A wise man once said....

‘you don’t’ win friends with salad’.

This could also apply to one night stands and blog post readers.

Or not.

So I’m back. The aged entries have been cleared and archived, although I cringe to think for what reason I would ever be resurrecting them. Consuming a bucket of margarita mix could prove to be the only exception but the parameters to their location have more booby traps than Indiana Jones and the Holy Grail.

It’s a new year and new me! …or is that a new you? Damn you Jenny Craig.

I owe my friend Teo for pestering me to get this blog back up and running, probably to save his inbox from my random and at times….tedious emails more than anything else.
To further celebrate my uniqueness and originality here is a questionnaire poached from Involmat to get you up to speed on the closing months of 2008.

1. What did you do in 2008 that you’d never done before? Oh wow…ah, nothing actually. Off to a great start with this.

2. Did you keep your new year resolutions, and will you make more for next year? I didn’t make any last year but I have a made a couple for this year.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth? A couple of cousins of mine gave birth. My family breed a lot. So there is usually at least one new baby every year.

4. Did anyone close to you die? No (touch wood)

5. What countries did you visit? Does Perth count? No?....ok
6. What would you like to have in 2009 that you lacked in 2008?

7. What dates from 2008 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? February 28th, it’s the day I met my new boy *gush*. 1st January as I was at Falls Festival with my Mandy girl and the 6th August as it was the day I started my new job.

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? Surviving it? ....Changing jobs

9. What was your biggest failure? Letting my anxiety get the better of me at times

10. Did you suffer illness or injury? Only the occasional bug and cold

11. What was the best thing you bought? A king size bed

12. Whose behaviour merited celebration? The alarm clock radio for finding a station other than MMM in the morning. Thank christ.

13. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed? My ex CEO. That’ll teach him for forgetting my name in front of everyone and running an ICT department and its staff into the ground.

14. Where did most of your money go? Up the wall on booze and food

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about? I got really really really excited about Falls Festival and quitting my last job
16. What song will always remind you of 2008? Noah and the Whale, 5 Years time

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
(a) Happier or Sadder? I would like to think I am a little happier
(b) Thinner or Fatter? Ahh definitely fatter
(c) Richer or Poorer? Earning more money but still just as poor…hmmm?

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

19. What do you wish you’d done less of? Telling jokes, I am really bad at it

20. How did you spend Christmas in 2008? With my family down the south coast

21. Did you fall in love in 2008? Yup

22. How many one-night stands? One, but we are still together, I guess that doesn’t count then eh.

23. What was your favourite TV program? Hmmm, farmer wants a wife?

24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year? Not really

25. What was the best book you read? I started 5 and finished none but I think that says more about me than the books

26. What was your greatest musical discovery? Fat Freddy’s Drop and The Cold War Kids

27. What did you want and get? To gain valuable experience and skill in the work place

28. What did you want and not get? Rockstar status

29. What was your favourite film of for 2008? I didn’t really watch any. The one movie I did go and see was tropic thunder and it was dog shit …..fucking Tom Cruise trying to be a funny c@nt by dancing to R&B. Sides are still splitting Tom!! Ya Loser.

30. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you? 25 – Got taken on a romantic dinner date and caught up with a few friends.

31. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? Winning lotto

32. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2008? Whatever was clean and washed at the time

33. What kept you sane? Alcohol...I mean music as well as my friends and family

34. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? It is and always will be ….Brandon Flowers.

35. What political issue stirred you the most? It's got to be Obama's vitory speech ....'I have a dream'....oh wait

36. Who did you miss? My sister

37. Who was the best new person you met? The Boy

38. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2008? That there are too many people being paid way too much money who are completely and utterly useless at their job

39. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year? 'Most people I know, think that I'm Craaayyyyaaayyyzeeeee eeee ee'

40. What are your resolutions for 2009? Become CCNA certified. Quit my job and travel for at least 3 - 4 months