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Ok, ok... I know I said I wasn't going to dwell on 2009 (I really wanted to say 'masturbate about 2009' again but I know will make my mother squeal with discomfort.... but now I said it anyway so pipe down mom)... however for posterity's sake, I collected my Facebook statuses from 2009 and have added some commentary. This is really just for me. Not for anyone else. Nostalgia gets the best of me sometimes.

To sum it up, 2009 was full of snark and full of complaints. It is also clear that the year started off with a bang and slowly dwindled to exhaustion. There were a few statuses I didn't include from earlier in the year but its obvious from my lack of interwebs activity that something was up by the end of the summer.

I never really wrote about it and in hindsight its not even worth summarizing. The lesson I learned is that I never want work to take over my life like that again. I like my job and I adore my coworkers but my health and sanity and the health/sanity of my family is far more important than working 25 hours a day, 8 days a week. 'nuff said.

January 2009
was surprised to wake at the crack of noon with only a lil' hangover. Right on, 2009! (hah! little did I know)

is ready to kick Blender in the crotch. Stupid software. feh. (I gave up by the way... it was all part of an ill-conceived and short lived plan to learn digital animation)

New year, same old trip to the emergency room... klutzy kids & ice sk8s don't mix, mom. (the pre-teen years were rife with injury. hopefully as he becomes a teenager he will prove to be sturdier.)

is irascible. (i love a sassy vocab word)

thinks "yer mama" is a great come-back -- especially when you're insulting your own kid. (this is probably proof I am a terrible parent. but ya know what? if its wrong, I don't wanna be right.)

is busy pouring 80 proof down her throat hole. (I think 2009 turned out quit boozey. oh well, no harm done)

just returned from the first trip to NC this week. FIRST?...what?! (went to NC for work. ppl thought I meant I'd never been there before)

To clarify.... not the first trip ever. the first trip THIS WEEK. ;o) (went back 3 days later to visit family/friends)

is packing for this week's Carolina Trip Deux.

is heading off to a 3 day weekend... that probably involves 4 days of driving. hah!

might have a Wii-related injury. (who knew that pretend boxing could really kick one's ass?)

is westward bound very soon. yipeee! (convention in Vegas for work)

"Watch out Vegas! Here I come!!!" (hah! little did I know)

narrowly missed escaping the crappy weather. Too bad for you, East Coast suckahs!!! (home got an epic icestorm while I was in Vegas. mom and Connor were stuck at the house.)

thinks a tripled decker grilled cheese might not have been a good idea. (it wasn't)

February 2009
crashed and burned, Vegas style. (came down with the plague on the flight home from Vegas)

is still sick. no fair.

is getting better. Thank goodness for broad spectrum antibiotics. (Vegas cooties... doctor didn't even know what it was. ewwww.)

loved Coraline, despite Dakota Fanning's annoyingness.

passed the Washington DFI LO exam. I'm more awesomer than you.

Thievery Corp + Nickodemus... woot!!!

March 2009
is hating on the nor'easter.. damn you infernal snow!!!

took no part in the snow, other than driving to work in it.

is counting down the days 'til sxsw. yay!

has the best mom EVER. Really. Your mom can't even compare. Sorry. (she bought me a Kindle)

is on her way to Austin. Woohoo!!!

is tired from her rock-n-roll lifestyle. hah! (sxsw was a blast)

is wishin' and hopin' and thinkin' and prayin', plannin' and dreamin'... (had an AWESOME job oppt'y. sadly it was a bust.)

April 2009
"um, WHY do you continue to doubt my brilliance? I'm right every time!" (don't remember what this was about... but really does it matter? the truth is all that matters)

saw a rainbow today. :)

is so disappointed by the ShamWOW guy. Why, Vince? WHY?

is having a pile of beverage. Mondays are the best for getting tore up, no? (this was the beginning of my Summer '09 Odyssey of Alcohol)

would just as soon stab anyone at her web hosting service as look at them - 7 yrs worth of work samples, 4 years of blog entries, email access, & FTP access GONE like it never existed. AND they won't respond to my whining. I hope they rot in hell. (I whined more. they finally restored my crap.)

cough cough oink. j/k! (thought i was being the utmost in funny funny. but my H1N1 H'ween costume was even funnier.)

needs sleep and lots of it. Any insomnia cures that don't require copious amounts of booze on a school nite? (but as I proved time and time again, copious amounts of booze are sometimes the way to go)

May 2009
is now losing sleep over the turkey/Ambien/Nyquil/Benedryl/Bacardi/Planter's/milk cocktail y'all are trying to serve up. shudder.

it is impossible for this day to be any more of a cluster than it has become at this point. (this was increasingly the sentiment of many days in the 2nd half of '09)

is flummoxed by her sudden increase in snack-related injuries.

has learned there are some things that should not be cooked in the crockpot. (some sort of chicken thing my friend gave me the recipe for)

played a no-holds-barred, cut throat game of Bananagrams tonight.

purchased shallow and pointless hair products online this evening. (I won't lie. it was Bump-its.)

has an ouchie sunburn on her ginormous forehead. sweet.

demon pollen! curses! thou hast smited me with your golden hammer!

June 2009
LOVES it when Southwest dangles a dingfare carrot that misses my travel dates by one day. evil bastards.

am I the only one totally grossed out by those ExtenZe commercials?

thinks everyone should be allowed a lil narcissism and the occasional delusion of grandeur.

Humidty! Curses! All my doors are sticking and my hair is bigger than the doorways. :(

Hon Fest was fun... hon. ;o)

is drinking shots on a school nite just to prove a point. thus far.... unproven point 1: Stephanie 0 (Summer '09 Alcohol Odyssey continues...)

dying to sucker punch everyone I know who is on vacation right now. i don't get no stinking vacation this year. pout. whine.

feeling crappy...certain ppl better not have given me swine flu (met friends in DC for nite of fun - 48 hrs later they had a confirmed case of the pig flu. aiieeee!)

July 2009
feeling marginally better - probably just hayfever like I originally suspected. But is it possible to get a mild case of H1N1? Like the Piglet Flu?

anyone care to join my support group? "Sad Chumps Who Are Spending July 3 Between Cubicle Walls" (I was really bitter about this)

Weekend on Solomon's Island wasn't enough to recharge the batteries. Need at least a week or two... or maybe four... I should have four weeks' vacation shouldn't I? YEAH, I should! (Solomon's w/ Mr. Cake was really nice though. I really am a bitcher and moaner, aren't I?)

thought it was Wednesday most of the day.... the discovery that its only Tuesday is a sad epiphany indeed.

August 2009
Is a slamdunk in Teen Jeopardy much of a victory when you're pushing 36?

anxiously awaiting a call about axle replacement... how much can that cost? I mean REALLY? (it really cost THAT much)

An epic treasure hunt? I like the sound of that. (I had read about a treasure hunt hosted by some distillery back in the '70s)

Anyone know how much a weekend @ Shepard Pratt costs? And do they have any mental health programs that include cocktails & foot rubs? No reason... just askin' for a friend. ;o) (my summer really was quite stressful. Little did I know.)

"When plans fail, blaze new trails." Thank you Magic Hat bottlecap.

September 2009
Back from Sactown. It was a lovely wedding! (it really was)

Hello beer. tonight you light up my life. you are the wind beneath my wings. the day to my night. the oh so right to my so, so wrong. please don't change a thing. (someone gave me crap about this post. I replied "but you haven't heard my ode to vodka!")

It was a good day. (one out of 364 ain't bad I s'pose. haha!)

two words: bubblegum vodka. (omg. yes. it really is that good.)

October 2009
is losing her voice. Many now have cause for celebration.

is a french press convert. adios, Mr. Coffee.

(the irony in my Oct posts is that you would never known I had walked through the 10th circle of hell without coming up for air. 2009 in summary sucked for this very reason. But 2009 taught me a lot about myself. And I'm proud of that.)

November 2009
i am a rock. i am an island. (and I was exhausted. I don't even remember November 2009)

December 2009
snow. feh.

Someone pressed >>FFWD on my 2009 mix tape... somewhere around the "June" track.

(That about sums it up.)