The 2012 Retrospective Survey

[CellarDweller]

So here is a survey I do every year, review it, and add your own answers. It could be enlightening.



1. What did you do in 2012 that you’d never done before?


2. Did you keep your New Years’ resolutions, and will you make more for next year?


3. Did anyone close to you give birth?


4. Did anyone close to you die?


5. What countries did you visit?


6. What would you like to have in 2013 that you lacked in 2012?


7. What date from 2012 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?


8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?


9. What was your biggest failure?


10. Did you suffer illness or injury?


11. What was the best thing you bought?


12. Whose behavior merited celebration?


13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?


14. Where did most of your money go?


15.What made you really really really excited?


16.What song will forever remind you of 2012?


17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
a) happier or sadder?
b) thinner or fatter?
c) richer or poorer?

18. What do you wish you’d done more of?


19. What do you wish you’d done less of?


20. How will you be spending Christmas?


21. How will you be spending New Year's?


22. Did you fall in love in 2012?


23. How many one-night stands?


24. What were your favorite TV programs?


25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?


26. What was the best book you read?


27. What was your greatest musical discovery?


28. What did you want and get?


29. What did you want and not get?


30. What was your favorite film of this year?


31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?


32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?


33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2012?


34. What kept you sane?


35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?


36. What political issue stirred you the most?


37. Who did you miss?


38. Who was the best new person(s) you met?


38. Side question...who would I like to get to know better?


39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2012:


40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year (any song from any year):

 

[CellarDweller]

1. What did you do in 2012 that you’d never done before?

Went up the Empire State Building, walked the Brooklyn Bridge, and learned the NYC Subway System.

2. Did you keep your New Years’ resolutions, and will you make more for next year?

No I didn’t, and yeah, I’m sure I will.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?

Two different friends had their first children this year.

4. Did anyone close to you die?

Thankfully, no.

5. What countries did you visit?

England

6. What would you like to have in 2013 that you lacked in 2012?

My own place and more will-power

7. What date from 2012 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?

October 28th, when Hurricane Sandy slammed into NJ.

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?

Saving money

9. What was your biggest failure?

Giving into cravings

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?

no

11. What was the best thing you bought?

Tickets to England

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?

Democrats, who added gay marriage to their platform.

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?

All politicians who made stupid comments about rape.

14. Where did most of your money go?

Savings account.

15.What made you really really really excited?

Getting Jake Gyllenhaal’s autograph.

16.What song will forever remind you of 2012?

Ganghan Style - Psy

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:

a) happier or sadder? The same
b) thinner or fatter? fatter
c) richer or poorer? Slightly richer

18. What do you wish you’d done more of?

Focusing on my health

19. What do you wish you’d done less of?

Eating whatever I wanted

20. How will you be spending Christmas?

With family

21. How will you be spending New Year's?

With friends

22. Did you fall in love in 2012?

Once again, no.

23. How many one-night stands?

Once again, none.

24. What were your favorite TV programs?

Modern Family, Glee, Walking Dead.

25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?

No

26. What was the best book you read?

I can't recall.

27. What was your greatest musical discovery?

The Lumineers, & Delta Rae.

28. What did you want and get?

To see old friends.

29. What did you want and not get?

boyfriend

30. What was your favorite film of this year?

End of Watch

31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?

Nothing, and I was 43

32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?

Focusing on myself.

33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2012?

Jeans and pullovers, usually with boots.

34. What kept you sane?

My friends

35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?

Ty Burell

36. What political issue stirred you the most?

Gay marriage and women’s right to choose.

37. Who did you miss?

Brokies who were “glory bound”

38. Who was the best new person(s) you met?

The new friends I met for the first time in London in November.

38. Side question...who would I like to get to know better?

Myself

39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2012:

Life has enough drama without you inflicting your own needlessly into it.

40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year (any song from any year):

A hand for each hand was planned for the world
Why don't my fingers reach?
Millions of grains of sand in the world
Why's mine a lonely beach?
Where are the heels to click to my clack?
Where is the voice to answer mine back?
I'm all alone in the world

 

[Senshi1]

1. What did you do in 2012 that you’d never done before?
Took a physics class VOLUNTARILY.


2. Did you keep your New Years’ resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I have a weird habit of trying to complete my New Years Resolution a few months in advance so I can relax next year. I know how illogical that sounds.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
No

4. Did anyone close to you die?
No

5. What countries did you visit?
Stayed in the USA

6. What would you like to have in 2013 that you lacked in 2012?
More emotional control over myself

7. What date from 2012 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
December 21st - solely for the massive hype built up around it.

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Developing a stable state of mind and largely maintaining it

9. What was your biggest failure?
A sometimes waning work-ethic

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Not personally

11. What was the best thing you bought?
Dead or Alive 5

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
I like to think my own 🙂 I overcame a lot of personal hurdles

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?


14. Where did most of your money go?
Aside from necessities and bills and regular expenses, most of my free money went to the Playstation Store, and on comic books.

15.What made you really really really excited?
Dead or Alive 5 being released

16.What song will forever remind you of 2012?
It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fiiiiiiiiiine

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
a) happier or sadder?
b) thinner or fatter?
c) richer or poorer?
Happier, thinner, and richer.

18. What do you wish you’d done more of?
Work

19. What do you wish you’d done less of?
Work XD

20. How will you be spending Christmas?
Locked in a house full of people

21. How will you be spending New Year's?
Locked in my bedroom with my wife and hopefully a few drinks

22. Did you fall in love in 2012?
I'm always in love

23. How many one-night stands?
None

24. What were your favorite TV programs?
Grimm - it makes up for In Plain Sight being cancelled.

25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
No

26. What was the best book you read?
...Does Uncanny X-Men count?

27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
That MP3 players can be bought as a cheap alternative to an iPod for less than $40

28. What did you want and get?
Dead or Alive 5 🙂

29. What did you want and not get?
A snake XD

30. What was your favorite film of this year?
That was released? The Avengers.

31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I didn't do anything - some of our household was away, so there didn't seem much point in celebrating until they got back. I was 24

32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
My X-gene activating. Alternatively, maybe a little more work and a nice savings built up.

33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2012?
Crocs with socks. Go ahead! CALL the cops!

34. What kept you sane?
A whole bunch of mental coping mechanisms, and regular pep talks form my wife

35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Always thought Mary McCormack from In Plain Sight was cute.

36. What political issue stirred you the most?
That stupid Pat McRory commercial that I had to watch every time I watched a Youtube video. I don't know who was responsible for it (probably not Pat himself, as it was an anti-Pat ad), but when I find out, I am going to go to their house, and every thirty seconds I will pause their TV and read them a thirty second speech. I will do this for three months.

37. Who did you miss?
My parents back in Wales.

38. Who was the best new person(s) you met?
I don't think I met anyone new.

38. Side question...who would I like to get to know better?
My own mind

39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2012:
If the sea is that choppy, don't waste your strength rowing.

40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year (any song from any year):

Ain't nothin' gonna break my stride, nobody gonna slow me down!

 

[TKLVR181]

1. What did you do in 2012 that you’d never done before?
Got a job 😀

2. Did you keep your New Years’ resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
Can't remember what it was last year 😛 Haven't thought about this years' yet.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
My best friend and my cousin both gave birth

4. Did anyone close to you die?
No

5. What countries did you visit?
Just America 🙁 Miss Wales!

6. What would you like to have in 2013 that you lacked in 2012?
A little more self-confidence due to my ability to keep down a job when they needed more openings and the continued efforts of my husband 🙂

Thought that said "will you have" >_>;; What would I like to have? A house just for me and Senshi (and the money to run it comfortably), but doubt that's gonna happen 😛

7. What date from 2012 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
Can't think of anything right now, might edit if I can later 😛

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Getting an awesome internship in the summer that I kept as a 'job' (admittedly volunteer), hopefully 'til next May

9. What was your biggest failure?
I pulled a few boneheaded moves as a wife. My husband is the most forgiving person on the face of the earth x_x

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Minor crap, as always...volunteering at a school didn't help XD

11. What was the best thing you bought?
Some comics and the Avengers movie (giving away my hobby/weakness here? XD)

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
Senshi's, as he said above😛

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
Some of the people in my family can be real idiots...

14. Where did most of your money go?
Comics and PSN XD

15.What made you really really really excited?
Avengers!!!!!!! XD

16.What song will forever remind you of 2012?
Pontoon by Little Big Town because I heard it so freakin much

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
a) happier or sadder?
b) thinner or fatter?
c) richer or poorer?

Happier, a little richer, and I *hope* a little thinner 😛

18. What do you wish you’d done more of?
Spent time with the kids at school 🙂

19. What do you wish you’d done less of?
Being insecure. Always.

20. How will you be spending Christmas?
With about half the family I usually do 🙁 But Senshi, so it's all okay 🙂

21. How will you be spending New Year's?
See Senshi's answer 😛

22. Did you fall in love in 2012?
Every day 🙂

23. How many one-night stands?
Nope

24. What were your favorite TV programs?
Grimm as well! Though I also looove White Collar

25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
Certain co-workers....

26. What was the best book you read?
Oooh, toughie. Either the last of the Eragon series or the Noble Dead series, both of which I looooved <3

27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Rascal Flatts did a cover of Open Arms?! 😱

28. What did you want and get?
Avengers in 3D at the movie theater!!!!!!!! I nearly lept out of my seat when Iron Man's beam shot at the screen!!!! XD

29. What did you want and not get?
To see my best friends' new baby 🙁

30. What was your favorite film of this year?
AVENGERS! If you couldn't already tell XD

31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I have a cookie-cake every year, so that was awesome ^^ Uh....18....for the 8th time XD seriously, a quarter of a century?? wtf?!

32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Seeing my best friend and her baby--they almost came down from about six states away but had to turn back 🙁

33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2012?
Sweats to work is a-ok if it's a sweatsuit XD

34. What kept you sane?
Senshi, Marvel, and those little moments where working with 11 year olds is worth it 🙂

35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Robert Downey Jr. is a favorite of mine....:$

36. What political issue stirred you the most?
Obama '12! WOOO!

37. Who did you miss?
My little siblings. Can't go home for Christmas for the first time ever this year 🙁

38. Who was the best new person(s) you met?
'My' kids at work--they astound me daily

38. Side question...who would I like to get to know better?
A co-worker that I especially look up to

39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2012:
After 20 some-odd years of me knowing her as an alcoholic, my mother actually seems to want to sober up. Never let one person damage your positive view of humanity, because even they can change 🙂

40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year (any song from any year): I got a roof over my head, the (wo)man I love layin' in my bed, and it's alright...I got all I need, and it's alright by me 🙂

~K

 

[Smoten]

1. What did you do in 2012 that you’d never done before?

Remodeled my house.

2. Did you keep your New Years’ resolutions, and will you make more for next year?

I don't think I made one... All I remember is drinking too much that night.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?

My Brother-in-law's friend's sister... so no, not really.

4. Did anyone close to you die?

My dad did in the fall of the year before. Kinda set the tone for this year.

5. What countries did you visit?

This one.

6. What would you like to have in 2013 that you lacked in 2012?

A significant other.

7. What date from 2012 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?

December 6th, gay marriage and marijuana officially legal in my state.

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?

Provided a home for my best friend and his 6 year old son when they had nowhere else to turn to other than the streets.

9. What was your biggest failure?

Not being able to get my mom on medicade.

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?

Nope.

11. What was the best thing you bought?

My gremlin Malifaux army.

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?

My Brother-in-law, My best friend

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?

Nobody's behavior has appalled me, but the rest of my family has made me feel very depressed over the year.

14. Where did most of your money go?

Remodeling the house and living expenses.

15.What made you really really really excited?

See # 7

16.What song will forever remind you of 2012?

Great Big Sea - It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) (REM cover)

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
a) happier or sadder? Happier
b) thinner or fatter? About the same
c) richer or poorer? Poorer

18. What do you wish you’d done more of?

Spent more time with my friends.

19. What do you wish you’d done less of?

Being an emotionally disheveled mess.

20. How will you be spending Christmas?

With my family and attending the midnight service at my church.

21. How will you be spending New Year's?

Working.

22. Did you fall in love in 2012?

Sadly, no.

23. How many one-night stands?

None. Not a fan of them.

24. What were your favorite TV programs?

The Walking Dead, Mythbusters.

25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?

Nope.

26. What was the best book you read?

Red Seas Under Red Skies by Scott Lynch

27. What was your greatest musical discovery?

I have two:

Alestorm - Three words: Pirate. Scottish. Metal.

Ewen Dobson - Most amazing guitarist in the history of ever.

28. What did you want and get?

A better job.

29. What did you want and not get?

Missile Pony. (If you get this reference, you earn a gold star.)

30. What was your favorite film of this year?

The Avengers

31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?

Gamestorm, I was 27.

32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?

Still having my dad here with me.

33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2012?

What-the-fuck-ever, I don't care. Whatever's clean.

34. What kept you sane?

Friends and Family.

35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?

I'm gonna go with Scarlett Johansson.

36. What political issue stirred you the most?

The presidency.

37. Who did you miss?

My dad.

38. Who was the best new person(s) you met?

My friend's girlfriend. She's pretty awesome. I'm secretly hoping those two end up getting married.

38. Side question...who would I like to get to know better?

All the fine people of this online community.

39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2012:

If something makes you feel uncomfortable, speak up.

40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year (any song from any year):

I'll do one better and post an entire song: I Ain't No Nice Guy by Motorhead

Edit: Here's the original I Ain't No Nice Guy featuring Ozzy Osbourne and Slash, the superior version in my opinion.

 

[Senshi1]

Smoten - End of the World As We Know It- and Avengers-five! 😉

 

[Smoten]

*High fives Senshi while It's the End of the World As We Know It plays in the background*

Avengers freaking rocked! I was absolutely stoked when I first found out they got Joss Whedon to both write and direct it. He definitely didn't disappoint. I'm looking forward to the next set of Marvel movies, especially Avengers 2 in 2015. It's too bad Spidey's movie rights belong to Columbia Pictures; I would have loved to see him in the next Avengers movie.

 

[Senshi1]

Agreed, and X-Men to Fox (Fox, right?) as well.

Actually, to stay on topic, I'll go ahead and add Iron Man 3 and X-Men First Class 2 (sue me) to my 2013 anticipation slot. 🙂

 

[Smoten]

Yes, fox does own the rights to X-Men, but I kinda wish it was in other hands. I am however, looking forward to the new X-Men movie (X-Men: Days of Future Past) as well. Bryan Singer is back on board with the X-Men and he didn't do bad with the first 2 X-Men movies. I like to think of it as getting to see what X-Men might had been like had he not left for that stupid superman movie.

Oooh! While we're on topic of Marvel movies, I just realized something. Wesley Snipes gets out of prison next year... You think we might get a new Blade movie by 2016?

 

[GiveMeFeet]

1. What did you do in 2012 that you’d never done before?
Did lighting and sound design for a community theatre production.

2. Did you keep your New Years’ resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I generally don't make resolutions.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
No.

4. Did anyone close to you die?
Well, my grandmother, but I hadn't seen her in a number of years. We weren't very close, but she was a sweet lady who lived a very full life (90+ years).

5. What countries did you visit?
Did not leave the good ol' U-S of A

6. What would you like to have in 2013 that you lacked in 2012?
The courage/drive to form my own voiceover company.

7. What date from 2012 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
May 6. It was my final day at the radio job where I'd been for 6.5 years. The days leading up to that day were wonderful, with listeners and co-workers alike calling in and stopping by to tell me how much I'd be missed.

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Winning the Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters Award for "Outstanding Radio Commercial" for a small market station.

9. What was your biggest failure?
I'll go with failing to keep working out after I left the job mentioned in #7.

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Nothing truly debilitating, but I did slice the ever-loving $h!7 out of my pointer finger on the cardboard packaging of a remote control helicopter on Christmas...

11. What was the best thing you bought?
Behringer 16-channel soundboard.

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
My beloved g/f, for finally deciding to stop taking most of her medication. As a pharma-phobe, I think today's drugs do more harm than good.

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
My father's, I think. The 24-hour news cycle has made him combative and unpleasant. He used to be an intelligent debater.

14. Where did most of your money go?
Insurance and car payments.

15.What made you really really really excited?
Getting cast in a series of local commercials for the arena-league football team in the area (and, subsequently, doing five separate shoots).

16.What song will forever remind you of 2012?
This is a question I can't answer now. In about five years, if there is such a song, I will know at that point. I don't listen to enough popular radio these days. If I had to venture a guess, Adele's "Skyfall" (as I will remember it was a 2012 release). The thing with me and music: lyrics don't speak to me, so I won't think, "Oh, the lyrics to ABC's "XYZ" totally remind me of when I was doing this in 2012 and feeling this way." If a song sounds good instrumentally, I'll like it. If the words are "deep" but the melody/backbeat is "meh," I won't like it.

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
a) happier or sadder? slightly happier
b) thinner or fatter? slightly fatter (refer to the "stopped working out" comment above)
c) richer or poorer? slightly richer

18. What do you wish you’d done more of?
TV Commercials? Sit-ups/crunches? Tickled more young women's feet?

19. What do you wish you’d done less of?
Played Facebook games.

20. How will you be spending Christmas?
Should have taken this earlier, but the answer would have been the same - worked for a couple hours at the radio station broadcasting a live church service through our board, then spending time with my parents/grandparents/relatives.

21. How will you be spending New Year's?
This, I have less of an idea, but still a pretty firm one. Quiet night in with the g/f.

22. Did you fall in love in 2012?
I fall in love every time I see a pretty young lady. I've just learned not to act (too strongly) on it.

23. How many one-night stands?
Z E R O

24. What were your favorite TV programs?
I don't watch a lot of TV, so this doesn't really apply to me. I watched all two seasons of "Legend of the Seeker" on netflix (after reading most of the "Sword of Truth" series). Boy that was bad. But Bridget Regan is so nice to look at. Even Tabrett Bethel was growing on me (and I don't much care for Australian accents)

I also have re-watched almost five full seasons of Star Trek: The Next Generation. That show was way ahead of its time in many regards.

25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
It would take quite a bit to make me hate someone (like deliberately harming my family). Even politicians who say dumb $h!7...I don't hate THEM, though I may hate their ideas.

26. What was the best book you read?
Fiction: Probably "Temple of the Winds" in the Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind.
Non-Fiction: "The Audacity of Hope"

27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
If I'd have answered last year, it would have been the music of "Two Steps from Hell."
This year, I'd probably have to say, Phillip Wesley (even though he released Dark Night of the Soul in 2008). Seriously, youtube search for "racing against the sunset'.

28. What did you want and get?
That TV commercial gig.

29. What did you want and not get?
A copy of the un-aired fourth commercial.

30. What was your favorite film of this year?
Probably "The Avengers." But I think "The Dark Knight Rises" and "SkyFall" were the only two other films I went to see in the theatre.

31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
Ate hibachi. And, I think, saw "The Avengers." I don't remember. I turned 35. That senility thing...

32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Again, a tough question, because this year was pretty good. I truly want for nothing important. I was a local celebrity three times over (my small but loyal radio audience, being in those commercials, and leading pretty successful haunted tours). Asking for too much more would be flat-out greedy, and defeat the balance I seek in life (refer to my "mood" at left)

33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2012?
Jeans, t-shirt, sneakers. All day, every day, every year, forever. (except when in bed. And maybe a hoodie when it's colder).

34. What kept you sane?
TickleTheater. 🙂 And who said I was sane?

35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Anne Hathaway.

36. What political issue stirred you the most?
Trying to pay for two wars with cuts to public service and upper bracket taxes.

37. Who did you miss?
This may be terrible, but I don't find myself missing anyone to the point of distraction. Not just this year, but most of the time. My emotional well isn't very deep.

38. Who was the best new person(s) you met?
My fantastic co-stars in the aforementioned commercials? I guess, just like I don't get too down about missing people, I'm not completely blown away by new friends. When I re-read some of these answers, I wonder if I'm an android or something.

38. Side question...who would I like to get to know better?
Really, everyone. Knowledge is power. 😉

39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2012:
Confidence in yourself is all you truly need. All else is bonus.

40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year (any song from any year):
"You're gonna miss this / You're gonna want this back / You're gonna wish these days / hadn't gone by so fast."

 

[Tom Tickle]

Great idea.

1. What did you do in 2012 that you’d never done before?
Argued with a Romanian

2. Did you keep your New Years’ resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
A little, and same again, but improve on this year's effort.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
They are quite close.

4. Did anyone close to you die?
Not so far

5. What countries did you visit?
none, although I went to Leeds for a weekend

6. What would you like to have in 2013 that you lacked in 2012?
Money

7. What date from 2012 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
21st December. The world didn't end.

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Finding work.

9. What was your biggest failure?
Spending most of the year out of work.

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
No, although I nearly got electrocuted at work.

11. What was the best thing you bought?
Car Insurance

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
Nobody's!

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
One 'friend' in particular has turned into an utter cock.

14. Where did most of your money go?
My car by a long way.

15.What made you really really really excited?
having money for christmas

16.What song will forever remind you of 2012?
there can be only one... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bZkp7q19f0

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
a) happier
b) the same
c) richer, probably

18. What do you wish you’d done more of?
my comic!

19. What do you wish you’d done less of?
eating junk food and messing about on the internet (except this site).

20. How will you be spending Christmas?
stuffed.

21. How will you be spending New Year's?
at home with family and a nice buffet. Hopefully not too drunk.

22. Did you fall in love in 2012?
Nah.

23. How many one-night stands?
none. can't afford them

24. What were your favorite TV programs?
The Big Bang Theory, although I don't really watch TV

25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
Not really.

26. What was the best book you read?
Hitch 22 (I think it was in the last year)

27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Squarepusher and Shostakovich

28. What did you want and get?
employment

29. What did you want and not get?
Don Quixote

30. What was your favorite film of this year?
Probably The Dark Knight Rises.

31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I went for a meal, and I was 31.

32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
If i'd spent most of it tickling dead ringers for my comic characters, although i'd probably have died of a heart attack.

33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2012?
Carlton Banks

34. What kept you sane?
nothing. I'm not sane by any measure

35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
probably Anne Hathaway, Katy Perry and Emily Blunt

36. What political issue stirred you the most?
Welfare reform, as I was unemployed.

37. Who did you miss?
Nobody, really.

38. Who was the best new person(s) you met?
The wife of one of my brother's friends. hot, sweet and funny? lucky bastard!

38. Side question...who would I like to get to know better?
i'm okay for friends right now.

39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2012:
work is better than welfare, even if it's boring.

40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year (any song from any year):
'The grab-bing hands/ grab all they can' from Everything Counts by Depeche Mode.

 

[TheChameleon]

...and I should probably do this, 'cause I don't say much anymore.

1. What did you do in 2012 that you’d never done before?

Became a published author.

2. Did you keep your New Years’ resolutions, and will you make more for next year?

I've never had a new year's resolution

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?

A lot of people. LOTS.

4. Did anyone close to you die?

Nope.

5. What countries did you visit?

None.

6. What would you like to have in 2013 that you lacked in 2012?

A transfer degree and a schedule at a 4 year university.

7. What date from 2012 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?

No date will stick with me ever. I just... don't organize myself that way. 😀

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?

I quit something that I was well known for, and did it with only losing 4 friends.

9. What was your biggest failure?

None that I can think of... probably failing Spanish?

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?

I suffer from a very common and unavoidable illness called Life, and it'll kill us all someday.

11. What was the best thing you bought?

A brand new computer.

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?

Mine!

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?

Mine!

14. Where did most of your money go?

College!

15.What made you really really really excited?

I met a girl.

16.What song will forever remind you of 2012?

No song will always remind me of 2012, but if there was one, I hope it's something catchy, like... oh, now I can't remember what it was called. "Call me Maybe!" or something.

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
a) happier or sadder? Happier
b) thinner or fatter? Thinner
c) richer or poorer? Poorer
Faster
Stronger
Better

18. What do you wish you’d done more of?

Made money

19. What do you wish you’d done less of?

Worked (I know, 18 and 19 don't work well together...)

20. How will you be spending Christmas?

With mi familia.

21. How will you be spending New Year's?

Well, since it's after newyears... I spent it drunk on the floor at my girlfriend's apartment.

22. Did you fall in love in 2012?

We're not calling it love, it's much too soon for that kind of talk.

23. How many one-night stands?

Zero.

24. What were your favorite TV programs?

I don't own a TV.

25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?

Nope.

26. What was the best book you read?

I started the Harbinger. Pretty good book, but I'm not done with it yet. (I also disagree with the basic fundamental principals of the book, but it's pretty entertaining anyway.)

27. What was your greatest musical discovery?

A local band has a new lead singer and I still think they're pretty neat.

28. What did you want and get?

An education.

29. What did you want and not get?

Parties.

30. What was your favorite film of this year?

Hobbit. (Only new thing I saw...)

31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?

Oh, no no... it's not polite to ask a reptile his age. I stayed home though.

32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?

Nothing. I enjoyed it immensely.

33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2012?

I started out animalistic and ended up suave.

34. What kept you sane?

A mix of alcohol, video games, the internet, and having somewhere to be every day.

35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?

Can't think of one off the top of my head. There are so many and I don't really know much about any of them.

36. What political issue stirred you the most?

Presidential Election. I had a clear idea what I wanted, and who I wanted, and I am fortunate that I was able to hold intelligent conversations with people about it.

37. Who did you miss?

My buddy who died a few years back.

38. Who was the best new person(s) you met?

Without naming names, a couple people from college, my lady, and the world's oldest dog.

38. Side question...who would I like to get to know better?

my lady, a couple people from college.

39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2012:

"Sometimes, it's okay to quit something." <--- I have to be specific here. Don't quit something you WANT, but, if you don't want it anymore, then sometimes you have to let it go.

40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year (any song from any year):

"Where are we now?" <--- Just released today! David Bowie!

 

[CellarDweller]

Cham!! Good to see ya here, buddy!