Time for that year ender meme

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I can't believe it, but this will be the 6th time out of the last 7 years that I'm doing this. If there's anything in my LJ at all that means anything to me personally, it's these. Helps me keep track of my life, haha.

1. What did you do in 2009 that you'd never done before?
   
   • Got a full-time job
     
   • Graduated grad school-- I nearly forgot about this, hah.
     
   • Went to my first playoff game!
     
   • Went to my first playoff series, for that matter :|
     
   • Went to all three days of Lollapalooza
     
   • Organized a tweet-up? God, I'm running out of stuff. I don't think I have any more. Sad. :(
     
   • Oh wait, one more: wrote RP fic. Ahahahahahaaa.... :|
   
   
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
   I didn't make any, but I'll be making some for 2010.
   
   
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
   Nope.
   
   
4. Did anyone close to you die?
   Nope, but a lot of celebrities did.
   
   
5. What countries did you visit?
   Sigh. No countries. US cities, though: San Francisco, CA; Minneapolis, MN; Pittsburgh, PA... that's about it. This needs to be fixed next year. :|
   
   
6. What would you like to have in 2010 that you lacked in 2009?
   The ability to manage time, work, life, etc. The ability to travel to other countries.
   
   
7. What date from 2009 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
   February 27: Jonny Toews scores a hat trick. Twice. On hard hat night. I wasn't even there. :| I remember game 6 of the Vancouver series but not the date, haha. Feb 27 just happens to be seared in my memory.
   
   
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
   Transitioning into the working world? Sort of? I'm still getting there. I guess being self-sufficient.
   
   
9. What was your biggest failure?
   Um. Not quite being all there, haha. I think not having to study anymore has dumbed me down, so I need to find ways to continue educating myself past post-grad. I also suck at keeping in touch. Like. Really suck at it. :\
   
   
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
    Well, I've got acute bronchitis right now. :|
    
    
11. What was the best thing you bought?
    Probably my Droid. Probably my netbook. I'll go with the netbook, because it's been perfect so far and was actually more of a bargain than the Droid. Plus, I didn't buy it because I'd lost the old model. :|
    
    
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
    A lot of random people. I keep finding myself surprised and delighted by random acts of kindness and coolness.
    
    
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
    No one, really.
    
    
14. Where did most of your money go?
    Oh god. Well. Wait. Rent and savings. And entertainment. :|
    
    
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
    Things that still haven't happened yet, unfortunately. I got excited about the playoffs though!
    
    
16. What song will always remind you of 2009?
    Poker Face or Bad Romance by Lady Gaga, haha.
    
    
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
    i. happier or sadder? sadder
    ii. thinner or fatter? fatter
    iii. richer or poorer? richer?
    
    
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
    Travel, I think. Read more books, maybe. Exercised. *sigh*
    
    
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
    Sat around doing nothing. It's always this, isn't it? Heh.
    
    
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
    I was with my cousin and his family for the third year in a row. Love my nephews and niece. ♥
    
    
21. Who did you spend the most time on the phone with?
    Unlimited texting with Line!
    
    
22. Did you fall in love in 2009?
    With a new obsession/fandom, yeah, haha.
    
    
23. What was your favorite TV T?
    Gossip Girl and HIMYM, still. These last few days I've started catching up on all Criminal Minds reruns that I could get on cable, so I guess that too? Coupling and The IT Crowd, both of which I discovered this year, haha, so they count, dammit.
    
    
24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
    Hate is such a strong word. No, I don't.
    
    
25. What was the best book you read?
    Uh. World War Z. I think I read that this year.
    
    
26. What was your greatest musical discovery?
    Does Lady Gaga count as a musical discovery? LOL idek.
    
    
27. What did you want and get?
    A new smartphone, a netbook, a TV screen, hockey tickets, etc.
    
    
28. What did you want and not get?
    The ability to go back home for Christmas.
    
    
29. What was your favorite film of this year?
    Up in the Air is so fresh in my memory, so I'll pick that. But um. I also really liked Half-Blood Prince. I think Line & I watched it 3 or 4 times, haha. And Coraline. I liked that one.
    
    
30. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
    I turned 23, haha. But the birthday weekend involved a hockey game! And just chillaxing, really.
    
    
31. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
    Going hooooooome.
    
    
32. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2009?
    I had none. Oops.
    
    
33. What kept you sane?
    Well I didn't go crazy a lot of the time, really.
    
    
34. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
    Uhhhhh. Natalie Dormer is probably the most prevalent, inexplicable crushes on weird-looking people aside. :| She's just so pretty!
    
    
35. What political issue stirred you the most?
    Erm. Nothing much. Same old, same old.
    
    
36. Who did you miss?
    Everyone back home. (I'm sounding more homesick than I actually am, haha.)
    
    
37. Who was were the best new person people you met?
    Soooooo many, once more. Michelle, Kat, Sarah, Anne, Alice, Em, Kate, Kate, K (who I suspect may be a third Kate, lol), etc etc. People I've sort of bumped into online and wherever else. Just. Hi. You're all awesome. :D
    
    
38. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2009:
    Don't take things for granted.
    
    
39. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
    the remedy is the experience
    It is a dangerous liaison
    I say the comedy is that its serious
    Which is a strange enough new play on words
    I say the tragedy is how you're gonna spend
    the rest of your nights with the light on
    So shine the light on all of your friends
    because it all amounts to nothing in the end.
    I wont worry my life away.
    I wont worry my life away.

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