Welcome to 2010, good-bye 2009! (the "taking stock" thread).

[greenkoolayd]

like i said on facebook, i will not experience any drastic differences in the new year, but i will continue to slowly get better at life, the universe, and everything.

[Doc]

2009 was pretty rocking for me actually, good times at uni, enough work to keep me in 2 minute noodles, a moderate amount of ladies and plenty of travel. In fact if for 2010 I could swap the ratio of travel to ladies I would be pretty content.

[Toaster]

There's a joke about frequent flier miles in there somewhere...

[littlefallsmets]

2009, for me, was a bit like slamming my head into a brick wall over and over and over again...

And then, when I finally figured out to stop, the brick wall decided to take the lead and start slamming itself into my head over and over and over again.

Here's hoping for something better this time around.

[Asherdan]

In 2009 I kicked life's ass. In 2010 Intend to squeeze it by the balls. Tough cookies if I fail and it bites my friggin head off.

Those of you with a tough year? Pax. The grinding wheel does spin about.

[AugustWest]

In 2009 I kicked life's ass. In 2010 Intend to squeeze it by the balls. Tough cookies if I fail and it bites my friggin head off.

Those of you with a tough year? Pax. The grinding wheel does spin about.

THIS

[theinevitable]

I had a good year. I like my friends, I loved paris, i like my classes, and my girlfriend is the best thing/person/event ever. Grades were crappy, which was disappointing. My resolutions going into next year are the same as always: don't fuck up your grades, man.

in the next year my primary goal, though, is to get a job and pay bills and not have to live in my parent's house.

[Doc]

in the next year my primary goal, though, is to get a job and pay bills and not have to live in my parent's house.

The best thing.

[dejavroom]

It seems I can't judge my life objectively. 2009 was more of the same tedious overbearing grind with few dim yays interspersed. Things which seemed to be perpetualy on the verge of becoming great, but never did. So - a tantalizing year, maybe?

I hope 2010 is a strange, incomprehensible year.

Also: I need to move out and start living alone. But I might not have the funds to do that. We'll see.

[Choop]

2009 brought the end of los angeles and the return to atlanta, so for that i give it a pass. let's just say 2009 was way better than 2007, and sheesh i hope the tens are better than the ohs.

[CortJstr]

So far in 2010 I got a flat tire and another that looks really low on air and the front desk of my building lost a package and doesn't even know if it was for me or my roommate.

[Choop]

nowhere to go but up, right cort?

[wombat]

So far in 2010 I sort of got fired from my most important gig, except that they want me to hurry up and totally revise for tomorrow the thing I sent last week and still do the next story I had scheduled and keep sending them story pitches and not bother them checking if they still want to the old story pitches, just assume they want what they have already approved.

Since my editor's usual way of approving story topics was:
1. I send her a schedule of story topics
2. I get no response to the email
3. I go ahead and write more or less the stories listed on the original schedule, which it often turns out that she never read

I am not at all sure what this is going to mean.

[Asherdan]

How the creepy-jeepers is there a viable model n there that gets stuff published?

Stuff a hand in a pile and pull out page 6 - 9?

Look for stuff in the right length range?

Darts?

Pretty Colours?

[jaydub]

I am not at all sure what this is going to mean.

No pay?