Meme of the Year 2024 Edition

1. What did you do in 2024 that you’d never done before?
(Mostly) finished writing a novel-length fic! It has a few bits left to edit, but I'm posting it and nearing the end!

Went to a friend's wedding and hung out with a bunch of friends from overseas!

Beat the boss of a Destiny legendary campaign solo, which was nice.


2. Did you keep your new year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
Um... I made a resolution to get a haircut. Again. And I failed. Again.


3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Nope


4. Did anyone close to you die?
Nope


5. What countries did you visit?
Scotland if that counts? Went to Worldcon in Glasgow. I was meant to continue on with my friendsw to Oban, but uh... everyone except me got Covid and I was also by that point just... done. Spending a week and a half surrounded by more people than I've been around in a while took it out of me.


6. What would you like to have in 2025 that you lacked in 2024?
Well we got a (marginally) better government - in the sense that at least they aren't massively corrupt, even if they are kind of useless Tory-lite.

In 2025 I would like... a better government and proportional representation. World peace. Unionisation. For certain politicians to die in extremely humailiating ways. For generative AI to die a death.

More money is never gonna be bad. Like I am okay, but it would be nice to have enough to know I can be comfortable forever, y'know?


7. What dates from 2024 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
November 5th/6th because fucking *yikes*.


8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Did not get Covid despite Worldcon turning into a superspreader event. Spoke as a games industry professional at Worldcon... haven't really had chance to do that before - got hired full-time and then the pandemic happened.

Briefly met Oded Fehr when I went to a signing.

Writing. Lots of writing. This huge fic!

9. What was your biggest failure?
Still have not ebayed all the anime stuff I own that I no longer want to own. Still have not got a haircut.

Just assume this is the answer for the forseeable future ^^;


10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Still have an ovarian cyst. I'm probably due another ultrasound. I did get a stomach bug my parents brought back from Edinburgh.

Oh yeah! Tooth infection. So the day after I got back from Glasgow (after leaving early and getting a lift home with friends) I woke up with the roof of my mouth really swollen. Called the dentist to make an appointment because yeah I had an idea about what it was. They scheduled me a normal checkup and then asked me what the problem was, told me 'oh, that's classed as a dental emergency can you be here in 15 minutes?'.

Thankfully yes, got antibiotics, spent several days miserable and in pain. But recovered. Might need more dental work done but okay for now.

Honestly, I do wonder if some of my feeling of being utterly *done* at the end of Worldcon and wanting to just come home and skip the rest of the trip was my body's way of telling me that something was really wrong. I am just glad I wasn't stuck in Oban with a tooth infection.


11. What was the best thing you bought?
Still ADHD medication. A couple of lovely dresses for the wedding. First-class train upgrades so worth it. Worldcon everything.


12. Whose behaviour merited celebration?
Amazing friends, especially Alex, Corina, Paul, Marguerite and Alasdair who have been amazing! Lots of people doing the hard work of making the world a better place.

My wonderful coworkers. We are still clinging on.

The people who worked to get through the Slavation's Edge raid in time to get the jacket because fuck that raid nearly broke me.


13. Whose behaviour made you appalled?
I swear this answer is basically the same every year *sigh*

Many many politicians and their fascist, sometimes genocidal ambitions. Corporate executives. The Games Industry (see, corporate executives) for laying off thousands of people because of the incompetence and greed of executives, while still giving said executives massive paycheques and bonuses.

Labour party and Keir Starmer for their transphobia and determination to be Tory-lite.

Every fucking dumbass who voted for Trump, and everyone working for him and all the journalists and newspapers sucking up to him to normalise his evil.

Elon Musk.


14. Where did most of your money go?
ADHD meds. Glasgow trip. Wedding trip.

...Destiny merch.


15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Worldcon and seeing friends! Wedding and seeing friends!

New Destiny expansion.

16. What song will always remind you of 2023?
Look I have just had the Final Shape soundtrack on loop


17. Compared to this time last year, are you: (a) happier or sadder? (b) thinner or fatter? c) richer or poorer?

a) Sadder
b) No clue.
c) About the same.


18. What do you wish you’d done more of?
Reading. Probably exercising. Need to go walking more. Seeing friends always. Travelling.


19. What do you wish you’d done less of?
Been terrified for the state of the world but guess that's something I'm gonna have to get used to. I am so glad that my ADHD medication helps deal with my anxiety too because I was a fucking mess in 2016!


20. How did you spend Christmas?
Quietly at home with my parents. Had some nice food, called my sister and niece.


21. Did you fall in love in 2024?
Nah. Made some excellent new friends though!


22. What was your favourite TV program?
I started watching SuperEyepatchWolf's videos and they're really good even the ones about wrestling.


23. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
Ahahahahahaha Pete parsons the CEO of Bungie can do die in a car crash in one of his super expensive cars that he bought while laying off a tonne of great people. Again.

Also y'know... the politics.


24. What was the best book you read?
The goddam fic I'm writing. It's like 130K.


25. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Got the new Bastille album?

26. What did you want and get?
ADHD medication. To attend the wedding of a couple of friends and meet some people in person for the first time. Fun at Worldcon.

The Final Shape and the Salvation's Edge raid jacket.

The Tories to no longer be the government.


27. What did you want and not get?
Donald Trump locked up in prison for life. To visit Oban.


28. What was your favourite film of this year?
I watched a very long video essay, okay? I did also buy the Dungeons and Dragons movie and the Mummy.


29. What one thing made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
ADHD medication again. Writing. Friends.

The Episode Echoes storyline in Destiny with my faves and their relationship.


30. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2024?
Pyjamas. Also I did wear a super cute dress for the wedding. And started wearing earrings frequently again.


31. What kept you sane?
Literally the ADHD medication.

Also deleting my Reddit account so I couldn't keep getting into really stupid arguments about Destiny lore with people who have no concept of how story works.


32. Favourite fictional character of the year?
Still Osiris from Destiny 2! Since last year he has dealt with the summoned spirit of a dragon, faced the final battle against the Witness, survived, been extremely soft with his beloved and also saved his beloved from being mindfucked by an ancient resurrected scientist who has gone fucking crazy.


33. What political issue stirred you the most?
I don't even know where to fucking start...


34. Who did you miss?
Friends :( So many people I want to see and have not been able to.


35. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2024
Never underestimate the stupidity of people in large groups. Murder is sometimes the answer, or at least a pretty compelling question.

Basic 2D and 3D shapes are hard when you're being shot at okay?


36. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
Again, not really good at song lyrics so have some game quotes.

What was made can be unmade.
Guardians make their own fate.


I have a bunch more stuff to write about that didn't fit in the meme but will put that in another post. I really intended to post more this year and obviously that didn't happen XD

Happy New Year everyone. Be bold. Be Brave.