Finish, sum up, conclude.

Wow, so like....

It's 2015.

It just hit me.... last night.... around 12pm.... that it's 2015. What? Why? What the freak happened to that fabulous thing called Time?

Anyway, so, I kind of have a tradition where I do this tag at the end of every year. I just think it's a good way to sum up the last twelve months, and it's nice to have something that I do every year, you know?

So here we go!

1.) What did you do in 2013 that you’d never done before?
     Got employed. BORING RIGHT?

2.) Did you keep your New Years’ resolutions, and will you make one this year?
     Phffft. Resolutions.

I'm afraid of commitment.

3.) Did anyone close to you give birth?
     My sisters did. I'm am an aunt x13. (I don't remember their birthdays. I'm a terrible aunt.)

4.) Did anyone close to you die?
     Not that I know of. I mean... unless I'm like horrifically out of the loop. (And then, in that case, ignorance is bliss, right?)
  
5.) What countries/states did you visit?
     #Broke #coward #Idontleavehome

6.) What would you like to have in 2015 that you lacked in 2014?
      A boyfriend. HAAAAAAA! Let's be realistic here. I want a unicorn.
    
7.) What date from 2015 will remain etched upon your memory?   
      March Freaking fourteenth, Jack changed from Blog Friend to Best Friend.

8.) Did you move anywhere?
     Not out of the state.

9.) What was your biggest achievement of the year?
      I did done got a job.

10.) What was your biggest failure?
       Me. I suck.

    
11.) Did you suffer illness or injury?
       I got an extremely painful sore throat. It was bad. (I think that's as bad as I got. I'm an extremely healthy person. *knock on wood*)

12.) What was the best thing you bought?
       I bought a new laptop after my old one exploded in a blaze of fire and smoke.

       Also, this shirt.

13.) Whose behavior merited celebration?
       *squints at acquaintances*

14.) Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
       Oh, a person. Let's say said person is someone I love a lot, but I like the idea of punching Said Person's face.

15.) Where did most of your money go?
        Rent and Christmas.
        WHAT CAN I SAY, I BUY FABULOUS PRESENTS.

16.) What did you get really, really, really excited about?
        Amy opening her fabulous present. (My priorities, right?), Jack's visit. Other stuff.

17.) What was the best concert you’ve been to this year?
        I don't think I went to any this year.
      
18.) What song/album will always remind you of 2014?
        I got both of Christina Perri's albums for my birthday, so those are always going to remind of this year.

But I think the song that's going to make me always think 2014!!!! is probably Hey, Brother.

19.) Compared to this time last year, are you:
       Older, duh! I don't know. I feel sadder.


 20.) What do you wish you’d done more of?
        Drawing. I think this year I might actually have a resolution!! Shocker! 

 Shhhhh, we're not talking about it yet, it's still an idea that's festering.




21.) What do you wish you’d done less of?
        Being angry. I was angry a lot last year.

22.) What was your greatest musical discovery?
        Christina Perri! Oh my gosh, that girl can write pretty music!

23.) How did you spend Christmas?
       Loudly, with lots of laughter and food. We're like the Whos down in Whoville.

24.) How are you spending New Year’s?
       With lots of laughter and food. (We stayed up until midnight watching Flashpoint, because that's the way WE party.)

25.) Who did you spend the most time on the phone with?
        *waves at Gina*

26.) What was the best book you read?
        THE RAVEN BOYS AND SCORPIO RACES AND 100 CUPBOARDS. (which you'd know if you've been following me blog for any length of time.

26.) Did you fall in love in 2013?
       Matt the Staples Guy had me in flutters for a while, but other than that, nah. I'm still a single little potato.

IT'S A SOURCE OF GREAT SADNESS TO ME.

27.) What was your favorite TV show?
        Favorite? SINGULAR? YOU NUTS OR SOMETHING? I don't choose. I am not a chooser.

So list:

Not in order

Prison Break

Flashpoint

Grimm

Supernatural

Doctor Who

 

    
 28.) Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
        Hate's a strong word. I vacillate between loving The Aforementioned Person and viciously wanting to kick The Aforementioned Person.

29.) What did you want and get?
       A cellphone, some Supernatural, books, clothes, a job....

30.) What did you want and not get?
        There is a lack of a male potato. I feel like I'm ready to make small fries now. *wink*

31.) What were your favorite films of this year?    
        Lists are my favorite.

Maze Runner

The Winter Soldier

THAT'S TWO. WHAT THE FREAK. I KNOW I WATCHED MORE.

32.) What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
        I worked all day, and then I opened presents, and then I went swimming, and then I watched a movie, but I forget which movie. I was younger than twenty, but older than eighteen.
      
33.) How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2014?
       I don't know.

34.) What kept you sane?
        I prayed a lot, immersed myself in fandoms and drew. The real world sucks, guys.

35.) Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
        So not over it.

36.) What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
        Not being stressed out all the time.

37.) What political issue stirred you the most?
        I don't do politics. I find them to be deadly dull and depressing

38.) Who did you miss?
       *eyeballs Jack.*
       *waves at Angela*
       *squints at Gina and Laura and families*

39.) Who was the best new person you met?
        Hannah.Face. We bonded over Spike.

40.) Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2014.
       

41.) Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.

        "You're gonna catch a cold, from the ice inside your soul.

 Don't come back for me. Don't come back at all."

42.) Five personally significant events of 2014:
       1.) FREAKING LICENSE
       2.) FREAKING JOB
       3.) Moved out. (it sucks, don't do it.)
       4.) Started using color in my drawings. (I know, such an achievement.)
       5.) Got Cait to fangirl and cackled maliciously as she spiraled down to insanity.

43.) Five things I want to do in 2015:
        1.) Get my life together.
        2.) Get serious about selling my drawings.
        3.) Visit my sisters. 
        4.) Record music.
        5.) Go to Frontsight.

44.) Five people I’d like to know better in 2014:
       People. HA.
       All of you guys.

Aaaaand that's it!
I DARE YOU TO ANSWER THREE QUESTIONS.
It's a dare.

Your mission, should you choose to accept it.....

Cheers and God bless, and HAPPY NEW YEAR. *shoves 2014 into the garbage*

Ich Liebe Dich

Did you know that liebst means love in German? (At least, according to Google Translate.) And did you further know that liebster means dearest? (also according to Da Google) But I don't get why liebster doesn't mean lover, doesn't that make more sense?

So when people nominate you for the Liebster Award, you're actually getting nominated for the Dearest Award.

You're welcome for that random, useless piece of trivia.

Emily the Fabulous, has nominated Me, the Frenchiest Fry, for the Liebster/Dearest/Lover Award.

Danke! (that's German for thank you.)

Le Rules to describe it are as follows and I quote.

1.) Stink
2.) Stank
3.) Stunk!

Ehem. Actually no, that was a Grinch quote. Le rules are in fact:

1. Give 11 facts about yourself.
2. Answer the 11 questions you are given.
3. Nominate 11 other bloggers.
4. Set them 11 questions.
5. Put the award button on your site.

I break rules frequently, because I am like Loki, and I DO WHAT I WANT. So I'm not putting the button on my site. HA. SO THERE, mein liebst. (that's German for my love. WOO!)

Sooooo. I'm going to start with eleven facts about myself. 

1.) I'm reading the 100 Cupboards series. (Are you happy now, Hannah?) AND I LOVE THEM. I literally read the first book in one evening. I was quite unashamedly up too late reading it. And the characters have me itching to draw them because... I art. Next Picture Saturday shall be laden with fanart.

2.) I got Starbucks yesterday and it was delish. 

3.) I'm really sick of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. 

4.) Hunter Hayes's new CD is fabulous, and I might need to do a lyric post featuring one of the songs. 

5.) We went and watched Maze Runner again. It's still super stressful, even when you know what's going to happen.

6.) Contrary to the way I'm flinging German words around in this post, I don't speak a lick of German. I literally know the German I know because of Hogan's Heroes. 

7.) I FINALLY watched the first episode of the new series of Doctor Who and I ALREADY LOVE TWELVE. He's awesome! He's fabulous! He's adorable in a cranky old Scot sort of way. He and Nine are tied for second place in my love of Doctors.

8.) Sometimes when I'm doing deliveries for the florist, I see some pretty frabjous views.

9.) Sometimes when I'm delivering I get stuck in road work for twenty minutes in both directions. 

10.) So then I sang loudly along with the radio (falling in love to the beeeat of the musiiic.) with my windows down and the old guy in the car behind me may or may not have caught my eye in my side mirror and laughed. 

11.) I was very embarrassed.

Now I'm going to answer the Eleven Questions. 

Which are actually twenty-two questions, because I liked Chelsea's.

So Emily's quessies....

1. Which book world would you live in, if you could never return?

    Phhht. I'd live in the wold of Howl's Moving Castle. 

2. Which book world would you travel to for a week before returning?

    Oooh. Ooh. OOOOH. Um. I'd visit Middle Earth. DUH. 

 
3. What book have you been meaning to read forever but just not got round to?

     Ehehe. Previously it would have been 100 Cupboards, but now it's probably... um. I tend to read the books I mean to read. 

4. What book did everyone else love, but you hated?
     BEFORE YOU KILL ME, HEAR ME OUT. I did not like Mockingjay. Mockingjay was depressing. I like my series to end with hope, and it didn't. Also, spoiler alert: I thought it was a bad call to kill Prim. You oughtn't finish a series by killing the character that you started the series to save. And what the heck was up with Gale? 

5. What book were you very sceptical about reading but actually loved?

    Scorpio Races. I was skeptical and I am ashamed. 

6. Fictional crush?

    I expect, since the rest of the questions are about books, that this means, book crush and not TV crush. (eheh. I have too many of those at the moment.) RIGHT NOW? My fictional crush is either Gansey or Ronan. (give me two weeks and it will probably be someone else.) 

7. Most perfect book ending?

    There. Are. So. Many. Um.... Um. Lark is the bomb diggety.

8. What do you do when you're bored?

     I AM THE PINTEREST QUEEN. (never mind that I really need to read and draw more.)

9. When did you last cry, and why? (If you want to tell us!)
    Last week. 

    I was sad. 

   There may have been loneliness involved. 

10. What's your happy song(s)

      Right now, it's Be My Forever by Christina Perri and Ed Sheeran. IT'S SO CUTE. (other times it is You Make Me Smile by Uncle Kracker, which I like because of this video. And this video. 

Be My Forever

We're on top of the world. 

We're on top of the world now, darling,

so don't let go. 

Can I call you mine?

Yeah, can I call you mine for a whole life time?

My heart finally trusts my mind. 

And I know somehow it's right. 

It's just so cute.

11. And finally, what's your sad song(s)?
     Human, by Christina Perri, and Never Grow Up by Taylor Swift.

 AND NOW FOR CHELSEA'S QUESTIONS. BOOM SHOCK CLAP. 

1) If you suddenly found yourself in a do-or-die situation, what would it be? What single item would you want to have with you (yup, I totally stole this question from another blog)?
     Probably a mugging. And I'd like to have a glock, please. 

2) Imagine this: the Doctor shows up at your door one day, asking you to travel time and space with him. The only problem is that you have to leave straight away, without saying goodbye to your family. Would you go?
     Eheh. Fun fact about me: I'm a coward. So... no. I have a problem where I like to be with my family, and I don't like spur-of-the-moment stuff. So.. much as I LOVE the Doctor? No. Probably not. I KNOW. I AM ASHAMED OF MYSELF.

3) What is the worst book you have ever read?
    Probably H.I.V.E. (which stands for the Higher Institute of Villainous Education. Which sounds fabulous. It wasn't. Don't bother.)

4) What is the first thing that comes to mind when I say the word "magic"?

5) Least favourite household chore?
    Bathrooms.
    Like...
    EW.

6) What is your favourite childhood memory?
     I used to bike ride up and down the street with the other kids on the block. All day long. Every day. (You know, back when I had friends, and did not suffer from Social Anxiety.) They've all moved away now.

7) If you got to sing a duet with any musician, who would it be?
    JOSH. FREAKING. GROBAN.
    Or the Piano Guys.
    Or Peter Hollens.

8) What qualities do you look for in your future husband?
    Oh. Well, he'd need to be Catholic. I'd like him to be thoughtful and funny. I think considering my obsession with the fictional worlds, he'd need to be a bit geeky. And if I had my druthers, he'd be able to fight, sing, and teach me to dance.

And that's why I'm going to be single forever.

9) How would you react if you were told that you are actually the long lost queen of Genovia and you must return there with your grandmother and her cool bodyguard, Joey, to learn how to rule a kingdom before you take the throne on your 21st birthday?

Shut up.
Shut up!
SHUT UP!!

(translation: wow, gee wiz, golly wolly.)

10) Would you eat escargot (it's basically a snail pastry)?
       I think I would at least try escargot.
       Caviar on the other hand....

11) *Larry the Cucumber enters the room singing* "And have you ever been to Boston in the faaaaall?"

Ehem. *Treskie clears her throat.*

WELL, I'VE NEVER BEEN TO GREENLAND AND I'VE NEVER BEEN TO DENVER,

AND I'VE NEVER BURIED TREASURE IN ST. LOUIE OR ST. PAUL. 

AND I'VE NEVER BEEN TO MOSCOW AND I'VE NEVER BEEN TO TAMPA, 

AND I'VE NEVER BEEN 

TO BOSTOOOON

IN THEEEEE

FAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLL. 

You may applaud. 

 Thank you. Danke. Danke. You are too kind, meine freunde. (German. My friends.)

My questions for the sorry suckers I'm awarding:

1.) Would you rather hang out with Percy Jackson or Harry Potter?
2.) If you suddenly lost your dominant hand, what do you think would be the hardest thing for you to learn to do with your other hand?
3.) Do you prefer pictures or gifs in blog posts?
4.) Let's say I were to suddenly stop blogging. Would you be sad?
5.) What size shoe do you wear?
6.) Does it irritate you when girls in action movies leave their hair down?
7.) Does it irritate you when women wear heels in action movies?
8.) Do you wanna be where the people are, or would you prefer to live under the sea? (Also the seaweed is always greener in somebody else's lake.)
9.) Can you move all your fingers independently of each other?
10.) What's your first thought when someone wears a red shirt in Star Trek?
11.) Time machine: TARDIS or DeLorean?

And the sorry suckers are:

Jonni @ The Middle Kid
Amy @ Old Fashioned Girl
Ben the Robot @ To Say Nothing of Reality
Miss Melody @ The Splendor Falls on Castle Walls
Anna @ Swing Heil!
Hilda @ Hilda
Seana @ The Totally Insane Writer

And anyone else who feels the urge. Ye may answer in the comment section, (please do, it will be fun.) or post it on your bloggy, just link to meeee. 

At least I made it to seven. Normally, I get stuck at like... two.

Boom, tsss.

That is all.

You should be proud, I didn't use a Supernatural gif once.

I'm leaving now.

You miss me already?

Cheers!