2009 survey.

1.What did you do in 2009 that you'd never done before?:
moving to another state and town all by myself and living on my own, seeing bob dylan live.

2. Did you keep your New Year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year?:
i can't remember if i made any resolutions. but i tried to be more responsible for my actions.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?:
uh, no?

4. Did anyone close to you die?:
thank god, no. only a few people that i barely knew.

5.What countries did you visit?:
france, and i made a mini visit to rheinland-pfalz, and the visits to my parents in thuringia, of course.

6. What would you like to have in 2010 that you lacked in 2009?:
more courage to do something, write better blog posts.

7. What dates from 2009 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?:
my mom's 50^th birthday on july 2^nd, february was the month i moved to wiesbaden and started working, all the little times i've had visits from my parents, bob dylan concert in march ( it was mindblowing!), new year's eve in wiesbaden because of a beautiful view from an 8^th floor house onto old wiesbaden with cascades of fireworks.

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?:
living on my own, being respected by colleagues for just my work.

9. What was your biggest failure of the year?:

moth invasion at the end of the year ;O; and not doing my car transfer registrations.

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?:
no. except that time i had no voice, haha. oh and my teeth hurt a lot at the beginning of the year, but got better after i had a nice dentist appointment...

11. What was the best thing you bought?:(was bought for you)
the tickets for bob dylan concert in march, gossip's music for men album, my first wedges!

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?:
can't think of anyone.

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?:
my own sometimes.

14. Where did most of your money go?:
in food, rents, car things.

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?:
to live by myself, bob dylan concert, to visit new places here in hessia, and other little things like my blog posts ( who no one ever read, ahah ).

16. What songs will always remind you of 2009?:
lady gaga's bad romance, gossip's heavy cross, kraftwerk's roboter, la roux's bulletproof, rammstein's entire album 'liebe ist für alle da', bob dylan music all the way.

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:

i) ...happier or sadder?:
inbetween.

ii) thinner or fatter?:
thinner

iii) richer or poorer?:
richer

18. What do you wish you'd done more of?:
be more social, visited more places, written more letters to friends

19. What do you wish you'd done less of?:
procrastinating

20. How will you be spending Christmas?:
spent it with my family in thuringia. it was nice, we went sledding, visited 3D cinema ( where i got belly sick, haha ), visited other family members. yeah. it was nice.

22. Did you fall in love in 2009?:

no.

23. How many one night stands?:
none.

24. What were your favorite TV programs?:
i've been watching movies mostly but when i moved in and had no internet i watched 'scrubs', 'al bundy', 'the avengers'.

25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?

no.

26. What was the best book you read?

carlos ruiz zafon . the angel's game

27. What was your greatest musical discovery?:
gossip, lady gaga, la roux, kings of leon

28. What did you want and get?:
a lot of work, respect from people.

29. What did you want and not get?:
SLR camera ( someday in my life i will fulfill this dream )

30. What was your favorite film of this year?

'i'm a cyborg but that's okay' by park chan-wook

31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?:
i worked and celebrated by myself, visiting the fasanerie zoo. i was 21 years old then.

32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?:
faster internet, haha, and more people at work.

33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2009?:
the most normal i've ever been. don't have time to develop a good fashion concept.

34. What kept you sane?:
my parents and family, movies in the evening, occasional trips around town.

35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?:
beth ditto, lady gaga ( even though she's crazy? ), rammstein!, bob dylan, as always, ahhah.

36. What political issue stirred you the most?:
german elections, afghanistan/iran issues!

37. Who did you miss?:
my parents, my cat, my cockatiels ( who found a better place somewhere else) and some friends

38. Who was the best new person you met?:
actually... no one really. except some of my co-workers.

39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2009:
don't procrestinate. bad, very bad!

40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
can't come up with any. many songs represent my life.

41.What was your favorite moment of the year?

seeing bob dylan live, the cat was having babies. there were a lot of fine moments ( including my mom having tears in her eyes, when my brother and i recited our self written poems on her birthday )

42. What was your least favorite moment of the year?
the end of this year. too much sick people, too much stress, not enough co-workers, a lot of stress, moth invasion in my kitchen, oh, and have i mentioned stress?

43. Where were you when 2009 began?
schloßvippach, thuringia.

44. Who were you with?
with my parents and some people of the village.

45. Where will you be when 2009 ends?
i ended it in wiesbaden, hessia.

46. Who will you be with when 2009 ends?
with some lovely co-workers on a balcony watching fireworks, eating raclette, drinking sparkling wine!

47. What was your favorite month of 2009?
the summer months!

48. Did you drink a lot of alcohol in 2009?
no.

49. Did you do a lot of drugs in 2009?

i never do drugs.

50. How many people did you sleep with in 2009?
none.

51. Did you do anything you are ashamed of this year?
having a moth invasion with maggots and moths everywhere? and my landlady having to deal with that whereas i myself am having a nice christmas holiday with my parents? haha.

52. What was the worst lie someone told you in 2009?
i'm not sure if someone told me a lie. i haven't exposed any lies.

53. Did you treat somebody badly in 2009?
no. or do you mean, that i forgot to write letters to friends?

54. Did somebody treat you badly in 2009?
can't remember. actually, no.

56. How much money did you spend in 2009?
nothing outrageous. i need to pay rents and such, and food, and tank gas. and sometimes i even bought clothes for little money or small presents for the loved ones. oh, and sometimes some musical events :3 but all in all, it wasn't much. 2010 will be more expensive with finding my very OWN appartement.

57. If you could go back in time to any moment of 2009 and change what?
well... i would've liked to talk to my landlady more open about my plans. now i will have to do it this year. and i also should've done my car transfer registrations.

58. What are your plans for 2010?
moving into my own appartement, do the car transfer registrations, finally, being more productive, writing letters to my best friends, not procrastinate, duh!

what are you planning for 2010?