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gothikmausHappy New Year! I slept about 5 hours (went to bed around 6 and got up around 11), but I feel great. I hope this feeling will last.
Last night turned out much better than I thought it would, we went to a friend of a friend's, ate like pigs and played various games till 5 am. My team won at every game, whoo-hoo! The funniest part was the new edition of Trivial Pursuit, with categories like TV, Gossip and Sport instead of Literature, History and Geography. I answered all the Music questions right. *shit-eating grin* Some of the questions were on a DVD and at one point, in the TV category, there was a video about the fall of the Berliner Mauer. The previous question had been really difficult, so we started brainstorming and said everything we could think of that was somehow related to the subject. Things like "1989!" "9th November!" "No, that would be too easy! Maybe it's about the year it was built..." "1961!" "No, the category is TV, it must be something that has to do with TV..." "Lilli Gruber! I know Lilli Gruber (an Italian journalist) was there in 1989..." We were dreading what kind of question we'd get, but in the end it was about the year of the fall. Tsk.
So, 2005 is over. There were bad moments, mostly job-related, and my summer holidays could have been better (big bad RED coackroach in the shower! Ewww...), but in the end it was a good year. Let's see...
January: Started a bass course. I'd been saying I wanted to do one for years and I finally moved my lazy arse and did. Also, one of my Harry Potter fanfics got translated into Russian!
February: Started tutoring a girl in English, wrote Saiyuki drabbles, joined The Cure Forum.
March: My friends organised a surprise birthday party for me! ♥ I also found out about Curedrink and convinced Demi to go with me.
April: Went to London for Curedrink! We had a lot of fun, made friends with some really nice people and missed the flight back to Milan. Good times. Also read Good Omens, which became one of my all-time favourite books.
May: Perry and Roger left The Cure. I'm still in denial, I don't want to believe I won't see Perry live any more. *sigh*
June: Much talking about the new line-up at The Cure Forum, I obviously had nothing better to do.
July: I was temporarily transferred into our central office. Leaving the place were I used to work before made me a bit nostalgic, that had been my first "real" job. I also didn't know were I was going to work next. Not nice.
August: Hectic month! I was sent to a new office in Milan, so I didn't have to change city in the end. I discovered Ärzte slash! ♥ I missed 2 (TWO!) Cure concerts. :( I went to Barcelona with some friends from Milan and Berlin. The flight back was overbooked so we stayed one day longer. At the airline company's expense, of course.
September: My love for Die Ärzte grew and grew. I got myself Killer and Richy Guitar from Amazon.de and realised my German wasn't completely dead after all.
October: Wrote/drew DÄ fanfics and fanart. Posted audio files. Went to a cool Halloween party.
November: More fanart. Watched Goblet of Fire. Was very happy 'cos of the snow.
December: Another hectic month! Went to Tirol with my mum, spent too much money on Ärzte CDs and DVDs, won an award at The Cure Slash Awards, sent drawings and Christmas cards to people from my flist, got amazing presents for Christmas, had a lot of fun on New Year's Eve.
And that's it. Goodbye 2005, it was fun. Let's hope 2006 will be even better! I never keep New Year's resolutions, but let's try anyway. This year I'll try to:
- play more, both bass and keyboards
- improve my German
- start learning Japanese seriously
- finish what I start *cough*
- be generally less lazy
Yes, I can do it. May the new year bring you everything you wish for!
*hugs* & ♥♥♥
PS: Oh well, let's just throw in a meme as well!
1. What did you do in 2005 that you'd never done before?
Met people I knew from an online forum, wrote a slashy drabble in German, bought stuff from the internet
2. Did you keep your new year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I didn't really make New Year's resolutions. I'll try to keep the ones I made for the new year.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Yes.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
Uhm, I don't think so...
5. What countries did you visit?
England, Spain, Austria.
6. What would you like to have in 2006 that you lacked in 2005?
A boyfriend?
7. What date from 2005 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
25th March (surprise birthday party) and 16th April (Curedrink!)
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Learning to play bass.
9. What was your biggest failure?
Not getting that story published. :(
10. What is your favorite album of 2005?
I got to buy only a couple of albums that were released in 2005 (I wanted "Am Ende der Sonne" but didn't find it. *sob*) Among those I guess my favourite is "With Teeth", by Nine Inch Nails. Among the albums I bought in 2005 but were released before my favourite is "Geräusch", by Die Ärzte.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
Oh, I don't know... The Richy Guitar DVD? Good Omens? Season of Mists?
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
The guy in Sitges who drove us to the hospital after Demi had been attacked by a huge jellyfish.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
Everything the Italian government did.
14. Where did most of your money go?
Comics, London trip, Barcelona, Ärzte stuff.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Curedrink! Which meant going back to London after 5 years and meeting the guys of The Cure Forum. Going to Austria was pretty exciting too.
16. What song will always remind you of 2005?
"Voglio vederti danzare", Franco Battiato
"Quelli del Tai-Chi" (the song a friend wrote for Stefano's bday)
"Teenager Liebe", Die Ärzte (RICHY GUITAR! >_<)
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
I. happier or sadder? happier
ii. thinner or fatter? thinner
iii. richer or poorer? richer
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
*cough*
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Procrastinating
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
I spent it with my parents
22. Did you fall in love in 2005?
No
23. How many one-night stands?
Uhm...
24. What was your favorite TV program?
I didn't really watch TV
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
No, just the usual politicians.
26. What was the best book you read?
Good Omens
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Die Ärzte. I knew them before, but I got to really appreciate them. And now I love them!
28. What did you want and get?
Mmh... Ärzte CDs and DVDs? I'm very easy to please, you know. :P And Ärzte fanart by the wonderful![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
einheitstochter!
29. What did you want and not get?
Die Ärzte Wandkalender. Damn shipping costs. And going to a Cure concert. :(
30. What was your favorite film of this year?
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
My friends organised a surprise birthday party for me! ♥ We played Cranium and ate a double-chocolate and coconut cake. I was 25. (Oh God, so old... O_O)
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
A boyfriend?
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2005?
PINK! Because pink and black are just meant to be together.
34. What/Who kept you sane?
The lovely people I met online. Music. Slash and fandom in general.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Bela B. Felsenheimer. ♥
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
I can't choose just one; this government is destroying Italy, there are still wars going on, Bush is still thinking the earth is his personal playground.
37. Who did you miss?
No one really.
38. Who was the best new person you met?
Met personally, Raphael, Armel and Chris. Met online,einheitstochter and eryka_59 *hugs*
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2005.
There are still people you can trust. Don't give up before even trying.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
Ich bin nicht hässlich, ich sehe nur anders aus als du
Oh well, the whole "Rebell" text really.
http://www.die-beste-band-der-welt.de/texte/13/rebell.htm
Last night turned out much better than I thought it would, we went to a friend of a friend's, ate like pigs and played various games till 5 am. My team won at every game, whoo-hoo! The funniest part was the new edition of Trivial Pursuit, with categories like TV, Gossip and Sport instead of Literature, History and Geography. I answered all the Music questions right. *shit-eating grin* Some of the questions were on a DVD and at one point, in the TV category, there was a video about the fall of the Berliner Mauer. The previous question had been really difficult, so we started brainstorming and said everything we could think of that was somehow related to the subject. Things like "1989!" "9th November!" "No, that would be too easy! Maybe it's about the year it was built..." "1961!" "No, the category is TV, it must be something that has to do with TV..." "Lilli Gruber! I know Lilli Gruber (an Italian journalist) was there in 1989..." We were dreading what kind of question we'd get, but in the end it was about the year of the fall. Tsk.
So, 2005 is over. There were bad moments, mostly job-related, and my summer holidays could have been better (big bad RED coackroach in the shower! Ewww...), but in the end it was a good year. Let's see...
January: Started a bass course. I'd been saying I wanted to do one for years and I finally moved my lazy arse and did. Also, one of my Harry Potter fanfics got translated into Russian!
February: Started tutoring a girl in English, wrote Saiyuki drabbles, joined The Cure Forum.
March: My friends organised a surprise birthday party for me! ♥ I also found out about Curedrink and convinced Demi to go with me.
April: Went to London for Curedrink! We had a lot of fun, made friends with some really nice people and missed the flight back to Milan. Good times. Also read Good Omens, which became one of my all-time favourite books.
May: Perry and Roger left The Cure. I'm still in denial, I don't want to believe I won't see Perry live any more. *sigh*
June: Much talking about the new line-up at The Cure Forum, I obviously had nothing better to do.
July: I was temporarily transferred into our central office. Leaving the place were I used to work before made me a bit nostalgic, that had been my first "real" job. I also didn't know were I was going to work next. Not nice.
August: Hectic month! I was sent to a new office in Milan, so I didn't have to change city in the end. I discovered Ärzte slash! ♥ I missed 2 (TWO!) Cure concerts. :( I went to Barcelona with some friends from Milan and Berlin. The flight back was overbooked so we stayed one day longer. At the airline company's expense, of course.
September: My love for Die Ärzte grew and grew. I got myself Killer and Richy Guitar from Amazon.de and realised my German wasn't completely dead after all.
October: Wrote/drew DÄ fanfics and fanart. Posted audio files. Went to a cool Halloween party.
November: More fanart. Watched Goblet of Fire. Was very happy 'cos of the snow.
December: Another hectic month! Went to Tirol with my mum, spent too much money on Ärzte CDs and DVDs, won an award at The Cure Slash Awards, sent drawings and Christmas cards to people from my flist, got amazing presents for Christmas, had a lot of fun on New Year's Eve.
And that's it. Goodbye 2005, it was fun. Let's hope 2006 will be even better! I never keep New Year's resolutions, but let's try anyway. This year I'll try to:
- play more, both bass and keyboards
- improve my German
- start learning Japanese seriously
- finish what I start *cough*
- be generally less lazy
Yes, I can do it. May the new year bring you everything you wish for!
*hugs* & ♥♥♥
PS: Oh well, let's just throw in a meme as well!
1. What did you do in 2005 that you'd never done before?
Met people I knew from an online forum, wrote a slashy drabble in German, bought stuff from the internet
2. Did you keep your new year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I didn't really make New Year's resolutions. I'll try to keep the ones I made for the new year.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Yes.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
Uhm, I don't think so...
5. What countries did you visit?
England, Spain, Austria.
6. What would you like to have in 2006 that you lacked in 2005?
A boyfriend?
7. What date from 2005 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
25th March (surprise birthday party) and 16th April (Curedrink!)
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Learning to play bass.
9. What was your biggest failure?
Not getting that story published. :(
10. What is your favorite album of 2005?
I got to buy only a couple of albums that were released in 2005 (I wanted "Am Ende der Sonne" but didn't find it. *sob*) Among those I guess my favourite is "With Teeth", by Nine Inch Nails. Among the albums I bought in 2005 but were released before my favourite is "Geräusch", by Die Ärzte.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
Oh, I don't know... The Richy Guitar DVD? Good Omens? Season of Mists?
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
The guy in Sitges who drove us to the hospital after Demi had been attacked by a huge jellyfish.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
Everything the Italian government did.
14. Where did most of your money go?
Comics, London trip, Barcelona, Ärzte stuff.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Curedrink! Which meant going back to London after 5 years and meeting the guys of The Cure Forum. Going to Austria was pretty exciting too.
16. What song will always remind you of 2005?
"Voglio vederti danzare", Franco Battiato
"Quelli del Tai-Chi" (the song a friend wrote for Stefano's bday)
"Teenager Liebe", Die Ärzte (RICHY GUITAR! >_<)
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
I. happier or sadder? happier
ii. thinner or fatter? thinner
iii. richer or poorer? richer
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
*cough*
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Procrastinating
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
I spent it with my parents
22. Did you fall in love in 2005?
No
23. How many one-night stands?
Uhm...
24. What was your favorite TV program?
I didn't really watch TV
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
No, just the usual politicians.
26. What was the best book you read?
Good Omens
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Die Ärzte. I knew them before, but I got to really appreciate them. And now I love them!
28. What did you want and get?
Mmh... Ärzte CDs and DVDs? I'm very easy to please, you know. :P And Ärzte fanart by the wonderful
einheitstochter!29. What did you want and not get?
Die Ärzte Wandkalender. Damn shipping costs. And going to a Cure concert. :(
30. What was your favorite film of this year?
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
My friends organised a surprise birthday party for me! ♥ We played Cranium and ate a double-chocolate and coconut cake. I was 25. (Oh God, so old... O_O)
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
A boyfriend?
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2005?
PINK! Because pink and black are just meant to be together.
34. What/Who kept you sane?
The lovely people I met online. Music. Slash and fandom in general.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Bela B. Felsenheimer. ♥
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
I can't choose just one; this government is destroying Italy, there are still wars going on, Bush is still thinking the earth is his personal playground.
37. Who did you miss?
No one really.
38. Who was the best new person you met?
Met personally, Raphael, Armel and Chris. Met online,
einheitstochter and eryka_59 *hugs*39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2005.
There are still people you can trust. Don't give up before even trying.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
Ich bin nicht hässlich, ich sehe nur anders aus als du
Oh well, the whole "Rebell" text really.
http://www.die-beste-band-der-welt.de/texte/13/rebell.htm
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Date: 2006-01-03 03:26 pm (UTC)Let me tell you that I´m so happy to know you - you are such a wonderful, funny and talented person and I always love to read your entrys!
♥♥♥
dear, you made my day! :)
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Date: 2006-01-03 08:38 pm (UTC)I still can't understand how I can be so bloody optimistic these days, what's happened? o_O