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Before I forget, a Happy Belated Birthday to the majority of my flist :)
In other news, I graduated :) Still unemployed, and still have no idea what I want to do. I'm back at home, and my room looks like a tornado hit. I've got 3 rooms' worth of stuff in my bedroom, which I think is 10'x 12'.
But life is good now that I'm out of school. For example, my face. Since around 6th grade, I've had these bumps on my face (same color as my skin, just raised). Went to three dermatologists, who told me they were flat warts.It started out with one, and by November this year they had gotten up to 20, since they are contagious and I would spread the virus around when I put lotion on. (And fyi, I've never let anyone touch me in any area that had a wart so if you know me and you've touched me, don't worry, you won't get them ;) First doctor said they'd go away in time (7th grade) and there was nothing he could do. Second one (maybe freshman year college?) said they'd eventually go away, and burning them off would scar. Third one (last year) scared the crap out of me, attempted to freeze one off (very painful, don't recommend it), and gave me, get this, genital wart cream to put on them. Needless to say, I never used the stuff. I've tried everything, from duct tape to creams to picking at them to saliylic acid. I graduated on the 16th, and on the 26th, I looked in the mirror. They're ALL gone. Even the one I had since 6th grade. School stressed me out that badly, that it only took 10 days for me to be done with it for my immune system to kick into gear to get rid of them. Even in the summers, I spent a great deal of time dreading having to go back. I'm just so estatic that they're gone, and that I'm finally done with school :)
And now,
1. What did you do in 2005 that you'd never done before? learned to knit, went on my first real vacation without my parents, went on a bar crawl, wrote a resume, and tons of other stuff.
2. Did you keep your new year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year? Since I don't remember them, I doubt I kept them. And I will try to just live better.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth? yes
4. Did anyone close to you die? yes
5. What countries did you visit? does Las Vegas count? lol
6. What would you like to have in 2006 that you lacked in 2005? a job, I guess.
7. What date in 2005 will be etched upon your memory, and why? December 16th, graduation
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? see question #1 :)
9. What was your biggest failure? I don't know...I guess not finding a worthwhile internship
10. Did you suffer illness or injury? I was sick a couple times, but nothing major
11. What was the best thing you bought? my knitting supplies
12. Whose behavior merited celebration? all the people who went to NOLA and saved the pets who were left behind
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed? GWB
14. Where did most of your money go? the dollar spot at Target ;) and Cingular
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about? graduating
16. What song will always remind you of 2005?
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? happier
ii. thinner or fatter? uh...I haven't weighed myself in 3 months, so I don't know (and don't care to)
iii. richer or poorer? poorer
18. What do you wish you'd done more of? going out with friends
19. What do you wish you'd done less of? writing psychology papers
20. How will you be spending Christmas? with my extended families
22. Did you fall in love in 2005? no
23. How many one night stands? none
24. What was your favourite TV program? CSI
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year? I'm sure I do, but I can't think of anyone right now
26. What was the best book you read? Wicked
27. What was your greatest musical discovery? Cinephile
28. What did you want and get? freedom
29. What did you want and not get? a job
30. What was your favourite film of this year? I actually didn't go to the movies at all this year, and it's been ages since I've seen something new.
31. What did you do on your birthday? sat at home with my parents. it's almost become a tradition, since it's so close to christmas and the last 3 years my friends have been hours away.
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2005? IOWA t-shirt/hoodie and jeans.
34. What kept you sane? my parents
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? dunno
36. What political issue stirred you the most? everything, nothing, politics suck
37. Who did you miss? people I knew from Columbia
38. Who was the best new person you met? Brenda Falgier, my ASL teacher, she was amazing.
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2005. To live, each and every moment.
In other news, I graduated :) Still unemployed, and still have no idea what I want to do. I'm back at home, and my room looks like a tornado hit. I've got 3 rooms' worth of stuff in my bedroom, which I think is 10'x 12'.
But life is good now that I'm out of school. For example, my face. Since around 6th grade, I've had these bumps on my face (same color as my skin, just raised). Went to three dermatologists, who told me they were flat warts.It started out with one, and by November this year they had gotten up to 20, since they are contagious and I would spread the virus around when I put lotion on. (And fyi, I've never let anyone touch me in any area that had a wart so if you know me and you've touched me, don't worry, you won't get them ;) First doctor said they'd go away in time (7th grade) and there was nothing he could do. Second one (maybe freshman year college?) said they'd eventually go away, and burning them off would scar. Third one (last year) scared the crap out of me, attempted to freeze one off (very painful, don't recommend it), and gave me, get this, genital wart cream to put on them. Needless to say, I never used the stuff. I've tried everything, from duct tape to creams to picking at them to saliylic acid. I graduated on the 16th, and on the 26th, I looked in the mirror. They're ALL gone. Even the one I had since 6th grade. School stressed me out that badly, that it only took 10 days for me to be done with it for my immune system to kick into gear to get rid of them. Even in the summers, I spent a great deal of time dreading having to go back. I'm just so estatic that they're gone, and that I'm finally done with school :)
And now,
1. What did you do in 2005 that you'd never done before? learned to knit, went on my first real vacation without my parents, went on a bar crawl, wrote a resume, and tons of other stuff.
2. Did you keep your new year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year? Since I don't remember them, I doubt I kept them. And I will try to just live better.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth? yes
4. Did anyone close to you die? yes
5. What countries did you visit? does Las Vegas count? lol
6. What would you like to have in 2006 that you lacked in 2005? a job, I guess.
7. What date in 2005 will be etched upon your memory, and why? December 16th, graduation
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? see question #1 :)
9. What was your biggest failure? I don't know...I guess not finding a worthwhile internship
10. Did you suffer illness or injury? I was sick a couple times, but nothing major
11. What was the best thing you bought? my knitting supplies
12. Whose behavior merited celebration? all the people who went to NOLA and saved the pets who were left behind
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed? GWB
14. Where did most of your money go? the dollar spot at Target ;) and Cingular
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about? graduating
16. What song will always remind you of 2005?
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? happier
ii. thinner or fatter? uh...I haven't weighed myself in 3 months, so I don't know (and don't care to)
iii. richer or poorer? poorer
18. What do you wish you'd done more of? going out with friends
19. What do you wish you'd done less of? writing psychology papers
20. How will you be spending Christmas? with my extended families
22. Did you fall in love in 2005? no
23. How many one night stands? none
24. What was your favourite TV program? CSI
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year? I'm sure I do, but I can't think of anyone right now
26. What was the best book you read? Wicked
27. What was your greatest musical discovery? Cinephile
28. What did you want and get? freedom
29. What did you want and not get? a job
30. What was your favourite film of this year? I actually didn't go to the movies at all this year, and it's been ages since I've seen something new.
31. What did you do on your birthday? sat at home with my parents. it's almost become a tradition, since it's so close to christmas and the last 3 years my friends have been hours away.
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2005? IOWA t-shirt/hoodie and jeans.
34. What kept you sane? my parents
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? dunno
36. What political issue stirred you the most? everything, nothing, politics suck
37. Who did you miss? people I knew from Columbia
38. Who was the best new person you met? Brenda Falgier, my ASL teacher, she was amazing.
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2005. To live, each and every moment.