[eta: i've just gone over my "year in review" for the past... 4 years. dude. i'm ridiculously happier than i was in 05 and ever since. i'm actually a helluva lot more settled in myself. so. yeah. i thought i should get that out in the air before i let the rest of this go.]


( year in review meme, the first. )

the second( : as follows )


so. yes. memes. will maybe actually review my year in reality and say more, but mostly... eh. i'm ok. i'm happier now at the end of the year than i was at the beginning, and that's despite the shite that happened midyear.

1. What did you do in 2006 that you'd never done before?
held down a job for nearly a year

2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
i didn't. won't stop me from making more.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
not this year. next year....

4. Did anyone close to you die?
yes

5. What countries did you visit?
none this year, though not for lack of trying.

6. What would you like to have in 2007 that you lacked in 2006?
courage, a life, enough rest.

7. What date from 2006 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
august 5th. wherein i lost everyone. and stopped caring.

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
holding down a job

9. What was your biggest failure?
not getting a real job, and not getting back into uofl.

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
yeah, but it's just the usual. migraines, diabetes, thrown-out shoulder.

11. What was the best thing you bought?
my ipod

12. Whose behaviour merited celebration?
i'm sure someone's did.

13. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed?
webbie's. and brian's. in fact, my family's behavior in general pissed me off.

14. Where did most of your money go?
credit cards. paying for other people.

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
my ipod. and all the music with it.

16. What song will always remind you of 2006?
gravity by john mayer.

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? sadder. i was still on a high about england. and getting letters from john. and emailing andy. they don't talk anymore.
ii. richer or poorer? poorer. because now i have a job. and debts.

18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
writing. travelling. exercising.

19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
eating. staying at home.

20. How will you be spending Christmas?
probably cleaning.

22. Did you fall in love in 2006?
maybe. i don't know. it shouldn't hurt, should it?

23. How many one-night stands?
none.

24. What was your favourite TV program?
heroes, and all the dance reality shows.

25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
only myself. (just kidding... i hate people in general)

26. What was the best book you read?
i want to say that i read a really fantastic book... but it's a series i started reading about Sano Ichiro, a dick/teck/detective in feudal Edo.

27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
30 seconds to mars. corrine bailey rae. and some others. PLACEBO OH MY GOD.

28. What did you want and get?
i wanted freedom. i got more in the way of repression. joy.

29. What did you want and not get?
i wanted to leave.

30a. What was your favourite film of this year?
pirates.

30b. What was your favourite theatrical production of this year?
the lion king.

31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
21 and i had to work.

32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
being almost anywhere but here.

33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2006?
the fallen----"uh, your pants are falling." "your jacket just fell."

34. What kept you sane?
food.

35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
johnny depp.

36. What political issue stirred you the most?
none...

37. Who did you miss?
everyone i loved. and never loved me.

38. Who was the best new person you met?
robbie and jessica.

39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2006.
things will always get worse.

yesterday was crazy. i did nothing. well, i drove out to my cousin's, picked her up, went to the mall, it was closing up, went to best buy and gawked at electronics for half an hour, and then spent two hours chitchatting in mcdonalds over a double cheeseburger and a side salad.

before that, went ice skating on friday and to see memoirs of a geisha on saturday. not boring a weekend, but kinda slow.

school today. i have three classes over the course of 9 hours. this should be fun. will see lacey around lunchtime. hmmm...

( gacked from thefragyle, 2005 in review )