New Year's Eve Meme
From hopeforyou
Will you be looking for a new job in 2009?
Certainly not intentionally-I currently have the best job ever.
Will you be looking for a new relationship?
Not really. I have three good relationships, and am looking to spend more time with hopeforyou in the new year. It's nice not having that 'plate is full' feeling, though, so if somebody particularly special does appear in my life, I still wouldn't be rationing time all that much.
New house?
hopeforyou and I are talking about moving in with each other again, so hopefully, yes. I'll be bummed to leave my current place, though.
What will you do different [sic] in '09?
Instead of saying 'I'll move back to Australia in a year or two', like I have been for the best part of a decade, I'll be actively planning that move, most likely for 2010.
New Years resolution?
I can make resolutions at any time of year, so nothing in particular. I fell out of my gym routine a month or so ago; I intend to get back into it.
What will you not be doing in '09?
Travelling abroad as much as in 2008. Just China and India in the northern summer, and maybe Australia again in the southern summer.
Any trips planned?
Apart from the above, I hope to get around the U.S. a bit more in '09.
Wedding plans?
I don't know of any.
What's on your calendar?
Very little, which is a nice feeling! Just a few thechoirloft rituals at this stage.
What can't you wait for?
I suppose I'm looking forward to the new years fireworks with uberredfraggle tonight, and then elissande's party. Once I get back to the U.S, I'll be doing my usual hanging out for summer.
What would you like to see happen differently?
I definitely hope hopeforyou's health foo settles down to something more manageable and less unpleasant.
What about yourself will you be changing?
Hopefully I'll continue making progress on my anxiety, or lack thereof. I've been reading old journal entries and e-mail from 2006 this week, and it's clear I've come a long way so far.
What happened in '08 that you didn't think would ever happen?
Visiting Australia twice in the same year.
Will you be nicer to the people you care about?
I'll try. This includes myself.
Will you dress differently this year than you did in 08?
No major changes. I've been a bit more interested in buying new clothes in the last couple of years, though, and that will probably continue.
Will you start or quit drinking?
Nope; I'll continue my couple of social drinks every few weeks (my work's holiday party notwithstanding).
Will you better your relationship with your family?
I think it's about as good as it's going to get. I chose to stop worrying about this a few years ago.
Will you do charity work?
If that includes activism then I'd really like to. It's just a case of finding a cause where I'm not either the person who does nearly everything, or completely superfluous.
Will you go to bars?
Yep. Sometimes. But that's hardly new.
Will you be nice to people you don't know?
Yep. Again, no change.
Do you expect 09 to be a good year for you?
Yes, but probably a little tougher than '08 and '07. Big decision year.
How much did you change from this time last year till now?
I suppose I should look at entries from a year ago. I feel that '06 and '07 were bigger growth years than '08.
Do you plan on having a child?
In 2009? Not bloody likely!
Will you still be friends with the same people you are friends with now?
Almost certainly. I might see a bit less of some people and more of others, but I tend to keep friends.
Will you be moving?
See #3.
What will you make sure doesn't happen in '09 that happened this year?
Missing a plane.
What are your New Years Eve plans?
See #10.
Will you have someone to kiss at Midnight?
Kiss, sure, but people I'm on full-on snogging terms won't be present.
Wish for 2009?
Better health for hopeforyou and my relationship with her. Better job for thornedillusion and success for caesia in her budding career. Good fortune for all my friends, and a better lot for everyone else. For the economy to not get too bad, especially so bad to derail that little bit of pro-environment momentum that the world's manage to forge in the last couple of years.