Monday, January 10, 2005

"the good things are never free"

courtesy of someone. i think it was jill. and i think i made some changes.

1. What did you do in 2004 that you'd never done before?
started a blog.
had sex with a celebrity (if a reality tv star counts).
took a vacation from work.

2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
i didn't have any last year, which is a bummer because i'd love to see how i did with them.

for this year i've made a wish list, or as you like to call it, resolutions - to be found somewhere on this blog, at some point.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
no. please let this not happen for a long time.

4. Did anyone close to you die?
no. please let this not happen for a long time.

5. What countries did you visit?
mexico!

6. What would you like to have in 2005 that you lacked in 2004?
a pair of lindsay lohan's panties.

7. What date from 2004 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
without the why part i can say it was july 29th.

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
holy shit, this is embarrassing.

9. What was your biggest failure?
lets not add insult to injury here.



10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
well, yeah, now that you mention it. i was diagnosed with some skin thingy, i meant to do some research on it but never got around to it. maybe now is the time.

i also suffered from heartache on more than a few different occasions.

11. What was the best thing you bought?
at first i thought it was an ipod. but now i'm thinking it was the arrested development dvds, season 1.

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
jon stewart, and i don't even get comedy central. strange.
paris hilton in that sex video.
myself, considering.

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
i'll get back to you.

14. Where did most of your money go?
rent and loans. whoops, i didn't mean to be so honest there.

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
survivor, of course.
and a certain day in the very beginning of november.

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? happier.
ii. thinner or fatter? um, same i guess
iii. richer or poorer? eh, probably about the same.

18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
getting the hell out of here.
playing poker.

19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
dating.
being sick.
daydreaming about, oh fuck it.

22. Did you fall in love in 2004?
yes, many many times over. specifically, with my sweet arrested development dvds and each new issue of playboy.

23. How many one-night stands?
zip.

24. What was your favorite TV program?
survivor.

25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
i hate W more than i hated him at this time last year. that counts for something.

26. What was the best book you read?
a tie with all the poker books on my desk.

27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
weezer? elliott smith? oh, and badly drawn boy. i'm a late bloomer when it comes to music.

28. What did you want and get?
ipod.
laid.

29. What did you want and not get?
ug, this is a bad subject. a computer and a digital camera are on the list of material items. non-material is a list i don't want to get into.

30. What was your favorite film of this year?
wow, garden state, no question. with mean girls, closer, and eternal sunshine all a close second.


32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
seeing all of twin peaks released on dvd.
seeing karen mcdougal on my doorstep begging for some action.
not breaking my wind defyer umbrella.

33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2004?
simply awesome. i found that the "new" grey fleece pullover goes with many different 5 year old t-shits and jeans.

34. What kept you sane?
the red sox beating the yankees in 7

35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
clive owen.
zach braff.

36. What political issue stirred you the most?
next question.

37. Greatest discovery?
in-n-out burger
curb your enthusiasm, coupling, sex in the city, twin peaks, arrested development, the office.

39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2004.
that it's ok to lay down AJ and even AQ preflop. this applies to suited or off, and mainly when facing a raise from a tight player, especially when in early position.

40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
"the good things are never free"
- i'm ain't telling who