I like year-end memes/lists more than is normal
I usually wait until after Christmas to do this meme, but eh, no harm in doing it now. I still need to write up my top albums/songs list too but that will have to wait for another day.
1. What did you do in 2011 that you’d never done before? won a night of bar trivia all by myself
2. Did you keep your new years’ resolutions, and will you make more for next year? I don't make 'em because I fail at enough stuff already
3. Did anyone close to you give birth? besides a good LJ friend, no one I'm close to, but lots of Facebook friends and, weirdly enough, a lot of my mom's friends.
4. Did anyone close to you die? 3 cats disappeared without a trace and our dog and 3 cats died. so...it was not the best year.
5. What countries did you visit? nowhere, the only places I traveled were to Cherokee and to Iowa
6. What would you like to have in 2012 that you lacked in 2011? I would seriously like to get laid on a semi-regular basis. Also, a job that doesn't ruin my life.
7. What dates from 2011 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? The day Tigerlilly died, the weekend my friend Adam and I went to Cherokee, the night I stayed up until 7am with good friends having great conversation on a porch and Empires/DH2 in one night
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? telling my boss I was moving on, winning trivia by myself, finding Roxy and taking care of her without any help
9. What was your biggest failure? I feel like a failure for not being able to find our missing cats. I don't know what else I could have done (two of them lived outside, never left the porches) but I feel like I failed them. On a lighter note, I also failed at not eating all of the cheese.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury? I retwisted my knee in hilarious fashion this summer. it didn't hurt for as long as it did last summer, at least.
11. What was the best thing you bought? I bought a lot of shirts at Gap and Old Navy recently on ridiculous sales. I also got a new phone that I love. Oh and I bought the omnibus of X-Statix, that's definitely up there.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration? my trivia teams. they have all come to mean so much to me and as someone who sucks at making new friends, it's really wonderful to have them in my life.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed? my (sort of former?) boss's. he is such an idiotic asshole, it is amazing.
14. Where did most of your money go? gas, shirts, booze
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about? Finally getting to see Empires as a full band, Deathly Hallows 2, getting back into comics, all of my close friends finally being home at the same time (and permanently), Roxy, who is sitting on my lap and just sneezed adorably.
16. What song will always remind you of 2011? Empires "The Night is Young", pretty much all Adele, The Kooks "Junk of the Heart", Paul Simon "Graceland" and The Replacements "Bastards of Young"
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
happier or sadder? Happier
thinner or fatter? totally fatter. I went up a pants size this year, which I would like to work on the coming months. I just want to get back to where I was and start exercising at all. I am the lol laziest
richer or poorer? Very lucky to be richer
18. What do you wish you’d done more of? Graphic fucking design. I have completely lost it. Almost all of it. This is more mentally draining than I can even articulate.
19. What do you wish you’d done less of? burying animals. such a depressing answer, I know, but it's all I can think of. 2011 was unbearable for me and my mom and our pets.
20. How will you be spending Christmas? as usual, at home with my mom and her boyfriend.
21. Did you fall in love in 2011? no. the "infamous" craigslist dude continues to give me the most mixed signals ever and I am too stupid/irritated by it to really give a shit anymore. I mean, he is super hot, so like, I wouldn't say no? but it probably wouldn't last long anyway. blah.
22. How many one-night stands? ha
23. What was your favorite TV program? Breaking Bad, Community, Parks and Rec and ANTM All Stars. (still want to know what the fuck that finale was all about)
24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year? Taking Back Sunday. I still can't get over what assholes they were in that AltPress article. YOU RUINED CUTE KANGAROO PICTURES, YOU DICKS.
25. What was the best book you read? Chew and The Unwritten for comics, Bossypants by Tiny Fey and while they're not the best, I did enjoy The Hunger Games (well, mostly. Mockingjay >:()
26. What was your greatest musical discovery? The Replacements and Paul Simon (somehow, I'd never really listened to him before). most of my favorite music this year was new music by artists I already liked.
27. What did you want and get? Seeing Empires as a full band, got a non-awkward hug from Tom Conrad, great times with my friends, a wonderful and tiny kitten
28. What did you want and not get? I never did move out, but things are less tense here. I would love to move out, don't get me wrong, but my mom is gone most of the time, so it's kinda like living on my own. besides, I need these cats more than I can admit without sounding crazy.
29. What was your favorite film of this year? I have a top 5! Deathly Hallows 2, Bridesmaids, X-Men First Class, Fast Five and The Muppets. That seriously pretty much encapsulates all of my interests.
30. What did you do on your birthday? I was completely snowed in on my birthday, so I played lots of Epic Mickey and Pokemon SoulSilver. I'm so glad the weather is less shit this winter, I will hopefully be able to actually do shit.
31. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? having a better, more creatively fulfilling job
32. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2011? black or grey pants, threadless shirts, plaid, cardigans, my red, white and blue ProKeds, wolf shirts, friendship bracelets.
33. What kept you sane? friends, trivia nights, good TV, my cats
34. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? Amy Poehler, the douchebags from Ghost Hunters, the entire cast of Community and Dan Harmon, CreepyChan, Empires and their hatred for stylists
35. What political issue stirred you the most? all the anti-choice bullshit going down in the NC government.
36. Who did you miss? my pets, Ryan Dunn, fandom friends I've drifted away from.
37. Who was the best new person you met? I technically met them last year, but my trivia team, because now I've known them for a whole year and I like them even more.
38. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2011: Loss in an inevitable part of life, but that doesn't make it suck any less.
39. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year: You've got a little of the hard times, baby Hard times, b-b-b-b-b-b-b-baby Empires, "Hard Times"
1. What did you do in 2011 that you’d never done before? won a night of bar trivia all by myself
2. Did you keep your new years’ resolutions, and will you make more for next year? I don't make 'em because I fail at enough stuff already
3. Did anyone close to you give birth? besides a good LJ friend, no one I'm close to, but lots of Facebook friends and, weirdly enough, a lot of my mom's friends.
4. Did anyone close to you die? 3 cats disappeared without a trace and our dog and 3 cats died. so...it was not the best year.
5. What countries did you visit? nowhere, the only places I traveled were to Cherokee and to Iowa
6. What would you like to have in 2012 that you lacked in 2011? I would seriously like to get laid on a semi-regular basis. Also, a job that doesn't ruin my life.
7. What dates from 2011 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? The day Tigerlilly died, the weekend my friend Adam and I went to Cherokee, the night I stayed up until 7am with good friends having great conversation on a porch and Empires/DH2 in one night
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? telling my boss I was moving on, winning trivia by myself, finding Roxy and taking care of her without any help
9. What was your biggest failure? I feel like a failure for not being able to find our missing cats. I don't know what else I could have done (two of them lived outside, never left the porches) but I feel like I failed them. On a lighter note, I also failed at not eating all of the cheese.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury? I retwisted my knee in hilarious fashion this summer. it didn't hurt for as long as it did last summer, at least.
11. What was the best thing you bought? I bought a lot of shirts at Gap and Old Navy recently on ridiculous sales. I also got a new phone that I love. Oh and I bought the omnibus of X-Statix, that's definitely up there.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration? my trivia teams. they have all come to mean so much to me and as someone who sucks at making new friends, it's really wonderful to have them in my life.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed? my (sort of former?) boss's. he is such an idiotic asshole, it is amazing.
14. Where did most of your money go? gas, shirts, booze
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about? Finally getting to see Empires as a full band, Deathly Hallows 2, getting back into comics, all of my close friends finally being home at the same time (and permanently), Roxy, who is sitting on my lap and just sneezed adorably.
16. What song will always remind you of 2011? Empires "The Night is Young", pretty much all Adele, The Kooks "Junk of the Heart", Paul Simon "Graceland" and The Replacements "Bastards of Young"
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
happier or sadder? Happier
thinner or fatter? totally fatter. I went up a pants size this year, which I would like to work on the coming months. I just want to get back to where I was and start exercising at all. I am the lol laziest
richer or poorer? Very lucky to be richer
18. What do you wish you’d done more of? Graphic fucking design. I have completely lost it. Almost all of it. This is more mentally draining than I can even articulate.
19. What do you wish you’d done less of? burying animals. such a depressing answer, I know, but it's all I can think of. 2011 was unbearable for me and my mom and our pets.
20. How will you be spending Christmas? as usual, at home with my mom and her boyfriend.
21. Did you fall in love in 2011? no. the "infamous" craigslist dude continues to give me the most mixed signals ever and I am too stupid/irritated by it to really give a shit anymore. I mean, he is super hot, so like, I wouldn't say no? but it probably wouldn't last long anyway. blah.
22. How many one-night stands? ha
23. What was your favorite TV program? Breaking Bad, Community, Parks and Rec and ANTM All Stars. (still want to know what the fuck that finale was all about)
24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year? Taking Back Sunday. I still can't get over what assholes they were in that AltPress article. YOU RUINED CUTE KANGAROO PICTURES, YOU DICKS.
25. What was the best book you read? Chew and The Unwritten for comics, Bossypants by Tiny Fey and while they're not the best, I did enjoy The Hunger Games (well, mostly. Mockingjay >:()
26. What was your greatest musical discovery? The Replacements and Paul Simon (somehow, I'd never really listened to him before). most of my favorite music this year was new music by artists I already liked.
27. What did you want and get? Seeing Empires as a full band, got a non-awkward hug from Tom Conrad, great times with my friends, a wonderful and tiny kitten
28. What did you want and not get? I never did move out, but things are less tense here. I would love to move out, don't get me wrong, but my mom is gone most of the time, so it's kinda like living on my own. besides, I need these cats more than I can admit without sounding crazy.
29. What was your favorite film of this year? I have a top 5! Deathly Hallows 2, Bridesmaids, X-Men First Class, Fast Five and The Muppets. That seriously pretty much encapsulates all of my interests.
30. What did you do on your birthday? I was completely snowed in on my birthday, so I played lots of Epic Mickey and Pokemon SoulSilver. I'm so glad the weather is less shit this winter, I will hopefully be able to actually do shit.
31. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? having a better, more creatively fulfilling job
32. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2011? black or grey pants, threadless shirts, plaid, cardigans, my red, white and blue ProKeds, wolf shirts, friendship bracelets.
33. What kept you sane? friends, trivia nights, good TV, my cats
34. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? Amy Poehler, the douchebags from Ghost Hunters, the entire cast of Community and Dan Harmon, CreepyChan, Empires and their hatred for stylists
35. What political issue stirred you the most? all the anti-choice bullshit going down in the NC government.
36. Who did you miss? my pets, Ryan Dunn, fandom friends I've drifted away from.
37. Who was the best new person you met? I technically met them last year, but my trivia team, because now I've known them for a whole year and I like them even more.
38. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2011: Loss in an inevitable part of life, but that doesn't make it suck any less.
39. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year: You've got a little of the hard times, baby Hard times, b-b-b-b-b-b-b-baby Empires, "Hard Times"