jetpack_monkey | End of the Year meme (stolen from qkellie)

1. What did you do in 2005 that you'd never done before?
Health insurance. That's the biggie. I also went to LA for the first time.

2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I don't make resolutions.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Yes, a few, actually.

4. Did anyone close to you die?
No.

5. What countries did you visit?
California. Does California count?

6. What would you like to have in 2006 that you lacked in 2005?
Free time.

7. What date from 2005 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
September 9. Gremlin Pride, yo!

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Joining Jester'Z.

9. What was your biggest failure?
I don't fail. I revise. That said, I do wish that I'd been able to do NaNo this year.

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
I had the flu earlier this year.

11. What was the best thing you bought?
Dude. Val Lewton Collection rocks. Also, Battlestar Galactica Season 1.

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
The really rockin' Pageant players of Fandom High. With jazz hands!

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
Not going to do me any good to name anybody. It's well and away in the past.

14. Where did most of your money go?
After the basics? DVDs and travel.

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Serenity. I saw it seven times. Also, ComicCon is a huge deal, and always will be.

16. What song will always remind you of 2005?
"Movin' On Up"

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? FAR happier. It's like a complete 180.
ii. thinner or fatter? Neither.
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?
Pointless angst.

20. How will you be spending Christmas?
With Mom and my sister.

21. Who did you spend the most time on the phone with?
Mom, probably. Followed by

airawyn.

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

23. How many one-night stands?
*cough*

24. What was your favorite TV program?
Doctor Who, hands down.

25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
Hate is a strong word. There's people I'm rather happy to never associate with again.

26. What was the best book you read?
Confederacy of Dunces.

27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Rent.

28. What did you want and get?
Closure.

29. What did you want and not get?
A car.

30. What was your favorite film of this year?
Serenity. Many many many times over.

31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I turned 22. I... don't remember. I don't think I did anything special.

32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Less stress.

33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2005?
Non-existent.

34. What kept you sane?
If it weren't for

dhaunea, I probably would've dove over a cliff.

35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Christopher Eccleston.

36. What political issue stirred you the most?
Religion in government.

37. Who did you miss?
All you guys.

38. Who was the best new person you met?
Met in person, having not met them online previous to this year --

midnightfae.
Met in person, having met them online previous to this year -- tie between

qkellie and

hjcallipygian
Met online this year, having never met in real life --

dhaunea and

timjr

39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2005:
If you find something that you love to do, and you just do it... it'll probably turn out okay without worrying too much about whether you're doing it right or not.

40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
Don't know if I had a personal anthem this year. The whole thing was just so up and down and finally up up up that... I don't know. I think I'm good without that.

ETA: Re-answered #12 now that I've actually *read* it.