I don't normally do these, but I actually have free time for once, and it was snagged from a pretty cool cat.
1. What did you do in 2005 that you'd never done?
I bet a lot of things, I like trying new things, no specifics really come to mind.
2. Did you keep your new year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
Never make them actually, but I think I'll steal Becky's it's one to always live by.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Yes
4. Did anyone close to you die?
Yes
5. What countries did you visit?
U.S. and Canada
6. What would you like to have in 2006 that you lacked in 2005?
I'm good let someone else have it.
7. What date from 2005 will remained etched in your memory, and why?
I have a bad memory, maybe the 12th and 26th of September because of all the people I met, whom I'm close to now.
8. What was your biggest achievement of 2005?
Picking myself up and finding a personal fortitude like none that I have had before.
9. What was your biggest failure?
I don't believe in failures, they are realy just sckewed sucesses.
10. Do you suffer illness or injury?
Nope, I don't suffer from them, they add a demention to my life.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
As much as I could care less about materal possessions and my first thought was to think of a gift I got someone, I do have to admit I'm fond of my 61 Key Midi interface and the idea of getting back to creating music.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
All of my friends, I'm stealing this anser too, but not giving an explaination.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
Who am I to judge
14. Where did most of your money go?
All over the place really.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Everything!
16. What song will always remind you of 2005?
Just one, yeah right
17. Compared to this time last year are you:
i. happier or sadder? much happier
ii. thinner or fatter? Thinner, I get thinner when I'm happier
iii. richer or poorer? it's only money
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
everything!
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
nothing!
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
with family
21. Did you fall in love in 2005?
All the time! I've got a lot of love to give! As for whether I was single or not, I was actually single for all of '05, that in it's self is amazing.
22. How many one night stands?
None, I was a good boy.
23. What was your favorite TV program?
I don't watch TV when it's on I watch it on DVD, but Arrested Development was probably the biggest one, oh opps, sorry nope definitely Firefly was the biggest one, and I did watch a bunch of Smallvile
24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
I never hate anyone, sorry, I don't see people that way.
25. What was the best book you read?
Good question, no I really like the question, I'd say Angels and Demons, but Age of Spiritual Machines is quickly climbing up the list, but I only started that in '05 I'm just hoping I finish it before '07
26. What was your greatest musical discovery?
There are so many... the most unexpected one would be HIM, who knew they were mellow, not me at least.
27. What did you want and get?
I'm fine let someone else have it... ok guess I'll answer the 61 Key Midi again, but the thing that I got that I didn't want (well didn't expect) was one of my friends made me a music video by putting a bunch of pictures she had taken to a HIM song, it was the coolest gift I've ever gotten.
28. What did you want and not get?
Everyone else's wishes for them... well that really isn't true either, because often there are good reasons to not get what you want.
29. What was your favorite film of the year?
Another hard question, forgive me if I forget any, but let's say Kong, Rent, and Hitchhikers.
30. What did you do on your birthday and how old were you?
My friends took me to ren fest and had me arrested. How old do you think I am?
31. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably satisfying?
living it, check!
32. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2005?
overweight pirate transforms into.. what the beegeebees am I now?
33. What kept you sane?
Ha ha ha, ain't that a lost cause!
34. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Julianne Moore of course! Rachael McAdams is quickly climbing the list, and Sarah Vowell will probably always hold the #3 spot.
35. What political issue stirred you the most?
I don't want to talk about politics, who am I to judge, I guess the issues that I'm most passionate about are the ones to stop other people's judgements from effecting the lives of other people, cough cough gay rights, does the question of whether or not they should have equal rights just seem absurd to anyone else, explain to me at what point did they stopped being human and deserving of the same rights as everyone else, was it at the "g" the "a" or the "y". Love is love and people should start showing more of it not preventing other people from it and don't even get me started on how it's suppose to be freedom of religion to eliminate it, I guess I just figured it was freedom of religion, not from it. The idea was to be alowed to avoid persecution for it, did I hear that someone got sued for saying Merry Christmas, wtf!!!
36. Who do you miss?
Everyone and no one, don't be sad that it's over, be glad that it happened.
37. Who was the best new person you met?
Wow, what a fantastic question, but I couldn't narrow it down to just one person, in no particular order, Samantha, Nicole, Denis, Randy, Rebbecca, Rachelle, Dana, Andrea, and you if I met you this past year and havent mentioned you it isn't because I'm not glad, it's because I have a bad memory when it comes to recalling things, so give me a call or drop me a line.
38. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2005:
"Seize the Day" hey that's a good one, I think I'll keep it right there, but more importantly I've learned to truely and completely love myself so that I could truely and completely love everyone else. "Seize the Narcissism!"
39. What song lyrics sum up your year:
"One song
Glory
One song
Before I go
Glory
One song to leave behind
Find one song
One last refrain
Glory
From the pretty boy front man
Who wasted opportunity
One song
He had the world at his feet
Glory
In the eyes of a young girl
A young girl
Find glory
Beyond the cheap colored lights
One song
Before the sun sets
Glory -- on another empty life
Time flies -- time dies
Glory -- One blaze of glory
One blaze of glory -- glory
Find
Glory
In a song that rings true
Truth like a blazing fire
An eternal flame
Find
One song
A song about love
Glory
From the soul of a young man
A young man
Find
The one song
Before the virus takes hold
Glory
Like a sunset
One song
To redeem this empty life
Time flies
And then - no need to endure anymore
Time dies"
- Adam Pascal (One Song Glory, Rent)