Borrowed without intent to return from
shorelle.
1. What did you do in 2008 that you’d never done before?
"Save someone's life"
2. Did you keep your new years’ resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
Didn't have any, because they're full of shit.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
No.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
No.
5. What countries did you visit?
None.
6. What would you like to have in 2009 that you lacked in 2008?
Stability.
7. What date from 2008 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
Don't want to go there.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Surviving the trauma.
9. What was your biggest failure?
Not being able to do more for her.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
colds, life-threatening apathy.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
time.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
Janice
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
depressed? uh, Sheila. Not really appalled, just scared out of my mind and depressed.
14. Where did most of your money go?
JB, discouning University.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Meeting Lena I guess.
16. What songs will always remind you of 2008?
The Young Ones.
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? Sadder.
ii. thinner or fatter? Fatter.
iii. richer or poorer? soon to be richer followed by a whole lot poorer.
18. What do you wish you’d done more of?
uh, spend more time with Sheila.
19. What do you wish you’d done less of?
being conscious
20. What are you glad you did more of in 2008?
hide away from people.
21. How did you spend Christmas?
MGS
22. Did you fall in love in 2008?
with MGS? Yes.
23. What was your favorite TV program?
uh, not a watcher of TV.
24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
no
25. What was the best book you read?
I, Robot
26. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Snake Eateeeeeer!
27. What did you want and get?
2 good movies.
28. What did you want and not get?
Stability.
29. What was your favorite film of this year?
Either The Dark Knight, or In Bruges.
30. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
Don't remember, was probably invaded by people who demanded I have a party. 20.
31. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
having not being alive for most of the year.
32. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2008?
dark and uninspired.
33. What kept you sane?
Games and my cat.
34. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
none.
35. What political issue stirred you the most?
far from world politics, either the internet censoring filter of DOOM or the failure to release the public discussion paper on alteration to the way games are rated in Australia. Why? Because these affect me directly.
36. Who did you miss?
Friends, like Jocelyn.
37. Who was the best new person you met?
uh, well I only remember meeting Lena, but that probably means it was the most memorable.
38. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2008:
Avoiding people, being apathetic, entertaining suicidal thoughts, and refusing to do anything tends to land you in therapy.
39. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
I still haven't found what I'm looking for.
40. What will you be doing to ring in 2009?
well, first I was sleeping on a plane, then I was talking to screen writers in a mansion.
Other than that, I had a very good Pizza. Had a couple of Dr. Peppers, walked for 8 miles or so looking for stores I used to visit here, but they're all shut down and replaced with clothing stores. Fucking LA. Fun pre-birthday celebration, which is the way I like it; a celebration of pizza, not a celebration of me.
Pizza's the only thing at the moment worth celebrating.