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Word Counts for What I posted in 2005 ...
The Lines of His Fingers (Orlando/Karl) = 5,940
The Right Fit = 5,480
Elf Soap = 2,596
A Thorough Workout = 1,869
Inside the Captain's Cabin = 2,656
All That Glitters = 7,135 (co-written with
lostiawen so I'm not sure if I should count it or not...?
Assurance = 3,173
50 Kink Ways ficlets (just the ones by me) = 1,540
Atlas' Shoulders = 5,905
various drabbles = 190
Grand Total: 36,484
1. What did you do in 2005 that you'd never done before?
got a MLIS
2. Did you keep your New Year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
finished or at least made a stab at 6 out of 13
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Yes - Larissa/Mort, Karl/Kathleen, Dan/Carmel
4. Did anyone close to you die?
Yes - Angela
5. What countries did you visit?
Does Atlanta, GA count as another county? ;) And England.
6. What would you like to have in 2006 that you lacked in 2005?
freedom, abundance, peace, faith, confidence, and oh yeah, TIME
7. What dates from 2005 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
February 19 - Pantheacon workshop that changed me life
April 1 - turned in master's thesis papers
May 28 - graduation ceremony
July 15-17 - slashy retreat
August 8 - Angela
August 28-September 15 - England trip
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
finished that thrice-damned degree
9. What was your biggest failure?
not taking care of my body or spirit
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
had about 3 months of massive "chronic fatigue" sickness
11. What was the best thing you bought?
an important necklace
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
my husband's
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
mine, mostly
14. Where did most of your money go?
income went to the mortgage, my allowance went to clothes
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
going to England and finishing my MLIS
16. What song will always remind you of 2005?
no clue
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
a) happier or sadder?:
sadder
b) thinner or fatter?:
fatter
c) richer or poorer?:
richer
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
mediated
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
worked
20. How did you spend Christmas?
with the in-laws
21. Did you fall in love in 2005?
"fall" in an odd word to apply to a 12-year old relationship... but still applicable.
And I *swoon*splat*ed over Ewan, of course
22. How many one-night stands?
0
23. What were your favorite TV programs?
"Lost" held my attention for the first season, and then I gave up
24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
no
25. What was the best book you read?
"Ask And It Is Given" is pretty great, although I'm not finished yet
26. What was your greatest musical discovery?
none
27. What did you want and get?
to go the England and do witchy things
28. What did you want and not get?
a fling with Ewan?
29. What was your favorite film of this year?
Elizabethtown, Wallace and Gromit, Narnia... too many to pick just one
30. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I can't remember at all, and 32
31. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
quitting my job when they told me I had to go back to full-time
32. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2005?
slightly more fashionable, thanks to shopping with Victoria and Sara
33. What kept you sane?
husband, dog, life coach, LJ friends
36. Who did you miss?
Angela
37. Who was the best new person you met?
meeting
willowwing,
sileya,
lady_aurora,
arieltachna, and
namarie120 in July, and
soar38 and
niennas_dreams in August was pretty wonderful
38. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2005:
gather ye rosebuds while ye may
The Lines of His Fingers (Orlando/Karl) = 5,940
The Right Fit = 5,480
Elf Soap = 2,596
A Thorough Workout = 1,869
Inside the Captain's Cabin = 2,656
All That Glitters = 7,135 (co-written with
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Assurance = 3,173
50 Kink Ways ficlets (just the ones by me) = 1,540
Atlas' Shoulders = 5,905
various drabbles = 190
Grand Total: 36,484
1. What did you do in 2005 that you'd never done before?
got a MLIS
2. Did you keep your New Year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
finished or at least made a stab at 6 out of 13
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Yes - Larissa/Mort, Karl/Kathleen, Dan/Carmel
4. Did anyone close to you die?
Yes - Angela
5. What countries did you visit?
Does Atlanta, GA count as another county? ;) And England.
6. What would you like to have in 2006 that you lacked in 2005?
freedom, abundance, peace, faith, confidence, and oh yeah, TIME
7. What dates from 2005 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
February 19 - Pantheacon workshop that changed me life
April 1 - turned in master's thesis papers
May 28 - graduation ceremony
July 15-17 - slashy retreat
August 8 - Angela
August 28-September 15 - England trip
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
finished that thrice-damned degree
9. What was your biggest failure?
not taking care of my body or spirit
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
had about 3 months of massive "chronic fatigue" sickness
11. What was the best thing you bought?
an important necklace
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
my husband's
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
mine, mostly
14. Where did most of your money go?
income went to the mortgage, my allowance went to clothes
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
going to England and finishing my MLIS
16. What song will always remind you of 2005?
no clue
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
a) happier or sadder?:
sadder
b) thinner or fatter?:
fatter
c) richer or poorer?:
richer
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
mediated
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
worked
20. How did you spend Christmas?
with the in-laws
21. Did you fall in love in 2005?
"fall" in an odd word to apply to a 12-year old relationship... but still applicable.
And I *swoon*splat*ed over Ewan, of course
22. How many one-night stands?
0
23. What were your favorite TV programs?
"Lost" held my attention for the first season, and then I gave up
24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
no
25. What was the best book you read?
"Ask And It Is Given" is pretty great, although I'm not finished yet
26. What was your greatest musical discovery?
none
27. What did you want and get?
to go the England and do witchy things
28. What did you want and not get?
a fling with Ewan?
29. What was your favorite film of this year?
Elizabethtown, Wallace and Gromit, Narnia... too many to pick just one
30. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I can't remember at all, and 32
31. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
quitting my job when they told me I had to go back to full-time
32. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2005?
slightly more fashionable, thanks to shopping with Victoria and Sara
33. What kept you sane?
husband, dog, life coach, LJ friends
36. Who did you miss?
Angela
37. Who was the best new person you met?
meeting
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38. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2005:
gather ye rosebuds while ye may