I usually write such things in my private diary, but recently I discovered that DA journals are even better. This way someone else may read it and say what they think... writing only for myself really is kind of pathetic, now that I think of it.
It's been a really long year. In fact, when I reach into my pre-summer memories, I'm amazed that all this happened in 2009. Dizzy world! At the beginning of this year I was still a high school student, oblivious to what would come next

Then, in May, came my Matura exam... honestly, I can't remember much from that time. Only some of the exam questions. I was nervous (and horribly, in fact) only at my oral presentation from Polish, if you remember (me =/= orator...). Apart from that... well, it was only a fight between me and a piece of paper, so where's the stress?
Simultaneously, there was the continuous renovation of our old (bigger) flat, and as it was nearing an end during the summer, moving followed and I had my hands full of work during all the summer months, which in fact successfully distracted me from pondering whether my Matura results were good or mediocre, or the University registration and final list. I lost quite some weight, too, carrying all these boxes full of books and other stuff for days and days

So, in general, it was a huge change.
Aaand then... University! English Philology! I'll end up a teacher with a ridiculously low salary after this, but right now I don't care. I want to be a translator, especially of literature, but I have no illusions - if I want to reach this level, I'll have to do something else at the beginning. Who'd give their book for translation to a girl freshly after a course?
Even if it's absolutely clear she's a nerd? XDNo matter. For now I have this pleasant feeling that I'm really doing what I like and want most, and today this is vital. After all, yesterday doesn't exist anymore, and tomorrow doesn't exist yet...
Buuut, if you asked me right now about what my greatest expectations concerning 2010 are, I'd yell at you, sprinkling you with saliva: DEATHLY HALLOWS MOVIE PREMIERE

Goodness gracious, still over 11 months to go! Aaahhh!!! I saw the teaser, with this one second showing Snape in the flashlights... and I'm done already. I'm done in general. Since the night I randomly dreamed of him a few days ago, I'm in an HP-overexctitement mode again

...which makes me think, is everything allright with my psyche?... The answer is clearly no, but that's another thing. I'm trying not to worry overmuch, but damn, I'm not going to fall in love with
anybody in real life this way. After all, how can I?!! If my fictional character+actors playing them preferences show that almost only men over 40 years old make my heart melt?!! Jesus! (yes, I know Alan Rickman is sixty, shut up and leave me alone

)
So much for my life. It's simply not there, and even if I suddenly wanted it to be, I'm afraid it wouldn't come. Poor thing freaked out and left me years ago, probably sunbathing on the Caribbean right now. Ahh.
In short, in a few days starts the year when I'll turn 20, and this scares me like hell, because I stopped at the emotional level of an overexcited 13-year-old, at least in some aspects

Besides, I'm a useless thing. My brain just didn't work this year. It's easy to blame the exams and all the school-ending stress for it, but it may just not be it.
I just feel I haven't done
anything really useful in a long time. I don't draw. Occasionally, I paint some silly things with colored pencils. I don't write my book anymore. I even have trouble forcing myself to continue rewriting what I have so far. And, apart from minor corrections, this usually isn't really challenging.
What do I do instead? Watch the same movies for the 100th time, still taking
stupid pleasure from it; play games; lazily wait for a message to appear in my DA inbox; write my loooong HP fanfic - which is extremely pleasurable, too (
SNAPESNAPESNAPESNAPE), but I stopped fooling myself: it may be writing practice, but I seriously could spend those hours on something else. Something that wouldn't, per forza, end up in my drawer and be read only by a few chosen, Sue-understanding people (*ehym*

). I realize that, and I say that to myself, but I just
don't, I
can't! Unless I finally slap myself on the face really hard, things can get worse, I'm afraid. I hope the new year will make me think about it longer and stronger. And actually DO something about it!
What more did I want to say? Ah, yes.
I thank the world for all my friends.
All. Even those like many of you here, with whom I only talk via comments, I look at your photos, but we never met eye to eye, and still, during my time here you became really, really important.
I thank the world for ~
cathearted, who made my yesterday a 100% WIN-day

And no matter how much I complain, I thank the world for
everything.
Arrivederci, 2009.
Let's hope 2010 will shine some ray of light into me and my brain will start working again. Not only copying and fooling around.
And that in 2010, each and every one of you will find something beautiful in their lives.
XXX
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