My lovely Mary did this on her blog, which inspired me, although I must say, it was really hard. Some of these lists took me a few days.
10 Best (or Most Significant) Events of 2010
1. CleanPlace Moot
2. Living in our new place
3. The King Tut exhibit in Denver
4. Having Heather here for a week
5. Playing "Where Are Your Keys?"
6. CleanPlace Moot concert
7. Watching Eclipse with Gina
8. Seeing the first episode of Doctor Who with the Eleventh Doctor
9. Getting the piano
10. Cooking Christmas dinner (all by myself!)
10 Random Specific Moments in 2010
1. Sitting next to Rebekah while she got caught up on the pages of my novel she hadn't read yet--AWESOME
2. Reading Kendra's poem at the Moot poetry workshop
3. Watching a Bollywood movie with Heather
4. Kayla and I laughing hysterically over iPhone apps meant to entertain four-year-olds
5. "On TUESDAY!"
6. Silly Songs with Twinkie
7. "How fascinating!"
8. Playing Rock Band with Dara and Sara
9. Seeing Annie smile as she did contact juggling
10. Talking stories with Kendra and Darcie
10 Songs That Meant Something to Me in 2010 (mostly for story-related reasons)
1. Beautiful Scandalous Night
2. Adagio in D Minor--Sunshine soundtrack
3. Somewhere--Within Temptation
4. Doctor Who Girl--Mitch Benn (not story-related, just unbelievably hilarious)
5. Forgiven--Battlestar Galactica Season 1 soundtrack
6. Ode to a Superhero--Weird Al
7. Little Amy--Doctor Who series 5 soundtrack
8. Where Are You Going--Dave Matthews Band
9. Hallelujah--Rufus Wainwright
10. Full of Grace--Sarah McLachlan
10 Good Books I Read (or Re-Read) in 2010
1. The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake--Aimee Bender (best book I read in 2010)
2. Dispatches from the Edge--Anderson Cooper
3. The Prestige--Christopher Priest
4. Peace Like a River--Leif Enger
5. Never Let Me Go--Kazuo Ishiguro
6. Fever Dream--Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
7. So Brave, Young, and Handsome--Leif Enger
8. Dark Places--Gillian Flynn (for the grownups, okay, kids?)
9. The Spellmans Strike Again--Lisa Lutz
10. Changes--Jim Butcher (although I barely remember it--I think I read it too fast)
10 Lessons I Learned in 2010
1. Do not use upholstery cleaner on carpet.
2. If you give me Diet Coke, everything will be okay.
3. Those crazy ideas that pop into my head while I'm in the shower? Take them and run with them!
4. Sunblock!
5. My maternal instinct is satisfied by about 70 funny, brilliant, sometimes maddening CleanPlacers and former CleanPlacers.
6. I can sing by myself in front of people and not die of embarrassment.
7. Sometimes you have to kill a character you love.
8. Giving a book you've already read and dismissed a second chance could change your life.
9. TV can teach you a lot about writing. (see: Smallville, Doctor Who, not that I'm comparing them to each other AT ALL)
10. Beat the egg whites BEFORE you put in the sugar. And off-brand refrigerated pie crusts totally suck.
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