End of Year Survey 2005
1. What did you do in 2005 that you'd never done before? Graduated from college & something else I'd like to not say on here...
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
So so...it's always losing weight. And I am making more this year! The weight one always. To be true to myself and move forward. To be more kind and patient. To find my life because I'm done with being a student. It's time to be an adult.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Nope..but my cousin Jess is PREGNANT!!!!!
4. Did anyone close to you die?
No thank goodness...
5. What countries did you visit?
Haven't left the country yet....STILL
6. What would you like to have in 2006 that you lacked in 2005?
You know..I want a job that I can be proud of. And a decent romantic relationship.
7. What date from 2005 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? No particular date...the whole year was VERY noteworthy.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Showing my piece at ACDFA and receiving wonderful reviews. Creating a senior project that I'm proud of. And graduating from college. And being able to save up the money and purchase my first car.
9. What was your biggest failure?
Still not living up to my potential as a Christian....in more ways than last year.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Nothing serious...so far just a little gastritis
11. What was the best thing you bought?
MY CAR!!!!!! And today...my IPOD!
12. Whose behavior merited celebration? I think all of my friends that graduated at some point this year deserves merit. And Ms. Shmelly getting into Grad school!!
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
Honestly...my own at some times...MICHEAL...and for a small period of time..Adam.
14. Where did most of your money go?
My CAR. And I've been splurging a lot on myself lately and I need to stop once the new year starts.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
My car!
16. What songs will always remind you of 2005? The Postal Service CD, The Lost in Translation Sdt., anything by Journey, Fiona Apple, Cher, "You & Me" by: Lifehouse, "Collide" by: Howie Day, "Brighter than Sunshine" by: Aqualung...etc etc etc
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
Happier or sadder? a little bit sadder
Older and wiser - Obviously older, and a little Less wiser...
Thinner or fatter? Same
Richer or poorer? a little bit richer because I've had a steady job for a while
18. What do you wish you'd done more of? Listened to what God tells me to do and loved more instead of held grudges
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
drink
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
with my family
22. Did you fall in love in 2004?
I was in love....and it died.
23. How many one-night stands?
I wouldn't call it a one night stand...but lately there has been someone...in the physical sense..
24. What was your favorite TV program?
Laguna Beach, CSI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, Sex & the City, PROJECT RUNWAY!!!!!!!!!!!! Degrassi
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year? I do my best to try and not use the word 'hate'. But there have been a few people lately that I've not been to fond of.
26. What was the best book you read?
So far I've only read Shopgirl. I'm getting ready to start Memoirs of a Geisha
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
It was rediscovering older music that was so great for me. I've fallen in love with old school Stevie Wonder and Journey.
28. What did you want and get?
A car!
29. What did you want and not get?
absolution
30. What was your favorite film of this year?
RENT!!!
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I turned 22 and I was drunk out of my mind w/Mel & Adam at Archie's. Thanks guys for taking care of me!
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Not to disappoint God as much. And to continue to strive to do the things God wants me to do. (yea thats from last year...amplify that by about 100) LESS DRAMA!!!!!!!!
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2004? I don't dress as much as a teenager chasing the fads anymore. I've gone a little bit more conservative with American Eagle type clothes. I'm wearing solid colors, long fitted t-shirts, tanks, and sweaters. I call it sophisticated funk.
34. What kept you sane?
Prayer, my friends, dance (the art of itself), and good loud music (SAME as last year)
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Hmmmmm...Ryan Gosling!! YUMMY YUMMY
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
I'm becoming more and more involved with issues surrounding AIDS/HIV education.
37. Who did you miss?
Lisa (always), BRAD, CCC girls, the Adam before everything went bad, and all of my friends from SIUE because I don't go there anymore!
38. Who was the best new person you met?
I've met a lot of great people at Archie's that make me laugh so much.
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2003:
That even if you think you high..you can still fall. Don't ever make any promises to yourself, to others, or to God that you can't keep. I learned that I'm too trusting. I learned that I can be careless. And I learned that I'm human and I make so many mistakes. I learned that if I don't change in this next year I won't make it out alive. Not in the body sense but in the spiritual sense.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
So one last touch and then you'll go
And we'll pretend that it meant something so much more
But it was vile, and it was cheap
And you are beautiful but you don't mean a thing to me
Yeah you are beautiful but you don't mean a thing to me
~Death Cab for Cutie
I think you're the least fucked up
person I've ever met
and that may be as close to the real thing
as I'm ever gonna get
but my quarter's gonna run out now
or so I'm told
I guess I'd better go sit down
and wait for you
til my coffee gets cold
~Ani DiFranco
Even the best fall down sometimes
even the wrong words seem to rhyme
out of the back you fall in time
you finally find you and I collide
~Howie Day
ETC ETC ETC ETC ETC ETC ETC ETC ETC
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
So so...it's always losing weight. And I am making more this year! The weight one always. To be true to myself and move forward. To be more kind and patient. To find my life because I'm done with being a student. It's time to be an adult.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Nope..but my cousin Jess is PREGNANT!!!!!
4. Did anyone close to you die?
No thank goodness...
5. What countries did you visit?
Haven't left the country yet....STILL
6. What would you like to have in 2006 that you lacked in 2005?
You know..I want a job that I can be proud of. And a decent romantic relationship.
7. What date from 2005 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? No particular date...the whole year was VERY noteworthy.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Showing my piece at ACDFA and receiving wonderful reviews. Creating a senior project that I'm proud of. And graduating from college. And being able to save up the money and purchase my first car.
9. What was your biggest failure?
Still not living up to my potential as a Christian....in more ways than last year.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Nothing serious...so far just a little gastritis
11. What was the best thing you bought?
MY CAR!!!!!! And today...my IPOD!
12. Whose behavior merited celebration? I think all of my friends that graduated at some point this year deserves merit. And Ms. Shmelly getting into Grad school!!
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
Honestly...my own at some times...MICHEAL...and for a small period of time..Adam.
14. Where did most of your money go?
My CAR. And I've been splurging a lot on myself lately and I need to stop once the new year starts.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
My car!
16. What songs will always remind you of 2005? The Postal Service CD, The Lost in Translation Sdt., anything by Journey, Fiona Apple, Cher, "You & Me" by: Lifehouse, "Collide" by: Howie Day, "Brighter than Sunshine" by: Aqualung...etc etc etc
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
Happier or sadder? a little bit sadder
Older and wiser - Obviously older, and a little Less wiser...
Thinner or fatter? Same
Richer or poorer? a little bit richer because I've had a steady job for a while
18. What do you wish you'd done more of? Listened to what God tells me to do and loved more instead of held grudges
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
drink
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
with my family
22. Did you fall in love in 2004?
I was in love....and it died.
23. How many one-night stands?
I wouldn't call it a one night stand...but lately there has been someone...in the physical sense..
24. What was your favorite TV program?
Laguna Beach, CSI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, Sex & the City, PROJECT RUNWAY!!!!!!!!!!!! Degrassi
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year? I do my best to try and not use the word 'hate'. But there have been a few people lately that I've not been to fond of.
26. What was the best book you read?
So far I've only read Shopgirl. I'm getting ready to start Memoirs of a Geisha
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
It was rediscovering older music that was so great for me. I've fallen in love with old school Stevie Wonder and Journey.
28. What did you want and get?
A car!
29. What did you want and not get?
absolution
30. What was your favorite film of this year?
RENT!!!
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I turned 22 and I was drunk out of my mind w/Mel & Adam at Archie's. Thanks guys for taking care of me!
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Not to disappoint God as much. And to continue to strive to do the things God wants me to do. (yea thats from last year...amplify that by about 100) LESS DRAMA!!!!!!!!
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2004? I don't dress as much as a teenager chasing the fads anymore. I've gone a little bit more conservative with American Eagle type clothes. I'm wearing solid colors, long fitted t-shirts, tanks, and sweaters. I call it sophisticated funk.
34. What kept you sane?
Prayer, my friends, dance (the art of itself), and good loud music (SAME as last year)
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Hmmmmm...Ryan Gosling!! YUMMY YUMMY
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
I'm becoming more and more involved with issues surrounding AIDS/HIV education.
37. Who did you miss?
Lisa (always), BRAD, CCC girls, the Adam before everything went bad, and all of my friends from SIUE because I don't go there anymore!
38. Who was the best new person you met?
I've met a lot of great people at Archie's that make me laugh so much.
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2003:
That even if you think you high..you can still fall. Don't ever make any promises to yourself, to others, or to God that you can't keep. I learned that I'm too trusting. I learned that I can be careless. And I learned that I'm human and I make so many mistakes. I learned that if I don't change in this next year I won't make it out alive. Not in the body sense but in the spiritual sense.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
So one last touch and then you'll go
And we'll pretend that it meant something so much more
But it was vile, and it was cheap
And you are beautiful but you don't mean a thing to me
Yeah you are beautiful but you don't mean a thing to me
~Death Cab for Cutie
I think you're the least fucked up
person I've ever met
and that may be as close to the real thing
as I'm ever gonna get
but my quarter's gonna run out now
or so I'm told
I guess I'd better go sit down
and wait for you
til my coffee gets cold
~Ani DiFranco
Even the best fall down sometimes
even the wrong words seem to rhyme
out of the back you fall in time
you finally find you and I collide
~Howie Day
ETC ETC ETC ETC ETC ETC ETC ETC ETC