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2012 Retrospective Survey!
CellarDweller:
Yup, it's that time of year again!
C'mon people! Give it a shot!!!!
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
Mandy21:
{{{{{{Chuck}}}}}} Thank you for sharing such insight to your soul. I am sorry too that you don't have that special someone in your life, to share it all with. Please don't give up. He's just around the corner.
Sheriff Roland:
Not gonna answer all the questions but:
1. What did you do in 2012 that you’d never done before?
Major renovations to the house.
2. Did you keep your New Years’ resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I never make any. Don't think of it as a once a year plan. In 2011 I tried (and succeeded) in getting rid of my 200 grams/day potato chip habit. but that was not a year end resolution. Resolutions should be when you're ready to go for it. Can't say I've made any this past year.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
no
4. Did anyone close to you die?
no
5. What countries did you visit?
didn't travel
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Learning to spend savings. I renovated the house without borrowing.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
knock on wood - no
11. What was the best thing you bought?
a HDTV
14. Where did most of your money go?
renovations, including spa-like bath room and 6 000 $ worth of new drapes
15.What made you really really really excited?
watching live events for the first time in almost a decade ... election returns, Olympics
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
a) happier or sadder? same, I think
b) thinner or fatter? same, I think - maybe a little heavier
c) richer or poorer? poorer - cause I spent a chunk of my savings. But my house has probably increased in value, so maybe i'm richer. Who knows. I'm not hurting.
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
As usual, I'm heading north (by plane this time) to Timmins and my sibblings. One of my brothers will be there (at Christmas) for the first time in a long while.
21. How will you be spending New Year's?
no plans. Probably spend it alone at home as per usual.
22. Did you fall in love in 2012?
no
23. How many one-night stands?
none
24. What were your favorite TV programs?
I'm still enamoured by The West Wing but I've picked up a few other DVD collections and enjoyed Six Feet Under and Mad Men
26. What was the best book you read?
I have enjoyed reading The Hunger Game trilogy
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
A 1984 song I don't remember ever hearing before ... Only You by the Flying Pickets
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
nothing - I became (in some people's viewpoints) a senior. I'm 60
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2012?
I'm gradually moving away from t-shirts and jeans to western style shirts and jeans
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
the prospect of our lame-duck-worst-ever mayor getting turfed out of office.
37. Who did you miss?
I think of my late parents more often than I thought I would.
40. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2012:
I'm losing hope in my liberal belief and seeing economics, and therefore big buisiness or THE COPORATE WORLD controls just about everything. Rather depressing!
Front-Ranger:
1. What did you do in 2012 that you’d never done before?
Trekked from 9,000 ft to 17,600 ft in altitude in the Himalayas, and my first time ever in the Eastern Hemisphere.
2. Did you keep your New Years’ resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I will make some NY resolutions in the coming year, and I kept all 1 of the ones I made in 2012.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
My daughter.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
No.
5. What countries did you visit?
Nepal, with a stopover in Qatar. Also visited Canada.
6. What would you like to have in 2013 that you lacked in 2012?
A supportive mate.
7. What date from 2012 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
April 29, my father's 100th birthday which I celebrated at Everest Base Camp.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
See #1 above.
9. What was your biggest failure?
Not a failure, but I disappointed myself several times in not being as patient with my mother as I should have.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
In Nepal I acquired a cough but it went away before I left Nepal. I had an eye infection in the fall. Nothing serious.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
I bought a white shirt at REI that I wore throughout Nepal that had built in UV and insect protection.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
The courageous principal and teachers of Sandy Hook school. I hope I would have done half as well in the same situation.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
Romney...just pitiful!
14. Where did most of your money go?
See #1 above, plus I sent my son off to a private college.
15.What made you really really really excited?
Life of Pi
16.What song will forever remind you of 2012?
Rolling in the Deep
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
a) happier or sadder? sadder
b) thinner or fatter? about the same
c) richer or poorer? poorer
18. What do you wish you’d done more of?
Spending time with my friends
19. What do you wish you’d done less of?
surfing the net
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
With my family and my two grandchildren
21. How will you be spending New Year's?
I have no idea...probably nothing
22. Did you fall in love in 2012?
Yes, with Nepal.
23. How many one-night stands?
There were some nightstands in the teahouses I stayed in for one night each in Nepal.
24. What were your favorite TV programs?
Sherlock and Sherlock and Sherlock.
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
No
26. What was the best book you read?
Annapurna by Maurice Herzog
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Nepali temple music
28. What did you want and get?
A trip to Nepal.
29. What did you want and not get?
Friendship
30. What was your favorite film of this year?
Cloud Atlas (so far)
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I went on a hike to Mount Falcon, I am older than the hills.
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
If I had the courage to start a new life as a single person.
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2012?
Right now I just want to wear black.
34. What kept you sane?
Memories of my trek.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Benedict. No, not the pope!
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
gun control
37. Who did you miss?
All the Denver Brokies who I barely saw this whole year.
38. Who was the best new person(s) you met?
My guide, Krishna.
38. Side question...who would I like to get to know better?
I think you would like some of the people in this new group I belong to called "Dr. Watson's Neglected Patients"
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2012:
Just put one foot in front of the other and you'll be surprised what you can do.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year (any song from any year):
We could have had it all.
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