Ma will remember 2009 as the year that she squandered most of her summer vacation at a nice cottage on a not so nice swamp.
Pa will remember 2009 as the year he was finally downgraded from Superman to mild-mannered reporter. Having tolerated more doctors and blood tests in one year than he has seen in the last 50 and thumbing his nose at all the flu shots and other prescribed meds designed to make him feel poor and decrepit, he angrily awaits the results of the next series of tests designed to convince him to buy drugs [for the rest of his miserable life].
Thing 1 remembers 2009 as the year he went to his 1st Rock Concert – Three Days Grace.
Most Memorable News Event: H1N1
Favorite TV Show: Fringe
Favorite Movie: Transformers 2
Favorite Music: Three Days Grace
Thing 2 remembers 2009 as the 1st year that his calendar (and everything else on his walls) outlasted his temper tantrums. He also scored his Blue Belt in Jiu Jitsu and won Silver in the city-wide Mixed Martial Arts Grappling Championship.
Most Memorable News Event: How Michael Jackson’s death hogged all the attention of all of the media all of the time.
Favorite TV Show: StarGate Atlantis (and Everyone Hates Chris)
Favorite Movie: Transformers 2
Favorite Music: definitely NOT Fireflies (or Evangeline).