bandwagon
2005 end of the year summary
1. What did you do in 2005 that you'd never done before?
SO I SAYS TO MAYBEL I SAYS, podiatrist visits, 100 mile bike race, lots of high tea, died my hair like an oriental hooker, turned down ice cream i think I was feeling sick or on crack that day, trained my 7 toed cat to become my sidekick which may have been a bad idea her fear of plastic bags is giving us really bad street cred, ran 20-30 miles a week, composed a BOYS ARE STUPID THROW ROCKS AT THEM DIORAMA with the help of a lovely lady i like to call Paint Chips, tres leches man those mexicans sure know how to cake, what a discovery that was, distracted a skunk so dad could shoot it and act like he was kit carson for weeks on end, slept through an entire day straight up coma style, spray mounted aluminum foil to a pumpkin, yoga, left my hairdresser for another, woke up a couple of times cuddling with a bag of cheetos, gave away a key, shot tequila with dad, experienced runners high, saw trent live, drank with little sis in a bar, wrote a letter to willie nelson (dad made me), quit eating meat, joined a (short lived) power band cult, seriously considered trying to become the skunk whisperer, bone thugs n harmony duets with Pancakes by the pool, bought myself wind up toys when i felt depressed, overcame a serious banana addiction, attended a deer auction at a rodeo, coined the "keep your eye on the prize" technique, put together puzzles while wearing a sombrero, distracted a handicapped lady while dad stole her beer & cheese, smogged out the parental units casa, ate white trash floor candy, wore a blow up frog pool floatie to a party, aborted a cheese mission, went to a spa party that turned into trumpet lessons with fart beer, helped throw a computer monitor out of a window.. and yadda yadda you get the point.
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
im still flossing and meditating and next year maybe i'll draw more monkeys
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
the pants-wearer of the coop household
4. Did anyone close to you die?
just my willpower
5. What countries did you visit?
just lala land
6. What would you like to have in 2006 that you lacked in 2005?
buns of steel
7. What date from 2004 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
the day the world was lifted from my shoulders, waking up with a chiuaua & a bag of cheetos with lionel richie blaring, the night of questions, the night I was that girl
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
riding 100 miles fueled mostly by cookies & realizing when the apocolypse comes i'll be cool
finding someone to pay me to be a perfectionist all day long
a clean slate.
9. What was your biggest failure?
fudgesicles
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
spider bite that brought me no xray vision what a jip, knotted tissue/tendenitis/slightly dislocated&rotated bone in foot from running to china and back.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
i thought it was going to be eddy izzards dressed to kill but it keeps getting lost in the mail so i guess ill have to go with my candle from world market.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
oprah. as usual.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
alex.
14. Where did most of your money go?
to my belly
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
independence, discovering my emergency tambourine was still in my trunk
16. What song will always remind you of 2005?
tv on the radio or MIA or goldfrap
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? happier
ii. thinner or fatter? thinner
iii. richer or poorer? richer
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
hot air ballooning
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
worrying
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
crossing my fingers that santa doesnt get me a chastity belt like Pancakes last year
22. Did you fall in love in 2005?
not with any people. yoga honey cottage cheese dates wasabi peas, now theres another story.
23. How many one-night stands?
none. not my style.
24. What was your favorite TV program?
scrubs, dog whisperer, home movies
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
i don't hate anyone
26. What was the best book you read?
half asleep in frog pajamas
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
tv on the radio
28. What did you want and get?
independence
29. What did you want and not get?
a pony. ( fuck YOU. and YOU. and YOU. I had a birthday, you know.)
30. What was your favorite film of this year?
uh. i guess me you and everyone we know.
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
holly and cory set up a badass party for kelley and i downtown with an open bar and then ash gave me a big box of cheese and we hit a possum on the way home.
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
protein
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2005?
i rekindled my passion for shoes. kinda like that year i re-disovered pants.
34. What kept you sane?
shoes. exercise. friends. pancakes.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
that answer never changes & you know it.
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
that heated one
37. Who did you miss?
my faux big bro.
38. Who was the best new person you met?
theres a little old man that brings a box of krispy kremes to our office every day. believe me guys the donut man does exist ive seen him with my very own eyes.
other than that you know
oh fuck. i couldnt even begin. moving up to austin brought so many wonderful new people into my life that i am so thankful for. YOU ALL WIN!
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2005.
plan ahead to an extent that doesnt hinder going with the flow. stick to your gut.
especially when it says "more ice cream"
oh and breathe.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
The year's '94 and my trunk is raw