1. What did you do in 2005 that you'd never done before?:
manual labor, went out on disability, got my wisdom teeth out, got my head out of my ass finally
2. Did you keep your New Years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?:
I was a mess this time last year, who knows, they are silly. I have definitive goals for this year though
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?:
besides Brenda Chenowith? no.
4. Did anyone close to you die?:
yeah, same deal, Nate Fisher
5. What countries did you visit?:
oh psfh
6. What would you like to have in 2006 that you lacked in 2005?:
no debt, it should happen
7. What date from 2005 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?:
meeting Esthero, cuz duh
LarkFest, what a fucking mess that ended up being
the night I drank 2 bottles of gin and woke up without a hangover, because come on, thats impressive, and boy did I drunk dial THAT night
the night I met John was pretty amazing
getting my wisdom teeth out, and the valium precursor, were quite nice
then, of course, there is always kicking gbf's ass at Monopoly Party
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?:
getting my shit together, in every aspect of my life, Im pretty impressed with myself
9. What was your biggest failure?:
I dont think I really ever fail at anything, because I get out before it happens
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?:
LETS SEE
I was sick all of June from the lack of air conditioning in the text book factory
then in July I fucked up my shoulder because of the textbook factory leading me to be on disability and vicodin for about two months
then most of December i had the flu, uf.
11. What was the best thing you bought?:
the super expensive dress boots
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?:
thats a silly question, everyone I know who Im friends with now, obviously
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?:
I dont care enough about anything to get APPALLED or DEPRESSED any more, thankfully [not apathy, just logical, back off]
14. Where did most of your money go?:
debt, car, comic books, the usual
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?:
going out for my birthday, that was a fun night, I wasnt drunk enough though
16. what song will always remind you of 2005?:
come on, Hollaback Girl, how could you not be reminded of 2005 by that song
17. Compared to this time last year, are you: happier or sadder?:
happy and sad are way too absolute, I have a lot more fucking peace of mind than Ive ever had and Im definitely way more content with the way everything is going
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?:
gone to the city more...but thats budgetary constraints not really because I didnt want to
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?:
sitting at this infernal thing
20. How will you be spending Christmas?:
first I spent it farting loudly and uncontrollably because the terrible gas pains of eve finally let up, and went to my sister's for dinner, nothing major
21. How will you be spending New Years?:
I watched Working Girl, Return To Oz, drove crazylike in the snow to bring my cousin and her roommate downtown to go out and then realized how much I fucking hate Ralph Fiennes and what a useless movie Strange Days was
22. Did you fall in love in 2005?:
there was a definite possibility for it in the long run, but no
23. How many one-night stands?:
hahahah, um, oh, good, only 3, nothing really happened anyway
24. What was your favorite TV program?:
Veronica Mars and Weeds have become my lifeblood, and of course Arrested Development and Six Feet Under, plz
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?:
hating takes too much energy
26. What was the best book you read?:
I discovered a lot of amazing graphic novels this year like Doom Patrol and Bone, Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk was pretty amazing
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?:
The Divine Comedy and Imogen Heap, most definitely
28. What did you want and got?:
some fucking direction
30. What was your favorite film of this year?:
I think Sin City wins forever
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?:
22, Caitlin came up, I dyed and cut her hair, Brian took us out to dinner, then Sara and Tiffany met us at Brian's and we went to 80s night, thankfully I narrowly averted everyone's cars being towed, even though they still had to pay for it
32. What one thing that would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?:
things that I hope to take care of in 2006, no worries
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2005?:
no big changes, Ive definitely grown out of having to wear exciting clothes though, Ive definitely become a lot more simple
34. What kept you sane?:
cgf and gbf, most definitely...and my iTunes
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?:
Kathleen Robertson will always be the only woman who could steal my heart
36. What political issue stirred you the most?:
feh, its all ridiculous, making a big deal about it will just make them sound more important then they are
37. Who did you miss?:
honestly, I think I see everyone as much as I can, and I cant complain about that
38. Who was the best new person you met?:
gbf and John [once he gets his head out of his ass :-X]
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2005:
I learned all this shit way back, Im going to do shit my own way all the time, whatever works will work, whatever doesnt Ill learn from
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year?:
"slide in. feel the future." <3 Goldfrapp