And now it's the
1. What did you do in 2006 that you'd never done before?
I graduated from COLLEGE!
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I don't know if I made any last year?
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Yes, my aunt had her second baby, a boy, in March.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
My grandmother passed away in July.
5. What countries did you visit?
America, and Texas.
6. What would you like to have in 2007 that you lacked in 2006?
IA full time job? Or at least knowledge and secutiry in what I am doing and what I have chosen for my future.
7. What date from 2006 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
March 19 =)
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Graduating from college! Also, finding my fantastically wonderful boyfriend.
9. What was your biggest failure?
my ability to be a good friend, I feel as if I fail at that more and more as the years go on and i absolutely hate the feeling that I let people down.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
I had a couple of colds, but nothing major or life threatening.
11. What was the best money you spent?
buying my very own car in July! It's actually reliable and it's pretty and NOT a station wagon. OH! And it's not gold either. Also, my iMac cause I hearts it *hugs the computer*
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
My best friends, because she's helped me through more than she knows, or perhaps will ever know.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
I can think of a ew people off the top of my head.
14. Where did most of your money go?
Buying a car, a computer and moving into a new apartment all within about a month and a half of each other... Also, lots of pizza and beer at bambinellis!
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Moving in with Maryanne in July =), My trip to St Augustine with Edwin and his family.
16. What song will always remind you of 2006?
honestly, nothing is coming to mind right at the moment....wow, that's a first!
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? much, much happier!
ii. thinner or fatter? haha, probably fatter again. sadness
iii. richer or poorer? Poorer, living on my own is expensive
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Spending more time with certain friends, worked more (i need the money), taken more trips
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
spending my money wastefully, eatting gross, fatty foods and procrastinating on assignments
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
at home with my mom, dad, sister and probably my grandfather. It will be a low key christmas just as most of ours are and I like it that way.
22. Did you fall in love in 2006?
Yes, I did. And it makes me feel amazing and wonderful and there aren't enough words to describe it!!
23. How many one-night stands?
none
24. What was your favorite TV program?
"The West Wing", "Veronica Mars" and "Battlestar Galactica"
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
Nope, I've learned not to let feelings like that cloud my head.
26. What was the best book you read?
Honestly, I read so much I can't pinpoint a favorite.
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
I feel deeper into my love for country music...so all of that new stuff made me happy.
28. What did you want and get?
Edwin =)
a new car
a new computer
a new apartment
a job at Apple
29. What did you want and not get?
to take a trip back to Europe
to get an A in Shakespeare
a full-time job
30. What was your favorite film of this year?
"Stranger than Fiction"
"The Holiday"
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
Dinner at Ru Sans and then off to a Sister Hazel concert with Edwin (courtsey of Jessie, the coolest sister ever)
32.What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
If I had listened to myself a bit more, that always seems to help. And if I had been a better person overall.
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2006?
The same as always, I never change.
34. What kept you sane?
Maryanne, Edwin, Teija
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Hmmm, that's a tough one. Bradley Whitford? Jason Dohring?
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
I don't really feel like going into politics right now.
37. Who did you miss?
I started to miss Liz more and more. I do miss seeing Amy. As well as other friend I haven't seen in ages...Ames, Kaitlyn, Abra
38. Who was/were the best new person/people you met?
EDWIN! (even though technically we met right before Nw Years, but whatever it was after that last time I did this survey). Also all of my work friends. 'Specially Andrea and Jack, cause they are my favorites!
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2006.
That sometimes the best way to handle something is to simply close your eyes and leap.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
What do you do with a B.A. in English,
What is my life going to be?
Four years of college and plenty of knowledge,
Have earned me this useless degree.
I can't pay the bills yet,
'Cause I have no skills yet,
The world is a big scary place.
But somehow I can't shake,
The feeling I might make,
A difference,
To the human race.
Thank you for your time...you may go about your business now.