"We May Never Pass This Way Again ... "
2006 Analysis
1. What did you do in 2006 that you'd never done before?
Got my driver's license at last. Kept a diary going. Wrote a Victorian Romance.
2. Did you keep your New Years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
Getting out of here - nearly done. Next year - working on the rest of my life.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
My niece Brittany gave birth to her son Braydon.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
Not really close, but I knew him - Dr. Gamble, college president. Melonoma.
5. What countries did you visit?
I'll never leave the country.
6. What would you like to have in 2007 that you lacked in 2006?
A job that I really like in a place that I really love.
7. What dates from 2006 will remain etched upon your memory?
January 25 - Began working in staff training office.
April - Mad costume dash for our production of 'The Solid Gold Cadillac'.
July 6 - Getting my driver's license.
August 4 - Dove right into work at Panera.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Getting permission from Roberta Solomon to use her character Crematia Mortem in 'Raven House Chronicles'.
9. What was your biggest failure?
Not finishing my editing of 'Raven House Chronicles'.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
My wrists hurting from work until I got Holy Water on them.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
Toasty Feet thermal shoe inserts.
12. Whose behaviour merited celebration?
My father, who is always nice, hard-working, and absolutely wonderful for everything he's done for me.
13. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed?
Colleen the secretary who dumped all of her work on me and was earning more than four times I was even though I was doing all of her work.
14. Where did most of your money go?
Bills. Groceries. Etc.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
The Secret Project coming to fruitation.
16. What song/album will always remind you of 2006?
Daft Punk's 'Interstella 5555'. (Thank you, Mima and Atana!)
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? Definitely happier.
ii. thinner or fatter? Same, I think.
iii. richer or poorer? Same.
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Exercise. Edit 'Raven House'.
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Working at Panera Bread. Worrying about driving.
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
At home with my family.
21. What major life change did you go through?
Realizing the Secret Project had to be done Now, or it'll never be done.
22. Did you fall in love in 2006?
Still married - I must have.
23. How many one night stands in this last year?
I don't even have night-stands, let alone many of them. :P
24. What was your favorite TV program?
Still Britcoms on public TV.
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
I don't think so.
26. What was the best book you read?
'Nutrition: Concepts and Controveries' (Pretty sad, best book I read was a text book.)
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Daft Punk (thank you, Mima!), ALL of Enya
28. What did you want and get?
Hair permed (for a while), spice colored turtleneck, a change in luck, two trips to Boston, Victorian vests.
29. What did you want and not get?
Gryffindor scarf, THE green dress.
30. What was your favourite film of this year?
None.
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I turned 29. I went out for Mexican with husband, and bought the Victorian vests at a serious discount.
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Money to be able to do what I need to do.
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2006?
School - office assistant. Work - goth baker. Other - jeans and t-shirts.
34. What kept you sane?
Knowing we weren't going to be here forever.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you like the most?
Brian Schweitzer, Govenor of Montana.
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
Anything our 'god-fearing, white republicans' want to do, I'm usually against.
37. Who did you miss?
My grandmother.
38. Who was the best new person you met?
Snarky Sneak of LJ, Dyhanara at work, the Swansons.
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2006.
Pray and God will listen.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year?
"We've gotta get out of this place
if it's the last thing we ever do ... " - The Animals
* * * * * * * * * *
Well, folks. The Secret Project is about to start. I don't know when I'll get back here, but rest assured I'll contact as many as I can when the dust settles.
Love you all. Be good to each other, remember that others always have a different perspective than yours, and keep fighting for your Rights as human beings.
Meanwhile - greetings from the Weasleys, my Elizabeth, and her minions Graham and Derek.
1. What did you do in 2006 that you'd never done before?
Got my driver's license at last. Kept a diary going. Wrote a Victorian Romance.
2. Did you keep your New Years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
Getting out of here - nearly done. Next year - working on the rest of my life.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
My niece Brittany gave birth to her son Braydon.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
Not really close, but I knew him - Dr. Gamble, college president. Melonoma.
5. What countries did you visit?
I'll never leave the country.
6. What would you like to have in 2007 that you lacked in 2006?
A job that I really like in a place that I really love.
7. What dates from 2006 will remain etched upon your memory?
January 25 - Began working in staff training office.
April - Mad costume dash for our production of 'The Solid Gold Cadillac'.
July 6 - Getting my driver's license.
August 4 - Dove right into work at Panera.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Getting permission from Roberta Solomon to use her character Crematia Mortem in 'Raven House Chronicles'.
9. What was your biggest failure?
Not finishing my editing of 'Raven House Chronicles'.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
My wrists hurting from work until I got Holy Water on them.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
Toasty Feet thermal shoe inserts.
12. Whose behaviour merited celebration?
My father, who is always nice, hard-working, and absolutely wonderful for everything he's done for me.
13. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed?
Colleen the secretary who dumped all of her work on me and was earning more than four times I was even though I was doing all of her work.
14. Where did most of your money go?
Bills. Groceries. Etc.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
The Secret Project coming to fruitation.
16. What song/album will always remind you of 2006?
Daft Punk's 'Interstella 5555'. (Thank you, Mima and Atana!)
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? Definitely happier.
ii. thinner or fatter? Same, I think.
iii. richer or poorer? Same.
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Exercise. Edit 'Raven House'.
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Working at Panera Bread. Worrying about driving.
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
At home with my family.
21. What major life change did you go through?
Realizing the Secret Project had to be done Now, or it'll never be done.
22. Did you fall in love in 2006?
Still married - I must have.
23. How many one night stands in this last year?
I don't even have night-stands, let alone many of them. :P
24. What was your favorite TV program?
Still Britcoms on public TV.
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
I don't think so.
26. What was the best book you read?
'Nutrition: Concepts and Controveries' (Pretty sad, best book I read was a text book.)
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Daft Punk (thank you, Mima!), ALL of Enya
28. What did you want and get?
Hair permed (for a while), spice colored turtleneck, a change in luck, two trips to Boston, Victorian vests.
29. What did you want and not get?
Gryffindor scarf, THE green dress.
30. What was your favourite film of this year?
None.
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I turned 29. I went out for Mexican with husband, and bought the Victorian vests at a serious discount.
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Money to be able to do what I need to do.
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2006?
School - office assistant. Work - goth baker. Other - jeans and t-shirts.
34. What kept you sane?
Knowing we weren't going to be here forever.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you like the most?
Brian Schweitzer, Govenor of Montana.
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
Anything our 'god-fearing, white republicans' want to do, I'm usually against.
37. Who did you miss?
My grandmother.
38. Who was the best new person you met?
Snarky Sneak of LJ, Dyhanara at work, the Swansons.
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2006.
Pray and God will listen.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year?
"We've gotta get out of this place
if it's the last thing we ever do ... " - The Animals
* * * * * * * * * *
Well, folks. The Secret Project is about to start. I don't know when I'll get back here, but rest assured I'll contact as many as I can when the dust settles.
Love you all. Be good to each other, remember that others always have a different perspective than yours, and keep fighting for your Rights as human beings.
Meanwhile - greetings from the Weasleys, my Elizabeth, and her minions Graham and Derek.