1. What did you do in 2011 that you’d never done before?
went hang gliding
2. Did you keep your new years’ resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
did not make one, and more than likely will not make one
3. Did anyone close to you get married?
No
4. Did anyone close to you give birth?
No
5. Did anyone close to you die?
No
6. What countries did you visit?
did not leave the US
7. What would you like to have in 2012 that you lacked in 2011?
more motivation and energy
8. What dates from 2011 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
March 18 – 21st: Maryland and NY Trip
Last week in April – Moving to my own place
End of June – Moving Craig out of old place
Sept 9 – 19th: Outer Banks and MD trip
9. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
getting a Master’s Degree
10. What was your biggest failure?
not staying active
11. Did you suffer illness or injury?
minor sinus infection in Dec
12. What was the best thing you bought?
kitchenaid mixer
13. Whose behavior merited celebration?
Tom and Sara got engaged
14. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
Michele Bachmann – acting as a gay supporter by saying anti gay things (gay people can marry if a gay man marries a woman) – what a cunt
15. Where did most of your money go?
Rent
16. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
possibility of moving to NY in the future
17. What song will always remind you of 2011?
just about any Katy Perry song, she was played constantly throughout the year
18. Compared to this time last year, are you:
a) happier or sadder? happier
b) thinner or fatter? same
c) richer or poorer? same
19. What do you wish you’d done more of?
Exercising
20. What do you wish you’d done less of?
wasting time and being indecisive
21. How will you be spending christmas?
with Craig
22. Did you fall in love in 2011?
with Craig since 2007
23. How many one-night stands?
none
24. What was your favorite tv program?
How I Met Your Mother, Big Bang Theory, Ringer, and Cougar Town
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
No
26. What was the best book you read?
Tales of the City (mostly because this was the only book I read)
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Bear McCreary’s version of All Along the Watchtower – as it was used in such a great way on Battlestar Galactica
28. What did you want and get?
a place to live with no roommates
29. What did you want and not get?
David to pay me back money owed, hard lesson learned
30. What was your favorite film of this year?
The Muppets
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
34 went to dinner with Craig
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
winning a large megamillions jackpot
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2011?
jeans, t-shirt
34. What kept you sane?
Craig
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Alyson Hannigan- mostly because she seems so underrated as an actress and have been watching both HIMYM and Buffy (talk about confusing, named Lily and Willow, both flower names)
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
Michele Bachmann – idiot in the race for president
37. Who did you miss?
everyone on the east coast
38. Did you re-connect with anyone in 2011?
saw Bill Bruckner recently, in a few years, he moved to SF
39. Who was the best new person you met?
did not really meet many new people this year
40. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2011:
it is near impossible to find someone that works as hard and to the same caliber as you do
41. Are you ready for 2012?
Yes