End of the year meme
1. What did you do in 2010 that you'd never done before?
taught a course.
sat on a plane that didn't take off
2. Did you keep your new year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
Um, I always make the same damn ones, every year
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
no
4. Did anyone close to you die?
no
5. What countries did you visit?
USA, UK, Germany
6. What would you like to have in 2011 that you lacked in 2010?
gigs. A finished thesis
7. What dates from 2010 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
1 July -> top surgery
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
finding employment
9. What was your biggest failure?
many smallish failures equal one big one?
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
I had a major operation, if that counts.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
um, I had a really nice cup of coffee the other day
12. Whose behaviour merited celebration?
My mates
13. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed?
Nick Clegg
14. Where did most of your money go?
Waitrose
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Top surgery
16. What song will always remind you of 2010?
Oh na na? the telephone song?
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
More stranded
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Composing
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Procrastinating (hm, like I'm doing right now)
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
Possibly with my family, god willing and the flood waters don't rise. Or there isn't more than 3 seconds of snowfall.... Most likely: in London.
21. Did you fall in love in 2010?
No
22. How many one-night stands?
none
23. What was your favourite TV program?
Dr Who
24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
David Cameron
25. What was the best book you read?
Noise Music: a History by David Hegarty. Highly recommend
26. What was your greatest musical discovery?
PaulStretch
27. What did you want and get?
Top surgery!
28. What did you want and NOT get?
Soy nog
28a. What did you not want but get anyway?
A white christmas
29. What was your favourite film of this year?
The movie about Lemme of Motorhead, which is the only new film I saw all year, but it was quite good despite being the only possible answer.
29a. What was you favourite stage performance?
Oooh, this is tough. If I saw the Panto in january, then it wins. If not, probably K Anderson or something at the SuperCollider symposium.
29b. Visual art?
The installations at the SuperCollider Symposium, in the Wasserturm, were exceptional.
30. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
My birthday: got drunk at a pub. I turned 34.
31. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Finishing my dissertation. It was a really good year, though, anyway.
32. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2010?
It was described to me as "1970's C&A man" which works for me.
33. What kept you sane?
Um.... friends
34. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Lady Gaga
35. What political issue stirred you the most?
The cuts
36. Who did you miss?
My peeps in the states.
37. Who was the best new person you met?
Hard to say....
38. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2010:
....
39. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
I suck at coming up with pithy song lyrics.
taught a course.
sat on a plane that didn't take off
2. Did you keep your new year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
Um, I always make the same damn ones, every year
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
no
4. Did anyone close to you die?
no
5. What countries did you visit?
USA, UK, Germany
6. What would you like to have in 2011 that you lacked in 2010?
gigs. A finished thesis
7. What dates from 2010 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
1 July -> top surgery
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
finding employment
9. What was your biggest failure?
many smallish failures equal one big one?
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
I had a major operation, if that counts.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
um, I had a really nice cup of coffee the other day
12. Whose behaviour merited celebration?
My mates
13. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed?
Nick Clegg
14. Where did most of your money go?
Waitrose
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Top surgery
16. What song will always remind you of 2010?
Oh na na? the telephone song?
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
More stranded
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Composing
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Procrastinating (hm, like I'm doing right now)
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
Possibly with my family, god willing and the flood waters don't rise. Or there isn't more than 3 seconds of snowfall.... Most likely: in London.
21. Did you fall in love in 2010?
No
22. How many one-night stands?
none
23. What was your favourite TV program?
Dr Who
24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
David Cameron
25. What was the best book you read?
Noise Music: a History by David Hegarty. Highly recommend
26. What was your greatest musical discovery?
PaulStretch
27. What did you want and get?
Top surgery!
28. What did you want and NOT get?
Soy nog
28a. What did you not want but get anyway?
A white christmas
29. What was your favourite film of this year?
The movie about Lemme of Motorhead, which is the only new film I saw all year, but it was quite good despite being the only possible answer.
29a. What was you favourite stage performance?
Oooh, this is tough. If I saw the Panto in january, then it wins. If not, probably K Anderson or something at the SuperCollider symposium.
29b. Visual art?
The installations at the SuperCollider Symposium, in the Wasserturm, were exceptional.
30. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
My birthday: got drunk at a pub. I turned 34.
31. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Finishing my dissertation. It was a really good year, though, anyway.
32. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2010?
It was described to me as "1970's C&A man" which works for me.
33. What kept you sane?
Um.... friends
34. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Lady Gaga
35. What political issue stirred you the most?
The cuts
36. Who did you miss?
My peeps in the states.
37. Who was the best new person you met?
Hard to say....
38. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2010:
....
39. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
I suck at coming up with pithy song lyrics.