Christmas cards and End of Year memes
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gothikmausTwo out of three Christmas cards arrived safe and sound, I'll post them here behind a cut for those who are curious:
I chose good old Farin for![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
schwimmerin, a bunny for kiviraat and funk and an owl for polarforscherin. Not really original, I know, but hopefully the recepients liked their cards.
And because it's the 30th of December and I don't know if I'm going to have time tomorrow, here are the usual End of Year memes.
END OF YEAR FANDOM MEME
1. Your main fandom of the year: Sherlock, at least in the first half of the year. I wasn't very active in fandom this year
2. Your favorite Film this year: Ma vie de Courgette, Blade Runner 2049
3. Your favorite Book read this year: "Il ventre di Napoli", Matilde Serao; "Bowie in Berlin. A new career in a new town", Thomas Jerome Seabrook
4. Your favorite Album or Song this year: "Spirit", Depeche Mode
5. Your favorite TV Show this year: Sherlock and Effetto WOW (the latter is an Italian cooking show, of all things!)
6. Your favorite LJ Community this year: I don't really follow LJ communities any more
7. Your best new Fandom Discovery of the Year? I haven't been active in fandom this year, but I've just discovered The Mystrade Advent Calendar on AO3 and I think I know what I'm gonna read for the next days
8. Your biggest Fandom Disappointment of the Year? Not finishing that blasted Mystrade fic I've been working on for AGES
9. Your TV Boyfriend of the year: Mycroft Holmes
10. Your TV Girlfriend of the year: Abby Sciuto
11. Your biggest Squee moment of the year? Sherlock!
12. Your most Missed Old Fandom? Die Ärzte. I still miss the good old days
13. Your Fandom that you haven't Tried Yet, but want to? I'm curious about The man in the high castle, Stranger things, Mr. Robot, Dark Mirror
14. Your Biggest Anticipations of the New Year? The Good Omens series!
LIFE, THE UNIVERSE AND EVERYTHING
What did you do in 2017 that you'd never done before?
Dated a guy shorter than me, bought a flat, done a series of bureaucratic things related to said flat.
Did you keep your New Years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I wanted to find a flat and I did! \o/ I wanted to finish that Mystrade fic and write/draw more and I didn't. I wanted to read more non-fanfiction and I sort of did. I didn't play bass or piano, but I'm still going to the gym regularly. All in all, I'd say it was a success.
As for next year, let's see if I can finally finish that blasted fic (it's almost done, dammit!) and maybe draw a little more, read a little more and go back to taking photos with my reflex camera, I haven't used it much this year.
Did anyone close to you give birth?
My friend V.
Did anyone close to you die?
A few elderly family friends.
What countries did you visit?
I didn't travel abroad this year. Well, I did visit the Vatican Museums, which technically are abroad... ^_^'
What would you like to have in 2018 that you lacked in 2017?
A real holiday.
What dates from 2017 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
New Year's Day, a certain day at the end of February, the day I shared a birthday party with V.
What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Buying a flat!
What was your biggest failure?
Not getting a ticket for the next Depeche Mode concert, not finishing that Mystrade fic. Also, not a failure, more of a disappointment: realising I didn't want a relationship with A. after all.
Did you suffer illness or injury?
Just a bad cold.
What was the best thing you bought?
My flat, my new bed.
Whose behavior merited celebration?
My parents, for their huge help.
Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
Politicians.
Where did most of your money go?
Flat.
What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Flaaat. XD
What songs will always remind you of 2017?
"Eisbär", Grauzone.
Compared to this time last year, you are:
i. happier or sadder? Happier
ii. thinner or fatter? The same
iii. richer or poorer? Poorer. But I have a f*cking flat XD
What do you wish you'd done more of?
I wish I'd read more non-fanfiction, written and drawn more.
What do you wish you'd done less of?
Second-guessing myself, procrastinating.
How did you spend Christmas / Hanukkah?
With my parents as usual.
Did you fall in love in 2017?
Not really.
What was your favorite TV program?
Sherlock, Effetto WOW.
What was the best book you read?
"Il ventre di Napoli", Matilde Serao; "Bowie in Berlin. A new career in a new town", Thomas Jerome Seabrook.
What was your greatest musical discovery?
Some '80s / new wave artists and songs I didn't know.
What did you want and get?
A relationship, a flat.
What did you want and not get?
A holiday.
What was your favorite film of this year?
Ma vie de Courgette, Blade Runner 2049
What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I went to a Mexican restaurant for a combined celebration with a friend (our birthdays are about a week apart). I turned 37.
What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
2017 was a pretty satisfying year, to tell the truth. A real holiday would've been nice, though.
How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2017?
Back to black.
What kept you sane?
Fandom (for the first half of the year) and finally finding a flat.
Which celebrity / public figure did you fancy the most?
Mark Gatiss in the first part of the year, Andy from Bluvertigo for the remaining part.
What political issue stirred you the most?
The list is too long to mention.
Who did you miss?
My friend V.
Who was the best new person you met?
A.
Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2017
Things happen when you least expect them.
Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
I'm not looking for absolution
Forgiveness for the things i do
But before you come to any conclusions
Try walking in my shoes
"Walking in my shoes", Depeche Mode
I chose good old Farin for
schwimmerin, a bunny for kiviraat and funk and an owl for polarforscherin. Not really original, I know, but hopefully the recepients liked their cards.And because it's the 30th of December and I don't know if I'm going to have time tomorrow, here are the usual End of Year memes.
END OF YEAR FANDOM MEME
1. Your main fandom of the year: Sherlock, at least in the first half of the year. I wasn't very active in fandom this year
2. Your favorite Film this year: Ma vie de Courgette, Blade Runner 2049
3. Your favorite Book read this year: "Il ventre di Napoli", Matilde Serao; "Bowie in Berlin. A new career in a new town", Thomas Jerome Seabrook
4. Your favorite Album or Song this year: "Spirit", Depeche Mode
5. Your favorite TV Show this year: Sherlock and Effetto WOW (the latter is an Italian cooking show, of all things!)
6. Your favorite LJ Community this year: I don't really follow LJ communities any more
7. Your best new Fandom Discovery of the Year? I haven't been active in fandom this year, but I've just discovered The Mystrade Advent Calendar on AO3 and I think I know what I'm gonna read for the next days
8. Your biggest Fandom Disappointment of the Year? Not finishing that blasted Mystrade fic I've been working on for AGES
9. Your TV Boyfriend of the year: Mycroft Holmes
10. Your TV Girlfriend of the year: Abby Sciuto
11. Your biggest Squee moment of the year? Sherlock!
12. Your most Missed Old Fandom? Die Ärzte. I still miss the good old days
13. Your Fandom that you haven't Tried Yet, but want to? I'm curious about The man in the high castle, Stranger things, Mr. Robot, Dark Mirror
14. Your Biggest Anticipations of the New Year? The Good Omens series!
LIFE, THE UNIVERSE AND EVERYTHING
What did you do in 2017 that you'd never done before?
Dated a guy shorter than me, bought a flat, done a series of bureaucratic things related to said flat.
Did you keep your New Years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I wanted to find a flat and I did! \o/ I wanted to finish that Mystrade fic and write/draw more and I didn't. I wanted to read more non-fanfiction and I sort of did. I didn't play bass or piano, but I'm still going to the gym regularly. All in all, I'd say it was a success.
As for next year, let's see if I can finally finish that blasted fic (it's almost done, dammit!) and maybe draw a little more, read a little more and go back to taking photos with my reflex camera, I haven't used it much this year.
Did anyone close to you give birth?
My friend V.
Did anyone close to you die?
A few elderly family friends.
What countries did you visit?
I didn't travel abroad this year. Well, I did visit the Vatican Museums, which technically are abroad... ^_^'
What would you like to have in 2018 that you lacked in 2017?
A real holiday.
What dates from 2017 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
New Year's Day, a certain day at the end of February, the day I shared a birthday party with V.
What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Buying a flat!
What was your biggest failure?
Not getting a ticket for the next Depeche Mode concert, not finishing that Mystrade fic. Also, not a failure, more of a disappointment: realising I didn't want a relationship with A. after all.
Did you suffer illness or injury?
Just a bad cold.
What was the best thing you bought?
My flat, my new bed.
Whose behavior merited celebration?
My parents, for their huge help.
Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
Politicians.
Where did most of your money go?
Flat.
What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Flaaat. XD
What songs will always remind you of 2017?
"Eisbär", Grauzone.
Compared to this time last year, you are:
i. happier or sadder? Happier
ii. thinner or fatter? The same
iii. richer or poorer? Poorer. But I have a f*cking flat XD
What do you wish you'd done more of?
I wish I'd read more non-fanfiction, written and drawn more.
What do you wish you'd done less of?
Second-guessing myself, procrastinating.
How did you spend Christmas / Hanukkah?
With my parents as usual.
Did you fall in love in 2017?
Not really.
What was your favorite TV program?
Sherlock, Effetto WOW.
What was the best book you read?
"Il ventre di Napoli", Matilde Serao; "Bowie in Berlin. A new career in a new town", Thomas Jerome Seabrook.
What was your greatest musical discovery?
Some '80s / new wave artists and songs I didn't know.
What did you want and get?
A relationship, a flat.
What did you want and not get?
A holiday.
What was your favorite film of this year?
Ma vie de Courgette, Blade Runner 2049
What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I went to a Mexican restaurant for a combined celebration with a friend (our birthdays are about a week apart). I turned 37.
What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
2017 was a pretty satisfying year, to tell the truth. A real holiday would've been nice, though.
How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2017?
Back to black.
What kept you sane?
Fandom (for the first half of the year) and finally finding a flat.
Which celebrity / public figure did you fancy the most?
Mark Gatiss in the first part of the year, Andy from Bluvertigo for the remaining part.
What political issue stirred you the most?
The list is too long to mention.
Who did you miss?
My friend V.
Who was the best new person you met?
A.
Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2017
Things happen when you least expect them.
Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
I'm not looking for absolution
Forgiveness for the things i do
But before you come to any conclusions
Try walking in my shoes
"Walking in my shoes", Depeche Mode
