Year In Review
1.) Where did you ring in 2006?
With my parents?
2.) What was your status by Valentine's Day?
Single
3.) Were you in school (anytime this year)?
Yes, Jan-April.
4.) How did you earn your keep?
Working for GlaxoSmithKline in Tokyo
5.) Did you have to go to the hospital?
Nope
6.) Did you encounter the police?
Not directly.
7.) Where did you go on vacation?
Nokko, Hakone, Kobe, Hamamatsu, Nagoyo, Neba Village, Mt. Fuji - All over Japan.
8.) What did you purchase that was over $500?
A new computer
9.) Did you know anybody who got married?
My cousin Sami!
10.) Do you know anybody who passed away?
Rebecca's mom, and my doggie Harley
11.) Have you run into anybody you graduated high school with?
That I haven't seen since High School? Nope, spent a long time abroad.
12.) Did you move anywhere?
I moved out of my apartment home, to Tokyo, and then back home.
13.) What sporting events did you go to?
Nick, Pete and Devin's awesome superbowl party featuring Dion and Annie with a special appearance by the Pittsburgh Riot Club
14.) What concerts did you go to?
I saw The Mother Fucking PIllows! I can die happily now.
15.) Are you registered to vote?
Yes
16.) If so, did you do your patriotic duty on Nov. 7?
Mailed it in.
17.) Where do you live now?
As of yesterday, Pittsburgh
18.) Describe your birthday.
All of my friends in Tokyo went out to dinner with me at Tiki Tiki, and it was amazing. An unforgettable night soon followed and some dreams came true.
19.) What's the one thing you thought you would never do but did in 2006?
I guess in Dec 2005, I never would have guessed I would climb Mt. Fuji in 2006.
20.) What is one thing you regretted this year?
Leaving people behind.
21.) What's something you learned about yourself?
I continue to surprise myself with how much I've changed as a person for the better.
22.) Any new additions to your family?
Greg and Sami got married, but he was a member of our family long before that. No new babies.
23.) What was your best month?
Impossible to say. But December might take the cake and its only half over.
24.) What from pop culture will you remember 2006 by?
Tokyo
25.) How would you rate this year with a scale from 1 (shitty) to 10 (excellent)?
An 8?