35 in 2009
2 Jan
A new year cannot really feel like a new year until the previous year has been dissected, right? So here it is. 2009. (2008 can be found here)
1. What did you do in 2009 that you’d never done before?
I refused to stay down. I refused to give up.
2. Did you keep your new year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I don’t remember making any resolutions per se. I did have a list of things that I wanted to do. I didn’t do all of them. I’m just going to have to add them to my 2010 list. I may not be a closer, but I’m definitely stubborn.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Yes! My sister. Nephew Number 2 smiles all the time and is just as adorable as Nephew Number 1.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
No. Knock on wood.
5. What countries did you visit?
None. None. None.
6. What would you like to have in 2009 that you lacked in 2008?
A BOYFRIEND. DO YOU HEAR THAT UNIVERSE? SHEESH COME ON. ITS JUST GETTING RIDICULOUS NOW.
7. What dates from 2008 will remain etched upon your memory and why?
August 17th, 2009. I was dumped. I cried. It sucked. And then life carried on as usual.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Finally–after three years back in Greece–I got a social life. I’m hoping that this will continue in 2010.
9. What was your biggest failure?
Not being able to get on that plane.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Yes and yes. Crohn’s blah blah blah.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
A pair of black Uggs! (This summer I may even buy a pair of Crocs. I kid, kids.)
12. Whose behaviour merited celebration?
The blogosphere for this and then this.
13. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed?
Jessica Bailey or the (con) artist formerly known as Delicious Design Studio
14. Where did most of your money go?
To doctors again. For both physical and mental ailments.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
16. What song will always remind of you 2009?
A song I discovered through Ashalah at 11:20 p.m on December 31st, 2009.
(Thanks lovely lady! It made my New Year’s Eve all that more special!)
17. Compared to this time last year, are:
a)happier or sadder?
b)thinner or fatter?
c) richer or poorer?
Happier, thinner and [still] poorer.
18. What do you wish you’d done more of?
Exercise. Actually, I don’t wish I’d done more of it; I wish I’d actually done it.
19. What do you wish you’d done less of?
Crying. This was a real sob-fest of a year.
20. Did you fall in love in 2009?
Yes. And lets not speak of it again.
21. What was your favourite TV program?
A really, really tough category. I’m a TV whore. So I’m just going to go with the one I watched the most: The Daily Show.
22. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
I don’t hate anyone; not even my soul mate’s new girls. (Yes, plural. I’m a TV whore and my soul mate is a man whore. Fucker.) Although, Glenn Beck would definitely go on really fucking gets on my nerves list.
23. What was the best book you read?
24. What was your greatest musical discovery?
This was a quiet year. I don’t think I discovered any new music. Care to remedy that for me now?
25. What did you want and get?
26. What did you want and not get?
*Cough*Boyfriend*Cough* UNIVERSE I’M STILL LOOKING AT YOU.
27. What was your favourite film of this year?
(500) Days of Summer
28. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I honestly don’t remember because I think I was having a wee bit of a breakdown. I turned 28.
29. How you would describe your personal fashion concept in 2009?
Quirky-sexy. Is that even possible? Well if it is, I think I’ve mastered it.
30. What kept you sane?
My mother.
31. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Jon Stewart. (Woot! Two years in a row!)
32. Who did you miss?
The Best Friend and my Sister From Another Mother. (Boo! Two years in a row!)
33. Who was the best new person you met?
The ever lovely, Miss A.
34. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2009.
Fools rush in and fuckers rush out. Be a fool. At least, it sounds better.
35. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
“I got a feeling that tonight is going to be a good night” | Black Eyed Peas.
Unfortunately, it always just stayed as a feeling.
I’m so glad I found your blog. You sound a lot like me.. and your experiences in the last year do too. Love that there’s someone I can actually relate to in so many similar ways. Yay for Jon Stewart, not so yay for break ups.. but you know what I mean. I hope you don’t mind if I steal the meme.. it’ll help me close the year. :) Here’s to us both for a better 2010!
I’m Miss A! I’m Miss A! Right back at you, Echo! (Ooh, who’s the echo now?!)
You got quirky-sexy down, girl… haha, I just called you ‘girl’. I’m so ghetto.
Oh and consider this STOLEN.
I’m hoping to find love this year too! We’ll have to keep our fingers crossed :)