2006 in Review
1. What did you do in 2006 that you'd never done before?
Visited another country; visited/lived in New York City and Boston; made an apple pie; planned out my thesis; got tipsy; smoked hookah; ice skated; ate lots of new things, especially cheeses and meats
2. Did you keep your New Year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I didn't make one.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
No.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
No, but my great-grandmother had a very hard year. She lost her son and her longtime lover.
5. What countries did you visit?
France
6. What would you like to have in 2007 that you didn't have in 2006?
An independent income, a college degree, and a graduate school acceptance letter with a fat aid package, and maybe something shiny
7. What date(s) from 2006 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
May 1 - my first Beltane with my person :)
August 24 - I landed in France
November 20-25 - I did my 21st birthday right, including Thanksgiving dinner at the Eiffel Tower!
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Not getting depressed about being so far from home, and not bitching out my ex-boss and quitting.
9. What was your biggest failure?
Um, I have failed to make enough money to be on my own, but I don't think that counts.
10. Did you suffer any illness or injury?
A few colds, only one of which even made me miss class.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
My France experience, bought first with my blood, sweat, tears, and pain, and then with my money.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
Everyone. Good job, everyone.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
Thomas and Sasha.
14. Where did most of your money go?
Bus tickets, metro passes, and food.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
My person's graduation, introducing him to my family, and France.
16. What song will always remind you of 2006?
Amazed
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
happier or sadder? happier, though this will increase in two days to HAPPIER
thinner or fatter? thinner
richer or poorer? Technically richer, but that's only because I got more aid than I needed this semester. That money will be used for rent and food over FWT.
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Spent time with people, not been shy, done more for myself.
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Let people get to me.
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
With my family.
22. Did you fall in love in 2006?
I was already there, but yes, more so.
23. What was your favorite TV program?
Highlander: the Series, among others
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
No, but there are a couple of people I may never forgive.
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Joni Mitchell.
28. What did you want and get?
Beatrice
29. What did you want and not get?
a decent summer job
30. What were your favorite films of this year?
I haven't seen enough films this year to say. I don't even know what's come out.
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I turned 21, went to class, skipped a lecture to work on a paper, and saw Cyrano de Bergerac at La Comedie Francaise.
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
If my person had been able to come to Paris with me.
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2006?
I have started indulging my love for boots and heels, and I've started to want to wear something other than grey, blue, or black.
34. What kept you sane?
My person and myself
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
umm....
36. Who did you miss?
Bennington and almost everything/one associated with it; my family.
37. Who was the best new person you met?
Daniela.
38. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2006:
There is more to learning and living than grades. Sometimes, the grades don't even get close to actually quantifying your experience.
39. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year
"At last, my love has come along. My lonely days are over, and life is but a song."
"J'ai deux amours, mon pays et Paris."