2006 Survey
1. What did you do in 2006 that you'd never done before? What didn't I do should be the question.....hmmmm, I did a lot this past year....I worked at the RIBC for the first time, I had my first full-time "real world" job, I went to my first Zox concert, I tried some new drinks, I was a junior in college...mmm yah, I did a lot
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year? I think my new years resolutions were to write continuously in my diary, lose weight, and wear my retainer more regularly....and since I didn't keep any of them, I'm making the same ones, k thanks, however instead of "lose weight" I'm going to say just exercise regularly and eat more healthy, because it has to be a life style change instead of a diet plan
3. Did anyone close to you give birth? Adam and Ruth had a baby, as did Maureen's daughter Megan
4. Did anyone close to you die? Mr. Canario....miss him soooo much
5. What countries did you visit? haha none
6. What would you like to have in 2007 that you lacked in 2006? ummmm more motivation and more money
7. What date from 2006 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? hmmmm, how about the entire summer because it was the best, ever
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? working at the RIBC....loved it
9. What was your biggest failure? spending too much money
10. Did you suffer illness or injury? I had a wicked bad sore throat, but other than that nooooope
11. What was the best thing you bought? hmmmm perhaps my many purses? or that black skirt from old navy....or my two pairs of boots
12. Whose behavior merited celebration? My Dad's, Dave's, Aunt Mary's, and Grandpa Bob's.....because they are the strongest people I know
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed? ummmm those two women who I had to train on the copy machines....yah, them....
14. Where did most of your money go? dunkin donuts, starbucks, christmas presents for people, gordon's liquour in waltham
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about? mmm the two wbru free concerts b/c I was VIP and my birthday and seeing Ashlyn and holidays and everytime I got to go to Prudence Island
16. What song will always remind you of 2006? How to Save A Life by The Fray
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? the same
ii. richer or poorer? poorer
iii. fatter or skinnier? fatter
18. What do you wish you'd done more of? this past semester, done more homework/studied more
19. What do you wish you'd done less of? spent money
20. How did you spend Christmas? Wellll now on saturday my cousins and I went to see A Night At The Museum, then for dinner we went to grandpa bob's house and saw dave, aunt pat, and stasia and had horton's, then on christmas eve day I cleaned my room and we decorated sugar cookies and I made a Red Sox one for Mitchell, then I went to 4:30 mass at St.Leo's with my parents, then we had scallops for dinner, then Julee and Patrick came and we went to First Baptist and rang bells, then I started a new tradition and went to midnight mass with Julee, Patrick, and Mrs.Boland and St.Micheal's in Smithfield, then woke up way too early to do presents with my parents, Julee and Patrick, then family came over and we did presents with Dawn, Ashlyn, and Mitchell, then we had dinner, then we did presents with everyone else, then desert, then everyone left and we cleaned up, then Mom, Dad and I played rummy and I won, naturally
22. Did you fall in love in 2006? nope
23. How many one-night stands? hahahaha.......idk......
24. What was your favorite TV program? Laguna was pretty good, as was The Hills, Two-A-Days, The OC, and did I mention I am obsessed with this season of the Real World: Denver
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year? Hate is very strong word, and life is too short to hate anyone, I love everyone
26. What was the best book you read? welll I do not remember the name of it but I took it from my mom and it was about a mom and daughter and the mom was a writer and re-met her daughter's father and it was wicked good
27. What was your greatest musical discovery? ZOX!!!!!!!!!!!! love them
28. What did you want and get? a fabulous summer job
29. What did you want and not get? an ipod
30. What was your favorite film of this year? welll I don't really like movies, sorry
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you? well I went out to my car to go to work, and there was a banner hanging across the dashboard....so I went to work, went out to lunch with Glenn, Cory, Shahidah and Ethan, then went out to dinner with the fam, then did presents...it was a blast
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? hmmmm not having as much drama at school would have been wonderful...I'm gonna work on that one
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2006? welll I had to be professional for work, that was tough haha....i guess popped collars would be part of my personal fashion concept, as well as just comfy, as usual
34. What kept you sane? music, my family and friends
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? I don't really like celebrities much
36. What political issue stirred you the most? ummm well I wicked wanted Chafee to win and Fogarty beat him, so I was upset by that a lot but I was very excited that the casino got rejected and that prisoners get the right to vote
37. Who did you miss? Grammie, Silly Grandpa, Grandma Jean, and Uncle Jud...and Mr. Canario.....all of them, a lot
38. Who was the best new person you met? wellll now, that would be a tie between: Glenn, Leslie, Ethan, Zoe, Kathy, Frank, Trish, Chris, Peter, Nicole, Sarah, Scott, Shahidah, Crystal, Cory, Brendan, Jenn, Annie annnnnd everyone else from the RIBC
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2006: that you have to love what you do and do what you love, that working 40 hours per week isn't that bad, that offices aren't always formal (you can walk around barefoot haha), and that it is perfect acceptable to get drunk on a golf course on a monday afternoon at your company's annual golf tournament, however, driving across the green is very much looked down upon
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year: "I would have stayed up with you all night, had I known how to save a life" oooooh, and also: "swimming lessons on a penis, backstroke, breaststroke, stroke of a genius"
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year? I think my new years resolutions were to write continuously in my diary, lose weight, and wear my retainer more regularly....and since I didn't keep any of them, I'm making the same ones, k thanks, however instead of "lose weight" I'm going to say just exercise regularly and eat more healthy, because it has to be a life style change instead of a diet plan
3. Did anyone close to you give birth? Adam and Ruth had a baby, as did Maureen's daughter Megan
4. Did anyone close to you die? Mr. Canario....miss him soooo much
5. What countries did you visit? haha none
6. What would you like to have in 2007 that you lacked in 2006? ummmm more motivation and more money
7. What date from 2006 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? hmmmm, how about the entire summer because it was the best, ever
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? working at the RIBC....loved it
9. What was your biggest failure? spending too much money
10. Did you suffer illness or injury? I had a wicked bad sore throat, but other than that nooooope
11. What was the best thing you bought? hmmmm perhaps my many purses? or that black skirt from old navy....or my two pairs of boots
12. Whose behavior merited celebration? My Dad's, Dave's, Aunt Mary's, and Grandpa Bob's.....because they are the strongest people I know
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed? ummmm those two women who I had to train on the copy machines....yah, them....
14. Where did most of your money go? dunkin donuts, starbucks, christmas presents for people, gordon's liquour in waltham
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about? mmm the two wbru free concerts b/c I was VIP and my birthday and seeing Ashlyn and holidays and everytime I got to go to Prudence Island
16. What song will always remind you of 2006? How to Save A Life by The Fray
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? the same
ii. richer or poorer? poorer
iii. fatter or skinnier? fatter
18. What do you wish you'd done more of? this past semester, done more homework/studied more
19. What do you wish you'd done less of? spent money
20. How did you spend Christmas? Wellll now on saturday my cousins and I went to see A Night At The Museum, then for dinner we went to grandpa bob's house and saw dave, aunt pat, and stasia and had horton's, then on christmas eve day I cleaned my room and we decorated sugar cookies and I made a Red Sox one for Mitchell, then I went to 4:30 mass at St.Leo's with my parents, then we had scallops for dinner, then Julee and Patrick came and we went to First Baptist and rang bells, then I started a new tradition and went to midnight mass with Julee, Patrick, and Mrs.Boland and St.Micheal's in Smithfield, then woke up way too early to do presents with my parents, Julee and Patrick, then family came over and we did presents with Dawn, Ashlyn, and Mitchell, then we had dinner, then we did presents with everyone else, then desert, then everyone left and we cleaned up, then Mom, Dad and I played rummy and I won, naturally
22. Did you fall in love in 2006? nope
23. How many one-night stands? hahahaha.......idk......
24. What was your favorite TV program? Laguna was pretty good, as was The Hills, Two-A-Days, The OC, and did I mention I am obsessed with this season of the Real World: Denver
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year? Hate is very strong word, and life is too short to hate anyone, I love everyone
26. What was the best book you read? welll I do not remember the name of it but I took it from my mom and it was about a mom and daughter and the mom was a writer and re-met her daughter's father and it was wicked good
27. What was your greatest musical discovery? ZOX!!!!!!!!!!!! love them
28. What did you want and get? a fabulous summer job
29. What did you want and not get? an ipod
30. What was your favorite film of this year? welll I don't really like movies, sorry
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you? well I went out to my car to go to work, and there was a banner hanging across the dashboard....so I went to work, went out to lunch with Glenn, Cory, Shahidah and Ethan, then went out to dinner with the fam, then did presents...it was a blast
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? hmmmm not having as much drama at school would have been wonderful...I'm gonna work on that one
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2006? welll I had to be professional for work, that was tough haha....i guess popped collars would be part of my personal fashion concept, as well as just comfy, as usual
34. What kept you sane? music, my family and friends
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? I don't really like celebrities much
36. What political issue stirred you the most? ummm well I wicked wanted Chafee to win and Fogarty beat him, so I was upset by that a lot but I was very excited that the casino got rejected and that prisoners get the right to vote
37. Who did you miss? Grammie, Silly Grandpa, Grandma Jean, and Uncle Jud...and Mr. Canario.....all of them, a lot
38. Who was the best new person you met? wellll now, that would be a tie between: Glenn, Leslie, Ethan, Zoe, Kathy, Frank, Trish, Chris, Peter, Nicole, Sarah, Scott, Shahidah, Crystal, Cory, Brendan, Jenn, Annie annnnnd everyone else from the RIBC
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2006: that you have to love what you do and do what you love, that working 40 hours per week isn't that bad, that offices aren't always formal (you can walk around barefoot haha), and that it is perfect acceptable to get drunk on a golf course on a monday afternoon at your company's annual golf tournament, however, driving across the green is very much looked down upon
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year: "I would have stayed up with you all night, had I known how to save a life" oooooh, and also: "swimming lessons on a penis, backstroke, breaststroke, stroke of a genius"