A 2006 Meme Survey...

[Natasha~]

I got this from Jenni on Livejournal, and it was posted in my LJ too, now you do it!

1. What did you do in 2006 that you'd never done before?

Went walking on Nose Hill about once a week.

2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?

Yes, mine was to be a somewhat normal weight by my 25th birthday and I was.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?

My sister-in-law's sister had a daughter

4. Did anyone close to you die?

No

5. What countries did you visit?

Just Canada

6. What would you like to have in 2007 that you lacked in 2006?

Peace, not being so sick, it's the stress.

7. What date from 2006 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?

January 8th because Shaun and I broke up, and March 20th when I found out about 'that other girl'. But we got back together that day too.

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?

Writing music for Voices of Strength www.voicesofstrength.org then releasing my first E.P. girls.voicesofstrength.org

9. What was your biggest failure?

Dropping out of school to take care of my mom.

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?

Oh god, I've been sick all year. Sick to my stomach, sick in my heart.

11. What was the best thing you bought?

A tascam DP-01FX 8 track portastudio

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?

Carly and Sabsy

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?

My mom's

14. Where did most of your money go?

Rent and musical equipment, we have a little home studio

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?

Getting these grades in the first semester of the year: A-, A, A+

16. What song will always remind you of 2006?

Girl by Tori Amos. (Maybe one day she'll be her own)

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? In comparison with last year this time, I'm happier with Shaun, sadder with other things. I'm quite depressed actually.
ii. thinner or fatter? Thinner. I've lost about 30-40lbs this past year.
iii. richer or poorer? The same. I'm a student and a musician, it's hard to have money.

18. What do you wish you'd done more of?

Actually, this was my most productive year creatively. I've done tonnes of drawing, painting, songwriting, recording and a lot of fun things. I wish I had've spent more time with mom before fell and got really sick

19. What do you wish you'd done less of?

Stressing out about mom

20. How will you be spending Christmas?

Spent it with the fam, it was so-so. But sad because it's moms last.

21. Did you fall in love in 2006?

I did, with my husband. On this day last year we broke up and I love him more today than ever before.

22. How many one-night stands?

I've never had a one-night stand.

23. What was your favorite TV program?

Arrested Development, Lost, The Sopranos, Desperate Housewives

24. What was the best book you read?

Mondays are Yellow, Sundays are Grey by Ellen Prescott. It's a true account of one woman's struggle to save her two daughters from sexual abuse at the hands of their father. It was very therapeutic.

25. What was your greatest musical discovery?

I know too much music to have discoveries very often but someone did bring the vinyl LP over for God Speed You Black Emporer and I loved it.

26. What did you want and get?

Good grades. Mission Accomplished. I can't wait to go back to school next September.

27. What was your favorite film of this year?

The Wall by Pink Floyd. It is also my favorite album right now.

28. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?

I turned 25 and I spent it with my family. Everyone came, we had pink and white balloons, and a HUGE cake!

29.What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?

If Rachael had never been introduced back into our lives. She's "that other girl" and she's shaun's ex-girlfriend from before we started dating. Holy shit, I swear if I ever meet her again I'll smash her face in with a baseball bat. Oh yeah, she showed up at our house randomly on August 20th, our anniversary. Nice.

30. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2006?

I wore a lot of sweaters. I fell in love with how I looked in blue and pink.

31. What kept you sane?

Understanding that *this* will be over in _____ days. It was my motto, in fact I said it to myself today. "In 2 years this won't be in the forefront anymore and the pain will go away"

32. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?

Funnily enough me and my friend Steph had an obsession with Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie, lol.

33. What political issue stirred you the most?

The war, I guess. I hate politics.

34. Who did you miss?

Nicole

35. Who was the best new person you met?

Steve and Joe from my band.

36. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2006:

~I have no control over all of this, but I do have control over how I react to things. I need to not stress out as much or I might become like someone that I don't want to become.
~You never know who you're friends are, I'm not going to chase those people anymore. I show my friends love and support and very few of them show it back, so I'm not going to go out of my way to try to make those people happy anymore.

[Aims]

Ahhh, a quick copy and paste job.


1. What did you do in 2006 that you'd never done before?
I have no idea.

2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I don't make them, so no not really..

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Yep, Nadisha gave birth to Kaelyn, and Jess gave birth to Jasmine

4. Did anyone close to you die?
No, nobody this year. It was a good year in that respect.

5. What countries did you visit?
I didn't set foot outside New Zealand.

6. What would you like to have in 2007 that you lacked in 2006?
Willpower, self-respect.

7. What date from 2006 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
23rd of May, when Indy shocked the hell out of me by jumping onto my bed in the middle of the night, after making the 10km journey back to my house from Megan's. Most bizarre moment ever.

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Nothing really stands out.

9. What was your biggest failure?
Still not learning to drive.

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Not really, had a couple of colds but nothing major.

11. What was the best thing you bought?
Probably my new digital camera.

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
I really don't know.

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
My boss. Just when we thought he couldn't sink any lower... ack.

14. Where did most of your money go?
Rent, food, keeping Indy healthy.. the little butthead.

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
U2!

16. What song will always remind you of 2006?
No particular song, but I think maybe some of the music that's been released this year and bands I've really gotten into for the first time. I know One Tree Hill by U2 will now fill me with extra emotion after hearing and seeing it performed live in such a moving way.

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? It's weird, but even though I feel disappointed in my lack of progress to anything bigger/more important in life, on a general day to day basis I feel more cheerful - which is especially nice to feel at work. A lot of it's been sheer willpower but I guess it's slowly paying off.
ii. thinner or fatter? fatter!
iii. richer or poorer? richer - the travel fund grew significantly

18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Just going out in general, hanging out with people I don't know so well.

19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Wasting so much of my free time in front of the computer.

20. How will you be spending Christmas?
I spent it with family.

21. Did you fall in love in 2006?
Nope.

22. How many one-night stands?
None.

23. What was your favorite TV program?
Little Britain, Lost, Desperate Housewives, Weeds, Nip Tuck.

24. What was the best book you read?
His Dark Materials trilogy.

25. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Well I don't know if they'd end up among those bands at the top of my all time list - but Muse, The Killers.. also my interest in The Datsuns was rekindled a few days before the end of 2006 when I saw them live.

26. What did you want and get?
Roger Waters tickets! Shit that was a tense morning, trying to get those.

27. What was your favorite film of this year?
Nothing really stands out - the only movies I remember seeing in the theatre was Nacho Libre and Pirates Of The Carribean 2 - both of which were funny but not all that spectacular.

28. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
Went out for dinner with Mum, Dad and Megan.. had the day off work. I was 25.

29.What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Tool touring NZ. ha ha.

30. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2006?
Slovenly.

31. What kept you sane?
Music, Indy, St Johns Wort tea........

32. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Ewan McGregor. Jack Black a little bit after I had that interesting dream about him... lol. Ben Harper, beautiful on the inside and out.

33. What political issue stirred you the most?
The whaling And on a much lesser, local scale, all the bullshit over building a stadium for the Rugby World Cup at the waterfront.. and then it was FINALLY decided no they wouldn't, and they'd probably upgrade Eden Park which was the popular choice, only now the local residents are all in an uproar about that and blahblahblah...

34. Who did you miss?
I've actually found myself thinking about Nana and Granddad quite a bit lately and wishing they were still around. Not sure what brought it on, but it makes me sad.

35. Who was the best new person you met?
Yeah as if I'm gonna single people out!!

36. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2006:
It's not a good idea to waste so much time.

[Natasha~]

aims said:

6. What would you like to have in 2007 that you lacked in 2006?
Willpower, self-respect.

Nice

32. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Jack Black a little bit after I had that interesting dream about him... lol.

Do tell us about the dream, then.
xo

[♪Carly♪]

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?

Carly and Sabsy

Thanks for this, hun.

Sabadoo and I pretty much rock. I'm not gonna lie.

[mana]

1. What did you do in 2006 that you'd never done before?
Hmm, I remember was there anything like that.

2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
Nope, didn't make any and not for this year either.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
My cousin (though I don't actually know her so well) and my best friend's sister.

4. Did anyone close to you die?
Yes, my grandfather died in the beginning of the year.

5. What countries did you visit?
Didn't go anywhere outiside Finland.

6. What would you like to have in 2007 that you lacked in 2006?
More courage, in all things.

7. What date from 2006 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
There's not just one date, generally the beginning of the year was great.

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Hmm... maybe deeping the friendship with my best friend. And doing good at school. Well, I usually am good at school, without huge effort.

9. What was your biggest failure?
Ending a relationship in the worst possible time for the other person.

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Nope, nothing major, only a few colds.

11. What was the best thing you bought?
Didn't buy anything major but of course CDs and books I've bought are great. And one game is one of my best buyings: Neverwinter Night's second expansion pack Hordes of the Underdark. ^^

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
My best friend.

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
One of my friends, it wasn't her fault but I felt sometimes I couldn't help her as much as I should've done.

14. Where did most of your money go?
CDs, books, manga, computer games.

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Hmm, I get excited easily about things but really, really, really excited? I can't remember anything!

16. What song will always remind you of 2006?
Hard to say, I don't think there's any particular song to remind me of 2006.

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder?
In a way sadder but mostly happier.
ii. thinner or fatter?
About same. Maybe there's kilo or two more 'cause this winter I've been so lazy. But I'm not overweight, never been but I'm not very thin eiher, I'm normal.
iii. richer or poorer?
The same. I don't ever have much money and when I get some, usually spend it quite quickly. There's always something I'm wanting.

18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Keep more contact with that friend spoke of in question 13.

19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Hm, generally worried, I get worried easily about things that are uncertain/odd/difficult for me.

20. How will you be spending Christmas?
My Christmas was like always, at home with my family, peaceful, warm, nice.

21. Did you fall in love in 2006?
Nope, it was in 2005, it ended 2006.

22. How many one-night stands?
Never had.

23. What was your favorite TV program?
Charmed. Didn't watch much TV.

24. What was the best book you read?
There were many! Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden, Rei Shimura books by Sujata Massey, various fantasy books I read...

25. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Many Japanese artists, the biggest being Malice Mizer and Gackt. I discovered Western music too but anything wasn't so big as those Japanese ones. Let's mention at least Razed in Black and Tristania too.

26. What did you want and get?
Nothing that major... Dunno...

27. What was your favorite film of this year?
Memoirs of a Geisha and Spirited Away and Moon Child. Every of those has something to do with Japan, lol.

28. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I turned 18 and I was at home with my two friends. Yes, not any major party/drinking time or anything.

29.What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
I don't know. -__- Sorry.

30. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2006?
Black and a bit fancy shirts, with little bit of experimental.

31. What kept you sane?
My best friend. Writing away my worst feelings. Music.

32. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Gackt. He's Japanese rocker.

33. What political issue stirred you the most?
I'm don't almost ever know what's going on in politics. So don't know.

34. Who did you miss?
My friend as she was before she got badly depressed. But she's okay now.

35. Who was the best new person you met?
Didn't meet much new persons, can't say.

36. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2006:
Um, now you put a bad!! I don't know.
This I've learned way earlier actually but it's always good to remember: Always be yourself, you're precious as you are.

[Natasha~]

carly said:

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?

Carly and Sabsy

Thanks for this, hun.

Sabadoo and I pretty much rock. I'm not gonna lie.

Indeed.
HUGS*
xo

[matzy]

1. What did you do in 2006 that you'd never done before?
i went to spain.

2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
i didn't have any, really.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
one of my old friends from university gave birth to a girl. i still haven't seen her, though.

4. Did anyone close to you die?
no, thank god!

5. What countries did you visit?
just spain

6. What would you like to have in 2007 that you lacked in 2006?
more money

7. What date from 2006 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
january 6th, because that's when i met my boyfriend; august 20 & 22 for the madonna concerts

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
making it through hard times of the relationship and being able to fight for it

9. What was your biggest failure?
making things more difficult than they would have needed to be

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
not quite. i had some strange coughing thing that only appeared at night and wouldn't let me sleep. they didn't find a reason for it, but it's gone. thankfully!

11. What was the best thing you bought?
oh, i really can't think of anything. probably my bicycle (which was stolen soon after).

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
my boy's

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
my boy's

14. Where did most of your money go?
clothes, food, alcohol

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
MADONNA - front row, baby

16. What song will always remind you of 2006?
the entire brokeback mountain soundtrack

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder?
happier
ii. thinner or fatter?
fatter, lol
iii. richer or poorer?
richer

18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
keep in touch with more friends

19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
fight, definitely

20. How will you be spending Christmas?
christmas eve - traditionally, with the family; and dec. 25th and 26th with my boyfriend

21. Did you fall in love in 2006?
yes

22. How many one-night stands?
two

23. What was your favorite TV program?
desperate houswives

24. What was the best book you read?
ooh... definitely "making histor" by stephen fry

25. What was your greatest musical discovery?
rufus wainwright!

26. What did you want and get?
a boyfriend :-)

27. What was your favorite film of this year?
block party

28. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
i turned 25, and had quite a bunch of friends over (there must have been about 30 people in my tiny little apartment), i made food, we drank a lot, danced, talked rubbish...

29.What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
??

30. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2006?
work attire: classical
free time: plain ol' jeans 'n t-shirt

31. What kept you sane?
music

32. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
madonna

33. What political issue stirred you the most?
the first year of the first ever female chancellor

34. Who did you miss?
my best friend (while she was in spain)

35. Who was the best new person you met?
i finally made friends with a guy who i've known for ages - somehow, we just never hit it off - this year, we did and it turned out we got more in common than we would've thought. we're very good friends now.

36. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2006:
it's always useful to read between the lines...

[Aims]

nattie said:

Nice

32. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Jack Black a little bit after I had that interesting dream about him... lol.

Do tell us about the dream, then.
xo

No that's ok.

[Natasha~]

aims said:

No that's ok.

Well, fine then.
xo

[Aims]

nattie said:

aims said:

No that's ok.

Well, fine then.
xo

lol I think talking about that yesterday made my mind go a bit doolally?? coz I had a dream that I woke up in bed with David Beckham?! strange. I looked over at him and was like "well.. you're a sexy man aren't you" #19#
Totally bizarre because while I'll admit he's hot, I also think he's a bit of a twit so don't actually like him much anyway.

Ooh mum and I are gonna go see The Holiday tomorrow so will get a Jack Black fix then
(Tenacious D are playing here tonight but I'm not going! booo...)

[Natasha~]

^ Oh no! The D are in town and you're not going?! Oh my god, if they came ot Calgary I'd shit a brick. I love the D.
xo

[Aims]

I know :\ It would've been so fun. My sister and I both agreed that if we hadn't been spending so much money on other musical things at the moment we definately would've gone.
I saw The Holiday today. Jack needed more screen time!! Oh well... will go see that other new one of his (about Tenacious D - can't remember the name of the movie though) when it comes out soon.

[matzy]

aims said:

Ooh mum and I are gonna go see The Holiday tomorrow so will get a Jack Black fix then

wait a minute... you do know jude law is in that film, too, right? are you STILL gonna get a jack black fix?

[Natasha~]

^ugh! Jude Law? C'mon, Jack Black is *THHHHHIIIIISSSSS* much better than him.
xo

[matzy]

really? i think jack's totally unattractive. but that's just me, then, i guess...

[Aims]

lol Matt of course Jude Law was great eye candy. But Jack Black is way cool whereas Jude is generally only pretty to look at. (I don't think Jack's hot btw - he just kicks a lot of arse)

[Natasha~]

matze said:

really? i think jack's totally unattractive. but that's just me, then, i guess...

Well, I was only kidding. I think Jack Black is nasty too.
Jude Law is way hotter. But Jack Black is way cooler, I agree with Aimee.
xo

[Aims]

lol
We've hijacked this nicely with talk of Jack Black and Jude Law (I think in a fight, Jack would win btw) ... I hope some more people come and answer the meme

[beulahboi]

1. What did you do in 2006 that you'd never done before?
worked at a hotel (god im boring)

2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
resolutions are a recipe for disappointment people.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
nope

4. Did anyone close to you die?
noone close to me, its a blessing

5. What countries did you visit?
none....ugh

6. What would you like to have in 2007 that you lacked in 2006?
a car...again lol

7. What date from 2006 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
sept 26th...a piano was released...ya, Tori

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
staying single, tho it wasn't a challenge

9. What was your biggest failure?
I still need INSURANCE

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
not really

11. What was the best thing you bought?
hmmm....probably my Tori poster ( I need a new hobby)

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
The dude I met on the highway, when our cars collided

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
fucking co-workers...freaks...oh oh and the ape in the whitehouse senior fucktard.

14. Where did most of your money go?
rent, music, recreation

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Getting a really large LCD HDTV TV lol

16. What song will always remind you of 2006?
Not David Bowie

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder?
sadder
ii. thinner or fatter?
fatter oink oink
iii. richer or poorer?
poorer

18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
writing

19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
smoking

20. How will you be spending Christmas?
family days

21. Did you fall in love in 2006?
nope

22. How many one-night stands?
2....I know, im a slut

23. What was your favorite TV program?
GREYS ANATOMY

24. What was the best book you read?
I need to do more of that in 07 too lol

25. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Tegan And Sara (I know I was late)

26. What did you want and get?
um...

27. What was your favorite film of this year?
cars LOL

28. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
Had a few drinks , 25

29.What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
a car

30. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2006?
same until I can afford to dress how I want...T-shirt & jeans guy

31. What kept you sane?
music

32. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
T.R Knight.....YUM

33. What political issue stirred you the most?
Horrendous misuse of power in America.

34. Who did you miss?
me

35. Who was the best new person you met?
I dont think I know.....

36. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2006:
We often secretly punish ourselves for things that aren't our fault.

[Aims]

beulahboi said:

oh oh and the ape in the whitehouse senior fucktard.

#19#