I'm seeking other venues!
♥ Get The Star Girl Project finished and published! I took Bree the Starstitcher on as my project for Childrens' Book Class, and made a functional Dummy, so I'd count that as a yes! Still need to get it published, though.
♥ Intern at Disney! - Turned out the timing didn't really work. D'oh.
♥ Katsucon 2010! - Massive, collective failure on my part. More on that later.
♥ Otakon 2010! - Went to NYC instead! MUCH better choice for the time. :D
♥ Have a TABLE hopefully at AWA 2010! - Had fun with Lizbabycakepants, but financially failed hardcore.
5. What countries did you visit?
France, last month!
6. What date in 2010 will remain etched in your memory?
I can't honestly pick out a single day in particular. Maybe my last day at SCAD?
7. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
I graduated SCAD! Holy crap! Even TYPING that is still weird.
8. What was your biggest failure?
As I said before- Katsucon. It was a massive technical and emotional failure and I seriously don't want to get into it. I have never regretted or been more embarrassed or ashamed of myself for various reasons more than that single con. But there were a lot of personal failures on my part this year.
9. Did you suffer any illness or injury?
Only that I managed to give myself a permanent burn on my arm from making Bagel Bites. LOL.
10. What was the best thing you bought?
My Laptop! Seriously, the thing is attached to me now.
11. Who's behavior made you appalled and depressed?
My own, as usual.
12. Where did most of your money go?
I poured a lot of unnecessary money into failed cosplays. And then later, into a failed Artist Alley table. But in general, I actually socked a lot a way in savings accounts and things to get ready for Melbourne.
13. What did you get really really really excited about?
AUSTRALIAAA etc. Also, Paris on the sly, and New York. Traveling in general just makes me all kinds of happy. I have perpetually itchy feet.
14. What songs will always remind you of 2010?
Travelogue - Glo-Worm
Cosmic Love - Florence and the Machine
Firework - Katy Perry
Body - Mother Mother
If I Had You - Adam Lambert
Us - Regina Spektor
Angel on Hiatus - Benton Falls
Remedy - Little Boots
Bulletproof - La Roux
Jolly Holiday - Mary Poppins
15. Compared to this time last year are you:
a) Fatter or thinner? I fluctuated like WOAH this year. I definitely was getting flabby, but once I got home I started exercising more. And still more to go before Melbourne! I bought myself some hand-weights yesterday, actually!
b) Happier or sadder? Hmm. Happier, I hope. I know the beginning of the year I certainly wasn't.
c) Richer or poorer? Believe it or not both? I'm currently pretending I am completely and utterly broke, because I'm hoarding all of my money into savings accounts to generate interests and get all of my bonds and such fattened up.
16. What do you wish you'd done more of?
♥ Gave more to others.
♥ Loved others more.
♥ Been more gentle with people
AND more gentle with myself.
17. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Being sad- spend more time getting over it and making my own happiness!
18. How will you be spending Christmas?
We had our Christmas today, early, so we're probably gonna sneak off and see a movie again!
19. Which LJ/MySpace users did you meet for the first time?
I MET LINA!
And it was AWESOME and she is the cutest human and WE CUDDLED IN BED ARE YOU JEALOUS YOU KNOW YOU ARE.
20. Did you fall in love in 2010?
No… Again. But I have high hopes for next year!
21. How many one night stands?
I'd be lucky if I got a one-night sit!
22. What was your favourite TV show? (Putting in Manga, too)
♥ Glee
♥ Bones
♥ House
♥ Kuragehime
♥ K-ON! S2
♥ Adventure Time
23. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
Nope.
24. What was/were the best books you read?
Tipping the Velvet. Beautiful, tragic, and insightful.
25. What was your greatest musical discovery?
ALL of /mu/ and fanmix. MOST of my delicious new music came from there. I got so many good discoveries from there, it'd be impossible to pick just one.
26. What did you want and get?
My diploma, I guess?
27. What did you want and not get?
A boyfran. one two THREE years running, DERP!
28. What were your favorite films this year?
Bunch of them this year!
♥ Shutter Island
♥ How to Train Your Dragon
♥ Despicable Me
♥ Inception
♥ Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
♥ Tron: Legacy
29. What did you do on your birthday and how old were you?
I turned 21! I didn't do much really. That was a hard week. However, my friends were awesome and pelted me with confetti eggs! :'D
30. What one thing would have made your year more satisfying?
Being able to understand my own head sometimes, and know what I want and need, and even more- be able to take care of it myself.
31. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2010?
I'm in a weird transition now. I tried to not wear Lolita all year, save for at a con or a special event. I missed it hardcore, and am definitely not doing that to myself again. This year I wore a lot of comfort clothes, or if I dressed up, it was more on the professional side. Didn't feel good, man.
32. What kept you sane?
As usual, my RP partners- and just burying myself in my artwork. I found it to be more therapeutic than frustrating this year.
33. Which celebrity did you fancy the most?
If she counts, I'd say Lady Gaga. I'm not an obsessed Little Monster, but I do listen to what she has to say, and I was intrigued to watch her antics this year.
34. Which political issue stirred you the most?
Again, Equal Marriage Rights and the DADT policy being repealed was interesting to watch come down.
35. Who did you miss?
My mom and dad, actually. :C
36. Did you treat somebody badly in 2010?
Too many people, as usual. They know who theyare. I also think I was pretty tough on myself this year, too. Maybe I deserved it, IDK.
37. Did somebody treat you badly in 2010?
Again, I'd say I didn't really take care of business with myself.
38. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned this year?
Love before anything. It is the only emotion powerful enough to break apart any other.
39. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
Got drunk at the top of the Eiffel Tower
In a boat on the Seine we kissed for hours and hours
Whistled while we danced
I fell in love in Paris, France
In Venice we kissed on a moonlit gondola
Slept in a park and roamed ‘til dawn, was a dream
They say it’s hard to leave
I fell in love in Italy
I’ve traveled every sea
And every town held love for me
We rented the Netherlands' highest kites
Peddled through gardens and kissed on a bike built for two
Held tulips in our hands
I left my heart in Amsterdam
Harcourt was the best when it rained like crazy
And the fog on The Thames
We drifted for days at a time
We kissed beneath Big Ben
I fell in love in London
I’ve traveled every sea
There’s more than one true love for me
The shadow of the end
Won’t darken up my door again
GTFO, 2010.
Bring on 2011!
XOXOX
~Lilly