Taking another study break to fill out a survey for a lazy-blogger post.

1. What did you do in 2006 that you'd never done before?
Get propositioned by a teacher.

2. Did you keep your New Year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
No and No.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Probably. It seems like there was, and I'm a horrible person for not remembering.

4. Did anyone close to you die?
Yes.

5. What cities/countries did you visit?
Milwaukee, Chicago, Woodstock, Madison.

6. What would you like to have in 2007 which you lacked in 2006?
A collage diploma

7. What date from 2006 will remain etched in your memory, and why?
October whatever, the camping trip

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Suriving this semester

9. What was your biggest failure?
Oi. That is locked blog material, my friend.

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
A couple of things fell on me, but I'm ok now.

11. What was the best thing you bought?
Concert tickets

12. Whose behaviour merited celebration?
All of y'alls.

13. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed?
Nothing jumps to mind.

14. Where did most of your money go?
bills

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
camping, Lisa's wedding, the concerts (Devotchka, Damien Rice, Fiona Apple, Imogen Heap)

16. What song will always remind you of 2006?
"The Good Life" by Weezer or, "Cheers, Darling", by Damien Rice

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
Happier or sadder? Sadder isn't the right word. I wasn't as stressed this time of year last year, though.
Thinner or fatter? Ugh. Fatter.
Richer or poorer? Poorer. I currently have 11 cents in my bank account.

18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Sleep and general going-out-edness. I've been too much of a homebody this year.

19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Holing up in my room.

20. How will you be spending Christmas?
I don't celebrate it. But, I'll be spending my vacation time with my best buddies.

21. What was your favourite TV program?
Project Runway

22. What was the best book you read?
"A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius" by Dave Eggers

23. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Damien Rice

24. What did you want and get?
To go to a bunch of concerts

25. What did you want and NOT get?
Go see Ani Difranco

26. What was your favorite film of this year?
Mind the Gap. It came out in 2004, but I saw it for the first time this year.

27. What did you do on your birthday?
turned 23

28. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Learning to actually talk to people when I'm upset.

29. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2006?
Funky business casual.

30. What kept you sane?
My peeps

31. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Jouquin Pheonix as Johhny Cash. Yum.

32. What political issue stirred you the most?
I don't follow politics much.

33. Whom did you miss?
My buddies in Milwaukee

34. Who was the best new person you met?
All of them.

35. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2006:
Relax.

36. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:

"drink up, baby down
mmm, are you in or are you out
leave your things behind
'cause it's all going off without you
excuse me, too busy you're writing your tragedy
these mishaps
you bubble wrap
when you've no idea what you're like

so let go, jump in
oh well, whatcha waiting for
it's alright
'cause there's beauty in the breakdown
so let go, just get in
oh, it's so amazing here
it's alright
'cause there's beauty in the breakdown

it gains the more it gives
and then it rises with the fall
so hand me that remote
can't you see that all that stuff's a sideshow

such boundless pleasure
we've no time for later now
you can't await your own arrival
you've 20 seconds to comply

so let go, jump in
oh well, whatcha waiting for
it's alright
'cause there's beauty in the breakdown
so let go, just get in
oh, it's so amazing here
it's alright
'cause there's beauty in the breakdown "
--Let Go, by Frou Frou