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1. What did you do in 2009 that you'd never done before?
Moved out. Got my own apartment and lived alone for reals. Got voice lessons. Played the tenor guitar and the five-string violin. Performed with guitar. Sang on stage. Stage managed. Learned Visio. Filed expense reports. Tons of stuff.
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I had goals. I achieved only #1 and #8, with only partials on the others, excepting #5 and #7 which got nuthin'. I will make goals for next year, therefore, many of which would be recycled.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Claddagh812 on my flist did.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
Lester, if he counts as close.
5. What countries did you visit?
The United States of New York, just like 2008, squeezed in during the last days of the year.
6. What would you like to have in 2010 that you lacked in 2009?
I got everything I wished for in 2009, surprisingly. A completed novel draft and a book deal, a permanent job, and job satisfaction.
7. What dates from 2009 will remain etched on your memory, and why?
August 3, sadly. Theatre guild performances.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Establishing my own life.
9. What was your biggest failure?
I can't really say.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Some major headaches, and a few dysthymic episodes, but otherwise no.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
The apartment was the best thing I rented. The tenor guitar, the Taylor T5, the mandolin, and the five-string violin.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
Mine, sometimes. My boss's and coworkers' and the theatre guild's.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
My father's. Sadly, my mother's.
14. Where did most of your money go?
Rent. Musical instruments.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Moving out. Theatre guild.
16. What song will always remind you of 2009?
Any song from Annie. "All I Ask Of You" from The Phantom of the Opera.
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
a) happier or sadder? Very much happier.
b) thinner or fatter? About the same, I think.
c) richer or poorer? Richer; yay.
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Writing. But I do not regret doing music instead.
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Being lonely.
20. How did you spend Christmas?
Seeing Avatar with my brothers.
21. Did you fall in love in 2009?
With my job, and with performing, judging by how much I talk about it.
22. How many one-night stands?
That's for me to know and for you to find out.
23. What was your favorite TV program?
Of the even fewer times I watched TV programs, Russia's Psychic Challenge.
24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
I am uncomfortable around certain people who I did not know existed last year. But I don't see them often, thank the gods.
25. What was the best book you read?
Komarr, The Will of the Empress, Benighted, and Fire by Kristin Cashore were four that I got lost in.
26. What was your greatest musical discovery?
My vocal range above D5.
27. What did you want and get?
A job at the Foundation. Membership in the theatre guild. Musical instruments.
28. What did you want and not get?
A completed novel draft, but it is good, because the ideas I am working with now, I did not know earlier.
29. What was your favorite film of this year?
I didn't watch very many at all, so Avatar.
30. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I was 24. I worked, and I got birthday emails.
31. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Writing more. But as said before, I don't mind.
32. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2009?
Babydoll t-shirt, under a leather jacket, over jeans. Pretty much my uniform.
33. What kept you sane?
Friends, music, writing and reading.
34. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Amanda Palmer.
35. What political issue stirred you the most?
The Green Energy Act. I had to, it was for work.
36. Whom did you miss?
My friends in Ottawa.
37. Who was the best new person you met in 2009?
Yenisey, Lenore and the people at the theatre guild.
38. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2009:
Establish procedures and follow them. Use three-way communication and always, always peer check. Software creation is divided into the stages of scoping, design, implementation and testing, and this is also applicable to creative works. Be nice to people, no matter who they are or where they came from.
39: Quote song lyrics that sum up your year:
all day i’ve been wondering what is inside of me, who can i blame for it
i say:
it runs in the family, this famine that carries me
to such great lengths to open my legs
up to anyone who’ll have me
it runs in the family, i come by it honestly
do what you want ‘cause who knows it might fill me up
...
mary have mercy now look what i’ve done
but don’t blame me because i can’t tell where i come from
and running is something that we’ve always done
well and mostly i can’t even tell what i’m running from
i run from their pity
from responsibility
run from the country
and run from the city
...
i can run from it all
i can run till i’m gone
i can run for the office
and run from the ‘cause
i can run using every last ounce of energy
i cannot
i cannot
i cannot
run from my family
they’re hiding inside me
corpses on ice
come in if you’d like
but just don’t tell my family
they’d never forgive me
they’ll say that i’m crazy
but they would say anything if it would
shut me up.....
Moved out. Got my own apartment and lived alone for reals. Got voice lessons. Played the tenor guitar and the five-string violin. Performed with guitar. Sang on stage. Stage managed. Learned Visio. Filed expense reports. Tons of stuff.
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I had goals. I achieved only #1 and #8, with only partials on the others, excepting #5 and #7 which got nuthin'. I will make goals for next year, therefore, many of which would be recycled.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Claddagh812 on my flist did.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
Lester, if he counts as close.
5. What countries did you visit?
The United States of New York, just like 2008, squeezed in during the last days of the year.
6. What would you like to have in 2010 that you lacked in 2009?
I got everything I wished for in 2009, surprisingly. A completed novel draft and a book deal, a permanent job, and job satisfaction.
7. What dates from 2009 will remain etched on your memory, and why?
August 3, sadly. Theatre guild performances.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Establishing my own life.
9. What was your biggest failure?
I can't really say.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Some major headaches, and a few dysthymic episodes, but otherwise no.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
The apartment was the best thing I rented. The tenor guitar, the Taylor T5, the mandolin, and the five-string violin.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
Mine, sometimes. My boss's and coworkers' and the theatre guild's.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
My father's. Sadly, my mother's.
14. Where did most of your money go?
Rent. Musical instruments.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Moving out. Theatre guild.
16. What song will always remind you of 2009?
Any song from Annie. "All I Ask Of You" from The Phantom of the Opera.
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
a) happier or sadder? Very much happier.
b) thinner or fatter? About the same, I think.
c) richer or poorer? Richer; yay.
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Writing. But I do not regret doing music instead.
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Being lonely.
20. How did you spend Christmas?
Seeing Avatar with my brothers.
21. Did you fall in love in 2009?
With my job, and with performing, judging by how much I talk about it.
22. How many one-night stands?
That's for me to know and for you to find out.
23. What was your favorite TV program?
Of the even fewer times I watched TV programs, Russia's Psychic Challenge.
24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
I am uncomfortable around certain people who I did not know existed last year. But I don't see them often, thank the gods.
25. What was the best book you read?
Komarr, The Will of the Empress, Benighted, and Fire by Kristin Cashore were four that I got lost in.
26. What was your greatest musical discovery?
My vocal range above D5.
27. What did you want and get?
A job at the Foundation. Membership in the theatre guild. Musical instruments.
28. What did you want and not get?
A completed novel draft, but it is good, because the ideas I am working with now, I did not know earlier.
29. What was your favorite film of this year?
I didn't watch very many at all, so Avatar.
30. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I was 24. I worked, and I got birthday emails.
31. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Writing more. But as said before, I don't mind.
32. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2009?
Babydoll t-shirt, under a leather jacket, over jeans. Pretty much my uniform.
33. What kept you sane?
Friends, music, writing and reading.
34. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Amanda Palmer.
35. What political issue stirred you the most?
The Green Energy Act. I had to, it was for work.
36. Whom did you miss?
My friends in Ottawa.
37. Who was the best new person you met in 2009?
Yenisey, Lenore and the people at the theatre guild.
38. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2009:
Establish procedures and follow them. Use three-way communication and always, always peer check. Software creation is divided into the stages of scoping, design, implementation and testing, and this is also applicable to creative works. Be nice to people, no matter who they are or where they came from.
39: Quote song lyrics that sum up your year:
all day i’ve been wondering what is inside of me, who can i blame for it
i say:
it runs in the family, this famine that carries me
to such great lengths to open my legs
up to anyone who’ll have me
it runs in the family, i come by it honestly
do what you want ‘cause who knows it might fill me up
...
mary have mercy now look what i’ve done
but don’t blame me because i can’t tell where i come from
and running is something that we’ve always done
well and mostly i can’t even tell what i’m running from
i run from their pity
from responsibility
run from the country
and run from the city
...
i can run from it all
i can run till i’m gone
i can run for the office
and run from the ‘cause
i can run using every last ounce of energy
i cannot
i cannot
i cannot
run from my family
they’re hiding inside me
corpses on ice
come in if you’d like
but just don’t tell my family
they’d never forgive me
they’ll say that i’m crazy
but they would say anything if it would
shut me up.....
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That's for me to know and for you to find out.
How many guitars were in that store?
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Gee, I suppose some people do find it just as simple with human beings.
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(edited because I failed to spell embarrassments correctly)
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