1. What did you do in 2005 that you'd never done before?

here's my totally random and odd list: moved away, went to college, bonged a beer, smoked a cigarette, had a one night stand, graduated, drove across ohio 4 times in one weekend, learned what it really is to be yourself, drunk dialed my mom, dressed slutty on halloween, was homesick, drank eggnog, smoke a blunt, ate salami, made a love train, learned how to truly enjoy being single in an appropriate way, smoked out of a hookah, did bad in a class, realized who my true friends are, realized that someone elses opinion can only matter if i let it, drove a stick shift (sort of), ate taco bell in the car while simultaneously ordering more from the drive through, woke up and regretted the night before, lived with someone that isnt family, played strip poker, ate calamari, realized that you hold the key to your own happiness.

2. Did you keep your new year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
i dont remember what it was last year, but my one for this coming year is to work out more.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
my cousin did!! her twin baby girls, aubrey and brenna are the most beautiful babies i've ever seen

4. Did anyone close to you die?
my great uncle, but we weren't really close

5. What countries did you visit?
um, none

6. What would you like to have in 2006 that you lacked in 2005?
a functional relationship

7. What dates from 2005 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
May 20th (prom, the last day of highschool), June 11th (graduation), Sept 18th (my first day at OSU)

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
making a place for myself at OSU.

9. What was your biggest failure?
math class. oops.

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
i scraped my knee the friday before halloween and didnt clean it up and bled all over my sheets. that was gross and confusing in the morning.

11. What was the best thing you bought?
two sweet straw-martini glasses for new years eve. you will have to see them to understand.

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
claires will when she finally breaks up with her boyfriend.

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
claires because she hasnt broken up with her boyfriend yet. and her boyfriends behavior too. and eric engel went to jail, haha.

14. Where did most of your money go?
gas and shopping trips with sara. oh, how i miss them.

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
graduating, OSU, and now my girlies and our house next year!

16. What song will always remind you of 2005?
"Virgo", "Graduation(Friends Forever)", i dunno, countless other ones

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
a) happier or sadder?   very much happier
b) fatter of thinner? fatter damnit! i was not supposed to gain weight...
c) richer or poorer? poorer, by a million dollars

18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
a lot of things.

19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
hm, a lot of other things.

20. How will you be spending Christmas?
at home with my family.  i'm not very excited about it, to be honest.

22. Did you fall in love in 2005?
nope. not that kind of love.

 How many one-night stands?
3. however, none of them were at college. strange?

24. What was your favorite TV program?
friends. it rivals facebook for the best way to put off homework.

25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
nope. i hate less people i think.
 
26. What was the best book you read?
oh goodness...i dont know.

27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
im gunna go with wilco on this one. i dont think i liked country this time last year either, and thats pretty sweet

28. What did you want and get?
my bellybutton pierced, oh yea, and i got to hookup with sara.

29. What did you want and not get?
um, i dont know. theres a lot of things i want. like a rich hot naked husband.

30. What was your favorite film of this year?
rent. i cant get enough of it.

31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
i turned 19. my daddy and brother came to see me, i dont remember what else i did though. nothing extremely memorable.

32.What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
more pardays (yay, good answer kate)

33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2005?
the same as its always been. only my wardrobe now includes brown, which i like a lot.

34. What kept you sane?
a few friends, knowing i was leaving

35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
um, no one really. i am obsessed with jennifer aniston, but thats kind of different

36. What political issue stirred you the most?
im not sure if this really counts, but the argument i had with chris godinsky about planned parenthood got  me the most riled up. and i enjoy talking about womens rights with vinnie before i fall asleep.

37. Who did you miss?
not that many people. but you guys know who you are.

38. Who was the best new person you met?                                           
claire and amanda and erin and nicky. i miss them now...

39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2005:
be yourself, love your friends more than anything, and be open to new things (ok, so i stole this answer from kate. but honestly, i couldnt have put it any better)

40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
Amie come sit on my wall
And read me the story of O
And tell it like you still believe
That the end of the century
Brings a change for you and me
Nothing unusual, nothing's changed
Just a little older that's all
You know when you've found it,
There's something I've learned
'Cause you feel it when they take it away