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2006: The Ordinary, or the Exceptional?

neukoln

12:19 / 17.12.05

Looking back over 2005 I've had an interesting year. The highs have been higher, and the lows lower than ever before. [Being bi-polar my peaks are getting peakier and my troughs troughier.] For all the technicolor of my 2005 personal universe, I'd gladly them trade them for a beige 2006.

So I am hoping for a 2006 of porridge and water, rather than a repeat of the famine/feast 2005. So, I've bought big knickers, and tossed out my g-strings. Out has also gone my 5-year plan. I'll be sitting on my hands in 2006.

What about you? 2006: Have you had enough, or do you want more?

COG

16:29 / 17.12.05

I want more. The last year has been a pretty good one after 2 or 3 bad ones, so bring it on. I feel pretty enthusiastic for people and things, and I have a vague plan for the first time in my life. Work is bearable and the people are great. I'm even in the mood for meeting someone special, if they come along.

solid~liquid onwards

22:55 / 17.12.05

2005 started shit, i mean really shit but it got better and things gradually got groovier, i left uni, did the paris dakar rally route and made a film. Then i started real work. poo. but with the money i got all the shiny film equipment i wanted. A fair trade off.

Im going to make 2006 my year of liberation. By febuary i'll have started my own videography business and i can say goodbye to bosses. At the end of the summer im selling my flat, which has (supposedly) increased in value and im going to use the profit to build an ecohouse in the Highlands (of scotland). This has been my medium term plan since i was about 13. Ecohouse= freedom. Please let it be. I will make it be.

Alex's Grandma

23:49 / 17.12.05

In 2005, I think a lot of things passed me by because I was too wrapped up in myself, and wasn't really paying perhaps as much attention as I should have been to what was going on around me. Was I too solopsistic? Possibly, possibly.

But that was last year - In 2006, then, I'm going to be at least trying to do what I can to watch a bit more telly.

---

00:28 / 18.12.05

I'm not expecting anything to be honest. I've found that life seems to give you what's best for you (even if you can't see it at first.) no matter what, so I'll just head into it without wanting anything and it should be as interesting as ever.

edit > I wrote this after going out and getting drunk and stoned for hours, so I don't know how right it is.......I still have a hangover though and can't decide.

Thaddeus "B." Glands

21:39 / 18.12.05

Over the last year I've learned quite a lot about myself and I'm now in a place where I'm really comfortable with both myself and the people around me. All I really want for the next year is the opportunity to stay in the same place. For as long as possible.

chiaroscuroing

23:46 / 18.12.05

There's an old Mongolian saying, 'the old bucket is only empty because you haven't poured enough sheeps blood in, fast enough.'

I hope for more, more good people, more memories, more moments, more things to do, more things to chase, more things to be chased by, more places to be in, more places to travel to, for late nights and early mornings, for snow, for things to be hard, to feel utterly exhausted by, more chances for redemption and forgiveness, more chances to inspire hope. And more Mongolian sayings.

pointless & uncalled for

10:19 / 19.12.05

2005 was not the usual Argos Catalogue of Poo that regularly endeavours to pervade my life. Following on from that little success I have the grandiose plan to cycle across Canada over the summer of 2006.

Naturally I have set my expectations of the year pretty damn high. Should those expectations fail to be met then someone will be made to suffer. I realise that this person is most likely to be me but I fully intend to make them suffer very hard.

neukoln

06:29 / 20.12.05

[off topic]
"Naturally I have set my expectations of the year pretty damn high. Should those expectations fail to be met then someone will be made to suffer. I realise that this person is most likely to be me but I fully intend to make them suffer very hard."

Beautiful. I can see myself plagiarising this, often.
[/off topic]

mistress_swank

10:23 / 20.12.05

The first half of 2005 was brilliant, but after getting a swift kick in the karmic arse for my thirtieth birthday, things went seriously downhill seriously fast.

Peace, the pacific ocean and really good planter's punch in 2006!

Ganesh

22:06 / 21.12.05

I want a little more stability career-wise ie. permanent posts rather than long-term locums. 2006 will be our first full year in the new flat, and I'm desperate to see which of the things I've planted in pots on the roof terrace actually grow. And I want the climbers to thicken out and get jungly.

Kali, Queen of Kitteh

02:01 / 22.12.05

As I get older--and more about that in some other thread--I tend to want to do two things: continue high expectations, or settle for the inevitable boring dread of reality. The latter (and fucking John Hughes films) are why I have decided to abandon the idea of a gorgeous cinematic New Year's Eve. But more on that somewhere more appropriate.

I turned 29 this year. The last year of my twenties and I am having panic attacks again. So for 2006, this is what I want, and what I must make happen:

* free myself of all outstanding debts
* hopefully meet a nice guy (or barring that, then stop being attracted to guys who are fantastic-looking, but have all the intelligence of a bar of soap)
* move overseas for an extended period of time because I've always wanted to
* learn to master risotto. God, I suck at it.

I'm sure I can think of more at some point.

Tuna Ghost: Pratt knot hero

04:20 / 22.12.05

2005 sucked sour frog ass for me (president Bush as well, I imagine). I am reminded of the curse "may you live in interesting times". This year was interesting, certainly a learning experience, but I could do with some dullness.

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