It's 2022! Happy New Year!
Unlike last year we did see the New Year in as there were so many fireworks around our area that it would have been quite difficult to sleep anyway. Today it feels much more like a Sunday than a Saturday and when we went for a walk earlier it was incredibly quiet and unseasonably warm. I've had a long chat on the phone with my cousin P and we've spoken to our friends D & K and done half the Jumbo crossword in the paper, which feels like quite an active day! Doing the crossword was one of our achievements last year as we taught ourselves to do the quick cryptic one and the fact that we are half way through the Jumbo does mean we've got better or as my mother, a keen crossword puzzler, would have said "it must be very easy!"
kazzy_cee has posted a list of 365 questions for the year compiled by siobhan63. I'm not planning on doing them all this year but I will answer the first one.
January
1. After roughly two years now of living with various changes and restrictions brought about by the Covid pandemic, which, if any, measures do you think you will continue to do all the time?
I suspect we will continue to wear masks in shops, enclosed spaces and on public transport for quite a while to come. They are a nuisance with glasses but they stop other respiratory infections, not just Covid. We've just watched the first two of the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures hosted by Prof. (Sir) Jonathan Van-Tam and that has been fascinating on some of the measures used to prevent the spread of Covid, so I think I'm going to take care to open windows much more often too.
It's not particularly a Covid restriction but we are doing much less casual shopping than we used to do and we are planning our meals around what we already have in the house. I'd really like to continue doing that. We've also done more online shopping from smaller producers and tried to avoid some of the bigger players (particularly the one beginning with A, though that isn't always possible).
I know I've already said it but Happy New Year to all and let's hope 2022 is a better one for everyone.
The rest of the January questions are behind the cut for anyone interested.
2. When you are old(er), what do you think children will ask you to tell stories about?
3. January 3 is Fruitcake Toss Day. Do you like fruitcake? Why does it get such a bad rap?
4. iOs or Android?
5. What do you do to get rid of stress?
6. How often do you binge-watch TV shows?
7. Have you ever saved an animal's life? How about a person's life?
8. Would you rather be able to see 10 minutes into your own future, or 10 minutes into the future of anyone but yourself?
9. Would you rather lose the ability to read, or the ability to speak?
10. What Olympic (or other) sport would be the funniest to add a mandatory amount of alcohol to?
11. What do you think are three things that are pretty great or interesting about you?
12. What's your favourite number? Why?
13. Would you rather have all illicit drugs be legalized, or duelling between consenting adults be legalized?
14. What movie would be greatly improved if made into a musical?
15. What social stigma does society need to get over?
16. What's the most creative use of emojis you've ever seen?
17. Where do you get most of your news?
18. In 40 years, what will people be nostalgic for?
19. Do you like reality/competition TV shows? Why or why not? If so, which ones?
20. How fast do you read?
21. Do you like classical music? If yes, name your favourite composer(s).
22. How often do you check your phone?
23. What is your favourite thing to eat or drink in winter?
24. If you could switch two movie/book/TV characters, what switch would lead to the most inappropriate movie/book/TV show?
25. How often do you stay up past 3:00 a.m.?
26. If you opened a business, what kind of business would it be?
27. Who was your worst teacher/professor? Why?
28. Who was your best teacher/professor? Why?
29. If you are an only child, do you wish you had siblings? If you have siblings, do you wish you were an only child?
30. Do you sleep with your sheets tucked in or out? If you don't use top sheets, if you stay somewhere that does, do you prefer your sheets tucked in or out?
31. Toilet paper: over or under?
kazzy_cee has posted a list of 365 questions for the year compiled by siobhan63. I'm not planning on doing them all this year but I will answer the first one.
January
1. After roughly two years now of living with various changes and restrictions brought about by the Covid pandemic, which, if any, measures do you think you will continue to do all the time?
I suspect we will continue to wear masks in shops, enclosed spaces and on public transport for quite a while to come. They are a nuisance with glasses but they stop other respiratory infections, not just Covid. We've just watched the first two of the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures hosted by Prof. (Sir) Jonathan Van-Tam and that has been fascinating on some of the measures used to prevent the spread of Covid, so I think I'm going to take care to open windows much more often too.
It's not particularly a Covid restriction but we are doing much less casual shopping than we used to do and we are planning our meals around what we already have in the house. I'd really like to continue doing that. We've also done more online shopping from smaller producers and tried to avoid some of the bigger players (particularly the one beginning with A, though that isn't always possible).
I know I've already said it but Happy New Year to all and let's hope 2022 is a better one for everyone.
The rest of the January questions are behind the cut for anyone interested.
2. When you are old(er), what do you think children will ask you to tell stories about?
3. January 3 is Fruitcake Toss Day. Do you like fruitcake? Why does it get such a bad rap?
4. iOs or Android?
5. What do you do to get rid of stress?
6. How often do you binge-watch TV shows?
7. Have you ever saved an animal's life? How about a person's life?
8. Would you rather be able to see 10 minutes into your own future, or 10 minutes into the future of anyone but yourself?
9. Would you rather lose the ability to read, or the ability to speak?
10. What Olympic (or other) sport would be the funniest to add a mandatory amount of alcohol to?
11. What do you think are three things that are pretty great or interesting about you?
12. What's your favourite number? Why?
13. Would you rather have all illicit drugs be legalized, or duelling between consenting adults be legalized?
14. What movie would be greatly improved if made into a musical?
15. What social stigma does society need to get over?
16. What's the most creative use of emojis you've ever seen?
17. Where do you get most of your news?
18. In 40 years, what will people be nostalgic for?
19. Do you like reality/competition TV shows? Why or why not? If so, which ones?
20. How fast do you read?
21. Do you like classical music? If yes, name your favourite composer(s).
22. How often do you check your phone?
23. What is your favourite thing to eat or drink in winter?
24. If you could switch two movie/book/TV characters, what switch would lead to the most inappropriate movie/book/TV show?
25. How often do you stay up past 3:00 a.m.?
26. If you opened a business, what kind of business would it be?
27. Who was your worst teacher/professor? Why?
28. Who was your best teacher/professor? Why?
29. If you are an only child, do you wish you had siblings? If you have siblings, do you wish you were an only child?
30. Do you sleep with your sheets tucked in or out? If you don't use top sheets, if you stay somewhere that does, do you prefer your sheets tucked in or out?
31. Toilet paper: over or under?