"i just made love to your sweet memories one thousand times in my head"
best _____ of the year:
- party: Britta's B-Day Party.
- show: Frasier.
- new show: Desperate Housewives.
- Comeback show: Well, one I started watching again was Mad TV.
- Reality Show: Survivor Allstars. GO RUPERT!
- TV moment: Ashley Simpson messing up on Saturday Night Live.
- cd: "Good News For People Who Love Bad News" by Modest Mouse.
- song: "Are You Gonna Be My Girl?" by Jet.
- remix: "Ignition" by R. Kelly.
- movie: Anchorman.
- video game: I don't have any new systems.
- experience: Being in Europe.
- concert: Well, the last concert I went to was just before the year 2004 started, so that one. It was Dave Matthews & Friends.
- book: I picked up 2 new favorite authors, so books by Richard Laymen and Dean Koontz.
- month: July and August were really good.
- day: July 14th, the day I left for Europe, or somewhere around the end of August when a nice event happend and continued for a few more months.
worst ____ of the year:
- party:
- show: The O.C.
- new show: The O.C.
- Comeback show: Soap Operas.
- Reality Show: Big Brother.
- TV moment: Madonna, Britney, and Christina Aguilera kissing. Was that 2004? It was still horrible, anyway.
- cd: Hm, I didn't buy any that really sucked this year.
- song: Way too many to count. Anything by the younger Simpson, Ashley, sucked.
- remix: Not sure.
- movie: Darkness, many many others.
- video game: No idea.
- experience: Probably some time when someone offended me.
- concert: Didn't attend any.
- book: Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck.
- month: October.
- day: A day in October and many days in September and December.
hopes for 2005:
- predict something that you think will happen in 2005?: Hm, I'll actually apply myself and lose a few?
- what do you hope changes about your country?: Changes.
- what do you hope for yourself?: That I'll get myself somebody who cares for me.
- what do you hope for your family?: That we'll fix it.
during 2004:
1. where were you when it began?: Elisha's house.
2. did you stay up?: Yes.
3. what was your new year wish?: To lose weight.
4. how many boy/girlfriends?: One.
5. broke up?: Yea.
6. have any crushes?: Yea.
7. care to mention names?: No.
8. new friends?: Yes.
9. had to say goodbye?: To a few people that died, to some people who decided they didn't want to be my friend anymore, and I think to other people. Whatever.
10. missed anyone?: Yes. A lot.
11. win anything?: I won stuff at Six Flags.
12. best place you went to?: Switzerland, Belgium, The Netherlands, France, England, and Germany.
13. worst place you went to?: Hm.
14. happiest moment?: Being in Europe, getting accepted to all the colleges I applied to.
15. how was your birthday?: I turned 18. I had to work.
1. What did you do in 2004 that you'd never done before? Go to Europe?
2. Did you keep your new years' resolution, and will you make more for next year? No.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth? Couple of people I work with and a few girls at school.
4. Did anyone close to you die? Yes.
5. What countries did you visit? Switzerland, Germany, Amsterdam, Belgium, France, and England.
6. What would you like to have in 2005 that you lacked in 2004? A lasting boyfriend and confidence in my body.
7. What dates from 2004 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? When I went to Europe.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? Realizing I didn't have to worry so much about what people I don't know think about me, and getting into all 6 colleges I applied to.
9. What was your biggest failure? Gaining some weight.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury? Not this year. I had an extremely horrible case of strep throat that they thought was mono, but other than that, nothing too bad.
11. What was the best thing you bought? My car.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration? Unmentionable.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed? My own.
14. Where did most of your money go? CDs, Europe, and the car payments.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about? My car, my letter from Martha, getting a good job, going to Europe, getting accepted to college, being with someone again for a short time, and getting into classes with friends.
16. What song will always remind you of 2004? Probably a Weezer song, or a Cake song.
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
a) happier or sadder? Sadder.
b) thinner or fatter? Fatter.
c) richer or poorer? Richer.
18. What do you wish you'd done more of? Exercising.
19. What do you wish you'd done less of? Eating and crying.
20. How will you be spending Christmas? I went to see a movie with my mom. The last three years we went to see Lord of the Rings, but since that wasn't possible this year, we saw Darnkess. It sucked, but we laughed about it for a half an hour afterwards, so it was fun.
21. Did you fall in love in 2004? I wish I did.
22. How many one-night stands? Heh, that's a laugh.
23. What was your favorite TV program? Fraiser, CSI, South Park, Family Guy, Futurama, Saturday Night Live.
24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year? I think maybe I do.
25. What was the best book you read? Seize the Night by Dean Koontz.
26. What was your greatest musical discovery? I dug deeper into bands I already liked like Weezer, Cake, and Fastball. I also discovered Jet and Modest Mouse.
27. What did you want and get? A car.
28. What did you want and not get? Someone I felt truely cared.
29. What was your favorite film of this year? Anchorman.
30. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you? I turned 18. I worked, came outside to a car that my friends had written in shaving cream on, and then went over there to hang for a bit.
31. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? Yes.
32. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2004? Jeans and shirts.
34. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? Viggo Mortensen.
35. What political issue stirred you the most? Bush vs. Kerry.
36. Who did you miss? Many people.
37. Who was the best new person you met? People from Europe.
38. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2004: If you're having fun, it doesn't matter what other people think. Just keep doing it. Yell loud, walk funny, whatever.
39. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
a long december, when there's reason to believe,
maybe this year will be better than the last.
i can't remember all the times i tried to tell myself to hold on
to these moments as they pass.