pinkwhiskey

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

2. Did you keep your new year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
i didn't even bother to last year, but yes this year i plan to save my money, lose that way i've been making idle threats about and move by next christmas (hopefully by my next birthday really)

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
not yet, but a couple are very due

4. Did anyone close to you die?
my uncle died, we weren't close, but we were blood. and my aunt's father died...he's the one that nicknamed me whiskey

5. What countries did you visit?
if that said "counties" i might have a better answer

6. What would you like to have in 2007 that you lacked in 2006?
money, and an unrestricted license, and happiness

7. What date from 2006 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
september 7th -- my courtdate

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
not completely shutting down...this year sucked, here's to 2007

9. What was your biggest failure?
getting arrested, making shitty choices in men, getting myself into debt, doing things that i'm too old to think are cool/productive/or healthy, shall i go on?

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
just the normal sinuses, ooh and i through my back out once, that's normal for me though

11. What was the best thing you bought?
my car, it's mine from my money, that i'm proud of

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
my parents, they really are awesome and so much smarter and wiser than i am, i owe them a lot

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
trey, good riddance

14. Where did most of your money go?
car payment, food, clothes, too much booze

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
next year for me, i'm practically bursting at the seams right now!

16. What song will always remind you of 2006?
hinder -- lips of an angel

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? i should be sadder, but i think i'm happier right now
ii. thinner or fatter? pretty even, but maybe a little thinner
iii. richer or poorer? richer for sure

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

19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
drugs, spending, men

20. How will you be spending Christmas?
i was in seattle wishing i could be there longer

22. Did you fall in love in 2006?
no

23. Did your heart break in 2006?
yes

24. What was your favorite TV program?
studio 60

25. Where were you when 2006 began?
drinking champagne with my ex

26. Who were you with?
jason

27. Where will you be when 2006 ends?
probably at home with my family, i might buy some champagne...maybe not

28. Who will you be with when 2006 ends?
mom, dad, and my cat

29. What was the best book you read?
belle de jour: diary of an unlikely call girl

30. What was your greatest musical discovery?
trent tomlinson, good country and he's very easy on the eyes

31. What did you want and get?
my cat, my car, my sanity is on it's way, i got my hope back too

32. What did you want and not get?
heather locklear's body, a million bucks, to not get charged in court

33. What was your favorite film of this year?
lucky number slevin

34. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
22, i'm sure i did something i just don't remember, i think i went out to eat with the fam, very low key

35. How many different states did you travel to in 2006?
maryland and washington

36. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2006?
me, denim -- sometimes dressy sometimes casual

37. What kept you sane?
right now it's hope for the future, reality

38. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
brad and angelina, i love them, always have, even before they were given the god awful monkier "brangelina"

39. What political issue stirred you the most?
minimum wage has got me pretty riled, we're willing to help other countries but can't fix our own problems

40. How many concerts did you see in 2006?
zero

41. Did you have a favorite concert in 2006?
n/a

42. Who was the best new person you met?
i'd say the man of my dreams but i'd met him before, it'd just been awhile

43. Did you do anything you are ashamed of this year?
i'm not making that list out, it could take days...yay for fresh starts

44. What was your most embarrassing moment of 2006?
getting fired, finding out my ex's new 18 year old is already knocked up, having to admit that i'm on probation

45. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2006:
it's never too late

46. What are your plans for 2007?
lose nearly 40lbs, vacation in may, move by october 26th, or more realistically next winter, and save up the money to do all that, regain my spirituality, and make what i think could be a good relationship work, without pushing too fast or ruining it

47. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
I've heard it said so many times, You can't keep a good man down
And I know that must be true, But right now I can't get off the ground
And I've spent half my life starting over, Got to get it right this time around