Jan 01, 2006 23:11
1. What did you do in 2005 that you've never done before? Played online poker, broke 100 in golf, bet on sports, drank a jager bomb, was in a bar for close to 16 hours straight
2. Did you keep your New Years' resolutions, and will you make more in 2006? Gee I don't think I made any last year.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth? Nope.
4. Did anyone close to you die? Some regulars at the bar.
5. What countries did you visit? Canada.
7. What date from 2005 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? Michigan beating Penn St. on last play and then ND losing in the best way imaginable.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? Winning poker tournament, playing masterfully heads up against Lindsey.
9. What was your biggest failure? School, what school?
10. Did you suffer illness or injury? I haven't been sick AT ALL!
11. What was the best thing you bought? I like my Dion Harris jersey alot and the Menace II Society DVD.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration? I'm going to have to go with Car Wash Chuck, the redneck cherokee blackfoot irish indian from the smoky mountains.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed? Dan, he needs to step it up and actually get drunk and go to a strip club.
14. Where did most of your money go? In my pocket.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about? The sound of poker chips shuffling in my fingers.
16. What song will always remind you of 2005? Notorious BIG - "Juicy"
17. Compared to this time last year, are you...
i. happier or sadder? Happier, I probably had no self esteem at this time last year.
ii. thinner or fatter? Thinner I'd bet, that's really hard to believe.
iii. richer or poorer? I've tripled the bankroll.
18. What do you wish you'd done more of? Gamble.
20. How will you be spending Christmas New Year's? Christmas was Pistons game and getting coneys at the creepy American Coney Island, New Years was Jager Bombs Galore.
21. Did you date anyone in 2005? This may be the worst question in the HISTORY OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION!
22. Did you fall in love in 2005? Naw
23. How many one-night stands? None.
24. What was your favorite TV program? Cheap Seats.
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year? Yes.
26. What was the best book you read? One of a Kind, about Stuey Ungar. He's a role model, at 14 he was the best gin player in the world, but lost all his money betting on horses, at 26 he won his first World Series, 27 his 2nd. The next 15 years were a wash, he was doing coke nearly every day. In '97, he miraculously won the WSOP again, but the next year he ODed.
27. What was your greatest musical discovery? I expanded my horizons into the genres of rap and country.
28. What did you want and get? HR Derby and tOSU tickets.
29. What did you want and not get? gf
30. What was your favorite film of this year? I don't think I saw any new movies, I usually wait about 5 years down the road.
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you? Did some shots at work, then came home and opened gifts.
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? gf
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2005? Blue collar and basketball jerseys.
34. What kept you sane? Work, poker, sports, friends
35. Which celebrity / public figure did you fancy the most? Mike THE MOUTH Matusow and my boy Tayshaun Prince.
36. What political issue stirred you the most? None, if you don't concentrate on this bullshit, you're a little less stressed out!
37. Who did you miss? I miss Chuck, why the hell did he find God and move to Florida?
38. Who was the best new person you met? Once again Chuck, and as honorable mention I'll go with Ralph's son Tommy, stealing 5 foot tall signs from MIS.
39. What valuable life lesson did you learn in 2005? AJ can beat JJ on a flop of J83, how that happened is still beyond belief.
40. What song lyric sums up your year?
I was drunk the day my mom got out of prison
And I went to pick her up in the rain
But before I could get to the station in my pickup truck
She got runned over by the damned old train