i haven't pretended i was sixteen in a long while
1. What did you do in 2007 that you'd never done before?
meth. ha. force a cat to eat medicine.
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
um.....i feel like a became a bit closer to being a better person but i still have no idea what i'm going to do with my life.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
some were supposed to.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
yeah, actually. and some emotionally. what a year!
5. What countries did you visit?
i literally did not leave new york. i am very worldly.
6. What would you like to have in 2008 that you lacked in 2007?
a plan. a clue? a GOOD/SANE boyfriend? a hair cut.
7. What date from 2007 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
louis's thing. february. july.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
finally socializing and getting friends in this lame city. getting a 'real' job (that i hate). actually getting paid for writing.
9. What was your biggest failure?
school related. living with room mates.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
seizure free for one whole year!
11. What was the best thing you bought?
acid. $293 vet visit.
12. Whose behaviour merited celebration?
mine! jess.
13. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed?
the fat jew's. tiny wang's. miguel's.
14. Where did most of your money go?
vets! food. alcohol.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
acid. getting paid for writing. sleeping.
16. What song will always remind you of 2007?
the 'in the summers when you really know' one by jets to brazil.
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. Happier or sadder?
both, actually.
ii. Thinner or fatter?
chubbier. after i moved into a goddamn walk up!
iii. richer or poorer?
i was pretty poor to begin with.
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
socialized earlier. studied, actually. not blew people off.
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
moving out. drinking. men.
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
homehomehome, being thankful i'm not here and maybe smoking copious amounts of pot.
23. How many one-night stands?
jeez, i don't even know.
24. What was your favourite TV program?
dunno. but i no longer enjoy my super sweet sixteen after living with those people and it's real disheartening. there is a void in my heart now that i don't know if i can fill it.
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
joey. adele kinda.
26. What was the best book you read?
'the moviegoer' by walker percy.
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
the ma. ha. casa de chihuahua. of montreal.
28. What did you want and get?
a social life. dates. free things.
29. What was your favourite film of this year?
none?
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
got dumped. had a party. smoked with my momma. 21!
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2006?
lazy and slipping into hipster-y.
34. What kept you sane?
everyone else around me being crazy. the beast.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
jon spiegler. ha. no one.
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
right to lifers trying to take back roe vs. wade.
37. Who did you miss?
human parasites.
38. Who was the best new person you met?
mac, amy, work peoples. spiegler, to a point. tiny wang, til he went crazy.
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2006:
other people are not logical and sane so i have to be.
stop doing so goddamn much for other people who keep shitting on you, metaphorically speaking.
tattoos hurt. a LOT.
people you know are rarely the same when you live with them.
i actually don't deserve to be treated badly and can cut people out of my life who insist upon doing so. this one took a LONG TIME.
eventually living with bugs feels like camping and eventually doesn't matter anymore.
if a vet offers accupunture and chinese herbal medicine, they will be expensive.
to drug a cat, you wrap them up in a blanket.
office jobs are soul crushing busy work and make yr existence depressing.
scrubs is a retarded show.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
'i was tired of the best years of my life.' - pavement
tomorrow i go to look at fancy apartments.
wish me luck in finding a permanent place to live by january!