Welcome 2010 Survey
Saturday, January 2, 2010
Thanks to Jen for this survey.
1. What did you do in 2009 that you’d never done before?
2. Did you keep your new years’ resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I really don’t make resolutions – it’s not because I don’t want to better myself, but resolution and Lent type things don’t typically tend to last very long with me.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
HAHAHAHA no.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
People in my family have passed away, but I never knew them… weird.
5. What countries did you visit?
Italy, Sweden, and Scotland
6. What would you like to have in 2010 that you lacked in 2009?
Time. Heaps more time, in fact. This year went by so quickly. It’s weird to think that in five days I will have left for Florence a year ago.
7. What date from 2009 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
6 January, 2009 – it’s the day I flew from Rochester, New York to Florence, Italy and began an amazing semester-long adventure abroad.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Actually getting pottery and photography into shows and having people interested in my photographic services. Not only did I get hired to work for an equine related photography business, but I also got a lot of freelance jobs (for a college student) as well.
9. What was your biggest failure?
Not giving my absolute all in my Italian ceramics class… and not being able to financially afford the shipping costs of over half my artwork I made in Florence.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Sprained ankle in Florence thank you to the happy skipping down my apartment stairwell… no real illness or injury to speak of though. I’m gracious to all of the horses that didn’t buck me off this year.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
Hands down my Yashica-Mat 120mm camera and my black and white photo enlarger. Both have opened up my world to more photography.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
I really don’t know… probably my supervisor for the semester, Claire. She kept things running like a well oiled machine in the art department and was probably the best supervisor I could ask for!
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
The financial aid office at my school – a lot of easy paperwork didn’t get filed or filled out leading to all sorts of headaches with school. Luckily they were resolved… but students shouldn’t have to go through all that while keeping up with school and sports as well.
14. Where did most of your money go?
Food and train tickets in Italy. Food and gas money in the states. What can I say? I like to eat and travel!
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Just traveling… this seems to be what the whole entry is about, but I did a lot of it this year. Between flights around Europe/Scandinavia and road trips to Georgia, Florida, Missouri, Ohio, Virginia, and New York… a lot of excitement was had.
16. What songs will always remind you of 2009?
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
18. What do you wish you’d done more of?
Get more rest… I look back and I definitely did a lot of running around this year, especially with my two jobs, athletic commitment, and academic commitment this past semester. I wish I took more time to really chill out once more a week or something to that effect.
19. What do you wish you’d done less of?
Paper-writing. But that was required from my many-a-paper-writing classes.
20. What are you glad you did more of in 2009?
Relax… and not in the vacation, sun-bathing type of relaxing either. I truly think I was able to mentally mellow out just a little bit this year. Thank you, Italy.
21. How did you spend Christmas?
After a road trip through Missouri and Ohio, I stayed with my parents for Christmas.
22. Did you fall in love in 2009?
Nope
23. What was your favorite TV program?
Definite tie between True Blood and Doctor Who.
24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
Nah… no one’s been that evil this past year.
25. What was the best book you read?
The Sookie Stackhouse series… though I’m still reading them.
26. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Pandora.
27. What did you want and get?
28. What did you want and not get?
29. What was your favorite film of this year?
I bet it would’ve been The Men Who Stare at Goats if I had GOTTEN TO SEE IT!
30. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I turned 20 and I really don’t remember what we did on my birthday. There was cake involved, though.
31. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Being able to stay at SACI for a full year rather than just a semester.
32. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2009?
Jeans, nice tops, t-shirts, comfortable clothing. Very anti skinny jeans and 80s trends. There’s a reason why people say it shouldn’t come back.
33. What kept you sane?
Horses, photography, my jobs, and my friends.
34. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Alexander Skarsgard or however you spell his name.
35. What political issue stirred you the most?
I really can’t think of one off the top of my head.
36. Who did you miss?
SACI people and Meuto!
37. Who was the best new person you met?
Romeo – teacher of fine art photography – greatly inspired me in the realm of black and white film photography.
38. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2009:
It’s better to be blunt sometimes than to lighten the blow.
39. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
“Wanted… dead or alive?” Nah… there is no one song that sums up my year and I’m too lazy to list the album of songs that would.
40. What will you be doing to ring in 2010?
I welcome the new year by getting involved in boxing and bowling competitions on a wii that my horse people own… basically awesome.
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Meredith
on 03/01/2010 at 00:06Your year was way more adventurous and productive than mine! hehe. Love how you brought in the New Year too. Gotta love Wii! And yay for being a fellow 80s hater!
Jen
on 03/01/2010 at 21:32I’m with you on the anti-skinny jeans. Especially when the skinny jeans don’t flatter the body shape of the person who’s wearing them at all.
Joann
on 05/01/2010 at 22:13I agree with you on wanting heaps, heaps, and more heaps of time for 2010. It’s so hard to time manage!
I actually submitted to skinny jeans in 2009. Quite the contrary of what Jen and you support but oh well. We pair them with boots and then it doesn’t look terrible.