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1. What did you do in 2006 that you'd never done before?
Took IB tests, lived away from my parents for a prolonged period of time, almost got published (this should really read "got my first rejection"), applied to college
2. Did you keep your New Year's resolutions and will you make more for next year?
I never seem to keep them, but I keep making them. The two I remember from last year are to stop biting my nails and to memorize "Ode," a poem by Arthur O'Shaughnessy. Still a nail-biter, but I did memorize "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," which is longer and (in the scheme of things) more important than "Ode," anyway.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
no
4. Did anyone close to you die?
no
5. What countries did you visit?
this is one of the rare years where the answer to this question is "none"
6. What would you like to have in 2007 that you lacked in 2006?
time to be an artist
7. What dates from 2006 will remain etched on your memory, and why?
July 15 -- when I got my first real rejection letter
November 28 -- the first Humanities field trip, and my first real brush with a different kind of world and a new sort of freedom
June 25-July 14 -- EPGY Summer Institutes Creative Writing; "The Terra Era"
December 21 -- when I hugged Mr. Vargish and Mr. Fukuda, and gave scarves to Mr. Koger and Mr. Krucli
November 7 -- the first election year I've spent politically active
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
surviving junior year
9. What was your biggest failure?
a stubborn determination not to acknolwedge the reality of certain situations
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
the usual allergy related stuff, but nothing serious and definitely nothing that required hospitalization
11. What was the best thing you bought?
my new laptop
12. Whose behaviour merited celebration?
I don't know...
13. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed?
It's a rather long list, and it makes me appalled and depressed, so I'm not going to go into it.
14. Where did most of your money go?
books, Stanford, MUN
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Humanities, especially the English portion; writing my senior thesis; Stanford and EPGY; being done with junior year
16. What song will always remind you of 2006?
I'm not much of a music-oriented person, to be honest; I'm not likely to remember this year in terms of a song. But off the top of my head, I think of "Vienna," "King of the World," "The Minstrel's Prayer," and "Running Alone" (it should say something that I think only one of those actually came out during 2006).
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
happier or sadder? happier
thinner or fatter? I don't know, probably about the same
richer or poorer? richer
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
writing, thinking, loving, living
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
worrying, crying, sighing, wishing without acting, hating
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
with friends and family, as always
21. Did you fall in love in 2006?
Was already there, but it deepened.
22. How many one-night stands?
Zero
23. What was your favourite TV program?
Prison Break, Project Runway, West Wing, X-Files
24. Are you angry at anyone now that you weren't angry at this time last year?
Definitely
25. What were the best books you read?
Regeneration by Julie E. Czerneda
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Proven Guilty by Jim Butcher
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen
Howl by Alan Ginsberg
26. What was your greatest musical discovery?
As I said above, I'm not music-oriented. But I did "discover" that I'm pretty open-minded when it comes to music, and that I can take recommendations from almost anyone.
27. What did you want and get?
good scores on my APs and IBs, recognition from my peers, support in my writing endeavors
28. What did you want and not get?
Stanford
29. What was your favourite film of this year?
The Prestige or Happy Feet
30. What did you do on your birthday and how old were you?
I turned 17 and spent the day taking an IB Psych test.
31. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
getting published by Julie
32. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2006?
nonexistent, unless "dress how you feel" is a fashion concept
33. What kept you sane?
literature (as it always has), good friends, good teachers, hugs, peppermint, caramel, pretzels, warm milk
34. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Norbert Leo Butz
35. What political issue stirred you the most?
All of them; I count 2006 as my first year as a politically active citizen, and I wasted no time forming opinions about everything.
36. Who did you miss?
Katherine Simpson, Katherine Fosso, Luke, Paula, Steph J
37. Who was the best new person you met?
Katherine, Luke, Paula -- EPGY FOREVER!
38. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learnt in 2006?
Do not let the actions, reactions, decisions, or judgments of others shape who you are: be truly yourself, and great things will fall into place for you.
39. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
Though you can see when you're wrong, you know
You can't always see when you're right. You're right.
You've got your passion, you've got your pride
but don't you know that only fools are satisfied?
Dream on, but don't imagine they'll all come true.
Took IB tests, lived away from my parents for a prolonged period of time, almost got published (this should really read "got my first rejection"), applied to college
2. Did you keep your New Year's resolutions and will you make more for next year?
I never seem to keep them, but I keep making them. The two I remember from last year are to stop biting my nails and to memorize "Ode," a poem by Arthur O'Shaughnessy. Still a nail-biter, but I did memorize "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," which is longer and (in the scheme of things) more important than "Ode," anyway.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
no
4. Did anyone close to you die?
no
5. What countries did you visit?
this is one of the rare years where the answer to this question is "none"
6. What would you like to have in 2007 that you lacked in 2006?
time to be an artist
7. What dates from 2006 will remain etched on your memory, and why?
July 15 -- when I got my first real rejection letter
November 28 -- the first Humanities field trip, and my first real brush with a different kind of world and a new sort of freedom
June 25-July 14 -- EPGY Summer Institutes Creative Writing; "The Terra Era"
December 21 -- when I hugged Mr. Vargish and Mr. Fukuda, and gave scarves to Mr. Koger and Mr. Krucli
November 7 -- the first election year I've spent politically active
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
surviving junior year
9. What was your biggest failure?
a stubborn determination not to acknolwedge the reality of certain situations
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
the usual allergy related stuff, but nothing serious and definitely nothing that required hospitalization
11. What was the best thing you bought?
my new laptop
12. Whose behaviour merited celebration?
I don't know...
13. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed?
It's a rather long list, and it makes me appalled and depressed, so I'm not going to go into it.
14. Where did most of your money go?
books, Stanford, MUN
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Humanities, especially the English portion; writing my senior thesis; Stanford and EPGY; being done with junior year
16. What song will always remind you of 2006?
I'm not much of a music-oriented person, to be honest; I'm not likely to remember this year in terms of a song. But off the top of my head, I think of "Vienna," "King of the World," "The Minstrel's Prayer," and "Running Alone" (it should say something that I think only one of those actually came out during 2006).
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
happier or sadder? happier
thinner or fatter? I don't know, probably about the same
richer or poorer? richer
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
writing, thinking, loving, living
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
worrying, crying, sighing, wishing without acting, hating
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
with friends and family, as always
21. Did you fall in love in 2006?
Was already there, but it deepened.
22. How many one-night stands?
Zero
23. What was your favourite TV program?
Prison Break, Project Runway, West Wing, X-Files
24. Are you angry at anyone now that you weren't angry at this time last year?
Definitely
25. What were the best books you read?
Regeneration by Julie E. Czerneda
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Proven Guilty by Jim Butcher
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen
Howl by Alan Ginsberg
26. What was your greatest musical discovery?
As I said above, I'm not music-oriented. But I did "discover" that I'm pretty open-minded when it comes to music, and that I can take recommendations from almost anyone.
27. What did you want and get?
good scores on my APs and IBs, recognition from my peers, support in my writing endeavors
28. What did you want and not get?
Stanford
29. What was your favourite film of this year?
The Prestige or Happy Feet
30. What did you do on your birthday and how old were you?
I turned 17 and spent the day taking an IB Psych test.
31. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
getting published by Julie
32. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2006?
nonexistent, unless "dress how you feel" is a fashion concept
33. What kept you sane?
literature (as it always has), good friends, good teachers, hugs, peppermint, caramel, pretzels, warm milk
34. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Norbert Leo Butz
35. What political issue stirred you the most?
All of them; I count 2006 as my first year as a politically active citizen, and I wasted no time forming opinions about everything.
36. Who did you miss?
Katherine Simpson, Katherine Fosso, Luke, Paula, Steph J
37. Who was the best new person you met?
Katherine, Luke, Paula -- EPGY FOREVER!
38. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learnt in 2006?
Do not let the actions, reactions, decisions, or judgments of others shape who you are: be truly yourself, and great things will fall into place for you.
39. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
Though you can see when you're wrong, you know
You can't always see when you're right. You're right.
You've got your passion, you've got your pride
but don't you know that only fools are satisfied?
Dream on, but don't imagine they'll all come true.