The end of yet another year...
A long retrospective meme about 2006, stolen from morielfeanorwen who in turn nicked from 22by7
Five things that 2006 taught me:
1. You can achieve the things yu set your mind to.
2. Strong alcohol, even in small amounts, can make you sick.
3. Be careful when driving.
4. Being healthy and active feels good, but eating chocolate tastes better.
5. There is hope for me yet.
Five personally significant events of 2006:
1. Had my first boyfriend.
2. Met four awesomely 'famous' people. Dylan Moran, Frank Woodley, Crispin Freeman and Yasunori Mitsuda.
3. Had my first car accident which was my fault.
4. Reached an all time low with Uni, prompting me to do better.
5. Had my first RegMoot in Adelaide.
Five things I want to do in 2007:
1. Finish FFXII before Uni starts up again.
2. Do better in my studies.
3. Go to Melbourne.
4. Meet new people.
5. Get a job.
Five things I don't want to do in 2007:
1. Die.
2. Let myself down.
3. Continue this lethargy.
4. Set fire to my hair.
5. Have a car accident.
Five things I love beyond all reason currently:
1. Ginger Beer.
2. Crispin Freeman.
3. Indulging in video games.
4. Yasunori Mitsuda's music.
5. My friends.
Five things I don't like with good reason currently:
1. The state of the world.
2. Feeling paranoid.
3. Waking up after 10am.
4. Being grumpy.
5. Loud noises in the morning.
1. What did you do in 2006 that you’d never done before?
Freaked a celebrity out, ahahaha!
2. Did you keep your New Year's resolutions and will you make more for next year?
If I made any I forgot them, quicksmart.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
No, but ask me again next year :-S
4. Did anyone close to you die?
Not this year, thank the fuzzy dice in the sky!
5. What countries did you visit?
None this year. Although Adelaide is pretty weird....
6. What would you like to have in 2007 that you lacked in 2006?
Motivation!
7. What date from 2006 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
I'm not good at remembering dates. But the whole month of May was fricking awesome. My birthday, first b/f and seeing Lano and Woodley perform live. Things were going pretty damn sweet.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Getting that distinction in Contemporary Art.
9. What was your biggest failure?
Having a car accident.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Nothing worse than the usual sickness you tend to get.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
Right now... that NTSC PS2.
12. Whose behaviour merited celebration?
Don't know.
13. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed?
Er... will you slap me if I say... my own? :-S
14. Where did most of your money go?
Games, DVD's and food!
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Seeing Lano & Woodley, meeting Crispin Freeman, attending the 'Passion' concert and meeting Yasunori Mitsuda.
16. What song will always remind you of 2006?
Miyavi music, Olivia music and my KiRite album :X
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. Happier or sadder? I'm a lot more content.
ii. Thinner or fatter? Probably fatter.
iii. Richer or poorer? N/A
18. What do you wish you’d done more of?
Excercise.
19. What do you wish you’d done less of?
Sitting by the internet.
20. How will you be spending New Year?
With nearly all my friends, having a pleasant evening.
21. Did you fall in love in 2006?
With music and games and food.
23. How many one-night stands?
I could stand any day of the week I please. But I sleep at nights.
24. What was your favourite TV program?
Thank God You're Here, Doctor Who, Lost, Battlestar Galactica.
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
No. I don't hate. I violently dislike. But not anyone I personally know :D
26. What was the best book you read?
I didn't read much this year. So out of the few I did... The Neverending Story.
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Miyavi, Olivia, Charcoal Filter, Mitsuda-san!!!
28. What did you want and get?
To finish playing Xenosaga.
29. What did you want and not get?
A life time supply of Ginger Beer.
30. What was your favourite film of this year?
Happy Feet.
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I turned 20, was at Uni, had a god awful class, Studio Arts. Boo! Hiss! And then had a lovely time shooting my friends at Laser Zone and eating Ice Cream cake!
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Not having had that car accident.
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2006?
Brown, lol! And a bit wacky as I try and foster the inner art student.
34. What kept you sane?
Music, gaming, and the promise of holidays.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
*giggles insanely* Um.. someone real, flesh and blood? Oddly enough.. Crispin Freeman, ehehe!
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
Ugh.. It's always one of these three. Conservation, religion and public education.
37. Who did you miss?
All my friends I finally met at the RegMoot. And right now, Kylie.
38. Who was the best new person you met?
Jefferson.
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2006
Find a happy place. Seriously. Find something that makes you happy, relaxed and calm. FInd something you can drown yourself in when the world gets too much. But don't stay in it forever. Good things in moderation.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
Tattooed here across my skin, "I Will Live"
And so the meme is concluded.
I watched Happy Feet today. Or... yesterday, depending on what way you look at the time, hehe. It was really fantastic. I didn't know what to expect. I knew it was amusing and had penguins in it. What I found was a delightful movie with ample social commentary and a political message. Mumble was essentially disabled and the way he moved disturbed my delicate sensibilities. There was your standard 'you're rejected from the group because you are different' stick. There was some awesome religious overtones. I know... how weird... it's penguins, right? But the elders believed in superstitions and some mystic powers. They figured they were being punished because Mumble was different and thought for himself and was curious about the world. This movie was very accurate. From the Penguins environment to their predetors. Skua, Leopard Seals, and Orca Whales. My absolute favourite part though was when (spoiler) Mumble ended up in a zoo. It really depressed me. It was so awful, because you think that yes, this is what these animals do go through. The way humans and human kind was portrayed in this movie was really fascinating. The way the animals see us as alien beings. An amusing and yet poignant analogy.
By the end of the movie I was crying and I couldn't keep it in. That's really bad for me. As much as I cry in films I never cry in public and certainly not in a cinema. I only got a bit teary eyed watching LotR:RotK. But I was tear-streamingly gone in this movie. How embarrassing. It just got to me. The state of the world, what it takes for change to occure. Even though it ended on a good note I felt slightly depressed.
Great movie though.
Maybe I should do a Christmas post.
Hm... Christmas was alright. It felt even less Christmassy than previous years. My entire family's heart wasn't in it. I just don't understand why there needs to be a big commotion. If we all wanted to sit around together why use an excuse like Christmas to do it? The whole affair is depressing.
I'm a bit worried. My parents are gone for New Years Eve. They have in fact been gone since Wednesday. It didn't really worry me much. Then my granny told me that her own mum used to be superstitious and the family had to always spend New Years together. The one time they didn't, because my granny was somewhere else that very year her mum passed away. The year my mum and I were in Austria for New Years, Banjo died. I just don't want anything to happen to my family. I really shouldn't believe in that. Has anyone ever heard of this thing which says that how you spend your new years and your new years day will determin how your entire year will pan out? That's why it's important to spend your New Years in good company. And wasn't that where the tradition came about that you kiss someone on new years eve? It means you'll have love for the remainder of the year. Or that you go around stalking and kissing random people, hehe.
I just don't feel right spending a new years without my parents in the same house as me. Which is kind of ridiculous... in 2003 I didn't spent New years with any one of my parents. I was out in a mild blizzard on top of a mountain with my Aunt, her boyfriend and my best friend, while my mum was at home, sick.
About a fortnight ago I day dreamed myself into a mega funk. I was in one of those zones where you see things with an eerie clarity. Too bad I was looking at getting older and dying. That frightened and disheartened me so very much. I am so very fucking terrified of dying. So saddened by the thought of others dying. And I thought of what it must be like to be old. And I reflected on my life and I came to the starteling conclusion that I would die with so many regrets, half of which I havn't even experienced yet. But if I keep going the way I am I'm sure to feel them later than sooner. And that threw me into a funk for the next week. I've been watching, listening and even here and there reading about a lot of life-affirming things. I understand how important it is to live life to the full, but since I don't do it myself I get down in the dumps.
Maybe that should be my New Years Resolution.
Just Live.
Ja Ne!
Five things that 2006 taught me:
1. You can achieve the things yu set your mind to.
2. Strong alcohol, even in small amounts, can make you sick.
3. Be careful when driving.
4. Being healthy and active feels good, but eating chocolate tastes better.
5. There is hope for me yet.
Five personally significant events of 2006:
1. Had my first boyfriend.
2. Met four awesomely 'famous' people. Dylan Moran, Frank Woodley, Crispin Freeman and Yasunori Mitsuda.
3. Had my first car accident which was my fault.
4. Reached an all time low with Uni, prompting me to do better.
5. Had my first RegMoot in Adelaide.
Five things I want to do in 2007:
1. Finish FFXII before Uni starts up again.
2. Do better in my studies.
3. Go to Melbourne.
4. Meet new people.
5. Get a job.
Five things I don't want to do in 2007:
1. Die.
2. Let myself down.
3. Continue this lethargy.
4. Set fire to my hair.
5. Have a car accident.
Five things I love beyond all reason currently:
1. Ginger Beer.
2. Crispin Freeman.
3. Indulging in video games.
4. Yasunori Mitsuda's music.
5. My friends.
Five things I don't like with good reason currently:
1. The state of the world.
2. Feeling paranoid.
3. Waking up after 10am.
4. Being grumpy.
5. Loud noises in the morning.
1. What did you do in 2006 that you’d never done before?
Freaked a celebrity out, ahahaha!
2. Did you keep your New Year's resolutions and will you make more for next year?
If I made any I forgot them, quicksmart.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
No, but ask me again next year :-S
4. Did anyone close to you die?
Not this year, thank the fuzzy dice in the sky!
5. What countries did you visit?
None this year. Although Adelaide is pretty weird....
6. What would you like to have in 2007 that you lacked in 2006?
Motivation!
7. What date from 2006 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
I'm not good at remembering dates. But the whole month of May was fricking awesome. My birthday, first b/f and seeing Lano and Woodley perform live. Things were going pretty damn sweet.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Getting that distinction in Contemporary Art.
9. What was your biggest failure?
Having a car accident.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Nothing worse than the usual sickness you tend to get.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
Right now... that NTSC PS2.
12. Whose behaviour merited celebration?
Don't know.
13. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed?
Er... will you slap me if I say... my own? :-S
14. Where did most of your money go?
Games, DVD's and food!
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Seeing Lano & Woodley, meeting Crispin Freeman, attending the 'Passion' concert and meeting Yasunori Mitsuda.
16. What song will always remind you of 2006?
Miyavi music, Olivia music and my KiRite album :X
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. Happier or sadder? I'm a lot more content.
ii. Thinner or fatter? Probably fatter.
iii. Richer or poorer? N/A
18. What do you wish you’d done more of?
Excercise.
19. What do you wish you’d done less of?
Sitting by the internet.
20. How will you be spending New Year?
With nearly all my friends, having a pleasant evening.
21. Did you fall in love in 2006?
With music and games and food.
23. How many one-night stands?
I could stand any day of the week I please. But I sleep at nights.
24. What was your favourite TV program?
Thank God You're Here, Doctor Who, Lost, Battlestar Galactica.
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
No. I don't hate. I violently dislike. But not anyone I personally know :D
26. What was the best book you read?
I didn't read much this year. So out of the few I did... The Neverending Story.
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Miyavi, Olivia, Charcoal Filter, Mitsuda-san!!!
28. What did you want and get?
To finish playing Xenosaga.
29. What did you want and not get?
A life time supply of Ginger Beer.
30. What was your favourite film of this year?
Happy Feet.
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I turned 20, was at Uni, had a god awful class, Studio Arts. Boo! Hiss! And then had a lovely time shooting my friends at Laser Zone and eating Ice Cream cake!
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Not having had that car accident.
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2006?
Brown, lol! And a bit wacky as I try and foster the inner art student.
34. What kept you sane?
Music, gaming, and the promise of holidays.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
*giggles insanely* Um.. someone real, flesh and blood? Oddly enough.. Crispin Freeman, ehehe!
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
Ugh.. It's always one of these three. Conservation, religion and public education.
37. Who did you miss?
All my friends I finally met at the RegMoot. And right now, Kylie.
38. Who was the best new person you met?
Jefferson.
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2006
Find a happy place. Seriously. Find something that makes you happy, relaxed and calm. FInd something you can drown yourself in when the world gets too much. But don't stay in it forever. Good things in moderation.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
Tattooed here across my skin, "I Will Live"
And so the meme is concluded.
I watched Happy Feet today. Or... yesterday, depending on what way you look at the time, hehe. It was really fantastic. I didn't know what to expect. I knew it was amusing and had penguins in it. What I found was a delightful movie with ample social commentary and a political message. Mumble was essentially disabled and the way he moved disturbed my delicate sensibilities. There was your standard 'you're rejected from the group because you are different' stick. There was some awesome religious overtones. I know... how weird... it's penguins, right? But the elders believed in superstitions and some mystic powers. They figured they were being punished because Mumble was different and thought for himself and was curious about the world. This movie was very accurate. From the Penguins environment to their predetors. Skua, Leopard Seals, and Orca Whales. My absolute favourite part though was when (spoiler) Mumble ended up in a zoo. It really depressed me. It was so awful, because you think that yes, this is what these animals do go through. The way humans and human kind was portrayed in this movie was really fascinating. The way the animals see us as alien beings. An amusing and yet poignant analogy.
By the end of the movie I was crying and I couldn't keep it in. That's really bad for me. As much as I cry in films I never cry in public and certainly not in a cinema. I only got a bit teary eyed watching LotR:RotK. But I was tear-streamingly gone in this movie. How embarrassing. It just got to me. The state of the world, what it takes for change to occure. Even though it ended on a good note I felt slightly depressed.
Great movie though.
Maybe I should do a Christmas post.
Hm... Christmas was alright. It felt even less Christmassy than previous years. My entire family's heart wasn't in it. I just don't understand why there needs to be a big commotion. If we all wanted to sit around together why use an excuse like Christmas to do it? The whole affair is depressing.
I'm a bit worried. My parents are gone for New Years Eve. They have in fact been gone since Wednesday. It didn't really worry me much. Then my granny told me that her own mum used to be superstitious and the family had to always spend New Years together. The one time they didn't, because my granny was somewhere else that very year her mum passed away. The year my mum and I were in Austria for New Years, Banjo died. I just don't want anything to happen to my family. I really shouldn't believe in that. Has anyone ever heard of this thing which says that how you spend your new years and your new years day will determin how your entire year will pan out? That's why it's important to spend your New Years in good company. And wasn't that where the tradition came about that you kiss someone on new years eve? It means you'll have love for the remainder of the year. Or that you go around stalking and kissing random people, hehe.
I just don't feel right spending a new years without my parents in the same house as me. Which is kind of ridiculous... in 2003 I didn't spent New years with any one of my parents. I was out in a mild blizzard on top of a mountain with my Aunt, her boyfriend and my best friend, while my mum was at home, sick.
About a fortnight ago I day dreamed myself into a mega funk. I was in one of those zones where you see things with an eerie clarity. Too bad I was looking at getting older and dying. That frightened and disheartened me so very much. I am so very fucking terrified of dying. So saddened by the thought of others dying. And I thought of what it must be like to be old. And I reflected on my life and I came to the starteling conclusion that I would die with so many regrets, half of which I havn't even experienced yet. But if I keep going the way I am I'm sure to feel them later than sooner. And that threw me into a funk for the next week. I've been watching, listening and even here and there reading about a lot of life-affirming things. I understand how important it is to live life to the full, but since I don't do it myself I get down in the dumps.
Maybe that should be my New Years Resolution.
Just Live.
Ja Ne!