The 2006 Retrospective Survey

[CellarDweller]

Hiya everyone!

Since we have a bunch of surveys in this section, I put up this one.  It's basically to make you think of your past year, and answer the questions.  It's a pretty cool survey, and I hope you all read it, enjoy it, and maybe answer it.

Here is a blank survey, you just need to fill in your answers.






1. What did you do in 2006 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 2007 that you lacked in 2006?



7. What date from 2006 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 2006?



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 did you spend Christmas?



21. How did you spend New Year's?



22. Did you fall in love in 2006?



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 2006?



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 2006:



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

[CellarDweller]

1. What did you do in 2006 that you’d never done before?

Flew to Texas to meet 70+ new friends, all at once.

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

My resolution was to save money, it kinda happened, but not as much as I would like.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?

yes, my friend Nyasia had her first daughter

4. Did anyone close to you die?

Yes, Doris C., my friend’s mother.  She was a great lady.

5. What countries did you visit?

None

6. What would you like to have in 2007 that you lacked in 2006?

a place to call my own

7. What date from 2006 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?

8/11/06, the date of my trip to Texas.

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?

Getting back into the health/fitness routine after I fell out of it.

9. What was your biggest failure?

not reaching my weight loss goal

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?

I had a cyst on my lower back that had to be removed

11. What was the best thing you bought?

Tickets to Texas, and Oklahoma.

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?

Mine, I’m feeling stronger

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?

Actually, no one's

14. Where did most of your money go?

Travel expenses.

15.What made you really really really excited?

BBM BBQ

16.What song will forever remind you of 2006?

There are two, actually.  “Alone” by Kim Sozzi & “Far Away” by Nickelback.

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

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

Focusing on myself.

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

Letting myself get distracted

20. How did you spend Christmas?

with family/friends

21. How did you spend New Year's?

with friends

22. Did you fall in love in 2006?

Yes, but it didn't last. 

23. How many one-night stands?

None.

24. What were your favorite TV programs?

“Little People, Big World”

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

I hate no one….bad karma.

26. What was the best book you read?

Close Range-Wyoming Stories

27. What was your greatest musical discovery?

That I can enjoy country music.  ;o)

28. What did you want and get?

a boyfriend

29. What did you want and not get?

a place to call my own

30. What was your favorite film of this year?

“Brokeback Mountain” by Ang Lee.  Released in 2005, but I saw it in 2006 too.

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

Out with my friends for dinner, drinks and games at Dave & Busters, I turned 37.

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

More spending cash, less rushing around.

33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2006?

Old Navy/Gap....Jeans and unbuttoned shirts. I like that look.

34. What kept you sane?

My family and friends.

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

Jake Gyllenhaal

36. What political issue stirred you the most?

Gay marriage......duh!

37. Who did you miss?

Doris C.  I miss her a lot.

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

All the great members of The Dave Cullen Forum.

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

Myself

39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2006:

Patience pays off.  If something is meant to be, it will come to you when you are ready.

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

Well, I can't tell you where I'm going, I'm not sure of where I've been
But I know I must keep travelin', Till my road comes to an end
I'm out here on my journey, Trying to make the most of it
I'm a puzzle I must figure out, Where all my pieces fit

"Travelin' Through" by Dolly Parton

[dot-matrix]

1. What did you do in 2006 that you’d never done before? Went to the Caribbean.  Bob and I took a cruise last summer



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



3. Did anyone close to you give birth? Yes



4. Did anyone close to you die? Yes



5. What countries did you visit? The Bahama's, Grand Cayman and Puerto Rico



6. What would you like to have in 2007 that you lacked in 2006? A child



7. What date from 2006 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? Can't think of one specific one



8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? I was instrumental in the patenting of a device for my company.  I was very proud of all the research I did that enable the patent to go through unchallenged.



9. What was your biggest failure? Dieting, I am never going to be svelte.  Good thing Bob likes me zaftigue.



10. Did you suffer illness or injury? No it was a good year health wise



11. What was the best thing you bought? Nothing special



12. Whose behavior merited celebration? my babies, all 5 dogs were participants in our wedding and they were so well behaved and did just what we practiced until the kiss and then Elvis got jealous of Mommy and Daddy kissing he started to bark and whine and the other males, Studly and Rico, in solidarity joined him while the females, Coco and Bailey laid down and yawned.  It brought down the house



13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed? They know who they are



14. Where did most of your money go? travel and wedding



15.What made you really really really excited? Planning my wedding



16.What song will forever remind you of 2006? First time ever I saw your face by Roberta Flack it was playing when Bob proposed and we had been talking about the first time we met and how much has happened through the years to drive us apart but fate keep shoving us back together and how much we love the life we have built



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

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



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



20. How did you spend Christmas? In North Carolina with my Brother and his family



21. How did you spend New Year's? At home recovering from jet lag with my sweetie, we a had a fire in the hearth, played Risk and popped popcorn with the celebration in Time's Square playing on the TV



22. Did you fall in love in 2006? Only slipped deeper in love with my honey



23. How many one-night stands? None



24. What were your favorite TV programs? In 2006  Deadwood, C.S.I. Las Vegas, Bones, Prison Break, Supernatural, Dirty Jobs, Deadliest Catch, Ghost Hunters and Most Haunted.  We watch a lot of movies too



25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year? YES and I don't even know them but they did some immature and uncalled for despicable things to a friend of mine and her family and I cannot and will not forgive them



26. What was the best book you read? The Secret Life of Bee's by Sue Monk Kidd



27. What was your greatest musical discovery? I rediscovered The Police, i don't know why I ever stopped listening to them.



28. What did you want and get? Bob proposed for the second time, it only took him 8 years



29. What did you want and not get? My wants are really pretty simple and I am unaware of being dissatisfied with anything



30. What was your favorite film of this year? In 2006 it was Brokeback Mountain as I did not see it until January 2006.  I also really enjoyed Munich and Pan's Labyrinth



31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you? In 2006?  Dinner out with my husband, I was 44



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



33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2006? conservative, I wear lots of suits and sensible shoes for work.  Jeans, T's and tennies at home



34. What kept you sane? Bob and my dogs



35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? Jake Gyllenhaal (you knew that right  )



36. What political issue stirred you the most? Anything connected with Human and Animal rights moves me.  Gay-rights, Children's Advocacy, ASPCA



37. Who did you miss? My Mother



38. Who was the best new person(s) you met? My administrative assistance Douglas, great guy, very funny and grounded and it's a damn shame he can't seem to find a nice boy to settle down with.


38. Side question...who would I like to get to know better?  My mother-in-law we just don't seem to be able to connect correctly and I'd like to change that for Bob's sake as much as for hers and mine.  I think we could be friends if we could both let go of the preconceived notions we both hold.



39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2006: Life is what's happening now, not tomorrow or next week or next year or somewhere else when I am thinner, or prettier or what-ever-er...So ENJOY it now second chances are rare.



40. Quote a song lyric (from any song, from any year) that sums up your year: Love will Keep Us together

[mvansand76]

1. What did you do in 2006 that you’d never done before?

                I started writing my first fanfic story ever, Right Where You Are.

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

             Did not make one

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?

              Nope

4. Did anyone close to you die?

              No, unlike this year...

5. What countries did you visit?

              England and Switserland

6. What would you like to have in 2007 that you lacked in 2006?

                  Relaxation

7. What date from 2006 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?

                No particular date

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?

             Starting writing again after nearly 5 years of chronic shoulder and wrist pain from nerve entrapments

9. What was your biggest failure?

             I don't believe in calling something a failure

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?

            Yes, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Cervico Brachial syndrome

11. What was the best thing you bought?

            My iPod

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?

             My sister, she finally divorced her husband and bought her own house for her children

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?

            My ex-brother in law. But he also stopped having that influence on me, so that's good

14. Where did most of your money go?

            Holiday to the mountains of Switserland

15.What made you really really really excited?

            The mountains in Switserland, they always make me excited. Driving through them in our car with the BBM soundtrack blaring out of the        speakers.

16.What song will forever remind you of 2006?

            None, my iPod is full of beautiful songs, and I always put it on shuffle

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

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

                    Relaxing

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

                   Stressing

20. How did you spend Christmas?

                  Having fondue with my parents and my boyfriend

21. How did you spend New Year's?

                 At my parent's with my boyfriend

22. Did you fall in love in 2006?

                Already was!

23. How many one-night stands?

                    None. I'm a good girl.

24. What were your favorite TV programs?

                   Grey's Anatomy

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

                   I don't hate anybody

26. What was the best book you read?

                 Oh that must be something by Bill Bryson

27. What was your greatest musical discovery?

                  That I could sing

28. What did you want and get?

                 What I wanted: something that taught me to relax more. I didn't get it yet, but I am getting there

29. What did you want and not get?

                see above

30. What was your favorite film of this year?

                 BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

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

                  I turned 30 and had friends and family over for cake and finger food

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

                 If I didn't have to have the operation I had in June to get rid of the nerve entrapment in my wrist and hand

33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2006?

                   Laid-back, kind of weird at times, comfortable most of the time.

34. What kept you sane?

                   Thinking that at least I still have the use of my hand and chronic pain is not the end of the world.

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

                    JAKE!!!! or was it Jack?

36. What political issue stirred you the most?

                   The issues and questions surrounding 9-11.

37. Who did you miss?

                  My dog Muscha

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

                    Huh? Can't think of anybody, just Gordon Lightfoot, but that was the beginning of 2007, does that count?

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

                     JAKE!

39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2006:

                   See 34

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

Ik wacht hier op jou
Ook als je naast me ligt,
je gezicht opnieuw het mooiste blijkt te zijn
Dit is een aanzoek zonder ringen
En ik vraag niet om je hand maar om je vingers die me wijzen op mezelf

[David In Indy]

Ewww. This looks really difficult! 




1. What did you do in 2006 that you’d never done before?
Fell in love with an Englishman.


2. Did you keep your New Years’ resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
Oh, I never do that. Not anymore. I stopped all that crap years ago. I grew tired of consistently disappointing myself.



3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
No. My niece had a baby, but that was this year. I sometimes think my dog Cody would like to be a mother. Especially when I watch him carry on with the neighbor's male dog. Confused yet? My dog is gay ya'll! YES it's true!! I think he wants to be a mama.



4. Did anyone close to you die?
My Aunt Destine in New Orleans and a close friend in Florida. I attended both funerals. 



5. What countries did you visit?
I didn't visit anything. I stayed right here in the US the whole time.



6. What would you like to have in 2007 that you lacked in 2006?
Who thought up these questions?? Yipes!! These are really hard! I can't think of anything; at least for me personally.



7. What date from 2006 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
I have a hard time remembering last week, much less last year.    I'll probably remember that awful day up at lake Wawasee when a water animal bit me on my leg and I ended up with septicemia. It was really awful.



8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
When they awarded me the Congressional Medal of Honor.      I don't know. Maybe trying to be as available to my Father as possible. He is suffering from Parkinson's disease.



9. What was your biggest failure?
WAAAAAY too many to list.    



10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
I have a seriously sprained ankle, but it's getting much better now.    I have a bad back, and it hurts sometimes.

Oh, you wanted to know about last year. I injured my leg seriously at the lake. It was terrible.

11. What was the best thing you bought?
Airline tickets so my boyfriend could come over here from England to see me.   


12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
Probably my ex lover Cory. He took care of me after I injured my leg, and I was a wicked witch much of the time. He remained kind and gentle; always with a smile on his face, and I thankful to him for it.



13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
Just about everyone in my family at various times during the year.



14. Where did most of your money go?
House payments, taxes and bills. And airlines tickets so my boyfriend from London could come over to see me! And he's back here again right now too!! 



15.What made you really really really excited?
When my boyfriend came over here to visit me. These answers may be repetitive, but they're true!!



16.What song will forever remind you of 2006?
"My Back Porch Looking In" by Lonestar. The song was released several years ago, but it makes me think of 2006.



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

18. What do you wish you’d done more of?
I wish I'd spent more time working on my music.



19. What do you wish you’d done less of?
I wish I'd done less partying. Wait. No I don't! I wish I'd done less bitching and griping about my problems. It doesn't do any good, and it's a complete turnoff for everyone forced to listen to it.



20. How did you spend Christmas?
With my family and then with some friends.



21. How did you spend New Year's?
Drunk. With friends.


22. Did you fall in love in 2006?
I fell out of love in 2006, and then I fell in love again. I thought my whole world was crashing in on me, and then Alex walked into my life. Things are better than ever now, and I'm still good friends with my ex, Cory. He lives here with me too!


23. How many one-night stands?
Zero. None.



24. What were your favorite TV programs?
Everybody Loves Raymond, Most Haunted, Supernatural and Super Nanny.



25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
I don't hate anyone. I've never hated anyone. I'm very disappointed in some people though.


26. What was the best book you read?
"Star" by Danielle Steel



27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
When I decided to try playing Bach's "Unaccompanied Cello Suites". I have a lot of fun playing it! I didn't think I would.



28. What did you want and get?
Alex. We were friends for many years before, but once we decided to give it a go, we fell deeply in love.



29. What did you want and not get?
I'm really not a person who WANTS things. So the answer to this question is nothing.


30. What was your favorite film of this year?
Brokeback Mountain. Oh wait! Of THIS year? I haven't been to very many movies this year. Probably "Zodiac".



31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
My friends threw me a surprise birthday party and I was 44 years old (God that hurts when I tell people) last year. People tell me I don't look my age though. I wonder how much longer it will last?



32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
I can't think of anything. Sorry.



33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2006?
Preppy.



34. What kept you sane?
My friends. And my dog.



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



36. What political issue stirred you the most?
The Iraq war. It stirs me the wrong way every time I think about it.


37. Who did you miss?
My Mother. She passed on in 2003. I miss her every day.



38. Who was the best new person(s) you met?
Well, since I already knew Alex, I can't count him. I met many wonderful people right here on Bettermost!   


38. Side question...who would I like to get to know better?
Everybody on Bettermost!! Maybe next year when I go to the BBQ!



39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2006:
Never give up on love.



40. Quote a song lyric (from any song, from any year) that sums up your year:
"My List" by Toby Keith

Under an old brass paperweight is my list of things to do today
Go to the bank and the hardware store, put a new lock on the cellar door
I cross 'em off as I get 'em done but when the sun is set
There's still more than a few things left I haven't got to yet

Go for a walk, say a little prayer
Take a deep breath of mountain air
Put on my glove and play some catch
It's time that I make time for that
Wade the shore and cast a line
Pick up a long lost friend of mine
Sit on the porch and give my girl a kiss
Start livin', that's the next thing on my list


Those were really hard questions! But they were very good ones too. Thanks for posting them! 

[ednbarby]

1. What did you do in 2006 that you’d never done before?  Uh...  Threw the remote control so hard at the TV that it left a dent in the entertainment center (luckily I'm a lousy shot).



2. Did you keep your New Years’ resolutions, and will you make more for next year?  I never make New Year's Resolutions.



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



4. Did anyone close to you die?  No.



5. What countries did you visit?  Unfortunately, none but my own. 



6. What would you like to have in 2007 that you lacked in 2006?  Some adventure (in a good way).



7. What date from 2006 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?  March 5.  If you have to ask why, you're probably on the wrong forum.



8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?  Getting something out in the open with my husband I had long ago buried and hadn't shared with anyone.



9. What was your biggest failure?  Still not being able to lose that 20 pounds.



10. Did you suffer illness or injury?  Nothing serious, luckily.



11. What was the best thing you bought?  My Vidal Sassoon ceramic straightening iron.  It's the light of my life - I can't believe I lived without it for so long.



12. Whose behavior merited celebration?  My son's - we finally got him *fully* potty-trained and taught him to read all in the span of the same year.



13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?  As always, that of the entire Bush administration and several peripheral players.



14. Where did most of your money go?  Probably on coffee and lunches.   



15.What made you really really really excited?  The Dems taking back the House and the Senate.



16.What song will forever remind you of 2006?  "The Wings."



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

Slightly happier, slightly thinner, and decidedly poorer.



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



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



20. How did you spend Christmas?  We had a quiet Christmas at home, and went the next day to spend time with my husband's family in Georgia for a week.



21. How did you spend New Year's?  Drinking a glass of champagne at my husband's father's house.



22. Did you fall in love in 2006?  Oh, yes.  With Jack, Ennis, and Jake.  (All unrequited, of course.)  It was a busy year!



23. How many one-night stands?  None.  I'm married.  I could count the times we had sex on one hand.  (j/k - it's more like two hands and a foot.)



24. What were your favorite TV programs?  Lost, Dexter, The Daily Show.



25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?  No - I pretty much still just hate the entire Bush administration and some peripheral players, and I only have so much hate to go around.



26. What was the best book you read?  The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion.



27. What was your greatest musical discovery?  The Arctic Monkeys.



28. What did you want and get?  To meet fellow Brokies and screen the movie together.



29. What did you want and not get?  An end to this fist f*** (as Jon Stewart says) of a war.



30. What was your favorite film of this year?  Stranger Than Fiction



31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?  Nada, and I was 41



32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?  Uh...  A million dollars?  Seriously, seeing GWB get impeached.  A million dollars would have been more likely.



33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2006?  Kind of Murphy Brownish, minus the big hair.



34. What kept you sane?  My son.



35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?  Take a wild guess.  Rhymes with a word in the previous sentence.



36. What political issue stirred you the most?  The Christian right's stranglehold on this country.  Can't remember too many happier days in my life than Election Night 2006.



37. Who did you miss?  As always, my Mom.  And my husband's Mom, who died in 2005.



38. Who was the best new person(s) you met?  Every Brokie I met in SF.



38. Side question...who would I like to get to know better?  All the newest Brokies here.



39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2006:  It turns out you can polish a turd.



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

Take away the sensation inside
This bittersweet migraine in my head.
It's like a throbbing toothache of the mind -
I can't take this feeling anymore.

I'll tell ya what -
Drain the pressure from the swelling -
This sensation's overwhelming.
Give me your kiss good night
And everything will be all right.
Tell me that I won't feel a thing -
Just give me novacaine.

(Green Day)

[ifyoucantfixit]

1. What did you do in 2006 that you’d never done before?
    Nothing that i can think of.


2. Did you keep your New Years’ resolutions, and will you make more for next year?        Don't pressure
    myself like that any more.


3. Did anyone close to you give birth?   Nope




4. Did anyone close to you die?
    My grandsons best friend, he was killed by a hit and run driver...Never caught.



5. What countries did you visit?
    I didnt visit any countries.  But met some brokie friends from other countries...at the bbq/



6. What would you like to have in 2007 that you lacked in 2006?   The ability to play pool competitively again.



7. What date from 2006 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
    I will always remember January 5,  the first time I watched Brokeback Mountain.



8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?  Learning how to use a computer
   


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9. What was your biggest failure?  Not being able to play pool.
         



10. Did you suffer illness or injury?   Yeah but im not going to bore you with it.


11. What was the best thing you bought?
      My new laptop computer..   


12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
      My lovely Kelsey,  Just by being herself.



13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
      George Bush.  He is insane................



14. Where did most of your money go?
      Monthly expenses, and Dr Bills medicines.

15.What made you really really really excited?
     I cant think of anything.
     



16.What song will forever remind you of 2006?
     "He was a friend of Mine."  Willie Nelson.......''The Maker Makes ''  Rufus Wainwright



17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
    a happier  sadder     Happier definately
 .  b thinner fatter..      Fatter
    c richer poorer         unchanged

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



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




20. How did you spend Christmas?
        With my family 



21. How did you spend New Year'
      Same as always, watching the fireworks from fort Vancouver Washington from home...


22. Did you fall in love in 2006?  Yes and no.. with jack- jake, and ennis- heath  no real people or person



23. How many one-night stands?  NOne never had one of those.



 24. What were your favorite TV programs?
       Lost, and Dancing with the stars/



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


26. What was the best book you read?
       Im sounding redundant too.    Brokeback mountain.  Wyoming tales........annie proulx




27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
      Well since I dont play any instruments.  It was Andrea Boccelli and Rufus Wainwright



28. What did you want and get?
      The entire five years of Queer as Folk...i love that show



29. What did you want and not get?
      A new car


30. What was your favorite film of this year?
       David confused me.  are we now talking this year, or 2006.  '06 Brokeback of course  '07 Zodiac



31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
       I didn't do a damned thing.  I dont celebrate my birthday much anymore.. I never did really.. none a ya business
       how old.....



32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
      If i had won the lottery



33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2006?
      Reserved, and comfortable



34. What kept you sane?
      Bettermost, and the people I met here



35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
      Jake, and Josh Holloway,,Wentworth Miller



36. What political issue stirred you the most?
      The war, and the Republican party bigots


37. Who did you miss?
      My Brother, and my mother



38. Who was the best new person(s) you met?   wow, thats hard to say...one person Brokies!!!!!!   


38. Side question...who would I like to get to know better?
      All the people here on Bettermost I havent met as yet...Dot ,David, Truman, Milli, Dev Barb..too many to mention



39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2006:
      You cant give up no matter how old you are.



40. Quote a song lyric ()from any song from any year) that sums up your year.
      If I could save time in a bottle, the first thing that I'd like to do.  Is  save every day til eternity passes away,
      just to spend them with you.
              Jim Croce

[Kerry]

1. What did you do in 2006 that you’d never done before?

Became a Brokie!  

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

I try not to make resolutions at any time of year.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?

No.

4. Did anyone close to you die?

No.

5. What countries did you visit?

None.

6. What would you like to have in 2007 that you lacked in 2006?

More money, honey!      

7. What date from 2006 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?

26 January 2006 - the date when Brokeback Mountain opened in Australia. I went to the first showing at 10am that day, at the Broadway cinema in Sydney.

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?

I was still breathing at 12 midnight on December 31.

9. What was your biggest failure?

I don't have failures, just slightly less desirable outcomes occasionally.      

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?

No. I enjoy very good health.

11. What was the best thing you bought?

Several tickets to Brokeback Mountain at the cinema, followed by books and other memorabilia.

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?

Kevin - the best lover a bloke could have!     

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. Nuff said. 

14. Where did most of your money go?

Into my bank account. I'm saving for retirement.

15.What made you really really really excited?

Kevin's love making.

16.What song will forever remind you of 2006?

The entire Brokeback Mountain album. Perhaps "A Love that will Never Grow Old," especially.

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

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

Wish I'd produced more paintings, read more novels and made love more often, in that order.

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

Wish I'd spent less time at the workplace.

20. How did you spend Christmas?

With friends.

21. How did you spend New Year's?

Went to bed early - and I ain't sayin' with whom!!! 

22. Did you fall in love in 2006?

I was in love already!  

23. How many one-night stands?

None. I'm serious!  When you've got the best, who needs the rest!       

24. What were your favorite TV programs?

The Bill (UK TV), Inspector Rex (German/Austrian TV), Law & Order SVU (drooling over Christopher Meloni - sigh!)

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

I don't hate anyone, but there are certain people at work that I wouldn't exactly miss, if they disappeared tomorrow!      

26. What was the best book you read?

"In Cold Blood," by Truman Capote. You did ask for the best book. However, the best short story I read was . . . . . yep, you guessed it, "Brokeback Mountain"!   

27. What was your greatest musical discovery?

The Brokeback Mountain soundtrack (you knew I'd say that!)

28. What did you want and get?

Money in the bank.

29. What did you want and not get?

Enormously huge amounts of money in the bank!         

30. What was your favorite film of this year?

Brokeback Mountain (you knew I'd say that!)

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

I celebrated my 57th birthday last November. I did lunch with a very special friend.

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

I had a very satisfying year as it was.

33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2006?

I'm not into haute couture.

34. What kept you sane?

Meditation.

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

Christopher Meloni.  

36. What political issue stirred you the most?

War on terror.

37. Who did you miss?

Hmm, no-one that I can think of.

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

Hmm, no one person in particular. No-one stood out from the crowd.

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

Christopher Meloni!         

39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2006:

"It is better to dream one's life than to live it."

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

"He was a friend of mine."

[HerrKaiser]

1. What did you do in 2006 that you’d never done before?

participate in an indepth, emotional discussion around a gay theme.

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

never make them; I create new commitment every day.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?

no

4. Did anyone close to you die?

yes

5. What countries did you visit?

Geramany

6. What would you like to have in 2007 that you lacked in 2006?

continuity

7. What date from 2006 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?

July 30. i knew I'd been more happy during the past 6 months than ever in the past 20 years and knew it would not last.

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?

second biggest earnings year in my life.

9. What was your biggest failure?

missing a friends funeral.

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?

no

11. What was the best thing you bought?

don't have nothing', don't need nothin'

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?

(the pickings are slim)

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?

Al Franken

14. Where did most of your money go?



15.What made you really really really excited?

anticipating seeing BBM once again

16.What song will forever remind you of 2006?



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

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

take a weekend off

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

partake in Wendy's super value meals

20. How did you spend Christmas?

family

21. How did you spend New Year's?

as always, in bed by 10 after NYC and Chicago celebrations on the tube

22. Did you fall in love in 2006?

nope, other than Ennis Del Mar

23. How many one-night stands?



24. What were your favorite TV programs?

fox news

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

not good to hate anyone.

26. What was the best book you read?

Razor's Edge by somerset Maugham

27. What was your greatest musical discovery?

Samson and Deliah intermezzo

28. What did you want and get?

nothing

29. What did you want and not get?



30. What was your favorite film of this year?

you know this one

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

it passed by

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

a public opinion change regarding the President

33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2006?

haven't had a personal fashion concept in my life!

34. What kept you sane?

myself

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

Pope Benedict. He is the smartest, most engaging, most sane person with power today.

36. What political issue stirred you the most?

illegal immigration

37. Who did you miss?



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

BBM folks at the Castro event.

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

I did not make a good impression.

39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2006:

all's well that ends well.

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

Kiss today goodbye.

[thecutestcollie]

1. What did you do in 2006 that you’d never done before?

I rode my first upside down rollar coaster..haha

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

I never stick to New Year's resolutions so I don't make them

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?

21. How did you spend New Year's?

Went to a family friend's house

22. Did you fall in love in 2006?

No..

23. How many one-night stands?

Pfft, none.

24. What were your favorite TV programs?

The Simple Life

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?

I don't remember

27. What was your greatest musical discovery?

Motley Crue

28. What did you want and get?

I don't remember

29. What did you want and not get?

An Ipod

30. What was your favorite film of this year?



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

I was at a friend's house, old enough

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

a public opinion change regarding the President

33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2006?

I like anything comfortable

34. What kept you sane?

Me

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

Sylvester Stallone

36. What political issue stirred you the most?

Abortion

37. Who did you miss?

I dunno..

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

I don't know

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

I dunno..

39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2006:

One word...Karma

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

I don't want to miss a thing