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2012 Retrospective Survey!
Penthesilea:
1. What did you do in 2012 that you’d never done before?
Baught a pup from a breeder. Something I never thought I would do.
2. Did you keep your New Years’ resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
Never make them
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Kelda!
4. Did anyone close to you die?
Yes, two people.
5. What countries did you visit?
France, England, Scotland, Switzerland, USA, Italy
6. What would you like to have in 2013 that you lacked in 2012?
Maybe win the lottery? Seriously: nothing
7. What date from 2012 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
Not big with dates. There are some days which I will remember, but already have forgotten the exact date. ::)
11. What was the best thing you bought?
New pup
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
My daughter
14. Where did most of your money go?
Tearing down barn
15.What made you really really really excited?
New pup, all my travels
16.What song will forever remind you of 2012?
Not a song, but Adele's voice
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
a) happier or sadder? happier
b) thinner or fatter? same
c) richer or poorer? same
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
Christmas Eve with my family. The two Christmad Holidays with extented family
21. How will you be spending New Year's?
At home with family
22. Did you fall in love in 2012?
Yes, there was one specific moment this year when I fell in love with my hubby all over again
23. How many one-night stands?
None
24. What were your favorite TV programs?
NCIS
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
No
26. What was the best book you read?
Nothing that stands out. Right now I'm reading The Art of Fielding and enjoy it so far.
28. What did you want and get?
Plenty travels
29. What did you want and not get?
New kitchen
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
Family and in-laws came over and I was 44
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2012?
Same as usual: jeans and t-shirt in summer, jeans and sweatshirt, preferably a hoodie with zipper, in winter
34. What kept you sane?
Am I? ;)
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Dunno. Matt Damon is always good for the position. :laugh:
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
US elections
Shakesthecoffecan:
1. What did you do in 2012 that you’d never done before?
I went to Winchester, Tennessee.
2. Did you keep your New Years’ resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
Didn't make any.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
No.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
No.
5. What countries did you visit?
The U.S.
6. What would you like to have in 2013 that you lacked in 2012?
A vacation.
7. What date from 2012 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
Election night. Not nly because Obama won but because Marriage Equality took a giant step forward, and the tea party didn't.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Financial stability.
9. What was your biggest failure?
I have ate and ate and ate and ate.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
I had to get my last wisdom tooth took out after it developed a cavity.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
White Tail Bourbon Whiskey. Very smooth.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
Barack Hussein Obama, I admire him more and more as time goes by.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
All the people over at Fox Noise, Rush Limbaugh and the usual religious suspects.
14. Where did most of your money go?
In the bank, baby!
15.What made you really really really excited?
Cloud Atlas, Glee
16.What song will forever remind you of 2012?
Gangnam Style, Skyfall, Red Solo Cup
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
a) happier or sadder? the same
b) thinner or fatter? fatter
c) richer or poorer? money wise rich, which is just numbers.
18. What do you wish you’d done more of?
Hiking, being outdoors or on the water.
19. What do you wish you’d done less of?
surfing the net, eating,
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
With family.
21. How will you be spending New Year's?
With firends.
22. Did you fall in love in 2012?
No.
23. How many one-night stands?
Zero
24. What were your favorite TV programs?
Sherlock, Glee, The Mentalist
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
No.
26. What was the best book you read?
Lunatics, by Dave Barry
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Psy
28. What did you want and get?
Another drink.
29. What did you want and not get?
A vacation.
30. What was your favorite film of this year?
Cloud Atlas
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I was 49. I had lunch with my family......I think.
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Paying my realestate taxes in full the day I got the bill.
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2012?
Good Will.
34. What kept you sane?
Knowledge there is a bigger world that what is right around me.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Randy Roberts Potts
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
Marriage Equality
37. Who did you miss?
Richard Wilson.
38. Who was the best new person(s) you met?
Mandy Mathews
38. Side question...who would I like to get to know better?
The Pitjatjanamajeru
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2012:
When you are bombarded by stupidity from all sides, when your own family is showing their ass to you. Ignore them. Don't speak harshly, it is just a phase and it will pass.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year (any song from any year):
Freddie Mac can kiss my ass.
Monika:
1. What did you do in 2012 that you’d never done before?
Rented a house abroad by myself
2. Did you keep your New Years’ resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
Nope and nope. I know myself better than that.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
My big sister gave birth to a baby girl. They named her Moa.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
No
5. What countries did you visit?
Germany, US
6. What would you like to have in 2013 that you lacked in 2012?
Self-discipline
7. What date from 2012 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
I´m not big on remembering dates. Thinking back, the only date I´m fairly sure on is September 19 when Berit, Sophia and myself saw Bruce Springsteen perform in NJ.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Getting a steady job and following through on my Wyoming travel plans
9. What was your biggest failure?
I´m not always who I wish I were
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
A persistant cough, nothing else
11. What was the best thing you bought?
Everything related to travel
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
Jon Stewart
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
Every member and supporter of the SD (Sweden Democrats) party.
14. Where did most of your money go?
Travel and restaurant visits
15.What made you really really really excited?
Sleep No More made me feel as alive as I´ve ever been
16.What song will forever remind you of 2012?
The theme from the movie Vertigo
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
a) happier or sadder? same
b) thinner or fatter? same
c) richer or poorer? a little richer
18. What do you wish you’d done more of?
Having been more carefree and been more positive
19. What do you wish you’d done less of?
worrying and self-beating
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
With family
21. How will you be spending New Year's?
Don´t know yet
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?
About two months ago I re-discovered an old favorite tv-show of mine - "The Pretender". Have also been watching a lot of Colbert and The Daily Show as of late.
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
No
26. What was the best book you read?
Don´t think I´ve read through a whole book this entire year. I don´t seem to able to focus long enough.
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Patsy Kline
28. What did you want and get?
I got most things I wished for this year
29. What did you want and not get?
A billion bucks
30. What was your favorite film of this year?
The Amazing SpiderMan. Saw it three times in Laramie this summer.
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I don´t remember. 34
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
I actually don´t know.
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2012?
A more professional look - at work at least.
34. What kept you sane?
As always, fiction, travel and humour.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Lee Tergesen, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
Marriage equality and right-extremism.
37. Who did you miss?
Absent friends
38. Who was the best new person(s) you met?
Haven´t made any new best friends, but have met a lot of nice people while traveling.
38. Side question...who would I like to get to know better?
Don´t know
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2012:
I wish
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year (any song from any year):
Get your motor runnin'
Head out on the highway
Lookin' for adventure
In whatever comes our way
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