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2007 in Review (First-line-of-the-month meme)
January 1: So I haven't updated in forever.
February 3: Damn me for being a vulnerable emotionally needy female.
March 8: Dear LJ friends, I'm moving! Saying good bye to this little ole apartment and moving into a house yay!
April 24:So. It's official. I'm back from my long extended and very annoying hiatus.
May: No entries were made this month cuz I was being an internet moron...
June: No entries were made this month cuz I was being an internet moron...
July 16: So, I finally saw OotP.
August 3: I was born on the seventh day of the third month in the year one-thousand nine hundred and eighty three. (in a private post... O_o )
September 9: What is it that I find so interesting about personality quizzes?
October 2: Meme!
November 9: So so sad. [regarding my 3% of NaNo-ness]
December 1:So...I've finally gotten around to seeing Enchanted!
1. What did you do in 2007 that you'd never done before?
Made an attempt at NaNo. Looked someone in the eye and told them a truth that I knew would be absolutely excruciating but that they needed to hear because it was an extremely negative influence in their life.
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
Never make 'em, never break 'em.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
A lot of people, actually...
4. Did anyone close to you die?
My grandfather on my father's side. December 28th.
5. What countries did you visit?
Physically? None.
6. What would you like to have in 2008 that you lacked in 2007?
A fucking salaried job would be nice. And maybe we'll turn that into a job that's not in the restaurant industry. I'd like to be able to plan a trip and not have to worry about whether or not my job will be there when I get back. O_O Or, you know...the ability to NOT spend my money when I get it.
7. What dates from 2007 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
July 3rd. The night the cops came and we got rooooolled. Great party.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Uhhh. I'm a slight underachiever... But! I did get myself a life...sort of...
9. What was your biggest failure?
Letting my superiors step all over me as I volunteered to wait for a management position until after the holidays. Don't ever let it happen to you.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Only stupidity and a sprain to my self esteem.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
Crack for my kitties! Loads of entertainment there. Yes, I have no life. And an overpriced tiara! =)
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
Ummm...
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
Ummm...
14.Where did most of your money go?
Rent. Bills. More bills. Rent. Oh yeah, did I mention bills? And then the DVDs...
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Enchanted. Yeah. And the tiara that resulted from the Enchanted extravaganza. Oh yeah.
16. What song will always remind you of 2007?
Enchanted sountrack!! I've had falling in love on the brain ever since...sort of...
17. Compared to this time last year, you are:
a) happier or sadder?
perhpas not happier...but definitely a little more content...
b) thinner or fatter?
fatter! must start working out...
c) richer or poorer?
far richer, not necessarily in the financial sense, but definitely richer.
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Whatever I wanted. I often hold back for other people, or because it really just doesn't make sense to do it at the time, even if I had the money or the desire to do it
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Work, even though work = money
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
Spent it at my parent's house, as we've done for the past 24 years of my life, save two...the one before I was adopted, and the one when I was living with the now ex...
And POOF! Question 21 has been disappeareded. So sorry.
22. Did you fall in love in 2007?
Crazily...I did...
23. How many one-night stands?
None. I'm what some might refer to as a 2nd time virgin...
24. What was your favorite TV program?
Ummm...
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
Nope.
26. What was the best book you read?
the Kushiel books. Out of the few books I read this year, they were my favourites...
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
classical music! I've finally started listening to it!
28. What did you want and get?
friends, and a life, and a house! renting a house is so much better than an apartment! Next step, owning a house! =P
30. What was your favorite film of this year?
Definitely Enchanted...Transformers runs a close second... National Treasure: Book of Secrets as a third, I think... There are just so many!
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I worked. I turned 24. Whee.
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Meeting John.
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2007?
Getting more fashionable, oddly enough.
34. What kept you sane?
Music! Always music.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
hrm...
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
Politics never stirs me.
37. Who did you miss?
Not many to miss.
38. Who was the best new person you met?
Mary! Crazy ass psycho at work. She's just too funny...
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2007:
That I need to relax or I'm going to miss too much of my own life.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
Not possible. My year was too oddly erratic to be able to sum up in one lyric.
100 Things Meme
1) My name isn't really Lita, but more than 70% of my friends refer to me as such.
2) My family is white, and most people don't make the connection that I'm adopted when they meet us. It's really kind of funny.
3) My favourite music at this point in my life is Celtic music of any kind, mainly bagpipes and uillean(sp?) pipes, but anything will do, really.
4) I enjoy snack foods a bit too much, specifically anything cheesy (goldfish and cheez-its!), chips and salsa, or pretzels
5) In my weigh loss goals of the past, my one main goal was to cut back on the soda. It began as a new year's resolution (my first ever) in 2005 and lasted about five months.
6) I'm a self-diagnosed neurological crazy. I'm convinced that I suffer from OCD, ADHD, B-PD, chronic memory loss, and am in the beginning stages of dementia. In reality, I'm probably only really suffering from one major neurological disorder: paranoia.
7) I was born into the Christian religion. I never began to think that other faiths were possible for me until I read The Chronicles of Narnia, specifically The Last Battle. Somewhat ironic, no?
8) I love mythology, specifically Greek Mythology, but don't really spend enough time studying it as I should.
9) That said, I hate the structure of school, which has given me the urge to vomit everytime I think about going back.
10) My favourite colour is silver.
11) It has become an odd habit to use the British (European? Anything but American?) spelling of words ever since I started in the Harry Potter fandom.
12) Even before my Harry Potter phase began, speaking in a British accent was always a fun hobby.
13) I've been told I pick up accents and voices quite easily, and they are a fantastic hobby of mine. I, apparently, can currently speak in the following somewhat passable accents: British, Southern (though I couldn't tell you what part of the South), New York (though I doubt it), south central latino, comic french (aka BAD french), and...yeah...some others...
14) Friday the 13th is my lucky day, and 13 is my lucky number. After my adoption, the day I flew over and met my parents was Friday, the 13th of April, 1984. My parents consider it a second birthday of sorts, and we celebrate it every year in addition to my actual birthdate.
15) I used to be extremely homophobic...up until a few years ago.
16) I love the water, but the death I fear most is drowning.
17) My iPod was a Christmas gift from '06, and I named her Lindele
18) I've wanted a digital camera for so long, and now that I have it, I hardly use it *headdesk*
19) I own two sound systems, but no TV (my roomie owns the TVs in the house...the good ones, anyway)
20) I don't drink enough water
21) My favourite glass in all of my dishware is a stemless wine glass that reads "Four Vines" on one side and "Naked Chardonnay" on the other. It amuses me to no end. And it's stemless!! It rolls around and it's FUN!
22) When it comes to Disney, I'm a FREAK. Disney could own my soul if it wanted it. All I ever wanted when I turned 18 was to work for Disney, but they rejected me. Four times! =(
23) Despite my self proclaimed Disney fanaticism and my excessive DVD collection, I do not own all of the animated Disney movies. This is a Very Sad Thing.
24) I'm one of those lazy asses who never finish things, it seems. Case in point, I've started five large scale pieces of fanfiction within the past three years and not one of them is finished. Only one of them is posted for the public eye.
25) These seem to be getting longer as I move higher in the number scale. I'm not sure if this is a good thing or not. This is to start making smaller facts.
26) I hate my glasses. I love my contacts. I don't want laser surgery because I'd be unlucky enough to be in that small percentage of people who aren't benefitted by it.
27) I've always been interested in astrology, but never knew more than the fact that I'm a Pisces because I was born in early March
28) I've always wondered what element I identify with the most...but have always been too lazy to research how to find out
29) I've always thought elves are cool, for some odd reason
30) My first celebrity crush was Robert Sean Leonard after seeing him in Swing Kids
31) I haven't had a celebrity crush other than Robert Sean Leonard
32) I have an odd dislike for the majority of the casting choices for leading ladies in many major motion pictures
33) I've recently discovered that candles are really really annoying.
34) I've found that many of the new 'second' Disney movies (Cinderella II, Brother Bear II, etc.) have really stupid plotlines, but have some really good songs.
35) I like small animals; I'm not exclusively a cat person as I thought I was. My parents recently got a Yorkie...it's the cutest bundle of stupidity ever!
36) When I'm writing on paper, I use pencil.
37) I have a MySpace, but I don't use it.
38) I am a best friend to many, but there aren't really any I'd call my best friend...
39) I have a recurring order with Gevalia coffee, but I don't drink much coffee, so it keeps collecting in a drawer in my kitchen.
40) I own a full set of china that's sitting in a closet in dishpacks...that my cat likes to pee on.
41) I spend way too much money on things I don't need. If I didn't have more control I'd probably be buying stuff from the shopping channel, or whatever it is...
42) My favourite song of all time is "Pure Imagination" from Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, which is also my favourite movie
43) My current favourite actor is Shia LeBeouf.
44) I have no favourite actress.
45) When I was younger, I planned on moving to Hawai'i. I stopped wanting that when I turned 17. I think I might be wanting that again...
46) Ever since I saw Under the Tuscan Sun it became my second favourite movie of all time, and I've developed an inexplicable urge to visit Italy.
47) I've also developed a desire to learn the Italian language, as well as French, Japanese, German, and at least two others...
48) I taught myself to knit from a book.
49) I also taught myself to crochet by reading a book.
50) I enjoy drawing and one day want to figure out why I suck at painting.
51) I love taking pictures--yet I don't use my new digital camera--but I hate having pictures taken of me, as I am in no way shape or form photogenic.
52) For the past five years, I had a strong desire to never get married, never have kids, and never have a life. Things change.
53) My two younger sisters are ferternal twins.
54) When I was younger, I wanted to have twins.
55) I actually like some of Jessica Simpson's music, and I feel bad for her because so many people make fun of her.
56) I have high hopes for Brittney Spears, Mariah Carey, and Whitney Houston, because once upon a time they actually made good music.
57) I hope someone slaps Brittney upside the head for being an idiot role model for her children. I mean come on! It may be tabloids and crap but it's documentation! They can see that in the future!
58) I love everything Nintendo. Except the Nintendo 64, which no one liked. I also have a slight dislike for the Wii for some odd reason.
59) I never really identified with any of the Greek deities, but if I had to choose one I'd probably say Artemis. I always liked the story of Atalanta, though.
60) Greek Mythology is my favourite, but for whatever reason, I enjoy the idea of Valkyries more than Amazons...
61) I rarely ever wear perfume, but my parents keep buying it for me. Are they trying to tell me something?
62) My ears are lopsided.
63) I like red wines more than white whines
64) I like chiantis better than cabernets
65) I like tequila above all else.
66) Rum comes in a close second though.
67) I should be slapped for my overuse of the phrase "Why's the rum gone?" at many a party
68) My favourite mixed drink is a Sour Apple Martini, which is funny, because martinis are my least favourite cocktail in general.
69) I have actually done that.
70) I've done a few things in that regard that I will probably never do again.
71) I like the idea of writing with a quill and an ink well, but I settle for a calligraphy pen and an ink bottle.
72) I am probably the only person on earth who didn't like the movie The Notebook the first few times I saw it
73) Yes, I like it now
74) Am I the only person who's noticed that Johnny Depp seems to have only one British accent (even while singing), and it will forever remind of Cap'n Jack?
75) I've miscarried.
76) Babies hate me.
77) I like Sailor Moon! And I wish I had more of the DVDs...or the manga...or anything!
78) I never really got into any other of the americanised Japanese anime stuffs...
79) I liked Yu-Gi-Oh! Never got into the card game though.
80) I wish shows like Saved By the Bell, Family Matters, Full House, Boy Meets World, and The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air would make a comeback.
81) I own 223 DVDs. I also own 12 seasons of TV series, five of which belong to Charmed. My roomie owns 140 DVDs and 20 seasons of TV shows (one of those being the complete series Firefly)
82) I play a Tolkien created, text based MUD called MUME. For this game, I have printed out bits and pieces of a map of Arda and taped them to the wall in front of my computer desk.
83) I own a set of 16 tiki glasses, a set of 12 regular glasses, an incomplete set of 5 tumblers for drinking (damned movers broke half of them after the fire of '05), a mismatched set of 10 white wine glasses, a matched set of 8 red wine glasses, a set of 3 martini glasses, another pair of different martini glasses, a set of 4 plastic stemless martini glasses, a pair of plastic margarita glasses, and about twenty mismatched shot glasses. I don't know why.
84) There is roughly $400 worth of alcohol sitting in my garage right now.
85) I hate my job.
86) I don't hold my chopsticks correctly.
87) I just recently discovered that there are a few sushi rolls that I actually like. Now I can go out with the friends who like sushi!
88) I play the piano and have since I was 7. I plan on teaching myself guitar, cello, and the saxophone over the course of my life.
89) I don't like laptops.
90) I would be completely comfortable wearing 5-inch heels everyday if work permitted it.
91) I have a ridiculous sweet tooth.
92) Whenever I eat Neopolitan ice cream I always eat the strawberry first, then the chocolate, and usually I leave the vanilla which has melted by that time
93) My favourite meal is chicken covered in a mushroom sauce (even though I don't like mushrooms) with broccoli and melted cheddar cheese. It's something mom used to make and it's absolutely yummy.
94) I enjoy all of mom's old recipes, even her meatloaf.
95) My ex's father has made the only fish dish I have ever liked, and it was catfish.
96) My favourite book when I was younger was The Witch of Blackbird Pond.
97) I also loved Julie of the Wolves, Island of the Blue Dolphins, The Sign of the Beaver, and a series about a girl named Mandy
98) I only like Double Stuf Oreos
99) I like the old version of "Listen to Your Heart" by Roxette better than the new one by DHT
100) The Amazing Bouncing Ferret owns my soul. Thus, the icon.
