Meme ..ories :)
01. What did you do in 2006 that you'd never done before?
Showed admirable restraint in not slaughtering the irritating child sat next to me on my first long haul flight
02. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I tend to not make resolutions due to excess alcohol causing complete failure to remember who I am by one minute past twelve on New Years Eve ...and anyway, everyone knows that you should only make resolutions in July
03. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Not that I noticed
04. Did anyone close to you die?
my cousin
05. What countries did you visit?
Spain, USA and Norfolk...well it felt like another country :)
06. What would you like to have in 2007 that you lacked in 2006?
willpower
07. What date from 2006 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
I don't like dates
08. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Not poisoning the family with my cooking
09. What was your biggest failure?
I don't do failure
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
A few broken toes , some lurgy from America, disgusting putrid reactions to insect bites
11. What was the best thing you bought?
An Uno coffee machine
12. Whose behaviour merited celebration?
Mine cos I behaved myself mostly
13. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed?
fangirls with no sense of propriety in general..and those in positions of power and their supporters who think legalised murder is acceptable in particular
14. Where did most of your money go?
On gambling , drugs and rock and roll ...oh ok, on non-fun things like bills , and fun things like jaunts to Spain, America and Butlins
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
see #14
16. What song will always remind you of 2006?
Lullaby Baby Blues
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? - both
ii. thinner or fatter? - fatter
iii. richer or poorer? - I dunno, balancing the books is not my forte
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
keep in better touch with relatives and friends
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Work
20. How did you spend Christmas?
Quietly (apart from some violent games of Monopoly)... and working
21. Did you fall in love in 2006?
I fell in a desert with Jules:).. and discovered I love my flist in many ways
22. How many people did you sleep with?
Several people on my flist ..and they still talk to me:)
23. What was your favorite TV program?
I'm a frickin telly addict , so most of em , but in particular Smallville, Prison Break, Dr Who, Torchwood, Lost and endless repeats of BtVS and AtS
24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
Hate is a negative emotion so ...my hairdresser
25. What was the best book you read?
The last one...wot, attention span of a gnat here ..Ok The Lincoln Lawyer, but don't ask for a plot outline, I've forgotten it..I can't even remember who wrote it
26. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Jamses sings the blues rilly well
27. What did you want and get?
A recordable DVD player...and no I didn't read the manual , and yes I have to get someone else to do the recording
28. What was your favorite film of this year?
POTC2 ...easily the best
29. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I dun remember , old enough to know better cos I probably made a tit of myself, ...ask me again in a week or so when I'll be a year older ,and no wiser but with a more recent memory
30. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Winning the Euro millions ...perhaps if I bought a ticket it would help
31. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2006?
A cool mix of black,glitter and black ..with a little more black
32. What kept you sane?
El Jay and alcohol ...and quality if not qauntity time with fabulous people
33. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
I tend to fancy characters more than the actOrs playing them , so Spike ,Brainiac,Clark,Lex,Michael(from Prison Break),Captains Jack Sparrow and Harkness ...oh and Sawyer from Lost...if pushed I could easily run away from a real life Micheal Rosenbaum:)
34. What political issue stirred you the most?
Do you have a week ? Said much better by others , but Immigration laws , the National Health Services descent into craptasticness , supporting a war we had no business supporting, politicians with deeply frightening ideas about abortion laws ..stops there before imminent explodeyness
35. Who did you miss?
As always at this time of year , my dad
36. Who was the best new person you met?
Meeting Haffy for the first time was a joy , energy and a zest for life to spare that girl:)
Gishlaine ...you're a darling !
Not all new , but need to be mentioned :)
We'd briefly met before , but getting lost with SoE was like finding a long lost sister:)
Bryanning and Jamesing with Christy and Deb the most excellent fun!
Shopping for shoes , eating yummy ice-cream , slurping Margaritas and running away from Bruce Lee and Yoda with the two L's , M , H, and J was a definite highlight , and trying to find coffee onna boat with Bendy an experience money can't buy *g*
And cos I love them dearly, the Sistas ,M, DD, Teebs PK and all the gels at BS deserve a mention for being the best old ..erm established ..friends I could have ever wished to meet :)
Ya, I know ...I'm sappy *g*
37. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2006:
That life is too short to fuck about with ...do something that gives you joy as often as possible
38. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
I get knocked down but I get up again , You're never gonna keep me down ...Pissing the night away, Pissing the night awayyyyy :)
Showed admirable restraint in not slaughtering the irritating child sat next to me on my first long haul flight
02. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I tend to not make resolutions due to excess alcohol causing complete failure to remember who I am by one minute past twelve on New Years Eve ...and anyway, everyone knows that you should only make resolutions in July
03. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Not that I noticed
04. Did anyone close to you die?
my cousin
05. What countries did you visit?
Spain, USA and Norfolk...well it felt like another country :)
06. What would you like to have in 2007 that you lacked in 2006?
willpower
07. What date from 2006 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
I don't like dates
08. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Not poisoning the family with my cooking
09. What was your biggest failure?
I don't do failure
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
A few broken toes , some lurgy from America, disgusting putrid reactions to insect bites
11. What was the best thing you bought?
An Uno coffee machine
12. Whose behaviour merited celebration?
Mine cos I behaved myself mostly
13. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed?
fangirls with no sense of propriety in general..and those in positions of power and their supporters who think legalised murder is acceptable in particular
14. Where did most of your money go?
On gambling , drugs and rock and roll ...oh ok, on non-fun things like bills , and fun things like jaunts to Spain, America and Butlins
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
see #14
16. What song will always remind you of 2006?
Lullaby Baby Blues
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? - both
ii. thinner or fatter? - fatter
iii. richer or poorer? - I dunno, balancing the books is not my forte
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
keep in better touch with relatives and friends
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Work
20. How did you spend Christmas?
Quietly (apart from some violent games of Monopoly)... and working
21. Did you fall in love in 2006?
I fell in a desert with Jules:).. and discovered I love my flist in many ways
22. How many people did you sleep with?
Several people on my flist ..and they still talk to me:)
23. What was your favorite TV program?
I'm a frickin telly addict , so most of em , but in particular Smallville, Prison Break, Dr Who, Torchwood, Lost and endless repeats of BtVS and AtS
24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
Hate is a negative emotion so ...my hairdresser
25. What was the best book you read?
The last one...wot, attention span of a gnat here ..Ok The Lincoln Lawyer, but don't ask for a plot outline, I've forgotten it..I can't even remember who wrote it
26. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Jamses sings the blues rilly well
27. What did you want and get?
A recordable DVD player...and no I didn't read the manual , and yes I have to get someone else to do the recording
28. What was your favorite film of this year?
POTC2 ...easily the best
29. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I dun remember , old enough to know better cos I probably made a tit of myself, ...ask me again in a week or so when I'll be a year older ,and no wiser but with a more recent memory
30. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Winning the Euro millions ...perhaps if I bought a ticket it would help
31. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2006?
A cool mix of black,glitter and black ..with a little more black
32. What kept you sane?
El Jay and alcohol ...and quality if not qauntity time with fabulous people
33. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
I tend to fancy characters more than the actOrs playing them , so Spike ,Brainiac,Clark,Lex,Michael(from Prison Break),Captains Jack Sparrow and Harkness ...oh and Sawyer from Lost...if pushed I could easily run away from a real life Micheal Rosenbaum:)
34. What political issue stirred you the most?
Do you have a week ? Said much better by others , but Immigration laws , the National Health Services descent into craptasticness , supporting a war we had no business supporting, politicians with deeply frightening ideas about abortion laws ..stops there before imminent explodeyness
35. Who did you miss?
As always at this time of year , my dad
36. Who was the best new person you met?
Meeting Haffy for the first time was a joy , energy and a zest for life to spare that girl:)
Gishlaine ...you're a darling !
Not all new , but need to be mentioned :)
We'd briefly met before , but getting lost with SoE was like finding a long lost sister:)
Bryanning and Jamesing with Christy and Deb the most excellent fun!
Shopping for shoes , eating yummy ice-cream , slurping Margaritas and running away from Bruce Lee and Yoda with the two L's , M , H, and J was a definite highlight , and trying to find coffee onna boat with Bendy an experience money can't buy *g*
And cos I love them dearly, the Sistas ,M, DD, Teebs PK and all the gels at BS deserve a mention for being the best old ..erm established ..friends I could have ever wished to meet :)
Ya, I know ...I'm sappy *g*
37. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2006:
That life is too short to fuck about with ...do something that gives you joy as often as possible
38. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
I get knocked down but I get up again , You're never gonna keep me down ...Pissing the night away, Pissing the night awayyyyy :)