holiday whatsit
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janegodzillaSo hey, Christmas happened! I made out like a bandit this year, holy SHIT. First and most awesomely, Nate got me an iPad. A FUCKING IPAD. It has a little personalized engraving on the back (which made my heart go melty) and he got me a cover and bluetooth keyboard to go along with it, and it is seriously my new best friend (I named it Sherlock). I've been carting him to work with me, and I can write and watch movies and play games and read books and it's glorious.
AN IPAD. I CAN'T EVEN.
And then my parents got me the newest edition of Gray's Anatomy, which is gigantic and weighs about as much as a small child. It's crazy-detailed and totally fucking awesome, and I am tempted to build a dedicated bookstand for it in my office, because it's the sort of book that deserves the high life. Like the OED, if the OED was full of anatomical drawings and descriptions of pathology. ♥
I also got movies and The Pacific miniseries and some nerdy teas and a book on cholera and an Aperture Laboratories mug, and Nate's parents gave me a squishy blanket and a bunch of gift certificates and a sweet Nerf gun, and the doctors hit me up with a kickass gift certificate as well. And food. Lots and lots of food, oh my god, so much food. And then? As if all that wasn't awesome enough? My![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
yuletart gift was posted the other day and it is so fucking cute that it kills me: I got Inception art, AND IT IS ADORABLE!. Their little faces, ahhh. *flappy hands* I am beyond delighted.
And now, since today is New Year's eve, I decided to do the old "Year in Review" meme.
01. What did you do in 2010 that you'd never done before?
BUYING A HOUSE. Even though the title and loan are in Nate's name, I'm still counting it. Also, going to ZomBcon 2010 and meeting George Romero. Those were awesome new things as well.
This year was also the first (and hopefully only) year where I dropped a class, but even though it was for my own sanity I still feel a little shitty about it.
02. Did you keep your new years' resolutions? Will you make more for next year?
I don't really remember what my resolutions were last year, but I know how I am and I probably didn't do a very good job of keeping them. I suck at resolutions. That said, I still plan to make resolutions for this year. They're pretty simple this time around, though: 1) get into nursing school, and 2) don't have a nervous breakdown. Um. Gold star for me?
03. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Oh god, like half the people I work with had babies this year. It's fucking unreal. Just babies, babies all over the place! Don't get me wrong, I like babies. It's just that this year was the Year of Babies, and it's kind of weird.
04. Did anyone close to you die?
Ivan. *sigh*
05. What countries did you visit?
Can I pretend this says "counties" instead of "countries"? Because I sure didn't make it out of the US this year, that's for damn sure.
06. What would you like to have in 2011 that you lacked in 2010?
I think it's fairly obvious to anyone who's been reading my journal this past year that "a spot in nursing school" is at the tippy-top of the list.
07. What date from 2010 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
November 23, when I had to put Ivan to sleep. It was the right decision, and one of the hardest I've ever had to make in my life.
08. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Would it be weird if I put "not crashing and burning in a total self-destructive tailspin"? Because, seriously, it's been kind of a rough year for me psychologically and emotionally, and I can't help but feel a little proud of the fact that I didn't go completely off the deep end and drive away everyone I love.
09. What was your biggest failure?
I guess that class I dropped back in January? Normally I would put something like "not finishing NaNoWriMo," but I'm giving myself a pass on that one this year because it was out of grief as opposed to self-sabotage.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
I got a really, really nasty cold in spring and another in fall, but that's been about it. Also, allergies. Constant, obnoxious allergies. Oh, my life. *dramatic*
11. What was the best thing you bought?
Well, there was THE HOUSE, but that was mostly Nathan. Our brand spanking new flatscreen plasma tv definitely counts, though, as does the rockin' stereo system. Again, joint purchase, but SO very worth it. We fucking love that tv.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
...what a weird question. But Nate, hands-down. I'm pretty sure I've been a bit of a basket case for the majority of the year, but he took it in stride and still loves the hell out of me. I adore that man. ♥
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
No one I know, but there's a reason why I've had to disconnect myself from the political landscape this year. I just can't deal with the amount of crazy coming from the ultra-conservatives. I can't. I know the very fact that I can disconnect from it means I'm extraordinarily privileged, but...yeah. I didn't have it in me this year.
14. Where did most of your money go?
Rent. Mortgage. Bills. Food. Tuition. Gas. Yayyyyy, being a grown-up. :P
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
THE HOUSE, obvs. I was also really psyched about ZomBcon, although I will admit that a huge part of that excitement was related to the fact that my boyfriend and I were going on vacation and getting out of town and staying in a fancy hotel. It's the little things, really. ♥
16. What songs will always remind you of 2010?
Um? I don't know, the Red Dead Redemption soundtrack? I sure did listen to it a lot.
17. Compared to this time last year, are you: happier or sadder? thinner or fatter? richer or poorer?
God, I fucking hate this question.
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Honestly? I genuinely wish I'd been more social. I also wish I'd gone back to see my psychiatrist like I meant to a long time ago. I can't help but feel like these two things are tied together, because I'm not, um, very kind to myself most of the time and this year I was worse than usual.
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
See the previous question. I wish I hadn't constantly second-guessed myself or beat myself up about every little thing I did or didn't do.
20. How did you spend Christmas?
Christmas was awesome. We went over to my folks' on Christmas Eve and ate food and drank wine and opened presents and watched a movie, and then on Christmas Day Nate and I hung out in our pajamas until the early afternoon, playing around with all of our presents and drinking coffee. Then we saw True Grit (so amazing!), and one of his buddies came over for Chinese food and we watched Exit Through the Gift Shop (also amazing!). All in all, the entire holiday was lovely and relaxing.
21. How will you be spending New Years?
Nate's working for most of the day, but he'll be off later tonight and I guess one of his friends is having a party? I woke up feeling kind of like I came down with a cold, though, so I might just stay in tonight and watch The Pacific while drinking tea. :| I am very boring that way.
22. Did you fall in love in 2010?
Yes. Sherlock the iPad and I are going to be ~*very*~ happy together, I just know it.
23. How many one-night stands?
AHAHAHA, this question. Endless hilarity. Even if I wasn't in a long-term monogamous relationship with a man I'm crazy in love with, I'm still pretty sure the answer to this would always be "none." I get emotionally involved.
24. What was your favorite TV program?
My newly discovered favorite that other people have loved for years is Doctor Who, the one I'm most fannishly involved with (for all its frustrations and flaws) is Glee, and the one that always makes me happy no matter what is Mythbusters. Oh, Mythbusters. I *heart* you forever.
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
Nah, there are very few people I actively hate, and the people I currently dislike I disliked before.
26. What was the best book you read?
Oh god, I hate book questions so much. I can never decide! If I had to recommend a single book to others out of all the books I read this year, though, I would pick Mira Grant's Feed. It was smart, funny, scary as hell, and the ending left me devastated. I highly, highly recommend it.
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Yeah, see, I don't do music the way other people do music.
28. What did you want and get?
The house. The house, the house, THE HOUSE. Also, I wanted Nate's parents to like me and they DO! So that was pretty great.
29. What did you want and not get?
I wanted the moving process to go easier and for it not to turn into stupid roommate drama, but it totally did. Oh well. Hands washed, etc.
30. What was your favorite film of this year?
Three-way tie among Inception, How to Train Your Dragon, and Winter's Bone. All amazing in different ways.
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I turned 27, but I honestly can't remember what I did. I think I might've had a class? Or maybe we went to dinner, or...I really have no idea. 27 isn't a particularly memorable birthday, and this has been a crazy fucking year.
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
I don't know, therapy?
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2010?
Hee. Heeeeeee. Personal fashion concept. I am a rock of sameness in an ocean of everchanging fashion, for real. I wear dark colors, lots of jeans, cute t-shirts from w00t and TopatoCo, and a wide variety of pretty tank tops in the summer. I have been doing this for years. I merely hope I can add "scrubs" to this list in 2011.
34. What kept you sane?
Nate.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Hee hee, fancy.
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
Oh god, politics. I should've been way more involved this year than I was, but I already mentioned that I needed to check out of things a bit for my own sanity. Health care reform is the big one, as was the recent repeal of DADT (fucking FINALLY, god). I'm starting to get increasingly worried about the net neutrality issue, but I don't know that it's hit me quite as hard as the health care reform and DADT stuff.
37. Who did you miss?
The people I used to hang out with. And as of the end of November, I miss Ivan.
38. Who was the best new person you met?
*shrug*
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2010.
Hahahahahahaha, life lesson. LIFE LESSON. I did not learn any valuable life lessons this year, sorry to say.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
"I'm just an animal looking for a home / share the same space for a minute or two." --Talking Heads
Happy New Year, guys! Hope you all have an awesome and safe holiday.
AN IPAD. I CAN'T EVEN.
And then my parents got me the newest edition of Gray's Anatomy, which is gigantic and weighs about as much as a small child. It's crazy-detailed and totally fucking awesome, and I am tempted to build a dedicated bookstand for it in my office, because it's the sort of book that deserves the high life. Like the OED, if the OED was full of anatomical drawings and descriptions of pathology. ♥
I also got movies and The Pacific miniseries and some nerdy teas and a book on cholera and an Aperture Laboratories mug, and Nate's parents gave me a squishy blanket and a bunch of gift certificates and a sweet Nerf gun, and the doctors hit me up with a kickass gift certificate as well. And food. Lots and lots of food, oh my god, so much food. And then? As if all that wasn't awesome enough? My
yuletart gift was posted the other day and it is so fucking cute that it kills me: I got Inception art, AND IT IS ADORABLE!. Their little faces, ahhh. *flappy hands* I am beyond delighted. And now, since today is New Year's eve, I decided to do the old "Year in Review" meme.
01. What did you do in 2010 that you'd never done before?
BUYING A HOUSE. Even though the title and loan are in Nate's name, I'm still counting it. Also, going to ZomBcon 2010 and meeting George Romero. Those were awesome new things as well.
This year was also the first (and hopefully only) year where I dropped a class, but even though it was for my own sanity I still feel a little shitty about it.
02. Did you keep your new years' resolutions? Will you make more for next year?
I don't really remember what my resolutions were last year, but I know how I am and I probably didn't do a very good job of keeping them. I suck at resolutions. That said, I still plan to make resolutions for this year. They're pretty simple this time around, though: 1) get into nursing school, and 2) don't have a nervous breakdown. Um. Gold star for me?
03. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Oh god, like half the people I work with had babies this year. It's fucking unreal. Just babies, babies all over the place! Don't get me wrong, I like babies. It's just that this year was the Year of Babies, and it's kind of weird.
04. Did anyone close to you die?
Ivan. *sigh*
05. What countries did you visit?
Can I pretend this says "counties" instead of "countries"? Because I sure didn't make it out of the US this year, that's for damn sure.
06. What would you like to have in 2011 that you lacked in 2010?
I think it's fairly obvious to anyone who's been reading my journal this past year that "a spot in nursing school" is at the tippy-top of the list.
07. What date from 2010 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
November 23, when I had to put Ivan to sleep. It was the right decision, and one of the hardest I've ever had to make in my life.
08. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Would it be weird if I put "not crashing and burning in a total self-destructive tailspin"? Because, seriously, it's been kind of a rough year for me psychologically and emotionally, and I can't help but feel a little proud of the fact that I didn't go completely off the deep end and drive away everyone I love.
09. What was your biggest failure?
I guess that class I dropped back in January? Normally I would put something like "not finishing NaNoWriMo," but I'm giving myself a pass on that one this year because it was out of grief as opposed to self-sabotage.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
I got a really, really nasty cold in spring and another in fall, but that's been about it. Also, allergies. Constant, obnoxious allergies. Oh, my life. *dramatic*
11. What was the best thing you bought?
Well, there was THE HOUSE, but that was mostly Nathan. Our brand spanking new flatscreen plasma tv definitely counts, though, as does the rockin' stereo system. Again, joint purchase, but SO very worth it. We fucking love that tv.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
...what a weird question. But Nate, hands-down. I'm pretty sure I've been a bit of a basket case for the majority of the year, but he took it in stride and still loves the hell out of me. I adore that man. ♥
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
No one I know, but there's a reason why I've had to disconnect myself from the political landscape this year. I just can't deal with the amount of crazy coming from the ultra-conservatives. I can't. I know the very fact that I can disconnect from it means I'm extraordinarily privileged, but...yeah. I didn't have it in me this year.
14. Where did most of your money go?
Rent. Mortgage. Bills. Food. Tuition. Gas. Yayyyyy, being a grown-up. :P
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
THE HOUSE, obvs. I was also really psyched about ZomBcon, although I will admit that a huge part of that excitement was related to the fact that my boyfriend and I were going on vacation and getting out of town and staying in a fancy hotel. It's the little things, really. ♥
16. What songs will always remind you of 2010?
Um? I don't know, the Red Dead Redemption soundtrack? I sure did listen to it a lot.
17. Compared to this time last year, are you: happier or sadder? thinner or fatter? richer or poorer?
God, I fucking hate this question.
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Honestly? I genuinely wish I'd been more social. I also wish I'd gone back to see my psychiatrist like I meant to a long time ago. I can't help but feel like these two things are tied together, because I'm not, um, very kind to myself most of the time and this year I was worse than usual.
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
See the previous question. I wish I hadn't constantly second-guessed myself or beat myself up about every little thing I did or didn't do.
20. How did you spend Christmas?
Christmas was awesome. We went over to my folks' on Christmas Eve and ate food and drank wine and opened presents and watched a movie, and then on Christmas Day Nate and I hung out in our pajamas until the early afternoon, playing around with all of our presents and drinking coffee. Then we saw True Grit (so amazing!), and one of his buddies came over for Chinese food and we watched Exit Through the Gift Shop (also amazing!). All in all, the entire holiday was lovely and relaxing.
21. How will you be spending New Years?
Nate's working for most of the day, but he'll be off later tonight and I guess one of his friends is having a party? I woke up feeling kind of like I came down with a cold, though, so I might just stay in tonight and watch The Pacific while drinking tea. :| I am very boring that way.
22. Did you fall in love in 2010?
Yes. Sherlock the iPad and I are going to be ~*very*~ happy together, I just know it.
23. How many one-night stands?
AHAHAHA, this question. Endless hilarity. Even if I wasn't in a long-term monogamous relationship with a man I'm crazy in love with, I'm still pretty sure the answer to this would always be "none." I get emotionally involved.
24. What was your favorite TV program?
My newly discovered favorite that other people have loved for years is Doctor Who, the one I'm most fannishly involved with (for all its frustrations and flaws) is Glee, and the one that always makes me happy no matter what is Mythbusters. Oh, Mythbusters. I *heart* you forever.
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
Nah, there are very few people I actively hate, and the people I currently dislike I disliked before.
26. What was the best book you read?
Oh god, I hate book questions so much. I can never decide! If I had to recommend a single book to others out of all the books I read this year, though, I would pick Mira Grant's Feed. It was smart, funny, scary as hell, and the ending left me devastated. I highly, highly recommend it.
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Yeah, see, I don't do music the way other people do music.
28. What did you want and get?
The house. The house, the house, THE HOUSE. Also, I wanted Nate's parents to like me and they DO! So that was pretty great.
29. What did you want and not get?
I wanted the moving process to go easier and for it not to turn into stupid roommate drama, but it totally did. Oh well. Hands washed, etc.
30. What was your favorite film of this year?
Three-way tie among Inception, How to Train Your Dragon, and Winter's Bone. All amazing in different ways.
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I turned 27, but I honestly can't remember what I did. I think I might've had a class? Or maybe we went to dinner, or...I really have no idea. 27 isn't a particularly memorable birthday, and this has been a crazy fucking year.
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
I don't know, therapy?
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2010?
Hee. Heeeeeee. Personal fashion concept. I am a rock of sameness in an ocean of everchanging fashion, for real. I wear dark colors, lots of jeans, cute t-shirts from w00t and TopatoCo, and a wide variety of pretty tank tops in the summer. I have been doing this for years. I merely hope I can add "scrubs" to this list in 2011.
34. What kept you sane?
Nate.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Hee hee, fancy.
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
Oh god, politics. I should've been way more involved this year than I was, but I already mentioned that I needed to check out of things a bit for my own sanity. Health care reform is the big one, as was the recent repeal of DADT (fucking FINALLY, god). I'm starting to get increasingly worried about the net neutrality issue, but I don't know that it's hit me quite as hard as the health care reform and DADT stuff.
37. Who did you miss?
The people I used to hang out with. And as of the end of November, I miss Ivan.
38. Who was the best new person you met?
*shrug*
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2010.
Hahahahahahaha, life lesson. LIFE LESSON. I did not learn any valuable life lessons this year, sorry to say.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
"I'm just an animal looking for a home / share the same space for a minute or two." --Talking Heads
Happy New Year, guys! Hope you all have an awesome and safe holiday.