ganked from grendies and an actual update

[chaoswolf]

1. What did you do in 2005 that you'd never done before?
- Got to see fresh snow
- Got mugged

2. Did you keep your New Year's Resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
Didn't keep any, and already thinking of one for this year...2 actually.
1) Swearing from Beast Wars Transformers: cursing like "Slag" & "In the name of the Matrix" rather than some of my other swearing
2) Not to start fights with my sister. Did a good job of this so far....

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Would I be here otherwise?

4. Did anyone close to you die?
Yes. 3 grandparents.

5. What countries did you visit?
None this year. Slag. This year, maybe.

6. What would you like to have in 2006 that you lacked in 2005?
Patience. A relationship that lasts longer than 2 months. A place to call my own. A job.

7. What dates from 2005 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
Sept 29: Got mugged
Sept 30: Got looked after by my girlfriend at the time
Nov 15: Broke up with said girlfriend
Dec 12: grendies showed up

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
I achieved something? Oh yeah...blue belt in karate.

9. What was your biggest failure?
Failing to cope with a broken heart....

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
See second entry on question 1. Getting mugged counts as an injury, right?

11. What was the best thing someone bought you?
The best thing someone bought me....hm...it's a tie between my utilikilt & my fursuit.

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
Myself: Learning to cope with broken heart and moving on
grendies: coping with the family medical problems with my help
mdlbear: for helping me get through the mugging
kalanasse: for helping me deal with the breakup w/ Falcon

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
I'd have to say Nov 15 & Falcon on that one. Falcon broke up with me and it hurt. A lot.

14. Where did most of your money go?
Not sure actually, last thing I heard it say was "Good Bye!"

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
- Getting a utilikilt
- Getting a fursuit
- Entering a relationship with Falcon

16. What song will always remind you of 2005?
Blvd of Broken Dreams --- Green Day

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
a) happier or sadder?: Sadder. Life got fucked up right before this month...in Jan 05, I was doing great. This time...I think I'm doing worse.
b) thinner or fatter? : Not fatter, per se. Just got a bit more muscle than I had last year.
c) richer or poorer? : You want me to choose?

18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Homework. I regret not doing this now. Because as I look @ my transcript, I see I did something wrong. Need to do more homework.

19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Saying the wrong things. I seem to do that a lot. Causes me to loose more relationships that way. Bites.

20. How did you spend Christmas?
Opening presents, partying, and doing things I probably shouldn't have done.

21. Who did you spend the most time on the phone with?
Any one person? Tough one...Falcon, probably.

22. Did you fall in love in 2005?
Yes. More than once. It hurts.

23. How many one night stands?
No comment.

24. What was your favorite TV program?
CSI, CSI: Miami, Without A Trace

25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year
I can't hate people. I just.....don't like them for some reason.

25. What was the best book you read?
Last book? Good grief....um.....Callahan's Lady by Spider Robinson.

27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Tatu. Russian techno.

28. What did you want and get?
So many things I wanted.....out of all of them, Utilikilt. Best investment of the year.

29. What did you want and not get?
A lasting relationship that would be longer than 4 months, with Falcon. I have problems seeing myself doing something else.....

30. What was your favorite film of this year?
Chronicles of Narnia. Best film ever....such beautiful creatures...and so much fun to MST 3k....

31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
Got chocolate, played jilara in a game of Settlers, drank champagne, and saw grendies. Ate chocolate cake, and partied. Don't remember much of the party though.

32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
One thing that would have made my year.....a lasting relationship with Falcon. It's not too much to ask.....

33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2005?
Textual shirts that tell the world to slag off. I don't need the world...and the world doesn't like me much either. Why should I give a frag...?

34. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
David Caruso. Horatio Caine in CSI: Miami

35. What kept you sane?
Sanity is over-rated, though if I had to list people that kept me sane...kalanasse, Claws, and Falcon (when we were dating). Everything else I can't really remember.

36. What political issue stirred you the most?
Sandra Day O`Connor resigning from the US Supreme Court. I liked her, slag it!

37. Who do you miss?
Right now? Falcon. Not easy to forget her...I mean, she is so beautiful and my ideal mate.....*sigh* Too much to say about her, really.

38. Who was the best new person you met?
Best person I met? Really tough call. kalanasse. She's helped me through so much.

39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2005?
I had a lesson? Ok. Fine. Patience is a virtue. You need to develop some in order to live with the disasters thrown at you.


40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
"Never lose Hope because your spirit never dies
You're stronger than you think if you open up your eyes
Take a look inside yourself and then around where you stand
And maybe yes just maybe , the answer's waiting in your hand"

Heather Alexander --- Never Lose Hope
As performed by Uffington Horse


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Anyways....I guess it's time for something else. I've been a busy little puppy-cat. Thinking about how my life is working out. trying to keep my new year's resolutions, and watching DVDs. I have procrastinated on my chores, but I'll do those once I get up. I'm going to also do something else while I'm up....eating breakfast. Novel idea, no? Well, that's beside the point. Need to make a few phone calls to people I know & care about, wishing them a happy new year and informing them of what's changed since last we talked. Probably won't take that long, but still. Meh. Currently up and unable to sleep because I found out that going to bed @ 9pm ≠ good idea. I really need to go back to bed @ 10. Mightt be the only way to sleep. Hm...what else do you people need to know...? I slept in. I really did. Didn't get up until almost 4:45pm. Seriosly: I can't afford to do that. Not now. No. I have to get back into good sleeping habits for school. Also at some point need to go to the DMV to take the written test again so I can hopefully get my permit. Need to have a car....would be so nice to have freedom without my parents driving me everywhere. I admit, I need one as a locker for my stuff during school because it's heavy. I've got problems. I know. I also know that having a car of my own would be easier for me to actually get to school, much saner than taking the bus with all of my junk stuff. It's not something I am looking forward to, though at the same time, it is something I'm looking forward to.

Also need to learn cooking and stuff. Making dinner every so often isn't bad when dinner = 5 ingredients or less. It's a nifty little cookbook I got for X-mas from Fairy Goth Mother jilara. It's nifty, and she knew I needed to learn how to cook eventually. I had fun with this. Dinner (the one time I made it for the family) was actually pretty good. It was tasty, chicken w/ shredded mozzerella cheese & pasta sauce. Tasty stuff.

Thinking about what else I need to say......................can't think of anything else at the moment. I'm sure more will come to me as warrented, and will update depending on my mood.

Comments

For you, things that have gotten me through tough times

[capplor.livejournal.com]

1). Old song, Atlanta Rhythm Section
"I'm not going to let it bother me tonight,(2x)
Tomorrow I might go as far as suicide, but I will NOT let it bother me tonight"

2). What I call "The MASH toast" (yes, from the TV series)
"May the new year be a damn sight better than the old one"

3). Quote from Mirror Dance, by Lois McMasters Bujold.
"Don't you DARE pity me, I SURVIVED!"

So a virtual glass and may the new year be a damn sight better than the old one for you.

Re: For you, things that have gotten me through tough times

[grendies.livejournal.com]

Here here!

[penngwyn.livejournal.com]

Go Tatu!!!

[chaoswolf]

I've only got a limited selection of their music. Can you give me access to more?