Jayne: What're you gonna tell the others? Mal: About what? Jayne: About why I'm dead. Mal: Hadn't thought about it. Jayne: Make something up. Don't tell 'em what I did.

'Ariel'


Goodbye and Good Riddance 2011: Maybe the even years are better  

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. 2011? Room for improvement. Srsly.


msbelle - Dec 31, 2011 4:49:32 am PST #281 of 408
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

SUNSHINE AND GLITTER! A perfect world!


flea - Dec 31, 2011 4:54:22 am PST #282 of 408
information libertarian

Well, this was a year of changes. mr. flea's postdoc was set to expire in August, and he job searched and searched. At various points I looked up places like Berlin, Dublin, Ada OK, and Los Alamos. But we ended up in Cincinnati - possibly the most prosaic on the list! - and a place we'd actually lived before (and met, even.) He started his job in mid-September, and we all moved up Oct. 5. The kids are in an excellent-rated elementary school, I have a job in my field (though currently temporary, underpaid, and with a control freaky boss), and mr. flea really likes his job, which could easily be a forever job (unless a Republican president manages to actually abolish the EPA.)

But I'm not settled at all. We're in a temporary apartment; we have a house for sale in Georgia; I don't feel like we've found the right school community or neighborhood or job community (for me). I hate moving; I moved about every 3 years growing up and the longest I have lived in one city is 5 years (Durham NC) and I hate the instability of it all. I really wanted to be settled for a really long time in Georgia, although I hated the weather, and it will take a while for me to accept this move and find my way.


Sheryl - Dec 31, 2011 5:26:36 am PST #283 of 408
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

2011 was much like 2010 for me. Same job, same husband, same cats, same house.

Too many people I know suffered loss in some way. I keep telling the universe to lay off my friends, but it doesn't listen.

I know 2012 will have at least one change for me, as I will end up in a different lab by the end of the year. We'll see what else happens.


billytea - Dec 31, 2011 5:35:51 am PST #284 of 408
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

billytea - Ryan continues to be v. amusing.

He surely is. He's also reached an age where we can actually reason with him. With mixed results, but fairly often he'll listen. (Like the night I explained to him how the food he eats sends nutrition to all of his body, so it was important to eat good things, and he actually agreed to eat his vegetables. Refused again the next night, but it's something.)


smonster - Dec 31, 2011 6:32:43 am PST #285 of 408
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.

Kat, if you haven't gotten the address yet, you can ask your giftee an anonymous question. If they respond, everyone will be able to see it, but it they don't mind that it'll work.


msbelle - Dec 31, 2011 6:39:44 am PST #286 of 408
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

yeah guys, I've actually been working on this, just getting no response. There are multiple issues at play.


Amy - Dec 31, 2011 6:43:08 am PST #287 of 408
Because books.

Kat got the address for her giftee from Suzi, just FYI.


msbelle - Dec 31, 2011 6:49:48 am PST #288 of 408
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

perfection.


Anne W. - Dec 31, 2011 8:06:28 am PST #289 of 408
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.

I can echo most of Sheryl's post - same job, house, and cat. Also, while nothing much happened to me, the year was far too cruel to far too many of my friends.

For me, I feel like 2011 was mostly spent laying groundwork for 2012, in terms of identifying some long-buried issues that I need to deal with, and finally taking steps to move my job into more of a career path.

I do hope that in 2012, I can get some F2F time with at least some of y'all.


amych - Dec 31, 2011 8:16:01 am PST #290 of 408
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

To follow a motif: Same house, new job, new cat.

Chez ch, this was one of those years that will prove to have been a major shift. I got out of a brain-numbing job and into my own business, which is at once terrifying and exhilarating. It remains roller-coastery, but much less so, and I'm utterly certain I want to keep on this path. I'm also utterly boring on the subject. Sorry, y'all. S got out of a dreadful dead end gig into a much better job that he rocks at. Re: cat, see paragraph 1 above. Traveled to new places, entirely by virtue of my so-called athletic career (a phrase that continues to CRACK MY SHIT UP). Saw buffistas I haven't seen or haven't seen in a long time. That part rocks without reservation.

Most of the changes have been very much for the good, but damn, I could use a nice year of more steady improvements and less massive upheaval.