Yay for a new year end thread!
And yay for the end of this year!
Oh, God. Oh, God. My hair. My hair! The government gave me bad hair!
Cordelia ,'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco'
Goodbye and Good Riddance 2009: So long and thanks for all the fish.
Every year we watch the Charlie Brown special, do the Snoopy dance, wish everybody a Merry Christmukkah, and thank our Secret Santas in the good riddance thread. Which is this one, in case you were wondering. Oh, and 2009? Don't think we've forgotten about you
Fred Pete - Dec 02, 2009 9:55:25 am PST #12 of 549
Ann, that's a ferret.
aurelia - Dec 02, 2009 9:58:37 am PST #13 of 549
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
And yay for the end of this year!
Indeed. But enough crap has happened this year that I don't want to tempt fate by declaring it over too soon.
SailAweigh - Dec 02, 2009 11:01:42 am PST #14 of 549
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Yeah, I'm about ready for this year to end. There's just enough time for something really good to happen, still, so I'm not singing a swan song, yet.
In the meantime, bring on the Fernet!!
quester - Dec 02, 2009 3:42:45 pm PST #15 of 549
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
Top 20?
Yessss!
Laura - Dec 02, 2009 7:15:55 pm PST #16 of 549
Our wings are not tired.
I never can resist snagging my user #. Also, about the only thread I am able to keep up in.
More on 2009 later, but it is closing out on a good note for me so ok.
Burrell - Dec 02, 2009 8:12:21 pm PST #17 of 549
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Love the title.
Zenkitty - Dec 03, 2009 3:22:29 am PST #18 of 549
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
2009 has been a really good year for me.
It's almost the exact opposite of 1994.
Instead of losing a house, job, cats, car, and all my money, I've gotten a house, cats, car, and, okay, a little money, and a very welcome change in my job. Life is darn good, and I feel very fortunate.
Jessica - Dec 03, 2009 4:47:18 am PST #19 of 549
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
2009 isn't over yet. So far it's been a very mixed bag, but there's still a chance it could bounce back.
msbelle - Dec 03, 2009 4:59:48 am PST #20 of 549
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Yeah, I am not ready to talk about 2009 yet. Most I can say is that looking back 2008 offered some foreshadowing and 2009 saw the actual meaty stuff come to pass. I'd like to say I'm out the other side on some of this stuff, but it seems premature. There's still most of a month to go and even though my brain and energies are heavily distracted by 2010, I know that is plenty of time for 2009 to snap me to attention.
Strix - Dec 03, 2009 10:57:51 am PST #21 of 549
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
There's been some very good stuff, and some very bad stuff for me in 2009. The best descriptor, I guess, would be "upheaval."
I worked the most stressful job of my life, for the lowest sum of money I've made since grad school. I had a second surgery, a hysterectomy, that removed a huge stressor -- my painful, emotionally devastating periods -- from my life, but also removed the possibility of ever having children. I didn't think I ever wanted children, but the absolute negating of the possibility had been a little weirder than I thought it would be.
I met and fell in love with my boyfriend, who has a child and a difficult ex-wife. That's been both amazingly good, yet amazingly hard, since I am a independent person with issues, and it's been hard to mentally work through the gymnastics of being in a relationship.
I in-and-outted of my depression. Better than it's been for most of the year, but it's still something I have to work on and be aware of.
I got fired. And moved in with my boyfriend two weeks earlier than expected. This has been really hard, since I got fired October 1st, am not eligible for unemployment, and basically, had two huge life stressors happen to me at once. I am broke. I have NO MONEY. And the job search is endless and depressing, and even though I got hired as a sub, I haven't been called in yet. I feel like I'm abruptly a 50's housewife, without the benefits of marriage -- did I mention I was turned down for health care? I have no health insurance.
The last month has been kind of wretched. On the one hand -- yay! Living with my bf is great on so many levels. OTOH, I feel like a leech and a loser and this is really affecting my self-esteem and, in turn, my depression and insomnia.
So, I guess, my take is 2009 can BITE MY ASS. 2010 has got to offer something better.