22)  What did you do in 2005 that you'd never done before? 
Stage managed a musical…got my driver’s license…had my heart broken…got a job…was an upperclassman…

23) Did you keep your new year's resolutions and will you make more for next year?
Eh, resolutions smesolutions.  I didn’t really make any, and I probably won’t this year either.

24) Did anyone close to you give birth?
My aunt.

25) Did anyone close to you die?
Not this year.  

26) What countries did you visit?
The British Virgin Islands!

27) What would you like to have in 2006 that you lacked in 2005?

Contentedness (though I'm working on it...)

28) What date(s) from 2005 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
The Gala…Model UN… NYC squared…Aida…the day I got my license...our week in the BVI…The Variety Show…Chicago…starting work…

29) What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Well, it’s not really my achievement, but Aida – the whole process, start to finish – was a huge achievement for everyone involved, which includes me.  And I guess my personal achievment would be my 31 on the ACT.

30) What was your biggest failure?
That stupid boy.

31) Did you suffer any illness or injury?
I had my tooth implant…which technically isn’t an injury so much as the final step in correcting an injury I got in 2003… 

32) What was the best thing you bought?
Gas!  No, I’m totally kidding.  I don’t know.

33) Whose behavior merited celebration?

The pope…he died, and he was a good man.

34) Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
Well, different people for “appalled” and “depressed”.  I don’t think anybody did both.

35)Where did most of your money go?
Starbucks, clothes, movies…and right now, all my money’s going to NYC, honey.

36) What did you get really, really, really excited about?
The Gala, Aida, the BVI, Chamber Choir, trying to get a job.

37) What song will always remind you of 2005?
“Aida,aida,adia,adia,aida,aida,aida…….it’s enough! Ahhhhhhhhhhhahhhhhh!” (Dance of the Robe) – that would be the song of the second semester of sophomore year, and then “ Lonesome When You Go” would be the song of the summer, and probably “Boogie Fever” would be the song of this fall semester…or maybe "What'd I Say?!?!"

38) Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? Well…neither?  I’m really different…
ii. thinner or fatter? Fat like a chubchub
iii. richer or poorer? In two weeks, between Christmas and work, I’ve made $706 dollars…so yeah that would be richer. : )

39) What do you wish you'd done more of?
Try to branch out and make new friends…though I did do that to some extent.

40) What do you wish you'd done less of?
Worry, worry, worry…about grades, about boys, about other random crap.

41) How did you spend Christmas?
At home, with immediate family...the way I like it.

42) Did you fall in love in 2005?
No.

43) How many one-night stands?
Dozens and dozens…  : P

44) What was your favorite TV program of 2005?
I <3 the Discovery Channel

45) Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?

No, my enemies have remained fairly consistant…lol.

46) What was the best book you read this year?
The only book I can remember reading and really liking was Fear by Michael Chriton.  And this weird book called My Sister's Keeper.

47) What was your greatest musical discovery?
The Postal Service…Phantom of the Opera… Madeleine Peyroux…There are so many…

48)  What did you want and get? 
into Chamber Choir

49) What did you want and not get?
into Governor’s School

50) What was your favorite film of this year?
Willy Wonka was fun…King Kong was amazing (and if you haven’t seen it yet, I recommend you do so immediately)

51) What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I believe we had rehearsal for the Broadway review on my birthday…and I had to wait a day to get my license…and I was sixteen.  No party; mid-May is too busy a time for parties.

52) What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
More of my time given to God

53) How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2005?
A sort of a retro boho ironic preppy…no, I have no idea; I don’t have a certain style.  Lots of jeans and always, always flip flops…

54) What kept you sane?
God, friends, coffee, music, sleep, food.

55) Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
J-Depp will always be my favorite…I also took a liking to Adrian Brody…

56) What political issue stirred you the most?
Just recently – The Ugandan War.

57) Who did you miss?
People I didn’t get to see over the summer.  

58) Who was the best new person you met?
I couldn’t narrow it down…I have so many friends this year that I didn’t know last year…

59) Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2005:
We are growing up, whether we like it or not, and there are pluses and minuses to the whole process – if you dwell on what you’re leaving behind then you’ll never realize what you’re gaining and all the opportunities that are ahead.

60) Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:

I’ve seen love go by my door

It’s never been this close before

Never been so easy or so slow

Been shooting in the dark too long

When something’s not right, it’s wrong

You’re going to make me lonesome when you go

Dragon clouds so high above

I’ve only known careless love

It’s always hit me from below

This time around it’s more correct

Right on target, so direct

You’re going to make me lonesome when you go

Purple clover, queen anne lace

Crimson hair across your face

You could make me cry if you don’t know

Flowers on the hillside, blooming crazy

Crickets talking back in forth in rhyme

Blue river running slow and lazy

Oh I could stay with you forever and never realize the time…