1. What did you do in 2005 that you'd never done before?
interned in manhattan, fell in love with my job (statler), got a fabulous lineage, sustained job for a long time, also kept a long-term/long-distance relationship, drank sangria (whether in ctb or in the olive garden), had an almost-friendship with my mother, verbalized my feelings to another human being, lived with a cunt, gave said cunt silent treatment for a long time and i didnt think i could ever give anyone silent treatment for more than 4 days.
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
i don't believe in new years resolutions
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
no
4. Did anyone close to you die?
no
5. What countries did you visit?
none, and that has to change
6. What would you like to have in 2006 that you lacked in 2005?
an exciting trip, classes that i actually love, a lot of good books, a job at camp
7. What date from 2005 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
2005 was a year of many random dates because it was incredibly up and down, horror followed by good times, but these stand out: feb 11 for miracle, march 18 for the sheer horror and low that night presented, all nights at dales, my birthday, slope day, all of senior week, d5 times, june 1st (not 3rd), celebrating the 20th like we are 10, sonic vision, the observatory. august and the highlights of this semester.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
not killing my roomate.
9. What was your biggest failure?
not saying everything that i want to, whether in a good or bad situation. being too practical.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
an awful cold.cough.etc in the beginning of the year that lasted for months.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
i don't really make good purchases.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
anyone whoever made me smile at a weird time.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
i'm sure its not hard to figure out (yup, roomate again!), a couple of guys.
14. Where did most of your money go?
into the bank
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
work, internship, summer, prssa, ramen, the thought of ta-ing.
16. What song will always remind you of 2005?
collide.
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
a. happier or sadder? neither for various reasons.
b. thinner or fatter? thinner, thanks to lack of ramen and nasties nights.
c. richer or poorer? richer personally, but overall poorer.
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
drawing, one on one time with people, seeing those i love, traveling anywhere.
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
dealing with petty drama shit, homework.
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
like a good jew.
21. Who did you spend the most time on the phone with?
olga or wei.
22. Did you fall in love in 2005?
yes.
23. How many one-night stands?
barely
24. What was your favorite TV program?
i discovered degrassi and it has improved the quality of my life a lot.
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
indeed.
26. What was the best book you read?
the 6th harry potter. is that sad? not that its not good, but i very much need to read more.
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
80s music and sonic vision
28. What did you want and get?
an internship in manhattan. a good relationship. ta job.
29. What did you want and not get?
a paying job, pleasant circumstances, more time.
30. What was your favorite film of this year?
star wars3, gof, wedding crashers, match point.
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
19, worked all weekend, got kidnapped, taken to a shady ithaca party by the lineage, and then thumpty.
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
not living with kerry. yes sorry, it was a big deal and it made things so much worse. also not being the only social chair.
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2005?
ready in under 10 minutes
34. What kept you sane?
friends, phone convos with friends, david, ctb nights, job.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
anyone that i can mock
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
i am too immature to write about this.
37. Who did you miss?
everyone from home and people from school i never got to see.
38. Who was the best new person you met?
new in 05? reuven. tatyana and the rest of the lineage.
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2005:
the first thing that comes along may not be the best or the right thing.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
i am going to be an ass and just write "we be burnin" even if it only suits the past 3 days.
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