here is the currect state of the one that endured:
Of course you can probably tell what it is... the ubiquitous Clapotis. I've never made one of these before but something inspired me (maybe a project that I saw in the random faves pages on Ravelry?) and I just decided it would be good to cast one on ... the Kauni yarn was a bit of whim too but is working out beautifully. Anyway, the project, despite being only a week old is somewhere around 75% finished so I reckon I'll be posting an FO here before the month is out.
In the meantime I'm posting a little (actually maybe not so little) review of my day to day life in 2008 - more as a little aide memoire to myself, but if you are at all interested then feel free to have a nose around!
1. What did you do in 2008 that you'd never done before?
Tried to walk up a mountain (
2. Did you keep your New Year’s Resolutions, and will you make more for next year? I didn’t make any specific resolutions for last year, this year I’d like to lose a fair amount of weight (and finish my godforsaken thesis).
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
No – a friend and his partner had a baby just after Christmas 2008 and another friend is pregnant with her first child and my cousin with her third child. That’s as close as I can get!
4. Did anyone close to you die?
Fortunately, no.
5. What countries did you visit?
6. What would you like to have in 2009 that you lacked in 2008?
A job that doesn’t depress me, more guilt-free leisure time.
7. What dates from 2008 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
I’m not good with days and dates – the only event which I can correlate with the correct date is the
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Finally got offered a new job, hopefully I might be able to start it soon!
9. What was your biggest failure?
Not finishing my thesis, plus too many minor failures for me to want to list!
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Sprained ankle.
11. What was the best thing someone bought you?
A Nintendo Wii (for Christmas – wonder why there hasn’t been any knitting content for a little while?.....)
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
The fabulous Richard who finally made it all the way to being Dr Dick.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
Mine sometimes (not so much appalled, a little ashamed and depressed though).
14. Where did most of your money go?
Bills, biggest purchases were a new tent and a new camera.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Too many silly little things to mention – what can I say, I’m an excitable type…
16. What song will always remind you of 2008?
Kids – MGMT – at least it was surely the catchiest tune of the year.
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
Fatter or thinner? Fatter.
Happier or sadder? About the same.
Richer or poorer? Poorer.
18. What do you wish you’d done more of?
Saving up. Working on my thesis.
19. What do you wish you’d done less of?
Disappointing people. Feeling guilty and ashamed because I felt I wasn’t working hard enough (even when I was working my arse off! – can you tell this is issue is a thorny one for me?)
20. How do you plan to spend Christmas?
In 2009 we would like it to just be the two of us with a couple of side visits to the respective families.
21. Did you fall in love in 2008?
It has been a good year for our relationship despite a lot of rubbishness going on our little world.
22. How many one night stands?
-
23. What was your favorite TV program?
House, Waking the Dead.
24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
Not that I can think of – which I would say is a good thing.
25. What was the best book you read?
I don’t think I managed to read a whole book that I hadn’t already read before – so it’ll have to be The Secret History even though I’ve read it loads of times.
26. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Seasick Steve, and the rediscovery of Manu Chao – great music for working on the thesis.
27. What did you want and get?
In a childish way: a Nintendo Wii, in a serious way: a job offer.
28. What did you want and not get?
Lots of jobs I applied for, the perfect pair of black boots.
29. What was your favorite film of this year?
All my old favourites, I can’t think what stuff I saw at the cinema – Sex and the City, Burn After Reading – they were both OK.
30. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
Went to the greyhound track in Hall Green and lost a lot of money! I turned 27.
31. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Working less.
32. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2008?
The year of the skirt (relatively speaking).
33. What kept you sane?
The boyf, friends, taking breaks even if that was hard and left with me with difficult emotions to deal with.
34. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Daniel Craig maybe, but he’s a bit of a perennial.
35. What political issue stirred you the most?
36. Who do you miss?
My family, especially my brother, didn’t see much of him this year.
37. Who was the best new person you met?
I didn’t really meet anyone new. Except fleetingly.
38. What was the best thing you ate?
Probably something from the restaurant where my brother works.
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2008?
If you can handle the guilt it’s always worth taking time for yourself to relax and be you.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
I’ll have to think about that and get back to you!!
1 comment:
happy new year! I vote that you leave the guilt behind in 2009, there seems to be far too much of it in your life at the moment! Unless you are planning to commit murder it should have no place in your existence. Love the clap, by the way, and can't wait to see what it turns out like!
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