| I can't believe half of my winter break is totally gone! It has generally been good except for a few douchebags being lame... Instead of practicing i'm gonna fill out this here survey stolen from stanley. surveys are clearly a more practical use of time than practicing my viola....yeah
1. What did you do in 2005 that you'd never done before? Moved off campus, started practicing Bikram yoga, got in a car crash, finished a power hour (never again!)
2. Did you keep your New Year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year? I don't even remember if I attempted to make any resolutions last year...for this year? keep the momentum of sucess on viola this semester that I had last semester.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth? vi's sis is giving birth this month....
4. Did anyone close to you die? my guinea pig, spike!
5. What countries did you visit? uh...i'm a lame-ass american who's never been outta this crazy place
6. What would you like to have in 2006 that you lacked in 2005? more stability
7. What date from 2005 will be etched upon your memory forever and why? there are a few not good things that I won't forget...mainly in hopes that I won't repeat history
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? Taking some big steps with my violaing, and some big steps with my physical and emotional health...the crazy thing is that cj had a part in helping me through all of that...he's incredible!! haha
9. What was your biggest failure? not always being able to make things work out with people, sometimes you just have to move on, I guess
10. Did you suffer illness or injury? actually, no not really....2005 was the first year since I had pneumonia that I haven't gotten really sick at least once.
11.What was the best thing you bought? hmm...probably my ipod...also got a 300 gig hard drive, a new monitor, both seasons of the oc on dvd...all quality purchases...ha
12. Whose behavior merits celebration? My roommates who never cease to be there for me and be abso-fucking-lutely hilarious along the way
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed? MOst people know what my answer would be. We've all moved on...no need to go back there.
14. Where did most of your money go? to food, music or dvds.
15. What did you get really, really excited about? music,seeing apocalyptica on their first date of their first us tour...and again in philly, bikram yoga
16. What song will always remind you of 2005? All of the soundtrack to the oc, because I listened to it way too much...and the Walton vla concerto because it was a big deal to me to start working on it again
Compared to this time last year, are you:
17. Happier or sadder? I guess generally happier, every year I'm taking steps in the right direction towards sanity/happiness/all that jazz
18. Thinner or fatter? thinner, bitches....thank you, bikram yoga
19. Richer or poorer? maybe a bit richer...got more gigs this year
20. What do you wish you'd done more of? bikram yoga, even more practicing, worrying a bit more about myself rather than everyone else
21. What do you wish you'd done less of? smoking, eating, cursing, stuff
22. How did you spend Christmas? with my insane family, and it was good
29. What did you want and not get? meh, there wasn't anything too particular that I wanted..except that I would eventually like to get a laptop
30. What was your greatest musical discovery? There are many good viola ones made, but no one wants to hear about that...other than that...maybe Chromeo or my re discovery of dimmu borgir
31. What was the best book you read? In Cold Blood by Truman Capote and a book of Ray Bradbury's short stories
32. What were your favorite films this year? The new Pride and Prejudice was surprisingly good, Harry Potter 4, The Corpse Bride...i can't remember what came out earlier than that
33. How old did you turn on your birthday? 20
34. What is one thing that would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? getting into the music academy of the west...hopefully that will happen this year
35. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2005? I guess I've moved onto a slightly more preppy aesthetic than ever before...lots of polo shirts, etc...other than that, I tend to just wear whatever looks cool to me that day, which may seem really stupid the next when I look back on it...
36. What kept you sane? kimberly, my mom (surprising, i know), my meds (hey, i'm just being honest...), viola and yoga
37. Which celebrity/public figure do you fancy most? It has been, and always will be, Johnny fucking Depp...hot.
38. What political issue stirred you the most?blah!
39. Who did (do) you miss? michael and stanley because I've barely talked to them, especially this past semester, my bro because he lives a million miles away, and friends who have sorta just drifted out of my life
40. Who was the best person (people) you met? I guess I knew campion before 2005, but we'd never hung out till last spring...getting to know/baking cakes for/fighting winston's roommates was amusing, as well..
41. What was a valuable life lesson you learned in 2005: Don't put yourself down because it holds you back...alot. There are many pearls of wisdom, in the form of general life advice, that has come from cj and that advice is priceless.
i know I'm a huge nerd...but what did you expect? |
