year in review
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amul1. Where were you when 2005 began?
Making love in a graveyard.
2. Where will you be when 2005 ends?
Probably in Pittsburgh, a cell phone in one hand and a glass of champagne in the other
3. Was 2005 a good year for you?
It was, actually. Despite these recent months of frustration, I've achieved things I never thought possible. Survived experiences I always imagined would break me.
There is so much to do, and see. And be.
4. What was your favorite moment of the year?
Opening my eyes at Neo, and thinking I know half the dancefloor here.
5. What was your least favorite moment of the year?
Crying into my pillow, while a woman who was not a child anymore packed her bag.
6. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Gee, what to choose? The exhibition at Echo Gallery? Overcoming fifteen years of bitterness? Twice? Going back to school? A drunken conversation with Pure Earth?
Naw, I'm a sap at heart. I'd have to go with one solid weekend of making the right choice, with a girl I thought I'd lost all contact with.
7. What was your biggest failure?
Getting nowhere with my attempts to reconnect with my family. Not yet being strong enough to live alone.
8. What did you do in 2005 that you'd never done before?
Everything! Mardi Gras, Sigur Ros. Gen Con. All the times I had the strength to say no to something that only had value in the short term. Admitting my emotions.
9. What was your most embarrassing moment of 2005?
Waking up in bed with a bunch of sixteen year olds.
10. Did you do anything you are ashamed of this year?
I pushed.
11. Do you have any regrets about 2005?
No, I shed regret in 2005.
12. Did you keep your New Year's Resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I did, and I will.
13. What dates from 2005 will remain etched upon your memory and why?
Too many. January 23rd, snowbound. A phone call on April 6th. A footrub on the fourth of July.
14. What song will always remind you of 2005?
Downhill Racer, by Everything But the Girl
15. Compared to this time last year are you:
a) Happier or sadder? sadder.
b) Thinner or fatter? Thinner
c) Richer or poorer? poorer, in almost every way but the one that counts.
16. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Making art, or friends, or going for walks in the summer
17. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Question myself
18. What did you get really, really excited about?
Roo calling me again. Sigur Ros. Neo. Gremlin, Austin and all the rest of my friends.
19. Did anyone close to you give birth?
No.
20. Did anyone close to you die?
No.
21. What places did you visit?
New Orleans, the Ozarks, and a hell of a lot of Chicago. Oh, and Indianapolis and Columbus, natch. Milwaukee.
22. Did you suffer illness or injury?
I remember being sick for the first time since I was on my own.
23. Did you drink a lot of alcohol in 2005?
Can I get a "Too Much!?"
24. Did you do a lot of drugs in 2005?
Surprisingly little. Gaian Mind was the only time I can really remember.
25. What was the best thing you bought this year?
My *ist DS, although my new laptop is a really close second.
26. Where did most of your money go?
Paying for mistakes.
27. Whose behavior merited celebration?
Radiant Idol, (f)AD and Roo
I really need to get more male friends.
28. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
My parents'. Myself. The two couples who got divorced.
29. What was the worst lie someone told you in 2005?
That she had been asleep when she tried to put her hand down my pants.
30. Did you treat somebody badly in 2005?
I've treated most of my friends more poorly than they deserve, I suspect.
31. Did somebody treat you badly in 2005?
Yes, but I understood why.
32. Did you fall in love in 2005?
I don't know if I'd call it love, precisely, but it is awfully comfortable on this side of the couch.
33. If yes, with who?
Radiant Idol.
34. If yes, do they know?
Yes.
35. Are you still in love with them?
There is a piece of me that is still as deeply enamored as before.
36. How many people did you sleep with in 2005?
Five
37. How many one-night stands?
Three, and one several-week-stand
38. Did you make any new friends in 2005?
Dozens.
39. Who was the best new person you met?
Austin
40. Who did you miss?
My Achingly Defiant
41. Did you breakup with anyone in 2005?
(f)AD broke up with me, and I stopped several bad ideas before they started.
42. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate last year?
Yes, but they are as faceless as Uncle Wayne, really.
43. What was your favorite tv program this year?
Well, I avoided most actual TV watching in the traditional sense, but HSTV and Lost will have distinct flavors for me from now on.
44. What was your favorite film that you saw this year?
Some zombie flick from Australia that I really need to get the name of.
45. What was the best book you read this year?
The Song of Ice and Fire trilogy.
46. What was your greatest musical discovery this year?
Sigur Ros, hands down. Flat. On the table.
47. What was your favorite song this year?
Nile Delta Disco, by Transglobal Underground
48. What was your favorite record this year?
Tempermental, by EBtG
49. How many concerts did you see in 2005?
deadboy & the Elephantmen. Sigur Ros. Dead Can Dance, Hungry Lucy, Gothsicles. Cruciform Injection
50. Did you have a favorite concert in 2005?
Sigur Ros and Dead Can Dance were hands down the best, for vastly different reasons
51. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2005?
In the beginning, I was a no-nonsense, no-time-for-frills jeans and t-shirt guy. Now I'm trying to find a new look that is slowly coming together.
52. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
n/a
53. What political issue stirred you the most?
the growing prevalency of Christian (whatever you call it) in american politics
54. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
Turned 30, went to sushi with Pure Earth, followed by Too Much Light, and then Neo - meeting Fidget for the first time, ending at Clarke's Diner.
55. How will you be spending the winter holidays?
Traveling across three states
56. What did you want and get?
belief in my own willpower
57. What did you want and not get?
the strength to stand on my own, stoicism
58. What kept you sane?
Photography and Gremlin, in that order.
59. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2005:
Robert Frost: "In three words i can describe everything I have learned about life: It goes on."
60. If you could go back in time to any moment of 2005 and change something, what would it be?
I would have let a certain conversation in a car take its course.
61. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
"Sister Mary sings to me, Let It Be, let it be, let it be."
62. What would you like to have in 2006 that you lacked in 2005?
a stable roster of available models and s/fx makeup artists
63. What are your plans for 2006?
Most importantly, to stop making plans and just let myself have ideas.
Join the RVA. Spend more time making art, with my friends. Learn discipline. Learn Arnis. Keep at school. Build a stable future.
Making love in a graveyard.
2. Where will you be when 2005 ends?
Probably in Pittsburgh, a cell phone in one hand and a glass of champagne in the other
3. Was 2005 a good year for you?
It was, actually. Despite these recent months of frustration, I've achieved things I never thought possible. Survived experiences I always imagined would break me.
There is so much to do, and see. And be.
4. What was your favorite moment of the year?
Opening my eyes at Neo, and thinking I know half the dancefloor here.
5. What was your least favorite moment of the year?
Crying into my pillow, while a woman who was not a child anymore packed her bag.
6. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Gee, what to choose? The exhibition at Echo Gallery? Overcoming fifteen years of bitterness? Twice? Going back to school? A drunken conversation with Pure Earth?
Naw, I'm a sap at heart. I'd have to go with one solid weekend of making the right choice, with a girl I thought I'd lost all contact with.
7. What was your biggest failure?
Getting nowhere with my attempts to reconnect with my family. Not yet being strong enough to live alone.
8. What did you do in 2005 that you'd never done before?
Everything! Mardi Gras, Sigur Ros. Gen Con. All the times I had the strength to say no to something that only had value in the short term. Admitting my emotions.
9. What was your most embarrassing moment of 2005?
Waking up in bed with a bunch of sixteen year olds.
10. Did you do anything you are ashamed of this year?
I pushed.
11. Do you have any regrets about 2005?
No, I shed regret in 2005.
12. Did you keep your New Year's Resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I did, and I will.
13. What dates from 2005 will remain etched upon your memory and why?
Too many. January 23rd, snowbound. A phone call on April 6th. A footrub on the fourth of July.
14. What song will always remind you of 2005?
Downhill Racer, by Everything But the Girl
15. Compared to this time last year are you:
a) Happier or sadder? sadder.
b) Thinner or fatter? Thinner
c) Richer or poorer? poorer, in almost every way but the one that counts.
16. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Making art, or friends, or going for walks in the summer
17. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Question myself
18. What did you get really, really excited about?
Roo calling me again. Sigur Ros. Neo. Gremlin, Austin and all the rest of my friends.
19. Did anyone close to you give birth?
No.
20. Did anyone close to you die?
No.
21. What places did you visit?
New Orleans, the Ozarks, and a hell of a lot of Chicago. Oh, and Indianapolis and Columbus, natch. Milwaukee.
22. Did you suffer illness or injury?
I remember being sick for the first time since I was on my own.
23. Did you drink a lot of alcohol in 2005?
Can I get a "Too Much!?"
24. Did you do a lot of drugs in 2005?
Surprisingly little. Gaian Mind was the only time I can really remember.
25. What was the best thing you bought this year?
My *ist DS, although my new laptop is a really close second.
26. Where did most of your money go?
Paying for mistakes.
27. Whose behavior merited celebration?
Radiant Idol, (f)AD and Roo
I really need to get more male friends.
28. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
My parents'. Myself. The two couples who got divorced.
29. What was the worst lie someone told you in 2005?
That she had been asleep when she tried to put her hand down my pants.
30. Did you treat somebody badly in 2005?
I've treated most of my friends more poorly than they deserve, I suspect.
31. Did somebody treat you badly in 2005?
Yes, but I understood why.
32. Did you fall in love in 2005?
I don't know if I'd call it love, precisely, but it is awfully comfortable on this side of the couch.
33. If yes, with who?
Radiant Idol.
34. If yes, do they know?
Yes.
35. Are you still in love with them?
There is a piece of me that is still as deeply enamored as before.
36. How many people did you sleep with in 2005?
Five
37. How many one-night stands?
Three, and one several-week-stand
38. Did you make any new friends in 2005?
Dozens.
39. Who was the best new person you met?
Austin
40. Who did you miss?
My Achingly Defiant
41. Did you breakup with anyone in 2005?
(f)AD broke up with me, and I stopped several bad ideas before they started.
42. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate last year?
Yes, but they are as faceless as Uncle Wayne, really.
43. What was your favorite tv program this year?
Well, I avoided most actual TV watching in the traditional sense, but HSTV and Lost will have distinct flavors for me from now on.
44. What was your favorite film that you saw this year?
Some zombie flick from Australia that I really need to get the name of.
45. What was the best book you read this year?
The Song of Ice and Fire trilogy.
46. What was your greatest musical discovery this year?
Sigur Ros, hands down. Flat. On the table.
47. What was your favorite song this year?
Nile Delta Disco, by Transglobal Underground
48. What was your favorite record this year?
Tempermental, by EBtG
49. How many concerts did you see in 2005?
deadboy & the Elephantmen. Sigur Ros. Dead Can Dance, Hungry Lucy, Gothsicles. Cruciform Injection
50. Did you have a favorite concert in 2005?
Sigur Ros and Dead Can Dance were hands down the best, for vastly different reasons
51. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2005?
In the beginning, I was a no-nonsense, no-time-for-frills jeans and t-shirt guy. Now I'm trying to find a new look that is slowly coming together.
52. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
n/a
53. What political issue stirred you the most?
the growing prevalency of Christian (whatever you call it) in american politics
54. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
Turned 30, went to sushi with Pure Earth, followed by Too Much Light, and then Neo - meeting Fidget for the first time, ending at Clarke's Diner.
55. How will you be spending the winter holidays?
Traveling across three states
56. What did you want and get?
belief in my own willpower
57. What did you want and not get?
the strength to stand on my own, stoicism
58. What kept you sane?
Photography and Gremlin, in that order.
59. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2005:
Robert Frost: "In three words i can describe everything I have learned about life: It goes on."
60. If you could go back in time to any moment of 2005 and change something, what would it be?
I would have let a certain conversation in a car take its course.
61. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
"Sister Mary sings to me, Let It Be, let it be, let it be."
62. What would you like to have in 2006 that you lacked in 2005?
a stable roster of available models and s/fx makeup artists
63. What are your plans for 2006?
Most importantly, to stop making plans and just let myself have ideas.
Join the RVA. Spend more time making art, with my friends. Learn discipline. Learn Arnis. Keep at school. Build a stable future.
