nebulanine started it.
The year in review:
1. What did you do in 2009 that you'd never done before?
Too a "P"s test.
2. Did you keep your New Year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
Didn't make any. Won't make any.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Several people. It's like baby central.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
Just lots of pet mice.
5. What countries did you visit?
Just Australia.
6. What would you like to have in 2010 that you didn't have in 2009?
Full registration?
7. What date(s) from 2009 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
April, we bought a house.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Bought a House.
9. What was your biggest failure?
Afore mentioned "P"s test ;)
10. Did you suffer any illness or injury?
Not me.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
A house.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
My boss, for giving me lots of time off this year, to deal with my many and varied "shit hitting fan" moments (house, puppy, Beth's surgery, family issues).
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
Conroy, he is actually going ahead with the Internet Filter.
14. Where did most of your money go?
Space Marines and Games Workshop Novels.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Being able to own pets :D
16. What song will always remind you of 2009?
Don't think I have a "theme song" for the year.
17. Are you:
i. happier or sadder?
Happier.
ii. thinner or fatter?
Fatter.
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Fighting (both SCA and TKD).
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Nothing?
20. How did you spend Christmas?
On the coast with Beth's extended family.
21. Who did you spend the most time on the phone with?
Either Beth or Beth's folks.
22. Did you fall in love in 2009?
No new developments there, no :P
23. How many one-night stands?
None, marriage is not conducive to that.
24. What was your favorite TV program? New stuff?
Lie to Me, much better then I expected.
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
Hate is too strong a word. I have many more reasons to dislike Tony Abbot...
26. What was the best book you read?
Probably the Malazan Tales of the Fallen series.
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
None?
28. What did you want and get?
A dog? A house?
29. What did you want and not get?
Kittens :(
30. What were your favorite films of this year?
Watchmen, Wolverine, Inglourious Basterds and Avatar maybe?
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
Don't think I did anything. Was 26.
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Kittens.
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2008?
Scruffy?
34. What kept you sane?
Video games.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
None come to mind eh. Most celebrities lack the back :P
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
Internet Filter?
37. Who did you miss?
All my buddies outside of Canberra :(
38. Who was the best new person you met?
Blossom, Blossom's are people too :P
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2009:
There is always less time then you expect.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
"You can't always get what you want
And if you try sometime you find
You get what you need"