2007 Survey
Everybody's doing it! This particular quiz copied from
aliterati.
1. What did you do in 2007 that you'd never done before?
Worked full-time for an entire year, traveled to Mexico, no doubt tons of other little things.
2. Did you keep your New Year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
Didn't make any and probably won't make any this year. The year switch does tend to provoke me to change little things that have been bothering me for a long time, though.
3. Did someone close to you give birth?
No.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
No, fortunately.
5. What countries did you visit?
Mexico! From Dec 26th to 31st, with my mom and my sister. Saw Chichen Itza, which was awesome and which I will post pictures of soon :)
6. What would you like to have in 2008 that you lacked in 2007?
The patience to not get worked up over the agitating things about my job.
7. What dates from 2007 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
Dates? Who remembers dates? Dates in the sense of going out, sure; I will remember going to see Jim Gaffigan at the Warner Theater for a long, long time :) But I definitely don't remember day numbers.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Sticking with my incredibly tedious and occasionally infuriating job throughout the year, I think. It's going to look damn good on a resume and it didn't make any sense to change jobs with grad school hopefully coming this fall.
9. What was your biggest failure?
Not saving as much money as I could have.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Neither in any remarkable measure.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
New self-built desktop computer. It's been 99% problem-free and does everything I want it do.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
c121083 made great progress with so many difficult things that it would take pages to explain it all.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled?
One particular co-worker. Mainland China, the USA, car companies, and oil companies, all relative to the environment. (We could be switched over to non-agricultural ethanol--or any other alternative fuel--so much faster than most realize if the investment were there, if there weren't so much greed around, and if government weren't so inefficient.) The USA relative to Iraq. The news media (excepting NPR). Michael Vick. People driving in Washington, DC.
I'm appalled by someone or something's behavior on a daily basis, so I could answer this question 'til the end of time, I think.
14. Where did most of your money go?
Cell phone bills, car insurance bills, food, taxes, health insurance.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Seeing the band Hella in concert. My sister said it was the most excited she had ever seen me, so I'm pretty sure that takes the cake.
16. What song will always remind you of 2007?
Anything from Hella's There's No 666 in Outer Space album. I don't really associate songs with the date they were released as much as their chronology within the performing band's discography, though.
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. older or wiser? I'm definitely wiser and more mature in many ways, notably romantically and professionally.
ii. thinner or fatter? No idea. I think roughly identical, though hopefully I've added some muscle.
iii. richer or poorer? Richer, thanks to a year of paychecks and two raises in the past two months.
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
I wish I'd saved more money, taken more pictures, paid more attention to the older parts of my music collection, spent more time with
c121083 , and gotten more sleep.
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Staying up way too late on work nights.
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
Started the day at my dad's and ended it at my mom's, just as I have each year since they split. It's always a bit stressful, but it works well and I can't think of a better way to do it (at least until I move out).
22. Did you fall in love in 2007?
Not with a person! I was already in love in that sense. I fell in love with a lot of music ;)
23. How many one night stands?
None.
24. What was your favorite TV program?
Frisky Dingo! Hilarious, irreverent, succinct. Now, if only it would come out on DVD! (Just checked Amazon, and season 1 will be out in March. Woohoo!)
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
One of my co-workers turned out to be the most obnoxious person I have ever met.
26. What was the best book you read?
Against the Day by Thomas Pynchon.
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
20th century classical music via Alex Ross' book The Rest is Noise. I have a much better understanding of the development of modern music now, and I've come to appreciate a few composers for the first time (I've never been very interested in classical before).
28. What did you want and get?
An improved romantic relationship over time. Tons of material stuff, unfortunately.
29. What did you want and not get?
Moving in with
c121083 .
30. Favorite film of this year?
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. Beautiful, long--a virtue if other positive characteristics are in place--and paced correctly.
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I turned 23, and I have no idea what I did the day of. It was 363 days ago, at this point!
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Moving in with
c121083 , most likely.
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2006?
I'm not sure that I have a "personal fashion concept," but I guess it's reserved and dignified while trying to use interesting colors.
34. What kept you sane?
Weekends with
c121083 , video games, music, the Web, photography--pretty much anything other than being at work.
35. Whom did you miss?
High school friends, the interns from summer '07 after they left work, some Virginia friends. My family's first dog, Buster.
36. Who was the best new person you met?
Any of my co-workers that were hired in '07. There has been some drama (what can you expect from between six and nine twenty-somethings crammed into a tiny room at the Supreme Court?), but if any of them had been less funny, friendly, or helpful, it would have been a different year for the worse.
37. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2007:
Patience is a virtue. Though I've learned that lesson plenty of times and manage to frequently ignore it, it's the most valuable lesson I was reminded of in professional life during 2007.
aliterati.
1. What did you do in 2007 that you'd never done before?
Worked full-time for an entire year, traveled to Mexico, no doubt tons of other little things.
2. Did you keep your New Year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
Didn't make any and probably won't make any this year. The year switch does tend to provoke me to change little things that have been bothering me for a long time, though.
3. Did someone close to you give birth?
No.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
No, fortunately.
5. What countries did you visit?
Mexico! From Dec 26th to 31st, with my mom and my sister. Saw Chichen Itza, which was awesome and which I will post pictures of soon :)
6. What would you like to have in 2008 that you lacked in 2007?
The patience to not get worked up over the agitating things about my job.
7. What dates from 2007 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
Dates? Who remembers dates? Dates in the sense of going out, sure; I will remember going to see Jim Gaffigan at the Warner Theater for a long, long time :) But I definitely don't remember day numbers.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Sticking with my incredibly tedious and occasionally infuriating job throughout the year, I think. It's going to look damn good on a resume and it didn't make any sense to change jobs with grad school hopefully coming this fall.
9. What was your biggest failure?
Not saving as much money as I could have.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Neither in any remarkable measure.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
New self-built desktop computer. It's been 99% problem-free and does everything I want it do.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
c121083 made great progress with so many difficult things that it would take pages to explain it all.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled?
One particular co-worker. Mainland China, the USA, car companies, and oil companies, all relative to the environment. (We could be switched over to non-agricultural ethanol--or any other alternative fuel--so much faster than most realize if the investment were there, if there weren't so much greed around, and if government weren't so inefficient.) The USA relative to Iraq. The news media (excepting NPR). Michael Vick. People driving in Washington, DC.
I'm appalled by someone or something's behavior on a daily basis, so I could answer this question 'til the end of time, I think.
14. Where did most of your money go?
Cell phone bills, car insurance bills, food, taxes, health insurance.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Seeing the band Hella in concert. My sister said it was the most excited she had ever seen me, so I'm pretty sure that takes the cake.
16. What song will always remind you of 2007?
Anything from Hella's There's No 666 in Outer Space album. I don't really associate songs with the date they were released as much as their chronology within the performing band's discography, though.
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. older or wiser? I'm definitely wiser and more mature in many ways, notably romantically and professionally.
ii. thinner or fatter? No idea. I think roughly identical, though hopefully I've added some muscle.
iii. richer or poorer? Richer, thanks to a year of paychecks and two raises in the past two months.
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
I wish I'd saved more money, taken more pictures, paid more attention to the older parts of my music collection, spent more time with
c121083 , and gotten more sleep.
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Staying up way too late on work nights.
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
Started the day at my dad's and ended it at my mom's, just as I have each year since they split. It's always a bit stressful, but it works well and I can't think of a better way to do it (at least until I move out).
22. Did you fall in love in 2007?
Not with a person! I was already in love in that sense. I fell in love with a lot of music ;)
23. How many one night stands?
None.
24. What was your favorite TV program?
Frisky Dingo! Hilarious, irreverent, succinct. Now, if only it would come out on DVD! (Just checked Amazon, and season 1 will be out in March. Woohoo!)
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
One of my co-workers turned out to be the most obnoxious person I have ever met.
26. What was the best book you read?
Against the Day by Thomas Pynchon.
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
20th century classical music via Alex Ross' book The Rest is Noise. I have a much better understanding of the development of modern music now, and I've come to appreciate a few composers for the first time (I've never been very interested in classical before).
28. What did you want and get?
An improved romantic relationship over time. Tons of material stuff, unfortunately.
29. What did you want and not get?
Moving in with
c121083 .
30. Favorite film of this year?
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. Beautiful, long--a virtue if other positive characteristics are in place--and paced correctly.
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I turned 23, and I have no idea what I did the day of. It was 363 days ago, at this point!
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Moving in with
c121083 , most likely.
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2006?
I'm not sure that I have a "personal fashion concept," but I guess it's reserved and dignified while trying to use interesting colors.
34. What kept you sane?
Weekends with
c121083 , video games, music, the Web, photography--pretty much anything other than being at work.
35. Whom did you miss?
High school friends, the interns from summer '07 after they left work, some Virginia friends. My family's first dog, Buster.
36. Who was the best new person you met?
Any of my co-workers that were hired in '07. There has been some drama (what can you expect from between six and nine twenty-somethings crammed into a tiny room at the Supreme Court?), but if any of them had been less funny, friendly, or helpful, it would have been a different year for the worse.
37. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2007:
Patience is a virtue. Though I've learned that lesson plenty of times and manage to frequently ignore it, it's the most valuable lesson I was reminded of in professional life during 2007.