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| 1sam234 Posts: 4/31 |
pretty cool pic. |
| Xeoman Posts: 8176/11757 |
Whoa, epic picture is epic! |
| Rogue Posts: 5527/11918 |
2010's going all right so far. Aside from the work drama during winter break, got to be an extra in a music video, went to a mini-Renaissance faire in Hollywood, went to a couple museums and parties, and hiked a lot.
Watched the awe-inspiring sunset from Dante's View yesterday. 
Fuck meltdowns at work, though. Fuck 'em. Must meditate. |
| Katana Posts: 2759/3649 |
Well...I guess one could say 2009 sucked, but, I dunno. I'm happy, and things are moving forward, so, I suppose that's good.
Was in an art school last year, that I LOVED dearly, but there were extenuating circumstances that made the demanding nature of that school to be impossible to handle, and finally, school in general was utterly impossible. Dealt with family drama as usual. Um...my gramps died. Considering this is "general chat" I'll only express that it effected me quite terribly financially, and leave it at that. Which, the financial hardship of paying the expenses that went uncovered otherwise, wasn't that big of a deal. Worth every penny of it, so I don't mind, and I didn't hesitate to bear the responsibility for my grandpop, but it still put a damper on life in general, so.... HOWEVER!!!!! 2009 ended with lots of promise. I'm kinda in the "waiting" portion, but still. Recent weeks allowed me to find a direction at least. I JUST finished off the grandpa expenses, I'm not paing off a credit card, and then I owe the local Community College $1,500.00. Considering I'm actually awesome with money, I know I'll have all of that paid off by the end of May, at the latest. Soon as I get my W-2, I'ma file FAFSA, and just list the three schools I'm currently chosing from, that way it'll give me a general assumption, three sums for each school pretty much, I'll make my decision by May, that way FAFSA can be finalized and the money distributed before the August payment dates, then this summer, Ima just work my ass off and save money. **shrugs** And those are my goals until September. Then add in school to the mix, minus the three bills I've been stressing over the past few months, and add in less work and more concentration on school, and Ima be all aces. I make enough money at my job now that I can afford to work 20 hours a week and have enough to pay my rent for the month. Moved out by the way.  With family friends, but still....I've known them my whole life, lived with them before, so we all know the deal. So, this means I can love my family, and not be directly involved in their antics anymore. Yay!!!
So yeah...I'm pretty much taking this year one pay check at a time, and in the meantime, now have more time for the other things I love. Writing, art, and music. And, while it's no living, when I REALLY need the cash, I've found ways to receive small commissions for those things. **shrugs** All in all, life's not perfect, and it never will be, but I'm still happy. **shrugs** Oh, and fuck that 2012 bull. :p |
| Rogue Posts: 5523/11918 |
I started filling this out a few days ago. Ending up PMing it to myself to finish later. Seeing as I'm just hanging out in a drafty warehouse waiting for Brandon to get done with band practice so we can go drinking with work peeps, I'll just wrap this up now.
1) Was 2009 a good year for you? - Absolutely. It had some bruises, but it was definitely good. 2) What were your favorite moments of the year? - Whoa boy. What springs to memory first would probably be the Arizona trip this past week, throwing axes Conan O'Brien threw, interviewing Seth Green and Thomas Jane, interviewing the man who caught Saddam, and the entire trip to Northern California just before summer. 3) What was your least favorite moment of the year? - Probably almost dying from the combination of sunstroke and dehydration. 4) Where were you when 2009 began? - Marty and Becky's house. 5) Who were you with? - Several friends, Rocky veterans mostly. 6) Where will you be when 2009 ends? - I was at Isa's with several people from the DT staff. 7) Who will you be with when 2009 ends? - I was with DT staffers, their friends, and was on the phone with Brandon at midnight. 8) Did you keep your new years resolution from 2008? - For the most part. It was simply to try/learn something new every day. 9) Do you have a new years resolution for 2010? - It's pretty much the same resolution. Seems pretty fun and handy. 10) Did you fall in love in 2009? - In a sense. 11) If yes, with who? - Brandon and I adopted a new kitty: Tiki. 12) If yes, do they know? - I hope so. 14) Did you have fun in 2009? - Definitely. 15) Did you breakup with anyone in 2009? - Nope. 16) Did you make any new friends in 2009? Favorites? - Sure did. No favorites, but Jeremiah, Patrick, Ashleigh, Isa, Brittny, Damon, Greg, Eric, and many others are definitely up there. 17) What was your favorite holiday of 2009? - Free Comic Book Day and Dia de los Muertos, as always. 18) What was your favorite month of 2009? - May for faire season and visiting Lee, going to Maker Faire, and wandering around San Francisco. - July for being in the middle of con season with two conventions in it (AX and Comic-Con) - November for all the Dia de los Muertos, Pacific Media Expo, meeting the man who captured Saddam, Sensei's signing, the Boggards concert followed by Liz's party at the strip club, and the roadtrip to and around Arizona. - December for another roadtrip to Arizona, hiking in the snow along a creek, different hike to a waterfall, trying a lot of different foods, Lee visiting and going places with him, knife-throwing with Shelby, there's just too much about it that was really good. 19) Did you stay anywhere outside of your hometown in 2009? - A few places. Stayed with Lee up in Fremont. Stayed in Chula Vista for Comic-Con. Stayed with Brandon's grandma a few times in Arizona. 20) Did you lose anyone close to you in 2009? - No one REALLY close this year. I sort of found out earlier this year that my dojo's leader passed away a couple years ago, and heard about my old math professor's son passing away just before Christmas of last year. It's just been terrible late notices. 21) What was your favorite book of 2009? - "Memories of my Melancholy Whores," probably. Read it while waiting waiting to see if I would get picked for a jury. It's pretty poignant. 22) What was your favorite movie that came out in 2009? - There's a few. I saw a few new things, but either the new "Star Trek" movie, "Watchmen," "Up," or "Princess and the Frog." 23) What was the worst movie of 2009? - Transformers 2 hands down. "Wolverine" not far from that. And though it was far from worst, I was disappointed with "Inglorious Basterds." 24) What was your favorite song from 2009? - Nothing new. Mostly '70s and '80s stuff from all the hanging out in college bars. Most new songs haven't been worth listening to. 25) What was your favorite record from 2009? - The only new record I bought was Bitter and Stout. So it wins by default. 26) How many concerts did you see in 2009?: - Not sure as it depends on the definition of concert. If bar shows and singers/bands at conventions count, then I have no idea. There've been WAY TOO MANY of those. But if you're talking one I paid a lot of money for tickets to and had to stand through most of it surrounded by screaming people, it's four, I think. 27) Did you have a favorite concert in 2009? - Metallica, last month. Especially cool with binoculars. 28) Did you drink a lot of alcohol in 2009? - More than any other year I think. My co-workers are trying to assassinate my liver. 29) Did you do a lot of drugs in 2009? - Outside of the alcohol, didn't touch anything else. 30) How many people did you sleep with in 2009? - Un, senor. 31) What was the weirdest moment of 2009? - There's a few. The most publicized was probably the Pumpkin Launch when someone built a cannon and shot a pumpkin and medicine ball through the Titan Stadium score board. What seconds that would probably be when I was up to my ankles in a fish orgy or the 40-something-year-old cougar hitting on me and kissing me sloppily next to my mouth 32) What did you do for your birthday? - Watched old cartoons, played in an old playground near L.A., played in an arcade in Little Tokyo while eating mochi, ate rattlesnake sausage for lunch, did grave rubbing in an old L.A. cemetery, and then ate Lebanese food for dinner. Had Greek pastries in place of cake and ice cream. 33) What did you do for Halloween? - Went to the Pumpkin Launch then later that night went to Universal Studios' Halloween Horror Nights with Brandon and his aunt and brother. The Rocky Horror tribute they had was really good minus the fact that no one in the audience understood or liked the call-outs. 34) What did you do for Thanksgiving? - Had it with Brandon's family in Arizona. Following dinner we went hiking on one of the nearby mountains. 35) What did you do for Christmas? - Celebrated the first half of the day with my parents, Brandon, and a family friend. Then drove out to Arizona with Brandon and his brother and sister. 36) How much money did you spend in 2009? - You got me. I know I left 2009 with a couple bucks in my bank account and about four in my wallet. A LOT of money came into my possession, though, while quickly departing it. 37) What was your proudest moment of 2009? - Probably getting interviews with a good chunk of the "Robot Chicken" creative team or getting a bull's eye throwing an ax. Hearing the Daily Titan is one of the top 50 most viewed college news Web sites in the U.S. was also pretty damn sweet since we're the only Cal State on the list, one of only 5 California schools on there, and we just relaunched our site in August. 38) What was your most embarrassing moment of 2009? - Not entirely certain. Probably when Rocky Liz started playing with my bra in front of some of the editors who came to see Brandon perform. 39) If you could go back in time to any moment of 2009 and change something, what would it be? - Hmm, there's nothing that really warrants changing. Maybe go back to tell myself to not get so easily irritated all the time. No particular day, but getting annoyed easily seemed to detract from a couple of the good times. 40) What are your plans for 2010? - I actually don't know. This month: celebrate Brandon's and my birthday, make a run to Northern California to hang with Lee, start classes, start writing for the paper again, and see if I can raise $3000 by February. As to the rest of 2010 ... may it go well. Feel free to answer this too. You don't have to, but feel free. |
| Elara Posts: 5477/9736 |
How could the school close? That seems really odd. |
| Xeios Posts: 2734/2954 |
2009 was good for the most part.
Turned 21, started school again, quit Gamestop, got a job somewhere better, got a new computer, played many fun games, got my first speeding ticket (I was going 85 :O, he let me off 'easy' by writing the ticket saying I was going 75), my girlfriend and I almost broke up but worked things out. 2010 Sucks already though. School I'm going to up and closed halfway through classes, the Motherboard on my computer died and now I have to buy a new one.  |
| Elara Posts: 5467/9736 |
Originally posted by Cairoi I'll drink to that! |
| True Flight Posts: 3905/5245 |
first time with no birthday thread... lol. jk jk.
I had a good year. I got back into contact with some friends and on top of that... I got married. so alls well that ends well. I start the new year off with a bang... deployment. |
| Cairoi Posts: 3340/3807 |
Was pretty decent. I wrote a first draft of a book, graduated high school, sailed with boredom through first semester of community college, had a job and quit it. Got a netbook. Started dating after a period of significant mental wackiness.
We are now 2 years away from proving that 2012 shit wrong. |
| 天国JOE Posts: 2626/2999 |
Started slacking in school, was constantly fatigued, got sick more often, prom/grad sucked, moving to Kelowna was lonely, couldn't get into Uni, no job, grandma died, old family friend died, more boredom/loneliness, not many interesting gaems.
Best thing of 2009 was getting 4 consoles and 100+ games for $150. That was pretty fucking sweet. Here's to 2010! |
| Xeoman Posts: 8171/11757 |
This year shall be good! So I push the blame to 2009.  |
| Elara Posts: 5462/9736 |
Wouldn't that be "fuck you 2010"? |
| Xeoman Posts: 8169/11757 |
Better than 2007-2008.
But tonight, I just got pulled over for speeding, expired tickets, the cop smelled beer (had ONE fucking beer)... but I think he let me off easy with a small ticket. Still, first ticket and I've got court Feb. Fuck you 2009. |
| Elara Posts: 5461/9736 |
It was slightly annoying at times but for the most part I was rather pleased with this past year. Got to do new things, adopted kittens, saw my team win the Stanley Cup.
Next year I finally get my BA! Yay a new decade marks a series of major transitions... like moving. It shall be interesting. |
| Cteno Posts: 982/3416 |
Well, it will definitely be remembered as one of the worst of my life but it had it's moments.
Happy New Year, everybody. |
| Lord Vulkas Mormonus Posts: 3367/4541 |
I got my Eagle, started college and did decent at it, and managed to get a much better social life, so I think it was overall a pretty good year. I didn't quite write as much as I'd have liked (though I did do a lot of reasearch and made a lot of outlines for stories), but it was still a good year.
Next year I'll have a full semester of college, and then leave on a two year mission for my church, which means I'll be leaving my social life behind, stop using the internet, and pretty much only use the mail to communicate with anyone. So it'll be an interesting year. Hopefully a good one, though. |
| Rogue Posts: 5517/11918 |
Well, seeing as a new year and a new decade is upon us (already started for some board members), what were the highlights for you this year?
I had made the new year's resolution last year to try (or at least learn) something new every day and I pretty much did it. I started working for my paper, took up a couple active hobbies, tried all sorts of new food and activities, went to many new places, met a lot of amazing people and made some outrageous friends. 2010's going to have its bumps, but it's looking pretty good. |
