#best09: catch-up
So I took a little detour last week, so I’m behind on my best09 posts. Decided to hop a plane to Vegas before 2009 was over, and then a little thing called NYE happened. More on those later. But for now, one big finale post of my Best09. It’s been a blast recapping the past year. 2010’s already off to a great start,(judging by the fact that the last 2 days I haven’t left a bed or couch.)
{December 26 Insight or aha! moment. What was your epiphany of the year?}
That sometimes you’re gonna get people down. It’s unavoidable.
{December 27 Social web moment. Did you meet someone you used to only know from her blog? Did you discover Twitter?}
I had a ton of these this year. However, one in particular, recently, was when I was in New York for the Kirtsy party. We were throwing the party in a beautiful loft space in Soho owned by the founders of the Wooster Collective. I’ve been a fan of the site for year, and was shocked when a man walked up to me at the party, put his iPhone in my face and said,”Is this you?” As I stared at a tweet I had made earlier that week about being psyched about having the party at a space owned by Sara and Marc Schiller. Never did I think they’d actually be at the party. He introduced himself as Marc, and I was a bit star struck. We chatted about art and social media, and he was delightful, as was the awesome Sara, who runs the place. It made me realize how many amazing opportunities I’ve been given because of social media in 2009. It’s changed my life.
{December 28 Stationery. When you touch the paper, your heart melts. The ink flows from the pen. What was your stationery find of the year?}
I discoverd A Punkin Card Company from Sew Crafty, and haven’t looked back since!. A go to for thank you notes, stationery, and paper products. Beautiful designs, and they are local!
{December 29 Laugh. What was your biggest belly laugh of the year?}
Can my laugh of the year be a person? I’ve never laughed as much this year as I did with my Maggie. You know, those laughs when you can’t even close your mouth you’re drooling? Yeah, plenty of those. And much more in 2010.
{December 30 Ad. What advertisement made you think this year?}
T-Mobile throws a surprise dance party in Liverpool Street Station, with hundreds of ordinary-looking Londoners suddenly breaking into a choreographed routine.
{December 31 Resolution you wish you’d stuck with. (You know, there’s always next year…)}
Health. Not so successful in 2009. But I’m already getting a head start for 2010. So, watchoutnow! 2010 is the year of the body!
