Year in review

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2003 in Review


1. What did you do in 2003 that you'd never done before?

Wrote a lot of strange one-offs in rare fandoms. (No one is writing Westley?Dread Pirate Roberts) Studied Romans as opposed to merely having watered texts spoonfed me.

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

This year I resolve to meet all deadlines: writing,
met

crochet
mostly met

and cross-stitch,
failed miserably

spend more time with my kids,
Sorta met.

get my son's cub-scout troop through their Wolf book,
met

and write as the bunnies move me!
definitely met.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?

only to zines

4. Did anyone close to you die?

no one close. A lot of second hand folks and acquaintences: Bill in the mailroom, Brother Martin.

5. What countries did you visit?

Michigan. Which is a whole nother country. People out, after dark, unafraid! White and Aian faces everywhere instead of the usual dark press. I had some rather uncharitable thoughts about "easy to be liberal when you don't actually have minorities around."

6. What would you like to have in 2004 that you lacked in 2003?

Peace of mind. Finanacial security. Sanity.

7. What date from 2003 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?

July 22nd. Straight line winds in excess of 100 mph. trees down all over the city, people without power for weeks.

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?

Keeping my job.

9. What was your biggest failure?

my house

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?

general sickness off and on. A couple of ear infections. An abcessed tooth

11. What was the best thing you bought?

a new van

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?

Bunny made straight A's!

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?

Bush. I saw the war coming.

14. Where did most of your money go?

Daycare and mortgage

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

Media West

16. What song will always remind you of 2003?

"man of constant sorrow."

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder?

bout the same.

ii. thinner or fatter?

about the same

iii. richer or poorer?

richer I suspect.

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

played with the kids. Learned chess to play with Chris.

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

goofed off.

20. How will you be spending Christmas?

Quietly. Eggnog, fruitcake, gingerbread cookies and presents.

22. Did you fall in love in 2003?

Only in the "more deeply" sense with my hubby.

23. How many one-night stands?
None.

24. What was your favorite TV program?

Dead Like Me

25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?

Leaning strongly toward John Ashcroft.

26. What was the best book you read?


Killing Monsters: Why Children Need Fantasy, Super Heroes, and Make-Believe Violence
by Gerard Jones.

27. What was your greatest musical discovery?

Loreena McKinnet

28. What did you want and get?

A new car

29. What did you want and not get?

A working body

30. What was your favorite film of this year?

So far, Pirates of the Carribean. I haven't seen RotK yet.

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

I was 36. Hubby and I went for pizza. Alone.

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

Having a wife.

33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2003?

Whatever fits. Some boho look

34. What kept you sane?

writing

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

Jason Isaacs

36. What political issue stirred you the most?
Gay marriage.

37. Who did you miss?

My grandparents

38. Who was the best new person you met?

jkb and walkerminion

39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2003?

It's better to lose heat in the winter than air in the summer.

40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.

He turned thirty-five last Sunday
In his hair he found some gray
But he still ain't changed his lifestyle
He likes it better the old way
So he grows a little garden in the back yard by the fence
He's consuming what he's growing nowadays in self defense
He get's out there in the twilight zone
Sometimes when it just don't make no sense
.
.
.
...And in each wave of tragedy he waited for the joy
Now this world may change around him
But he just can't change no more

He's an old hippie and he don't know what to do
Should he hang on to the old
Should he grab on to the new
He's an old hippie...his new life is just a bust
He ain't trying to change nobody
He's just trying real hard to adjust