For Auld Lang Syne 2009

12/31/2009

What better way to close out the year than by looking back at where
I’ve been? To that end, here are my 12 favorite Sweetney posts of 2009, one for
every month of the year:

  1. Cairo
  2. Nineteen
  3. Lament
  4. I swear by all that is right and good in this world that this isn’t some kind of covert Disney plug
  5. Saturday
  6. Songs mean a lot, when songs are bought, and so are you
  7. Wonderwall
  8. Grown up
  9. Golem
  10. In Defense of Kanye West
  11. Prophet
  12. Beauty and broken things

I’m going to do something a bit different this year and ask that each of you, in return, provide a link in comments to your own favorite post of the year. This could be one you yourself authored (feel free!) or something by someone else… in either case, please share the love!

This song’s for you, my friends… Out of the darkness, and into the fire:


The Walkmen – “In The New Year”

And finally, as I do every year, to all the haters, trolls, and damn fools, I dedicate the following:
trans For Auld Lang Syne 2009

I’ll see you in the new year. xo

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  • http://habbala.blogspot.com Habbala

    Happy New Years to YOU!!
    My favorite post this year was this one, "The Person I Will Be".
    http://habbala.blogspot.com/2009/11/day-4-person-…

  • http://wonderspot.net WonderSpot

    There have been a lot of good blog posts this year. But, since you offered the idea of shameless self promotion, this is one of my own faves of the year. Maybe not the best, but one of my faves, anyway.
    http://wonderspot.net/2009/06/06/hey-jealousy/
    And a Happy New Year to you. I hope it's a much happier and easier one!

  • http://meandthebee.wordpress.com/ steff

    i must say that until i read your post on Kanye, i couldn't be convinced he was anything less than a giant turd after the VMA debacle. i do love how he spoke out against GWB after Katrina, however cringe-worthy it was at the moment.
    a post that i wrote this year that was a'ight at best was the following:
    http://meandthebee.wordpress.com/2009/12/03/the-t…
    best to you in the new year!

  • http://noteverstill.blogspot.com Robin (noteverstill)

    Happy New Year! For you and for all of us, may everything always get better.
    Here's a favorite post of my own:
    http://tiny.cc/uwAA5
    And here's a favorite post of someone else's writing:
    http://tiny.cc/KWJgi
    Cheers!

  • http://sarahandthegoonsquad.com/ Sarah, Goon Squad Sa
  • http://profile.typepad.com/snarkyamber Snarky Amber

    Wonderwall is my favorite "lifey" post, but "Nineteen" is my favorite overall.

  • http://www.lauriewrites.com Laurie

    I can never stop at one. Three-way tie for other people, please forgive me:
    BHJ, Green Day Adopted My Son on MamaPop, because, well, I still think about it sometimes:
    http://www.mamapop.com/mamapop/2009/08/green-day….
    And Sarah's MamaPop Top Chef recaps would have actually caused me to wait around for them like the dork that I am even if we weren't friends.
    Finally, Shannon des Roches Rosa's post on BlogHer, Facebook Stalking My Birth Son, was one of the most compelling things I've ever read online.
    http://www.blogher.com/facebook-stalking-my-birth…
    For me, this one.
    http://www.lauriewrites.com/weblog/2009/08/mlmcw….
    Thanks, this encouraged me to go through my archives, which I hadn't planned to do. Interesting for New Year's Eve. Happy 2010!

  • https://twitter.com/mrschaos Mrs Chaos

    Wonderwall was one of my very favorites. :)
    However, the last paragraph of "Broken" (I just re-read…for fun) is just so beautiful. It really can be applied to any change in life.
    Happy New Year!

  • http://3bedroombungalow.blogspot.com Kat

    That is my favorite scene in that entire movie…oh and when the guy calls the horse “Butternuts”. BTW, you’re cool. I’m out.

  • http://www.thebinghamdiaries.com MomBabe

    Hmmm. My favorite post of the year… I'm going to have to say this one.
    http://www.thebinghamdiaries.com/2009/01/remembra…

  • http://jodifur.com jodifur

    I just did this at Sarah's and now feel all braggy-
    I'll pick a different one-
    http://jodifur.com/2009/11/maybe-someday.html

  • http://neeser.wordpress.com Denise
  • http://www.tinymantras.com Tiny Mantras
  • http://glenniacampbell.typepad.com Glennia

    Happy 2010! Here's to a better year next year for one and all…
    In 2009, I almost gave up blogging, but my friends talked me off the ledge:
    http://glenniacampbell.typepad.com/silenti/2009/0…

  • http://wavethestick.blogspot.com Alexis

    Okay, but only because you asked…Favourite of my own blog posts from this 2009:
    http://wavethestick.blogspot.com/2009/05/things-t…

  • http://wavethestick.blogspot.com Alexis

    You know, as opposed to other 2009s. Ach, typos…

  • http://mommyblogyay.blogspot.com Renee

    http://mommyblogyay.blogspot.com/2009/07/what-hap…
    This one, because it still makes me laugh, and because playing with barbies while reenacting TLC shows is awesome, and I dare you to tell me any different.

  • http://jamasisz.blogspot.com/ Holly

    Somehow, I missed your post about Kanye West, so I really enjoyed reading that this morning. It's nice to know that someone out there feels the same way about him that I do. If for no other reason, I will probably always love him for his GWB moment. He lacks some kind of filter, and sometimes it's awful, but sometimes it's awesome.
    Happy 2010 to you!!

  • http://karensugarpants.com Karen Sugarpants

    I love that video.
    The thing I'm most proud of writing is The Little Series (in my sidebar).
    xo

  • http://clarity-chaos.blogspot.com Elizabeth (@clarityc

    I have read most of your list the first time around, but they're worth revisiting. I love your writing. Happy New Year, Tracey.
    I think this is my favorite post from the year. Silhouettes http://clarity-chaos.blogspot.com/2009/11/silhoue…

  • stringbean

    wonderwall. that one was my fave…

  • Stacey

    Because I'm a librarian and it's just too damn cute not to pick.
    http://www.sweetney.com/sweetney/2009/09/cardcarr…

  • http://giving-umbrage.typepad.com/giving-umbrage/ Kelly

    Well there ya go, just when I had stopped reading blogs something of the fresher, darker, unique, lovely sort springs in front of me. Thanks for these, they are great. Happy New Year…

  • http://freeandgreenstuff.blogspot.com Angela_UponRequest

    Nice recap of posts! This is the one I'm most proud of: "A Writer's Manifesto" http://celticmuseruse.blogspot.com/2009/08/i-dare…

  • http://www.erikorganic.com/bedroom/cedar-chest.shtml hope chest

    This is a nice roundup of your posts! they are my favorites, too! Thanks for compiling it all! Happy New Year!

  • http://www.swopefiles.wordpress.com Hilary

    Oh man, Wonderwall was so, so, so good. So many great posts this year! Here are a few:
    MINE: http://swopefiles.wordpress.com/2009/02/11/man-of…
    SOMEONE ELSE'S: All of http://www.girlsgonechild.net/ 's Track Tuesdays. LOVE.
    AND: http://www.uppercasewoman.com/wastedbirthcontrol/…
    oh there are so many… be back later to post more!

  • http://www.myspace.com/dmcco01 Deanna

    Thanks for posting that Scarface video every so often. I have to watch it, like, 100 times in a row, fantasize about doing that at my job, and laugh and laugh!