'05!
1. What did you do in 2005 that you'd never done before?
Ate grasshoppers.
2. Did you keep your New Years' resolutions and will you make more for next year?
I'm pretty sure I didn't make any.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
No.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
Not close in the way this question is probably asking, but yes.
5. What countries did you visit?
Canada!
6. What would you like to have in 2006 that you lacked in 2005?
Sex! I mean an iPod.
7. What date from 2005 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
The day I got really angry and painted my room turqoise.
The last day of camp, because I broke so many laws and felt so good about it.
My first day back at school, because it confirmed everything I hoped had changed about my life.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Overcoming a major mental illness!
9. What was your biggest failure?
I don't think I failed this year. At all.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Depression and a spider bite. Both cleared up.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
A $1400 plane ticket to INDIA!
12. Whose behaviour merited celebration?
Katie-did's, Rory's, Arpita's, and Rachael's.
13. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed?
Pretty much everyone I'm close to. But again, that cleared up.
14. Where did most of your money go?
Expedia.com
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Being back at school, which surprised me.
16. What song will always remind you of 2005?
That stupid B-A-N-A-N-A-S song.
Everything on "The Forgotten Arm."
Everything on "Hot Fuss."
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i) Happier or sadder? Happier!
ii) Thinner or fatter? Somewhat fatter.
iii) Richer or poorer? I'm flat-ass broke.
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Listening.
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Having psychosomatic stomach aches.
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
At home.
21. Did you fall in love in 2005?
Definitely not.
23. How many one-night stands?
Well, I never let any of them up in my room, but I kissed a lot of strangers.
24. What was your favourite TV program?
Being Bobby Brown
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
No. Although I've allowed myself to become slightly more irritated by some people, but for completely legitimate reasons.
26. What was the best book you read?
Flowers for Algernon.
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Re-discovering Aimee Mann.
28. What did you want and get?
I never really knew what I wanted, but I think I got something I needed, and that satisfies me.
29. What did you want and not get?
Hey. The year is not over.
30. What was your favourite film of this year?
Honestly.... Harry Potter.
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
Went ice skating and drank bloody marys. I turned 20. It was the best birthday I've ever had.
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Probably skipping spring semester altogether and moving to Africa. I dunno. Doing something else with my life during that period.
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2005?
Delia*s supermodel.
34. What kept you sane?
Literally... crazy kids.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Feist.
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
I basically missed out on politics this year. I'm afraid it's becoming a trend.
37. Who did you miss?
I missed Arpita something fierce this summer.
38. Who was the best new person you met?
Everyone (well... almost) I met at camp, and EVERYONE in 25!
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2005:
Peeing in the woods with friends is the best medicine because not only are you laughing, you're expelling waste!
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
The hardest part of a broken heart isn't the ending so much as the start.