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1. What did you do in 2006 that you'd never done before?
Graduated, went to college.
2. Did you keep your New Year's resolutions and will you make more for next year?
I made resolutions in my diary, but that is not here. I remember most of them, and I did keep most of them because they were quite easy. A few were sad and I realized that I didn't want to keep them, for my own good. The only one I've made so far for 2007 is to make a friend.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
No.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
No.
5. What countries did you visit?
Don't talk to me.
6. What would you like to have in 2007 that you lacked in 2006?
A friendfriend at school.
7. What date from 2006 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
I don't remember dates. (This survey is fun.)
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
I did really well my first semester at college. And I got a few jobs.
9. What was your biggest failure?
I failed to impress anyone my own age.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
I have a superior immune system. Through concentration I can raise and lower my cholesterol at will.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
Nice presents for my parents.
12. Whose behaviour merited celebration?
ME.
13. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed?
At some point, everyone's.
14. Where did most of your money go?
To the MBTA and to dinners.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Getting the hell out of high school, getting the hell out of college.
16. What song will always remind you of 2006?
"Extraordinary Machine," Fiona Apple.
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i) Happier or sadder? A little sadder, for different reasons.
ii) Thinner or fatter? I lost a lot of weight over the summer and gained it back, plus a little more. Who cares.
iii) Richer or poorer? A little richer.
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Made people notice me. I exist and I am better than they are.
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Thinking about how sad and deep I am.
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
I spent it at Grammy's, obv.
21. Did you fall in love in 2006?
I fall in love everyday with every person I walk by. Do other people do that?
23. How many one-night stands?
Six.
24. What was your favourite TV program?
Drama, 24. Comedy, Office.
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
I don't hate anyone, there are just a lot of people I don't want to spend any time with.
26. What was the best book you read?
I didn't read anything good this year because I was stuck in two dumbass English classes.
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
God I don't listen to like anything anymore. The Da Capo Players. Stars. Damien Rice. Return to Fiona Apple and Beatles. Was The Good Life this year?
28. What did you want and get?
Acknowledgment.
29. What did you want and not get?
A trip.
30. What was your favourite film of this year?
Oh shit, X-Men 3, hands down.
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I went with the senior band members to Boston. I was a bit cranky, but someone (I never found out who) tipped off the Hard Rock and they sang to me and gave me ice cream. Then we saw the Blue Man Group, and we thought it would be my name scrolling across the screen, but it was Lisa something and everyone yelled. While we were waiting in the lobby, "Independence Day" by Elliott Smith played on the jukebox, and I don't know who did it, but I'd like to thank them.
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
A friend at school.
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2006?
A little more style and color. V-neck sweaters and jeans. Velcro shoes to save time. It's working.
34. What kept you sane?
Knowing that all my friends were as miserable as I was so that I had someone to complain to online at all hours of the day and didn't have to feel bad about it.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
John Krasinski. Carlos Bernard.
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
Governor election. War.
37. Who did you miss?
Most everyone, including those I never wanted to miss.
38. Who was the best new person you met?
Ann.
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2006:
People are worse than I ever thought.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
I will quote a song I just wrote:
I have no friends.
I have no friends.
One a penny, two a penny,
I have no friends.