2015 Year in Review

[coldspaghetti]

Still here! Still alive!

1. What did you do in 2015 that you'd never done before?
   Went to an academic conference (two, in fact).
2. Did you keep your New Year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
   Last year I resolved to write and publish something in an academic journal. I did write and submit to Technoculture: An Online Journal of Technology in Society, but I have no idea when they plan to publish.
   
   My resolution for 2016 is to buy, and use, a museum membership.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
   No.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
   No, thankfully.
5. What places did you visit?
   Montego Bay, Jamaica; Boston, MA; and Riviera Maya, Mexico.
6. What would you like to have in 2016 that you lacked in 2015?
   More money.
7. What date from 2015 will remain etched upon your memory?
   August 24th - My first official day as faculty at Wilbur Wright College!
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
   Getting hired full-time and then being promoted to program chair.
9. What was your biggest failure?
   To keep my weight down.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
    No, although I did get two new teeth, and I had a fibrous papule removed from my nose.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
    My Amazon Kindle Fire
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
    My husband's, because he took the plunge and enrolled in school!
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
    The same two family members who always get me down.
14. Where did most of your money go?
    Rent and travel.


15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
    My new job!
16. What songs will remind you of 2015?
    "Three Little Birds" by Bob Marley.
17. Compared to this time last year, are you happier or sadder?
    Happier.
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
    Spending time with my grandparents.
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
    Meetings.
20. How will you be spending New Year's?
    Probably staying home watching TV.
21. Did you fall in love in 2015?
    No, but I'm still very much in love with my husband.
22. How many one-night stands?
    Zero.
23. What was your favorite TV program?
    "Orphan Black."
24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
    No.
25. Do you like anyone now that you hated this time last year?
    No.


26. What was the best book you read?
    The "Red Rising" trilogy (well, the first two books, anyways) by Pierce Brown
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
    Bob Marley. Yes, I'm always decades late to discover music.
28. What did you want and get?
    Full-time employment!
29. What did you want and not get?
    A new sofa.
30. What was your favorite film this year?
    Hard to say because 2015 was an amazing year for movies! I'd probably have to say "The Martian," though.
31. What did you do on your birthday?
    Worked, then went to Lou Malnati's with my husband, my brother, and my brother's girl.
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
    A winning PowerBall ticket.
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2015?
    Thrift shop chic!
34. What kept you sane?
    Reading and karaoke.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
    Dunno... no one comes to mind.
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
    The Fight for $15 minimum wage.
37. Who did you miss?
    My sister and her kids.
38. Who was the best new person you met?
    Fred H.
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2015:
    Good things really do come to those who wait.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
    Baby, don't worry
    About a thing
    'Cause every little thing
    Is gonna be alright...