Star Crafty

1. What did you do in 2006 that you'd never done before?
Graduate college bitches!

2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I've never made any Resolutions, mostly 'cause I know I'll forget about 'em. Instead I started off the year knowing it would be a rather down, negative year...and it was.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
YES!!!! Still haven't met little Alejandra!

4. Did anyone close to you die?
Not this year now, gosh.

5. What countries did you visit?
The Undiscovered Post- College Country.

6. What would you like to have in 2007 that you lacked in 2006?
A direction in life (which I'm already attaining). A third language. Aboyfriendandmoremoney and all that stuff.

7. What day from 2006 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
Saturday, June 2nd, 2006 (grad) and Thursday September 14, OMG NEW CAR!!

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Again, getting out of college.

9. What was your biggest failure?
*sigh* the inability to recognize that a break up must not ruin your life or artistic talents and bring your usually stable mentality down. I let it get to me, and it affected what could have been a successfully productive year in terms of my photography. Here's to learning a lesson.

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Paper cuts, needle cuts, bike bruises (from carrying my heavy arse Huffy Beach Cruiser up to the second floor, thank God I got my car!)

11. What was the best thing you bought?
My 1995 blue Honda Civic and OMG MY SEYCHELLE SHOES!!! Oh and the Canon 20D and the macbook!

12. Whose behaviour merited celebration?
Mmm my friends, for going places and still putting up with my crap :P

13. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed?
I'd rather not talk about it.

14. Where did most of your money go?
Canon 20D, Macbook and OMG SEYCHELLE SHOES!!!

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Graduating, and Star Wars books, and OMG SEYCHELLE SHOES!! (lol)

16. What song will always remind you of 2006?
IM BRINGIN SEXY BACK, (yeahh) AND ALL THE F*CKERS DON'T KNOW HOW TO ACT!

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:

i. Happier or sadder?
I was finally able to be happy during these last 3 weeks of the year.

ii. Thinner or fatter?
Yeah I lost weight.not a good thing considering I'm already skinny.

iii. richer or poorer?
Ha! The same :D

18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Excersizing, sewing, dating (which I didn't do at all), photographing.

19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Crying myself to sleep, Spring Quarter emotional breakdowns, convincing myself that I was to blame for the break up, etc etc

20. How will you be spending Christmas?
Oh it was mucho fun!!!!!!!!! :D

21. Did you fall in love in 2006?
Yes,with Otis Redding, Stephen Colbert, OMG MY SEYCHELLE SHOES, Martha Stewart Weddings Magazine (I enjoy their photography, okay?!), my roommate's baby, crafty blogs, Justin Timberlake (call me, please), girlier clothing, my new car, Flickr, and a whole bunch of other things.

22. How many one-night stands?
I just realized that that particular encounter does count for a one night stand.... :D... but that was like, four years ago.

23. What was your favourite TV program?
omg Stephen Colbert, Freaks and Geeks, Lost.

24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
I let hatred cloud my heart for too long, ended up hating myself for who I was becoming.

25. What was the best book you read?
Isaac Asimov's Foundation (re-read), still stands as one of the best sci-fi sagas of all time.

26. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Nothing too significant.

27. What did you want and get?
A farking college diploma, a new computer, a fancy schmancy camera, a car, OMG SEYCHELLE SHOES!

28. What did you want and not get?
A kiss, a fling, sex. Oh and a post-college vacation. Grr.

29. What was your favourite film of this year?
Watching Almost Famous did relieve plenty of negative feelings.

30. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
Okay so i worked, and people tipped me extra. And then... MUTATION CRAFT FAIR EXTRAVAGANZA BIRTHDAY BASH OF PURE AWESOMENESS AND OMGGGGG I HAD A DARTH VADER PINATA!

31. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Satisfying? A good fling. Awesome? My own pet human. Possibly from a certain country far away... :D

32. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2006?
omg girly clothing! Skirts! Cute tops! Kitty heel shoes (OMG SEY---shut tha F up amy already!)! Pink! Gray!

33. What kept you sane?
omg I just remembered something really awesome happened this year. I had to sublet this Summer, so I lived in this gorgeous apartment with a huge elegant bathroom. The best part was that the room had a giant 30something inch TV right across from the Queen size bed! Still am totally ashamed that I spent 24 years of my life without knowing how awesome it is to have a TV in your room. Watching movies on your undies! HOW BLOODY FANTASTIC!!!!

34. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
My sexyback bringer.

36. Who did you miss?
I missed my little cousin a lot.

37. Who was the best new person you met?
Okay Sarah Sovereign, this is where I confess my undying love to you. I'm so glad we added each other on MSM and that we shared our love for Gil Grissom and that we have provided some much needed cyber soul support to each other during this very unforgettable year of our lives. And that you coined the term HOTAWESOME...because...that's what we are.

38. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2006:
Cupcakes are yummy?

39. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
No se puede vivir con tanto veneno
No se puede dedicar el alma
A acumular intentos
Pesa más la rabia que el cemento
Shakira's words were true a year ago and still are, but now I'm wiser.