it's not just me...is it??

jesus, it took me literally 15 minutes to figure out how to log into the "new" blogger....grrrrrr...whatever! ANYWAY...

i was inspired to come on here and do an end of the year wrap up that i saw on a friend of mine's blog. so here i go...

1. What did you do in 2006 that you’d never done before? the AIDS walk in SF (10k)
2. Did you keep your New Years’ resolutions, and will you make more for next year? i kept a large portion of them, and yes, i will make another list for this year.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth? yes
4. Did anyone close to you die? yes
5. What countries did you visit? none regretfully
6. What would you like to have in 2007 that you lacked in 2006? honestly, more money
7. What date from 2006 will remain etched upon your memory? January 7th
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? there were 2, getting promoted at work, and getting my drivers licence finally.
9. What was your biggest failure? something that i'm not comfortable writing...yes, it was that bad.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury? no (knock knock)
11. What was the best thing you bought? birth control and my jenny craig membership
12. Whose behaviour merited celebration? mine actually :)
13. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed? the president
14. Where did most of your money go? food and public trans...oh, and booze
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about? when my sister lent me her new car for 3 weeks like 2 weeks after i got my licence
16. What song/album will always remind you of 2007? a song called "Premier Gaou"
17. Compared to this time last year, are you: as tired, as busy, about as confident of the future? more mellow but as confident
18. What do you wish you’d done more of? travel & exercise
19. What do you wish you’d done less of? eating junk food & wasting money
20. How will you be spending Christmas? with my best friends and family out here on the west coast
21. Who did you spend the most time on the phone with? my bf...even though we only spend a couple of minutes on the phone we talk every single day on the phone so it has to be him.
22. Did you fall in love in 2006? yes
23. What was your favorite TV program? don't really have one that i make a special effort to see but recently i've become addicted to the reality shows where they strap cameras on people and send them into really spooky haunted places. love that!!
24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year? no, i hate all the same people now that i did then ;)

say, what happened to #25???

26. What was the best book(s) you read? it was called something to the effect of "How to Keep Bees" or "My Life with Bees"...something like that. it was great.
27. What was your greatest musical discovery? that i genuinely love listening to classical music
28. What did you want and get? a good relationship
29. What did you want and not get? to lose all the weight i gained back that i had lost
30. What were your favorite films of this year? can't really think of one...quite possibly Elf.
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you? i had a great dinner with almost all my favorite people on this side of the globe. i turned 35.
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? again, more money. (to travel, pay off debts, buy a car, etc...i'm trapped by my lack of cash flow, as many of us are)
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2006? whatever fits me that i like
34. What kept you sane? therrrapy (pronounce that like nelly, the rapper. its the only way i say that word)
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? johnny depp. always johnny depp.
36. What political issue stirred you the most? war
37. Who did you miss? all the people i love living in places i don't
38. Who was the best new person you met? my bf
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2006. short of death, nothing will kill me. oh, and psyche meds are a good thing. :)
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year? "But now, look at her, she got this, game on lock" -Musiq