Bye 2009, hello new decade!

Wow, I really can't believe today is the last day of 2009.
Where has this year gone?
Where has this decade gone?
Let's see what has happened in the past 10 years:
1999-2000: Y2K scare.
Oh no! The world is going to come to an end! Computer will crash, everything will go crazy!
Nope. Everything was fine.
2001: September 11. And it changed our lives forever. Homeland security and Terrorists became common words.
2002: US invasion of Afghanistan, and the war begins.
2003: Invasion of Iraq, several protests against the war, and Apple's iTunes store launches, changing how we buy music.
2004: Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia join the European Union.
2005: The California Legislature becomes the first legislative body in the United States to legalize same-sex marriage.
2006: Lebanon War: Israeli troops invade Lebanon in response to Hezbollah. I remember I was in Cyprus when this happened, and many people were shipped to shelters and schools to stay in Cyprus as a safe haven.
2007: North Korea agrees to shut down its Nuclear facilities. Also, the final Harry Potter book is released, to sell the most copies within a 24 hour period.
2008: Cyprus and Malta adopt the Euro! :) Also the price of petroleum reaches $100 a barrel for the first time, sending gas prices soaring.
2009: Barack Obama becomes President of the USA. The outbreak of the H1N1 influenza strain, commonly referred to as "swine flu", is deemed a global pandemic.

Well, that's the decade in news.

This past year has had its ups and downs. I feel like I spent a lot of it depressed. But it certainly was one of the best years. I feel like I have definitely changed; I have become more outgoing and loud in the past year. I established a lot of new friendships, and some have ended, but in the end, those that matter are still in my life, right? No use crying over spilled milk.
I also traveled a lot this past year.
The school year was definitely hard on me, but I survived. And here I am.

As 2009 comes to an end, I hope that next year proves to be a better year. More friends, happiness, traveling, health, and smiles.

My new years resolution (as everyone else's is) is to get in shape and go to the gym a lot more. Also, to be a more happy person. And make at least one new friend a month. Also hopefully to do a lot of traveling. Lol. I don't know. But there it is on paper. Or, web.

What do you hope to accomplish in 2010?