( Cathy and I have intelligent conversation. )Things that sucked about 2009: .......ok since life is actually
short, maybe it would be better to make this a list of
things that DIDN'T suck about 2009:- hanging out with
thehoyden in Chicago in the bleakest part of winter! Seeing Tristan & Isolde, geeking out over the Robie House, fighting with Cathy about the merits of Tennyson on twitter in a french cafe, lol, watching Merlin, and having mandarin rose tea omg tea on a beautiful snowy February day. <333333
- getting to sing the Verdi requiem
- KIND SIR ACCALON :D
- meeting up with my pal Dave in D.C. in the spring and hanging out for the first time in a year! and seeing Monsters v/s Aliens in 3-d, lol, that was awesome. My Ph.D. is in daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaance!
- and then going to the Smithsonian for the first time everrrrrrr omg and seeing The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations Milennium General Assembly!!!!!
- and completing the weekend with a COBRA STARSHIP/FALL OUT BOY CONCERT dkf;afjdka; with
ansceal & her family/friends :DDDD
- and
then topping it off with a leisurely sunday with
alestar, who makes all excursions worth having
- Bones, Bones, Bones.
- the unexpected advent of American Idol, and the unexpected way it brought me, Kara, and Sam together jkfa;dfklaf;jk <333333333333
- Adam Lambert, generally, and also
yeats, who just SHOWED UP IN MY LIFE AND STARTED BEING AWESOME. it's a little like what i imagine walking in on a stripper party in your bedroom must feel like. i am just like, what. wait. what did i - what-- WELL, OKAY, UNIVERSE, IF YOU INSIST :DDDD
- going home to TN in June to celebrate my grandmother's ninetieth birthday. 90 years. wow.
- David Archuleta's twitter, oh my god.
- NEWTON. *___*
- my fourth of july party, and getting to watch the fireworks over the harbor, right off my balcony. :) :) :)
-
TOM FELTON'S EMO SUIT & THE LARGELY TRUNCATED BUT BEAUTIFULLY FILMED STORY ABOUT DRACO MALFOY AND ALSO BIRDS- meeting
arboretum! at long last! in D.C. in August! and doing a tarot reading for Touya Akira, lol, and seeing the Hope Diamond and getting totally lost thanks to our faily GPS systems lol, and it was basically all awesome.
- Doing the SETC conference again this year with
mbeasi and my old friend C!
- going karaokeing with
myrafur and
sirkrunk741 :D
- Simon Pegg, Edgar Wright, and Nick Frost on twitter.
- having my lame cubicle
temporarily taken over by the confetti monster on my birthday :D
- re-discovering P.G. Wodehouse and discovering Nero Wolfe. Such unadulterated joy and comfort. <333333333
- Stephen Fry
- Friday Night Lights.
- getting like a bajillion snowflakes on international snowflake day, seriously, that just cheered me so greatly <3333333
- Yuletide,
provided I manage to turn my fic in on time tonight ahhhhAaaaaand the
#1 thing that hasn't sucked about 2009:- club five hive revivaljuice ♥♥♥♥♥ :D aka Kara, Cathy, Val, and Sam. Without whom I would probably have thrown myself off my balcony right around mid-June, hopefully landing on top of Steel Drum Guy, My 2009 Arch-Nemesis. Next year will be your year, S.D.G. I'm watching you.