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[cybermule]

1. What did you do in 2003 that you'd never done before?
Ehm. Went on a vertical drop rollercoaster, gave a speech at a funeral, went to the Lake District.

2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I don't make them - if it needs fixing that badly, fix it right away. Saying that, I want to make some "lifestyle changes" next year.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Nope - my friends are strangely sterile :)

4. Did anyone close to you die?
Yes - I lost my dad in May.

5. What countries did you visit?
Heh - I was recovering from the excitement of a trip to the US in 2002, so stayed in England.

6. What would you like to have in 2004 that you lacked in 2003?
Inner peace.

7. What date from 2003 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
15th May - that was the day I found out my dad died. I felt as if I'd been violently kicked off a cliff, and haven't yet entirely lost that feeling. Hence my answer to number 6.

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
See answers to question 1, plus getting promoted without either having to extrovert or kiss ass.

9. What was your biggest failure?
Repeatedly succumbing to depression, and not managing to keep my family in one piece. I know that neither of those are my fault, but they still sadden me.

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Nothing worth mentioning.

11. What was the best thing you bought?
Heh. Pardon? The best material thing I acquired was a couple of good photos of places I visited.

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
My two best friends in real life - Steph and Mark. Numerous colleagues after my dad died. And some of the friends I've never met - everyone reading this was added to my friends list for a reason, and I value and appreciate you all. The new LJ-people are mentioned below, but I particularly value the three peeps who are on INFP-20-somethings - you know who you are, so I won't single you out :)

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
Bleh - the world in general. Several closer people behaved appallingly after Pa died, but I'll ascribe that to grief being a strange thing.

14. Where did most of your money go?
Heh - it didn't. Technically, most of my money gets saved each month, but the part that doesn't gets spent on mortgage, food and nicknacks.

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Losing weight, going on Oblivion at Alton Towers, seeing Nick Cave and climbing Skiddaw.

16. What song will always remind you of 2003?
Gary Jules - Mad World, one song on the soundtrack to "28 Days later", The Animals - when I was young.

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? On average sadder, but stronger for the future
ii. thinner or fatter? considerably thinner
iii. richer or poorer? see 14 above. On a monthly basis, I'm poorer because I started part-time work in February.

18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Smiling, travelling, visiting friends

19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Crying, being depressed, procrastinating

20. How will you be spending New Year?
At home, with a glass of wine and a spliff.

22. Did you fall in love in 2003?
No. I continued to love a few people, and developed a "bit of an interest" in someone. I'm not much of a "falling in love person", I'm afraid *shrugs*

23. How many one-night stands?
None.

24. What was your favorite TV program?
Buffy, Futurama, I Claudius. Special mention should go to "Mile High" for being such complete shite.

25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
No. I don't hate people, although I often find them immensely irritating.

26. What was the best book you read?
American Gods, Crime and Punishment.

27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Shpongle, Godspeed You Black Emperor, the rheostatics

28. What did you want and get?
Various books, I guess.

30. What was your favorite film of this year?
Return of the King, Fight Club, Donnie Darko

31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I was 30. Can't remember what the hell I did, but I think I was in York.

32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Still having my dad. That's impossible, so in the real world, buying a hermitage with a garden.

33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2003?
*cackles*

34. What kept you sane?
Watching movies.

35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Hugo Weaving :p

36. What political issue stirred you the most?
War and consumerism.

37. Who did you miss?
My dad, and my best friend from university.

38. Who was the best new person you met?
My entire LJ-friends list :) Being specific, apel, ninneviane, fyatuk and kidkarrot may not have known it at the time, but got me through some very difficult times and thoughts. I also met two new friends in real-life, both called Caroline - that keeps it nice and simple :)

39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2003.
All this shall pass.

40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
All around me are familiar faces
Worn out places, worn out faces
Bright and early for their daily races
Going nowhere, going nowhere
And their tears are filling up their glasses
No expression, no expression
Hide my head I want to drown my sorrow
No tomorrow, no tomorrow
And I find it kind of funny
I find it kind of sad
The dreams in which I'm dying
Are the best I've ever had
I find it hard to tell you
'Cos I find it hard to take
When people run in circles

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[cybermule.livejournal.com]

Yeah - I never did find it again. I guess it was bad in some way, but it helped me find a few friends. Although, between you and me, I think some people just add rather vague interests because they sound good. Few of the people I acquired have ever written about the cool interests on their list. The best bets have been the ppl I already knew, or the random "friends of friends" that popped up.