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amatyultare) wrote2009-01-03 12:14 pm
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New Year Memes for Fun and Profit
At long last, the Year In Review memes. Fun times!
Part One: The Year In Review
1. What did you do in 2008 that you'd never done before?
Technically I 'graduated' in 2007, but I got my diploma and also marched in 2008, so - graduated from college. Got a 'real job' that was NOT at Microdyne, finally. Started living on my own outside of a college campus, with all that implies (rent, cooking for myself, etc). Wrote a novel.
2. Did you keep your new year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I don't believe I made any new year's resolutions last year, but I plan on making some for this year.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Not that I can think of?
4. Did anyone close to you die?
Not really, although a teacher at my old high school died.
5. What countries did you visit?
None; I was a homebody (relatively speaking) in 2008.
6. What would you like to have in 2009 that you lacked in 2008?
Some clear idea of what I am doing in my life. I started the year thinking I had something, but I steadily became less and less sure as the year progressed.
7. What date from 2008 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
Graduation weekend, of course. The day I gave up and went back to Microdyne, and the day I finally left. The weekend I moved down to P-town, officially (in my eyes) starting my 'real' adult life.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Probably the whole 'moving to P-town and getting a real life' thing.
9. What was your biggest failure?
You know, I wouldn't characterize anything in my life this year as a huge failure. Even the whole Microdyne incident, although I hated it, taught me something important for which I am grateful.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Nothing big - a few colds here and there, and I caught that nasty stomach bug that practically everyone in the world got sometime this fall or winter.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
I didn't buy anything very exciting this year.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
My friends, as always, and my family for putting up with my Microdyne-exacerbated grumpiness and whining for much of the year.
13. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed?
Microdyne. Enough said. Oh, and insane Twihards, although they amuse me as well.
14. Where did most of your money go?
Gas, sadly. General life expenses (food, rent, etc).
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
PCM, NaNoWriMo, bashing Twilight (hehe).
16. What song will always remind you of 2008?
Possibly "Supermassive Black Hole" by Muse. Or "Electric Blue" by the Cranberries.
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? Happier.
ii. thinner or fatter? Sadly, almost certainly fatter.
iii. richer or poorer? On the plus side, I'm undoubtedly richer (although I'd phrase it less 'rich' and more 'marginally financially stable')
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Sing, find new books and authors to read, dance, keep in touch with friends.
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Complain.
20. How did you spend Christmas?
I drove up to the DFC and had a quiet Christmas Eve and Christmas Day with Mom and Eric. We opened presents, watched some movies, ate some good food, and generally caught up with each other's lives.
22. Did you fall in love in 2008?
Nope.
23. How many one-night stands?
None.
24. What was your favourite TV program?
Late in the year (like, early December) I fell madly in love with the show 'House, MD' (look, I don't know).
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
Nope.
26. What was the best book you read?
2008 was, looking back, sort of a Year of Bad Books On Purpose for me. I read Eragon, Eldest, AND Brisingr. I also discovered the Twilight phenomenon and read the first two books in that series. On the positive side, hmm - I started reading the Southern Vampire series, and I read the first George R.R. Martin book in his epic fantasy series (and keep meaning to pick up the second book, but the story is so convoluted that it takes a lot of mental energy just to keep it all straight). 'Oracle Bones' by Peter Hess was excellent, as was 'Mao's Last Dancer'. Oh, and I read the entirety of the His Dark Materials trilogy.
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Post WRCU, I didn't have many actual musical discoveries (except perhaps The Slants); the closest I got was finding artists on my iPod that I had never actually listened to, listening to them, and loving them - Saturday Looks Good To Me, His Name Is Alive, Tempo No Tempo, and Travis Morrison Hellfighters probably top this list.
28. What did you want and get?
A 'real, adult' life.
29. What did you want and not get?
A clear idea of where I should go from here.
30. What was your favourite film of this year?
Tough one. I really don't know.
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I was twenty-three, and I didn't really do anything special.
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Heh - better sleeping habits/sleep schedule, maybe?
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2008?
Business casual, emphasis on 'casual'.
34. What kept you sane?
Music, movies, the internet, my friends.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
I really, really try to avoid schoolgirl crushes on celebrities. So, none.
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
Probably the election, although I only sporadically paid attention to it at all.
37. Who did you miss?
My friends. All of them. I miss you guys!
38. Who was the best new person you met?
This is a multi-way tie between my housemates and my coworkers at Northeast here in P-town. Also, I would say, coworker IB from Microdyne who was the one of the few competent people in our team and kept me sane (I really should have kept in touch, he was a nice guy).
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2008.
Saying 'enough', giving up, walking away - there are, in fact, times where this is the right thing to do.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
The universe is shaped exactly like the Earth,
if you go straight long enough you'll end up where you were.
'3rd Planet' by Modest Mouse
Part Two: The First Line of the First Post of Each Month (my comments are in italics)
January: Happy 2008, everyone! I again haven't been posting much on LJ...really there has not be a lot to report, as I have been spending my days mostly reading, watching movies and anime, and thinking.
February: I'm in a writing mood--if only I knew what I was going to say for my second Peace Corps essay. Gah. Ah yes, the Peace Corps...
March: Hey, all. It's been a while. Not a whole lot to report? Microdyne goes as it goes. This is from the middle of March, the first time I had posted that month - this was actually on the second time I had posted since I had started at Microdyne again. Coincidence? I think not.
April: I'm so tired and grumpy *sigh* I feel like I shouldn't complain, because a lot of my friends are having REALLY bad weeks, and I'm not...I'm just annoyed. I was grumpy about Microdyne. In case you were wondering.
May: Quickly, because I'm at work--good luck to all my 'Gate friends who are dealing with finals, final papers, etc!
June: Dear Coworker, I understand that when you have multiple contracts to take calls for, it is busy. And therefore getting extra work piled on top of that can be unpleasant. More complaining about Microdyne. Are we noticing a trend? I'm surprised anything kept reading my LJ, it must have been really boring.
July: Work is so slow...which is good and bad. Nice, because really, I am not a huge fan of my job. So I am sitting here, done with emails, basically surfing LJ and the PCM forums. Right before PCM, hence the PCM-site surfing.
August: So in a moment of weakness, I bought volumes 1-6 of Gentleman's Alliance + (newest series from Arina Tanemura, manga-ka of Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne and Full Moon o Sagashite).
September: My car has died. Really, really died. As in, getting it to start might require a Ouija board. That poor car; at least it got me through college, which was the whole reason I bought it.
October: My computer is fixed. Yay!
November: A quick report from the first day of my very first NaNoWriMo ever. The joys and triumphs of NaNo - which reminds me, I should officially sign up for this year's Script Frenzy.
December: My life for the past week has been pretty boring - I've just been reading, hanging out, making Christmas present lists, and watching movies, all in a pleasant 'I don't have to write every day!' haze.
Part One: The Year In Review
1. What did you do in 2008 that you'd never done before?
Technically I 'graduated' in 2007, but I got my diploma and also marched in 2008, so - graduated from college. Got a 'real job' that was NOT at Microdyne, finally. Started living on my own outside of a college campus, with all that implies (rent, cooking for myself, etc). Wrote a novel.
2. Did you keep your new year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I don't believe I made any new year's resolutions last year, but I plan on making some for this year.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Not that I can think of?
4. Did anyone close to you die?
Not really, although a teacher at my old high school died.
5. What countries did you visit?
None; I was a homebody (relatively speaking) in 2008.
6. What would you like to have in 2009 that you lacked in 2008?
Some clear idea of what I am doing in my life. I started the year thinking I had something, but I steadily became less and less sure as the year progressed.
7. What date from 2008 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
Graduation weekend, of course. The day I gave up and went back to Microdyne, and the day I finally left. The weekend I moved down to P-town, officially (in my eyes) starting my 'real' adult life.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Probably the whole 'moving to P-town and getting a real life' thing.
9. What was your biggest failure?
You know, I wouldn't characterize anything in my life this year as a huge failure. Even the whole Microdyne incident, although I hated it, taught me something important for which I am grateful.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Nothing big - a few colds here and there, and I caught that nasty stomach bug that practically everyone in the world got sometime this fall or winter.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
I didn't buy anything very exciting this year.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
My friends, as always, and my family for putting up with my Microdyne-exacerbated grumpiness and whining for much of the year.
13. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed?
Microdyne. Enough said. Oh, and insane Twihards, although they amuse me as well.
14. Where did most of your money go?
Gas, sadly. General life expenses (food, rent, etc).
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
PCM, NaNoWriMo, bashing Twilight (hehe).
16. What song will always remind you of 2008?
Possibly "Supermassive Black Hole" by Muse. Or "Electric Blue" by the Cranberries.
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? Happier.
ii. thinner or fatter? Sadly, almost certainly fatter.
iii. richer or poorer? On the plus side, I'm undoubtedly richer (although I'd phrase it less 'rich' and more 'marginally financially stable')
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Sing, find new books and authors to read, dance, keep in touch with friends.
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Complain.
20. How did you spend Christmas?
I drove up to the DFC and had a quiet Christmas Eve and Christmas Day with Mom and Eric. We opened presents, watched some movies, ate some good food, and generally caught up with each other's lives.
22. Did you fall in love in 2008?
Nope.
23. How many one-night stands?
None.
24. What was your favourite TV program?
Late in the year (like, early December) I fell madly in love with the show 'House, MD' (look, I don't know).
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
Nope.
26. What was the best book you read?
2008 was, looking back, sort of a Year of Bad Books On Purpose for me. I read Eragon, Eldest, AND Brisingr. I also discovered the Twilight phenomenon and read the first two books in that series. On the positive side, hmm - I started reading the Southern Vampire series, and I read the first George R.R. Martin book in his epic fantasy series (and keep meaning to pick up the second book, but the story is so convoluted that it takes a lot of mental energy just to keep it all straight). 'Oracle Bones' by Peter Hess was excellent, as was 'Mao's Last Dancer'. Oh, and I read the entirety of the His Dark Materials trilogy.
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Post WRCU, I didn't have many actual musical discoveries (except perhaps The Slants); the closest I got was finding artists on my iPod that I had never actually listened to, listening to them, and loving them - Saturday Looks Good To Me, His Name Is Alive, Tempo No Tempo, and Travis Morrison Hellfighters probably top this list.
28. What did you want and get?
A 'real, adult' life.
29. What did you want and not get?
A clear idea of where I should go from here.
30. What was your favourite film of this year?
Tough one. I really don't know.
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I was twenty-three, and I didn't really do anything special.
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Heh - better sleeping habits/sleep schedule, maybe?
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2008?
Business casual, emphasis on 'casual'.
34. What kept you sane?
Music, movies, the internet, my friends.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
I really, really try to avoid schoolgirl crushes on celebrities. So, none.
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
Probably the election, although I only sporadically paid attention to it at all.
37. Who did you miss?
My friends. All of them. I miss you guys!
38. Who was the best new person you met?
This is a multi-way tie between my housemates and my coworkers at Northeast here in P-town. Also, I would say, coworker IB from Microdyne who was the one of the few competent people in our team and kept me sane (I really should have kept in touch, he was a nice guy).
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2008.
Saying 'enough', giving up, walking away - there are, in fact, times where this is the right thing to do.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
The universe is shaped exactly like the Earth,
if you go straight long enough you'll end up where you were.
'3rd Planet' by Modest Mouse
Part Two: The First Line of the First Post of Each Month (my comments are in italics)
January: Happy 2008, everyone! I again haven't been posting much on LJ...really there has not be a lot to report, as I have been spending my days mostly reading, watching movies and anime, and thinking.
February: I'm in a writing mood--if only I knew what I was going to say for my second Peace Corps essay. Gah. Ah yes, the Peace Corps...
March: Hey, all. It's been a while. Not a whole lot to report? Microdyne goes as it goes. This is from the middle of March, the first time I had posted that month - this was actually on the second time I had posted since I had started at Microdyne again. Coincidence? I think not.
April: I'm so tired and grumpy *sigh* I feel like I shouldn't complain, because a lot of my friends are having REALLY bad weeks, and I'm not...I'm just annoyed. I was grumpy about Microdyne. In case you were wondering.
May: Quickly, because I'm at work--good luck to all my 'Gate friends who are dealing with finals, final papers, etc!
June: Dear Coworker, I understand that when you have multiple contracts to take calls for, it is busy. And therefore getting extra work piled on top of that can be unpleasant. More complaining about Microdyne. Are we noticing a trend? I'm surprised anything kept reading my LJ, it must have been really boring.
July: Work is so slow...which is good and bad. Nice, because really, I am not a huge fan of my job. So I am sitting here, done with emails, basically surfing LJ and the PCM forums. Right before PCM, hence the PCM-site surfing.
August: So in a moment of weakness, I bought volumes 1-6 of Gentleman's Alliance + (newest series from Arina Tanemura, manga-ka of Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne and Full Moon o Sagashite).
September: My car has died. Really, really died. As in, getting it to start might require a Ouija board. That poor car; at least it got me through college, which was the whole reason I bought it.
October: My computer is fixed. Yay!
November: A quick report from the first day of my very first NaNoWriMo ever. The joys and triumphs of NaNo - which reminds me, I should officially sign up for this year's Script Frenzy.
December: My life for the past week has been pretty boring - I've just been reading, hanging out, making Christmas present lists, and watching movies, all in a pleasant 'I don't have to write every day!' haze.
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