Dec 23, 2006 13:49
1. What did you do in 2006 that you'd never done before?
worked for a newspaper
2. Did you keep your New Year's resolutions and will you make more for next year?
I usually fail at those so no resolutions this time
3. Did someone close to you give birth?
my cuz paty and mary-lou
4. Did anyone close to you die?
not that i remember..
5. What countries did you visit?
The U.S.
6. What would you like to have in 2007 that you lacked in 2006?
A little freedom and a secure job
7. What dates from 2006 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
February 20th (relationship growth day), June 7th (the day I said goodbye to Suds) and September 26th (3rd year anniversary with heart shaped cookies that spelled I love you and a picnic in the backyard)
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
graduating, takin on a job, and knowing when to quit that job
9. What was your biggest failure?
not really keeping in touch and letting go of some friends
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
yes, stomach flu and a bad cold
11. What was the best thing you bought?
my new coat
12. Whose behaviour should be celebrated?
my mom's.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
my cousins. tsk tsk
14. Where did most of your money go?
food, clothes, etcetera
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
workin for a magazine
16. What song will always remind you of 2006?
TI's What You Know? and Rick Ross' Hustlin. and probably pussycat dolls buttons. (NO ACTUAL GOOD SONGS)
17. Compared to this time last year,
i. Are you happier or hardened?
happier and hardened. does that make sense? i realized who my real friends are.
ii. Thinner or fatter?
fatter
iii. richer or poorer?
richer
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
woke early to take advantage of the day
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
sleep and eating junk
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
working, with people that my dad insists are family.
21. Did you fall in love in 2006?
I fell in love all over again.
22. Any one-night stands?
Nope
23. What was your favorite TV program?
house and dancing with the stars
24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
oh yeah. but i never wanted to hate them, they made me
25. What was the best book you read?
Shopaholic takes Manhattan. lol
26. What was your greatest musical discovery?
that song that mike played by immortal something...wow.
27. What did you want and get?
i wanted a job in writing, and i wanted to make substantial money
28. What did you want and not get?
I wanted to have a fun birthday (i agree, sam)
29. Favorite film of this year?
v for vendetta is there, stranger than fiction, over the hedge
30. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
turned 20, decided to host my own party, had to postpone it when my sisters guilted me into going home, then fought with my sisters when nothing was going right, then bawled my eyes out when my party in suds was stood up.
31. What’s one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
lol, umm lets go with a g2 license
32. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2006?
evolving
33. What kept you sane?
gabriel and other close friends. i want to say family but frankly they make things worse sometimes
34. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
hmmm.. matthew mcconaughey, george clooney
35. What political issue stirred you the most?
the election of conservatives
36. Who do you miss?
my grandparents. all my cousins in cali. all my friends i havent talked to in a while.
37. Who was the best new person you met?
wow, so many...its either STEVEN CHIAO! or kat ooh lala
38. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2006:
sometimes emotions are fickle but good friends are true
39. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
suddenly i see this is what i wanna be, suddenly i see why the hell it means so much to me