The 2004 Survey

Oh yes, it's that time once again.
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1. What did you do in 2004 that you'd never done before?
Voted, got married, moved to NY, started grad school, flew on Aer Lingus, and did and jig on a table for 13 Irish diners (true story!)

2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I didn't have any last year- this year, pay off the damn credit card (right, cause that will happen)

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
um..no.

4. Did anyone close to you die?
again, no. knock on wood.

5. What countries did you visit?
Ireland

6. What would you like to have in 2005 that you lacked in 2004?
A little more $. A published story. Oranges. A fondue set- I asked for one for Christmas.. and then? WE WILL DIP EVERYTHING IN CHOCOLATE! HA HA! And some Oregon Chai, every time I go to the grocery store they're out of the regular kind. And some pumpkin bread. My mom said she'd send me some and I haven't seen a crumb of it. What's up with that, mom?:) Do I sound hungry to you? I am hungry.

7. What date from 2004 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
I don't know. Remember that time Jen and I got up at karaoke night and sang "I Will Survive?" That was a good one. Was that even in 2004? I don't know. It's too hard to remember this stuff a whole year after it happened.

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
I got into four of the seven schools I applied to. And I have lived in two very small places with another person without either of us causing the other bodily harm.

9. What was your biggest failure?
Despite my five month plan, I have failed to pay off my credit card bill.
But hey, if youre going to fail, fail miserably, and that I did. (Does this sound familiar? That's because I said the same thing last year)

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
There was that one time I was washing dishes and I cut my fingers open on a huge knife and ran downstairs with Rob's boxers wrapped around them to stop the bleeding and had to go to the hospital. I got two stitches.

11. What was the best thing you bought?
An MP3 player, I use it ALLLL the time! And Netflix! I freaking love Netflix. And my subscription to Oprah magazine. If you have a problem with Oprah I dont want to hear about it.

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
Sierra's when she won I Spy by claiming that what she spied was an invisible swinging monkey that no one else could see.
Axel's when we were camping and he said "Who do you think liked s'mores better, Lewis or Clark?

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
The people of Michigan when they voted to pass the ban on gay marriage

14. Where did most of your money go?
In the beginning of the year- On going out, having fun, food.
Now- On one very expensive room in a building where the elevator breaks every friday.

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
The wedding, going to Ireland, getting the wedding video back from Joe, the new Peanut Butter flavored Cinnamon Toast Crunch. For a while I was really excited because I had this great plan- I was going to send Danny a singing telegram for his birthday and embarrass the hell out of him. But it turns out singing telegrams cost $125. That put a dent in my excitement.

16. What song will always remind you of 2003?
The theme song to Sex in the City, considering I spent a solid two weeks watching every episode from all six seasons.

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder?a toss up
ii. thinner or fatter? the same
iii. richer or poorer? oh, quite a bit poorer

18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
reading, hanging out with people, playing Balderdash

19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
worrying about nothing, bitching about my job at Comstock when it was actually a really good job for the time being, watching American Idol

20. How will you be spending Christmas?
In Michigan :)

21. Who did you spend the most time on the phone with?
My sister, easily.

24. What was your favorite TV program?
Desperate Housewives, Law and Order, The Apprentice. Jeopardy, while Ken was on there.

25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
no, I dont think so

26. What was the best book you read?
White Teeth by Zadie Smith. Awesome book. And, I read two Dan Brown books The DaVinci Code and Angels and Demons and enjoyed them both quite a bit.

27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
I dont think I discovered anyone new. Sorry. You know who I like? JoJo. Don't tell anyone, it's embarrassing.

28. What did you want and get?
A hammock! I spent lots of time swinging in my hammock.

29. What did you want and not get?
A trust fund.

30. What was your favorite film of this year?
Garden State!!! Anchorman was a close second.

31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I was 23 and I drove to Chicago and met Lily and we took a picture together next to a giant baby head. Then I came back and Me, Rob, Jon, Jo, Joe, Ryan and Jen went to Shakespeares. I swear I only had two drinks, but by the end of the night I was.. well, drunk. I begged Rob to go to Meijers so we could get ice cream, and even thought it was on the complete other side of town, it was my birthday so he gave in. But when we got there I couldn't remember for the life of me what we were doing there, so I turned to Rob and said "why are we here?" and then he got pretty mad at me.

32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
More soup in bread bowls from Panera.

33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2003?
I would describe it as a mix between "Hey, this is clean, I'll wear it" and "hey, this isn't clean, I'll wear it anyways." I would call it the year of the sweatshirt.

34. What kept you sane?
Pop. Mmmm.. Coke in a can.

35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
I have a crush on Jon Stewart. And Elliot on Law and Order.

36. What political issue stirred you the most?
Oh God, let's just forget it. Seriously, let's pretend it never happened.

37. Who did you miss?
My sister, even though Rob would say "how can you miss her, you're on the phone with her for an hour every day", Danny and his badnickness, my parents, tanya and our champagne dates, Erin C., everyone in Kzoo (desperately), everyone at Food Dance (except Paul H., who I couldn't stand) even though I wanted out of there desperately in the end, and Sar even though I see her every few weeks because we used to live together and that was fun.

38. Who was the best new person you met?
You know, I don't really have a good one. There's a lot of other grad school students I really like, but no one I've gotten to know really well.

39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2003:
Park your car in a well-lit place so it doesn't get broken into. One Long Island Ice Tea is enough, no need for a second.

40. Quote a song/movie lyric that sums up your year:
"Umm..I just ate a big red candle"