Best of 2005

the best of 2005
[song: welcome to wherever you are, bon jovi]
[movie: crash and walk the line]
[band: hedley]
[book: i'll have to go with The Wreckage by Michael Crummey cuz nothing else jumps out and i just read that one over the xmas holiday]
[play: do people still do plays?]
[party: crap! there were lots of good times . . . the week spent in freddy closing a different bar every night stands out though]
[website: zip.ca]
[course/job: gerry beirne's workshop at the wfnb agm in moncton]
[joke: A man walked into a bar with his pet monkey. The bartender said, "You can't bring that monkey in here!" The man said, "Don't worry, he won't cause any trouble."
Within seconds the monkey jumped on the pool table and swallowed the cue ball. The bartender yelled, "Hey, he just ate my cue ball. No one can play pool anymore! Get out!"
The man left but came back one week later with his monkey. He apologized to the bartender and promised no more trouble. The bartender let him and the monkey stay.
Later that night, the monkey walked over to a bowl of grapes, put one in his ass, and then ate it. The bartender said, "That's disgusting! Why did he do that!"
The man said, "Since he swallowed the cue ball, he sizes everything up before he eats it."]
[TV show: deadwood]
[celebrity news event: brad and angelina]
[reality show: the amazing race]
[item of clothing you received/bought: do shoes count as clothing? no? wool coat then]
[crisis (personal): crises? what crises?]
[crisis (worldwide): where to begin? killer weather, crazy oil prices, war, poverty, bird flu, etc.]
[memory: so many, and they're all mine, not sharing]
[new thing you tried: scotch, and it's pretty good stuff]
[thing you meant to do this year and didn't: write and submit more fiction]
[thing that changed for you this year (made '05 different from '04): moved from miramichi to sackville]
[thing you used to like and don't anymore: beer]
[hug: there were hugs?]
[epiphany: i can only control my own thoughts and actions]
[thing that made you feel old: any time my arthritis was in flare]
[thing that made you feel young: walking]
[idea you had: i have so many, who can keep track?]
[mistake you made: believing fairytales]
[drink you had: the bowmore sherry cask]
[thing you can hope for in the coming year: mo' money!]

Mood: bit achy but trying to ignore it
Drinking: organic orange pekoe
Listening To: partying in the street
Hair: pulled back with stragglies