work is so fun
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threeplusfireActually the redeeming features of work tonight would be the free pizza, and winning a $25 gift card to Texas Land & Cattle. I was just ranting earlier about how much I want a steak. Go me. Anyhow, we're allowed to start leaving at 10pm, but I'm thinking I should try to stick it out til midnight just because we need the money. I'd rather go home and watch the UT game though.
01. What did you do in 2003 that you'd never done before? Saw an opera, got married
02. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year? I try not make such resolutions actually.
03. Did anyone close to you give birth? My former roommate had a baby.
04. Did anyone close to you die? Thankfully, no.
05. What countries did you visit? None this year.
06. What would you like to have in 2004 that you lacked in 2003? A significant bank balance, GRE scores, grad school applications finished
07. What date from 2003 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? December 14th, my wedding day.
08. What was your biggest achievement of the year? Realizing that I answered to no one but myself and the powers that be.
09. What was your biggest failure? Not getting my ass in gear for grad school.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury? Only the worst hangover of my life, complete with horrific bruises
11. What was the best thing you bought? My car.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration? My friends who graduated, Kevin getting into an awesome PhD program at Stanford
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed? My sister, when she was still with Dimwit and getting arrested.
14. Where did most of your money go? Purchasing the car, the wedding
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about? The 5th Harry Potter book
16. What song will always remind you of 2003? Liz Phair's "Why Can't I"
17. Compared to this time last year, you are: happier, more confident
18. What do you wish you'd done more of? travelling, writing
19. What do you wish you'd done less of? being lazy, making myself miserable
20. How will you be spending Christmas? Movies with my family on the Eve, Christmas Day with the inlaws
23. What was your favorite TV program? King of the Hill
24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year? Well, yes.
25. What was the best book you read? Bernard Cornwell's take on the Arthurian legend
26. What was your greatest musical discovery? The beauty of La Boheme onstage
27. What did you want and got? Happiness
28. What did you want and not get? grad school taken care of
29. What was your favorite film of this year? Return of the King
30. What did you do on your birthday? I worked.
31. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? Figuring out what I want to do in grad school and life
32. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2003? comfortable, I suppose
33. What kept you sane? sunlight, the sky, figuring out that I'm not a monster
34. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? Jason Isaacs and/or Orlando Bloom
36. What political issue stirred you the most? The horrifying and absurd things done to our rights in the name of "Homeland Security."
37. Who did you miss? Otto, Hana and my professors
38. Who was the best new person you met? Alan
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2003: Taking chances is the best thing you can do for yourself. For good or ill, the experience serves you well.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
"Why I can't breathe whenever I think about you
Why can't I speak whenever I talk about you
It's inevitable that we're going to get down to it
So why can't I breathe whenever I think about you?"
01. What did you do in 2003 that you'd never done before? Saw an opera, got married
02. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year? I try not make such resolutions actually.
03. Did anyone close to you give birth? My former roommate had a baby.
04. Did anyone close to you die? Thankfully, no.
05. What countries did you visit? None this year.
06. What would you like to have in 2004 that you lacked in 2003? A significant bank balance, GRE scores, grad school applications finished
07. What date from 2003 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? December 14th, my wedding day.
08. What was your biggest achievement of the year? Realizing that I answered to no one but myself and the powers that be.
09. What was your biggest failure? Not getting my ass in gear for grad school.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury? Only the worst hangover of my life, complete with horrific bruises
11. What was the best thing you bought? My car.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration? My friends who graduated, Kevin getting into an awesome PhD program at Stanford
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed? My sister, when she was still with Dimwit and getting arrested.
14. Where did most of your money go? Purchasing the car, the wedding
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about? The 5th Harry Potter book
16. What song will always remind you of 2003? Liz Phair's "Why Can't I"
17. Compared to this time last year, you are: happier, more confident
18. What do you wish you'd done more of? travelling, writing
19. What do you wish you'd done less of? being lazy, making myself miserable
20. How will you be spending Christmas? Movies with my family on the Eve, Christmas Day with the inlaws
23. What was your favorite TV program? King of the Hill
24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year? Well, yes.
25. What was the best book you read? Bernard Cornwell's take on the Arthurian legend
26. What was your greatest musical discovery? The beauty of La Boheme onstage
27. What did you want and got? Happiness
28. What did you want and not get? grad school taken care of
29. What was your favorite film of this year? Return of the King
30. What did you do on your birthday? I worked.
31. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? Figuring out what I want to do in grad school and life
32. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2003? comfortable, I suppose
33. What kept you sane? sunlight, the sky, figuring out that I'm not a monster
34. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? Jason Isaacs and/or Orlando Bloom
36. What political issue stirred you the most? The horrifying and absurd things done to our rights in the name of "Homeland Security."
37. Who did you miss? Otto, Hana and my professors
38. Who was the best new person you met? Alan
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2003: Taking chances is the best thing you can do for yourself. For good or ill, the experience serves you well.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
"Why I can't breathe whenever I think about you
Why can't I speak whenever I talk about you
It's inevitable that we're going to get down to it
So why can't I breathe whenever I think about you?"
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Date: 2004-01-06 08:56 pm (UTC)Re: # 8
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