a stolen meme to commemorate the new year.
1. What did you do in 2004 that you'd never done before?
Drank legally.
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I am pretty sure I didn't keep any of the resolutions I made in my LJ last year. I'll probably make new ones anyways. =b
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
No - sadly.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
Thank God, no.
5. What countries did you visit?
*Laughs* - - none in 2004... that is still to come.
6. What would you like to have in 2005 that you lacked in 2004?
Emotional independence.
7. What date from 2004 will remain etched upon your memory?
January 11th, my car accident... a petrifying event.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
I finished my novel - that was amazing.
9. What was your biggest failure?
How about my resolution to evict the Bush?
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Well, see #7...
11. What was the best thing you bought?
A plane ticket to Paris!
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
Nate Stambaugh. He has seen me through the worst of the worst this year and has lived to tell about it; he has been my advisor, ear and friend when I needed it with no personal stake in doing so. And he does this for so many people around him that I am in awe of his generosity of friendship. ---OH, and a completely unrelated laud: THE RED SOX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
13. Whose behavior made you feel disappointed?
pleading the 5th on this one.
14. Where did most of your money go?
Used books, used cds... unused WINE. And going out to eat.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about in 2004?
Going abroad in 2005! Turning 21! Finishing my novel! Sox win the world series!
16. What song will always remind you of 2004?
"Kings Crossing" by Elliott Smith
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? a little happier, actually. odd, that.
ii. thinner or fatter? same.
iii. richer or poorer? probably a little richer, but poorer because I am going to need much more than I have.
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Editing and refining my novel.
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Becoming emotional about situations I cannot control.
20. How did you spend Christmas?
Family traditions as usual, and then an all-nighter with Mark, Rebecca, Sam, Matt and Lindsey... very fun.
22. Did you fall in love in 2004?
Erm, in a sense - I don't know. I don't call it that... it's such a spectrum, first of all. And so if something just moves a little further on the spectrum than it had been before, can you really call it "falling" like it's something completely new? And how do I know what "love" is anyways? And personally, I think that my experience with love in that sense has been too much of a lean toward the negative anyhow.
23. How many one-night stands?
Well, no one night stands in the extreme sense. I guess if you count a make-out session, then one.
24. What was your favorite TV programs to watch in 2004?
ONLY Red Sox, my friend.
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
I am not saying this to be cliche, but I really don't hate people. I get really upset at them and start crying and stuff, but I don't really hate them. See, I have this belief that hate has to be free of emotions to be real... and I never seem to be free of emotions, dammit.
26. What was the best book you read?
The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Kundera
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
ooh... hmm. The Shins, I guess. The Eels are up there too.
28. What did you want and get?
An interesting life. Be careful what you wish for.
29. What did you want and not get?
A happy ending.
30. What was your favorite film of this year?
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, methinks.
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
21st. A bar on midnight on my birthday-eve, and then a wonderful wine-and-cheese party with a lot of friends the night of.
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
I wish I could have really solved my spiritual dilemmas and finally have become morally consistent.
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2004?
Clothingwise, I haven't the damnedist - but in general, I would say: sarongs.
34. What kept you sane?
Honesty, although I think at times it also facilitated the insanity.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Hehe, "fancy." Erm, anyhow, I would say Hugh Jackman. No, scratch that. THEO Epstein.
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
Well, one answer to this is obvious. But I was also really concerned with the No on One campaign tax cap issue.
37. Who did you miss?
My mother - but what else is new.
38. Who was the best new person you met?
I can't just say one - I forgot what a large span a year was. Two have LJs and I hope they know who they are.
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2004:
When the mind and the impulse come into conflict, the latter always wins - in my case, at least.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
Anyone with my screen name knows these two well: "Confusion has its cost"--CSNY and "These hours of confusion / they will soon expire / like everything does"--Ben Folds
All right - now I have finished that, and I've looked at my entry from last year when I took the very same quiz... wow, am I predictable or what? Maybe I just don't change - that would be depressing but entirely possible.