Sunday, January 08, 2006

Yes, the hoods are cute, but it's always cold

So I've spent the last couple of days hermiting. Bliss, actually. Heh.

Anyways, I'm slacking in my "year in review" entry (but Linds, you're just as far behind, so I expect absolutely no heckling about it!), so here we go. It's less ambitious than previous years, but, hey, it's here.

January:
  1. Did you have a new year's resolution this year? Of course I did. A few of them, actually. And... yeah. I just looked at the list, and it's not looking too good. I don't think I actually accomplished a single one. I had the best of intentions, but this year's going to be better. Isn't it always?
  2. Who kissed you at midnight? Ed, actually. At Denny's. On the cheek.
  3. Did it snow where you live? I don't remember, actually. Probably not.
  4. Do you like hot chocolate? Absolutely. Who doesn't?
  5. Have you ever been to Times Square to watch the ball drop? Actually, no. Not even this year, when I live here. I was in Calgary for New Year's.


February:

  1. Who was your valentine in 2004?I didn't have one. It has been quite a number of years since I actually had a valentine. I think I might have had a rehearsal that night or something. Oh yeah. And I put red and pink ribbons in my hair, and baked cookies for work.
  2. What did your valentine get you? Well, seeing as how I didn't have one, it would be kind of hard for him to get me something, wouldn't it?
  3. When you were little, did you buy valentines for your whole class? Of course I did. I think we weren't allowed to selectively give Valentines until at least junior high.


March:

  1. Are you Irish? Nope. Swedish, mostly. A little English (that's the part that responsible for anything that goes wrong). No Irish.
  2. Did you wear green on St. Patty's Day? Probably. Ah, wait. Anne Frank opened on St. Patrick's Day night, so that night, I'm sure I was wearing all blacks. During the day, I think I was at work, and fortunately for me, Quiznos uniforms have some green in them.
  3. What did you do for St. Patty's Day in 2005? Stage managed a show.


April:

  1. Do you like the rain? Definitely. Although, this year, the June rain was a little much.
  2. Did you play an April fool's joke on anyone this year? I walked into work to find that everything that could be had been turned upside down had been. We left all the display menus upside down, and it was surprising how many people didn't realize that it was even April Fool's Day until they asked why the menus were upside down.
  3. Did you get tons of candy on Easter? Some, but not tons, I don't think.


May:

  1. What's your favorite kind of flower? Gerbera daisies, I think. I can never completely decide.
  2. Do you like the spring? I love that first whiff of spring when there's that first day when things get warm and you don't need a jacket. It's perfection. And then, in Calgary, it usually snows. But those few days are beautiful.
  3. Finish the phrase: April showers bring may flowers, what do May flowers bring?I agree with Morgan's assessment: "In Calgary? The last huge snowstorm of the year, usually."
  4. What would you think of as a spring color? Bright colors. Pinks, greens, yellows...


June:

  1. What year did you graduate from high school? 2000. Some called it the first class of the new millennium; the class of 2001 insisted that we were the last class of the last millennium. We said that we were so special that we didn't need to be associated with one millenium. Heh.
  2. Did you go on any vacations last June? I think I went to Creston. By then, my shows were over, so I was just working, so I had some time to go out there. Actually, I know I did, because I left when Calgary's rain started.


July:

  1. What did you do on the 4th of July (Canada Day)? Ahhhh... I was in bed recovering from having my wisdom teeth removed the day before.
  2. Did you go on any vacations during this month? Nope. Just work. Nothing too exciting.


August:

  1. Did you do anything special to end off your summer? Yeah, I moved to New York. If that's not "something special," I don't know what is!
  2. What was your favorite summer memory of '05? Stampede parade, movie nights, walking in the park, road trips to Creston, not having to take road trips to Creston anymore...
  3. Did you go swimming a lot in the summer? Not at all, actually. I don't think, anyways.
  4. Did you go to the beach a lot? Not in Calgary, I didn't. So, no. Not this year.


September:

  1. Did you attend school/college in '05? Just one class. My "Arts and Education" class in November.
  2. Where did you go? For school? To an office building in midtown Manhattan.
  3. Did you like fall better than summer? It was definitely different, that's for sure. In general, I like summer better than fall, but this year, fall was just such a change in everything that I can't even compare.


October:

  1. What was your favorite Halloween costume ever? I don't usually do good costumes. This year, I was sick, so I spent the whole day in bed.
  2. What's your favorite candy? Chocolate.
  3. What did you dress up like this year? Someone very sick. In many layers, because I was freezing.


November:

  1. Whose house do you usually go to for thanksgiving? Usually, the farm, for Canadian Thanksgiving in October. This year, I had Thanksgiving at Nick and Amy's, with a bunch of people from church.
  2. Do you like stuffing? It's good. Depends on whose recipe, but generally, it's good.
  3. What are you thankful for? The opportunities I have here in NYC. My family and friends. My health. My churches--both of them. The internet.


December:

  1. Do you celebrate Christmas? Absolutely. I celebrate Jesus' birthday. But this year, it was strange because I didn't celebrate by putting on a show.
  2. Have you ever been kissed under mistletoe? On the cheek. But not under real mistletoe. The plastic stuff.
  3. What do you want this year for Christmas? My 2006 resolutions (which are almost verbatim to my 2005 resolutions) to actually happen.
  4. What's the best present you ever got for Christmas? A plane ticket home. That was pretty sweet.
  5. Do you like cold weather? Not particularly. I don't mind the nip in the air of fall, but I really don't like winter cold.
  6. How would you rate your '05? Pretty good, overall. An eventful, and I wouldn't have had any clue of where it would have gone a year ago today. It's been a good one.


And there we go. I'm not slacking any more. I have to get back into some sort of habit and pattern for tomorrow. Urgh. No more hermiting for me. Back to the land of the living.

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