The Year in Review: 2005
1. What did you do in 2005 that you'd never done before?
discover what it was like to truly fall in love with a person, not for the sake of my own hopes and expectations, but just because the person was that amazing to me.
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
i had no new year's resolution last year. this year it is to decide what it is i truly want out of my life and take steps toward it, instead of all this dilly-dallying i've been doing.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
yes: my cousin amanda had her second child. we were the same year in high school, so this makes me feel a little old.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
my great grandmother died at the age of 99. she was still kickin' up until the end. but i don't know if i would say we were close: she knew me as "joey's daughter"
5. What countries did you visit?
this is a question i hope to answer in the next couple of years. san diego, california, is the closest i got this year.
6. What would you like to have in 2006 that you lacked in 2005?
a desire to follow God and to be focused on the things i need to be focused on. setting priorities and sticking to them. being responsible.
7. What date from 2005 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
i'd have to say the third week of august, specifically two days: one i spent at a park with someone who was and still is dear to me, on the greenest field, laying on a blanket, eating grapes and cheese and crackers and wine. the second day would be the day i left, and my plane happened to stop through the city in which he lived and had traveled back to the previous day; it turned out he got out of class just in time to visit me for that hour at the airport. best hour of my life.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
trusting in God even when it doesn't make sense to.
9. What was your biggest failure?
taking way too long to get out of a tremendously unhealthy relationship. and then realizing how my heart had become hard and my beliefs overly legalistic. but this realization was definitely something of a success in itself.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
no, i've been blessed not to have.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
my mukluks (furry eskimo boots). i get compliments on them on a consistent basis whenever i wear them.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
my dear friend katie, who took an amazing leap of faith in God by going on missions training and then a mission trip to india (where she is now), and just by being an amazing person, so true to the heart God gave her; my friend bobby, who's heart and determination never cease to inspire me; my cousin jake, who recently got engaged the old-fashioned way of courtship; my brother mark, just for his general awesomeness; my dad, for regaining the will to live though his circumstances would seem to diminish such a thing.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
above all, my own. but also someone who is no longer in my life. well make that two people who are no longer in my life. geez a lot of people make me feel appalled and depressed; moreso, disappointed would be the word.
14. Where did most of your money go?
clothing : /
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
getting to know a boy named ryan (i'll keep this vague, as there are many ryans i know). and then meeting him.
16. What song will always remind you of 2005?
"take you on a cruise" by interpol
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. thinner or fatter? same. haven't changed since 8th grade. but definitely more out of shape.
ii. richer or poorer? poorer in that i haven't managed my money as well. i'm a fat cat though.
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
moving in the right direction.
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
sleeping. there is so much else id rather be doing.
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
spent at my extended family one my mom's side the day before christmas eve; with my extended family on my dad's side on christmas day; and with my parents & brother on christmas eve.
21. Did you fall in love in 2005?
yes.
23. How many one-night stands?
hm. i'm sorry, i don't i understand the question?
24. What was your favorite TV program?
ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT!
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
i never really hate people. i seem to find more of an appreciation for people in general as time passes, actually.
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2005?
orphan chic/french countryside/simple-neutral/hitchcock-heroine
34. What kept you sane?
my friends. especially katie.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
cillian murphy. mmmhmm.
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
kanye west saying that george bush doesn't like black people - and mike myers' horrified reaction.
37. Who did you miss?
a certain ryan. katie. a lot lot lot of other people. i am in a constant state of missing people.
38. Who was the best new person you met?
lucas and brady online; lisa (the girl who "stole" my position at work whom i'm now good friends with).
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2005:
sometimes it is better to leave someone be and go on living my life without them in it, as much as it may hurt at the time to do so. also that i must choose what life i want to have.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
"along the way/tears drown in the wake of delight/there's nothing like this built today/you'll never see a finer ship in your life/we sail today..."
discover what it was like to truly fall in love with a person, not for the sake of my own hopes and expectations, but just because the person was that amazing to me.
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
i had no new year's resolution last year. this year it is to decide what it is i truly want out of my life and take steps toward it, instead of all this dilly-dallying i've been doing.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
yes: my cousin amanda had her second child. we were the same year in high school, so this makes me feel a little old.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
my great grandmother died at the age of 99. she was still kickin' up until the end. but i don't know if i would say we were close: she knew me as "joey's daughter"
5. What countries did you visit?
this is a question i hope to answer in the next couple of years. san diego, california, is the closest i got this year.
6. What would you like to have in 2006 that you lacked in 2005?
a desire to follow God and to be focused on the things i need to be focused on. setting priorities and sticking to them. being responsible.
7. What date from 2005 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
i'd have to say the third week of august, specifically two days: one i spent at a park with someone who was and still is dear to me, on the greenest field, laying on a blanket, eating grapes and cheese and crackers and wine. the second day would be the day i left, and my plane happened to stop through the city in which he lived and had traveled back to the previous day; it turned out he got out of class just in time to visit me for that hour at the airport. best hour of my life.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
trusting in God even when it doesn't make sense to.
9. What was your biggest failure?
taking way too long to get out of a tremendously unhealthy relationship. and then realizing how my heart had become hard and my beliefs overly legalistic. but this realization was definitely something of a success in itself.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
no, i've been blessed not to have.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
my mukluks (furry eskimo boots). i get compliments on them on a consistent basis whenever i wear them.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
my dear friend katie, who took an amazing leap of faith in God by going on missions training and then a mission trip to india (where she is now), and just by being an amazing person, so true to the heart God gave her; my friend bobby, who's heart and determination never cease to inspire me; my cousin jake, who recently got engaged the old-fashioned way of courtship; my brother mark, just for his general awesomeness; my dad, for regaining the will to live though his circumstances would seem to diminish such a thing.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
above all, my own. but also someone who is no longer in my life. well make that two people who are no longer in my life. geez a lot of people make me feel appalled and depressed; moreso, disappointed would be the word.
14. Where did most of your money go?
clothing : /
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
getting to know a boy named ryan (i'll keep this vague, as there are many ryans i know). and then meeting him.
16. What song will always remind you of 2005?
"take you on a cruise" by interpol
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. thinner or fatter? same. haven't changed since 8th grade. but definitely more out of shape.
ii. richer or poorer? poorer in that i haven't managed my money as well. i'm a fat cat though.
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
moving in the right direction.
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
sleeping. there is so much else id rather be doing.
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
spent at my extended family one my mom's side the day before christmas eve; with my extended family on my dad's side on christmas day; and with my parents & brother on christmas eve.
21. Did you fall in love in 2005?
yes.
23. How many one-night stands?
hm. i'm sorry, i don't i understand the question?
24. What was your favorite TV program?
ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT!
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
i never really hate people. i seem to find more of an appreciation for people in general as time passes, actually.
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2005?
orphan chic/french countryside/simple-neutral/hitchcock-heroine
34. What kept you sane?
my friends. especially katie.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
cillian murphy. mmmhmm.
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
kanye west saying that george bush doesn't like black people - and mike myers' horrified reaction.
37. Who did you miss?
a certain ryan. katie. a lot lot lot of other people. i am in a constant state of missing people.
38. Who was the best new person you met?
lucas and brady online; lisa (the girl who "stole" my position at work whom i'm now good friends with).
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2005:
sometimes it is better to leave someone be and go on living my life without them in it, as much as it may hurt at the time to do so. also that i must choose what life i want to have.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
"along the way/tears drown in the wake of delight/there's nothing like this built today/you'll never see a finer ship in your life/we sail today..."