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Baaaaa! Here follows a year-by-year rundown of this decade.
( 2000 )

( 2001 )

( 2002 )

( 2003 )

( 2004 )

( 2005 )

( 2006 )

( 2007 )

( 2009 )

( 2009 )

I've probably left out loads of events. This is more meant as a selection rather than a complete history.

This meme seems to be doing the rounds again. (The one where people give you five topic, possibly taken from your interest list, and you write a little about each). valkyriekaren's selection is as follows:
( here be 5: bellringing, conway's life, lookiing at the stars, rain, snakeboards )
* * * *

Several months ago when a variation of this meme was doing the rounds (topics chosen by the asker rather than picked from ones profile), faerierhona gave me these 5:

( here be 5 more: maths,Extra terrestrial life, music, spirtuality, Rhona  )
Who wants 5?

Seen on stephmog's journal, but the idea seems to have originated from someone calling themself Triplux.

The Mission:
Complete 101 preset tasks in a period of 1001 days.
( rest of description )

My deadline is Sunday, November 16th 2008

Academic / Qualifications:
1. Gain my PPL
2. Gain my CBT
3. Go on a first aid course
4. Regain skills in German
5. Pass stage 2 BSL
6. Learn hypnotism
7. Using the above, cure or abate someone's phobia (current target is my sister's vertigo and associated fear of flying)
8. Learn to cook a curry
9. Learn 50 new words
10. Take another advanced driving course
( Rest of list beneath here )

Ok, so I've copied a few from other lists I've seen, but I view this as an excercise in achievement, not one of creativity.

Who else wants to join me in this quest?

Legend:
Italic shows events partially complete or planned for completion
Strike-through shows tasks that have been achieved

What did you do in 2005 that you'd never done before?
Live on my own.

Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I don't think I made any - I don't usually. *checks* OK, so I made one: To get my PPL. In retrospect, it wasn't plausible due to my previous job with the insane hours. I guess I'd like to renew that one.

Did someone close to you give birth?
Noone comes to mind.

Did anyone close to you die?
No, thankfully. Each year this question fills me with dread; I wonder how long it will be before I give the opposite answer.

What countries did you visit?
Wales. Scotland. Ireland. All for work, though I made an effort to tie in some pleasure elements with the trips to Scotland :-)

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Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2005:
4 inter-connected statements: Life's too short; do not hesitate. Instincts are often accurate. Trust your first impressions and have the confidence to act on them. Things will eventually sort themselves out.

Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
Not just for semantic content, but just because I love bounciness of the song:

I cannot turn my feelings down.
Beyond my means to turn my thoughts around,
Expressed in every word I will ever speak.

It's been a while since I've filled in a survey thingy, so I've decided to do this one.

THREE NAMES YOU GO BY:
1. Matt
2. Matthew
3. -

THREE SCREEN NAMES YOU HAVE HAD:
1. mattp
2. matthewp
3. lunar

THREE PHYSICAL THINGS YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:
1. Height
2.
3.

THREE PHYSICAL THINGS YOU DON'T LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:
1. Greying hair
2. Foot drop
3. Arms

THREE PARTS OF YOUR HERITAGE:
1. Divorced parents
2. Southerner
3.

THREE THINGS THAT SCARE YOU:
1. Bees / Wasps
2. Rollercoasters
3.

THREE OF YOUR EVERYDAY ESSENTIALS:
1. Music
2. Internet
3. Caffeine

THREE THINGS YOU ARE WEARING RIGHT NOW:
1. T-shirt
2. Black trousers
3. Undies

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE BANDS OR MUSICAL ARTISTS:
1. Sigur Ros
2. Levellers
3. Penguin Cafe Orchestra

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE SONGS: (right now)
1. Penguin Cafe Orchestra - Dirt
2. Sigur Ros - Svefn G Englar
3. Gene - You'll Never Walk Again ( a bit sentimental, this one)

THREE THINGS YOU WANT IN A RELATIONSHIP:
1. A friend
2. Sharing (time, friends, possessions, whatever)
3. Independence

TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE (in no particular order):
1. I used to be a sex addict
2. I want to give up IT
3. I want to have children

THREE PHYSICAL THINGS ABOUT THE PREFERRED SEX THAT APPEAL TO YOU:
This is so tough for me to assess - though I notice physical features, they are rarely decidinf factors
1.
2.
3.

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE HOBBIES:
1. Talking to people online
2. Writing computer software / bughunting
3. Flying

THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO REALLY BADLY RIGHT NOW:
1. Go flying
2. Snuggle
3. Eat

THREE CAREERS YOU'RE CONSIDERING/YOU'VE CONSIDERED:
1. Pilot
2. Air Traffic Controller
3. Driving Instructor

THREE PLACES YOU WANT TO GO ON VACATION:
1. Japan
2. Germany
3. USA

THREE KID'S NAMES YOU LIKE:
Boys:
1. Steven
2. Michael
3. Robin

Girls:
1. Catherine
2. Caroline
3. Sarah

THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE:
1. Gain my pilot's licence
2. Parachute jump
3. Live in another country

THREE WAYS THAT YOU ARE STEREOTYPICALLY A BOY:
1. Pride in bodily functions :-)
2. I eat with my hands
3. I wear trousers

THREE WAYS THAT YOU ARE STEREOTYPICALLY A GIRL:
1. I'm quite emotional
2. I'm not a huge fan of football
3. I watch what I eat

THREE CELEB CRUSHES:
Hmm. I don't think I have any. I guess I could list some of the ex crushes I've had
1. Brian Molko
2. Natalia Imbruglia
3.

THREE PEOPLE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE TAKE THIS QUIZ NOW:
1. softfruit
2. lyra
3. earwigmc


I've been pondering revamping my userinfo rather than just the occasional tweak I give it every few weeks. I might go back over the past surveys I've done and just do a lazy c&p :-)

New layout

Here are 10 things that I've done that I don't think a lot of you will have done

1) Piloted a plane out of Manchester International Airport
2) Been on prime time TV as one of the starssubjects
3) Modelled for a photoshoot for a online porn site
4) Nearly drowned at the age of 3
5) Bit hit by a car... twice.
6) Been an studio engineer, editor and presenter at a radio station... sometimes all 3 at the same time.
7) Travelled abroad alone at the age of 12.
8) Held a belching contest with my mum... and lost.
9) Been to a wedding with members of the royal family as brides maids.
10)Been for a bungee jump

It was tough keeping these clean such that I could make it an unlocked post. I might consider making an alternative version ;-)

For each of these, please pick which you feel is most appropriate to describe me.
Feel free to leave out any questions you don't want to answer. Steal and modify as desired.

[Poll #403144]

Rules: add all of your MP3s to a playlist, and put it on random for 15 tracks. List those which play, and NO CHEATING ;-)

OPM - Menace To Sobriety - Trucha
Moby - 18 - Another Woman
Gene - Little Child
Grandaddy - Now It's On
Muse - Overdue
JJ72 - Long Way South
Suede - This Hollywood Life
U2 - If God Will Send His Angels
Flock O' Seagulls - I Ran
Metallica - The Unforgiven II
James - Sound
Moldy Peaches - Steak For Chicken (Live)
Belle And Sebastian - We Rule The School
Garbage - I Think I'm Paranoid
Bis - Protection

Only two in there that I'm less keen on - but I do try to keep only music that I like, rather than collecting it for the sake of it.

The last round of questions I answered was last July. Anyway, the rules are simple. Leave a comment asking me 5 questions - I'll write an entry with the answers. Similarly post an invite for questions in your own journal and answer them as people respond.


( Questions from trishpiglet )
Wow, those were interesting questions. I enjoyed answering them - lots to think about. Anyone else want a turn?