end of the year survey

I always enjoy surveys. Especially when they distract me from studying. :-)


1. What did you do in 2004 that you'd never done before?
-take summer classes... though I dropped them after a week anyways.

2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
-nope, didn't make resolutions, and i will not make any for this next year.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
-nope... but yay for Pam being pregnant!

4. Did anyone close to you die?
-no... and lets keep it that way, 'kay?

5. What countries did you visit?
-uh... the US...

6. What would you like to have in 2005 that you lacked in 2004?
-good luck... at least, better luck.

7. What date(s) from 2004 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
-there's no one date. A lot of this year has actually blurred together.

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
-um... I didn't die?

9. What was your biggest failure?
-not getting a job over the summer, and not telling someone how I feel

10. Did you suffer any illness or injury?
-just the usual amounts of sickness. And my wisdom teeth hurt like a mother until I got them pulled over the summer.

11. What was the best thing you bought?
-a book (Pride and Prejudice) and some cds.

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
-umm... my dog?

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
-the people who voted for the gay marriage amendment in the Constitution.

14. Where did most of your money go?
-food, presents

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
-moving in with Katie over the summer. And seeing friends once the school year started back up.

16. What song will always remind you of 2004?
-She Will Be Loved - Maroon 5. And that song by Usher.

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? -pretty much the same, maybe a little sadder.
ii. thinner or fatter? -fatter... by like a whole 5 lbs, if that.
iii. richer or poorer? -poorer. Much poorer.

18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
-saying exactly what I mean to say. And uh, making money.

19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
-eating, maybe. But I like food.

20. How will you be spending Christmas?
-working at Hallmark, hanging out with my family (well, my mom and sis and the dog, anyways), hopefully seeing friends.

22. Did you fall in love in 2004?
-In love? No.

23. How many one-night stands?
-365. Yup.

24. What was your favorite TV program?
-Alias (even though season 3 mostly sucked), LOST, Friends, American Dreams, the OC, Gilmore Girls, That 70s Show

25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
-hate? No.

26. What was the best book you read?
-Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen. Or Otherwise Engaged, but I don't remember if I read that this year or last.

27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
-Keane!! Jem. Frou Frou. Postal Service. Death Cab for Cutie. And some others... it was a very good music year for me.

28. What did you want and get?
-um... my wisdom teeth to come out, which they thankfully did.

29. What did you want and not get?
-the Honda to not be taken away from me. Really good grades. A new piccolo. A new cd player (mine has a new annoying habit of skipping randomly... even though it's not supposed to! Grrrr). Riding lessons. To not have to explicitly say how i feel about someone and for him to just... know (which is totally irrational, but when have I claimed to be a rational person?).

30. What was your favorite film of this year?
-erm... I saw quite a few. I don't remember a lot of them. But probably the Notebook.

31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
-I went to Cheesecake Factory with my parents, then to see Shrek 2 with Tory. I turned 21.

32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
-less stress... especially concerning money.

33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2004?
-pretty much the same as the past few years. Lots of comfort.

34. What kept you sane?
-music, friends, my dog, photoshop (though it also made me a bit more crazy).

35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
-Michael Vartan. And Topher Grace.

36. What political issue stirred you the most?
-Gay marriage, abortion, the environment.

37. Who did you miss?
-some friends! And my dog...

38. Who was the best new person you met?
-I met a lot of new people this year... a lot of the new people in band.

39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2004:
-obsessing over things that you have no control over is really not worth it.

40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
-"The hardest part is yet to come." Actually, I don't know.