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40 Questions about 2006:

I didn’t do this last year because my blog was down at the time, but I should do it again this year. It’s been a big year. I have to be careful, though, because I know how much my current mood can effect what I think of.

1. What did you do in 2006 that you’d never done before?
Well, I graduated from college. That’s a pretty big thing.
2. Did you keep your new years’ resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
Well, I was very anti-resolution last year, so I didn’t really have any to keep. This year, I am making some, mostly because I’ve noticed myself falling into a lazy pattern, so I’m using them to hopefully kick me out of my stupor.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Nope.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
Thankfully, no.
5. What countries did you visit?
Didn’t leave the states, unfourtunately.
6. What would you like to have in 2007 that you lacked in 2006?
Financial stability.
7. What date from 2006 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
11 Mar 06 – my last day as a student at Knox.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Surviving the last of college. Toward the end, I wanted out so bad I was going to burst, but I made it.
9. What was your biggest failure?
Perhaps not getting out on a vacation like I wanted.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Not that I can think of.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
Well, I technically bought my new phone in 2006..
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
G.T. She’s stuck with it and things are working out well for her now.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
Perhaps my father’s upset me most.
14. Where did most of your money go?
Bills and gas.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
I still can’t stop thinking about the gorgeous room that we had when went up to Timber Ridge. That was so much fun…
16. What song will always remind you of 2006?
OK GO’s “Here it Goes Again” is the first that comes to mind.
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? Happier, I think.
ii. thinner or fatter? About the same, actually.
iii. richer or poorer? Well, I made more money, and I actually have a savings now, so richer.
18. What do you wish you’d done more of?
Reading, definitely.
19. What do you wish you’d done less of?
Gotten upset about things. I feel like I let things get to me too much.
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
As usual, Eve with the E’s family and day with mine.
(Still no question 21)
22. Did you fall in love in 2006?
Over and over again. And I fell in love with my new phone.
23. How many one-night stands?
None.
24. What was your favorite TV program?
the new Battlestar Gallactica.
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
I try not to hate people. I’ve defiantly gotten to dislike so people, but I really don’t care for a few people.
26. What was the best book you read?
Probably The Time Traveller’s Wife it was very good.
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Galic Storm
28. What did you want and get?
. A college degree
29. What did you want and not get?
The Perfect Job
30. What was your favorite film of this year?
Gosh, I saw so many this year… I can’t think back so far, but I can remember that Zach Braff’s The Last Kiss was really, really good.
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I turned 22 and we had a very low-key evening, after all, I had to work that night, but we did go to the bar afterwards.
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
moving out.
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2006?
I’m continuing to evolve from college hippy to young professional. I like simpler patterns, solids, tailored looks.
34. What kept you sane?
E’s backrubs.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
I dunno.
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
Healthcare’s getting very important.
37. Who did you miss?
A.L. She seems to have no interest in keeping herself in my life.
38. Who was the best new person you met?
Well, I met a bunch of new people this year, but none of them are sticking out to me, per se. I have made a bunch of new connections and networking-type things. And that’s cool.
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2006:
Sleep is important. And I’m getting old and need more of it than I used to.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
Goodness, I really can’t think of an answer to this right now. I’ll have to get back to you.