Z o r bl o g

[inspired by Meegan]

January 2004
• Woke up on New Years Day with a raging hangover and declared not to worship Porcelain God for at least the next 365 days.
• Met Meredi for the first time.

February 2004
• Learned CPR & First Aid; promptly forgot it all after the exam.
• Taught step for the first time.
• Watched an idiot drive into a brick wall.
• bought really expensive pants.

March 2004
• Terrorized PETA.
• Got righteously pissed over piano exams.
• Developed pho addiction.

April 2004
• Blogged a lot about hockey.
• Bought a really expensive purse.
• Swore not to drink cola for a year. HA HA HA!

May 2004
• Got bit by a rabid artichoke.
• Got a flat tire on the highway.
• Fell in love with Marmite.

June 2004
• Declare my hatred for all things political, went to vote anyways, and felt horrible afterwards.
• Got certified as a fitness instructor.
• Saw a movie.

July 2004
• Started a job at a gym.
• Got really depressed over a lot of things. Wished on a blue moon that things would get better.
• Indulged in retail therapy in hopes that depression would go away. It didn't.

August 2004
• Bought swank new cell phone.
• Broke up with boyfriend. Hooked up with new (and current) boyfriend soon after.
• Start moblogging; get totally fed up with Textamerica within 2 weeks and move the whole shebang to Flickr.

September 2004
• Got my hair chopped off.

October 2004
• Started personal trainer certification.
• Discovered Terra Blues potato chips.
• Looked at a lot of vibrating plastic penises on Halloween with the boyfriend.

November 2004
• Passed personal trainer written exam.
• Lamented about discontinued products.

December 2004
• Went to Cuba.
• Modelled lingerie.

Bring on 2005.

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[stolen from Jenn]
1. What did you do in 2004 that you’d never done before?
Visit a foreign country other than the US.

2. Did you keep your new year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
Had to take a look back to see what I wrote last year. I've done well on most resolutions, except that my posture still sucks.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Nope.

4. Did anyone close to you die?
No, and too bad, I could use some funeral money.

5. What countries did you visit?
Cuba.

6. What would you like to have in 2005 that you lacked in 2004?
Money.

7. What dates from 2004 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
December 16, the day we left for Cuba, and whatever day that Greg and I first got it on, sometime in June.

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Getting certified as a group fitness instructor.

9. What was your biggest failure?
To not pass the piano exam. To not be financially stable. To have worse self-esteem than ever.

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Recurring wrist tendonitis, plantar fasciitis, sprained ankle.

11. What was the best thing you bought?
My Sony Ericsson Z600 cell phone.

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
Definitely not my mom's.

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
See #12.

14. Where did most of your money go?
Groceries and gas and clothes.

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Getting jobs teaching fitness at 2 gyms.

16. What song will always remind you of 2004?
Seether feat. Amy Lee - Broken

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

a) happier or sadder? Happier!
b) thinner or fatter? thinner, by a hair.
c) richer or poorer? about the same.

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

19. What do you wish you’d done less of?
Spend money. Eat potato chips.

20. How did you be spend Christmas?
Doing nothing.

21. Did you fall in love in 2004?
Definitely.

22. How many one-night stands?
None!

23. What was your favorite TV program?
I hate TV.

24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
I hate lots of people.

25. What was the best book you read?
I didn't read any books in 2004.

26. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Rob Zombie.

27. What did you want and get?
A boyfriend who loves me.

28. What did you want and not get?
To be a size 0. To have 6 pack abs.

29. What was your favorite film of this year?
I saw 2 this year and I loved one of them, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.

30. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I hosted a piano recital for my students, then went out for Japanese food and got wasted on sake.

31.What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Moving into my own place.

32. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2004?
Lululemon. Old Navy kids. American Eagle.

33. What kept you sane?
Greg.

34. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Not exactly 'fancy' but Britney Spears is like a train wreck that you can't ignore.

35. What political issue stirred you the most?
Those right wing freaks taking over in the US.

36. Who did you miss?
I miss Greg whenever we're not together.

37. Who was the best new person you met?
Meredi.

38. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2004.
Your parents may turn on you someday.

39. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
"I got an F and C and I got a K too and the only thing that's missing is a bitch like U." -- Marilyn Manson

Posted by Zorbs at 08:33 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)

• black cardigan with ribbon tie front and faux-fur collar, $10
• purple/brown flowery dress, $36, regular price $145.
• long brown velvet skirt, $39 (75% off)
• black ribbed tie shoulder sweater, $18
• 2 pairs of super dangly chandelier earrings

Posted by Zorbs at 03:26 PM | Permalink

...people to clean the ice off the roofs of their cars so that the pieces do not become flying objects of death on the highway? Well, except for the fucko driving the yallow H2, dropping 1 square foot ice bombs in his wake. From him, asshattish behaviour is expected.

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I have returned. Organizing pictures and doing laundry.

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All my bags are packed and ready to go. Are 4 bathing suits and 4 pairs of shoes enough? Today, Wednesday December 15, 2004, will go down on record as one of the worst days ever. One can only hope the next week will be better. Back on the 23rd.

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I think there should be Christmas albums by metal bands.

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The World's Largest Poutine will be cooked up on Saturday December 11 from 2-4pm at Dundas Square in Toronto. It will consist of:

• 1520 fresh cut potatoes
• 88.5 litres of Trans fat free gravy
• 54 kilos of cheese curd
• cooked in Trans fat free sunflower oil
...for a total cooked weight of over 700 pounds! [from newyorkfries.com]

Oh my gaaaawwwd. It's been a long time since I've had some poutine greasy fry carb death. So their fries are now trans-fat free. Unfortunately, that still doesn't make them health food.

[link from Accordion Guy]

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One long, long week until we leave for Cuba.

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I finally decided to try my hand at the snowflake making after seeing Kelly's phallic affair.

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Dear Mats,
Whatever possessed you to shave your head? You now look like a blond Mark Messier. It does not camouflage your ever-widening bald spot, instead, people look at you and say, "Hrrrm, that guy shaved his head to try and hide his bald spot."

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I want to listen to sappy love songs all day because my boyfriend is so damn wonderful. :love

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Ummm, yeah.

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