Getting my kicks in twenty-oh-six.
Bleh. 2005 sucked. Shit, did anyone have a good one?
But I suppose my view of it wouldn't be so dismal if I were in a better mood. Everything's come together to put me in a bit of a funk.
I just put in the most grueling week I've ever had at work. Ten hours of busting my ass at the space center, for five days straight. And now I have to go in tomorrow at 7, which means I have to get up at what has been my BEDTIME in the past. Not to mention, that whole week, I had the nasty possibility of having to give up Sam looming over my head. There's now hope that we can keep him, but still. Not fun.
I dunno. I just feel so stagnant in every way that a person shouldn't be.
I'm not any more experienced with girls than I was at the end of 2004. Yeah, I had a brief, friendly e-mail exchange with Hot Acting Class/My Space girl, but that was three weeks ago and I haven't done anything with it since.
I still don't write as much as I should, given my (so I've been told by nearly every teacher I've had) talent for it.
I don't have a circle of friends to run with, and every time somebody wants me to be their friend, I pull back.
That brings me to another point to whine about;
I miss the Kwoon. The Kwoon has been dead for at least a year and a half. The community has, for what I can see, all but disbanded completely. Everyone has their own shit to go off and do, except for me. I'm left with a tattered html rag that used to be a bustling online village. I've had two conversations on MSN in the past month, whereas there used to be a standing MSN conversation EVERY NIGHT with a half dozen people taking part.
And the worst part of that is that if any one person can be blamed for killing it, it's me. I killed it, and I still have NO idea how to revive it. Nor do I know how to build a new one from its ruins, for that matter, which is what I was aiming for anyway.
Fuck that shit. I can't build and sustain a forum on my own, and it'd be ridiculous of me to try.
I'm not going to make resolutions this year, seeing as how I only made good on a couple of them last year. I will say what I WANT to do, though. If any of it actually gets done, well, so much the better for me.
-I want to start getting some physical exercise. My eating habits aren't all that bad, so getting off my fat ass should enact SOME change for the better.
-I want to make some progress with a girl. Even if I simply manage to seriously ask one out by year's end. You gotta learn to crawl before you can walk.
-I want to get back on track with good grades again. I did it for two straight years, I can do it again.
-I want to write things. Scripts, fanfiction, whatever. Something.
-I want to find people to hang out with, for fuck's sake.
If I can do ANY of that, I'll be the better for it.
Whatever. Onto the survey.
1. What did you do in 2005 that you'd never done before?
Got drunk
Saw strippers
Ate crab
2. Did you keep your new year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
Three or four of them. Not nearly enough. And no, I'm not making any for 2006. Pointless to make them if you're not going to keep them.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Nope
4. Did anyone close to you die?
No, knock on wood. My Uncle Mike passed away, but I'd not seen him since I was three or four.
5. What countries did you visit?
Never left the States, unfortunately.
6. What would you like to have in 2006 that you lacked in 2005?
A group to hang out with on a regular basis.
7. What dates from 2005 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
None jump out at me.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Hard to say. I haven't achieved much.
9. What was your biggest failure?
Not figuring out a way to revive the Kwoon. Either that or letting my job seriously hurt my grades.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Nah.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
Metal Gear Solid 3, I'd say. Fun fun.
12. Whose behaviour merited celebration?
Kanye West. We hadn't seen such asshattery on live television since Ashlee Simpson's SNL debacle in 2004. For that, I thank him.
13. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed?
Can't think of anybody offhand.
14. Where did most of your money go?
School, probably. And video games.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Revenge of the Sith, of course.
16. What song will always remind you of 2005?
"Feel Good Inc", by Gorillaz, methinks. Because it's the only one that came out this year that I found noteworthy.
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
a) happier or sadder?
Sadder, probably. Things are too stagnant.
b) thinner or fatter?
The same, unfortunately. I could stand to shed a few. Dozen.
c) richer or poorer?
Poorer
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Putting effort into things
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Procrastinating
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
Already spent it. At my sister's house. Not too shabby.
21. Did you fall in love in 2005?
Nope
22. How many one-night stands?
None. Thanks for reminding me.
23. What was your favourite TV programs?
South Park has had a surprisingly weak year, so I'll say either Drawn Together or Smallville.
24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
Not really, no.
25. What was the best book you read?
"Bone" by Jeff Smith. It's a comic book, so I dunno if it counts. If it doesn't, then "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" would have to suffice. "Return of the King" would come after that.
26. What was your greatest musical discovery?
All I discovered was that Gorillaz song.
27. What did you want and get?
Material shit
28. What did you want and not get?
Stuff that isn't material
29. What was your favourite film of this year?
Revenge of the Sith
30. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I was 21, and my brother-in-law took me out for booze and strippers.
31. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
A group of people to hang around with. Online or off.
32. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2005?
Simplicity
33. What kept you sane?
Since when have I been sane?
34. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Natalie Portman, as usual
35. What political issue stirred you the most?
Gay marriage, probably. It's the 21st century, and this is the United States of America. This should not be an issue.
36. Who did you miss?
The Kwoonies
37. Who was the best new person you met?
Probably Dan and Mary from my Script Analysis class. They rawked.
38. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2005.
Procrastination can actually be detrimental to your success.
39. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
Here am I sitting in a tin can...
Far above the world..
Planet Earth is blue, and there's nothing I can do.
No, that doesn't sum anything up. I care not.
But I suppose my view of it wouldn't be so dismal if I were in a better mood. Everything's come together to put me in a bit of a funk.
I just put in the most grueling week I've ever had at work. Ten hours of busting my ass at the space center, for five days straight. And now I have to go in tomorrow at 7, which means I have to get up at what has been my BEDTIME in the past. Not to mention, that whole week, I had the nasty possibility of having to give up Sam looming over my head. There's now hope that we can keep him, but still. Not fun.
I dunno. I just feel so stagnant in every way that a person shouldn't be.
I'm not any more experienced with girls than I was at the end of 2004. Yeah, I had a brief, friendly e-mail exchange with Hot Acting Class/My Space girl, but that was three weeks ago and I haven't done anything with it since.
I still don't write as much as I should, given my (so I've been told by nearly every teacher I've had) talent for it.
I don't have a circle of friends to run with, and every time somebody wants me to be their friend, I pull back.
That brings me to another point to whine about;
I miss the Kwoon. The Kwoon has been dead for at least a year and a half. The community has, for what I can see, all but disbanded completely. Everyone has their own shit to go off and do, except for me. I'm left with a tattered html rag that used to be a bustling online village. I've had two conversations on MSN in the past month, whereas there used to be a standing MSN conversation EVERY NIGHT with a half dozen people taking part.
And the worst part of that is that if any one person can be blamed for killing it, it's me. I killed it, and I still have NO idea how to revive it. Nor do I know how to build a new one from its ruins, for that matter, which is what I was aiming for anyway.
Fuck that shit. I can't build and sustain a forum on my own, and it'd be ridiculous of me to try.
I'm not going to make resolutions this year, seeing as how I only made good on a couple of them last year. I will say what I WANT to do, though. If any of it actually gets done, well, so much the better for me.
-I want to start getting some physical exercise. My eating habits aren't all that bad, so getting off my fat ass should enact SOME change for the better.
-I want to make some progress with a girl. Even if I simply manage to seriously ask one out by year's end. You gotta learn to crawl before you can walk.
-I want to get back on track with good grades again. I did it for two straight years, I can do it again.
-I want to write things. Scripts, fanfiction, whatever. Something.
-I want to find people to hang out with, for fuck's sake.
If I can do ANY of that, I'll be the better for it.
Whatever. Onto the survey.
1. What did you do in 2005 that you'd never done before?
Got drunk
Saw strippers
Ate crab
2. Did you keep your new year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
Three or four of them. Not nearly enough. And no, I'm not making any for 2006. Pointless to make them if you're not going to keep them.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Nope
4. Did anyone close to you die?
No, knock on wood. My Uncle Mike passed away, but I'd not seen him since I was three or four.
5. What countries did you visit?
Never left the States, unfortunately.
6. What would you like to have in 2006 that you lacked in 2005?
A group to hang out with on a regular basis.
7. What dates from 2005 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
None jump out at me.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Hard to say. I haven't achieved much.
9. What was your biggest failure?
Not figuring out a way to revive the Kwoon. Either that or letting my job seriously hurt my grades.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Nah.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
Metal Gear Solid 3, I'd say. Fun fun.
12. Whose behaviour merited celebration?
Kanye West. We hadn't seen such asshattery on live television since Ashlee Simpson's SNL debacle in 2004. For that, I thank him.
13. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed?
Can't think of anybody offhand.
14. Where did most of your money go?
School, probably. And video games.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Revenge of the Sith, of course.
16. What song will always remind you of 2005?
"Feel Good Inc", by Gorillaz, methinks. Because it's the only one that came out this year that I found noteworthy.
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
a) happier or sadder?
Sadder, probably. Things are too stagnant.
b) thinner or fatter?
The same, unfortunately. I could stand to shed a few. Dozen.
c) richer or poorer?
Poorer
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Putting effort into things
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Procrastinating
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
Already spent it. At my sister's house. Not too shabby.
21. Did you fall in love in 2005?
Nope
22. How many one-night stands?
None. Thanks for reminding me.
23. What was your favourite TV programs?
South Park has had a surprisingly weak year, so I'll say either Drawn Together or Smallville.
24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
Not really, no.
25. What was the best book you read?
"Bone" by Jeff Smith. It's a comic book, so I dunno if it counts. If it doesn't, then "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" would have to suffice. "Return of the King" would come after that.
26. What was your greatest musical discovery?
All I discovered was that Gorillaz song.
27. What did you want and get?
Material shit
28. What did you want and not get?
Stuff that isn't material
29. What was your favourite film of this year?
Revenge of the Sith
30. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I was 21, and my brother-in-law took me out for booze and strippers.
31. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
A group of people to hang around with. Online or off.
32. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2005?
Simplicity
33. What kept you sane?
Since when have I been sane?
34. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Natalie Portman, as usual
35. What political issue stirred you the most?
Gay marriage, probably. It's the 21st century, and this is the United States of America. This should not be an issue.
36. Who did you miss?
The Kwoonies
37. Who was the best new person you met?
Probably Dan and Mary from my Script Analysis class. They rawked.
38. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2005.
Procrastination can actually be detrimental to your success.
39. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
Here am I sitting in a tin can...
Far above the world..
Planet Earth is blue, and there's nothing I can do.
No, that doesn't sum anything up. I care not.