i'm this bored.
1. What did you do in 2004 that you'd never done before?
tons of stuff. besides graduating from high school and going to college, there were drugs and drinks for the first time, boys everywhere, fixing my broken heart, growing up, moving on, forming friendships to last lifetimes and making memories that will never die.
2. Did you keep your New Years resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
i don't know if i had resolutions last year. this year, my goal is to not be treated poorly.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
yeah, my cousin had a baby in march? april? something like that. two cousins are pregnant, too. so there will be more.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
my great grandpa
5. What countries did you visit?
canada!
6. What would you like to have in 2005 that you lacked in 2004?
living. i'd like to live more...have that indescribable feeling of knowing you're alive and knowing that you are making every day worth living.
7. What date from 2004 will remain etched upon your memory and why?
there are a few i can think of, but the days aren't important, the memories behind them are.
july whenever disneyland was and august 19
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
i don't know. i'm finding out a lot about myself right now. i could be hella cool and say that graduating from NU and going to gonzaga was a big achievement, but sometimes i wonder if it is.
9. What was your biggest failure?
there were no failures. people don't fail. their plans just change.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
mono and a broken heart.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
ooh, that's tough. i bought some killer dresses.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
everyone. everyone deserves praise once in awhile.
14. Where did most of your money go?
food, gas, clothes, useless crap.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
i was happy to graduate and go to college. i was super excited to go to disneyland and super duper excited about having a movie.
16. What song will always remind you of 2004?
wow. a lot of them. death cab tiny vessels is a major one, bonnie tyler total eclipse of the heart, elliott smith, postal service, the get up kids, anything that the sFc ever listened to regularly in the wag....
17. Compared to this time last year, are you happier/sadder? Thinner/fatter? Richer/poorer?
i was probably in my worst depression/mono/life sucks stage around this time last year. i'm doing a lot better. i lost like 15-20 pounds, i have more money in savings, but i won't spend it...
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
i wish i had been a little crazier at the end of high school. just made those last few months really something to remember.
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
sit at home and worry about everything
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
i spent it with the cousins. it was good, lots of food, lots of people.
22. Did you fall in love in 2004?
hmm, no.
23. How many one night stands?
24. What was your favorite TV program(s)?
gilmore girls, everwood...
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
ashley, heather...i didn't have such a great dislike for those two this time last year
26. What was the best book you read?
whoa. that's a toughie. i really liked the secret life of bees...and i read another really good book but i don't remember what it was.
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
music in general? i'm still pretty musically retarded.
28. What did you want and got?
memories, mistakes, experiences
29. What did you want and not get?
a passion, a direction, something to wake up every morning for
30. What was your favorite film of this year?
garden state is a recent favorite...i don't know what else came out this year. it's been a long time. i discovered wet hot american summer, so that's a definate yes.
31. What did you do on your birthday?
had a silly string fight with skyler and talked on a picnic table in my yard
32. What one thing would have made your year more satisfying?
a few more truly memorable events
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2004?
nordstrom
34. What kept you sane?
sane? i'm not sane.
35. Which celebrity did you fancy the most?
hehe, "fancy" who says that?
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
politics, my ass.
37. Who will you miss?
cody naylor, cody phillips (i don't know why i called him cody phillips instead of ex-cody or cody oxnard. that was strange), andrew selbie, seeing skyler and katie as often.
38. Who was the best new person you met?
jackie's one of the best. oh but i met cody naylor this year (well, got to know him this year). katie and skyler might even be lumped into the "this year" category...nah, they were beginning of senior year, so fall 03 let's say.
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2004.
i learned it, that's all that matters.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
i don't feel like it right now. i have that song posted below stuck in my head, so that's all i can think of.