Dec 30, 2005 15:27
DURING 2005
How many girlfriends/boyfriends? Technically one girlfriend, and one boy who I never officially dated, and a "cosmic soulmate" (also male).
How many breakups? One.
How many crushes? Uffda...uh...I'll go with about 20 for the whole year, I develop them quickly.
Care to mention names? No.
Had to say goodbye to? Like, everyone.
Missed anyone? Like, everyone.
Win anything? Some Ratscrew, some Mao, some Mancala, some Chess, some Herts, some Pounce, some Wink, and some kisses.
Best place you went to? Minneapolis.
Worst place you went to? Omaha. Well, worst for me anyway.
How was your birthday? Good and bad. Good physically and present-wise, but I was an emotinal mess, as usual.
Best present? The panties Tara gave me.
FAVORITES OF THE YEAR
Movie: Either Rent of Phantom of the Opera.
Album: The Epoxies- "Stop the Future"
Song: "Senses Working Overtime" by XTC (I'm going by discovery only)
Month: May.
Lesson you've learned from 2005: First, don't buy things before you can fit into them. Second, I still look terrible in orange. Third, don't fall in love over the weekend.
Hope for the next year: Have sex. I want to have sex.
Clothing item or outfit of the year: I'd say my red push-up bra. It has changed my life.
Hairstyle of the year: Uh...pigtail braids!
Jewelry of the year: My spiked dog collar.
Makeup product of the year: This really cool green loose powder stuff that I found.
Color of the year: Glitter.
Car of the year: Christine, my lovely station wagon.
Boy of the year: Guthrie.
Food of the year: Gelato.
Drink of the year: Hot cocoa.
Class of the year: AP American History.
Appliance of the year: My blender.
Recreational activity of the year: Wink!
Means of Communication of the year: The phone, without it, I would have died.
Gift of the year: Alec giving me the two part mix.
Holiday of the year: Halloween.
Achievement(s) of the year: I finally figured out how to put on eyeliner correctly. Score!
2005...
1. What did you do in 2005 that you'd never done before? Danced onstage. (The time warp at Boone, and just dancing with Tara and the Mardi Gras dance.)
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year? No. No I didn't. I want to lose my belly (or at least most of it), hone my jealousy, get rid of my prejudice against blondes, look good in a bikini, and meet my 100 people goal. (I'm getting very close.)
3. Did anyone close to you give birth? This girl I work with, Brenda, and my chiropractor's wife.
4. Did anyone close to you die? Not this year.
5. What countries did you visit? Just the United States. *cough* The Midwest.
6. What would you like to have in 2006 that you lacked in 2005? A flat stomach and a corset.
7. What date from 2005 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? December 18th, when I saw Rocky Horror in a theatre for the first time in the wee hours of the morning.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? Making it up to 83. <3
9. What was your biggest failure? Letting myself be crushed.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury? Both.
11. What was the best thing you bought? For myself? Car insurance. For someone else, I bought Dad a copy of Amelie for Christmas, and I feel very good about that.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration? Kira's and Guthries's. Kira handled life's stresses beautifully, and remained awesome throught it all, and Guthrie crawled out of his emotional shithole (thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou). And Charlie for getting his school shit back in order.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed? James Peterson.
14. Where did most of your money go? Europe. I'm going to France and Italy next summer!
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about? Let's see..in order...Portal Con (awesome), Omaha to see James (double awesome), Muzacon (which was disappointing in the end), Boone (awesome), James vising me (awesome), me visiting James (...mostly awesome), GA and Youth Week (both very very disappointing, as I couldn't go), more me visiting James (ultimately disappointing once again), Icaghowan (amazing), The Epoxies/Soviettes show (fucking great), Bagel Con (perfect perfect perfect), visiting Minneapolis (awesome), and Guthriecom (what I'm disappointed about right now).
16. What song will always remind you of 2005? "Dragosta Din Tei" by O-Zone
i. happier or sadder? sadder.
ii. thinner or fatter? fatter.
iii. richer or poorer? richer.
18. What do you wish you'd done more of? Things that were good for me.
19. What do you wish you'd done less of? Things that ended up being very very bad for me.
22. Did you fall in love in 2005? Yes.
24. What was your favorite TV program? Red Dwarf or Twin Peaks or Firefly.
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year? Yes.
26. What was the best book you read? The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe
27. What was your greatest musical discovery? The Epoxies.
28. What did you want and get? Kisses and Bagel Con and the Scissor Sister's CD and "City to City" by Gerry Rafferty on vinyl
29. What did you want and not get? Love, "Oddyssey and Oracle" by the Zombies, a space heater, a nipple piercing, Hedwig and the Angry Inch on DVD, and a carniverous plant. And garters.
30. What was your favorite film of this year? Either Rent or Phantom of the Opera.
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you? 16. I cried myself to sleep at 3:00 in the morning, then went to school, I went to a really cool Art Exhibit opening for Scott Stoel, then Tara gave me panties.
32. What's one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? Love. And and orgasm.
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2005? "Hey this looks great on me. I think I'll wear it."
34. What kept you sane? Tara.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? Oh, Richard O'Brian, of course.
36. What political issue stirred you the most? Gay marriage.
37. Who did you miss? Everyone.
38. Who was the best new person you met? Probably Alec.
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2005: Don't fall in love over the weekend.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year: "And all the world is biscuit shaped, it's just for me to feed my face."