2009 in Review

Taken from Facebook.

1. What did you do in 2009 that you'd never done before?
I modeled nude for photographers and artists.

2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
Didn't have any.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Naraya and Charity's bundles of joy!

4. Did anyone close to you die?
Tony Falcone. He was one of my favorite people as a child. I just wish I had gotten a chance to see him before he died.

5. What countries did you visit?
None.

6. What would you like to have in 2010 that you lacked in 2009?
Money, but that's more for survival than for splurging purposes.

7. What dates from 2009 will remain etched upon your memory,and why?
2/27/09 - The day I got laid off

10/8/09 - First time I had sex

10/30-10/31 - My time with SH

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Finally having sex!

9. What was your biggest failure?

Thinking that I'd survive at my 9-5. It was so toxic that it was about to destroy my soul.

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Fortunately, no.

11. What was the best thing you bought?
My makeup.

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
My mentor for opening her studio!

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
Republicans. Ben Nelson.

14. Where did most of your money go?
Rent

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Belly dancing, makeup artistry, tarot, my spiritual journey

16. What song will always remind you of 2009?
"Little Things" by Martyn. It's a musical reflection of my change

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
a) happier or sadder? Happier, I may have lost my job, but I found myself
b) thinner or fatter? Same, if not a little fatter
c) richer or poorer? Poorer, downside of losing a job

18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Networking

19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Worrying and obsessing

20. How will you be spending New Years?
I will be dancing at CoSM, and then probably heading to Disorient's After Party

21. Did you fall in love in 2009?
I've always been in love with dance. I don't know of what I feel for SH. Don't know if it's sheer physical chemistry or if my soul has found her other half.

22. How many one-night stands?
Two. I'm a bad girl. :-)

23. What was your favorite TV program?
Intervention, Hoarders, Jersey Shore, Tough Love

24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
No.

25. What was the best book you read?
Eastern Body Western Mind by Anodea Judith

26. What was your greatest musical discovery?

Dubstep, although I was into that since 2007.

27. What did you want and get?
To free myself from a bad environment, and I got laid off.

28. What did you want and not get?
A boyfriend.

29. What was your favorite film of this year?
I didn't have any. I didn't see a lot of movies.

30. What did you do on your birthday?
I performed at Je'Bon on the Wednesday before, my actual birthday was low key.

31.What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Money

32. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2008?
The concept of bras puzzles me to this day. I don't wear them anymore.

33. What kept you sane?
Dance, meditation, makeup, and my friends!

34. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
None really

35. What political issue stirred you the most?
Healthcare - my first concern once I lost my job

36. Who did you miss?
SH

37. Who was the best new person you met?
James Vincent, Michael DeVellis, Christine Millan, and of course SH

38. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2009?
I learned about how to be resilient. The universe will throw some wrenches, but it's up to you to make those wrenches into an opportunity. I've also learned that everyone I have encountered is meant to teach me a very valuable lesson. J taught me that I can let go and do what I want. SH taught me that I can be a desirable woman and that I can/should be wanted. Every photographer I've modeled for taught me to own my body and be comfortable with it. My mentor taught me to truly tap into that place of vulnerability. Magic can happen.

39. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
The stuff that I listen to doesn't have lyrics, so I have to say "Direct" by Ikonika sums up my year.