The New Year Meme

[poire_gourmande]

1. What did you do in 2009 that you'd never done before?
Watched Star Wars, Indiana Jones and Jurassic Park

2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I'll make another post about it shortly.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
No. (Well, my manager at work, but I'd hardly call her close.)

4. Did anyone close to you die?
No.

5. What countries did you visit?
USA

6. What would you like to have in 2010 that you lacked in 2009?
A job that I like.

7. What date from 2009 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
Last week of July, and first of August: trip to Gaspésie!

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Obtaining my Bachelor’s Degree.

9. What was your biggest failure?
Getting a new job that I dislike almost as much as the one I left.

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Colds and flu.

11. What was the best thing you bought?
A cardigan that I always wear, and a pair of almost new black heels for the Holidays. They are so comfy and pretty, I adore them!

12. Whose behaviour merited celebration?
My boyfriend, for putting up with me :P

13. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed?
My bosses and managers at both my jobs.

14. Where did most of your money go?
Travelling, food, BEER!!! :P

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Going to Gaspésie, to NYC, and getting my degree.

16. What song will always remind you of 2009?
Never Gonna Give You Up – Rick Astley

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
Much happier? Dunno, but I’m not sadder.
ii. thinner or fatter? I think I might be a bit fatter.
iii. richer or poorer? I really don’t know. At least with school finished, I will earn more money.

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

19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Procrastinating, and getting upset.

20. How did you spend Christmas?
On the 21st, I had a party with my friends, on the 24th, we celebrated with Mum, Dad and Bobby, on the 25th, I went to see Sherlock Holmes with Bobby and Laury, on the 26th, I had a dinner with the in-laws, and on the 1st, I had a dinner with my family (bro and sis, and kids).

22. Did you fall in love in 2009?
I fall in love everyday, with every kind of things, but also with Bobby.

23. How many one-night stands?
None…

24. Best thing you ate?
Tricky! Fuji bowl at Sushi Shop, I took one or two a week.

25. What was your favourite TV show?
Rome.

25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
There are people I dislike, but none that I hate. But yeah, some of them I didn’t dislike last year (well, I didn’t knew them).

26. What was the best book you read?
All the Percy Jackson & the Olympian series.

27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Band Hero.

28. What did you want and get?
A lot of books and movies, Wii Fit, Band Hero, and other “things” which I won’t name.

29. What did you want and not get?
That’s another thing I won’t name.

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

31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
22, I had dinner with my friends at Los 3 Amigos, a Mexican restaurant where they gave sombreros when it’s your birthday! We then went for a beer at two different bars, it was really nice. Tequila!!! :D

32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
A job I like.

33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2009?
Piles of clothes from Value Village, and cleavage.

34. What kept you sane?
Bobby.

35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Scarlett Johansson, and, lately, Jay Baruchel.

36. What political issue stirred you the most?
Quebec independence, I guess, I’m not really informed politically.

37. Who did you miss?
Kevune. And Gabe, those last two months.

38. Who was the best new person you met?
Gabe, Paul, Nouria, Israël, Patrick, Gabriel.

39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2009:
“Quand on veut très fort quelque chose, on finit toujours par y arriver.” Those great words from George MacFly are true, after all.

40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
“Just dance, gonna be okay”

41. What was your favourite moment of the year?
The very last moments of the year: two awesome partys with my friends, on the 21st, and on the 31st of December.

42. What was your least favourite moment of the year?
Everytime I got upset with someone I love.

43. Where were you when 2009 began?
Cuddling on the sofa with Bobby, watching Star Wars Ep. IV.

44. Who were you with?
Bobby.

45. Where were you when 2009 ended?
Home, in the middle of an awesome party.

46. Who were you with when 2009 ended?
Some of my best friends.

47. What was your favourite month of 2009?
July, and August, and the end of December.

48. Did you drink a lot of alcohol in 2009?
HELL YEAH!

49. Did you do a lot of drugs in 2009?
I never did drugs.

50. How many people did you sleep with in 2009?
I don’t kiss and tell ;) At least, not to everyone ;)

51. Did you do anything you were ashamed of this year?
Yes.

52. What was the worst lie someone told you in 2009?
I don’t think I’ve been lied to.

53. Did you treat someone badly in 2009?
Yes. :(

54. Did someone treat you badly in 2009?
Yes. :(

55. How many concerts did you see in 2009?
Hommage to The Beach Boys, in Gaspésie, and I think that’s all.

56. Did you have a favourite concert in 2009?
I saw only one.

57. How much money did you spend in 2009?
Too much.

58. If you could go back in time to any moment of 2009 and change something, what would it be?
None, cause we don't know what the consquences could be.