Rememberance - for lack of anything better to do right now
1. what did you do in 2009 that you'd never done before?
I joined a band full-time
2. did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
Fuck resolutions; all I see are things that must change. But, no; I've kept few if any and won't make any more
3. did anyone close to you give birth?
Yeah, and someone else is soon to
4. did anyone close to you die?
Not that I'm aware
5. what countries did you visit?
I've never been to a foreign country
6. what would you like to have in 2010 that you lacked in 2009?
I'm on the right track with my band and new job (more on request), but I'd like to get my hands on a good car
7. what date from 2009 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
June 25 or so - that was when my mom came and we mended fences, as it were
8. what was your biggest achievement of the year?
Finding a band with conviction and dedication enough to keep me and not fall apart just before I joined
9. what was your biggest failure?
Not making myself hired and squandering what little money I tried to save for a return to NC
10. did you suffer illness or injury?
Not that I recall, but I have had some nasty blows to the head and my memory sucks anyway
11. what was the best thing you bought?
A black pearloid pickguard and new electronics for my late uncle's Univox Eagle guitar
12. whose behaviour merited celebration?
Jim
13. whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed?
My dad's, mine
14. where did most of your money go?
Gas, parts, strings, coffee, sometimes liquor
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Playing professionally at long last
16. What song will always remind you of 2009?
"Careless Whispers" redone by Seether
17. Compared to this time last year, are you happier or sadder?
Neither; strangely more skeptical
ii. thinner or fatter?
Probably thinner (not like I can afford it)
iii. richer or poorer?
Richer in experience; wealth changed little, if at all
18. what do you wish you'd done more of?
Profitable work
19. what do you wish you'd done less of?
Sitting on my ass all fucking day
20. how did you spend christmas?
Hanging with my sisters and their flames before they left on their delivery rounds of Yule cards
22. did you fall in love in 2009?
If you count the time my girlfriend and I made up after a two-week-long feud
23. how many one night stands?
Zilch. I'm not stupid.
24. what was your favourite tv programme?
'Paranormal State'; it still is, actually
25. do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
Other than some slight jealousy issues, no
26. What was the best book you read?
"Turn Coat" by Jim Butcher
27. what was your greatest musical discovery?
Acroma, Atomship
28. what did you want and get?
The electronics for the Univox
29. what did you want and not get?
A hotel, car rental, and round-trip flight to Raleigh
30. what was your favourite film of this year?
Nothing; I didn't see anything
31. what did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I got shit-faced with friends before the Three Rivers Festival when I turned 26
32. what one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Seeing the incomparably marvelous woman I love dearly in person again
33. how would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2009?
Nothing new to report, sir
34. what kept you sane?
Sane? What the hell's that?
35. which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
John Petrucci; have ever since I saw Dream Theater in concert
36. what political issue stirred you the most?
The establishment of the American socialist regime; disgustingly prolific idiocy
37. who did you miss?
What few friends I made, my sweetheart
38. who was the best new person you met in 2009?
Robyn Mantzke
39. tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2009.
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take
40. quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
"I should've known better than to cheat a friend and waste the chance that I'd been given"
I joined a band full-time
2. did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
Fuck resolutions; all I see are things that must change. But, no; I've kept few if any and won't make any more
3. did anyone close to you give birth?
Yeah, and someone else is soon to
4. did anyone close to you die?
Not that I'm aware
5. what countries did you visit?
I've never been to a foreign country
6. what would you like to have in 2010 that you lacked in 2009?
I'm on the right track with my band and new job (more on request), but I'd like to get my hands on a good car
7. what date from 2009 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
June 25 or so - that was when my mom came and we mended fences, as it were
8. what was your biggest achievement of the year?
Finding a band with conviction and dedication enough to keep me and not fall apart just before I joined
9. what was your biggest failure?
Not making myself hired and squandering what little money I tried to save for a return to NC
10. did you suffer illness or injury?
Not that I recall, but I have had some nasty blows to the head and my memory sucks anyway
11. what was the best thing you bought?
A black pearloid pickguard and new electronics for my late uncle's Univox Eagle guitar
12. whose behaviour merited celebration?
Jim
13. whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed?
My dad's, mine
14. where did most of your money go?
Gas, parts, strings, coffee, sometimes liquor
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Playing professionally at long last
16. What song will always remind you of 2009?
"Careless Whispers" redone by Seether
17. Compared to this time last year, are you happier or sadder?
Neither; strangely more skeptical
ii. thinner or fatter?
Probably thinner (not like I can afford it)
iii. richer or poorer?
Richer in experience; wealth changed little, if at all
18. what do you wish you'd done more of?
Profitable work
19. what do you wish you'd done less of?
Sitting on my ass all fucking day
20. how did you spend christmas?
Hanging with my sisters and their flames before they left on their delivery rounds of Yule cards
22. did you fall in love in 2009?
If you count the time my girlfriend and I made up after a two-week-long feud
23. how many one night stands?
Zilch. I'm not stupid.
24. what was your favourite tv programme?
'Paranormal State'; it still is, actually
25. do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
Other than some slight jealousy issues, no
26. What was the best book you read?
"Turn Coat" by Jim Butcher
27. what was your greatest musical discovery?
Acroma, Atomship
28. what did you want and get?
The electronics for the Univox
29. what did you want and not get?
A hotel, car rental, and round-trip flight to Raleigh
30. what was your favourite film of this year?
Nothing; I didn't see anything
31. what did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I got shit-faced with friends before the Three Rivers Festival when I turned 26
32. what one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Seeing the incomparably marvelous woman I love dearly in person again
33. how would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2009?
Nothing new to report, sir
34. what kept you sane?
Sane? What the hell's that?
35. which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
John Petrucci; have ever since I saw Dream Theater in concert
36. what political issue stirred you the most?
The establishment of the American socialist regime; disgustingly prolific idiocy
37. who did you miss?
What few friends I made, my sweetheart
38. who was the best new person you met in 2009?
Robyn Mantzke
39. tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2009.
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take
40. quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
"I should've known better than to cheat a friend and waste the chance that I'd been given"