I forgot to make plans for New Years eve, so that probably means that I'm going to be at home, drinking and talking to a house plant to fill the empty void of silance... *sob*
1. What did you do in 2004 that you'd never done before? Talk people out of killing them selves (or was I doing that in 2003 as well...), got off meds for good.
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year? I don't think I had one, or maybe I did, either way I was probably too drunk to remember.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth? No one that close to me.
4. Did anyone close to you die? Well Adam died but we weren't that close, and someone I knew from online died too, but we weren't that close either.
5. What countries did you visit? Canada?
6. What would you like to have in 2005 that you lacked in 2004? A chance to start over with some people.
7. What date from 2004 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? None really, I'm really bad with dates.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? Learning how to love and except myself for who I am.
9. What was your biggest failure? I don't know, if there was one I don't even remember it, it's like I'm almost an entirely different person from who I was through out most of 2004
10. Did you suffer illness or injury? I strained a tendant in my wrist from drawing too much
11. What was the best thing you bought? I don't know
12. Whose behavior merited celebration? I don’t know…
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed? My own (for the most part).
14. Where did most of your money go? Food, clothes and music
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about? Being in a relationship aka the idea of being loved or the idea of being "worth something".
16. What song will always remind you of 2004? "Let's Not Shit Ourselves"- Bright Eyes
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
I. Happier or sadder? Happier, much happier!
ii. Thinner or fatter? It doesn't matter
iii. Richer or poorer? I have no idea
18. What do you wish you'd done more of? Being myself.
19. What do you wish you'd done less of? Feeling sorry for myself, and feeling worthless.
20. How will you be spending Christmas? I will be in California with one of my best friends.
22. Did you fall in love in 2004? No, I thought it was love at the time, but it was just me being selfish and childish and not getting what I wanted.
23. How many one-night stands? Zero, thank god.
24. What was your favorite TV program? Of the year, "Dead Like Me"
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year? No, I don't hate anyone.
26. What was the best book you read? Ohhh... I can't decide, I read so many great books this year
27. What was your greatest musical discovery? I can't decide, I've discovered so much good music this year.
29. What did you want and not get? Someone else to love me, which was a good thing because I learned how to love myself.
30. What was your favorite film of this year? Oh man... I really can't decide
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you? When I turned 17 I was sick so I didn't do anything.
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? If I had come to terms with myself earlier.
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2004? At the beginning of the year it was the "sad emo kid" look and went to the way I dress now.
34. What kept you sane? I wouldn't call myself sane for the first part of this year, I was in a really bad place, but now the thing that keeps me sane is myself.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? Wow... um, Margaret Cho.
36. What political issue stirred you the most? There were a lot.
37. Who did you miss? Mostly the people I never see.
38. Who were the best new people you met? Oh god, too many people to make a list of.
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2004: If you don't love yourself, how can you love others?
My new year resolution is to keep in touch with old friends, because I miss they and want to know how live's treating them.