Blind Prophecy » 2009-review http://www.jerekeys.com Do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself, I am large, I contain multitudes. Thu, 22 Dec 2011 01:15:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Check-in With the ’09 Resolutions http://www.jerekeys.com/2009/12/30/check-in-with-the-09-resolutions-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=check-in-with-the-09-resolutions-2 http://www.jerekeys.com/2009/12/30/check-in-with-the-09-resolutions-2/#comments Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:51:24 +0000 Jere Keys http://www.jerekeys.com/?p=4656 Before moving on to a new set, it’s time to check in with the resolutions for 2009.

  1. Leave Cincinnati. Done, obviously.
  2. Own less. Also done. Although I haven’t yet succeeded in reducing all my belongings to a pair of duffle bags, I have dramatically reduced the amount of junk I’m dragging around with me. I’ll probably continue to shed stuff as I move again this summer.
  3. See more live theatre. Fail. I’ve been too poor and too busy to get to see any shows, but now that I’m in New York, I’ll try again next year.
  4. Write more. Maybe. It’s hard to measure, but I think I’ve done more writing this year than the year before.
  5. That dating thing, yeah. Sure. There have been dates this year, which is an improvement over 2008. Let’s leave it at that.
  6. Kill the giant squid in the bathroom. That mofo is dead.

Although I deliberately left off the “quit smoking” and “lose weight” resolutions last year, I did both.

I still need to do some more thinking about the resolutions for 2010.

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Movies I saw in the theater in 2009:

  • Avatar
  • Nine
  • Happy Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
  • Star Trek
  • The Hurt Locker
  • Sugar
  • X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Notable not-required-for-school Books I read in 2009:

  • Snuff, Chuck Palahniuk
  • One L, Scott Turow
  • Foundation (Valdemar: Collegium Chronicles, Book 1), Mercedes Lackey
  • Swallowing Darkness, Laurell K. Hamilton
  • The Outlaw Demon Wails, Kim Harrison
  • Touchy Subjects, Emma Donoghue
  • The Phoenix Endangered, Mercedes Lackey

Places I’ve been (for more than a day) in 2009:

  • Cincinnati, OH
  • New York City, NY
  • Salt Lake City, UT

Blog stats for 2009:
Month Monthly visits Avg. daily visitors
January 4,240 137
February 3,912 140
March 4,412 142
April 3,213 107
May 3,159 102
June 5,126 171
July 4,626 149
August 4,972 160
September 1,683 56
October 1,791 58
November 1,866 62
December 1,966 68
Total/Overall 40,966 113

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