Happy New (snore...zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...) Crap! I got to work today! What time is it?
Slightly impromptu, we did it at a day's notice, New Year’s Waffles and Wii party at my place last night wasn't too bad. I tried to light a fire and almost burned the condo down, again, but I eventually contained the fire to the fireplace then proceed to move burning logs around with my bare hands. I should really get a fire poker I suppose. The fire looked nice and festive anyway. Picked up Boom Blox and Mario Kart for the Wii for Christmas and those both got some screen time last night. Stephen Spielberg is a genius because he invented Jenga for the Wii in the form of Boom Blox. We also watched Resident Evil: Degeneration which was far more amusing than it was suppose to be after we started adding in inter-monologs for Leon. The rest of the movie was sadly forgettable but not the worst zombie movie I’ve ever seen by a long shot.
I feel like I've been lagging behind on everything, especially LJ posts, since Halloween, but here's some very quickly derived New Year’s resolutions for 2009.
1. What did you do in 2008 that you'd never done before?
Got a loan and bought a condo, and God willing I'll never do that again.
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
Well let's see....
2008 Resolutions
1. Take even more time off than last year and stop being a doormat for my boss. If I was really devoted to this one I wouldn’t be at work right now.
This so did NOT happen. I've been working more this year than I think I've ever worked in my life. And it's New Year's day and I'm still at work if that says anything.
2. Go see an allergist. I’m so addicted to Benadryl it’s not even funny.
This I actually did do and I'd say it was worth it because the quality of my life improved drastically after I got some allergy meds in me and I can smell again. Though I still think shooting myself full of everything I'm allergic to once a week is just my doctor's idea of a sick joke.
3. Stop using the word “awesome” so much. It’s bad enough I have the hobbies of a 14 year old boy I don’t need to sound like one too. The English language is a wonderful thing; I should really utilize it more often.
This one went well for a while, until I started replacing every time I would say awesome with "Dude!" instead for no apparent reason. Remind me never ever to watch the movie BASEketball again because after I do I'll be saying dude for weeks afterwards.
4. Do more yoga. This is the one that I really want to do that I doubt will get done. I used to do yoga every day, but that was before I got a life. If I could get back to doing it at least 3 times a week I would be happy.
Didn't really happen. I got too busy and now I'm a big tub of lard because I don't seem to have time to exercise anymore, although I did get my cholesterol checked last week and according to them I was healthy as a horse so who knows.
5. Ummmm...learn Kung Fu? I don’t know, I just needed something to go in this slot. Well I did watch Kung Fu Panda so I think that should count for something.
2009 Resolutions
1. Start saving money so I can to go to Italy by the time I'm 30. I am not going to let all this random knowledge of Roman history and Italian culture that I have go to waste forever and I will see Rome before I hit middle age, which is sneaking up all to soon.
2. Fix up the condo. I've been living there almost 6 months now and I've only managed to paint one room and still have yet to hang a single picture on the wall. This is unacceptable! As soon as I get the living room and my bedroom painted I can get new carpet upstairs and turn my upstairs spare bedroom/den into Stacey fandom central! I miss looking at my Elijah Wood and Gundam posters don't ya know. =P
3. Get my AALAS certification. Ever since I started my current job, about every six months or so my boss reminds me I need to get my certification. He's not that inspired about it and neither am I, but damn it this year I'm going to do it. Even though I've been saying that for the last 3 years this year it's going to happen, I can feel it!
4. Go to some freakin' anime cons. It's ridiculous I missed every single one of them last year. For me going to cons is like going to a spa, I can go and act as geeky as I want for 2 or 3 days, get it out of my system, and come back to normal life refreshed and much saner. If I keep all my geekiness pent up too long eventually it tends to overflow and I end up having to write fan fics, or worse yet try to draw fan art, and we can all agree that's something that nobody wants to see!
5. I always feel like this last slot should be reserved for exercise more or something, but the odds of that actually happening are about as slim as my bank account at the moment, so instead I'll just say try to keep up better with my movie reviews. I've been slacking off with them lately and I need to get back in the grove so the world knows to avoid watching The Happening or Wanted but don't let Jumper pass you by, even though Haden Christian couldn't act his way out of a cardboard box.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Yeppers. Adrienne and Ray had a really cute (for a baby anyway) boy. That kid is going to be so into Sonic the Hedgehog when he's older it's not even funny.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
I hope not because I can't remember any one that did.
5. What countries did you visit?
Have I even been out of Missouri this year....? OMG I don't think I have. D=
6. What would you like to have in 2009 that you lacked in 2008?
A 40" flat screen TV! (Somehow I don't see this happening)
7. What date(s) from 2008 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
Nov 4th, the election. I probably don't need to say why. April 12, Nick and Miss's wedding, possibly the best wedding reception I've ever been to and I got to see Truman peeps!
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Talking Mark into getting me some lackeys at work and getting my home loan, good gods was that ever a pain in the ass.
9. What was your biggest failure?
I didn't freakin' go anywhere this year!
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Only once a week when I shoot myself full of allergens and my leg or arm swells up.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
Condo I suppose, though a garage door opener for my garage is a close second.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
Obama, that man is all class.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
Sarah Palin. Everything that woman says makes me go D=
14. Where did most of your money go?
Down payment for my condo. Good bye grad school savings fund.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Nick and Miss's wedding, Halloween, every time Shawna and Kristin came to visit.
16. What song will always remind you of 2008?
Viva La Vida - Coldplay
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? happier I suppose
ii. thinner or fatter? fatter
iii. richer or poorer? Po' with a capital P and I can’t afford the extra o and r.
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Hanging out with friends
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Playing Lumines, omg how much of my life I have wasted playing that game.
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
Over now but spent it in an overeating induced coma with the rest of the family.
22. Did you fall in love in 2008?
Is this a trick question?
23. How many one-night stands?
One, it's in my bedroom with a dinosaur sculpture on it.
24. What was your favorite TV program?
Still House M.D. but if it's that time of year America's Got David Hasslehoff, I mean Talent, is always at the top of my watch list. It was really good this last year too! Missouri represent! Woot woot!
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
Sarah Palin, because like the rest of the world I didn't know who she was last year but I'm pretty sure I would have hated her last year had I known who she was.
26. What was the best book you read?
Well it wasn't Twilight that's for dang sure. The old school manga Banana Fish by Akimi Yoshida I read for the first time this year, thanks to Jenn, and very much enjoyed, and Fear of Flying by Erica Jong which I absolutely loved and think every woman should read at least once.
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Probably THIS GUY who plays violin covers of popular songs. He's awesome!
28. What did you want and get?
My condo I suppose, though by the time the signing rolled around I wasn't sure I really wanted it anymore.
29. What did you want and not get?
To get out of the state!
30. What was your favorite film of this year?
2008 was a pretty lame year for movies imo, but I did enjoy Kung Fu Panda, Prince Caspian and Death Note 3: L Change the WorLd.
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
My mom and I ate at the HuHot's, I remember that much. I was old enough to know better but young enough not to care.
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Lower gas prices so I could have gone somewhere.
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2008?
Blue scrubs
34. What kept you sane?
I'm pretty sure I wasn't until my lackeys started working in Sept., after they started I was much saner. Surprisingly enough also my mother who helped me work through all the condo buying crap. Odd considering she's usually the one of main causes of my insanity.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
I think around election time all the Obama fan girls were starting to rub off on me. He's still a fine lookin' man in my book, but at least I don't have a giant poster of him hanging above my bed or anything like some people.
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
The election and the whole tanking economy, which I thought was pretty obvious it was going to happen because America couldn't handle $4.00 gas prices for very long, but it apparently came as this big shock to everybody else.
37. Who did you miss?
All of my friends I don't see at least 2 or 3 times a week.
38. Who was the best new person(s) you met?
My lackeys, because they make my life so much easier. Thanks guys!
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2008:
Never elect Sarah Palin as your vice president if you want to win an election.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
"When the future's architectured
By a carnival of idiots on show
You'd better lie low"
Coldplay - Violent Hill
I feel like I've been lagging behind on everything, especially LJ posts, since Halloween, but here's some very quickly derived New Year’s resolutions for 2009.
1. What did you do in 2008 that you'd never done before?
Got a loan and bought a condo, and God willing I'll never do that again.
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
Well let's see....
2008 Resolutions
1. Take even more time off than last year and stop being a doormat for my boss. If I was really devoted to this one I wouldn’t be at work right now.
This so did NOT happen. I've been working more this year than I think I've ever worked in my life. And it's New Year's day and I'm still at work if that says anything.
2. Go see an allergist. I’m so addicted to Benadryl it’s not even funny.
This I actually did do and I'd say it was worth it because the quality of my life improved drastically after I got some allergy meds in me and I can smell again. Though I still think shooting myself full of everything I'm allergic to once a week is just my doctor's idea of a sick joke.
3. Stop using the word “awesome” so much. It’s bad enough I have the hobbies of a 14 year old boy I don’t need to sound like one too. The English language is a wonderful thing; I should really utilize it more often.
This one went well for a while, until I started replacing every time I would say awesome with "Dude!" instead for no apparent reason. Remind me never ever to watch the movie BASEketball again because after I do I'll be saying dude for weeks afterwards.
4. Do more yoga. This is the one that I really want to do that I doubt will get done. I used to do yoga every day, but that was before I got a life. If I could get back to doing it at least 3 times a week I would be happy.
Didn't really happen. I got too busy and now I'm a big tub of lard because I don't seem to have time to exercise anymore, although I did get my cholesterol checked last week and according to them I was healthy as a horse so who knows.
5. Ummmm...learn Kung Fu? I don’t know, I just needed something to go in this slot. Well I did watch Kung Fu Panda so I think that should count for something.
2009 Resolutions
1. Start saving money so I can to go to Italy by the time I'm 30. I am not going to let all this random knowledge of Roman history and Italian culture that I have go to waste forever and I will see Rome before I hit middle age, which is sneaking up all to soon.
2. Fix up the condo. I've been living there almost 6 months now and I've only managed to paint one room and still have yet to hang a single picture on the wall. This is unacceptable! As soon as I get the living room and my bedroom painted I can get new carpet upstairs and turn my upstairs spare bedroom/den into Stacey fandom central! I miss looking at my Elijah Wood and Gundam posters don't ya know. =P
3. Get my AALAS certification. Ever since I started my current job, about every six months or so my boss reminds me I need to get my certification. He's not that inspired about it and neither am I, but damn it this year I'm going to do it. Even though I've been saying that for the last 3 years this year it's going to happen, I can feel it!
4. Go to some freakin' anime cons. It's ridiculous I missed every single one of them last year. For me going to cons is like going to a spa, I can go and act as geeky as I want for 2 or 3 days, get it out of my system, and come back to normal life refreshed and much saner. If I keep all my geekiness pent up too long eventually it tends to overflow and I end up having to write fan fics, or worse yet try to draw fan art, and we can all agree that's something that nobody wants to see!
5. I always feel like this last slot should be reserved for exercise more or something, but the odds of that actually happening are about as slim as my bank account at the moment, so instead I'll just say try to keep up better with my movie reviews. I've been slacking off with them lately and I need to get back in the grove so the world knows to avoid watching The Happening or Wanted but don't let Jumper pass you by, even though Haden Christian couldn't act his way out of a cardboard box.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Yeppers. Adrienne and Ray had a really cute (for a baby anyway) boy. That kid is going to be so into Sonic the Hedgehog when he's older it's not even funny.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
I hope not because I can't remember any one that did.
5. What countries did you visit?
Have I even been out of Missouri this year....? OMG I don't think I have. D=
6. What would you like to have in 2009 that you lacked in 2008?
A 40" flat screen TV! (Somehow I don't see this happening)
7. What date(s) from 2008 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
Nov 4th, the election. I probably don't need to say why. April 12, Nick and Miss's wedding, possibly the best wedding reception I've ever been to and I got to see Truman peeps!
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Talking Mark into getting me some lackeys at work and getting my home loan, good gods was that ever a pain in the ass.
9. What was your biggest failure?
I didn't freakin' go anywhere this year!
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Only once a week when I shoot myself full of allergens and my leg or arm swells up.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
Condo I suppose, though a garage door opener for my garage is a close second.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
Obama, that man is all class.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
Sarah Palin. Everything that woman says makes me go D=
14. Where did most of your money go?
Down payment for my condo. Good bye grad school savings fund.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Nick and Miss's wedding, Halloween, every time Shawna and Kristin came to visit.
16. What song will always remind you of 2008?
Viva La Vida - Coldplay
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? happier I suppose
ii. thinner or fatter? fatter
iii. richer or poorer? Po' with a capital P and I can’t afford the extra o and r.
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Hanging out with friends
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Playing Lumines, omg how much of my life I have wasted playing that game.
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
Over now but spent it in an overeating induced coma with the rest of the family.
22. Did you fall in love in 2008?
Is this a trick question?
23. How many one-night stands?
One, it's in my bedroom with a dinosaur sculpture on it.
24. What was your favorite TV program?
Still House M.D. but if it's that time of year America's Got David Hasslehoff, I mean Talent, is always at the top of my watch list. It was really good this last year too! Missouri represent! Woot woot!
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
Sarah Palin, because like the rest of the world I didn't know who she was last year but I'm pretty sure I would have hated her last year had I known who she was.
26. What was the best book you read?
Well it wasn't Twilight that's for dang sure. The old school manga Banana Fish by Akimi Yoshida I read for the first time this year, thanks to Jenn, and very much enjoyed, and Fear of Flying by Erica Jong which I absolutely loved and think every woman should read at least once.
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Probably THIS GUY who plays violin covers of popular songs. He's awesome!
28. What did you want and get?
My condo I suppose, though by the time the signing rolled around I wasn't sure I really wanted it anymore.
29. What did you want and not get?
To get out of the state!
30. What was your favorite film of this year?
2008 was a pretty lame year for movies imo, but I did enjoy Kung Fu Panda, Prince Caspian and Death Note 3: L Change the WorLd.
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
My mom and I ate at the HuHot's, I remember that much. I was old enough to know better but young enough not to care.
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Lower gas prices so I could have gone somewhere.
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2008?
Blue scrubs
34. What kept you sane?
I'm pretty sure I wasn't until my lackeys started working in Sept., after they started I was much saner. Surprisingly enough also my mother who helped me work through all the condo buying crap. Odd considering she's usually the one of main causes of my insanity.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
I think around election time all the Obama fan girls were starting to rub off on me. He's still a fine lookin' man in my book, but at least I don't have a giant poster of him hanging above my bed or anything like some people.
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
The election and the whole tanking economy, which I thought was pretty obvious it was going to happen because America couldn't handle $4.00 gas prices for very long, but it apparently came as this big shock to everybody else.
37. Who did you miss?
All of my friends I don't see at least 2 or 3 times a week.
38. Who was the best new person(s) you met?
My lackeys, because they make my life so much easier. Thanks guys!
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2008:
Never elect Sarah Palin as your vice president if you want to win an election.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
"When the future's architectured
By a carnival of idiots on show
You'd better lie low"
Coldplay - Violent Hill