Memeity meme meme meme
Not that I have any more time for new year's fluff than I did two days ago; I just care less about the things I'm not doing instead. 
jr_psykira got to this one first.
1. What did you do in 2005 that you'd never done before?
Got married, tried out for "Jeopardy!", voted in a published "best of" list
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I think I finally kept resolutions from a few different years in the early 90's, but I haven't made any recently.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
meranthi and
thastygliax had their second child
4. Did anyone close to you die?
Thankfully, no
5. What countries did you visit?
None, but Canada and Japan are in the planning stages
6. What would you like to have in 2006 that you lacked in 2005?
A new job
7. What date from 2005 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
April 1 - something about a wedding... oh yeah, mine and
qarylla's!
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Losing 30-35 pounds
9. What was your biggest failure?
Doing nothing to improve my professional life
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Nothing major
11. What was the best thing you bought?
Cobalt Flux dance platform - expensive, but well worth it
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
enochs_fable and
navraze got married
queenofpink77 and
mr_q_o_p got engaged, as did
hedgehog39 and
tiptoe39
qarylla, mr_q_o_p and
georgy also lost significant weight
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
No one I know personally, but a really large number of politicians
14. Where did most of your money go?
The mortgage. What a weird thing to say, even a year and a half later
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Getting married, various video games and movies
16. What song will always remind you of 2005?
"Eternal Flame" and "Eat It", for People-We-Invited-To-Our-Wedding-Are-Cool-related reasons
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
happier or sadder?
Happier, mostly due to not having to plan a wedding or buy property any more
thinner or fatter?
Thinner, w00t!
richer or poorer?
More debt but more savings, so about the same
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Swimming, rollerblading, sleeping, writing
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Worrying, watching qarylla disrespect herself, disrespecting myself
20. How will you be spending New Years?
Already happened; playing lots of Guitar Hero and Karaoke Revolution
21. Did you fall in love in 2005?
365 times
22. How many one-night stands?
Er... none
23. What was your favorite TV program?
"Jeopardy!", "The War At Home" and Major League Soccer
24. Do you dislike anyone now that you didn't dislike this time last year?
No, my levels of hatred have remained mostly constant
25. What was the best book you read?
For the first time - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Repeat reading - The Curse of Chalion
26. What was your greatest musical discovery?
I only made one, that being Green Day's "Holiday" Only new song I liked this year, and it's not even from 2005
27. What did you want and get?
Married, another chance to GM, a number starting with "1"
28. What did you want and not get?
My computer to work better, something worth doing for 40 hours a week, a new Star Trek: New Frontier book
29. What was your favorite film of this year?
"Serenity" and "Rent" (tie)
30. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I turned 27, and I visited too many malls looking for DDR, ate good burgers and Mexican, and hung out with friends.
31. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Dunno - winning the lottery that I never play? More time and money are always good, but they wouldn't make that much of a difference.
32. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2005?
Clothed
33. What kept you sane?
qarylla, gaming and qarylla
34. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
None really, but I know that if "Firefly" existed 10 years ago, I would have had a huge crush on Jewel Staite.
35. What political issue stirred you the most?
Probably the Terri Schiavo case, although that has less to do with significance (personal and/or greater scale) and more to do with the fact that I had less to do when that was going on than any other time of year
36. Who did you miss?
I hit everyone I aimed at! ;)
Seriously, I saw everyone I care about except Brother Jigglypuff either at the wedding, over winter holidays or some other random time, although there are a lot of folks I want to see more of.
37. Who was the best new person you met?
halleyscomet and
whuffle (tie)
38. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2005?
You can lead a cat to water, but you can't make her behave
39. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
"I'm surprised / a bright and charming girl like you / hangs out with these slackers." - Benny, "La Vie Boheme", "Rent"
40. Your New Year's resolution?
None this year. If I really want to do something, my willpower will succeed or fail regardless of when the decision is made.
jr_psykira got to this one first.
1. What did you do in 2005 that you'd never done before?
Got married, tried out for "Jeopardy!", voted in a published "best of" list
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I think I finally kept resolutions from a few different years in the early 90's, but I haven't made any recently.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
meranthi and
thastygliax had their second child
4. Did anyone close to you die?
Thankfully, no
5. What countries did you visit?
None, but Canada and Japan are in the planning stages
6. What would you like to have in 2006 that you lacked in 2005?
A new job
7. What date from 2005 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
April 1 - something about a wedding... oh yeah, mine and
qarylla's!
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Losing 30-35 pounds
9. What was your biggest failure?
Doing nothing to improve my professional life
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Nothing major
11. What was the best thing you bought?
Cobalt Flux dance platform - expensive, but well worth it
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
enochs_fable and
navraze got married
queenofpink77 and
mr_q_o_p got engaged, as did
hedgehog39 and
tiptoe39
qarylla, mr_q_o_p and
georgy also lost significant weight
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
No one I know personally, but a really large number of politicians
14. Where did most of your money go?
The mortgage. What a weird thing to say, even a year and a half later
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Getting married, various video games and movies
16. What song will always remind you of 2005?
"Eternal Flame" and "Eat It", for People-We-Invited-To-Our-Wedding-Are-Cool-related reasons
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
happier or sadder?
Happier, mostly due to not having to plan a wedding or buy property any more
thinner or fatter?
Thinner, w00t!
richer or poorer?
More debt but more savings, so about the same
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Swimming, rollerblading, sleeping, writing
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Worrying, watching qarylla disrespect herself, disrespecting myself
20. How will you be spending New Years?
Already happened; playing lots of Guitar Hero and Karaoke Revolution
21. Did you fall in love in 2005?
365 times
22. How many one-night stands?
Er... none
23. What was your favorite TV program?
"Jeopardy!", "The War At Home" and Major League Soccer
24. Do you dislike anyone now that you didn't dislike this time last year?
No, my levels of hatred have remained mostly constant
25. What was the best book you read?
For the first time - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Repeat reading - The Curse of Chalion
26. What was your greatest musical discovery?
I only made one, that being Green Day's "Holiday" Only new song I liked this year, and it's not even from 2005
27. What did you want and get?
Married, another chance to GM, a number starting with "1"
28. What did you want and not get?
My computer to work better, something worth doing for 40 hours a week, a new Star Trek: New Frontier book
29. What was your favorite film of this year?
"Serenity" and "Rent" (tie)
30. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I turned 27, and I visited too many malls looking for DDR, ate good burgers and Mexican, and hung out with friends.
31. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Dunno - winning the lottery that I never play? More time and money are always good, but they wouldn't make that much of a difference.
32. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2005?
Clothed
33. What kept you sane?
qarylla, gaming and qarylla
34. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
None really, but I know that if "Firefly" existed 10 years ago, I would have had a huge crush on Jewel Staite.
35. What political issue stirred you the most?
Probably the Terri Schiavo case, although that has less to do with significance (personal and/or greater scale) and more to do with the fact that I had less to do when that was going on than any other time of year
36. Who did you miss?
I hit everyone I aimed at! ;)
Seriously, I saw everyone I care about except Brother Jigglypuff either at the wedding, over winter holidays or some other random time, although there are a lot of folks I want to see more of.
37. Who was the best new person you met?
halleyscomet and
whuffle (tie)
38. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2005?
You can lead a cat to water, but you can't make her behave
39. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
"I'm surprised / a bright and charming girl like you / hangs out with these slackers." - Benny, "La Vie Boheme", "Rent"
40. Your New Year's resolution?
None this year. If I really want to do something, my willpower will succeed or fail regardless of when the decision is made.