1. What did you do in 2006 that you'd never done before?
Paid rent without my parents' help.
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I did, as a matter of fact. This year's resolution is more than a resolution, it's a personal mission.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
No one that I can think of...
4. Did anyone close to you die?
Just learned yesterday that the father of one of my oldest friends died of cancer.
5. What countries did you visit?
Spent a great deal of time in the fictional nation of Malanas.
6. What would you like to have in 2007 that you lacked in 2006?
A job that pays well and doesn't make me hate being alive at the same time.
7. What dates from 2006 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
November 3, the day I got married.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Getting published.
9. What was your biggest failure?
Not working harder to find a better job.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
A few bouts of illness, not outside of the norm.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
Mel's Nintendo DS.
12. Whose behaviour merited celebration?
Lesley for making our wedding happen when she didn't have to.
13. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed?
Lots of people affiliated with the two companies for which I worked in this past year.
14. Where did most of your money go?
Wedding. Keeping the cats healthy. Bills.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Getting married, getting published, getting a new job - that last one was a bit premature, obviously.
16. What song will always remind you of 2006?
"Enjoy The Silence" by Lacuna Coil
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
a) happier or sadder? happier
b) thinner or fatter? thinner
c) richer or poorer? poorer
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Writing.
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Procrastinating.
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
I spent it working and then having a great time with family and friends.
21. How will you be spending New Years?
We spent it at home watching TV. We're old and tired.
22. Did you fall in love in 2006?
I was in love every day in 2006:)
23. How many one-night stands?
None. I am married and monogamous.
24. What was your favorite TV program?
LOST
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
Yes. Since you didn't ask who I won't tell you.
26. What was the best book you read?
"House Of Leaves" That one's gonna be with me for a while.
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Dethklok! DETHKLOK!
28. What did you want and get?
PUBLISHED!
29. What did you want and not get?
A Wii and a B.C. Rich neck-thru Warlock.
30. What was your favorite film of this year?
The Fountain
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I can't remember. Hmm.
32.What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Having a better job. I sound like a broken record here, don't I?
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2006?
The same as it's been for the last eleven years.
34. What kept you sane?
Mel and my writing.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Rachel Wiesz. Yeah. I'd hit that.
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
Iran's nuclear ambitions.
37. Who did you miss?
My old friends from my home town.
38. Who was the best new person you met?
Adam9's a great guy.
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2006:
I need to get serious about what I want out of life and that I should have learned this lesson eight years ago.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
"If this is all the love my spirt can give/There is not a reason more to leave." - from "The Tide Began To Rise" by Demon Hunter
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