mmmm so i've totally lost the inclination to blog (which is probably a really good thing), therefore i'm just going to go the quizzy route. just got home a while back and am too lazy to do anything more constructive than this.

1. What did you do in 2004 that you'd never done before?
i was the title character in a play

2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
i haven't made any new years' resolutions since i figured out that it's pointless because i never keep them anyway - and that epiphany came a few years ago.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
my aunt did, but besides being a blood relation i'm not close to her

4. Did anyone close to you die?
my dad's aunt, whom i also wasn't close to

5. What countries did you visit?
england and india

6. What would you like to have in 2005 that you lacked in 2004?
a lit S paper, better grades, and a driving license. i would hope for a car but that's high hopes.

7. What date(s) from 2004 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
21st feb - dramafeste which was one of the best productions i experienced and kickstarted the whole rp thing, and the period from the 4th to the 19th of june because that was the england trip

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
lysistrata

9. What was your biggest failure?
promos

10. Did you suffer any illness or injury?
nothing major, just a couple of colds here and there - one of which i'm currently suffering from

11. What was the best thing you bought?
a trip to england

12. Whose behaviour merited celebration?
a lot of people. a lot of people have made me happy this year.

13. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed?
i can't say.

14. Where did most of your money go?
clothes, food, music, books. the usual.

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
the trip to england.

16. What song/s will always remind you of 2004?
vienna, just like honey, all the OC songs like dice and honey&themoon, reflecting light, lots of BNL songs because i 'discovered' them this year.

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? happier
ii. thinner or fatter? fatter, definitely and unfortunately
iii. richer or poorer? richer, probably

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

19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
internet - msn, blogging, surfing.

20. How will you be spending Christmas?
i don't have plans, but then christmas never has been a big thing for me.

22. Did you fall in love in 2004?
i don't believe i did.

23. How many one-night stands?
none.

24. What was your favourite TV program?
the OC. as in, compared to other years. because gg and alias have been around a while.

25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
i don't think i -hate- anyone, but 2004 definitely has added one or two people to the dislike (or "inner irritation", remember nasty?) list.

26. What was the best book you read?
Arcadia by Tom Stoppard, which is actually a play.

27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
the OC soundtrack

28. What did you want and get?
great new friends.

29. What did you want and not get?
the grades, and the S paper (so far, crossing fingers)

30. What was your favourite film of this year?
i'm still loving Before Sunset. i also loved 13 going on 30, but despite it being a very enjoyable film half the reason for the love was the loyalty to jennifer garner, whereas before sunset was plain and simple a wonderful film. there were also Lost in Translation, Big Fish, Cold Mountain, Starsky & Hutch.

31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
i turned 17 - i went to school and i think it was one of the few times this year that we went for PE. it was a thursday, the horribly long day. then all the girls went to my place to shower and change, and we met the boys and some other friends of mine joined us and we watched The Prince and Me, and I think we had dinner and there was supposed to be a poetry slam back at my place but everyone was tired and had to go back.

32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
if i could have combined all the immense fun with slightly better grades. those grades just cast a horrible pall on this year.

33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2004?
i actually decided to buy skirts this year. i was never into skirts before. other than that, pretty standard aparna fare. occasionally ethnic, usually colourful, a lot of jeans, big earrings.

34. What kept you sane?
kelly, quite often. friends in general, really.

35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
brad pitt. he was almost literally a god in Troy, and in Ocean's Twelve he's just plain beautiful. Johnny Depp's still there as well, as always.

36. What political issue stirred you the most?
i'm not much into politics, but the indian elections were pretty interesting.

37. Who did you miss?
daph

38. Who was the best new person you met?
new bunch of people - 13a.

39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2004:
i learnt... that i have to study. i can't coast along like i did before, and hope to achieve the same kind of grades.

40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
Vienna - Billy Joel. It's quite a sad song, and this year was far from sad, but I think it appropriately sums up the mistakes of this year.

Slow down you crazy child
You're so ambitious for a juvenile
But then if you're so smart tell me why
You are still so afraid?
Where's the fire, what's the hurry about?
You better cool it off before you burn it out
You got so much to do and only
So many hours in a day

But you know that when the truth is told
That you can get what you want
Or you can just get old
You're gonna kick off before you even get halfway through
When will you realize...Vienna waits for you

Slow down you're doing fine
You can't be everything you want to be
Before your time
Although it's so romantic on the borderline tonight
Too bad but it's the life you lead
You're so ahead of yourself
That you forgot what you need
Though you can see when you're wrong
You know you can't always see when you're right

You got your passion you got your pride
But don't you know only fools are satisfied?
Dream on but don't imagine they'll all come true
When will you realize
Vienna waits for you

Slow down you crazy child
Take the phone off the hook and disappear for a while
It's alright you can afford to lose a day or two
When will you realize...
Vienna waits for you.

But you know that when the truth is told
That you can get what you want
Or you can just get old
You're gonna kick off before you even get halfway through
Why don't you realize...Vienna waits for you
When will you realize...Vienna waits for you