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eurydiceboundYear In Review: 2004
1. What did you do in 2004 that you'd never done before?
Accepted a novel contract. Moved to Seattle. Got truffles from my chiropractor. Knitted.
2. Did you keep your new year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I resolved to try to get the hell out of Dodge and to get in shape. I am now living in Seattle and I've lost roughly five pounds and more in inches, since I'm weight training 2-3 days a week and poundage alone isn't the best method of telling if I'm getting there. As for next year... I think we'll stick with what we have and just continue with those. The only other things badly in need of improvement in my life right now are negotiated changes, and thus not really suitable for resolutions.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Only LJ friends.trollbabe and cazmonster had twin boys, and innocent_man and his wife, Heather, had a little girl. :)
4. Did anyone close to you die?
No.
5. What countries did you visit?
None. Added something like four or five states to my "have now visited" list, though. Wanted to go to Canada over the holiday, but it seems the requisite paperwork will be impossible to manage in the time allotted. Will have to try again next year.
6. What would you like to have in 2005 that you lacked in 2004?
Peace.
7. What dates from 2004 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
October 5th. I started my new job that day.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Everything. At least that's what it feels like. Getting my new job and relocating is certainly right up there, though.
9. What was your biggest failure?
Insert random marriage mumbling here.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Um.... not really.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
New beds for my kiddos. A couch. :)
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
My children, for coping with being suddenly uprooted and separated from their grandparents and blooming in their new home. My husband, for having the courage to stand up and pitch in and try to make things better for our family.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
Insert Bush Government here. There are other things, and other people, but they can remain largely unnamed.
14. Where did most of your money go?
Then: Survival. Now? Improvements.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Going to Origins. Getting this job. Finally seeing a light at the end of the tunnel, and realizing it is not a train.
16. What song will always remind you of 2004?
Fallen, by Sarah MacLachlan. Collide, by Howie Day. I Don't Want to Be, by Gavin Degraw.
Yeah, I listen to pop. Get over it. :)
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
a) happier or sadder? Happier. Oh god, definitely happier.
b) thinner or fatter? Thinner. By the time I get new clothes in the next few weeks, I expect to be a size smaller.
c) richer or poorer? Richer. DEFINITELY richer. It would have been difficult not to be, as sad as that sounds.
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Singing. Playing. I don't really spend a lot of time thinking about that, though.
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Crying.
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
With my children in my new house, baking and doing cool family bonding type stuff. I'm vaguely considering trying to make tamales. Hold me back. :)
21. Did you fall in love in 2004?
No.
22. How many one-night stands?
None to speak of.
23. What was your favorite TV program?
CSI, Mythbusters, What Not to Wear, Clean Sweep, and The Apprentice (to my shame). I kept desperately trying to think of something cool that I saw regularly, and I fear there just isn't. I weep for my brain cells.
24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
Nope. The relatively short list remains unchanged. Booyah.
25. What was the best book you read?
Geez. Um... Storyteller by Leslie Marmon Silko. A Storm of Swords by Martin. American Gods, by Gaiman. Sunshine, by Robin McKinley. All of these rocked my world.
26. What was your greatest musical discovery?
My son. Alisdair loves choir and is really developing his singing skill. I'm hugely proud of him.
27. What did you want and get?
A life.
28. What did you want and not get?
A love.
29. What was your favorite film of this year?
Damn... I don't know. I've been to see almost nothing this year. Given that I literally can't think of what I've seen this year, I'd have to say "none."
30. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
Nothing. I think I baked myself a cake. We might have arranged a dinner out, but if so I can't remember it, and it wasn't as though my family got together for it (unlike for my brother's birthday, and my husband's birthday...). There certainly wasn't a party of any kind. I was 33.
31. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
I dunno. My mom not being unhappy about my new job and moving. More money, more often. Less pain generally.
32. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2004?
Nonexistent, except for my frickin' cool new red glasses. Ask me next year.
33. What kept you sane?
My kids. My husband. My work.
34. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Nobody, really.
35. What political issue stirred you the most?
The election. That pretty much wraps it all up succinctly.
36. Who did you miss?
Everyone I know, at one point or another.
37. Who was the best new person you met?
I couldn't even begin to say. I've met a lot of new people, and I'm having a great time with that. :)
38. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2004:
This Too Shall Pass, and To Thine Own Self Be True.
39. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
Heaven Bend to take my hand
And lead me through the fire
Be the long awaited answer
To a long and painful fight
Truth be told I tried my best
But somewhere long the way
I got caught up in all there was to offer
But the cost was so much more than I could bear
Though I've tried I've fallen
I have sunk so low
I messed up
Better I should know
So don't come round here and
Tell me I told you so
We all begin out with good intent
When love is raw and young
We believe that we can change ourselves
The past can be undone
But we carry on our back the burdens time always reveals
In the lonely light of morning
In the wound that would not heal
It's the bitter taste of losing everything
I've held so dear
Though I've tried I've fallen
I have sunk so low
I messed up
Better I should know
So don't come round here and
Tell me I told you so
Heaven bend to take my hand
I've nowhere left to turn
I'm lost to these I thought were friends
To everyone I know
Oh they turn their heads embarrassed
Pretend that they don't see
That it's one wrong step one slip before you know it
And there doesn't seem away to be redeemed
Though I've tried I've fallen
I have sunk so low
I messed up
Better I should know
So don't come round here and
Tell me I told you so
I messed up
Better I should know
So don't come round here and
Tell me I told you so
And then:
Part of where I'm going, is knowing where I'm coming from
I don't want to be
Anything other than what I've been trying to be lately
All I have to do
Is think of me and I have peace of mind
I'm tired of looking 'round rooms
Wondering what I've got to do
Or who I'm supposed to be
I don't want to be anything other than me
1. What did you do in 2004 that you'd never done before?
Accepted a novel contract. Moved to Seattle. Got truffles from my chiropractor. Knitted.
2. Did you keep your new year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I resolved to try to get the hell out of Dodge and to get in shape. I am now living in Seattle and I've lost roughly five pounds and more in inches, since I'm weight training 2-3 days a week and poundage alone isn't the best method of telling if I'm getting there. As for next year... I think we'll stick with what we have and just continue with those. The only other things badly in need of improvement in my life right now are negotiated changes, and thus not really suitable for resolutions.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Only LJ friends.
trollbabe and cazmonster had twin boys, and innocent_man and his wife, Heather, had a little girl. :)4. Did anyone close to you die?
No.
5. What countries did you visit?
None. Added something like four or five states to my "have now visited" list, though. Wanted to go to Canada over the holiday, but it seems the requisite paperwork will be impossible to manage in the time allotted. Will have to try again next year.
6. What would you like to have in 2005 that you lacked in 2004?
Peace.
7. What dates from 2004 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
October 5th. I started my new job that day.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Everything. At least that's what it feels like. Getting my new job and relocating is certainly right up there, though.
9. What was your biggest failure?
Insert random marriage mumbling here.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Um.... not really.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
New beds for my kiddos. A couch. :)
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
My children, for coping with being suddenly uprooted and separated from their grandparents and blooming in their new home. My husband, for having the courage to stand up and pitch in and try to make things better for our family.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
Insert Bush Government here. There are other things, and other people, but they can remain largely unnamed.
14. Where did most of your money go?
Then: Survival. Now? Improvements.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Going to Origins. Getting this job. Finally seeing a light at the end of the tunnel, and realizing it is not a train.
16. What song will always remind you of 2004?
Fallen, by Sarah MacLachlan. Collide, by Howie Day. I Don't Want to Be, by Gavin Degraw.
Yeah, I listen to pop. Get over it. :)
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
a) happier or sadder? Happier. Oh god, definitely happier.
b) thinner or fatter? Thinner. By the time I get new clothes in the next few weeks, I expect to be a size smaller.
c) richer or poorer? Richer. DEFINITELY richer. It would have been difficult not to be, as sad as that sounds.
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Singing. Playing. I don't really spend a lot of time thinking about that, though.
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Crying.
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
With my children in my new house, baking and doing cool family bonding type stuff. I'm vaguely considering trying to make tamales. Hold me back. :)
21. Did you fall in love in 2004?
No.
22. How many one-night stands?
None to speak of.
23. What was your favorite TV program?
CSI, Mythbusters, What Not to Wear, Clean Sweep, and The Apprentice (to my shame). I kept desperately trying to think of something cool that I saw regularly, and I fear there just isn't. I weep for my brain cells.
24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
Nope. The relatively short list remains unchanged. Booyah.
25. What was the best book you read?
Geez. Um... Storyteller by Leslie Marmon Silko. A Storm of Swords by Martin. American Gods, by Gaiman. Sunshine, by Robin McKinley. All of these rocked my world.
26. What was your greatest musical discovery?
My son. Alisdair loves choir and is really developing his singing skill. I'm hugely proud of him.
27. What did you want and get?
A life.
28. What did you want and not get?
A love.
29. What was your favorite film of this year?
Damn... I don't know. I've been to see almost nothing this year. Given that I literally can't think of what I've seen this year, I'd have to say "none."
30. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
Nothing. I think I baked myself a cake. We might have arranged a dinner out, but if so I can't remember it, and it wasn't as though my family got together for it (unlike for my brother's birthday, and my husband's birthday...). There certainly wasn't a party of any kind. I was 33.
31. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
I dunno. My mom not being unhappy about my new job and moving. More money, more often. Less pain generally.
32. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2004?
Nonexistent, except for my frickin' cool new red glasses. Ask me next year.
33. What kept you sane?
My kids. My husband. My work.
34. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Nobody, really.
35. What political issue stirred you the most?
The election. That pretty much wraps it all up succinctly.
36. Who did you miss?
Everyone I know, at one point or another.
37. Who was the best new person you met?
I couldn't even begin to say. I've met a lot of new people, and I'm having a great time with that. :)
38. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2004:
This Too Shall Pass, and To Thine Own Self Be True.
39. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
Heaven Bend to take my hand
And lead me through the fire
Be the long awaited answer
To a long and painful fight
Truth be told I tried my best
But somewhere long the way
I got caught up in all there was to offer
But the cost was so much more than I could bear
Though I've tried I've fallen
I have sunk so low
I messed up
Better I should know
So don't come round here and
Tell me I told you so
We all begin out with good intent
When love is raw and young
We believe that we can change ourselves
The past can be undone
But we carry on our back the burdens time always reveals
In the lonely light of morning
In the wound that would not heal
It's the bitter taste of losing everything
I've held so dear
Though I've tried I've fallen
I have sunk so low
I messed up
Better I should know
So don't come round here and
Tell me I told you so
Heaven bend to take my hand
I've nowhere left to turn
I'm lost to these I thought were friends
To everyone I know
Oh they turn their heads embarrassed
Pretend that they don't see
That it's one wrong step one slip before you know it
And there doesn't seem away to be redeemed
Though I've tried I've fallen
I have sunk so low
I messed up
Better I should know
So don't come round here and
Tell me I told you so
I messed up
Better I should know
So don't come round here and
Tell me I told you so
And then:
Part of where I'm going, is knowing where I'm coming from
I don't want to be
Anything other than what I've been trying to be lately
All I have to do
Is think of me and I have peace of mind
I'm tired of looking 'round rooms
Wondering what I've got to do
Or who I'm supposed to be
I don't want to be anything other than me
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Date: 2004-12-16 01:21 pm (UTC)From:You did? You're gonna write a novel? How did I manage to miss that in your journal? :) Congratulations!
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