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Another year over, and a new one just begun. It's getting to be a habit.
So, a short (at least by my standards) summary of 2009:
It's less fun than it used to be, but I haven't decided to quit; things will have to get a good deal worse for that.
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rosenmynta . It really helped get my kitchen into order.
egghunter; unfortunately I had to skip Aplakonen for reasons of time and money, but in October, I visited Imagicon 2. I'm having fun in fandom again! :-D
In the end, I couldn't fight the temptation, and went out and got an iPhone. It's worth a lot to have one device in my pocket rather than three (phone, iPod, Palm). I really, really like it.
April:
My trusty old Powershot A80 broke down during AlcoCon, and I had to make do with the phone camera.
June:
In short succession, I got a replacement camera (a PowerShot SX200 IS) and a netbook (Samsung N120). Very happy with both.
August:
Whendarnia and gloinul moved, darnia no longer wanted her old PC — which I gave to her when I moved. I took it back and am now using it as a makeshift entertainment centre (iTunes, movies, things like that).
September:
Finally gave in and bought a flat-screen TV to replace my old 28" Samsung, which I sold tosunjan 's brother. The PC I mentioned earlier is connected to it with a VGA cable, as I never got the DVI-to-HDMI connection to work properly.
New releases bought this year:
Concerts:
April:
AlcoCon III in Gothenburg.
June-July:
I had planned to go to the Arvika festival and see Depeche Mode, but in the end I found it easier to go to Copenhagen. First to Gothenburg to seeegghunter (who, I confess, was my main reason for taking that route!), then down the E6 to Copenhagen, where I spent two days. From Copenhagen I took the train up to Elsinore, and then the ferry to Helsingborg, the train to Halmstad, the bus to Alvesta, and the train to Värnamo, where I visited thette, kjn and hulda for a couple of days before I went back home. A long but intensely fulfilling trip.
November:
A three-day trip to Gothenburg to see![[info]](https://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif)
egghunter and DJ with her.
And, once again, I never got around to visitinglundbomikent and Cirkux in Kent. I still have plans, and am aiming at this summer.
On the other hand, I metegghunter, who has very quickly become one of my closer friends and without whom 2009 would probably have been much crappier.
So, to summarise: it's been a pretty rough year with deaths and layoffs and things like that, but it could have been much, much worse.
Best wishes for 2010, everyone, and thanks for making 2009 a decent year against all odds!
So, a short (at least by my standards) summary of 2009:
WORK:
Things, as always, go up and down. We've had some problems; due to a bad financial state (only partially related to the global crisis; much of it was a crisis we had engineered ourselves!) that is only now turning around, ten people were laid off, and along with that our co-worker Fredrik died in an accident. The period from mid-February to late June was actually rather stressful, not just in terms of workload; with everything else it was enough to make me question whether I wanted to stay. My holidays (more about that later) came at the right time.It's less fun than it used to be, but I haven't decided to quit; things will have to get a good deal worse for that.
HOME:
Things are getting more organised all the time. The same day that I got my iPhone, I bought a very nice buffet from IKEA, which I assembled with the help ofrosenmynta . It really helped get my kitchen into order.FANDOM:
My fanac is picking up again. In April, I went to Gothenburg and AlcoCon III, which was a very pleasant experience, not least because I met and befriended the very splendid and worthwhileegghunter; unfortunately I had to skip Aplakonen for reasons of time and money, but in October, I visited Imagicon 2. I'm having fun in fandom again! :-DGEAR:
March:In the end, I couldn't fight the temptation, and went out and got an iPhone. It's worth a lot to have one device in my pocket rather than three (phone, iPod, Palm). I really, really like it.
April:
My trusty old Powershot A80 broke down during AlcoCon, and I had to make do with the phone camera.
June:
In short succession, I got a replacement camera (a PowerShot SX200 IS) and a netbook (Samsung N120). Very happy with both.
August:
When
darnia and gloinul moved, darnia no longer wanted her old PC — which I gave to her when I moved. I took it back and am now using it as a makeshift entertainment centre (iTunes, movies, things like that).September:
Finally gave in and bought a flat-screen TV to replace my old 28" Samsung, which I sold to
sunjan 's brother. The PC I mentioned earlier is connected to it with a VGA cable, as I never got the DVI-to-HDMI connection to work properly.BOOKS:
After last year's top notation for the decade, I lost interest and energy around midsummer and haven't finished a book since then, unfortunately.- Damon Rasti & Gloria Hedman (editors): Tjuvlyssnat (2008)
- Brian Stableford: Rhapsody in Black (1973)
- William Emms: Galaxy 4 (audiobook; 1965)
- Terry Nation: Genesis of the Daleks/Bernard Venables: Exploration Earth (audiobook; 1976)
- Nicholas Briggs: The Sirens of Time (audiobook; 1999)
- Mark Gatiss: Phantasmagoria (audiobook; 1999)
- Brian Hayles: The Smugglers (audiobook; 1966)
- Gareth Roberts & Clayton Hickman: Bang-Bang-A-Boom! (audiobook; 2002)
- Donald Cotton: The Myth Makers (audiobook; 1965)
- Justin Richards: Whispers of Terror (audiobook; 1999)
- Stephen Cole: The Land of the Dead (audiobook; 2000)
- Jonathan Blum: The Fearmonger (audiobook; 2000)
- Jean-David Morvan & José-Luis Munuera: På uppdrag av Z (Aux sources du Z, 2008)
MUSIC:
New releases bought this year:
- Depeche Mode: Sounds Of The Universe (the fricking huge box)
- Depeche Mode: Wrong (single; CD and 7")
- Esplendor Geométrico: Pulsion (CD)
- Die Form: Noir Magnétique (download)
- John Foxx: My Lost City (CD)
- John Foxx & Robin Guthrie: Mirrorball (download)
- John Foxx & The Maths: Destination (single, download)
- Louis Gordon: EST/The Motion Picture Event Of The Year (2CD)
- Louis Gordon: This Air (single; both download and limited edition vinyl 7")
- Johan Kinde: Jag Hade Slutat Drömma Om Att Känna Så Här (single, download)
- Pet Shop Boys: Christmas (CD single)
- Rhea Tucanae & Pixyblink: Fungi From Yuggoth (download)
Concerts:
- Laibach
- The Sisters of Mercy
- Klinik
- Portion Control
- NorthBorne
- Spectra*Paris
- Pascal
- Robert Johnson & Punchdrunks
- bob hund
- Jean-Michel Jarre
- Depeche Mode (where I got lost on my way through Copenhagen and missed the support act)
- Twice a Man
- Moulin Noir
- Dom Dummaste (twice)
TRAVEL:
Not as much as 2008, but quite enough to go on with.April:
AlcoCon III in Gothenburg.
June-July:
I had planned to go to the Arvika festival and see Depeche Mode, but in the end I found it easier to go to Copenhagen. First to Gothenburg to see
egghunter (who, I confess, was my main reason for taking that route!), then down the E6 to Copenhagen, where I spent two days. From Copenhagen I took the train up to Elsinore, and then the ferry to Helsingborg, the train to Halmstad, the bus to Alvesta, and the train to Värnamo, where I visited thette, kjn and hulda for a couple of days before I went back home. A long but intensely fulfilling trip.November:
A three-day trip to Gothenburg to see
egghunter and DJ with her.And, once again, I never got around to visiting
lundbomikent and Cirkux in Kent. I still have plans, and am aiming at this summer.FAMILY:
No one else has died, and everyone is reasonably well. Our cat Lennart will most likely be put to sleep next week; he is nearly 17 years old and increasingly weak and tired. I'll miss him. :-(LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP:
The limbo I spoke of last year quietly fizzled out to nothing. Too bad, but while she is a very nice woman (kind, intelligent, and quite beautiful), she doesn't have a geeky bone in her body. We're still friends, but after a certain point we didn't quite understand each other.On the other hand, I met
egghunter, who has very quickly become one of my closer friends and without whom 2009 would probably have been much crappier.So, to summarise: it's been a pretty rough year with deaths and layoffs and things like that, but it could have been much, much worse.
Best wishes for 2010, everyone, and thanks for making 2009 a decent year against all odds!
calm