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1. What did you do in 2006 that you'd never done before?
gave up weed for about 6 weeks. it took a lot of will power, but by the end i hardly missed the stuff.
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
yes and no. i read more, but i sure as hell didn't improve my grades.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
no, but my cousin is going to have a baby any day now.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
no one close.
5. What countries did you visit?
at the start of 2006 i was in costa rica. a month later i went to the US.
6. What would you like to have in 2007 that you lacked in 2006?
i said it before and i'll say it again: fiscal responsibility.
7. What date(s) from 2006 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
doing e for the first time and having a BLAST.
listening to destroyer's rubies for the first time, and loving start to finish.
my interview for cfrc and the journal. one went really well, and one went not-so-well.
homecoming weekend with senior, em and lauren. (especially the shroom trip and all the crazy theories we came up with)
seeing television, and being surprisingly underwhelmed.
walking around in monte verdi and realizing i had absolutely nothing to worry about. also, walking along a suspension bridge 60metres above the rainforest's valley and seeing miles and miles of lush tree canopies.
getting a concusion in vermont, only to come home and realize my computer and all my cds were stolen while i was gone. and breaking up with matt shortly thereafter. it was a pretty shitty week.
seeing animal collective in toronto with senior, em and nay.
falling over in a drunken stupour and taking kitty with me... at her birthday party (in front of all our friends, might i add).
finding out that joel gibb isn't such an asshole afterall. he just has his head up his ass, that's all.
being consolled by the one and only gabe king. i was at the journal, crying in front of my computer. gabe hugged me, dried my tears and immediately drove me home.
working at the local paper in st.catharines, and my rude awakening that working at a local newspaper kinda sucks.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
becoming grounded. i mean, really, getting my shit together and feeling truly solid and complete.
9. What was your biggest failure?
not staying in touch with so many people.
10. Did you suffer any illness or injury?
i found out i'm allergic to penicillen (or however you spell it). unfortunately, it took a while to figure this out and i broke out in hives. horrible, itchy, insatiable hives
11. What was the best thing you bought?
a new computer.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
my own. and robert gates.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
oh, you know, that asshole we sort of elected prime minister
14. Where did most of your money go?
clothes, food, music and books. and probably in that order.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
going to vermont.
16. What song will always remind you of 2005?
richard laviolette - thesaurus
the rolling stones - under my thumb
shout out out out out - they tear down houses, don't they?
and all that shitty, shitty easy listening crap i had to listen to at work
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? oh, you know, just about the same
ii. thinner or fatter? thinner. but i don't like that word. i prefer "a little less junk in the trunk"
iii. richer or poorer? i'm always getting poorer.
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
i wish i'd gone to class more often
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
sleeping
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
i spent it with my family, opening gifts and eating amazing food.
22. Did you fall in love in 2005?
yes.
it hurts, folks.
23. How many one-night stands?
one. sort of.
24. What was your favorite TV program?
mr. show and arrested development.
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
no.
26. What was the best book you read?
maybe hey nostradamus by douglas coupland. it was one of those books you just eat up in a matter of hours.
but probably ghostworld.
interestingly enough, the worst book i read was that klausterman zinger, sex drugs and cocoa puffs. i totally didn't see that one coming.
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
shout out out out out
28. What did you want and get?
i didn't really want anything. unless you count getting a job.
29. What did you want and not get?
a job at cfrc.
30. What was your favorite film of this year?
an inconvenient truth.
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
don't even ask.
i turned 21.
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
immeasurably?
oh, ya know, more sex.
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2005?
a union of "whatever" and "i secretly care A LOT about what people think"
34. What kept you sane?
hardly.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
fancy as in find attractive? i'm at a loss for this one..
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
global warming. but, as al gore says, it's an ethical issue, not a political one.
37. Who did you miss?
caroline.
38. Who was the best new person you met?
kiel, dan, bronwyn, marnie and jared. folks from the west are just.. better.
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2005:
the value of contemplation.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
"you drive me crazy, i'm in too deep. i'm so excited, i just can't sleep. wo-o-oah crazy, but it feels alright. baby thinkin' of you keeps me up all night."