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So I remembered about this survey thing I filled out last December, and decided to do it again, just because. I think I've changed some, but then sometimes, I think maybe I'm wrong. Anyhow, may I present for your reading pleasure, or boredom, whatever:
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1. What did you do in 2005 that you'd never done before?
Travel to another country.
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I don't remember these things...though i seriously doubt I made any last year. I might make some this year, who knows?
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Chole's sister isn't really close to me, but she had a son.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
A man and his daughter from my parent's church -- people I've known for most of my life -- were killed in a plane crash on 18 December.
5. What countries did you visit?
Russia!!! And technically Germany (the Frankfurt airport counts, sort of, right?).
6. What would you like to have in 2006 that you lacked in 2005?
A job, my own private bathroom, and the guts to really open myself up.
7. What date from 2005 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
15 April - because tripping is fun.
the whole month of June - can we say Russia?
8 November - do I always have to explain myself?
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Um...I don't remember...
9. What was your biggest failure?
My GPA dropped below a 3.00 and I lost HOPE.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
No deathly illnesses here.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
My chucks.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
The Family's.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
The Family's.
14. Where did most of your money go?
Cigarettes, food, alcohol, concerts.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Russia!!
16. What song will always remind you of 2005?
"Wonderwall" - Oasis
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? MUCH more content, but also more emotional. So, both.
ii. thinner or fatter? About the same.
iii. richer or poorer? Richer.
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Acted on what I wanted.
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Overthinking everything.
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
With my parents and brothers in Rome, as usual.
22. Did you fall in love in 2005?
With my Family.
23. How many one-night stands?
None...
24. What was your favorite TV program?
Gilmore Girls.
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
Well, its more of an intense dislike, so...yes.
26. What was the best book you read?
Wicked by Gregory Maguire, Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov.
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Anenue Q and Wicked.
28. What did you want and get?
To find people I love.
29. What did you want and not get?
To find someone to love.
30. What was your favorite film of this year?
"Shaun of the Dead".
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
Got REALLY smashed, went to class, went to a Lazer/Wulf concert, had much fun. Yay for 21st birthdays!
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Not living on campus?
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2005?
Funky and me.
34. What kept you sane?
Friends and music, as always. Though sometimes the friends also drove me insane.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Um...Tyson Ritter.
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
Intelligent design being taught in the classroom. It is NOT science!
37. Who did you miss?
Various friends who I've lost touch with.
38. Who was the best new person you met?
Um...I don't remember just who I met in 2005 and who I met in 2004.
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2005:
Regrets are a waste of time.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
"There's only us
There's only this
Forget regret
Or life is yours to miss
No other road
No other way
No day but today"
-from Rent
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And, just because it's funny to compare, a look at the past:
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1. What did you do in 2004 that you'd never done before?
Get drunk. Hang out in a corn maze. Willingly go to a concert in a smoky bar -- and completely enjoy myself. Get an LJ. Drive in metro Atlanta.
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I don't recall making any last year...and I don't know if I'll attempt to make/keep any this year, either.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
No.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
Nope.
5. What countries did you visit?
None...
6. What would you like to have in 2005 that you lacked in 2004?
A job, my own private bathroom, and self confidence.
7. What date from 2004 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
2|20 - See Jump for first time. Begin love affair with best band ever.
5|27 - See Bain Mattox for first time. Begin second love affair with what will soon become my most favoritest band ever.
11|2 - A little piece of me died.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
I lost some of my fear of the unknown.
9. What was your biggest failure?
I gave into apathy...again.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Nothing outside of the usual colds and such.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
Ticket to the 2|20 Jump show at the GA Theatre -- it opened up a whole new world for me, and caused me to realise how much I love live music and music in general.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
John Kerry's.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
My own, at times.
14. Where did most of your money go?
Concerts and The Grill.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
BASEBALL -- specifically the Diamond Dawgs.
16. What song will always remind you of 2004?
"Young America" - Jump
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? More content.
ii. thinner or fatter? About the same, possibly a bit thinner.
iii. richer or poorer? Richer -- much richer.
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Spoken my mind, or just gone for things I wanted but was to scared to try for.
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Feel sorry for myself.
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
With my parents and brothers in Rome.
22. Did you fall in love in 2004?
With music.
23. How many one-night stands?
None.
24. What was your favorite TV program?
Drawn Together and The Venture Brothers.
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
Nope.
26. What was the best book you read?
White Noise by Don DeLillo.
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Bain Mattox (and/or Jump). The Athens music scene.
28. What did you want and get?
To feel ike I really and truly belonged somewhere.
29. What did you want and not get?
To never feel out of place.
30. What was your favorite film of this year?
"Miracle".
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
Went to The Grill, then hung out in my room and in The 711, with many generous happy birthday wishes from people I care about. I'm now 20 -- stuck in the age limbo.
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Having stayed in Athens all summer, instead of living in Rome with frequent visits to Athens.
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2004?
Comfortable and me-oriented, with a definite trend towards red and black. Fun underwear is now a must.
34. What kept you sane?
Friends and music.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Probably Dom Monaghan.
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
Foreign policy -- Bush's is atrocious, and frankly scares the shit out of me.
37. Who did you miss?
Mostly Luke. Sometimes Jenn.
38. Who was the best new person you met?
Ali and Chole, my future roomies, and Sara, who introduced me to the joys of Jump and live concerts. (...I still love the rest of you, too, I swear!)
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2004:
Lots of things are overrated.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
"I know that everything that means anything to me has only partly begun" - Bain Mattox, "You Try"
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My oh my.
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1. What did you do in 2005 that you'd never done before?
Travel to another country.
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I don't remember these things...though i seriously doubt I made any last year. I might make some this year, who knows?
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Chole's sister isn't really close to me, but she had a son.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
A man and his daughter from my parent's church -- people I've known for most of my life -- were killed in a plane crash on 18 December.
5. What countries did you visit?
Russia!!! And technically Germany (the Frankfurt airport counts, sort of, right?).
6. What would you like to have in 2006 that you lacked in 2005?
A job, my own private bathroom, and the guts to really open myself up.
7. What date from 2005 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
15 April - because tripping is fun.
the whole month of June - can we say Russia?
8 November - do I always have to explain myself?
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Um...I don't remember...
9. What was your biggest failure?
My GPA dropped below a 3.00 and I lost HOPE.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
No deathly illnesses here.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
My chucks.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
The Family's.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
The Family's.
14. Where did most of your money go?
Cigarettes, food, alcohol, concerts.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Russia!!
16. What song will always remind you of 2005?
"Wonderwall" - Oasis
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? MUCH more content, but also more emotional. So, both.
ii. thinner or fatter? About the same.
iii. richer or poorer? Richer.
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Acted on what I wanted.
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Overthinking everything.
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
With my parents and brothers in Rome, as usual.
22. Did you fall in love in 2005?
With my Family.
23. How many one-night stands?
None...
24. What was your favorite TV program?
Gilmore Girls.
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
Well, its more of an intense dislike, so...yes.
26. What was the best book you read?
Wicked by Gregory Maguire, Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov.
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Anenue Q and Wicked.
28. What did you want and get?
To find people I love.
29. What did you want and not get?
To find someone to love.
30. What was your favorite film of this year?
"Shaun of the Dead".
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
Got REALLY smashed, went to class, went to a Lazer/Wulf concert, had much fun. Yay for 21st birthdays!
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Not living on campus?
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2005?
Funky and me.
34. What kept you sane?
Friends and music, as always. Though sometimes the friends also drove me insane.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Um...Tyson Ritter.
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
Intelligent design being taught in the classroom. It is NOT science!
37. Who did you miss?
Various friends who I've lost touch with.
38. Who was the best new person you met?
Um...I don't remember just who I met in 2005 and who I met in 2004.
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2005:
Regrets are a waste of time.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
"There's only us
There's only this
Forget regret
Or life is yours to miss
No other road
No other way
No day but today"
-from Rent
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And, just because it's funny to compare, a look at the past:
-------
1. What did you do in 2004 that you'd never done before?
Get drunk. Hang out in a corn maze. Willingly go to a concert in a smoky bar -- and completely enjoy myself. Get an LJ. Drive in metro Atlanta.
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I don't recall making any last year...and I don't know if I'll attempt to make/keep any this year, either.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
No.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
Nope.
5. What countries did you visit?
None...
6. What would you like to have in 2005 that you lacked in 2004?
A job, my own private bathroom, and self confidence.
7. What date from 2004 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
2|20 - See Jump for first time. Begin love affair with best band ever.
5|27 - See Bain Mattox for first time. Begin second love affair with what will soon become my most favoritest band ever.
11|2 - A little piece of me died.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
I lost some of my fear of the unknown.
9. What was your biggest failure?
I gave into apathy...again.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Nothing outside of the usual colds and such.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
Ticket to the 2|20 Jump show at the GA Theatre -- it opened up a whole new world for me, and caused me to realise how much I love live music and music in general.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
John Kerry's.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
My own, at times.
14. Where did most of your money go?
Concerts and The Grill.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
BASEBALL -- specifically the Diamond Dawgs.
16. What song will always remind you of 2004?
"Young America" - Jump
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? More content.
ii. thinner or fatter? About the same, possibly a bit thinner.
iii. richer or poorer? Richer -- much richer.
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Spoken my mind, or just gone for things I wanted but was to scared to try for.
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Feel sorry for myself.
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
With my parents and brothers in Rome.
22. Did you fall in love in 2004?
With music.
23. How many one-night stands?
None.
24. What was your favorite TV program?
Drawn Together and The Venture Brothers.
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
Nope.
26. What was the best book you read?
White Noise by Don DeLillo.
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Bain Mattox (and/or Jump). The Athens music scene.
28. What did you want and get?
To feel ike I really and truly belonged somewhere.
29. What did you want and not get?
To never feel out of place.
30. What was your favorite film of this year?
"Miracle".
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
Went to The Grill, then hung out in my room and in The 711, with many generous happy birthday wishes from people I care about. I'm now 20 -- stuck in the age limbo.
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Having stayed in Athens all summer, instead of living in Rome with frequent visits to Athens.
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2004?
Comfortable and me-oriented, with a definite trend towards red and black. Fun underwear is now a must.
34. What kept you sane?
Friends and music.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Probably Dom Monaghan.
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
Foreign policy -- Bush's is atrocious, and frankly scares the shit out of me.
37. Who did you miss?
Mostly Luke. Sometimes Jenn.
38. Who was the best new person you met?
Ali and Chole, my future roomies, and Sara, who introduced me to the joys of Jump and live concerts. (...I still love the rest of you, too, I swear!)
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2004:
Lots of things are overrated.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
"I know that everything that means anything to me has only partly begun" - Bain Mattox, "You Try"
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My oh my.