By Any Meme Necessary: 2021 Edition
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wombat_sochoI thought I had posted this already, but apparently I thought wrong.
1. Was 2021 a good year for you?
Generally, yes.
2. What was your favorite moment(s) of the year?
a) Being able to see a lot of my friends who live inside my laptop in meatspace during the Not Balticon Excursion.
b) Being hired by the Reno district manager to do taxes from home this coming tax season.
3. What was your least favorite moment(s) of the year?
a) Being stiff-armed by Paypal, who refused to issue me a replacement debit card because I live in Tonopah.
b) Having to deal with a now-former friend who accused me of trying to get him in trouble with the IRS and his employers.
c) Spending most of the week before New Year's at Mount Grant General Hospital in Hawthorne without a CPAP machine but with a full-blown infection in my left leg.
4. What did you do in 2021 that you’d never done before?
a) Went down to Vegas for a wound care appointment and staying over for Veterans Day. Won't be doing that again.
b) Caught a Care Flight from Hawthorne to Provo. Between my leg and my ass, I was grateful for morphine.
5. Did you keep your new years’ resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I don't do New Year's resolutions because I suck at following through on them.
Having said that, I am going to make serious attempts to:
a) stay rested and on track dietarily (Better this year than last year)
b) especially during tax season (Not so much)
c) keep better track of my money and put more of it away (Better than last year)
6. Where were you when 2021 began?
Home in Tonopah
7. Who were you with?
Me, myself, and I
8. Where were you when 2021 ended?
Mount Grant General Hospital, Hawthorne Nevada.
9. Who will you be with when 2021 ends?
Doctors, nurses, & med techs at MGGH
10. Did anyone close to you give birth?
No
11. Did you lose anybody close to you in 2021?
A lot of people died this year, but nobody close to me.
12. Who did you miss?
Most of my friends and family, from time to time.
13. Who was the best new person you met in 2021?
Not counting people I already knew from the internet, nobody.
14. What was your favorite month of 2021?
April, because it meant I was done doing the weekly commute to Las Vegas.
15. Did you travel outside of the US in 2021?
No. What for?
16. How many different states did you travel to in 2021?
Maryland, Utah, and Virginia. This was not a big year for travel.
17. What would you like to have in 2021 that you lacked in 2021?
A new pancreas. The money situation has resolved itself.
18. What date from 2021 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
[REDACTED]
19. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Didn't really have any big achievements this year.
20. What was your biggest failure?
No major fails this year, thank God.
21. Did you suffer illness or injury?
I had a nasty bout of the flu in November but otherwise I was fairly healthy. Unfortunately this was folllowed by another bout of flu on Boxing Day and a leg infection.
22. What was the best thing you bought?
Bought a used Dell laptop to replace the HP, whose screen I cracked in an act of stupidity.
23. Whose behavior merited celebration?
Nobody really stuck out this year.
24. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
Aside from the aforementioned friend who turned into a Client From Hell, almost everyone in the Democratic Party and the national media (but I repeat myself) and the usual cast of brain-dead actors & actresses in Hollywood. Special mention goes to the Las Vegas district manager, who required me to come down to the Sahara Square office at least two days a week and then refused to reimburse me for the hotel and fuel expenses involved in doing so. After the season, I ran the numbers, and unsurprisingly found that I actually lost money working for H&R Block this tax season.
25. Where did most of your money go?
Rent, food, gasoline. The usual. Probably more money went to hotels and restaurants than usual as a result of tax season this year.
26. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
I didn't get that excited about anything this year.
27. Did you drink a lot of alcohol in 2021?
No.
28. Did you do a lot of drugs in 2021?
Despite recreational marijuana being legal, no.
29. Did you treat somebody badly in 2021?
Not this year.
30. Did somebody treat you badly in 2021?
My district manager in Vegas, but I'm free from her now.
31. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? - Happier.
ii. thinner or fatter? - Thinner.
iii. richer or poorer? - Poorer. I blew a lot of money going to Las Vegas for Veterans Day, and it really wan't worth it.
32. What do you wish you’d done more of in 2021?
I'm finally making progress on unpacking this pile of boxes in my living room, but I could have done more.
33. What do you wish you’d done less of?
I would have been better off playing less Hearts of Iron and more Ingress.
34. Did you fall in love in 2021?
No, but I lusted in my heart after a number of women, mostly of the 2d variety.
35. What was your favorite TV program(s)?
Started (but did not finish) Fate/Kaleid Liner Prisma Illya.
36. What songs will always remind you of 2021?
"Radar Gun" by the Bottle Rockets and "Ain't Nothing Wrong With The Radio" by Aaron Tippin
37. How many concerts did you see in 2021?
None, and considering how much Ticketmaster and other thieves want for concert tix, it may be a while before I see any.
38. Did you have a favorite concert in 2021?
See previous question.
39. What was your greatest musical discovery?
That Klaus Schulze is still doing awesome classical-style electronic music.
40. What was the best book you read?
Out of the new books I read this year, Robert Zimmerman's Conscious Choice, a history of slavery in colonial America, and Long Live Death by A.H. Smith (a military history of the Spanish Civil War) were the best nonfiction; on the fiction side, Ralts Bloodthorne's Tales Of The Terran Confederacy started appearing in ebook format and they were slightly better than Larry Correia's Monster Hunter: Bloodlines. Honorable mention to Jack Campbell's Lost Fleet novels, which I rediscovered and bought this year.
41. What was your favorite film of this year?
Didn't see any movies this year. Was going to catch Dune and Free Guy in the theaters, but it didn't work out. Maybe I'll catch them online.
42. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
Went down to the Pittman Room at the Mizpah and had a huge-ass steak, which was most excellent. I am 62.
43. What did you want and get?
I sank $80 into the Butterball Turkey Thanksgiving meal from Raley's, and it was worth every penny.
44. What did you want and not get?
Reimbursement for my travel expenses. Oh well.
45. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Finding my desktop box.
46. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2021?
Trying to remember to shave before I go out in public so I don't look like some kind of deranged homeless dude.
47. What kept you sane?
A better financial situation and being in my own place.
48. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
None of them, really, though there's a few cosplayers I wouldn't mind cuddling.
49. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2021.
People under stress do stupid things and tend to assume the worst about others.
50. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
There really isn't one that fits the whole year.
1. Was 2021 a good year for you?
Generally, yes.
2. What was your favorite moment(s) of the year?
a) Being able to see a lot of my friends who live inside my laptop in meatspace during the Not Balticon Excursion.
b) Being hired by the Reno district manager to do taxes from home this coming tax season.
3. What was your least favorite moment(s) of the year?
a) Being stiff-armed by Paypal, who refused to issue me a replacement debit card because I live in Tonopah.
b) Having to deal with a now-former friend who accused me of trying to get him in trouble with the IRS and his employers.
c) Spending most of the week before New Year's at Mount Grant General Hospital in Hawthorne without a CPAP machine but with a full-blown infection in my left leg.
4. What did you do in 2021 that you’d never done before?
a) Went down to Vegas for a wound care appointment and staying over for Veterans Day. Won't be doing that again.
b) Caught a Care Flight from Hawthorne to Provo. Between my leg and my ass, I was grateful for morphine.
5. Did you keep your new years’ resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I don't do New Year's resolutions because I suck at following through on them.
Having said that, I am going to make serious attempts to:
a) stay rested and on track dietarily (Better this year than last year)
b) especially during tax season (Not so much)
c) keep better track of my money and put more of it away (Better than last year)
6. Where were you when 2021 began?
Home in Tonopah
7. Who were you with?
Me, myself, and I
8. Where were you when 2021 ended?
Mount Grant General Hospital, Hawthorne Nevada.
9. Who will you be with when 2021 ends?
Doctors, nurses, & med techs at MGGH
10. Did anyone close to you give birth?
No
11. Did you lose anybody close to you in 2021?
A lot of people died this year, but nobody close to me.
12. Who did you miss?
Most of my friends and family, from time to time.
13. Who was the best new person you met in 2021?
Not counting people I already knew from the internet, nobody.
14. What was your favorite month of 2021?
April, because it meant I was done doing the weekly commute to Las Vegas.
15. Did you travel outside of the US in 2021?
No. What for?
16. How many different states did you travel to in 2021?
Maryland, Utah, and Virginia. This was not a big year for travel.
17. What would you like to have in 2021 that you lacked in 2021?
A new pancreas. The money situation has resolved itself.
18. What date from 2021 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
[REDACTED]
19. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Didn't really have any big achievements this year.
20. What was your biggest failure?
No major fails this year, thank God.
21. Did you suffer illness or injury?
I had a nasty bout of the flu in November but otherwise I was fairly healthy. Unfortunately this was folllowed by another bout of flu on Boxing Day and a leg infection.
22. What was the best thing you bought?
Bought a used Dell laptop to replace the HP, whose screen I cracked in an act of stupidity.
23. Whose behavior merited celebration?
Nobody really stuck out this year.
24. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
Aside from the aforementioned friend who turned into a Client From Hell, almost everyone in the Democratic Party and the national media (but I repeat myself) and the usual cast of brain-dead actors & actresses in Hollywood. Special mention goes to the Las Vegas district manager, who required me to come down to the Sahara Square office at least two days a week and then refused to reimburse me for the hotel and fuel expenses involved in doing so. After the season, I ran the numbers, and unsurprisingly found that I actually lost money working for H&R Block this tax season.
25. Where did most of your money go?
Rent, food, gasoline. The usual. Probably more money went to hotels and restaurants than usual as a result of tax season this year.
26. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
I didn't get that excited about anything this year.
27. Did you drink a lot of alcohol in 2021?
No.
28. Did you do a lot of drugs in 2021?
Despite recreational marijuana being legal, no.
29. Did you treat somebody badly in 2021?
Not this year.
30. Did somebody treat you badly in 2021?
My district manager in Vegas, but I'm free from her now.
31. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? - Happier.
ii. thinner or fatter? - Thinner.
iii. richer or poorer? - Poorer. I blew a lot of money going to Las Vegas for Veterans Day, and it really wan't worth it.
32. What do you wish you’d done more of in 2021?
I'm finally making progress on unpacking this pile of boxes in my living room, but I could have done more.
33. What do you wish you’d done less of?
I would have been better off playing less Hearts of Iron and more Ingress.
34. Did you fall in love in 2021?
No, but I lusted in my heart after a number of women, mostly of the 2d variety.
35. What was your favorite TV program(s)?
Started (but did not finish) Fate/Kaleid Liner Prisma Illya.
36. What songs will always remind you of 2021?
"Radar Gun" by the Bottle Rockets and "Ain't Nothing Wrong With The Radio" by Aaron Tippin
37. How many concerts did you see in 2021?
None, and considering how much Ticketmaster and other thieves want for concert tix, it may be a while before I see any.
38. Did you have a favorite concert in 2021?
See previous question.
39. What was your greatest musical discovery?
That Klaus Schulze is still doing awesome classical-style electronic music.
40. What was the best book you read?
Out of the new books I read this year, Robert Zimmerman's Conscious Choice, a history of slavery in colonial America, and Long Live Death by A.H. Smith (a military history of the Spanish Civil War) were the best nonfiction; on the fiction side, Ralts Bloodthorne's Tales Of The Terran Confederacy started appearing in ebook format and they were slightly better than Larry Correia's Monster Hunter: Bloodlines. Honorable mention to Jack Campbell's Lost Fleet novels, which I rediscovered and bought this year.
41. What was your favorite film of this year?
Didn't see any movies this year. Was going to catch Dune and Free Guy in the theaters, but it didn't work out. Maybe I'll catch them online.
42. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
Went down to the Pittman Room at the Mizpah and had a huge-ass steak, which was most excellent. I am 62.
43. What did you want and get?
I sank $80 into the Butterball Turkey Thanksgiving meal from Raley's, and it was worth every penny.
44. What did you want and not get?
Reimbursement for my travel expenses. Oh well.
45. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Finding my desktop box.
46. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2021?
Trying to remember to shave before I go out in public so I don't look like some kind of deranged homeless dude.
47. What kept you sane?
A better financial situation and being in my own place.
48. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
None of them, really, though there's a few cosplayers I wouldn't mind cuddling.
49. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2021.
People under stress do stupid things and tend to assume the worst about others.
50. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
There really isn't one that fits the whole year.
