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that was the year that was - 2006
1. What did you do in 2006 that you'd never done before?
Went to a world championship sporting event! (As an official, not a competitor -- but I'd never been in any capacity, before.)
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
As I always say: I don't make New Years' resolutions. I've thought for a while that it's better not to have written evidence of my eventual failure.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Not actually in 2006. But she hadn't yet, by the time I posted this last year. :-)
4. Did anyone close to you die?
My grandfather, on June 11.
5. What countries did you visit?
England, Ireland, USA.
6. What would you like to have in 2007 that you lacked in 2006?
Same thing i lacked in 2005 and 2004. :-)
7. What date from 2006 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
I'm going to say July 1 -- the day I returned from England.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Coming to the realization, I think, that the recommendation that I not stay for the DPhil was not the end of the world, because original research and I aren't a good fit just now.
9. What was your biggest failure?
See above.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Not that I can recall, actually.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
A watch with two faces.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
There's nobody whose sterling behavior is leaping to mind. Sad, isn't it?
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
My supervisor, a bit. See above.
14. Where did most of your money go?
Rent and tuition. Sigh.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
A job prospect on which I have still not had a decision.
16. What song will always remind you of 2006?
I'm never really able to answer that question.
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
I. happier or sadder?
About the same, but in a different way.
ii. thinner or fatter?
About the same.
iii. richer or poorer?
Poorer.
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Laughing.
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Crying.
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
Make that, how did I spend Christmas: quietly, at my parents' house. Christmas with my mother's family is going to be on Presidents' Day weekend this year, owing to a variety of scheduling difficulties.
[there's never a number 21. don't know why.]
22. Did you fall in love in 2006?
No.
23. How many one-night stands?
... I actually don't remember. 0<x<3.
24. What was your favorite TV program?
I'm really digging Without A Trace, lately.
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
Same answer as always: I try not to hate people. If I don't like them, they're not worth the energy (and the acid stomach) of hating them. This, of course, has to do with people I know personally. There are public figures who don't please me one bit, but I can't say I hate them because I don't know them or their motivations. I can certainly hate what they do, though, and trust me, I do in many cases.
26. What was the best book you read?
Not Guns, Germs, and Steel. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't all that.
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
The fact that I am a much better singer (in terms of musicianship, at the very least) than I had ever suspected.
28. What did you want and get?
The MPhil.
29. What did you want and not get?
The DPhil.
30. What was your favorite film of this year?
This hasn't been a big movie year for me.
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
Some friends surprised me in the college bar with cake and balloons and champagne. Hurrah!
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
As always, I continue to puzzle at the presence of so many related questions. Isn't this one a lot like #6?
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2006?
Does it fit?
34. What kept you sane?
There must have been something, I guess.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Um ...
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
Probably the election.
37. Who did you miss?
My family and the DCfolk and other US friends; and also, now, the Oxfolk. In short: everyone, at one time or another.
38. Who was the best new person you met?
I met a lot of new people!
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2006.
"Sadder but wiser"? Not just an expression.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
Life is a series of hellos and goodbyes;
I'm afraid it's time for goodbye again.
Went to a world championship sporting event! (As an official, not a competitor -- but I'd never been in any capacity, before.)
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
As I always say: I don't make New Years' resolutions. I've thought for a while that it's better not to have written evidence of my eventual failure.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Not actually in 2006. But she hadn't yet, by the time I posted this last year. :-)
4. Did anyone close to you die?
My grandfather, on June 11.
5. What countries did you visit?
England, Ireland, USA.
6. What would you like to have in 2007 that you lacked in 2006?
Same thing i lacked in 2005 and 2004. :-)
7. What date from 2006 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
I'm going to say July 1 -- the day I returned from England.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Coming to the realization, I think, that the recommendation that I not stay for the DPhil was not the end of the world, because original research and I aren't a good fit just now.
9. What was your biggest failure?
See above.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Not that I can recall, actually.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
A watch with two faces.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
There's nobody whose sterling behavior is leaping to mind. Sad, isn't it?
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
My supervisor, a bit. See above.
14. Where did most of your money go?
Rent and tuition. Sigh.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
A job prospect on which I have still not had a decision.
16. What song will always remind you of 2006?
I'm never really able to answer that question.
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
I. happier or sadder?
About the same, but in a different way.
ii. thinner or fatter?
About the same.
iii. richer or poorer?
Poorer.
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Laughing.
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Crying.
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
Make that, how did I spend Christmas: quietly, at my parents' house. Christmas with my mother's family is going to be on Presidents' Day weekend this year, owing to a variety of scheduling difficulties.
[there's never a number 21. don't know why.]
22. Did you fall in love in 2006?
No.
23. How many one-night stands?
... I actually don't remember. 0<x<3.
24. What was your favorite TV program?
I'm really digging Without A Trace, lately.
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
Same answer as always: I try not to hate people. If I don't like them, they're not worth the energy (and the acid stomach) of hating them. This, of course, has to do with people I know personally. There are public figures who don't please me one bit, but I can't say I hate them because I don't know them or their motivations. I can certainly hate what they do, though, and trust me, I do in many cases.
26. What was the best book you read?
Not Guns, Germs, and Steel. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't all that.
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
The fact that I am a much better singer (in terms of musicianship, at the very least) than I had ever suspected.
28. What did you want and get?
The MPhil.
29. What did you want and not get?
The DPhil.
30. What was your favorite film of this year?
This hasn't been a big movie year for me.
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
Some friends surprised me in the college bar with cake and balloons and champagne. Hurrah!
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
As always, I continue to puzzle at the presence of so many related questions. Isn't this one a lot like #6?
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2006?
Does it fit?
34. What kept you sane?
There must have been something, I guess.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Um ...
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
Probably the election.
37. Who did you miss?
My family and the DCfolk and other US friends; and also, now, the Oxfolk. In short: everyone, at one time or another.
38. Who was the best new person you met?
I met a lot of new people!
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2006.
"Sadder but wiser"? Not just an expression.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
Life is a series of hellos and goodbyes;
I'm afraid it's time for goodbye again.
Mathematical Pedantry Ahead
This is mathematically impossible ;-)
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I'm digging "Without a Trace" lately myself! Now that I've seen like, EVERY FREAKIN' LAW AND ORDER, I have ot get into something new...
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:-)
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