Unba//anced

happy frickin' new year! i stole the following from sg's site:

1. What did you do in 2004 that you'd never done before?

lived through a crazy wrestling scandal

2. Did you keep your new year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year?

i never make ny resolutions...i tend to assess my life before and after each semester.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?

two cousins

4. Did anyone close to you die?

a good friend's grandmother

5. What countries did you visit?

does various places around the US count?

6. What would you like to have in 2005 that you lacked in 2004?

my completed graduate degree :-)

7. What dates from 2004 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?

3/12 (see #1)...3/22 my wedding day

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?

learning to ignore all the BS

9. What was your biggest failure?

letting some of the BS get to me

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?

nothing i couldn't get under control

11. What was the best thing you bought?

my laptop

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?

the boy, for getting through the worst thing possible with his sanity and career still intact

13. Whose behavior made you appalled, depressed and disgusted?

bush and the boy's former boss

14. Where did most of your money go?

groceries, laptop, savings and impulse buys

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?

getting married the exact way i wanted (just us, then morimoto and thee borgata)

16. What song will always remind you of 2004?

the champ is here by jadakiss

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:

a) happier or sadder? happier.

b) thinner or fatter? fatter? maybe just a bit

c) richer or poorer? richer, in spirit

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

enjoyed the summer more, exercised, hung out with friends more

19. What do you wish you'd done less of?

buying things spur of the moment

20. How will you be spending New Year's Eve?

at home with the boy and Los Gatos Diablos

21. Did you fall in love in 2004?

my love expanded and deepened more than i imagined it could

22. How many one-night stands?

none

23. What was your favorite TV program?

tv? there's no time for tv

24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?

hate is a strong word, but there's one guy who almost ruined our life and i hate him for his complete selfishness and refusal to acknowledge it and apologize

25. What was the best book you read?

Way of Chuang Tzu and The Language of New Media (although i'm not quite done with the latter yet)

26. What was your greatest musical discovery?

getting into indy music again

27. What did you want and get?

a perfect wedding

28. What did you want and not get?

a house and get in better shape

29. What was your favorite film of this year?

probably eternal sunshine of the spotless mind

30. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?

32...that day i worked and had a story reviewed in my prose workshop class. i'm such a party animal

31.What one thing would have made your year measurably more satisfying?

being in shape and/or not having to work so hard during the summer

32. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2004?

it's all over the place. work is all about comfort. shows are all about looking cool and as girly as i can stand.

33. What kept you sane?

the boy, the kitties and wellbutrin

34. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?

johnny depp. drew barrymore and kate winslet are pretty darn cute

35. What political issue stirred you the most?

everything bush has done

36. Who did you miss?

i was sad to hear spalding grey took his own life after battling depression for many years

37. Who was the best new person you met?

i didn't really meet anyone new, but i got to know a few people much better and that's more important to me

38. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2004.

let the BS slide off you...take care of yourself because then you can take care of the world

39. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.

Wait.
They don't love you like I love you
Wait.
They don't love you like I love you