2005 Wrap-up

I'm a tad late with posting this but I want to keep it for posterity as it was a pretty good year!

:: What did you do in 2005 that you'd never done before? Smoke pot.

:: Did you keep your new year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year? No and no.

:: Did anyone close to you give birth? / die? No and no.

:: What countries did you visit? United States of America.

:: What would you like to have in 2006 that you lacked in 2005? The strength to tell my parents when they have gone too far.

:: What dates from 2005 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? July 4, 2005 – the day we were robbed.

:: What was your biggest achievement of the year? Getting a permanent job at Concordia University.

:: What was your biggest failure? Letting others make me feel worthless.

:: Did you suffer illness or injury? Only a cold and I guess my feet hurting all the time.

:: What was the best thing you bought? A digital camera and an iPod.

:: Whose behaviour merited celebration? Brian’s.

:: Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed? G&A.

:: Where did most of your money go? Liquor!!

:: What did you get really, really, really excited about? The Revenge of the Sith, Dead Can Dance and U2 Concerts and a Saturday evening in September spent with my brother and sister at the Keg.

:: What song will always remind you of 2005? ‘The City of Blinding Lights’.

:: Compared to this time last year, are you:
//happier or sadder? I’m as happy as I was last year but a different kind of happy.
// thinner or fatter? I’m fatter but my mind is at peace.
// richer or poorer? Richer in assets, poorer in cash on hand.

:: What do you wish you'd done more of? Standing up for myself.

:: What do you wish you'd done less of? Talking badly about other people.

:: How will you be spending Christmas? With J’nyn, Pierre and Brian in Pittsburgh.

:: What was your favourite TV program? House.

:: Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year? Yes.

:: What was the best book you read? Memoirs of a Geisha and I finally finished Drums of Autumn.

:: What was your greatest musical discovery? Sigur_Ros.

:: What did you want and get? A new haircut.

:: What did you want and not get? A new body! Hahaha!

:: What was your favourite film of this year? The Revenge of the Sith.

:: What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you? I was at home with J’nyn, Pierre and Brian – 49.

:: What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? I could have done without the ‘whole June parental’ visit.

:: How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2005? Sporty, casual.

:: What kept you sane? Alcohol.

:: Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? Ewan McGregor.

:: What political issue stirred you the most? UNICEF and Make Poverty History.

:: Who did you miss? Elena.

:: Who was the best new person you met? Joy and well… Adam and the Edge!

:: Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2005: Anything can happen to me.

:: Quote a song lyric that sums up your year: “She stuck her fingers down her throat for the very last time today. And she walked away.” – Barlow, ‘Walk Away’