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sigelphoenix at 08:53pm on 31/12/2009 under personal stuff
sigelphoenix at 08:53pm on 31/12/2009 under personal stuffMe, I'm sitting at home in my comfy sweats. I decided not to go to a party tonight, because I have three D&D games scheduled this weekend and I wanted to stay home and make sure all my characters got levelled. My priorities are either very wrong or very right.
Anyway, I haven't posted to my journal in a long time, but since I've used it to help me record life happenings in the past, I figured I should poke it back to life before the year officially ends. So here's a brief, sometimes shallow overview of things I remember that were significant to me in 2009:
January - President Obama was inaugurated. I don't think the reasons that he was elected are all good, or that it signals any sort of end to racism in the U.S., but I'm glad he was.
February - I had an email conversation with Penny Arcade's Tycho about racism in Resident Evil 5. It was an interesting experience, and my own nerdy brush with celebrity.
March - My apartment got vomited on by an upstairs water heater.
April - I got to see the lovely and talented Vienna Teng in concert.
May - My beloved![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
ratzeo graduated from college. Also, my D&D character (the robot) helped kill a red dragon.
June - I saw RENT on stage (again), this time starring Anthony Rapp and Adam Pascal, the original Mark and Roger.
July - I went to Vegas on a girls' trip forzinjadu's birthday. I also brought home Nexus, my first laptop of my very own.
August - My best friend from high school got married.
September - I began volunteering at a local cat shelter, which is significant to me both because I like doing it, and also I finally accepted that volunteering my time does not need to accomplish politically world-changing work, or otherwise "embody" my anti-oppression beliefs, in order to be worthwhile. I also saw Wicked on stage (again).
October -ratzeo celebrated our 5th anniversary. I also found out I have an ovarian cyst. So, you know, good and bad.
November - November was ... not an easy month for me, for various reasons that don't need to be laid out on a New Year's recap post. Some happily shallow things I remember about this month was my embarrassingly fervent obsession with Dancing With the Stars, and my introduction to Georgette Heyer novels.
December - I moved into a new apartment, which I hope to call home for a good long time.
2009 ... wasn't the kindest year to me, in a few ways, but I'm glad I had it. I've had a lot of blessings throughout, and I know that the difficulties I've faced are manageable and not permanent. I don't just accept the next year, but rather am determined to make it worthwhile.
So here's to 2010. May it treat you well, and give you reason to feel joy and wonder at being alive.
Anyway, I haven't posted to my journal in a long time, but since I've used it to help me record life happenings in the past, I figured I should poke it back to life before the year officially ends. So here's a brief, sometimes shallow overview of things I remember that were significant to me in 2009:
January - President Obama was inaugurated. I don't think the reasons that he was elected are all good, or that it signals any sort of end to racism in the U.S., but I'm glad he was.
February - I had an email conversation with Penny Arcade's Tycho about racism in Resident Evil 5. It was an interesting experience, and my own nerdy brush with celebrity.
March - My apartment got vomited on by an upstairs water heater.
April - I got to see the lovely and talented Vienna Teng in concert.
May - My beloved
ratzeo graduated from college. Also, my D&D character (the robot) helped kill a red dragon.June - I saw RENT on stage (again), this time starring Anthony Rapp and Adam Pascal, the original Mark and Roger.
July - I went to Vegas on a girls' trip for
zinjadu's birthday. I also brought home Nexus, my first laptop of my very own.August - My best friend from high school got married.
September - I began volunteering at a local cat shelter, which is significant to me both because I like doing it, and also I finally accepted that volunteering my time does not need to accomplish politically world-changing work, or otherwise "embody" my anti-oppression beliefs, in order to be worthwhile. I also saw Wicked on stage (again).
October -
ratzeo celebrated our 5th anniversary. I also found out I have an ovarian cyst. So, you know, good and bad.November - November was ... not an easy month for me, for various reasons that don't need to be laid out on a New Year's recap post. Some happily shallow things I remember about this month was my embarrassingly fervent obsession with Dancing With the Stars, and my introduction to Georgette Heyer novels.
December - I moved into a new apartment, which I hope to call home for a good long time.
2009 ... wasn't the kindest year to me, in a few ways, but I'm glad I had it. I've had a lot of blessings throughout, and I know that the difficulties I've faced are manageable and not permanent. I don't just accept the next year, but rather am determined to make it worthwhile.
So here's to 2010. May it treat you well, and give you reason to feel joy and wonder at being alive.
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And I think that as long as it's something you enjoy doing and it's fun, it's a good priority. :|a I'm staying home mostly because I have work tomorrow morning (from home, but still!) but that puts dampers on my plans. XD
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Yeah, I think I'm getting the geeky part by gaming, but also the social part because I will see a bunch of people at the various games. In fact, I think all the people I would've seen at the party will be in one game or another this weekend. So I don't feel like a total anti-social nerd. :Db
I hope work is not too long or tiring, and you can enjoy your New Year holiday!
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Happy New Year!! ^_^
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Happy New Year to you, too! And happy new home!
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I must say I'm impressed at your recall abilities. If I tried to do a post like this it would just end with me sitting there going 'uhhhhh.... what was I doing in January?'
Here's to making 2010 work for us.
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Best wishes to you for a fantastic 2010!