Dec 12, 2004 17:48
1. What did you do in 2004 that you'd never done before? - ummm....applied for an internship? and decided on if i wanted to got to graduate school? nothing spetacular this year happened like it did last year.
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year? - i dont eve really make any. i think i was a better friend to poeple this year. i'm gonna work on not being so difficult to live with.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth? -my cousin Don had his first child, Adrianna this year...
4. Did anyone close to you die? no, i'm waiting for that to happen. i can feel it coming.
5. What countries did you visit? - just the US states on the east cosat and west coast.
6. What would you like to have in 2005 that you lacked in 2004? - feeling less lonely, motivation and focus on the direction i want to pursue in my life, to feel passion for someone.
7. What date from 2004 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? i don't really have any dates in my memory...august was probably my most fun month...oh and that afternoon the gang went out to Golden Gardens for a cookout, it was so achingly perfect.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? finding some direction for the bigger picture of my life? i dont know. i don't feel like i accomplished much this year.
9. What was your biggest failure? letting my libido get ahead of my heart...and using up people who might have actually cared because i didnt care. or not feeling anything real in so long.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury? - i have a severe sleeping disorder, panic attacks, and anemia.
11. What was the best thing you bought? my bed frame. my apartment. it's starting to feel like a home..my home. kind of.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration? my cousin Sean for making believe that I could actually like my blood relatives again. oh wait. i think nick and duncker deserve a shout out when they came up with "damn it duncker, life is not all about assless chaps and van halen." and then ian and mike definately deserve props for the night they almost made me piss my own pants with their horrible rendition of that dave chapelle remix of the pissing song.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed? i dont know. i was kind of empathetic towards people this year... i can think of a few minor annoyances, but nothing significance.
14. Where did most of your money go? going out to eat, romance novels, and going out with friends.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about? going home for the month of august. and a night in november that confused me but delighted me and scared me all in one.
16. what song will always remind you of 2004? War All Time- Thursday and then "I Believe in A Thing Called Love" by The Darkness and "Roses" by Outkast. and currenlty, "Freedom Fighters" by The Music.
17. Compared to this time last year, are you: happier or sadder? - sadder. last year i was coming off the high of being in ireland for all of the fall and well now i've had a year to get back into the swing of things and it feels like there were all these changes in my life..things are missing, but nothing replaced the empty place they left.
18. What do you wish you'd done more of? loving.
19. What do you wish you'd done less of? spending time to myself so i can dig myself into a depressive hole. and sleeping when i ws depressed.
20. How will you be spending Christmas? with my mom and uncle bruce over in redmond wa at my uncle's house.
20. How will you be spending New Years? i am not sure yet. hopefully with meghan and rachelle and such. or maybe with the 5229 crew.
22. Did you fall in love in 2004? hell no. i'm still waiting.
23. How many one-night stands? none.
24. What was your favorite TV program Reno 911, Law and Order series, and CSO
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year? no i dont really hate anyone. i feel numb these days.
26. What was the best book you read? I Capture the Castle.
27. What was your greatest musical discovery? The Music.
28. What did you want and got? a new digital camera for my birthday.
30. What was your favorite film of this year? Napoleon Dynamite. And De-Lovely. and this new french film I saw "I DAte You to Love me" because it's so fucke dup.
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you? I had a huge party and lots of people sang happy birthday to me and i got carried around on toby and ryan's shoulder while people sang.
32. What one thing that would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?meghan, rachelle, jessica. the 5229 crew of late. adam ian p. my cousin sean. duncker ian w. nicholas. sullivan. knowing that i feel real connections with people again.
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2004? uh..shirts and jeans? I rediscovered earrings this year...
34. What kept you sane? Zoloft. The Seattle Public Library.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? uhh...Jonathan Rhys Meyers? OOH! Diego Luna!
36. What political issue stirred you the most? oh god, the politics this year were an emotional rollarcoast this year. the prez election definatley stirred me and now that i pay attention to EU politicis , it not stirs me too.
37. Who did you miss? Duncker, Nick, Ian, my dog, Sullivan, my cousin Sean.
38. Who was the best new person you met? the 5229 gang, meghan and rachelle.
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2004. "i need more to do than just survive."
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
" and well i love this mess, it makes me feel"