sometimes i wonder how many people have emotional connections to Hands Down.
1. What did you do in 2004 that you'd never done before?
Went to my first show.
Had my first rum and coke
Stayed up all night talking
Portaged a canoe
Ate a worm
Played guitar
Surfed and actually caught a few waves
Dyed my hair dark
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I never have made any, nor do not plan on making any for this year.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
no
4. Did anyone close to you die?
my great-grandmother
5. What countries did you visit?
Cuba and good ol USA
6. What would you like to have in 2005 that you lacked in 2004?
love
Strength
To be open with more people
7. What dates from 2004 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
Whoa man…
The day I deleted our romeo & juliet film
Christine’s birthday party
The last day of school
The day I learned to surf
“everything’s funnier at 4 in the morning”
The last day of girls II
The night before the first day of girls I
all the cabin fun time with jess days
osborne adventure day
the day paul broke up with me
alyssa’s birthday party
the day janique came over and we watched moulin rouge
msn shutdown day/night
the day cathy, alyssa and I had our streaking party
the day jodie, ginny, nat and I got espresso/redbull
the day I quit dance
the day cathy and I went osborne christmas shopping
JJK fun time
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Quitting dance.
Changing who I am
9. What was your biggest failure?
starting cheerleading
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Not really, no.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
my chucks
My guitar
My pink floyd/kurt posters
12. Whose behaviour merited celebration?
hmmm….
13. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed?
Mine.
14. Where did most of your money go?
Starbucks
Clothes that I hate
Cds
Books
…
jess and janique
15. What did you get really, really excited about?
school ending, the summer, camp, going to california, christmas vacation
16. What song will always remind you of 2004?
oy…
Faggot
Save a Horse
Padraic my Prince
Hands down
The oc theme song
I will remember you
Anthem of our dying day
Sanatarium
More than a feeling
Any/all nirvana
One great City
So Impossible
Wish You Were Here
Dust in the Wind
Any/all sarah mclachlan
Traveling Soldier
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
a) happier or sadder?
sadder…actually, about the same.
b) thinner or fatter?
fatter
c) richer or poorer?
poorer
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Guitar playing
Show going to
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
crying
Living in the past
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
I spent Christmas at home with my family..like always.
21. Did you fall in love in 2004?
Umm….sort of.
22. How many one-night stands?
oh so many…all those sleepless nights with afton, my sex partner in crime ;)
23. What was your favourite TV program?
Friends
The oc
Sex and the city
jeopardy
24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
yes
25. What was the best book you read?
White Oleander
A Complicated Kindness
Cherokee Bat and the Goat Guys
Sloppy Firsts/Second Helpings
26. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Bright Eyes
Nirvana
The Weakerthans
Dashboard Confessional
Pink Floyd
Metallica
….its been a very music filled year.
27. What did you want and get?
a guitar
Chucks
To quit dance
28. What did you want and not get?
*insert jodie’s description of the perfect boy here*
29. What was your favourite film of this year?
oh man. Asking me to pick a favorite film is like asking someone to pick their favorite child.
Some include…
Thirteen
The notebook
I capture the castle
Ummm..i can’t remember what else came out this year.
30. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I turned 15. I went out for dinner with my family.
31. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
I don’t even know…
32. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2004?
at the start of the year: ae child.
Now..wannabe punk/emo
33. What kept you sane?
friends
Sloppy firsts/second helpings
Music
Movies
Friends (the show)
34. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
kurt cobain
35. What political issue stirred you the most?
I hate politics
36. Who did you miss?
jess
37. Who was the best new person you met?
whoa man. All the cool people I met at school…Cathy, Jodie, Alyssa, Kamila, Taylor, Gabrielle, Nat, Ginny, Kaeleigh
And then there’s like..suspender boy and nadya
38. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2004:
happiness is all about acceptance. Once you get accept your flaws and look at yourself the way the people who love you most see you, you’ll be happy.
39. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
its typical to cling to memories that you’ll never get back again