2010 Meme (as ganked from Marielle)
1. What did you do in 2010 that you'd never done before?
Got a 4.0 GPA in College
2. Did you keep your New Years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
Didn't make any last year and don't plan to make one for this year, although I am planning to read 100 books this year.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
My sister-in-law Allison
4. Did anyone close to you die?
My childhood dog Bandit.
5. What countries did you visit?
New Jersey
6. What would you like to have in 2011 that you lacked in 2010?
A stable job
7. What date(s) from 2010 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
I guess March 1 (we moved to Brooklyn)
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Getting a 4.0 GPA
9. What was your biggest failure?
Failings are just chances to learn from your mistakes (in other words, I have a few but I can't remember them)
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
At the beginning of the year, Marielle and I contracted the Norovirus (or as we have come to call it, the Bieber Fever, since I'm sure Marielle got it on the Bieber Bus).
11. What was the best thing you bought?
The Magic the Gathering computer game has brought me a great amount of entertainment.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
Mine, of course
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
I plead the fifth
14. Where did most of your money go?
Rent, food, healthcare for our cats
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Getting a 4.0 GPA, and writing a story for a graduate school class about Murderous Birds.
16. What song(s) will always remind you of 2010?
Teenage Dream by Katy Perry, Sing by My Chemical Romance (you should look it up, it's actually really good and not emo. Weird, I know), Little Lion Man by Mumford and Sons.
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. Happier or sadder?
Content, so the same.
ii. Thinner or fatter?
Fatter
iii. Richer or poorer?
Poorer
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Actual work, cleaning
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Playing Magic and watching TV. It's fun, but I spent way too much time on it.
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
Made Dim Sum with turkey, scallions and carrots (quite tasty), saw Tangled (quite good), went out in a blizzard (quite cold) and packed (quite useful)
21. Did you fall in love in 2010?
With Marielle as usual, and with my cats, Mr. Dent and Momo
22. Did you get your heart broken in 2010?
Nope
23. How many one-night stands?
No, I stand most nights, although there have been a few that I just couldn't stand.
24. What was your favorite TV program?
Bones, Psych, 30 Rock
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
No, I pretty much hate the same people.
26. What was the best book you read?
The Scott Pilgrim Series, The No.1 Ladies Detective Agency
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
"Sing" by My Chemical Romance (good and not emo), This crazy kid lip-singing to "Teenage Dream" by Katy Perry: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lm_n3hg-Gbg
and Christina Perri's "Jar of Hearts" as sung in a Boston Accent
28. What did you want and get?
Cats, a 4.0 in school, a new computer
29. What was your favorite film of this year?
In the theatre: Toy Story 3
Outside: Either Lady and the Tramp (yes, I just saw that for the first time this year), Dial M for Murder (especially the special features) or Death to Smoochy (you need to be in the right mood, but this was hilarious)
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I turned 25 and I can't remember a thing
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2010?
Whatever was clean-ish
34. What kept you sane?
Cooking
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
None really
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
The repeal of DADT, the healthcare debate, the Chilean Miners
37. Who did you miss?
Lots of TV and cultural references (I don't have a TV, so I missed them),
Friends mostly
38. Who was the best new person you met?
The Pints and Purls group
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2010:
Not to trust the Census. Probably not the best lesson, but a valuable one nonetheless
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
It's a brand new me/I've got no remorse!/Now the water's rising but I know the course!/I'm gonna shock the world,/Gonna show Bad Horse!/It's a Brand New Day!
Got a 4.0 GPA in College
2. Did you keep your New Years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
Didn't make any last year and don't plan to make one for this year, although I am planning to read 100 books this year.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
My sister-in-law Allison
4. Did anyone close to you die?
My childhood dog Bandit.
5. What countries did you visit?
New Jersey
6. What would you like to have in 2011 that you lacked in 2010?
A stable job
7. What date(s) from 2010 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
I guess March 1 (we moved to Brooklyn)
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Getting a 4.0 GPA
9. What was your biggest failure?
Failings are just chances to learn from your mistakes (in other words, I have a few but I can't remember them)
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
At the beginning of the year, Marielle and I contracted the Norovirus (or as we have come to call it, the Bieber Fever, since I'm sure Marielle got it on the Bieber Bus).
11. What was the best thing you bought?
The Magic the Gathering computer game has brought me a great amount of entertainment.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
Mine, of course
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
I plead the fifth
14. Where did most of your money go?
Rent, food, healthcare for our cats
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Getting a 4.0 GPA, and writing a story for a graduate school class about Murderous Birds.
16. What song(s) will always remind you of 2010?
Teenage Dream by Katy Perry, Sing by My Chemical Romance (you should look it up, it's actually really good and not emo. Weird, I know), Little Lion Man by Mumford and Sons.
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. Happier or sadder?
Content, so the same.
ii. Thinner or fatter?
Fatter
iii. Richer or poorer?
Poorer
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Actual work, cleaning
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Playing Magic and watching TV. It's fun, but I spent way too much time on it.
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
Made Dim Sum with turkey, scallions and carrots (quite tasty), saw Tangled (quite good), went out in a blizzard (quite cold) and packed (quite useful)
21. Did you fall in love in 2010?
With Marielle as usual, and with my cats, Mr. Dent and Momo
22. Did you get your heart broken in 2010?
Nope
23. How many one-night stands?
No, I stand most nights, although there have been a few that I just couldn't stand.
24. What was your favorite TV program?
Bones, Psych, 30 Rock
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
No, I pretty much hate the same people.
26. What was the best book you read?
The Scott Pilgrim Series, The No.1 Ladies Detective Agency
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
"Sing" by My Chemical Romance (good and not emo), This crazy kid lip-singing to "Teenage Dream" by Katy Perry: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lm_n3hg-Gbg
and Christina Perri's "Jar of Hearts" as sung in a Boston Accent
28. What did you want and get?
Cats, a 4.0 in school, a new computer
29. What was your favorite film of this year?
In the theatre: Toy Story 3
Outside: Either Lady and the Tramp (yes, I just saw that for the first time this year), Dial M for Murder (especially the special features) or Death to Smoochy (you need to be in the right mood, but this was hilarious)
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I turned 25 and I can't remember a thing
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2010?
Whatever was clean-ish
34. What kept you sane?
Cooking
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
None really
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
The repeal of DADT, the healthcare debate, the Chilean Miners
37. Who did you miss?
Lots of TV and cultural references (I don't have a TV, so I missed them),
Friends mostly
38. Who was the best new person you met?
The Pints and Purls group
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2010:
Not to trust the Census. Probably not the best lesson, but a valuable one nonetheless
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
It's a brand new me/I've got no remorse!/Now the water's rising but I know the course!/I'm gonna shock the world,/Gonna show Bad Horse!/It's a Brand New Day!