2003
The Basics
Name: anna ham
Birthday: march 12
Location: CA
Media
Five Favorite Bands
1. Tori Amos
2. Alanis Morissette
3. Rufus Wainwright
4. Bjork
5. Dandy Warhols
Five Favorite Movies
1. labyrinth
2. the hours
3. bowling for columbine
4. wayne's world
5. pod people (mst3k version)
Five Favorite TV Shows
1. Mystery Science Theater 3000
2. simpsons
3. family guy
4. dr. phil
5. 60 minutes
Five Favorite Books
1. the quick and the dead--joy williams
2. fast food nation--eric schlosser
3. boyhood--j.m.coetzee
4. sula--toni morisson
5. me talk pretty one day--david sedaris
Friends/Relationships
Relationship Status: single. you're looking at a free lunch, boys. come and get it. (kidding!)
What is your longest relationship? i've never been in one
Have you ever been in love? yes
Are you a virgin? YES
How far have you gone? not even past first base...ha ha
Who are your closest friends? kristen, emily, gitta, alexblakey, corri
Who is your best friend? kristen, gitta
How long have you been best friends? since the start of this year; since freshman year
Looks
Do you have long hair or short? long
What color is your hair? light brown
What color are your eyes? blue
Glasses? no
Do you take a shower every day? hell yes
What is your label? vegetarian-hetero-feminist-leftist-writer
Do you like the way you look? no
1. What did you do in 2003 that you'd never done before? seen bjork live. YAY!
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year? maybe
3. Did anyone close to you give birth? no
4. Did anyone close to you die? nope
5. What countries did you visit? none
6. What would you like to have in 2004 that you lacked in 2003? happiness
7. What date from 2003 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? april 20th, 2003. the day i met alanis morissette. BOOOYAH!
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? meeting alanis, johnette napolitano, the coup, andy dick et al i guess...or maybe the achievement was that they *actually* talked to me and were interested in what i had to say. oh, and marat.
9. What was your biggest failure? probably when i went too deep into marat, got depressed more than usual and didn't do any schoolwork for three weeks
10. Did you suffer illness or injury? allergy attacks, the flu.
11. What was the best thing you bought? cds
12. Whose behaviour merited celebration? kristen's (for driving me everywhere), shadhy's (for putting up with me), everyone in the marat cast.
13. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed? wendell
14. Where did most of your money go? cds and concert tix
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about? seeing tori for a 5th time, we the planet fest, seeing bjork, the new eric schlosser book (i'm SUCH a dork)
16. What song will always remind you of 2003? "note to self (don't die)" by ryan adams. an important reminder that no matter how far we let ourselves go, we have to pull back.
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? happier!
ii. thinner or fatter? stayed the same :o
iii. richer or poorer? richer
18. What do you wish you'd done more of? had fun
19. What do you wish you'd done less of? freaking out over stupid shit
20. How will you be spending Christmas? i spent it with family
21. Did you fall in love in 2003? no
22. How many one-night stands? NONE.
23. What was your favourite TV program? mst3k. currently on tv: dr. phil
24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year? idiotic customers. paris hilton.
25. What was the best book you read? reefer madness by eric schlosser
26. What was your greatest musical discovery? DAVID BOWIE!!!
27. What did you want and get? bowie tickets, tori tickets, a computer
28. What did you want and not get?
29. What was your favourite film of this year? capturing the friedmans
30. What did you do on your birthday? next to nothing
31. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? less wendell.
32. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2003? band shirts, jeans, old shoes, funky necklaces.
33. What kept you sane? music. and kristen.
34. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? adrien brody. hottttt
35. What political issue stirred you the most? bush, the war, gay marriage, strom thurmond dying (actually, i laughed when i heard)
36. Who did you miss? lauren, michelle
37. Who was the best new person you met? ??
38. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2003: people can just fuck off if they don't like what i have to say. if you're offended, just don't hang around me. as dr. phil once said:
"I get tons of mail every week and people say, 'I don't agree with you,' or 'You're wrong!'. And when I write back, I say, 'That's why you have a remote! CHANGE THE CHANNEL!"
39. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year: "Note to self/Don't change for ANYONE/Note to self/Don't die"---Ryan Adams, Note to Self (Don't Die)