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cynthia_black, here is
1. What did you do in 2003 that you'd never done before?
Joined an online fandom. And what an incredible ride it has been.
2. Did you keep your New Year's Resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I've given up making them in the first place. It just sets you up for failure, doesn't it?
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Define "close" (curse the HP fandom!). Anywho, a couple people I know gave birth, but I wouldn't call us "close."
4. Did anyone close to you die?
My grandfather.
5. What countries did you visit?
Errrr . . . I visited Texas twice. Does that count?
6. What would you like to have in 2004 that you lacked in 2003?
A sudden surge of creativity.
7. What date from 2003 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
June 21st - OotP release date (yes, pathetic; I know)
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Moving two households into one house (over the course of a month - it was an epic task)
9. What was your biggest failure?
Not having the stamina to keep two jobs when it would have helped me to procure a much desired personal computer.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Only my annual crud.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
I splurged and bought the FOTR and TTT extended edition DVDs.
12. Whose behaviour merited celebration?
The heathens who responded to a screening of Mel Gibson's The Passion with the utmost awe and reverence.
13. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed?
My own, at times.
14. Where did most of your money go?
Living expenses, movies, and two trips to Texas.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Butt-Numb-A-Thon 5 and meeting online friends in person.
16. What song will always remind you of 2003?
Coldplay's "Clocks."
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? slightly happier
ii. thinner or fatter? a bit fatter
iii. richer or poorer? perhaps a little better off
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Writing and exercise
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Eating and watching television
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
At home - Christmas dinner with my parents and some other relatives. And hopefully a couple hours at a movie theater seeing Cold Mountain (wish I had time to read the book first, but I put it off too long).
21. What happened to this one?
Fred and George Weasley stole it.
22. Did you fall in love in 2003?
Not romantically, but I have fallen in love (platonically speaking, of course) with several of my online friends.
23. How many one-night stands?
None. Why? What have you heard?
24. What was your favourite TV program?
West Wing, as always, and I've sort of gotten into CSI
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
No
26. What was the best book you read?
Lord of the Rings, which I read for the first time in my life this year.
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
The Dandy Warhols
28. What did you want and get?
A DVD/VCR combo, which I got in August for my birthday and only two days ago figured out how to operate properly.
29. What did you want and not get?
A laptop computer (but it's my own fault).
30. What was your favourite film of this year?
Do I have to pick just one? I loved ROTK, PotC, and Lost in Translation.
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I was 28, and I went to dinner and a movie
32.What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Getting tickets to Trilogy Tuesday, and seeing it withangua9, gaidin_prime and queenriley.
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2003?
comfortable, and a lot of dark colors
34. What kept you sane?
Well, obviously I am not sane. But when insanity struck the hardest (i.e., when someone said something completely ludicrous on the DT), my fellow R/Hers (and their excellent wit) helped a good deal.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
JOHNNY DEPP (with whom I have been in love since I was nine or so).
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
The war on terrorism
37. Who did you miss?
I dunno.
38. Who was the best new person you met?
angua9
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2003?
That ovaries are not trivial in shipping. ;)
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
I don't understand why I sleep all day . . . and I start to complain when there's no rain . . .
cynthia_black, here is 1. What did you do in 2003 that you'd never done before?
Joined an online fandom. And what an incredible ride it has been.
2. Did you keep your New Year's Resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I've given up making them in the first place. It just sets you up for failure, doesn't it?
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Define "close" (curse the HP fandom!). Anywho, a couple people I know gave birth, but I wouldn't call us "close."
4. Did anyone close to you die?
My grandfather.
5. What countries did you visit?
Errrr . . . I visited Texas twice. Does that count?
6. What would you like to have in 2004 that you lacked in 2003?
A sudden surge of creativity.
7. What date from 2003 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
June 21st - OotP release date (yes, pathetic; I know)
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Moving two households into one house (over the course of a month - it was an epic task)
9. What was your biggest failure?
Not having the stamina to keep two jobs when it would have helped me to procure a much desired personal computer.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Only my annual crud.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
I splurged and bought the FOTR and TTT extended edition DVDs.
12. Whose behaviour merited celebration?
The heathens who responded to a screening of Mel Gibson's The Passion with the utmost awe and reverence.
13. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed?
My own, at times.
14. Where did most of your money go?
Living expenses, movies, and two trips to Texas.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Butt-Numb-A-Thon 5 and meeting online friends in person.
16. What song will always remind you of 2003?
Coldplay's "Clocks."
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? slightly happier
ii. thinner or fatter? a bit fatter
iii. richer or poorer? perhaps a little better off
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Writing and exercise
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Eating and watching television
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
At home - Christmas dinner with my parents and some other relatives. And hopefully a couple hours at a movie theater seeing Cold Mountain (wish I had time to read the book first, but I put it off too long).
21. What happened to this one?
Fred and George Weasley stole it.
22. Did you fall in love in 2003?
Not romantically, but I have fallen in love (platonically speaking, of course) with several of my online friends.
23. How many one-night stands?
None. Why? What have you heard?
24. What was your favourite TV program?
West Wing, as always, and I've sort of gotten into CSI
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
No
26. What was the best book you read?
Lord of the Rings, which I read for the first time in my life this year.
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
The Dandy Warhols
28. What did you want and get?
A DVD/VCR combo, which I got in August for my birthday and only two days ago figured out how to operate properly.
29. What did you want and not get?
A laptop computer (but it's my own fault).
30. What was your favourite film of this year?
Do I have to pick just one? I loved ROTK, PotC, and Lost in Translation.
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I was 28, and I went to dinner and a movie
32.What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Getting tickets to Trilogy Tuesday, and seeing it with
angua9, gaidin_prime and queenriley.33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2003?
comfortable, and a lot of dark colors
34. What kept you sane?
Well, obviously I am not sane. But when insanity struck the hardest (i.e., when someone said something completely ludicrous on the DT), my fellow R/Hers (and their excellent wit) helped a good deal.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
JOHNNY DEPP (with whom I have been in love since I was nine or so).
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
The war on terrorism
37. Who did you miss?
I dunno.
38. Who was the best new person you met?
angua939. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2003?
That ovaries are not trivial in shipping. ;)
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
I don't understand why I sleep all day . . . and I start to complain when there's no rain . . .
contemplative
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