Year in review

[uberreiniger]

Pilfered from equusk

1. What did you do in 2003 that you'd never done before?
Had sex

2. Did you keep your new year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
Yeah, although I was slightly over the deadline on it.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
No, thank God.

4. Did anyone close to you die?
Does my cat count?

5. What countries did you visit?
New Calcutta, The Great Eastern Reich, Vargas, Savonarolla, The Totec Nation. Read my novel and you can visit them too.

6. What would you like to have in 2004 that you lacked in 2003?
A significant other.

7. What date from 2003 will remain etched upon your memory?
The week of July 4th 'cause donkeyjon, stitchedsutures and I had good times.

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Finishing my novel.

9. What was your biggest failure?
Not having my novel ready for publication yet.

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
A bad cold that kept me down. Acid reflux disease which is barely under control by medication now. A cyst which had to be cut out of my forhead.

11. What was the best thing you bought?
My trans-blue quilt-top NJ series B.C. Rich Warlock guitar. (You'll shoot your eye out, kid!)

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
Lesley for patiently allowing me to rehash painful topics again and again until I was satisfied.

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
Meghan's behaviour hasn't appalled me per se, but it has definately left me depressed.

14. Where did most of your money go?
Fast food I should be able to live without and *game show announcer voice* a BRAND! NEW! CAAAAR!

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
St. Louis Kotei, GenCon, Matrix Revolutions, ice skating and Return of the King.

16. What song will always remind you of 2003?
Blind Guardian - "Time Stands Still (At the Iron Hill)"

17. Compared to this time last year, are you happier or sadder?
I just feel older. Not happier, or sadder.

ii. thinner or fatter?
About the same.

iii. richer or poorer?
Again, about the same.

18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Spent more time with friends and more time editing.

19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Playtesting L5R decks.

20. How will you be spending Christmas?
At home with the family; working both the night before and the night after.

22. Did you fall in love in 2003?
Developed a deep attachment, but I wouldn't call it love.

23. How many one night stands?
none.

24. What was your favourite TV programme?
The O'Reilly Factor

25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
This is one of the few years where I can genuinely say I've acquired no one new whom I genuinely grew to loathe.

26. What was the best book you read?
China Mieville, "Perdido Street Station", T.W. White "The Once and Future King"

27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Strapping Young Lad

28. What did you want and get?
My car and my new guitar.

29. What did you want and not get?
Does Meghan count?

30. What was your favourite film of this year?
The Matrix: Revolutions

31. What did you do on your birthday?
I don't remember, but I remember I got my Salvador Dali book

32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Not getting screwed over in the Meghan situation.

33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2003?
Same as it ever was.

34. What kept you sane?
METAL!!!

35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Nicole Kidman.

36. What political issue stirred you the most?
The Judicial system's continual hellbent-for-leather misinterpretation of the 2nd ammendment of the United States Constitution.

37. Who did you miss?
Mike, Jodi, Amanda, Dave and Sarah.

38. Who was the best new person you met?
Kate, Amanda, Adrian, Susan, Meghan (no particular order there.)

39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2003.
Don't hesitate.

40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
"The star of light and the bearer of hope rides into this glorious battle alone farewell to the valiant warlord."

Comments

[skynock.livejournal.com]

should 38 creep me out as I'm the only male on the list? hehe

[uberreiniger.livejournal.com]

You should be flattered that I chose to include you at the same rank as so many redheads :)

[skynock.livejournal.com]

fair enough

The Coolest Independance Day

[stitchedsutures.livejournal.com]

I have to say, this last 4th of July is the best i that i can remember. And we didn't even have to light firecrackers in any piles of dog shit!

Re: The Coolest Independance Day

[uberreiniger.livejournal.com]

I've gotta say it was the best one I've had in many, many years too. Maybe it's because Lesley fed us red meat while we watched mormons blow shit up?

[reverend-betty.livejournal.com]

your cat totally counts!

[uberreiniger.livejournal.com]

Thankee kindly. I still feel the loss.

[loreleirayn.livejournal.com]

I was reading darkemoone's friends page and I came across this post. Just wanted to say: yes, a cat counts, and I'm so glad there's actually someone else out there that actually liked Matrix: Revolutions. There's just so many that hate it...

[uberreiniger.livejournal.com]

I'll gladly go to bat for Revolutions any day. My feelings on Reloaded are somewhat mixed. (There's a lengthy review in this journal if you're willing to dredge back far enough. I can't remember where it is.) Yeah, I think she does count. Thanks for the kind words.