sum up!

stolen from my friend, paul:
1) was 2005 a good year for you? yes and no . . . what a non-answer. relationships blossomed and significant growth occured this year and that wasn't easy. i guess "good" is an apt word.
2) what was your favorite moment of the year? supervising the bus back from camp with the calgary kids . . . i felt like i was doing something important. (for the record, every time someone came to me for advice or prayer comes in as a close second.)
3) what was your least favorite moment of the year? experiencing disappointment with all sorts of relationships
4) where were you when 2005 began? in toronto at my parents' house
5) who were you with? my parents and sissy
6) where will you be when 2005 ends? in calgary (just barely back from mexico)
7) who will you be with when 2005 ends? janet, jeremy, jill . . . others?
8) did you keep your new year's resolution of 2005? i had an "i want this but can't do it by my own willpower" wish . . . and it did come true.
9) do you have a new years' resolution for 2006? hmm . . . maybe another wish. working on it.
10) did you make any new friends in 2005? yessir . . . so good, so good.
11) who are your favourite new friends? steve, janet, jeremy, and jill
12) what was your favourite month of 2005? may - corini came to visit and i went to kelowna.
13) did you travel outside of canada in 2005? i will on Christmas eve!
14) whch states/provinces did you travel to in 2005? back and forth between alberta & ontario, with a wee trip to kelowna, bc, in may. and i'll hit houston on Christmas eve on my way to mexico.
15) did you lose anybody close to you in 2005? my friend brandon died in may
16) did you miss anybody in the past year? aplenty
17) what was the best movie you saw in 2005? i enjoyed rewatching "love actually", "the believer" and "the apartment" . . . new movie-wise, "madagascar" was fantastic
18) what was your favourite song from 2005? it's not new, but it's new to me:"hurt"
19) what was your favorite record/cd from 2005? i don't think i bought any new albums this year . . .
20) how many concerts did you see in 2005? i can only think of three, and two of them were school-related
21) did you have a favorite concert in 2005? omara portunondo
22) did you drink a lot of alcohol in 2005? not so much
23) did you do a lot of drugs in 2005? there was that one night with the nyquil . . . i wish i were kidding
24) did you do anything you are ashamed of this year? can you imagine 365 consecutive days of not doing something shame-worth??
25) what was the worst lie someone told you in 2005? none of them were life-threatening.
26) did you treat somebody badly in 2005? i have this pattern of knowing how to be good, but ignoring that :P i can be a lousy friend at times.
27) did somebody treat you badly in 2005? yeah. i work with residents.
28) how much money did you spend in 2005? every penny the alberta government will let me use.
29) what was your proudest moment of 2005? dealing with a boundary issue in my friendship with a guy. we were both uber-mature about it, and we're better friends now! :D
30) what was your most embarrassing moment of 2005? as if.
31) what would you change if you could go back in time to any moment of 2005? i would have written my papers already
32) what are your plans for 2006? i don't love plans, but how's this: find quiet, achieve balance, be diligent, keep at that compassion thing, read for fun . . . and see my sissy graduate (before me!)