It's a new dawn, it's a new day, it's a new life

[salinea]

1. What did you do in 2005 that you'd never done before?
I started working for real.

2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I don't remember them, if I made any (and i doubt so)

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
No. Not yet.

4. Did anyone close to you die?
Yes, my uncle.

5. What countries did you visit?
Austria and Italy.

6. What would you like to have in 2006 that you lacked in 2005 ?
Writing more, and more roleplaying games.

7. What date from 2005 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
No specific day springs to mind. Maybe the time I spent in the Utopiales, that was fun ^^

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
I started working. Bis.

9. What was your biggest failure?
I stopped school. :p

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
I underwent surgery in my ovaries.

11. What was the best thing you bought?
A Feast For Crow, by George RR Martin

12. Whose behaviour merited celebration?
Mayumi, she got married and pregnant ^^
Yael, who went to Australia.

13. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed?
My own, as always.

14. Where did most of your money go?
Books, as always. Though possibly travelling did get a lot of it.

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Feast For Crows, les Utopiales, Half Blood Prince.
Hey, I'm a geek.

16. What song will always remind you of 2005?
Perfect Fit by the Dresden Dolls

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

i. happier or sadder?
Happier I think.

ii. thinner or fatter?
That reminds me of a weird song by Radiohead.
Err, fatter, i guess.

iii. richer or poorer?
Richer !

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

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

20. How will you be spending Christmas?
I don't do christmas, damnit !

Though i'll be at a wedding that day.

22. Did you fall in love in 2005?
No.

23. How many one-night stands?
None.

24. What was your favourite TV program?
Desperate Housewives. At least it was the only one I actually watched anything ressembling regularly.

25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
No, not that I can think of.

26. What was the best book you read?
Feast For Crows. Weren't you following what I said ?

27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Dresden Dolls.

28. What did you want and get?
Many things. Everything to settle in my appartement, a job, A Feast For Crows, detailes in Half Blood Prince I rejoyced about, went to an Anime where I got DVDs of Last Unicorn and X, finished downloading the Utena fansubs. LOTS OF STUFF.

30. What was your favourite film of this year?
I'm drawing a blank. Either this wasn't a good year for movies, either I'm overlooking something obvious.

ETA: I was missing something obvious, Serenity.

31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
24. And I haven't done anything... yet.

32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
If I said "sex" I would be one hell of a hypocrite, but I'm tempted anyway.

33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2005?
Red, purple, pink. More trousers less jeans. A cap.

34. What kept you sane?
My friends and my LJ. And fanfics.

35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Elizabeth Vornarbourg. No, it's normal if you don't know her.

36. What political issue stirred you the most?
I wasn't.

37. Who did you miss?
Teresa, which I didn't get to meet at Glasgow.

38. Who was the best new person you met?
catrinella

39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2005:
Use free time when you can because soon you won't have time AT ALL.

40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
Pretty good year.

Comments

[catrinella.livejournal.com]

*smooch* You're too sweet :)

(OMG am so behind. Noticed that you tagged me on the other one, too...)

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

It's hard keeping up with the flist, isn't it ? Especially at this time of the year ^^