Happy new year, people of the world.
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constance2005: Year in Review
1. What did you do in 2005 that you'd never done before?
Held a newt in the palm of my hand. Cut out someone's stitches. Achieved High Blood Pressure, a longtime goal of mine. Learned to like diet soft drinks. Traveled for a living, and thank goodness I didn't do it for long.
2. Did you keep your New Years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I don't make resolutions at all, really. I'm kind of bad at sticking to formalized declarations, and I'm good at keeping promises to absolutely everyone but myself.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Nnnno. But there were several coworker pregnancies and births this year. We were such a pregnant office, in fact, that I'm kind of glad it's not contagious.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
Yes.
5. What countries did you visit?
The Good Old USA.
6. What would you like to have in 2006 that you lacked in 2005?
Peace of mind. Space for everyone to stretch their legs. A political leader I can respect. A (fictional) story to tell. For everyone I love to stay healthy and happy and safe. Also a bigger television; I don't know why I have been wanting this so much when I've lived with tiny TVs for my entire adult life, but I am.
7. What dates from 2005 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
January 19: I began my new job. June 2: my grandmother died. September 1: my home state collapsed. July 2 and October 10: old friends and new states.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
I decided, once and for all, to buy a house.
9. What was your biggest failure?
I failed to buy a house. But I am, at least, only five days off.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Not any sort of major one, no. Just the normal ups and downs of life as a healthy woman edging up on middle age.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
I buy far too much, honestly, so it's kind of hard to decide.
12. Whose behaviour merited celebration?
My mother's.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
leestone's.
13. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed?
Any appalling behavior that I witnessed on a personal level was totally eclipsed by the appalling behavior of my country's leaders.
14. Where did most of your money go?
Rent, food, movies, books. I believe in spending frivolously; but that's about to change.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Bachelor No. 2. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. The pandacam. The State of West Virginia.
16. What song will always remind you of 2005?
"Paul's Song" by M. Ward
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
a) happier or sadder? happier.
b) thinner or fatter? fatter :(
c) richer or poorer? richer, but all that is about to end.
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Exercising. Reading (you can never read too much, damn it). Keeping in touch with people I love, because, you know, I love them and all. Writing, or playing at writing, anyway.
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Whining. Grieving. Eating. Moving. Traveling. Working >:D<
20. How did you spend Christmas?
With my family (dogs included).
22. Did you fall in love in 2005?
I did not.
23. How many one-night stands?
OMG zero.
24. What was your favourite TV program?
Firefly?
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
Nah, I don't do hate very well. It is highly possible that there are several people who have learned to hate me in the last year, which is a bit of an upsetting thought for me. I mean. People aren't generally especially fond of me, but they don't usually hate me.
26. What was the best book you read?
Depends on what you mean by best, I would think. Favorite reread: Sarah Caudwell's Hilary Tamar series. Favorite new read: Wickett's Remedy, maybe, or Everything is Illuminated, or else, in terms of sheer obsessive time spent thinking it over, House of Leaves. Most horrifying/thought-provoking nonfiction: Shame of the Nation.
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
I don't really discover music; other people discover it for me and I horn in on their discoveries.
28. What did you want and get?
A tech job that I honestly like. A new dip pen, as my old wood shaft was eaten by dogs (or at least by A Dog). A really good, really relaxing vacation, my first in years.
29. What did you want and not get?
Emotional support , but to be fair, I am not specially good at asking for it. A winning lottery ticket. My wish that everyone be all right forever.
30. What was your favorite film of this year?
Lately I'm liking Hero a lot, but I have made a recent pact to not watch depressing movies for a while.
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I got a haircut and a pedicure, and got taken to dinner at a very nice shabby-chic restaurant. I was thirty-six.
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Less tragedy, really, for me and my people.
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2005?
My personal fashion concept doesn't really change. I dress like Harriet the Spy.
34. What kept you sane?
Well, me, mostly. My mother. My pets. My laptop. There was a little Wellbutrin, there at the beginning.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Tom Cruise! Er, or Jeremy Northam is a perennial fave.
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
I don't know if there was a political issue that didn't stir me. Mostly I listen to the news and fume, these days.
37. Who did you miss?
:( Everybody.
38. Who was the best new person you met?
Well, I metbowdlerized in person for the first time.
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2005:
One person's butter yellow is another person's harvest gold.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
Hold your glass up, hold it in. Never betray the way you've always known it is.
1. What did you do in 2005 that you'd never done before?
Held a newt in the palm of my hand. Cut out someone's stitches. Achieved High Blood Pressure, a longtime goal of mine. Learned to like diet soft drinks. Traveled for a living, and thank goodness I didn't do it for long.
2. Did you keep your New Years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I don't make resolutions at all, really. I'm kind of bad at sticking to formalized declarations, and I'm good at keeping promises to absolutely everyone but myself.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Nnnno. But there were several coworker pregnancies and births this year. We were such a pregnant office, in fact, that I'm kind of glad it's not contagious.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
Yes.
5. What countries did you visit?
The Good Old USA.
6. What would you like to have in 2006 that you lacked in 2005?
Peace of mind. Space for everyone to stretch their legs. A political leader I can respect. A (fictional) story to tell. For everyone I love to stay healthy and happy and safe. Also a bigger television; I don't know why I have been wanting this so much when I've lived with tiny TVs for my entire adult life, but I am.
7. What dates from 2005 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
January 19: I began my new job. June 2: my grandmother died. September 1: my home state collapsed. July 2 and October 10: old friends and new states.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
I decided, once and for all, to buy a house.
9. What was your biggest failure?
I failed to buy a house. But I am, at least, only five days off.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Not any sort of major one, no. Just the normal ups and downs of life as a healthy woman edging up on middle age.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
I buy far too much, honestly, so it's kind of hard to decide.
12. Whose behaviour merited celebration?
My mother's.
leestone's. 13. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed?
Any appalling behavior that I witnessed on a personal level was totally eclipsed by the appalling behavior of my country's leaders.
14. Where did most of your money go?
Rent, food, movies, books. I believe in spending frivolously; but that's about to change.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Bachelor No. 2. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. The pandacam. The State of West Virginia.
16. What song will always remind you of 2005?
"Paul's Song" by M. Ward
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
a) happier or sadder? happier.
b) thinner or fatter? fatter :(
c) richer or poorer? richer, but all that is about to end.
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Exercising. Reading (you can never read too much, damn it). Keeping in touch with people I love, because, you know, I love them and all. Writing, or playing at writing, anyway.
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Whining. Grieving. Eating. Moving. Traveling. Working >:D<
20. How did you spend Christmas?
With my family (dogs included).
22. Did you fall in love in 2005?
I did not.
23. How many one-night stands?
OMG zero.
24. What was your favourite TV program?
Firefly?
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
Nah, I don't do hate very well. It is highly possible that there are several people who have learned to hate me in the last year, which is a bit of an upsetting thought for me. I mean. People aren't generally especially fond of me, but they don't usually hate me.
26. What was the best book you read?
Depends on what you mean by best, I would think. Favorite reread: Sarah Caudwell's Hilary Tamar series. Favorite new read: Wickett's Remedy, maybe, or Everything is Illuminated, or else, in terms of sheer obsessive time spent thinking it over, House of Leaves. Most horrifying/thought-provoking nonfiction: Shame of the Nation.
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
I don't really discover music; other people discover it for me and I horn in on their discoveries.
28. What did you want and get?
A tech job that I honestly like. A new dip pen, as my old wood shaft was eaten by dogs (or at least by A Dog). A really good, really relaxing vacation, my first in years.
29. What did you want and not get?
Emotional support , but to be fair, I am not specially good at asking for it. A winning lottery ticket. My wish that everyone be all right forever.
30. What was your favorite film of this year?
Lately I'm liking Hero a lot, but I have made a recent pact to not watch depressing movies for a while.
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I got a haircut and a pedicure, and got taken to dinner at a very nice shabby-chic restaurant. I was thirty-six.
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Less tragedy, really, for me and my people.
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2005?
My personal fashion concept doesn't really change. I dress like Harriet the Spy.
34. What kept you sane?
Well, me, mostly. My mother. My pets. My laptop. There was a little Wellbutrin, there at the beginning.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Tom Cruise! Er, or Jeremy Northam is a perennial fave.
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
I don't know if there was a political issue that didn't stir me. Mostly I listen to the news and fume, these days.
37. Who did you miss?
:( Everybody.
38. Who was the best new person you met?
Well, I met
bowdlerized in person for the first time.39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2005:
One person's butter yellow is another person's harvest gold.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
Hold your glass up, hold it in. Never betray the way you've always known it is.
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Date: 2006-01-02 05:05 am (UTC)I'm counting down the days till Bachelor #2 is yours! I must cobble together a worthy housewarming present, but only after what I hope will be a large-font post with many exclamation points has been made. I too am superstitious.
And I'm especially fond of you, but you knew that. Happy New Year, you fabulous person, you! <3
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Date: 2006-01-03 02:29 am (UTC)Happy New Year to you too, you equally fabulous person! :D
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Date: 2006-01-03 09:08 am (UTC)2006 is going to be so very fine for us! Fandom sleepovers shall be hosted in New York and Georgia! Emotional support shall be generously dispensed! I shall call you shortly!
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Date: 2006-01-05 05:32 am (UTC)I can't wait to hear all your news!
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Date: 2006-01-03 10:58 pm (UTC)and dear gods yes, no more depressing movies for at least the next month or so ;-)
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Date: 2006-01-05 05:36 am (UTC)You don't really want to hear this, do you? 'Cause I'm kind of squicking myself over here. I'll just say that she had to beg me to do it.
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Date: 2006-01-06 06:09 pm (UTC)wow, you are just so much more hard core than I'll ever be.
**gazes at tofty with awe**