2004-01-02
updated
Here's a little end/beginning of the year survey I came[/stole] across[/from Stacy's site including the above words not in these "[]" thingies]:
2003:
1. go to a party?: not as many as I had during university. a couple birthday parties, some bbq's, "work" parties. pretty NORMAL. no wild naked bright eyes parties this year.
2. try something new?: boy-friending (and sushi!)
3. have someone change your life?: Jeremy
4. kiss someone?: Jeremy
5. tell your family and friends you love them?: not as many as I had during university. no wild mass group loving this year.
6. buy something extravagant?: a bus pass
7. do something nice for you?: go to England!
8. do something terribly wrong?: enter in waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too many 50/50 draws at work (it wouldn't have been so bad if I had at least won once).
9. move?: not unless you count cubicles, then i'm all over this category.
10. go to a concert?: ooooooh a lot. jim guthrie, dirty 3, bright eyes/arab strap, the dears, buck 65 (x2), belle & sebastian, neko case/wilco, bonnie prince billy, the white stripes (etc. etc. etc.)
best of the year:
1. party: new years
2. tv show: dr. phil (ahhhh I'm so white trash, I know)
3. cd: hard to say. probably either buck 65's talkin' honky blues or cat power's you are free
4. movie: i'll say all the real girls. i think it gave a great depiction of twenty-something relationships.
5. song: bright eyes - one foot in front of the other or the trees get wheeled away.
6. experience: love *cough cough*
7. concert: dirty 3 (with belle and sebastian coming in at a close second)
8. book: songbook by hornby
9. month: August
10. day: may 25th
worst of the year:
1. party: the one i had where the only person who showed up was me.
2. tv show: joe millionaire (was that this year?)
3. cd: the leaves
4. movie: something's gotta give
5. song: eminem - sing for the moment (i know the album came out last year but much music had it on their best of 2003 so i can have it as my worst)
6. experience: finding out i would only be getting 10% of the back pay that was promised
7. concert: radiohead (because i didn't go to it and if i found out it was good, i'd be sad).
8. book: the beach house - james patterson
9. month: january
10. day: the day i found out my computer had died (rip)
hopes for 2004:
1. predict something that you think will happen in 2004?: I will hit "done" on this entry
2. what do you hope changes about your country?: the lesbian/gay marriage law passes
3. what do you hope for yourself?: lesbian/gay marriage
4. what do you hope for your family?: lesbian/gay marriage
during 2003:
1. where were you when it began? In Jason's townhouse (kinda passing out-ish)
2. did you stay up?: i had a nap at around 10 but managed to wake up before midnight (i think)
3. what was your new year wish?: to quit smoking
4. how many boyfriends?: uno
5. broke up?: not yet
6. have any crushes?: blue eyed boys
7. care to mention names?: can't! what if he reads this? then i'd be soooooo embarrassed.
8. had to say goodbye?: yes! all my friends slowly left ottawa. (well not all, but most of them).
9. missed anyone?: everyone
10. win anything?: the internet says i have won some free penis enlargement pills, i just haven't collected yet.
11. best place you went to?: port sunlight, uk
12. worst place you went to?: any public washroom
13. happiest moment?: the moment jeremy said, "aren't we going out already?"
14. how was your birthday?: it was fun. except when i compared how many people went to my birthday party the year before 5 vs. 20+.
15. best present?: trip to england
january: saw jim guthrie (finally!)
february: found out bright eyes was going to be in montreal
march: bought tickets to see bright eyes in montreal
april: saw dirty 3 (best concert EVER!), and stacy came up to visit.
may: my roommate of 3 years leaving. saw bright eyes in montreal and having matt almost kill us on the way to montreal. and hearing jeremy say, "aren't we going out already?"
june: having the worst sore throat in the history of my life b/c my roommate thought it was better for her bf to infect us than for him to stay at home and infect no one. also, saw buck 65 for the first time and fell in love (and not just with buck 65)
july: being in my longest relationship ever and consuming two days a week with canadian idol-osity
august: going to england (missing the black out) and losing my computer
september: getting new roommate and new couch that didn't hurt to sit on.
october: seeing yo la tengo and finding out sarah was getting married!
november: winning competition at work and getting money that had been owed to me for months and months and months. also visiting stacy in toronto and catching belle and sebastian AND blow up.
december: going out with sarah to the mod club! booya, grandma, booya.
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