decide what to be and go be it
2009 is over! Long live 2010.
I have resolutions but I don't feel like posting them all. Writing a proper post here, however, is probably fulfilling one of them.
I spent New Year's Eve at Meadery Don's, being shown weapons, discussing brilliant animated series from the 90s, eating various cheeses, and watching people light things on fire. I ended up spending the night, along with John and Mary, who are a lot of fun. We stayed up until at least 4am, and in the morning were served the most epic of breakfasts by Don and Michelle. Watched Inglourious Basterds (which I think I've finally learned to correctly spell incorrectly), came home, watched the Doctor Who finale with Christina and Melissa, cried my eyes out. We've decided to observe a Victorian mourning period.
Yesterday I went to see the musical Nine with Arielle. It was very striking and very sexy, but I didn't really enjoy any of the songs. Or care about the story. Oh, the costumes though! I would probably rent it on DVD someday just to skip to the pretties.
The first PEERS of the year was great fun. I helped decorate again, and it turned out looking pretty spiffing if I do say so. It was the 12th Night Ball, a.k.a the Dickens Reunion, and so naturally it was packed to the rafters, but I got to Congress with Lincoln and BNP with Remington, and danced with some new people, and when there was no room or inclination for dancing there was excellent conversation.
I'm off the the City in a little bit to meet up with some of the girls and see A Single Man. Another resolution: get out and do more things rather than moping about.
And now, my traditional list of books I read in the past year. It's shorter than in previous years, possibly because I was in school half the time, but in any case this year is already off to a ravenous book-consuming start.
Books I Read In 2006
Books I Read In 2007
Books I Read In 2008
Books I Read In 2009
Dreams From My Father by Barack Obama
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Heart Of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Down And Out In Paris And London by George Orwell
The Dark Tower: Treachery by Robin Furth + Peter David + Jae Lee + Richard Isanove
Sunken Treasure: Wil Wheaton's Hot Cocoa Box Sampler
The Umbrella Academy by Gerard Way + Gabriel Bá
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
Atomic Robo: Volume 1 by Brian Clevinger + Scott Wegener
Here On Earth by Alice Hoffman
Water For Elephants by Sara Gruen
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Let The Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist
The Adventures Of Kavalier And Clay by Michael Chabon
Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
Living Dead In Dallas by Charlaine Harris
Club Dead by Charlaine Harris
Dead To The World by Charlaine Harris
Dead As A Doornail by Charlaine Harris
Definitely Dead by Charlaine Harris
McTeague by Frank Norris
Germinal by Emile Zola
All Together Dead by Charlaine Harris
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
The Unbearable Lightness Of Being by Milan Kundera
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Master Of The World by Jules Verne
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea by Jules Verne
CURRENTLY READING:
The Glimmer Palace by Beatrice Colin
The Delta Of Venus by Anais Nin
Around The World In Eighty Days by Jules Verne
Oh my ears and whiskers, look at the time! Must shower.
I have resolutions but I don't feel like posting them all. Writing a proper post here, however, is probably fulfilling one of them.
I spent New Year's Eve at Meadery Don's, being shown weapons, discussing brilliant animated series from the 90s, eating various cheeses, and watching people light things on fire. I ended up spending the night, along with John and Mary, who are a lot of fun. We stayed up until at least 4am, and in the morning were served the most epic of breakfasts by Don and Michelle. Watched Inglourious Basterds (which I think I've finally learned to correctly spell incorrectly), came home, watched the Doctor Who finale with Christina and Melissa, cried my eyes out. We've decided to observe a Victorian mourning period.
Yesterday I went to see the musical Nine with Arielle. It was very striking and very sexy, but I didn't really enjoy any of the songs. Or care about the story. Oh, the costumes though! I would probably rent it on DVD someday just to skip to the pretties.
The first PEERS of the year was great fun. I helped decorate again, and it turned out looking pretty spiffing if I do say so. It was the 12th Night Ball, a.k.a the Dickens Reunion, and so naturally it was packed to the rafters, but I got to Congress with Lincoln and BNP with Remington, and danced with some new people, and when there was no room or inclination for dancing there was excellent conversation.
I'm off the the City in a little bit to meet up with some of the girls and see A Single Man. Another resolution: get out and do more things rather than moping about.
And now, my traditional list of books I read in the past year. It's shorter than in previous years, possibly because I was in school half the time, but in any case this year is already off to a ravenous book-consuming start.
Books I Read In 2006
Books I Read In 2007
Books I Read In 2008
Books I Read In 2009
Dreams From My Father by Barack Obama
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Heart Of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Down And Out In Paris And London by George Orwell
The Dark Tower: Treachery by Robin Furth + Peter David + Jae Lee + Richard Isanove
Sunken Treasure: Wil Wheaton's Hot Cocoa Box Sampler
The Umbrella Academy by Gerard Way + Gabriel Bá
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
Atomic Robo: Volume 1 by Brian Clevinger + Scott Wegener
Here On Earth by Alice Hoffman
Water For Elephants by Sara Gruen
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Let The Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist
The Adventures Of Kavalier And Clay by Michael Chabon
Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
Living Dead In Dallas by Charlaine Harris
Club Dead by Charlaine Harris
Dead To The World by Charlaine Harris
Dead As A Doornail by Charlaine Harris
Definitely Dead by Charlaine Harris
McTeague by Frank Norris
Germinal by Emile Zola
All Together Dead by Charlaine Harris
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
The Unbearable Lightness Of Being by Milan Kundera
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Master Of The World by Jules Verne
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea by Jules Verne
CURRENTLY READING:
The Glimmer Palace by Beatrice Colin
The Delta Of Venus by Anais Nin
Around The World In Eighty Days by Jules Verne
Oh my ears and whiskers, look at the time! Must shower.