She said, 'Too little, too late'...
1. What did you do in 2009 that you'd never done before?
Had a paper published. Graduated.
2. Did you keep your New Year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I made the same one I seem to make every year. And this year, I think I'm finally ready to let it go and try for something new.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
No.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
I lost a childhood friend. We weren't close anymore, but it's had a huge impact on my mother and her friends.
5. What countries did you visit?
Queensland? :P Sadly my plan to GTFO Australia hasn't happened yet.
6. What would you like to have in 2010 that you lacked in 2009?
A steady income. The chance to put some money aside for travel.
7. What dates from 2009 will remain etched upon your memory and why?
Nothing really.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
The presentations I gave at QUT and Melbourne Uni. I'm starting to feel like I've made some progress in my ability to communicate with people.
9. What was your biggest failure?
Not getting a job in communications.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
My shoulder gave me trouble for most of the year.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
My bed, my new laptop.
12. Whose behaviour merited celebration?
Laura. Drew. The friends I never knew I needed.
13. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed?
Someone I think I'm done trying with.
14. Where did most of your money go?
Rent, car registration. The trip to Brisbane took a big chunk out of my savings.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Finishing uni, getting out into the real world... of course, this was before the real world crushed my spirit.
16. What songs will always remind you of 2009?
Ramona Falls - Russia
The Sea & Cake - Car Alarm
Fleet Foxes - Mykonos
Mew - Introducing Palace Players
Barzin - Stayed Too Long in this Place
Phoenix - 1901
Midlake - Roscoe
And all the crazy bad '80s music I got into when I started jogging.
17. Compared to this time last year, are you...
i) happier or sadder? Sadder.
ii) thinner or fatter? Fatter. But more healthy and fit.
iii) richer or poorer? Poorer.
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Travelling.
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Getting depressed about the job hunt.
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
I went home to Broken Hill and had a quiet night with the family. I really liked it.
21. How will you be spending New Year's Eve?
On a farm outside of Buchan. It was fantastic. Half an hour before midnight, Luke and I climbed to the top of a hill and watched the lightning.
22. Did you fall in love in 2009?
I'm still in love.
23. How many one night stands?
None.
24. What were your favourite TV programs?
How I Met Your Mother, Big Bang Theory.
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate last year?
No, I rarely hate. But I probably like more people this year.
26. What was the best book you read?
The Belgariad series by David Eddings. I'm glad I gave the guy another chance, that series rocked. Also, the Axis and Wayfarer trilogies by Sara Douglass.
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Ramona Falls, Beniot Pioulard, Mew.
28. What did you want and get?
I wanted a break from things. It lasted much longer than I wanted though.
29. What did you want and not get?
A job I could be happy with.
30. What was your favorite film of this year?
I only saw a handful of films this year. Probably Avatar, but only because it's the only one I still remember vividly.
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I turned 22. We went to the Ding Dong Lounge for crazy sexy dancing.
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
A little more direction.
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2009?
Same as always. Kinda country, casual.
34. What kept you sane?
Luke, though he also drove me a little crazy. My housemates and a few close friends who put up with my whining.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Richard Armitage in North and South.
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
I began to take the environmental movement a little more seriously since I started writing for CSL.
37. Who did you miss?
My Broken Hill friends. Thomas, Kiya, Lukie, Haynesy. I miss how easy those friendships are.
38. Who was the best new person you met?
Chris and Cat from Dirty 30.
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2009:
This year I lived by "If first you don't succeed, try again".
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
"Live through this and you won't look back" - Stars