2009: Imma Let You Finish

It's time for my third annual year in review blog.  As I was writing this, I just so happened to put it in a different format from before.  So, how well did you remember 2009?

Did you enjoy president Obama's... inauguration, stimulus package, CARS/Cash for Clunkers program, Beer Summit, and announced health care reforms?

Were you disappointed by Obama's... stimulus package, failure to get the 2016 Summer Olympics for Chicago (congratulations Brazil!), and trip to China?

Did you mourn the loss of... Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett, Michael Jackson, Billy Mays, and GeoCities?

Were you dead tired of... vampires (and not just the Twilight Saga, they're everywhere), auto-tune, Jon and Kate Gosselin, Michael Jackson, and Tiger Woods?

Did you forget about... Captain Sully, Octomom, Susan Boyle, the Beer Summit, and Balloon Boy?

Were you shocked and appalled at... Chris Brown, Balloon Boy's parents, Serena Williams, and Kanye West?

Anime fans, do you remember... Hetalia Axis Powers, Gurren Lagann, Code Geass, and Black Butler?

Did you see... Up, The Hangover, Inglorious B***e**s, Zombieland, Michael Jackson's This Is It, and The Princess and the Frog?

Did you listen to... "Fireflies" by Owl City, "I Gotta Feeling" by the Black Eyed Peas, "Battlefield" by Jordin Sparks, "Love Story" by Taylor Swift, or pretty much anything by Lady Gaga?

Did you play... Street Fighter IV, The Beatles: Rock Band, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2,  Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, andNew Super Mario Bros. Wii?

Did you rejoice when iTunes started offering DRM-free songs, only to feel ripped off when they randomly jacked up some of the prices by 30 cents (UK 20 pence)?

Did you rejoice when deviantArt set up their Groups system, only to... well, no catch there.  Yet

And as for me, I got grounded, got a job, and I think I got this anime convention thing down pat.  I also discovered TVTropes, Order of the Stick, and xkcd for great lulz.

But as always, a year is what you make of it.  What do you personally remember from 2009?

_{Decade in review blog coming soon.}

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#1 song of this year* (2009)
"I Gotta Feeling"
by The Black Eyed Peas
The E.N.D. (Energy Never Dies) [2009]

#1 song of ten years ago (1999)
"Baby One More Time"
by Britney Spears
Baby One More Time [1999]

#1 song of twenty years ago (1989)
"Like A Prayer"
by Madonna
Like A Prayer [1989]

_{*Based on number of weeks at #1 on Billboard Top 100.}