Monday, January 02, 2006

year in review

stolen from Dodo's blog:

1. What Did You Do In 2005 That You'd Never Done Before ?
Kinks. Manage.

2. Did You Keep Your New Years' Resolutions, And Will You Make More For Next Year?
Nope. Didn't make one, anyway. Might not. As I've written before, resolutions are cliches.

3. Did Anyone Close To You Give Birth?
Yup! The wifey. Added a new one to the family.

4. Did Anyone Close To You Die?
Fortunately, none.

5. What Countries Did You Visit?
US of A. Currently residing. Philippines. Flew back for a short respite.

6. What Would You Like To Have In 2006 That You Lacked In 2005?
An external hard drive.

7. What Date From 2005 Will Remain Etched Upon Your Memory, And Why?
February 7 - - -Melo came out. November 3 to December 5 - - -Manila for a month.

8. What Was Your Biggest Achievement This Year?
Reemployed.

9. What Was Your Biggest Failure?
Procrastinated...again.

10. Did You Suffer Illness or Injury?
Vision got worse.

11. What Was The Best Thing You Bought?
My notebook. Can't live without one.

12. Whose Behavior Merited Celebration?
Tutay and Melo. Kids will always be kids.

13. Whose Behavior Made You Appalled And Depressed?
Them politicians.

14. Where Did Most of Your Money Go?
DVDs. CDs. Books. Pasalubong shopping. Bills.

15. What Did You Get Really, Really, Really Excited About?
The anticipation to November 3.

16. What song will always remind you of 2005?
Them OPM-new-band-songs. Harsh revivals. Pitiful.

17. Compared To This Time Last Year, You Are:
Chubbier. Sappier.

18. What Do You Wish You'd Done More Of?
Veggies.

19. What Do You Wish You'd Done Less Of?
Procrastinate. Softdrinks. Carbs. Couch-Potatoed. Chocolates.

20. How Did You Spend Christmas?
Home with the wifey. Pizza and chicken wings. Longed for a decent noche buena. Missing the kids.

22. Did You Fall In Love In 2005?
Since 1999. A continuous process.

23. How Many One Night Stands?
Every night's a One Night Stand. :-)

24. What Was Your Favorite TV Program?
Forensic Files. Jeopardy. Twilight Zone reruns.

25. Do You Hate Anyone Now That You Didn't Hate This Time Last Year?
Nope.

26. What Was The Best Book You Read?
The Witches of Chiswick by Robert Rankin. The Devil in a White City by Erik Larson. A Gentleman's Game by Greg Rucka.

27. What Was Your Greatest Musical Discovery?
Magic Numbers. Stan Getz. Yoko Kanno.

28. What Did You Want And Get?
Apple Powerbook. iPod. Nikon D50. X-Files season 1.

29. What Did You Want And Not Get?
Twilight Zone boxsets. Range Rover Sport.

30. What Was Your Favourite Film This Year?
Less time to moviehouse-hop. DVDed. Still on Hitchcock fixation.

31. What Did You Do On Your Birthday? And How Old Were You?
Indulged on a seafood buffet. Called-in sick kunwari. Bata pa. Still on the calendar.

32.What One Thing Would Have Made Your Year Immeasurably Satisfying?
Finish a storyline- - -damn procrastination.

33. How Would You Describe Your Personal Fashion Concept In 2005?
The anachronisms.

34. What Kept You Sane?
Movies. Books. Sex.

35. Which Celebrity/Public Figure Did You Fancy The Most?
Monica Bellucci. Maria Sharapova. Julie Delpy.

36. What Political Issue Stirred You The Most?
Diverted from anything political.

37. Who Did You Miss?
The family in Manila.

38. Who Was The Best New Person You Met?
Same old friends. Them all best.

39. Tell Us A Valuable Life Lesson You Learned In 2005:
Trust no one.

40. Quote A Song Lyric That Sums Up The Year:
Barry McGuire: "....take a look around you, boy. It's gonna scare you, boy. And you tell me, over and over and over again, my friend. Ah, you don't believe. We're on the eve of destruction."

Happy New Year, folks!

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