Totally stealing this from the lovely Miss Alice, because I always enjoyed doing this types of questionnaires in middle school, where the questions were like, "What's your favorite type of ice cream?" and depending on what you answered, it predicted your future husband. You know you did those, too, don't even play.
2011 in 30
Told a boy I had feelings for him without knowing whether he had them for me. Got a talent agent. Was an extra in a movie, and got paid for it. Applied to grad school. Flew on an airplane up the coast by myself.
2) Did you keep your New Year Resolutions?
I'm pretty sure my new year's resolution last year was... just not to quit. I had graduated college and was tackling professional theatre with all the gusto I had. And I just kept telling myself not to quit. Instead, to learn. To get better. I think I've done a pretty good job of that, even if it has been really hard at moments where I wanted to do was say "sionara" forever.
3) Did anyone close to you give birth?
Some people I knew from high school but who I don't talk to anymore did. So, no.
4) Did anyone close to you die?
No. Thankfully.
5)What countries did you visit?
Uh... this one.
6) What would you like to have in 2012 that you lacked in 2011?
A paying job in theatre that lasts longer than a day. More confidence in myself. More drive and peace to take that confidence and really make something of it. A place of my own.
7)What date from 2011 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
Well, last year's new year's celebrations were pretty spectacular. Midnight butterbeers in Hogsmeade; spending new year's day at Universal, riding roller coasters with some of my best friends. And April 30th. April 30th was a pretty big deal. (I'll give you a hint: that day involves The Man.)
8) What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Learning to trust the process of new love. Learning to take the doubt I had in myself and turn it into something useful.
9) What was your biggest failure?
Huh. Not spending enough time with my friends, telling them how much they mean to me. Not doing the same for my family.
10) Did you suffer illness or injury?
Pfffft. Are you kidding? Aside from the stupid stuff like the cold I am currently suffering from, I have two cysts and carpel tunnel in my right wrist (still don't have the funds for surgery yet); I've dealt with an awful lot of pain from my problematic reproductive system, including a scare involving cervical cancer; my vocal chords are shot to hell and the doctor I saw about them didn't help one bit, other than charge me lots of random body parts for his stupidity; probably more stuff, but I'm in a DayQuil-coma, so I can't think anymore.
11)What was the best thing you bought?
Tickets to take me and The Man to Universal Studios for new year's. Tickets to see Idina Menzel in concert this summer. A portrait of my mom, drawn by one of my really good friends, that I gave to her for Christmas. Lancelot, my Lenovo laptop.
12)Where did most of your money go?
The Abyss that all actors' money goes to. Mostly gas, travel expenses, eating out.
13) What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Seeing Idina Menzel in concert. Returning to Harry Potter World for another amazing new year's eve. The prospect that I might just have the stuff to make it in an MFA program.
14)What song will always remind you of 2011?
"Little Lion Man" and "White Blank Page" -- both by Mumford & Sons
15) Compared to this time last year, are you?
Happier or sadder -
I'd say... happier? I was happy a year ago. I think now it just comes with more
understanding as to why.
Older or wiser -
Both. Definitely both. But mostly the second one.
Thinner or fatter -
Actually, I have gained weight. Thanks, awkward hormone therapy.
Richer or poorer -
Marginally in possession of more money.
16) What do you wish you'd done more of?
I wish I had been cast more. But that's not something I have control over. Saving money. Loving on other people. Dancing.
17) What do you wish you had done less of?
Worrying. Doubting myself.
18) How did you spend Christmas?
At home, with my family, in my pjs and a DayQuil-induced coma. With lots of hot chocolate.
19) Did you fall in love in 2011?
Still in the process.
20) What was your favorite TV program?
Castle. Parenthood. Watching all of Avatar: The Last Airbender with The Man.
21)Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
No. And I do my best not to hate people, anyway. Even if I don't like them, I try to have love for them, because people are people.
22)What was the best book you read?
Ooh. That's tough. I loved The Hunger Games. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood. And there are about fifteen plays I could rattle off as life-changing...
23) What was your greatest musical discovery?
This.
24) What did you want and get?
For Christmas, two tickets to see Bernadette Peters perform in February. Also, an opportunity to fall in love with my best friend again. And to learn.
25)What did you want and not get?
A job in theatre.
26) What as your favorite film of the year?
Hmm. I do not rightly know. I don't often get to go to the movies, so my favorite would probably have to be something older that i saw for the first time. Also, the experience (not so much the film itself) of going to the midnight premier of the final HP movie. That was fun.
27) What did you do on your birthday? How old were you?
I turned 23. And I was in Boston staying with family, it was the day before a big audition, and my cousin's husband surprised me by taking me to see Mary Poppins at the Boston Opera House. It was magical.
28) What kept you sane?
The Man. Prayer. Letting myself cry when I needed to. Getting away and being by myself outside. Talking about things with my amazing support group of friends. My music.
29) Tell a life lesson you learned.
It's okay not to always meet your own expectations. Things will never turn out exactly the way you imagine. And it's okay to accept that they don't, and just enjoy how far you've come anyway. And it's so valuable to trust, and to learn to put your own selfishness aside in favor of honoring someone else.
30) What song lyric sums up your year?
Can you lie next to her
And give her your heart, your heart
As well as your body
And can you lie next to her
And confess your love, your love
As well as your folly
And can you kneel before the king
And say I'm clean, I'm clean
But tell me now, where was my fault
In loving you with my whole heart?
Oh tell me now, where was my fault
In loving you with my whole heart
A white blank page and a swelling rage, rage
You did not think when you sent me to the brink, the brink
You desired my attention but denied my affections, my affections
So tell me now, where was my fault
In loving you with my whole heart?
Oh tell me now, where was my fault
In loving you with my whole heart
Lead me to the truth and I will follow you with my whole life
Lead me to the truth and I will follow you with my whole life
("White Blank Page" -- Mumford & Sons)
'Cause I need freedom now and I need to know how to live my lief as it's meant to be.
("The Cave" -- Mumford & Sons)
1 comments:
Oh, I'm totally stealing this. But since I told you about it, it's not really stealing anymore...right? -.o
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