1. What did you do in 2011 that you’d never done before? Got divorced! :D
2. Did you keep your New Years’ resolutions, and will you make more for next year? NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS ARE FOR SUCKERS
3. Did anyone close to you give birth? Nope!
4. Did anyone close to you die? Nope!
5. What countries did you visit? None.
6. What would you like to have in 2012 that you lacked in 2011? A car. c_c
7. What date from 2011 will remain etched upon your memory? March 1st, my official divorce date.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? See #1!
9. What was your biggest failure? Not getting on full-time at Blizzard after the contract ended.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury? If you count disturbing amounts of blood loss....
11. What was the best thing you bought? Clarissa, my Kona Africabike.
12. Whose behaviour merited celebration? Mine, idk.
13. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed? My roommate's and ex's. :/
14. Where did most of your money go? Rent. A majority of it being my roommate's half. >:|
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about? Clariiiiiiiiiiissaaaaaaaaa. Having my own wheels is fuckin' awesome even if there isn't an internal combustion engine powering them.
16. What song/album will always remind you of 2011? DJ Fresh - Gold Dust (Flux Pavilion Remix)
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
A. Happier or sadder? Happier. I was suicidal last year. Anything is an improvement.
B. Thinner or fatter? About the same.
C. Richer or poorer? I'm ending the year broke but my freedom is invaluable.
18. What do you wish you’d done more of? Driving lessons.
19. What do you wish you’d done less of? Dwelling on the horrors of my past.
20. How will you be spending/did you spend Christmas? Out in the hill country with my parents and brothers. :D
21. Who did you spend the most time on the phone with? Work.
22. Did you fall in love in 2011? In a way yes. There are many forms of love. During the ride back to Austin with Cassiopeia, my kitten, I felt a bond forming between us as I comforted her. It's love. ♥
23. How many one night stands in this last year? None, more's the pity.
24. What was your favourite TV programme? I am TV-free, brah.
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year? Only those I didn't yet know.
26. What was the best book(s) you read? ...I...don't think I read any books this year. That shit's depressing.
27. What was your greatest musical discovery? DUBSTEP, HOLY SHIT
28. What did you want and get? A kitten and a bike. :D
29. What did you want and not get? A car and college courses. 9_6
30. What were your favourite films of this year? Was "Inception" this year or last year? I don't recall what I saw this year.
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you? Hasn't happened yet. I'll be 29.
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? If my ex and his whore had died in some slow, painful way.
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2009? "Whatever I can find that's reasonably clean."
34. What kept you sane? HAHAHAHA, TRICK QUESTION
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? Christopher Hitchens. Where have you been all my life? ;0;
36. What political issue stirred you the most? DOTA's end and same-sex marriage being legalised in New York State.
37. Who did you miss? Brad. >_______>
38. Who was the best new person you met? New? Definitely Shane, the strange and delicious mind behind Skonder.
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2011. HR does not exist to help employees but rather to serve the interests of the company, so don't trust them to throw you any bones.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year? "It's time to be what I need to be. You can't tell me what to do anymore. You can't tell me what to do anymore. Now I'm free, now I'm free, now I'm free." (VAST - "Free")