Back to Where We Started...

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11:16pm: So here I am, back at the Parentals, after managing to get to church, a little late, but I didn't miss any of the readings or anything like that, so it's all good.

However, I'm tossing up on whether to just sleep on the couch up here as is, or move stuff around to make enough room to fold it out. I'm still leery of this couch because I'm pretty sure it contributed to me throwing my back out a few years ago, which was by far the most excruciating experience I can recall.

Five on Friday

Reflections on 2007

1. List five happy memories of 2007.

Getting the Getz
The school reunion
Mum and Dad returning from their overseas trip!
NaNoWriMo
Getting a job.

2. Describe four things you've learned this year.

If something scary to do, do it anyway.
Always backup
I can mange without my parents
It's hard to beat M at Canasta more than once

3. Which three relationships in your life have changed the most this year?

With my parents I guess?
And that's all I can think of really...

4. Name two new places you went this year.

To work (Yeah, it's a bit of a cheat)
To my friend's new house

5. What one thing you've done this year are you most proud of?

Kept my job!

FOUR FOR FRIDAY

- THE YEAR-END EDITION -

>Q1 - Bump That Chest: Looking back on the year that was 2007, what are you most proud of?

See above.

Q2 - Moving On : Which famous person's death in 2007 impacted you the most? (Need some help? Here's a short list of some of the famous people--and one horse--who died this year: Kurt Vonnegut, Barbaro, Anna Nicole Smith, Lamar Lundy, Kitty Carlisle Hart, Boris Yeltsin, Art Buchwald, Rev. Jerry Falwell, Robert Goulet, Beverly Sills, Lady Bird Johnson, Tammy Faye (Bakker) Messner, Tom Snyder, Bill Walsh, Luciano Pavoratti, Jane Wyman, Joey Bishop, Mr. Whipple, Brad Delp, Richard Jeni, Bowie Kuhn, James Faust, Eddie Robinson, Don Ho, Liz Clairborne, Joel Siegel, Ingmar Bergman, Merv Griffin, Norman Mailer, Leona Helmsley, Sean Taylor, Evil Knievel, Ike Turner, Marcel Marceau, and Benazir Bhutto.)

For some reason Benazir Bhutto's death really shocked me...I don't know why, but it just seemed really sad, especially with the election coming up in Palestine. The whole democratic process looks like it's gone right off the rails over there now.

Q3 - Bring It!: Looking ahead--toward the year that is still to be (2008)--what are you most looking forward to?

Now, that's a problem, I don't really have anything concrete to look forward too, I have no idea where I'm going...I guess continuing to do well with my job and paying off the appartment might qualify.

Q4 - Now That's What I'm Talkin' Bout: What was your favorite Holiday / Christmas gift (from either this year or of all time)?

Of all time, definitely the full-sized trampoline my father got for me when I was 8, I loved that trampoline more than anything! And without it, I probably wouldn't have got any excercise at all in my formative years...fat lot of good it did my knees though.

Friday Fiver

I'll Always Be True

1. Tell us something you love:

Writing!

2. Tell us something you know to be true:

I'm thirsty...

3. Tell us about someone new in your life:

My co-workers, and they're cool.

4. Who can you never please?

Hmmm...I can't really think of anyone...except maybe the Big Bro, but I don't see him very much so I can't really be sure on that one.

5. Friday fill-in:
You know I want to be a published author some day.

Friday Fun

The New Year's Edition

Our last Friday Fun of 2007!

1. Resolutions: Do you keep them or are they an exercise in futility?

Don't bother making them, which I guess puts me in the latter catergory.

2. New Year’s Eve: Stay at home or go out and dance the night away? Any special traditions?

Well, I don't have any concrete plans this year due to lack of money, but I definitely have to go out and see the midnight fireworks, they're the best part!

3. Let’s not call it a resolution, but what are 5 things (of any importance) you would like to accomplish in the upcoming year?

1. Do better at work
2. Clean up my apartment (I think I've been saying this for a good 8 months now)
3. Finish the first 'book' of my George III story
4. Keep the car clean
5. Get a new laptop

Friday's Feast

Appetizer
Name 2 things you would like to accomplish in 2008.

See above.

Soup
With which cartoon character do you share personality traits?

Hmmm, never really thought about it...maybe Homer, I can be pretty silly and I love watching TV.

Salad
What time of day (or night) were you born?

I believe I was born around 9:53pm.

Main Course
Tell us something special about your hometown.

Well Canberra is the Round About Capital of the world...it's also built around a fake lake.

Dessert
If you could receive a letter from anyone in the world, who would you want to get one from?

Oooh, that's a toughie...I'm gonna say Colin Firth, I'd totally squee over that!

T.G.I.F

100% Interesting

1. What is the one thing that you're most interested in right now?

George III (hands up anyone who didn't see that one coming...:OP)

2. What is the one thing that you're least interested in right now?

Cleaning up my apartment, you can see the problem now can't you?

3. Who is the most interesting person you know?

Gee, I guess bookscorpion.

4. Who is the least interesting person you know?

Never really thought about it...

5. What is the most interesting thing about yourself?

That I can somehow manage to drive a car (I'm really pretty uncoordinated.)

The (Other) Friday Five

1. When did you "lose your innocence"?

Think I've still got it.

2. Would you say you have an accent?

Yes, an Aussie one...probably a more country one then the rest of my family for some reason.

3. Do you hope to be married (married again if divorced)?

Nah, I'm cool.

4. If you could take one technology to a desert island (the obvious satellite phone excluded), what would it be?

Can I have a laptop with the internet? Failing that a TV with cable.

5. What is the last activity you bought a ticket for?

Uh...I think it was to go see The Simpsons Movie...great flick!

Friday5

Alphabet Soup

1. What is an acronym specific to your workplace or profession? (students who don’t work: What is an acronym specific to your campus or major?)

Gee, the only one I can think of is REIQ for the Real Estate Institue of QLD.

2. What is an acronym you use a lot in your personal life?

LOL :OD

3. Internet acronyms are unavoidable, but what’s one you particularly despise, and what’s one you particularly like?

Never much cared for IAWC, it always takes me a while to remember what it stands for.
I've always loved ROFLMAO.

4. What acronym could you create right now for some regular annoyance in your life?

ASS for Apartment Still Stuffed

5. What would be a memorable or appetizing acronym for your most recent meal? (if your most recent meal was a BLT or SOS or some similarly acronymed food, please choose the next-most recent meal, smart alecks!)

Hmmm...SNAG Sausages Nice And Good.

Well, it's almost midnight and that's all I have to say about today.

Goodnight all!

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