Stole this from Miss Cozzybob
1. What did you do in 2006 that you'd never done before?
Drive alone.
2. Did you keep your New Years resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I always make the same resolutions, and do my best to strive for them. I’ve come to use resolutions as general guidelines -
“Buy less - save more,” “Don’t procrastinate where it counts,” and “When in doubt, read.”
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
No.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
My grandpa and Jenise.
5. What countries did you visit?
Just this one.
6. What would you like to have in 2007 that you lacked in 2006?
Gigs, some new writing published, unconditional love, and a good college acceptance letter.
7. What dates from 2006 will remain etched upon your memory and why?
February 17th, because I got my license. March 18, because I totaled the car. But in general, my summer was great and I have a lot of good, although dateless, memories.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
I let go of a lot in terms of people, expectations, and expectations I had of people. All of which came as a relief.
9. What was your biggest failure?
My initial college application process.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
I almost went deaf in January, got the flu twice, and couldn’t move my head for a week and a half in October.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
My car.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
I like to think I’ve done well at my current workplace in reference to several difficult patients I’ve dealt with the last year. Not much makes me flinch these days. I used to flinch a lot. So mine.
But Sarah's as well.
13. Who kept you sane the most?
Cedes, as always.
14. Who made you laugh the most?
Hard to say… probably Griff. All of my friends are hilarious.
15. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
Myself. The ex. But he always led me back to myself.
16. Where did most of your money go?
Haha… lord knows. ITunes and socks.
17. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Zmed. The anthology. Fitting into my old pants.
18. What song will always remind you of 2006?
Of Montreal’s entire album “The Sunlandic Twins”, and the classic hit, “Im 'n luv wit a strippa”.
19. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder?
Happier by far. But less obviously than I have been in the past.
ii. thinner or fatter?
Thinner.
iii. richer or poorer?
Poorer.
20. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Everything.
21. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Car accidents? Funerals? We’re talking wishes, so… yes.
22. How did you spend Christmas?
Mostly, I watched reality television with my step-sister, Gina, while my mother and step-father cooked. The evening of the 25th, I ate with my Topanga family and socialized with my step-mother’s folks, who were visiting from Canada. Over all I’ve been writing and rewriting college application essays and keeping my phone off. It’s been nice for a change.
23. How many one night stands?
None. There have been times where I have successfully forgotten I even own genitals, due to the attention they’ve been lacking.
24. What was your favorite TV program(s)?
Daily Show/Colbert Report, Scrubs, and Robot Chicken.
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
I don’t hate people.
26. What was the best book you read?
The Picture of Dorian Gray.
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Kate Bush, The Ditty Bops, Chris Thile, and Andrew Bird.
28. What did you want and got?
New, ridiculously comfortable pajamas and a pink robe. I will never leave the house again.
29. What did you want and not get?
Wings.
30. What was your favorite film of this year?
Borat and Stranger Than Fiction, but the best movies I saw were Mr. Blandings Builds His Dreamhouse and The Shop Around The Corner (the version with Jimmy Stewart).
31. What did you do on your birthday?
I was in Utah for my grandpa’s funeral (which was the following day). Tiffany was a gem and picked me up in the morning, and we went to the oldest bakery in the city for breakfast. Then we tried to go to a roller-rink, but for some reason every time we get that notion, the arena’s just been shut down. So we hung around outside while she and Josh shared a cigarette, and it started to snow my favorite kind of flakes - those big, flattish ones. We may have gone to our old neighborhood after that… I have a feeling we did. We went to our elementary school, but the administration kicked us out because we looked like delinquents and school was in session. We ended up at the bookstore I used to spend a lot of my time in, and I bought a copy “Wuthering Heights,” which I’ve yet to complete, after which she drove me back and my mom took me shopping. My family came over that night and we ate cake. That’s about it, I think.
32. What one thing would have made your year more satisfying?
Wings. Le duh.
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2006?
I wear what I want and I want what I like. And usually I like classy things that look like they came from the 1940’s. Though… I have embraced jeans this year. I know - go me.
34. What kept you sane?
My art and my family.
35. Which celebrity did you fancy the most?
Mr. Darcy!!
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
Too many to list.
37. Who did you miss?
The people who’d died.
38. Who was the best new person you met?
Scott and the Upright Citizens Brigade classmates. And Erin from tap class.
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2006.
That’s an essay unto itself. If you care to read it, comment with your email address.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
”Each of us in our own boats, each of us in our own thoughts;
sometimes a bird would not fly over us
and we would not look up and say, ‘huh,
what wasn’t that?’
We were waiting in the darkness.”
“The Beginning of Time” from Jane Siberry’s album, “When I was a Boy”
Drive alone.
2. Did you keep your New Years resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I always make the same resolutions, and do my best to strive for them. I’ve come to use resolutions as general guidelines -
“Buy less - save more,” “Don’t procrastinate where it counts,” and “When in doubt, read.”
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
No.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
My grandpa and Jenise.
5. What countries did you visit?
Just this one.
6. What would you like to have in 2007 that you lacked in 2006?
Gigs, some new writing published, unconditional love, and a good college acceptance letter.
7. What dates from 2006 will remain etched upon your memory and why?
February 17th, because I got my license. March 18, because I totaled the car. But in general, my summer was great and I have a lot of good, although dateless, memories.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
I let go of a lot in terms of people, expectations, and expectations I had of people. All of which came as a relief.
9. What was your biggest failure?
My initial college application process.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
I almost went deaf in January, got the flu twice, and couldn’t move my head for a week and a half in October.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
My car.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
I like to think I’ve done well at my current workplace in reference to several difficult patients I’ve dealt with the last year. Not much makes me flinch these days. I used to flinch a lot. So mine.
But Sarah's as well.
13. Who kept you sane the most?
Cedes, as always.
14. Who made you laugh the most?
Hard to say… probably Griff. All of my friends are hilarious.
15. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
Myself. The ex. But he always led me back to myself.
16. Where did most of your money go?
Haha… lord knows. ITunes and socks.
17. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Zmed. The anthology. Fitting into my old pants.
18. What song will always remind you of 2006?
Of Montreal’s entire album “The Sunlandic Twins”, and the classic hit, “Im 'n luv wit a strippa”.
19. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder?
Happier by far. But less obviously than I have been in the past.
ii. thinner or fatter?
Thinner.
iii. richer or poorer?
Poorer.
20. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Everything.
21. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Car accidents? Funerals? We’re talking wishes, so… yes.
22. How did you spend Christmas?
Mostly, I watched reality television with my step-sister, Gina, while my mother and step-father cooked. The evening of the 25th, I ate with my Topanga family and socialized with my step-mother’s folks, who were visiting from Canada. Over all I’ve been writing and rewriting college application essays and keeping my phone off. It’s been nice for a change.
23. How many one night stands?
None. There have been times where I have successfully forgotten I even own genitals, due to the attention they’ve been lacking.
24. What was your favorite TV program(s)?
Daily Show/Colbert Report, Scrubs, and Robot Chicken.
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
I don’t hate people.
26. What was the best book you read?
The Picture of Dorian Gray.
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Kate Bush, The Ditty Bops, Chris Thile, and Andrew Bird.
28. What did you want and got?
New, ridiculously comfortable pajamas and a pink robe. I will never leave the house again.
29. What did you want and not get?
Wings.
30. What was your favorite film of this year?
Borat and Stranger Than Fiction, but the best movies I saw were Mr. Blandings Builds His Dreamhouse and The Shop Around The Corner (the version with Jimmy Stewart).
31. What did you do on your birthday?
I was in Utah for my grandpa’s funeral (which was the following day). Tiffany was a gem and picked me up in the morning, and we went to the oldest bakery in the city for breakfast. Then we tried to go to a roller-rink, but for some reason every time we get that notion, the arena’s just been shut down. So we hung around outside while she and Josh shared a cigarette, and it started to snow my favorite kind of flakes - those big, flattish ones. We may have gone to our old neighborhood after that… I have a feeling we did. We went to our elementary school, but the administration kicked us out because we looked like delinquents and school was in session. We ended up at the bookstore I used to spend a lot of my time in, and I bought a copy “Wuthering Heights,” which I’ve yet to complete, after which she drove me back and my mom took me shopping. My family came over that night and we ate cake. That’s about it, I think.
32. What one thing would have made your year more satisfying?
Wings. Le duh.
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2006?
I wear what I want and I want what I like. And usually I like classy things that look like they came from the 1940’s. Though… I have embraced jeans this year. I know - go me.
34. What kept you sane?
My art and my family.
35. Which celebrity did you fancy the most?
Mr. Darcy!!
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
Too many to list.
37. Who did you miss?
The people who’d died.
38. Who was the best new person you met?
Scott and the Upright Citizens Brigade classmates. And Erin from tap class.
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2006.
That’s an essay unto itself. If you care to read it, comment with your email address.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
”Each of us in our own boats, each of us in our own thoughts;
sometimes a bird would not fly over us
and we would not look up and say, ‘huh,
what wasn’t that?’
We were waiting in the darkness.”
“The Beginning of Time” from Jane Siberry’s album, “When I was a Boy”