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savvyliterateA summary of the year.
1. What did you do in 2004 that you'd never done before?
I decline to say based on the fact that I don't wish for some friends to know. But I will say that I considered getting seriously getting married, something I hadn't done before. Oh, and I also spent a week by myself with my father. That was a strange, but wonderful thing.
2. Did you keep your New Year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
Yes, I did keep one resolution. I decline to say what that was. I have got to get back in shape though. My last relationship left me with an extra 30 pounds. ::groans::
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
The editorial page editor at my last paper did and so did![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
alf_b.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
No, thankfully.
5. What countries did you visit?
Does Maine count as a seperate country? No?
6. What would you like to have in 2005 that you lacked in 2004?
Willpower to lose weight.
7. What dates from 2004 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
June 5, the day Ronald Reagan died. It's also the day my world got tipped on its axis.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Getting a job at one of the best visual journalism papers in the country.
9. What was your biggest failure?
Not losing any weight.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Nope!
11. What was the best thing you bought?
My iMac! ::snuggles her iMac::
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
kitesareevil for getting engaged. missandrony for kicking much ass and taking lots of names.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
My ex-boyfriend's. He's a shadow of the person I started dating and will be until he unburies himself from his funk and returns to normal.
14. Where did most of your money go?
Art supplies. More specifically brushes and paint.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Moving to Maine. Buying my used iMac. My ex-boyfriend.
16. What song will always remind you of 2004?
"Angelus" - the sixth Inuyasha OP
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
a) happier or sadder? Mixed. It depends on what part of my life you’re talking about.
b) thinner or fatter? Unfortunately, much fatter.
c) richer or poorer? Richer! Wai!
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Not eating out as much.
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Eating out.
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
With my boss and his family, then with the cats.
21. Did you fall in love in 2004?
Yes, I did. Very hard.
22. How many one-night stands?
None. :)
23. What was your favorite TV program?
Inuyasha, Desperate Housewives and Sex and the City.
24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
This designer that works for the San Antonio newspaper.
25. What was the best book you read?
Any of J.D. Robb's
26. What was your greatest musical discovery?
"Milkshake" :)
27. What did you want and get?
An iPod and an iMac and I got both.
28. What did you want and not get?
I decline to say that.
29. What was your favorite film of this year?
Shrek 2. OMG, it is the funniest film ever!
30. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I turned 24 and I celebrated it in Tuscaloosa with my friends. How cool is that?
31. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Losing more weight instead of gaining it.
32. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2004?
I'm finally starting to develop one. And it's allmissandrony's fault!
33. What kept you sane?
kitesareevil, snowstorm_tm, missandrony, cyperian, caligogreywings
34. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Does drooling over Kappei Yamaguchi count? It's all your fault, Kuro!
35. What political issue stirred you the most?
The election. Now we're stuck with the idiot for another four years. And in honor of wishing Kerry had one, I am playing the election icon one more time before I retire it.
36. Who did you miss?
My family and my ex.
37. Who was the best new person you met?
My ex.
38. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2004:
I'm incredibly strong and can be snarky when I want to be.
39. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
From "Angelus" (translation from Ear-Tweak):
Anata ga kawari sekai ga kawaru
Yume ni todoke ai no honoo
Yurayura shinkirou koete
Sora ni wa hikari
Daichi ni mizu o
Sono kokoro ni tsuyosa o
Mirai e tadoritsuku ANGELUS
Jyounetsu no kakera o te ni shite.
And in English that is...
You are different, the world is changing,
The flames of love reach for a dream,
And pass through a wavering mirage.
The light from the heavens,
And water in the earth,
A prayer (ANGELUS), the strength
in your heart to reach the future,
And gather the shards of passion.
1. What did you do in 2004 that you'd never done before?
I decline to say based on the fact that I don't wish for some friends to know. But I will say that I considered getting seriously getting married, something I hadn't done before. Oh, and I also spent a week by myself with my father. That was a strange, but wonderful thing.
2. Did you keep your New Year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
Yes, I did keep one resolution. I decline to say what that was. I have got to get back in shape though. My last relationship left me with an extra 30 pounds. ::groans::
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
The editorial page editor at my last paper did and so did
alf_b.4. Did anyone close to you die?
No, thankfully.
5. What countries did you visit?
Does Maine count as a seperate country? No?
6. What would you like to have in 2005 that you lacked in 2004?
Willpower to lose weight.
7. What dates from 2004 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
June 5, the day Ronald Reagan died. It's also the day my world got tipped on its axis.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Getting a job at one of the best visual journalism papers in the country.
9. What was your biggest failure?
Not losing any weight.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Nope!
11. What was the best thing you bought?
My iMac! ::snuggles her iMac::
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
kitesareevil for getting engaged. missandrony for kicking much ass and taking lots of names.13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
My ex-boyfriend's. He's a shadow of the person I started dating and will be until he unburies himself from his funk and returns to normal.
14. Where did most of your money go?
Art supplies. More specifically brushes and paint.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Moving to Maine. Buying my used iMac. My ex-boyfriend.
16. What song will always remind you of 2004?
"Angelus" - the sixth Inuyasha OP
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
a) happier or sadder? Mixed. It depends on what part of my life you’re talking about.
b) thinner or fatter? Unfortunately, much fatter.
c) richer or poorer? Richer! Wai!
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Not eating out as much.
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Eating out.
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
With my boss and his family, then with the cats.
21. Did you fall in love in 2004?
Yes, I did. Very hard.
22. How many one-night stands?
None. :)
23. What was your favorite TV program?
Inuyasha, Desperate Housewives and Sex and the City.
24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
This designer that works for the San Antonio newspaper.
25. What was the best book you read?
Any of J.D. Robb's
26. What was your greatest musical discovery?
"Milkshake" :)
27. What did you want and get?
An iPod and an iMac and I got both.
28. What did you want and not get?
I decline to say that.
29. What was your favorite film of this year?
Shrek 2. OMG, it is the funniest film ever!
30. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I turned 24 and I celebrated it in Tuscaloosa with my friends. How cool is that?
31. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Losing more weight instead of gaining it.
32. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2004?
I'm finally starting to develop one. And it's all
missandrony's fault!33. What kept you sane?
kitesareevil, snowstorm_tm, missandrony, cyperian, caligogreywings34. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Does drooling over Kappei Yamaguchi count? It's all your fault, Kuro!
35. What political issue stirred you the most?
The election. Now we're stuck with the idiot for another four years. And in honor of wishing Kerry had one, I am playing the election icon one more time before I retire it.
36. Who did you miss?
My family and my ex.
37. Who was the best new person you met?
My ex.
38. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2004:
I'm incredibly strong and can be snarky when I want to be.
39. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
From "Angelus" (translation from Ear-Tweak):
Anata ga kawari sekai ga kawaru
Yume ni todoke ai no honoo
Yurayura shinkirou koete
Sora ni wa hikari
Daichi ni mizu o
Sono kokoro ni tsuyosa o
Mirai e tadoritsuku ANGELUS
Jyounetsu no kakera o te ni shite.
And in English that is...
You are different, the world is changing,
The flames of love reach for a dream,
And pass through a wavering mirage.
The light from the heavens,
And water in the earth,
A prayer (ANGELUS), the strength
in your heart to reach the future,
And gather the shards of passion.
