January
Was a particularly turbulent time for me in terms of job satisfaction. Not a lot more occupied my thoughts or journal entries.
There was the Counting Crows gig, which despite the poor venue was fantastic.

February
This was the month that I went to a Jackass liveshow and lost what little respect I ever had for my now-ex-housemate.


March
Wow. Seeing this month's summary reminds me of what tripe I write. A couple of
insignificant events, though nothing worth linking to here.

April
Visited my dad in Portsmouth before he set sail for the eatern med.
M+G announced plans to move out (boo to the first, yay to the second) so I was potentially able to look for people to form a geekhousehold.

May
Almost lost* my thumb, rediscovered mountain dew. The most significant event was The Birthday Bash where I met loads of new LiveJournal people. I don't get to see some of you nearly often enough, but you help keep me sane.

June
My first audio entry and several months before LiveJournal announced their own facility to do the same :-)
Thought I'd found somewhere to live, but it turns out I was tempting fate.
Went to a funky BBQ at tax's place where a few of us went on a midnight stroll from Bollington to almost Partington and back, a round trip of 8 miles (I think).


July
My first IRC meetup and saw my Dad and stepmum before they left to go sailing round the world.

Also had one of those life-changing occurances, though for undesirable reasons.
Went to the Air Guitar Championships.


August
Went to BiCon, another life-changing event. Sadly I didn't write it up but several small yet significant events happened.
Finally moved house. It's very cramped having come to a flat from a house, but despite the expense I like living here. It's close to work and my friends and it's easy to travel around Manchester.

September
Generally a good month. Went to see a lot of live music - A Perfect Circle and a few local bands.

October
Went to London for faerierhona's birthday for the weekend, also managed to catch up with my sister.
Had a bit of a health scare. redisovered mountain dew. Got drunk for the first and only time this year.

November
Went to Germany. Quite an ausming story; I'd booked the days of work before knowing that I wanted to go somewhere at the time not having decided exactly where. The day before I left I announced somewhat off-handedly that I was going to Germany. So I did :-)

This was the month I received 400 text messages in a single evening and lived to tell the tale.

December
Fell way behind with updating my journal, having made maybe 3 bursts of backdated entries. (Still got to do the one I mentioned here
After many setbacks, finally went on the training course for the APAUSE program. Made contact with a long-lost relative. Met up with a couple of friends I knew in my first year at uni. Re-discovered 80s TV cheese. Had a dream which I still think about, even now. It's had a surprisingly profound effect on me. had some fucking fantastic news - and there's more. I'll write about that later though, as I'm about to head out to the party at david's place.

Wow. That took a while to write. And I while to read, I'm sure ;-)

Have a great New Year, whatever you're doing.

Update: 2004-01-02T01:02
Links for the month are now fixed, instead of all pointing to January

If you were to make an 80 minute CD of the kind of music that you listen to, in order to describe your taste to someone else, what would go on it?

( My selection...: )

My favourite entry from my LJ this year is the one titled And you may ask yourself "Well, how did I get here?"

My favourite entry from all of my friends LJs this year is probably hoopycat's Something only a radio geek can grok.

roosterbear's life story was also very moving - "Favourite" seems a bit insenstive for that post. Perhaps "Most thought provoking". But I wanted a single entry, rather than lots of different categories.

I can't find that entry though - so perhaps someone could post a comment giving its location? (It's a protected entry so not all will be able appreciate it, and also why I've not said what it contains)

This time from mrph

Do you like to:

1. Give hugs?: Yes, definitely.
   
2. Give back rubs?: Yes. Whether I'm any good at them is a different question.
   
3. Take walks in the rain?: Sometimes. Depends on how windy it is. I hate it when the rain stings my eyes.
   
4. You ever have that falling dream?: Yes
   
5. What is on the walls of your room?: Books, and a few Mr. Men posters
   
6. When you chew gum, what kind?: I don't really like gum much
   
7. Do you use chap stick?: No.
   

In the last year have/did you...

1. Drink?: Yes.
   
2. Smoke?: No
   
3. Drugs?: No
   
4. Go on a date?:Yes.
   
5. Go to the mall?: Yes.
   
6. Eaten an entire box of Oreos?: No. Entire tubes of Pringles, yes.
   
7. Eaten sushi?: Ewww, no.
   
8. Been on stage?: No.
   
9. Been dumped?: No.
   
10. Watched The Smurfs?: No.
    
11. Climbed a mountain?: No.
    
12. Made homemade cookies?: No, but I did bake a cake.
    
13. Been in love?: Yes
    

More stuff:

1. Are you popular?: Not especially, but those who are my friends are particularly close.
   
2. Are you pretty?:Some would say yes, but my self opinion won't allow me to believe it.
   
3. What is your favorite word to say: Dunno - I'd never given it much thought.
   
4. What is your favorite phrase:Same as above
   
5. What song are you listening to?: Nothing - I'm at work.
   
6. What are you wearing?: Grey T-shirt, black machine-knitted sweater, black trousers and black shoes.
   

references-pick.

1. Cold or hot?: Cold
   
2. Lace or satin?: Satin.
   
3. Blue or Red?:Blue
   
4. New or old?:New
   
5. Rain or snow?:Rain - especially if accompanied by thunder.
   
6. Give or receive?: Give
   
7. Wool or cotton?: Cotton
   
8. Rose or Daisy?: Rose
   
9. Private school or public school?: Arrrgghh! I hated school.
   
10. Chocolate milk or plain milk?: Chocolate - without the milk :-)
    
11. Celsius or Fahrenheit?: Celsius
    
12. Spring or Fall?: Autumn.
    
13. Now or then?: Now.
    
14. English or Math?: Maths
    
15. Bath or shower?: Shower
    
16. Bedtime phrase?: Don't have one
    
17. Self-stick or lick?: lick
    
18. Cursive or print?: Print - but typing is better
    
19. Do you like surprises?: Depends.
    
20. Paranoid or Cautious?: Paranoid - defintely
    
21. Heights or Crowds?: Heights
    
22. Half-full or half-empty?: 50 % de-void of liquid content
    
23. Top or bottom?:Bottom
    
24. Do you/Would you dye your hair?: Yes - blue or purple highlights. When I get around to it.
    
25. Speeding or running red lights?: Neither, thanks.
    
26. Gold or silver?: Silver
    
27. Bad habits?: Yes - chewing my nails
    
28. Piercing?: Yes, one in my lower lip. I'm pondering getting my naval pierced.
    
29. Erogenous Zone(s)?: Spine, especially the base, and my upper arms.
    
30. "Maybe" or "Mebbe?": Maybe.
    
31. What do you wish you'd done?: I've very few regrets. Nothing comes immediately to mind.
    
32. Fetish?: Long, dyed or braided hair and piercings.
    
33. Do you have one of THOSE voices?: Huh?
    
34. Neurotic or psychotic?: Psychotic, probably.
    
35. Do you talk to yourself?: Rarely, but I do think out loud quite often.

From mrph, who got it from purplerabbits. ( Read far too much personal stuff about me here )

I saw this in Softfruit's lj, so I decided to take the test myself.

Take the Affliction Test Today!

I AM 43% GOTH.

Oh My Goth! You Goth, Girl. There is a good chance I am bi. Freakiness pumps through my viens, but I can still laugh at myself.

Take the GOTH test
That description is scarily accuarate.

I was just reading through entries of my jivejournal friends and found that one had taken personality test, so I did it too. Here are the results:

Disorder	Rating
Paranoid:	Low
Schizoid:	Low
Schizotypal:	High
Antisocial:	Low
Borderline:	Moderate
Histrionic:	Moderate
Narcissistic:	Low
Avoidant:	High
Dependent:	High
Obsessive-Compulsive:	High
-- Click Here To Take The Test --