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1. What did you do in 2004 that you'd never done before? Became a blogaholic.

2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year? Silly things. If you're going to do it, do it. If you're going to stop, stop. Quit yapping about it.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth? Why would anybody be close to me?

4. Did anyone close to you die? Not this time around...

5. What countries did you visit? Quebec.

6. What would you like to have in 2005 that you lacked in 2004? More chocolate.

7. What date from 2004 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? Apparently none...

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? Crap! Was I supposed to achieve something? Nobody told me!

9. What was your biggest failure? I do not fail!

10. Did you suffer illness or injury? Got sick several times. How is that interesting?

11. What was the best thing you bought? eMac

12. Whose behaviour merited celebration? Mine. Um... Hello! Whose blog is this anyways? Duh.

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed? See number 12.

14. Where did most of your money go? Why? Have you seen it? I would like it back, please.

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about? Chocolate, googlism and apparently pretty much everything that happened on this day (for no reason that I can think of).

16. What song will always remind you of 2004? That's a stupid question and I decline to answer it.

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? [shrug]
ii. thinner or fatter? I gained six pounds! Weee haw! Yay me!
iii. richer or poorer? More debt, less worries.

18. What do you wish you'd done more of? Everything. And writing.

19. What do you wish you'd done less of? Pretending to work.

20. How did you spend Christmas? Like this and then we went to the pub.

22. Did you fall in love in 2004? On the 22nd of December.

23. How many one-night stands? Spent many nights standing. Why do you ask?

24. What was your favourite TV program? Dude! So. Always. Buffy. You even need to ask?

25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year? Everybody. No, never mind. I hated youse guys then, too. Yes, even you that I'd never even heard of before.

26. What was the best book you read? Book? Like with words?

27. What was your greatest musical discovery? Πr2

28. What did you want and get? Chocolate. More chocolate.

What exactly happened to number 29?

30. What was your favorite film of this year? Dude! So obviously Shaun of the Dead.

31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you? No idea. If anybody does remember, please let me know.

32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? How would I know that without having experienced it? Stupid question...

33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2004? Oh crap! Was I supposed to be fashionable?

34. What kept you sane? Who said anything about sane?

35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? Joaquin Phoenix. Tobey Maguire. Zach Braff.

36. What political issue stirred you the most? That everybody at my church thinks that Christians are obligated to be ultra-right-wing just because Jesus was. Oh wait, HE WASN'T.

37. Who did you miss? Heathcliff.

38. Who was the best new person you met? Youse guys. And Hot Guy.

39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2004: You don't win friends with salad.

40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year: 'In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.' Fine you caught me: it's from a book not a song. Whatever.