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- What did you do this year that you’d never done before? i traveled to another country for a gig.
- Did you keep your new year’s resolutions? yes!
- Did anyone close to you give birth? no. someone did get pregnant though
- Did anyone close to you die? yes, my grandmother
- What cities/states/countries did you visit? i visited 1 neighboring country and 2 provinces.
- What would you like to have next year that you lacked this year? i'd like to travel abroad more.
- What date(s) from this year will remain etched upon your memory, and why? the passing of my grandmother, for once. that conversation i had with my dad in the bar that afternoon. my boyfriend's first day at work. seeing someone very special to me once again after three years.
- What was your biggest achievement of the year? going to the gym consistently.
- What was your biggest failure? i still can't handle my relationship with food.
- What other hardships did you face? i have a really bad itchy and flaky scalp. i am still way out of shape and my clothes still don't fit. i can't get over my fear of dying.
- Did you suffer illness or injury? not really, i got a mild flu in march but that was about it.
- What was the best thing you bought? i bought a new car, a new computer and a new phone. and a vintage red dark bag i absolutely adore. also a bunch of perfumes. a good year for capitalism!
- Whose behavior merited celebration? strangely, i think both my parents. my mom, always, but my dad this year was great. also of course my boyfriend, he's a saint through and through.
- Whose behavior made you appalled? my (still alive) grandma, at times. it's hard because she's old, but she is super mean to my mom and i absolutely despise it.
- Where did most of your money go? my new car, my new computer, my new phone. also, eating out.
- What did you get really, really, really excited about? modest mouse in march, you me at six in december. also interpol playing next year in june.
- What song will always remind you of this year? coma by muse.
- Compared to this time last year, are you: happier or sadder? Thinner or fatter? Richer or poorer? i am happier, probably a little thinner, and mostly richer.
- What do you wish you’d done more of? eating fruit, to be honest. also i wish i had travelled more.
- What do you wish you’d done less of? not writing whenever i wanted to write.
- How are you spending the holidays? christmas with my dad and new years with my mother in law.
- Did you fall in love this year? surprisingly, yes.
- Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year? not sure if hate, but there's a bunch of people i can't stand.
- What was your favorite show? severance!
- What was the best book you read? i didn't read much - but i'll say loosestrife by stephen dunn.
- What was your greatest musical discovery of the year? probably a day to remember (lol) or my reconnection to crime in stereo.
- What was your favorite film? the killer by david fincher (I didn't really watch that many movies either)
- What was your favorite meal? we had tea service at the oldest five star hotel in the country. also my favorite beer place re-opened for one night and they make the most amazing cheeseburgers, so those two were also amazing.
- What did you want and get? a new computer.
- What did you want and not get? a second job.
- What did you do on your birthday? i invited my friends over for dinner.
- What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? losing weight.
- How would you describe your personal fashion this year? honestly i mostly wore black and i can't fit in 60% of my wardrobe, so black and comfy.
- What kept you sane? writing.
- Which celebrity/public figure did you admire the most? no one.
- What political issue stirred you the most? oh, man...
- Who did you miss? ah, all the people who are no longer here.
- Who was the best new person you met? my new friend who lives in LA. i absolutely adore her, even if i never told her. i am a little scared of telling her.
- What valuable life lesson did you learn this year? it's okay to take up space. life is endless if you don't make it all about you.
- What is a quote that sums up your year? “If I could only figure out how to do all this without my body.” Alan Watts' last words before he died on this day in 1973