Yeah, yeah, yeah, it pisses me off when my friends' page gets spammed with silly, pointless entries, but I've had the worst couple days ever, and I'm allowed some leeway to take some silly quizzes.
Review Questionnairre for 2006
1. What did you do in 2006 that you'd never done before?
went to college, camped out for a football game, worked out in a gym, played beer pong
2. Did you keep your new year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
no. i'll still make them for posterity, though.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
my cousin.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
no, thank god.
5. What countries did you visit?
Canada
6. What would you like to have in 2007 that you lacked in 2006?
love.
7. What date from 2006 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
August 30th--> move in day at Penn State
8. What was your biggest achievement of this year?
winning most outstanding high school newspaper.
9. What was your biggest failure?
being a total chicken.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
i'm sick now.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
my intuition. it was just too gosh darn hard to shave in the showers with regular shaving cream and razors.
12. Whose behaviour merited celebration?
I can't really think of anyone.
13. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed?
Mine. A lot.
14. Where did most of your money go?
food. and Christmas presents.
15. What did you get really, really excited about?
going to college, Steelers winning the super bowl, Penn State football.
16. What songs will always remind you of 2006?
Ready/Yellow Cat--The Starting Line ft. Max Bemis
Faded--Soul Decision
Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic--The Police
Australia--The Shins
Not the Sun--Brand New
17. Compared to this time last year,
I. are you happier or sadder?
sadder.
II. thinner or fatter?
thinner. thanks to Penn State's hills.
III. richer or poorer?
poorer.
IV. older or wiser?
not wiser, just older.
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
appreciated my family and friends. i never dreamt i would miss them half as much as i do.
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
judged myself so harshly. and overreacted to everything.
20. How will you be spending New Years Eve?
i may be having a party. brianna and i are making fortune cookies!
21. Did you fall in love in 2006?
i'm not sure what to call it, exactly. this year helped me sort out my emotions about others.
22. How many one-night stands?
0.
23. What was your favourite TV programme?
Project Runway, Top Model, Next, Real World, more recently Beauty and the Geek
24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
yes.
25. What was the best book you read?
Running With Scissors
26. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Shiny Toy Guns, The Format
27. What did you want and get?
pumas? a new iPod? my macbook?
28. What did you want and not get?
i can't even count them.
29. What was your favourite film of this year?
i'm not sure what year it was from, but i really liked Green Street Hooligans, Latter Days, and of course the top 5 remains the same.
30. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
i don't remember the day, exactly. but i had a pretty kickin' mexican fiesta complete with a taco bar to celebrate the ol' 18th!
31. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
i'm not gonna say it.
32. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2006?
quirky and cute.
33. What kept you sane?
my music collection, and late night aim convos with daniel.
34. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Elijah Wood.
35. What political issue stirred you the most?
the dems taking the house.
36. Who did you miss?
my family. dan, shauna, others.
37. Who was the best new person you met?
Sara, Terri, a few others.
38. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2006.
Well, it's more of a lesson I'm trying to incorporate into my life... If you want big rewards, you gotta take big risks.
39. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
I've been waiting for answers,
Dancing in circles, making me sick
I've been chained like a tiger
To hundreds of liars, all holding hands,
Gonna get ready,
Gonna get ready,
Now I'm calling all the time,
All I wanted was a little bit of time for me to try,
Try to get up,
I'm gonna get up,
All they wanted was a little bit of time for me to clear my head,
To clear my head
--The Starting Line, ft. Max Bemis of Say Anything--"Ready/Yellow Cat"
P.S. Dar, your icon creeps me out.