What 2009 Taught Me

"Uh, Steph...it's been 2010 for almost a month now."

Yes, I am well aware.

To be honest, I wanted to do this earlier this month, but I couldn't find the time. 2009 was an, for a lack of a better, word, interesting year for me. I wouldn't really say it was a GOOD year, but I suppose it really could have been worse. I'm not going to relieve every grievance I suffered, because who would want to read that? No, instead I'm going to make a list, in no particular order, of what 2009 taught me.

Here we go...

*I've become more cynical than I was before.
*"Shit" really does, "roll down hill" (that's a saying I got from my mom.)
*For the first time in my life I feel old--and I don't like it.
*People are stubborn--they would rather give up a friendship than admit they were wrong.
*"Friendship" is a facade.
*True friends don't need to be labeled. They're just there.
*I don't have many true friends after all.
*Sometimes you've got to let things go.
*I'm not the crazy, right-winged conservative that I was in 2004 & 2005.
*I'm not liberal either. I guess I'm nothing really.
*I hate politics.
*Twilight really does suck--but it is good that it might, maybe, possibly introduce young people to the world of good literature.
*Twilight is not good literature.
*"Facebook drama" is almost as bad as "Junior High drama".
*The Snuggie is just about the stupidest invention I've ever seen. It just might beat out Crocs.
*The people at Pixar are AWESOME!!! (I kinda already knew that one, though.)
*I don't really know how to write. I've got a lot of work to do before I can even come close to getting something published.
*I hate the public.
*I hate my job.
*No entiendo la lengua española muy bien. Puedo hablar sobre así como un niño de diez años. No me gusta ya!
*I have a slight crush on Joel McHale. I know it's partly because he's an a--hole.
*"Nice guys" are jerks.
*Gwen Stefani is awesome!!! That No Doubt concert was FREAKIN' SWEET!!!
*Lady GaGa intrigues me. She's like a car crash.
*I think I'm a "Cat Lady in Training".
*I do like Michael Jackson. I am sad that he's dead.
*Yes, he is dead.
*People, er, women who like "Sex in the City" are living in a dream world.
*I like Sushi--ESPECIALLY CALIFORNIA ROLLS!!!
*I like ribs too.
*People are too obsessed with blood. (Take that how you want.)
*A lot of "younger" people annoy me. When does that end?
*Going to Wisconsin was AWESOME!!!
*I want to travel more.
*I'M NO LONGER AFRAID OF FLYING!!!

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That'll do for now. Maybe I'll write more, maybe not.

I'm Non-Traditional

So, apparently, I'm now considered a "Non-traditional" student at my university. It includes anyone 25 or older (me), married students, or students with children. I didn't think it was a big deal, but now I'm getting all this spam e-mail at my university address. They want me to join them and to start doing activities and such. Um, no. I don't want to do that. Just let me be!

I also went to my first class of the semester last night and I swear I'm one of the oldest students in there. I sat by a group of girls who were talking about how weird it was that they graduated from high school almost a year ago. Bloody hell!!! This is starting to weird me out.