Jan 10, 2006 23:59
Happy New Year!
I wish you every success and happiness in 2006.
Today I left home at 0600, went to Sydney, returned home 2255. c. 900km.
Fun.
1. What did you do in 2005 that you'd never done before?
Gosh...
*Did the HSC
*Sang at the Conservatorium
*talked to strangers
*Got pulled over by a cop
*Got a real job
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
To be 100% honest, I don't even REMEMBER what it was! :|
This year... I hope I do keep it.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Yes
4. Did anyone close to you die?
Yes
5. What countries did you visit?
Australia
6. What would you like to have in 2006 that you lacked in 2005?
A LIFE! Death to the HSC!! *hehehe*
7. What dates from 2005 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
11 June - first ever audition
11-16 July - AMWR
13 July - FINN BROTHERS CONCERT, OPERA HOUSE "Because we love him... always!"
4 Nov - Last exam... physics, birthday party
5 Nov - 18th birthday - won on the pokies! :P
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Winning the Jason Northey Memorial award at MacKillop
9. What was your biggest failure?
Oh, everything
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Nothing too major... as healthy as
11. What was the best thing you bought?
Hmm... Finn Brothers ticket!
12. Whose behaviour merited celebration?
Bob Geldof, Live 8 -- G8
13. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed?
Bush, Howard, terrorists, racists
14. Where did most of your money go?
Petrol
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Finn Brothers :)
16. What song will always remind you of 2005?
"The Luckiest" - Ben Folds, "Katie" - Missy Higgins
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? Umm... tired-er!
ii. thinner or fatter? Thinner! YAY!
iii. richer or poorer? Richer - not that I'd say I'm exactly "rich" at the moment... :P
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Study
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
"Procrastination - love of my life, bane of my existance"
20. How did you spend Christmas?
With my family in Sydney, after singing in St. Mary's 8pm mass Christmas Eve - we were awesome!
21. What LJ users did you meet for the first time?
none
22. Did you fall in love in 2005?
Maaaybe
23. How many one-night stands?
orange
24. What was your favourite TV program?
Didn't get to watch TV! :( But for the vegie factor, Gray's Anatomy and All Saints... ohhh, Wire In The Blood (Robson Green hehehe :D)
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
Get down girl - Don't hate, get down
26. What was the best book you read?
"Gray's Anatomy" - Henry Gray
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Writing more songs, HONOURS 8TH GRADE AMEB, working at Con :D
28. What did you want and get?
I was very blessed
29. What did you want and not get?
Diamonds
30. What was your favourite film of this year?
Ohhh... "Funny Face" - Audrey Hepburn and Fred Astaire :D
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
18, went out to dinner with friends night before, then to a pub, then out to Whalebone Wharf with family that night
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
The protection of innocents
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2005?
M-E.
34. What kept you sane?
Never have been, never will be
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Audrey Hepburn - oh, to be so beautiful
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
War in Iraq, terrorism, tsunami victims
37. Who did you miss?
lots of people!
38. Who was the best new person you met?
Cameron, Simon and Elli
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2005.
Knowledge is power
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
"So if we get the big jobs and we make the big money, when we look back now will our jokes still be funny?"