Might as well..
1. Was 2013 a good year for you?
Stressful, but some good things happened.
2. What did you do in 2013 that you'd never done before?
Have gluten-free pizza.
3. What was your favourite moment of the year?
Vacation in Dallas. Got to spend one-on-one time with two of my sisters, and two friends I met on the internet, but known for several years.
4. What was your least favorite moment of the year?
July - working for a poor manager, during my emotional worse part of the year, while work was swamped in general to the point of mandatory overtime. July was also my late mother's birth month and this way the first birthday since her death in February.
5. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I got a job. I'm always setting goals for myself, so I'm not sure I can classify them as resolutions.
6. What are your plans for 2014?
Getting a new car. Possibly a promotion at work.
7. Did anyone close to you give birth?
No one really close, but one gal from my training class had a baby boy and a second cousin also had a boy.
8. Did anyone close to you die?
My mother died at the end of February.
9. How many weddings did you go to?
None. Not invited to any.
10. What countries did you visit?
None, unless you want count Texas as its own country.
11. What dates in 2013 will remain etched in your memory?
January 21st - Started working for AT&T.
February 23rd - I was sleeping in Mom's hospital room, when the doctor woke me up to tell me that my mother was no longer responding to stimuli.
February 26rd - My mother's body finally died.
March 1st - Mom's funeral service. I was delayed because I was stuck in traffic.
May 20th - Moore Tornado
September 6th - Met my internet friend Vivian for the first time.
November 8th - Had the worst attack on gastritis in my life, after accidently eating something with flour in it.
12. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
I was the top tech rep in the company for three days in October.
13. What was your biggest failure?
I never put the novel I wrote in 2012 up on Smashwords. Still don't have a cover image I like for it.
14. Did you suffer any illness or injury?
Uh, yes. Though I may know what is at base of several of my health issues now - gluten intolerance.
15. What was the best thing you bought?
My pajamas.
16. Whose behaviour merited celebration?
My bestfriend, who came all the way from West Texas to support me after my mother's death.
17. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed?
Politicians in general and those who obsess over their favorite political parties like highschool students defending their school sports team.
18. Where did most of your money go?
Living expenses, supporting my kids in times of crisis, water because of a leaky faucet.
19. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
My friend Jeremy and his wife moving to the US, close enough for me to eventually visit in person.
20. What songs will always remind you of 2013?
"I'm Not That Girl" from the play Wicked.
21. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Visit friends. Write more.
22. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Worrying about things I couldn't change.
23. How did you spend Christmas?
Alone with the cats, creating stuff.
24. Which LJ users did you meet for the first time?
None.
25. Did you fall in love in 2013?
No, but I finally admitted that I do have a celebrity crush.
26. What was your favourite month of 2013?
September.
27. How did you see in the New Year?
Filling out this list and being on Facebook.
28. What was your favourite TV show?
Community
29. Do you dislike anyone now that you didn't dislike this time last year?
Do people I didn't know yet count? I guess we could count the commedian Leo Gallagher. The guy has become a really bitter bastard.
30. What was/were the best books you read?
Allie Brosh's Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened.
31. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Wicked.
32. What did you want and get?
A job.
33. What did you want and not get?
A new car.
34. What was your favourite film this year?
I don't go to movie theaters much. I get DVDs. So, Wreck-it Ralph.
35. What did you do on your birthday and how old were you?
The kids and I ate out the night before. I turned 49. I spent my actual birthday finishing some projects and planning next year's birthday theme.
36. What one thing would have made your year more satisfying?
Getting things repaired around the house.
37. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2013?
Geek and comfort.
38. What kept you sane?
Candy Crush and other games. Looking for new interviews by Ian McDiarmid.
39. Which celebrity did you fancy the most?
I refer you to the last question.
40. Which political issue stirred you the most?
Partisan stupidity.
41. Who did you miss?
Mom.
42. Did you treat somebody badly in 2013?
I vaguely remember being a bitch to someone this summer and apologizing, but I don't remember who it was now. Headaches do that to you.
43. Did somebody treat you badly in 2013?
Yeah. However, they're horrible to just about everybody, so no reason to take it personal.
44. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned this year?
If you project competence, people will believe you are competent, even if you majorly screw-up.
45. What would you like to have in 2014 that you didn't have in 2013?
A boyfriend.
46. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year...
From "Cups" (Pitch Perfect's When I'm Gone):
I've got my ticket for the long way 'round
The one with the prettiest of views
It's got mountains, it's got rivers
It's got sights to give you shivers
But it sure would be prettier with you
When I'm gone, when I'm gone
You're gonna miss me when I'm gone
You're gonna miss me by my walk
You're gonna miss me by my talk, oh
You're gonna miss me when I'm gone
When I'm gone, when I'm gone
You're gonna miss me when I'm gone
You're gonna miss me by my hair
You're gonna miss me everywhere, oh
You're sure gonna miss me when I'm gone