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Kirsty 1. What did you do in 2005 that you'd never done before?
Yelled at a stranger.
2. Did you keep your New Years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I didn't make any, and I probably won't next year either.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
No.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
No.
5. What countries did you visit?
Holland, Belgium, Luxemburg.
6. What would you like to have in 2006 that you lacked in 2005?
A job, money, a driver's license.
7. What date from 2005 will remain etched upon your memory?
I have no idea.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Getting along with my parents.
9. What was your biggest failure?
Hardly ever showing up at the driving school.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Yes, but not much more than usual.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
A PS2.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
Scott, for being incredibly patient and always putting up with me no matter how fucking stupid I was being.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
Mine, quite honestly.
14. Where did most of your money go?
In descending order, rent, bills, cat food, food for myself and cigarettes.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Scott coming over, unsurprisingly.
16. What song/album will always remind you of 2005?
Probably Man On The Burning Tightrope by Firewater.
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
ii. Thinner or fatter? Maybe a little thinner, but not by much.
iii. Richer or poorer? Poorer.
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Driving school.
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Procrastination and self pitying.
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
With Scott and probably my parents.
22. Did you fall in love in 2005?
All over again, sure.
23. How many one night stands in this last year?
Very few, but still too many. Meh.
24. What was your favorite TV program?
I didn't watch TV.
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
Not hate, but strongly dislike, yes.
26. What was the best book you read?
House of Leaves, by far.
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Not quite sure. Firewater was a nice one.
28. What did you want and get?
The PS2, a bunch of movies, the sims 2.
29. What did you want and not get?
A job, for Minidudette to stop being spastic.
30. What was your favourite film of this year?
I don't remember. I didn't go to the theater much. If DVDs count, John Carpenter's The Thing.
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I was 21. I didn't do anything.
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Money.
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2005?
Very eclectic.
34. What kept you sane?
Scott and the cats. Being able to actually have a conversation with my parents once in a while.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you like the most?
DAVID HASSELHOFF OH YES.
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
Nothing in particular, just the general situation.
37. Who did you miss?
Scott, and some old friends.
38. Who was the best new person you met?
I'm not sure I met anyone I liked this year. Apologies if I met you this year and you're reading this.
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2005.
Life sucks, but you always survive. Until you die, that is. It's all good, really.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
"I'm trying to earn a set of feathery wings".