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jenunderscore_ 1. What did you do in 2009 that you'd never done before?
fucked around with batteries the size of a car
walked around on the roof of harbour centre
biked the seawall in every month
punched the internet in the face
2. Did you keep your New Year's Resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
yes, and yes.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
uh... i guess not.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
thankfully no
5. What countries did you visit?
haha travel fail. i just realized i dont think i left the country in 2009, oops. i went to winnipeg!??
6. What would you like to have in 2010 that you lacked in 2009?
better control of my finances.
write CCNA exams by the end of january
more creative outlet
get out of the city more, and TRAVEL!
7. What dates from 2009 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
uhhh..... dec 24th i took this quiz thing once. first week of march i started @peer1? seaballing? soundwave? some other days? cayley and i's first date?
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
getting drunk alone while re-doing my resume and then applying for the first and most awesome job posting i came across after my jerkface of a previous job fired my minion coworker IT muscle along with half of the rest of the company . also getting said job and loving it!!
finally finding a home i love in and area i love while working a job i love and being surrounded by friends i love?
9. What was your biggest failure?
fucking around with stupid consumer debt
going to the lotus for halloween
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
couple bouts of flu and a couple more of crazy, but nothing too epic.
11. What was the best thing someone bought you?
sparkley kitten notebook
I AM A DDOS OF AWESOME tshirt
12. Whose behaviour merited celebration?
simon's
all my best trolls
13. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed?
yours
14. Where did most of your money go?
rent, bullshit, drank, savings
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
the internet
psychedelic nerd fae unicorn bitchery
soundwave / lwsd shows / seaballing / etc
simon
the noc
16. What song will always remind you of 2009?
here's 10... mostly NOT released this year hah
epsilon - no try
venetian snares - konut kalliffee
cloud cult - everybody here is a cloud
deadmau5 - moar ghosts n stuff
mr oizo - z
prodigy - omen
geiser - nasty girl
lwsd - playa trolling song
enduser - Vishnu's Eastern Block (Line 47 remix)
elliot smith - sweet adeline
also the theme from 'i dream of genie' and that stupid 'celebrate good times come on!' peice of shit song (its the noc friday song)
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
yoga
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
facebook?
20. How do you plan to spend Christmas?
working
21. Did you fall in love in 2009?
yes / no / etc
22. How many one night stands?
some nights i was standing, other nights i fell down. what's your point?
23. What was your favourite TV program?
30 rock
24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
not that i can think of
25. What was the best book you read?
i got stuck on like two really shitty novels like all year. perhaps this year's resolution will be FUCK BOOKS THAT SUCK.
26. What was your greatest musical discovery
waffles.fm
27. What did you want and get?
a home that's organized
28. What did you want and not get?
nothing
29. What was your favourite film of this year?
coraline
30. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
i turned 25 and i have no idea what i did. nothing, i think.
31. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
nothing, my year was full of growth and learning, it was incredibly satisfying, and if i can keep this momentum up for even half of the rest of my life i will be the happiest old gramma trance evar.
32. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2009?
mangi with a dose of random
33. What kept you sane?
simon, cayley, yoga, rendering, the seawall, my bike, alcohol, grass, trees, trolling, dancing, the noc
34. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
http://community.mania.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/8/6/e84d7f6d-f465-4d98-a6be-de33db7083db.Large.jpg 36. Who do you miss?
my dad
37. Who was the best new person you met?
i met many incredible people this year but i'd have to say remeeting cayley_jane was about the most rad thing ever, and also all the nocboys rule.
38. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2009?
if you don't like something you have the power to change it, but you have to grab life and punch it in the face, because no one else is going to do it for you. self pity gets you nowhere. GET THE FUCK OVER IT. people are retarded (myself included). never live with your brother. always make sure to be sleeping elsewhere when the windows are being upgraded.
39. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
"never made it as a wise man, couldn't cut it as a poor man stealin"
haha now you have nickleback in your head.
and also because i think this is relevant i'm adding in this question:
40. best meme / favorite internets of 2009
your agument is invalid -
http://yourargumentisinvalid.com/obama + unicorns
http://wildammo.com/2009/07/27/unusual-paintings-of-obama-naked-with-unicorns/surprized kitteh -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Bmhjf0rKe8http://www.unnecessaryquotes.com/keyboard cat -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2Th2QoHd2oeverything is amazing and no one is happy -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8r1CZTLk-Gktech support cheat sheet -
http://xkcd.com/627/ACL debate -
http://community.livejournal.com/techsupport/2020695.htmlfollowed by more -
http://community.livejournal.com/techsupport/2021223.html and probably lots more, but i gotta go to bed and wait for santa.