2009 Meme

Slow day at work today (I'm guessing-and hoping!) So expect a few posts, starting with this lovely gem that I stole from both Beth and Emily!

1. What did you do in 2009 that you'd never done before?
I moved to Salt Lake City! It's my first time living in the City and I absolutely love it! I also made my first road trip with just my friends (Josh and Max) and I went boating and found out that I love it! Also, I learned to Crochet!

2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I don't do resolutions. If I want to improve my life, I improve it. Plans, not resolutions...

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Well, Heather did, but we weren't friends then. Alicia, but she's moved far away... So not really.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
No, and can we keep that trend up this year?

5. What countries did you visit?
None, it's desperately depressing. I want to travel!

6. What would you like to have in 2010 that you lacked in 2009?
A successful relationship. (Going to go with Beth on this one)

7. What dates from 2009 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
April 10th - Went to Vegas with max and Josh
June 30th - Went to California to visit the Koh Family
And lots of other various good and bad memories from the year that I'm not associating with specific dates... That's what pictures and blog/journal entries are for right?

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Getting my own apartment again. It feels so great to have a place that is home.

9. What was your biggest failure?
Letting myself get the crap kicked out of me (metaphorical) in relationships. Allowing myself to be strung along too many times.

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
A massive bruise gained in the fall on the boat at Lake Powell. Battle scars baby!

11. What was the best thing you bought?
My iPod. I freaking love this thing.

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
Josh. He has no idea just how much he has made life better by being in it. He has been one of the best friends I have ever had, and the best roommate I could have possibly ended up with. He has kept me grounded when I started to lose it, taught me lessons on love and heartbreak, and been there with me through thick and thin. I will be eternally grateful that he was in my life through such a shitty year, because I can look back and say it was good simply due to his friendship.

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
The Musician Asshole. He lied to me (and several other girls) the entire time I was with him, and still doesn't feel he did anything wrong. All the girls he is seeing work in the same office, and the one he's dating now spreads rumors and causes drama. He's made work hell for more than one person with his actions.

14. Where did most of your money go?
Bills. Oh, and going out to eat. This year I embraced my Foodie nature!

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Traveling! Especially my trips to Vegas, Lake Powell, and California! It was such a great summer.

16. What song will always remind you of 2009?
Downfall by Matchbox Twenty. So much it got me through... Also Front Row by Alanis Morissette.

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
a) happier or sadder? Sadder, Unfortunately... But I'll pull through.
b) thinner or fatter? About the same.
c) richer or poorer? About the same, but with more bills.

18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Writing. I haven't written in so very long!

19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Date losers? LOL

20. How will you be spending/did you spend Christmas?
Stayed home alone on Christmas Eve and finished crocheting gifts, visited my grandmother in the hospital, came out to my parents, went to Denny's, spent the night with my family.

21. Did you fall in love in 2009?
Twice.

22. How many one-night stands?
Hmmm... I don't think I had any really... Not the typical one-night stand that is.

23. What was your favorite TV program?
True Blood, Torchwood, Grey's Anatomy, Six Feet Under, Weeds, and Will & Grace!

24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
Yes, I used to swear that I couldn't hate anyone, but now there are two people who really push that within me...

25. What was the best book you read?
I didn't read nearly enough this last year, but I'd have to say The Mastery of Love by Don Miguel Ruiz.

26. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Glee! Freaking-A it's fun! Also-Kate Voegele, Katy Perry, Imogen Heap, Bat For Lashes, Florence + The Machine, Breaking Benjamin, The Veronicas, Owl City, 3Reasonz (Chandra's AMAZING band!), Jason Mraz, Frou Frou, Eric & The Adams, McCall Erickson (Who Josh is good friends with), and a few more lesser known names...

27. What did you want and get?
An iPod, Pride & Prejudice & Zombies, and an apartment!

28. What did you want and not get?
Certain people... Certain Relationships...

29. What was your favorite film of this year?
Zombieland BY FAR!

30. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
For my birthday we took that Vegas trip I've mentioned a few times, and then had a party the following weekend!  I turned 23.

31. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
A more satisfying, better-paying job. A worth-while relationship that didn't leave me bitter. :D

32. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2009?
Um... Cleavage and red hair dye.

33. What kept you sane?
Friends (refer to the comment about Josh as well), Driving with my music turned all the way up, Banding together with a few different coworkers, orgasms, and-BLOGGING!

34. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Zooey Deschenel, Mary-Louise Parker, Nathan Fillion, Neil-Patrick Harris, John Barrowman, Gareth David-Lloyd, and Brad Pitt (Due to his political views!)

35. What political issue stirred you the most?
Equality in civil rights, regardless of sexual orientation (and, ya know, prop hate passing in CA)

36. Who did you miss?
Lots of people. But Life moves on!

37. Who was the best new person you met?
Heather, Tina, Andy, Josie, Tori, Mary, Eli, Zach, Ryan, Megan, Randall, Stripper Josh, Melissa, Emily, and so many more! It was a good year for making new friends!

38. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2009:
I deserve more than I allow myself to have. I need to go after what I want, and fall in love with people who are happy to treat me like a VIP.

39. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
I have this theory that if we're told we're bad
Then that's the only idea we'll ever have
Maybe if we are surrounded in beauty
Someday we will become what we see
Anyone can start a conflict
It's harder yet to disregard it
I'd rather see the world from another angle
We are everyday angels