1.What did you do in 2003 that you’d never done before?

Went to Glastonbury.yay.

2. Did you keep your new years’ resolutions, and will you make more for next year?

Havent made any solid ones for years. Despite that iron will of mine…

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?

Someone close in a parallel universe kinda way. German girl called Corinna, same birth day as me. Thank god it happened in her universe not mine.

4. Did anyone close to you die?

I can’t remembering it happening. So i hope not.

5. What countries did you visit?

Italy, Spain, France, Belgium and Holland.

6. What would you like to have in 2004 that you lacked in 2003?

The feeling that i want to be here.

7. What date from 2003 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?

5th October (and the subsequent week). got dumped (poor me hey) – is possibly also the period of time when i became drained of all emotion. is certainly when i changed significantly – not necessarily for the worse.

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?

becoming (and staying) single.

9. What was your biggest failure?

joining the photography society and not taking any photos.

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?

perhaps minor flu. oh and i cut my leg quite bad on a pavement. hazardous things.

11. What was the best thing you bought?

my white Mogwai T-shirt

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?

Paul Moseley’s.

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?

Robbie’s. dick photo

14. Where did most of your money go?

magazines, alcohol, weed and food.

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?

seeing Mogwai at Glastonbury. though i wouldn’t give it three ‘reallys’, mebbe jus two.

16. What song will always remind you of 2003?

R Kelly ‘Ignition’. don’t ask.

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
happier or sadder

couldn’t say.

ii. thinner or fatter?

Hmmm. Also couldn’t say. fluctuates so much. but i have cut down on the ganj, so less munchies, so hopefully thinner sooon.

iii. richer or poorer?
poorer.

18. What do you wish you’d done more of?

Learning useful things.

19. What do you wish you’d done less of?

sitting in smoking weed.

20. How will you be spending Christmas?

Christmas day itself was spent with mum, step-dad and bro. was as crap as my former entry suggested. Rest of holiday had its interesting bits.

21. Did you fall in love in 2003?

Ironically enough, i felt like i finally fell in love with the person i’d been going out with for two years.

23. How many one-night stands?

one, i think.

24. What was your favourite TV program?

Scrubs

25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?

Not hate, but feel negatively towards quite a few people.

26. What was the best book you read?

Hmmm. Mebbe ‘Bliss’ by Peter Carey – but then that’s the only one i can proply remember. i dont read nearly enough.

27. What was your greatest musical discovery?

Pulseprograming. tho Paul discovered it.

28. What did you want and got?

Green woolly scarf from Topshop (for a vastly reduced price no less ) Jeez that’s the only thing i can think of right now…

29. What did you want and not get?

Prolly many things, but ill have to go with something intangible: motivation.

30. What was your favourite film of this year?

Can’t even think! So much crap. Not Spun.

31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?

20, think i went to the Krazy House and got very drunk.

32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?

Hmmm. More Ketamine??

33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2003?

Oh dear. i was certainly experimenting last year. went through three months of ‘retro sports gear’, which i heroically rejected after 5th October. then it regressed to ‘un-feminine – grunge – white T, grey troos n lotsa navy/royal blue’

34. What kept you sane?

Weed.

35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?

Johnny Depp. it’s ne’er gonna change.

36. What political issue stirred you the most?

The fear that we will no longer be allowed to smoke in the pub.

37. Who did you miss?

When at uni, my best friend from home Hanna. she’s an angel. no really.

38. Who was the best new person you met?

Paul. ahh. actually mebbe Robbie…..

39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2003:

That this (aka ‘the shit’) goes on and on and on and on.

40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year

‘I forget to forget nothing is important’

1.What did you do in 2003 that you’d never done before?

Went into second year at uni.

2. Did you keep your new years’ resolutions, and will you make more for next year?

No I didn’t, so I haven’t bothered making any for this year.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?

Unfortunately not

4. Did anyone close to you die?

Who wants to know?

5. What countries did you visit?

England and Belgium

6. What would you like to have in 2004 that you lacked in 2003?

Motivation

7. What date from 2003 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?

Probably any date I had an essay due in. Otherwise, nothing particuarly exciting happened – to me anyway.

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?

Getting a first for a Philosophy essay or getting a summer job as a kitchen porter.

9. What was your biggest failure?

Being sacked as a kitchen porter.

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?

I was completly impotent for a couple of weeks, but it didn’t really matter anyway.

11. What was the best thing you bought?

‘Crime and Punishment’

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?

Ian Huntley’s

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?

My own and Peter Dunlop’s

14. Where did most of your money go?

I’d really, really, like to know myself.

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?

Summer holidays and the war on Iraq.

16. What song will always remind you of 2003?

It’s gotta be ‘I believe in a Thing Called Love’

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
happier or sadder

Sadder

ii. thinner or fatter?

I can hardly afford to eat at the moment, so I think I’m a bit slimmer.

iii. richer or poorer?

I didn’t have any money at this time last year, and I don’t have any money at the moment.

18. What do you wish you’d done more of?

Travelled more with the money I earned from my £5 an hour job, and not piss it all away. And obviously, I would of liked to have had more sex.

19. What do you wish you’d done less of?

Masturbating, feeling sorry for myself and binge drinking.

20. How will you be spending Christmas?

Spent it with Caroline’s family and took over the remote control.

21. Did you fall in love in 2003?

I thought I did at one point, but I didn’t.

23. How many one-night stands?

two

24. What was your favourite TV program?

Have I Got News For You

25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?

I don’t think so

26. What was the best book you read?

Either 1984, Crime and Punishment or The Plague.

27. What was your greatest musical discovery?

Charles Mingus and Arvo Part

28. What did you want and got?

A typewriter, though the stupid thing doesn’t work

29. What did you want and not get?

Not saying

30. What was your favourite film of this year?

Goodbye Lenin

31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?

23, Finished of an essay, napped, ate a T-Bone steak, then went to the pub.

32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?

To many things to mention, but here are just a few: Money, a girlfriend, a place of my own, a slave, cheaper rail tickets….

33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2003?

Cords and a jersey from Marks and Sparks.

34. What kept you sane?

Nothing, but many things are driving me too insanity.

35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?

Delta Goodrem

36. What political issue stirred you the most?

The price of Cigarettes going up – yet again. And the fear that we will no longer be allowed to smoke in the pub.

37. Who did you miss?

Would of liked to of gone to T in the Park.

38. Who was the best new person you met?

Caroline

39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2003:

That the shit goes on and on and on and on.

40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year

“This cunted circus never ends” Arab Strap