2009 Survey from Melly
1. What did you do in 2009 that you'd never done before? Went surfing and got a fat lip. I guess going to the dentist and having my wisdom teeth out.
2. Did you keep your new year's resolutions and will you make more for next year? I don't remember my New Year's Resolutions last year. I did make some for this year though.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth? Not super close, but a lot of my facebook friends had babies. The closest person to me was my friend Tonya from HS.
4. Did anyone close to you die? No.
5. What countries did you visit? None. Just stayed in the US, but I did have a traditional college Spring Break and roadtripped to Florida for the first time.
6. What would you like to have in 2010 that you lacked in 2009? A pet.
7. What dates from 2009 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? May 16 - College graduation.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? Graduated college. Bought myself a car. Learned to swim.
9. What was your biggest failure? Dave.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury? I got a sinus infection over Spring Break, and a fat lip from surfing.
11. What was the best thing you bought? My car.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration? Brian, for putting a ring on it. :)
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed? Dave.
14. Where did most of your money go? Car. (I bought it brand-new, in cash.)
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about? Graduating, starting graduate school... Spring Break in Florida and seeing the Atlantic Ocean. Surfing for the first time.
16. What song will always remind you of 2009? Taylor Swift - Love Story... because I listened to it all the fricking time.
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
a) Happier or sadder? Sadder.
b) Thinner or fatter? Fatter, by about 3-5 lbs.
18. What do you wish you'd done more of? Exercise.
19. What do you wish you'd done less of? Fighting.
20. How will you be spending Christmas? Spent it with big sis in Chicago. We hung out and played Little Big Planet.
21. How will you be spending New Year's Eve? Having dinner with big sis, Brian, and Ian.
22. Did you fall in love in 2009? Yes.
23. How many one-night stands? Nada.
24. What was your favorite TV program? In the beginning of the year, probably something on the Food Network, but toward the end, I gravitated toward something more funny like Community. I always liked House though.
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year? Dave.
26. What was the best book you read? Probably Catch-22.
27. What was your greatest musical discovery? Lady Gaga. I learned to love that bitch.
28. What did you want and got? Getting into Stanford for graduate school.
29. What did you want and not get? For Dave and I to stay together.
30. What was your favorite film of this year? Star Trek.
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you? I turned 22, and I can't remember what happened. I think I made dinner with Dave and watched a movie?
32. What is one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? Being closer to family, keeping friendships.
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2009? T-shirt and jeans (yoga pants for fat days).
34. What kept you sane? Farmville. Basically, doing mindless things to keep me busy.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? Chris Pine and Hugh Dancy.
36. What political issue stirred you the most? Health care reform.
37. Who did you miss? Big sis.
38. Who was the best new person you met? Alfredo, my Mexican buddy at Intel.
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2009: Learning to let go and move on.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year: It's gonna get harder still before it gets easy. You can't keep safe what wants to break. I'm alone in this. I'm all as I've always been - right behind what's happening.
2. Did you keep your new year's resolutions and will you make more for next year? I don't remember my New Year's Resolutions last year. I did make some for this year though.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth? Not super close, but a lot of my facebook friends had babies. The closest person to me was my friend Tonya from HS.
4. Did anyone close to you die? No.
5. What countries did you visit? None. Just stayed in the US, but I did have a traditional college Spring Break and roadtripped to Florida for the first time.
6. What would you like to have in 2010 that you lacked in 2009? A pet.
7. What dates from 2009 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? May 16 - College graduation.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? Graduated college. Bought myself a car. Learned to swim.
9. What was your biggest failure? Dave.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury? I got a sinus infection over Spring Break, and a fat lip from surfing.
11. What was the best thing you bought? My car.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration? Brian, for putting a ring on it. :)
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed? Dave.
14. Where did most of your money go? Car. (I bought it brand-new, in cash.)
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about? Graduating, starting graduate school... Spring Break in Florida and seeing the Atlantic Ocean. Surfing for the first time.
16. What song will always remind you of 2009? Taylor Swift - Love Story... because I listened to it all the fricking time.
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
a) Happier or sadder? Sadder.
b) Thinner or fatter? Fatter, by about 3-5 lbs.
18. What do you wish you'd done more of? Exercise.
19. What do you wish you'd done less of? Fighting.
20. How will you be spending Christmas? Spent it with big sis in Chicago. We hung out and played Little Big Planet.
21. How will you be spending New Year's Eve? Having dinner with big sis, Brian, and Ian.
22. Did you fall in love in 2009? Yes.
23. How many one-night stands? Nada.
24. What was your favorite TV program? In the beginning of the year, probably something on the Food Network, but toward the end, I gravitated toward something more funny like Community. I always liked House though.
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year? Dave.
26. What was the best book you read? Probably Catch-22.
27. What was your greatest musical discovery? Lady Gaga. I learned to love that bitch.
28. What did you want and got? Getting into Stanford for graduate school.
29. What did you want and not get? For Dave and I to stay together.
30. What was your favorite film of this year? Star Trek.
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you? I turned 22, and I can't remember what happened. I think I made dinner with Dave and watched a movie?
32. What is one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? Being closer to family, keeping friendships.
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2009? T-shirt and jeans (yoga pants for fat days).
34. What kept you sane? Farmville. Basically, doing mindless things to keep me busy.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? Chris Pine and Hugh Dancy.
36. What political issue stirred you the most? Health care reform.
37. Who did you miss? Big sis.
38. Who was the best new person you met? Alfredo, my Mexican buddy at Intel.
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2009: Learning to let go and move on.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year: It's gonna get harder still before it gets easy. You can't keep safe what wants to break. I'm alone in this. I'm all as I've always been - right behind what's happening.