So here I go with my annual end of the year post. I gotta say, its been a great year.
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Year in photos...I really need to take more pictures when I do stuff. Almost all of these photos were taken by other people! :( Still awesome documentation none the less!
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Aww. What a year!
And now this is happening...
1. What did you do in 2009 that you’d never done before?
Went to Vegas!
2. Did you keep your new year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
Never a fan of resolutions. I just do what I do yo! Ha
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Well, my best friend apparently. Long story.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
No. Thank goodness
5. What countries did you visit?
none...alas. Though Vegas should be considered its own country
6. What would you like to have in 2010 that you lacked in 2009?
Hrrmmm... more monies!
7. What dates from 2009 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
October 31 - November 3rd. Best time ever.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Not walking out on my job. And picking my battles.
9. What was your biggest failure?
Not spending enough time with those that I love (friends and family).
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
I get sick every season. Nothing new.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
Anything spent on my Vegas trip.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
Same answer as last years...Adam Barrett. He was always there to listen when I was angry or sad. Always. And my cat Neville Longbottom.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
No comment
14. Where did most of your money go?
booze and strippers, and movies!...you know, entertaining things! And bills of course
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
VEGAS, meeting Garreth David-Lloyd at Dragon*Con, and everything that's happening with the Gypsy Queens!
16. What song will always remind you of 2009?
Same answer as last year.... really don’t know. I always look at music in a decade sense, not by each year.
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
a) happier or sadder?
b) thinner or fatter?
c) richer or poorer?
Same answer as last year....
A)Happier
B)Thinner
C)Richer
I can’t complain to raises and gym memberships!
18. What do you wish you’d done more of?
Read more books and spent more time with my family and old friends..Tucker, Christy, Karissa, Heather G…
19. What do you wish you’d done less of?
blaming myself for things out of my control
20. How did you spend Christmas?
With the family, with the boy's fam, a little with Tina, and getting sloshed on my couch with the boy at the end of the night
21. Did you fall in love in 2009?
It wasn't supposed to happen...
22. What was your favorite TV program?
Well, favorite show is LOST, but my favorite new show of the year is Sons of Anarchy
23. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
I don't hate. Never hate. Though, I'm not the biggest fan of my friend that up and left town whom I haven't heard from in 6 months.
24. What was the best book you read?
The Road by Cormac McCarthy. Hands down, best book I've read in a long while.
25. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Really liking Ladyhawk even though she's been around for a couple years now.
26. What did you want and get?
More tattoos!
27. What did you want and not get?
I don’t know… I can’t really complain.
28. What was your favorite film of this year?
Star Trek and District 9...and Inglorious Bastards
29. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
Turned 27...bleh. Cried all day and then got drunk courtesy of Brad, Chalmers, and Carlynn. Shitty day but awesome night.
30. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
same answer as last year... Um…winning the lottery and smiting my enemies! But seriously…I should have traveled more.
31. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2009?
Haha. Whatever is clean! Didn't really change my style.
32. What kept you sane?
Adam Thomas Barrett
33. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Always Mr. Depp. Did you see him as John Dillinger in Public Enemies?!? Holy Fuck!
34. What political issue stirred you the most?
No comment
35. Who did you miss?
Tucker, Karissa, Christy, and Heather G
36. Who was the best new person you met?
All of my Gypsy Queen sisters. Amazing woman.
37. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2009.
Never loose sight of who you are. Stay positive!
38. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
I'm gonna keep on the run
I'm gonna have me some fun
If it costs me my very last dime
If I wind up broke up well
I'll always remember that I had a swingin' time