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1. What did you do in 2005 that you'd never done before?
Got drunk, consistently keep and pen and paper journal that wasn't only filled with events, other things.
2. Did you keep your New Year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I don't remember mine from last year, and mine this year are kind of passive things I decide over time.
3. Did someone close to you give birth?
My neighbor
4. Did anyone close to you die?
No
5. What countries did you visit?
Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Czech Republic and Lichtenstein
6. What would you like to have in 2006 that you lacked in 2005?
I know this is typical but....a boy friend.
7. What dates from 2005 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
Midsummer, Germany, a certain day in July, a certain day in early December.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Finishing my college applications, oh, and winning LJ IDOL!
9. What was your biggest failure?
Self control
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
My Eye!!!!!
11. What was the best thing you bought?
I hate the things I buy. I want them, and then as soon as I have them I hate them merely because they represent money and greed. But I'll be damned if I don't love my brown boots.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
Rachel. For putting up with us all.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled?
My own? It's easier to say that.
14. Where did most of your money go?
Books and eating out, I think. Oh wait, no. Christmas presents.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
The Germany trip, buying people things, going into the city.
16. What song will always remind you of 2005?
Oh Sailor!!!!
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. older or wiser? I would like to think so. Obviously not that wise, but comparatively wiser.
ii. thinner or fatter? Probably fatter.
iii. richer or poorer? Poorer
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
I wish I had created more "moments". You know what I mean...
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Spend time online.
20. How did you spend Christmas?
My little family hung out together and watched movies.
22. Did you fall in love in 2005?
In a way.
24. What was your favorite TV program?
This is so sad...House.
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
I go in cycles. I will intensely dislike people at times, but nothing so permanent or deep rooted that it could be called "hate". There are a few people I'd like to hurt very badly, though.
26. What was the best book you read?
The Temple of Gold
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Gorillaz? Fiona?
28. What did you want and get?
You know, you can't always get what you want. An epiphany and a reason.
29. What did you want and not get?
Ah, this is the real question, isn't it? Hope and stability.
30. Favorite film of this year?
The Big Chill. I'd never seen it before.
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I turned 17 and I don't remember doing anything special, but my LJ says that I was at the Bruised Apple browsing through the used book bin on the sidewalk in the rain. While I remember that moment I don't remember it being my birthday.
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
The ability to create meaning out of it all. I can't remember most things that happened because I can't make them fit into a "greater meaning". Sad, I know.
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2005?
Brown, lots of brown. And makeup. Go to any means to cover flaws.
34. What kept you sane?
I'm not sure. I know I'm not insane. Perhaps showers and the back seats of cars. That's not dirty.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Oh, that guy on N3mbers. You know, Mr. Universe. And that guy on CSI Miami. And the guy who played Mr. Darcy. No, I don't know any of their names. I like things better that way.
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
Ugh, everything. Katrina...the war...the NSA...I could go on.
37. Who did you miss?
...Squab and Brie?
38. Who was the best new person you met?
Will Fleming
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2005:
We'll all float on okay. It's true. I always knew that you couldn't make a big deal out of things, but the best way to survive is to rationalize and internalize.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
Sing with me, sing for the year/Sing for the laugh and sing for the tear/Sing with me, just for today/Maybe tomorrow the good Lord take you away.
Last night I dreamed that some kind of school...it was like a boarding school, that I went to was giving away animals for the students to take care of. A dog liked me, but I couldn't take it home because it was too big, so instead I took home a chinchilla and a hedgehog. Then I realized that I should take more hedgehogs, so I went around collecting others and putting them in a box. Their spines didn't prick me, but instead were soft, and none of the rodents exhibited normal, skittish rodent behavior but instead were calm and let me hold them.
I don't really have any resolutions. I want to allow this year to be what it will, and take what comes, hopefully making the right decisions.
With that said, I want to lose weight and cut back on meat consumption.