1. What did you do in 2004 that you'd never done before?
A whole heck of a lot of things. For example... drove out of the state in my own car for the first time. I also did solos at the solo/ensemble contest, and did music listening contest. I was a lot more involved in the music department...

2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I don't make resolutions, because they're just like goals, and I never achieve anything I really want. So I just avoid disappointment by getting around it that way. Though... if I were to have made a resolution last year, it would have been lose weight, and I've lost over 50 pounds.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Not that I remember...

4. Did anyone close to you die?
nope

5. What countries did you visit?
Does Iowa count? :)

6. What would you like to have in 2005 that you lacked in 2004?
Money, confidence, happiness, organizational skills, my own place, my own computer... I could go on and on. :)

7. What date from 2004 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
No day in specific jumps out at me... I might remember later.

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Making concert choir, and losing over 50 pounds.

9. What was your biggest failure?
Not making it into carolers and the play, failing utopian lit... I know I always say I'm a failure at stuff, but obviously nothing was too big of a deal anymore to stick out at me other than the stuff I listed.

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
I'm always freaking sick! I guess one of the biggest things would be pink eye 3 freaking times. And who knows if I'll get it again!

11. What was the best thing you bought?
Donnie Darko, presents for everyone I love...

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
My brother. He has really really changed over the past year, and I am so proud of him. He'll know on tuesday night, when I give him his one year medallion at the AA club.

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
Stupid people all over the place... theres way too many of them in this town.

14. Where did most of your money go?
Gas, food, presents for people, clothes... Mostly Walmart, Cash-wise and Target.

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Camp. Because... well... it's camp! Then afterwards I was really super excited for Sheila to come down for the weekend. OH!! and the Something Corporate concert back in April. That was frickin sweet.

16. What song will always remind you of 2004?
"Let it Be" by the Beatles, or "Jessica's Smile" by Billy Go Fast

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
Happier or sadder? Depends on the day I guess. I feel sadder...
Older and wiser? Maybe. I don't know..
Thinner or fatter? definently thinner
Richer or poorer? currently poorer, because of Christmas... but usually richer.

18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Watch my weight and not procrastinate all the time.

19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Whine and cry and call myself a failure. It's not pretty..

20. How did you spend Christmas?
Christmas eve was with my mom's side of the family, christmas day with my dad's side.

21. How many one-night stands?
none.

22. What was your favorite TV program?
Sex and the City, Invader Zim, ER, Friends, Oprah (this is a recent thing too...), Law and Order (any version)

23. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
Kind of... it was about this time of the year that I was starting to hate him. I'm not gonna say who it is though... jerk.

24. What was the best book you read?
To Kill a Mockingbird, hands down no competition. I heart Atticus Finch.

25. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Way to many musical discoveries. I would have to say one of the best though was finally sitting down and listening to The Beatles.

26. What did you want and get?
a new cellphone. And I'm kind of getting a new computer...

27. What did you want and not get?
The whole long list of dvds I wanted. I didn't get a whole lot of those...

28. What was your favorite film of this year?
Donnie Darko

29. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I turned 18, and I didn't really do anything. I hung out at home with my family.

30. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
I'm not sure. Several things... more self-confidence would have made it more satisfying for sure.

31. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2004?
It has gotten a lot better, though I still have a couple horrible things. Which is because I don't have the money to buy the things I want, and my mother makes me wear them. yuck.

32. What kept you sane?
Music, and my friends on the internet. And my diaries.

33. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Well, in the beginning of the year it was Orlando Bloom all the way. It's started to switch to Johnny Depp and Jake Gylenhaal now. But of course, David Bowie is always my favorite.

34. What political issue stirred you the most?
So many things. Anything to do with Bush I suppose. :)

35. Who did you miss?
Brent and Sheila.

36. Who was the best new person you met?
Sheila. I love her so much!!

37. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2004:
"Nothing worthwhile is easy". Harris said it last year, and it moved me so much I wrote a huge long entry on it in here....

38. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
"I've loved, I've laughed and cried
I've had my fill, my share of losing
And now, as tears subside, I find it all so amusing
To think I did all that
And may I say, not in a shy way,
'Oh, no, oh, no, not me, I did it my way'"

wow... those lyrics hit closer than I thought they would....