| 2006 in Review |
[Jan. 3rd, 2007|02:21 pm] |
I done stole this meme from my Magical Minstrel:
1. What did you do in 2006 that you'd never done before?
Traveled to Chicago, met tons of people I have talked to for years online but never met in person.
2. Did you keep your new years resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I don't make them.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Yes, friends from high school
4. Did anyone close to you die?
Not close to me
5. What countries did you visit?
None, sadly
6. What would you like to have in 2007 that you lacked in 2006?
More money, but I don't think that will happen unfortunately.
7. What dates from 2006 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
Um are you ready? Holy hell:
1-27-06: SnoCore in Wichita w/ Wendy
2-4-06: DevilDriver show in Denver and hanging with my friends Missy and Rebecca
3-20-06: Massive snow storm
3-22-06: Taste of Chaos saw Bobby for the first time in 3 years. yay
4-1-06: Chicago trip to see 30STM and all my fabulous friends from around the country
5-24-06: Flyleaf in Omaha w/ Bryan
5-27-06: Denver 30STM show; met my Magical Minstrel for the first time in person, fun times with other friends
6-2-06: Nashville - traveling there for my g-pa's 80th bday, hanging w/ my dad, hanging w/ my step-sis in dtNash and seeing my dinner in the Taco Bell drive through as I text messages Magical. How I did both at the same time I will never know.
6-17-06: Free Bright Eyes in Omaha w/ Bryan. Such a fun trip for us. Lunch w/ friends. Shopping. Getting super soaked in the rain. GAH!
7-4-06: At the Hodtwalker's casa - FUN! Although, we thought we were a lot closer to Fonner than we were. LOL!
7-13-06: My birthday rocked. Last of my twenties and I received a Lite Brite. How cool is that?
7-23-06: Denver Warped Tour. What a blast with Magical and Maria. Too hot. Super soaker tent ruled. Autograph tent was fun.
7-28-06: Wichita 30STM show. Loved seeing Stefan, Jamie and Joey again. Nice for Wendy to see her first 30STM show and meet the guys. Fun convo. w/ Tomo. Feel the love.
8-11-06: Grand Island Staind/Soil/Dropping Daylight/Breaking Benj. concert w/ Jessa and Bryan. Getting sweated on by some stinky dude was the only thing that sucked.
9-30-06: Helping Leanna turn 30 and catching a shoplifter at one of their local stores.
10-24-06: Denver Evanescence. Awesome. Plain and simple. Thanks to you-know-who for the hook-up.
10-30-06: Halloween was so much fun this year w/ Bryan and Jessa. I loved being Lichtenstein for the night.
11-03-06: Denver GWAR show -- love those guys and their tour manager. Met Glomb and hung out. Neat.
11-15-06: Denver 30STM Blood Ball -- Best time. VIP. Blood Booth fun. Hangin' w/ Bobby. Having the band give me the BB sign and sign it. Lovely friends. Pure bliss.
11-16-06: Salt Lake City 30STM/SDC and more show. Drive sucked. Once there had mucho fun. Jessa is my homegirl. Drive home was long the next day but I will remember it forever. It was so pretty and we had tons of laughs.
-Several fun nights with Jessa now that she lives 40 min from me.
-Several fun night at the martini bar -- love that place and my friends whom I have met there.
-Several concert cancellations which sucked
-Several Virgin conference calls which I adored
-My letter to the Alternative Press magazine about the 30STM article they did getting published AND having a pull quote on the page.
-Making up the word bassiatic
-Hangin' w/ MattyG on his trip back to Neb.
-Herding cattle and riding horses on a farm, yes a farm w/ Bryan
-Hanging out in Lincoln w/ Missy, Sara, Rebecca and John and then watching Sara and Rebecca run the marathon.
-Snakes on a Plane
-Being listed in the 30STM DVD notes.
-Not liking my gram being gone for, like, evar in California
-Loving spending time with my family on holidays this year.
-Loving my friends and wishing I could spend more time with them.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Getting published I guess. That was pretty cool.
9. What was your biggest failure?
I don't think I had one.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Yes, but I don't want to go into details. It kinda grosses some people out. tee hee
11. What was the best thing you bought?
geez. I don't know. Pics for my mom and grandma for x-mas????
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
Mine. LOL!
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed, and disgusted?
Ignorant people and fangirls need to die a slow, torturous, painful death.
14. Where did most of your money go?
Bills and concerts and gas.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Meeting people I have known for what seems like forever but never shared air with.
16. What song will always remind you of 2006?
CLOSING THE GOD DAMN DOOR SONG BY THAT STUPID PANIC AT THE DISCO and Gnarls Barkley's Crazy.
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
a) happier or sadder? Same.
b) thinner or fatter? Fatter unfortunately. I think the new pills are having that affect. GAH!
c) richer or poorer? Poorer. Or at least it feels that way.
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Excercise.
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Spend money.
20. How will you be spending New Year's Eve?
I intended to spend it w/ friends at a little house party get together and instead spent it on my couch with strawberry champagne, phone calls from good friends and the movies "Singles" "Empire Records" and "Almost Famous"
21. Did you fall in love in 2006?
No. I think I am not capable.
22. How many one-night stands?
None. Eww.
23. What was your favorite TV program?
Veronica Mars - can never get enough
24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
I don't hate anyone but severely dislike is a possibility, but I am not naming names.
25. What was the best book you read?
I have been reading nothing but Anita Blake novels, so I guess any one of the first 7 I have read in that series would suffice.
26. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Great Northern
27. What did you want and get?
To see Evanescence
28. What did you want and not get?
Winning the lottery (but I don't ever play, so that slims the chances ya know)
29. What was your favorite film of this year?
Snakes on a Plane - Duh!
30. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
Worked, ate lunch w/ the family, hung out w/ friends. I turned 29.
31.What one thing would have made your year measurably more satisfying?
Not having to worry if I have enough damn money to go have a couple of cocktails on a Friday night.
32. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2006?
Ha. Um. Jeans and t-shirts
33. What kept you sane?
Concerts.
34. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
I do have to admit I just adore Amy Lee. I do. And if I am losing cool points because of that fact, I don't really f'in care.
35. What political issue stirred you the most?
The war, gay marriage and global warming. And apathy in general. People's ignorance and lack of caring AMAZE me.
36. Who did you miss?
All the people I adore and can't see because they are scattered all over the states and beyond.
37. Who was the best new person you met?
Too many to name, actually.
38. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2006.
Loyalty is really a fabulous quality to posess if you can stay that way.
39. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
"People Are Stupid" by 30 FOOT FALL
I'm surrounded by Idiots everyday
Frustrated by the games that people play
Confused by what the t.v says I need
Lost in space and ugly too
people act like they've been sniffing glue
Never questioning the things that they believe
Freedom of choice must be a joke
just look at all the people that cannot cope
I've got something I want to say to them
There's a lot of stuff that I can do
That doesn't mean I have to impose on you
If you take offense to common sense
That's your problem
I can do what I want
Listen to some Slayer and play nintendo all night long
Racism sucks and so do you
If you hate somebody cause they're not like you
And that goes for homophobia, zenophobia, and classism too |
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