The obligatory 2010 year end meme
Had a very nice Christmas. Spent it with my family as always and it was great spending time with my nephews and niece. We had a nice dinner and everything helped out. I made a trifle and that was really good too, with lots of cream and amaretto, strawberries and raspberries. Nom! Christmas night Mom and i went to my aunt's where other family members were visiting as well. It's traditional!
I borrowed Mom's car for a few days and got a load of groceries on Monday. Didn't go out yesterday but i went to the gym this afternoon after my friend D came over for a visit. Went to Bed, Bath and Beyond and didn't get out of there cheaply. I went in looking for the covers they had for the ereaders. They didn't have much left and only one that fit mine so i got that. It's a bit jazzier than the ones Chapters carries for the Kobo. I wanted one so i could take it in my purse or bag and it would be protected. I also got a couple of shelves that go in the cupboard that give you a second surface that you can store stuff on. Like the plates go under it and the sandwich plates go on top of it. Gives me a bit more space. Will organize the cups and mugs with one as well.
Then i took myself to the movies. I went to see Black Swan tonight. Very good movie. It's about a ballerina who is very, very good. Very structured and very controlled but she hasn't got the passion. She is picked to dance the Swan Queen in Swan Lake and the pressure put on her starts to make her crack. You see little things almost from the start of the movie and by the end of it, you're not sure if everything you see that she sees or does really is happening. Natalie Portman plays Nina and she's quite good though i'm sure they had a dance double for her as the full body shots of her dancing were always at enough of a distance that you can't really tell for sure if it's her or not. Barbara Hershey plays her over protective mother. But as the movie progresses you wonder if she's over protective for a good reason. Still, Nina has been kept and coddled like a child, with a child's bedroom and a mother that will even help her undress and take out her earrings.
The movie was filmed mainly with a handheld camera that follows Nina a lot and you wonder if it's "stalking" her, like the demons in her head. I usually don't like that technique but it seemed to really work here.
1. Was 2010 a good year for you? Yes, it was
2. What did you do in 2010 that you'd never done before?
Visited Denmark
Got to be in a documentary about Coronation Street fans
3. What was your favorite moment of the year?
Ooh hard to pick just one.
Hugging my best friend after 5 years of her living away.
Seeing loads of long time friends all together in Toronto.
Girly road trip with my Mom.
4. What was your least favorite moment of the year?
My uncle Keith's funeral.
5. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
Yes, as i always make the same one, try or do some new things.
6. What are your plans for 2011?
More travel.
7. Did anyone close to you give birth?
No
8. Did anyone close to you die?
Two uncles, one close one.
9. How many weddings did you go to?
None
10. What countries did you visit?
Two, England and Denmark
11. What date in 2010 will remain etched in your memory?
Dates don't stand out so much. Filming for the documentary between the end of June and mid July was memorable.
Watching the Canadian Men's Olympic team win the gold medal, along with all my immediate family was pretty awesome.
12. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Not an acheivement as such, but i spent 1/5 of my 15 minutes of fame and it all centered around Coronation Street... participation in the CBC documentary and was on the local news that same night as well.
13. What was your biggest failure?
Didn't get as fit as i hoped but i'm still working on it at least.
14. Did you suffer any illness or injury?
Nothing major. Minor stuff like foot problems is all and that seems to be slowly improving.
15. What was the best thing you bought?
I think the eReader i got for Christmas is really going to be a cool thing to have. Signed up for a DVR through the cable company, too, and that's made my viewing life easier
My new phone is great too, takes decent photos and by switching providers, i don't have to stand out on the balcony to send a text!
16. Whose behaviour merited celebration?
My niece, S. who finished her university degree and internships.
My nephew, R. who completed a course in digital photography.
My sister who got engaged.
17. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed?
Nobody that i can mention here! ;)
18. Where did most of your money go?
Travel and Personal Fitness Dragon
19. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Being filmed for the Corrie documentary, me and gramie_dee both.
Also, the Coro Ping in May, a meet up of about 40 Corrie mates from as far away as Oz, and getting to walk the cobbles once more!
20. What songs will always remind you of 2010?
Corrie Crazy :))
Nothing really other than that as i tend to listen to mostly the same stuff. I don't listen to the radio or watch videos so most of the newer stuff doesn't sink in very fast.
21. Compared to this time last year are you:
a) Fatter or thinner? Possibly a little thinner
b) Happier or sadder? About the same, happy in general
c) Richer or poorer? About the same
22. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Going to the gym. No really. I'm paying for a membership and i'm paying for a personal trainer. I go twice a week and meet the trainer but i really want to get a bit more out of my membership money!
23. What do you wish you'd done less of?
I don't really think i did too much of anything that i regret.
24. How will you be spending Christmas?
Spent with my family. Very nice thank you.
25. Which LJ users did you meet for the first time?
None this year.
26. Did you fall in love in 2010?
I fall in love with him all the time :)
27. What was your favourite month of 2010?
oooh... May was pretty great with the trip to Denmark and the Coroping in Manchester
28. How did you see in the New Year?
Assuming this means last New Year, i was online with my sweetie seeing in his New Year and then mine.
29. What was your favourite TV show?
.Got a few. Coronation Street, obviously. Doctor Who, Dexter, Brothers and Sisters.
30. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
Nobody new, no. ;)
31. What was/were the best books you read?
The Girl Who Played with Fire. I read the whole trilogy this year and enjoyed them but the second and the third books, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest were the best.
Various Flavours of Coffee - Anthony Capella
The Sign - Raymond Khoury
32. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Black Label Society sort of. We went to the gig in October and i really liked what i heard. I downloaded some of their stuff and there were a couple of really good tracks on their latest. I haven't got through the rest yet but I guess they would count as a new discovery that i liked.
33. What did you want and get?;
eReader
New mobile phone
Stability Ball - now i just have to use it a bit more.
34. What did you want and not get?
Can't really think of anything
35. What was your favourite film this year?
Of the movies i saw in the theatre, probably Crazy Heart.
36. What did you do on your birthday and how old were you?
Was 51, It was a work day so probably didn't do much. Over the weekend before, though, would have had a meal with my family and got together with various friends over different days that week.
37. What one things would have made your year more satisfying?
Spending more time with G.
38. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2010?
I don't have one.
39. What kept you sane?
Friends and Family and G.
40. Which celebrity did you fancy the most?
Clive Owen, Colin Firth, Alan Rickman's voice
41. Which political issue stirred you the most?
nothing really make me stand up and howl.
42. Who did you miss?
Friends who live away, family and friends that have gone.
43. Did you treat somebody badly in 2010
No, not that i know of
44. Did somebody treat you badly in 2010?
No not that i can remember.
45. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned this year?
I don't know as i learned anything new or profound but i am always reminding myself how lucky i am to have the family and friends that i have been given.
46. What would you like to have in 2011 that you didn't have in 2010?
more face time with a few good friends.
47. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year...
Crazy
She's Corrie Crazy
I borrowed Mom's car for a few days and got a load of groceries on Monday. Didn't go out yesterday but i went to the gym this afternoon after my friend D came over for a visit. Went to Bed, Bath and Beyond and didn't get out of there cheaply. I went in looking for the covers they had for the ereaders. They didn't have much left and only one that fit mine so i got that. It's a bit jazzier than the ones Chapters carries for the Kobo. I wanted one so i could take it in my purse or bag and it would be protected. I also got a couple of shelves that go in the cupboard that give you a second surface that you can store stuff on. Like the plates go under it and the sandwich plates go on top of it. Gives me a bit more space. Will organize the cups and mugs with one as well.
Then i took myself to the movies. I went to see Black Swan tonight. Very good movie. It's about a ballerina who is very, very good. Very structured and very controlled but she hasn't got the passion. She is picked to dance the Swan Queen in Swan Lake and the pressure put on her starts to make her crack. You see little things almost from the start of the movie and by the end of it, you're not sure if everything you see that she sees or does really is happening. Natalie Portman plays Nina and she's quite good though i'm sure they had a dance double for her as the full body shots of her dancing were always at enough of a distance that you can't really tell for sure if it's her or not. Barbara Hershey plays her over protective mother. But as the movie progresses you wonder if she's over protective for a good reason. Still, Nina has been kept and coddled like a child, with a child's bedroom and a mother that will even help her undress and take out her earrings.
The movie was filmed mainly with a handheld camera that follows Nina a lot and you wonder if it's "stalking" her, like the demons in her head. I usually don't like that technique but it seemed to really work here.
1. Was 2010 a good year for you? Yes, it was
2. What did you do in 2010 that you'd never done before?
Visited Denmark
Got to be in a documentary about Coronation Street fans
3. What was your favorite moment of the year?
Ooh hard to pick just one.
Hugging my best friend after 5 years of her living away.
Seeing loads of long time friends all together in Toronto.
Girly road trip with my Mom.
4. What was your least favorite moment of the year?
My uncle Keith's funeral.
5. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
Yes, as i always make the same one, try or do some new things.
6. What are your plans for 2011?
More travel.
7. Did anyone close to you give birth?
No
8. Did anyone close to you die?
Two uncles, one close one.
9. How many weddings did you go to?
None
10. What countries did you visit?
Two, England and Denmark
11. What date in 2010 will remain etched in your memory?
Dates don't stand out so much. Filming for the documentary between the end of June and mid July was memorable.
Watching the Canadian Men's Olympic team win the gold medal, along with all my immediate family was pretty awesome.
12. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Not an acheivement as such, but i spent 1/5 of my 15 minutes of fame and it all centered around Coronation Street... participation in the CBC documentary and was on the local news that same night as well.
13. What was your biggest failure?
Didn't get as fit as i hoped but i'm still working on it at least.
14. Did you suffer any illness or injury?
Nothing major. Minor stuff like foot problems is all and that seems to be slowly improving.
15. What was the best thing you bought?
I think the eReader i got for Christmas is really going to be a cool thing to have. Signed up for a DVR through the cable company, too, and that's made my viewing life easier
My new phone is great too, takes decent photos and by switching providers, i don't have to stand out on the balcony to send a text!
16. Whose behaviour merited celebration?
My niece, S. who finished her university degree and internships.
My nephew, R. who completed a course in digital photography.
My sister who got engaged.
17. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed?
Nobody that i can mention here! ;)
18. Where did most of your money go?
Travel and Personal Fitness Dragon
19. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Being filmed for the Corrie documentary, me and gramie_dee both.
Also, the Coro Ping in May, a meet up of about 40 Corrie mates from as far away as Oz, and getting to walk the cobbles once more!
20. What songs will always remind you of 2010?
Corrie Crazy :))
Nothing really other than that as i tend to listen to mostly the same stuff. I don't listen to the radio or watch videos so most of the newer stuff doesn't sink in very fast.
21. Compared to this time last year are you:
a) Fatter or thinner? Possibly a little thinner
b) Happier or sadder? About the same, happy in general
c) Richer or poorer? About the same
22. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Going to the gym. No really. I'm paying for a membership and i'm paying for a personal trainer. I go twice a week and meet the trainer but i really want to get a bit more out of my membership money!
23. What do you wish you'd done less of?
I don't really think i did too much of anything that i regret.
24. How will you be spending Christmas?
Spent with my family. Very nice thank you.
25. Which LJ users did you meet for the first time?
None this year.
26. Did you fall in love in 2010?
I fall in love with him all the time :)
27. What was your favourite month of 2010?
oooh... May was pretty great with the trip to Denmark and the Coroping in Manchester
28. How did you see in the New Year?
Assuming this means last New Year, i was online with my sweetie seeing in his New Year and then mine.
29. What was your favourite TV show?
.Got a few. Coronation Street, obviously. Doctor Who, Dexter, Brothers and Sisters.
30. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
Nobody new, no. ;)
31. What was/were the best books you read?
The Girl Who Played with Fire. I read the whole trilogy this year and enjoyed them but the second and the third books, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest were the best.
Various Flavours of Coffee - Anthony Capella
The Sign - Raymond Khoury
32. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Black Label Society sort of. We went to the gig in October and i really liked what i heard. I downloaded some of their stuff and there were a couple of really good tracks on their latest. I haven't got through the rest yet but I guess they would count as a new discovery that i liked.
33. What did you want and get?;
eReader
New mobile phone
Stability Ball - now i just have to use it a bit more.
34. What did you want and not get?
Can't really think of anything
35. What was your favourite film this year?
Of the movies i saw in the theatre, probably Crazy Heart.
36. What did you do on your birthday and how old were you?
Was 51, It was a work day so probably didn't do much. Over the weekend before, though, would have had a meal with my family and got together with various friends over different days that week.
37. What one things would have made your year more satisfying?
Spending more time with G.
38. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2010?
I don't have one.
39. What kept you sane?
Friends and Family and G.
40. Which celebrity did you fancy the most?
Clive Owen, Colin Firth, Alan Rickman's voice
41. Which political issue stirred you the most?
nothing really make me stand up and howl.
42. Who did you miss?
Friends who live away, family and friends that have gone.
43. Did you treat somebody badly in 2010
No, not that i know of
44. Did somebody treat you badly in 2010?
No not that i can remember.
45. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned this year?
I don't know as i learned anything new or profound but i am always reminding myself how lucky i am to have the family and friends that i have been given.
46. What would you like to have in 2011 that you didn't have in 2010?
more face time with a few good friends.
47. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year...
Crazy
She's Corrie Crazy