It's about that time...

I rescued my list from the old LiveJournal account (please don't send me weirdass messages, "secretcaller," kthxbai) and am resurrecting it before I go out to Wendy's for lunch. OMFG, this needs a lot of reformatting. Shit, I probably won't finish this in 15 minutes. We can try...

This is another resurrection of the '04-'05 yearly list, courtesy of Bizzy Herbolsheimer, in case anyone is wondering.

1. What did you do in 2009 that you'd never done before?
Had a health emergency, actually. I wouldn't recommend it.

2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
Yes and yes, because this is what I wrote last year: My main resolution is to not quit my job unless I get something spectacularly fabulous that makes me back into an editor.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Nope, although I have some great friends at work (3, in fact) who are ALL expecting in 2010!

4. Did anyone close to you die?
Chris lost his father in early February. We weren't close (nor were the two of them really THAT close, nor are WE even speaking now), but it was sad all the same. It was the first time I've actually seen the Last Rites given in person.

5. What countries did you visit?
New Orleans, a.k.a. "Land of Breesus." (Yes, I know that's not a country.)

6. What would you like to have in 2010 that you lacked in 2009?
A condo, and no more writing of rent checks.

7. What date from 2009 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
8/8/09, the day I came back to Massachusetts for good.

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
I'd say moving.

9. What was your biggest failure?
Working a job I didn't like for so long in Philadelphia.

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Yeah, but it's over and done with. And doctors in this day and age are shockingly incompetent.

11. What was the best thing you bought?
A Honda Element.

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
BillyB!

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
Brian Coffey AND Chris Ginaldi.

14. Where did most of your money go?
Rent.

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
That I got out of Philadelphia one way or the other. Oh, and see item 12.

16. What song will always remind you of 2009?
"Here's to Farting."

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? definitely happier
ii. thinner or fatter? it's a toss-up
iii. richer or poorer? much richer emotionally, not that much poorer financially (ditto the last 2 years)

18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Earn money.

19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Eating out, but damn it tastes good!

20. How did you spend Christmas?
Just outside of Worcester, MA.

21. Who did you spend the most time on the phone with?
BillyB, via text message.

22. Did you fall in love in 2009?
Yup!!!

23. How many one-night stands?
I (still) haven't had one of those since 2005.

24. What was your favorite TV program?
Hell's Kitchen with Gordon Ramsay and home purchasing/selling/renovation shows. And basketball. Yeah, I still watch it, even if my alma mater majorly blows.

25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
Absolutely yes.

26. What was the best book you read?
"The Millionaire's Inexperienced Love Slave." No, really.

27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Pako (and Mort, too)!

28. What did you want and get?
Results.

29. What did you want and not get?
A lack of strange nightly text messages (still true).

30. What was your favorite film of this year?
Inglourious Basterds.

31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
Um... What the hell DID I do... Matuba, I think. I turned 33.

32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Nothing; I actually got everything I wanted, pretty much.

33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2009?
Anthropologique, with a hint of British rock star girlfriend.

34. What kept you sane?
Family, friends, Kiki, and BillyB.

35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
William John Paul Gallagher.

36. What political issue stirred you the most?
The housing market and national health care.

37. Who did you miss?
All the people I moved back to see in Massachusetts!

38. Who was the best new person you met?
Absolutely, positively, BillyB (and his family).

39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2009 (and are still learning):
Don't weeze the juice.

40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:

"You've gotta roll with it/ You've gotta take your time/ You've gotta say what you say/ Don't let anybody get in your way/ Cause it's all too much for me to take" (this one always applies)

AND

"I don't know my telephone number/ But you kiss good and I'd like to see you tomorrow"

AND

"Throw me in the bacon pit"