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In 2009

In 2009

1. What did you do in 2009 that you'd never done before?
kiss someone on new years, celebrate valentine's day, go to atlantic city, move to my own place in brooklyn, get over my first serious break up, have a boy roommate, talk on the phone for 183 minutes, fully understand two-way independent and RM anovas, have a crush on someone who also studied psychology, drive in times square, get snowed in, be chauffeured home in a limo, drink sake bombs, attend a company holiday party, play quelf, see the blue man group, watch lord of the rings in radio city with a live orchestra and choir scoring the film

2. Did you keep your New Year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
like always, i don't make new year's resolutions

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
yup! my cousin lydia gave birth to her first baby, melody

4. Did anyone close to you die?
my grandpa passed away

5. What countries did you visit?
i stayed in america

6. What would you like to have in 2010 that you lacked in 2009?
a certain acceptance letter from a certain program at a certain school

7. What date(s) from 2009 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
november 1, 2009 because it was life changing

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
doing my best in graduate level statistics, although giving it my all doesn't necessarily mean high performance. regardless of my grade, i'm still proud of myself

9. What was your biggest failure?
didn't plan ahead of time for grad school applications: part duex

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
heartbreak

11. What was the best thing you bought?
round trip tickets to visit tien in houston last august

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
congratulations lydia and andrew :)

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
alex lee

14. Where did most of your money go?
food and transportation

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
the google holiday party with mike

16. What song will always remind you of 2009?
knock you down - kanye west feat. keri hilson and ne-yo

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
Wiser? yes
Healthier? probably the same
Richer? yes, but from student loans

18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
hang out with my awesome classmates

19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
wait at dnb

20. How will you be spending Christmas?
i hope with my mom and dad and brother

21. Did you fall in love in 2009?
yeah

22. How many one-night stands?
297

23. What was your favorite TV program?
GLEE

24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
takes too much effort to hate. strongly dislike, yep

25. What was the best book you read?
the rules

26. What was your greatest musical discovery?
singstar on ps3

27. What did you want and get?
a sexy rebound

28. What did you want and not get?
an apartment in park slope

29. What was your favorite film of this year?
up

30. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
went to a nice restaurant with my boyfriend at the time. i turned 24

31. What's one thing that would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
if ******* asked me out

32. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2009?
h&m meets movie promo tees

33. What kept you sane?
the promises that i have in Jesus

34. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
jason segel

35. What political issue stirred you the most?
if i paid attention to the news, i could probably answer this question

36. Who did you miss?
my parents

37. Who was the best new person you met?
john

38. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2009.
let it go, because sadness is momentary but wrinkles are forever

39. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
i was so lost back then, but with a little help from my friends, i found the light in the tunnel at the end. - smile, lily allen

Comments

Maroussia said…
It will be great to watch Lily Allen, i have bought tickets from
http://ticketfront.com/event/Lily_Allen-tickets looking forward to it.

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