suchnone #365

Here's a meme I got from Vi. I know I said I would post about my trip and it is coming. Just finished the pictures(see previous post) but I had told Vi I would do this one so here it goes.

1. What did you do in 2007 that you'd never done before?

Traveled to England



2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?

I do not make resolutions.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?

One of my co-workers had(well her daughter did) her first grandchild.

4. Did anyone close to you die?

Dr Russell, a retired professor where I work who I worked on a history of the university with. He also was one of my Father's professors when my Father was in school here in the 1950s.

5. What countries did you visit?

England


6. What would you like to have in 2008 that you lacked in 2007?

More relaxing days, more time to see NC.

7. What dates from 2007 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?

December 17th - day I landed at Gatwick airport in London

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?

going to England


9. What was your biggest failure?

never cleaning my house


10. Did you suffer illness or injury?

I had a cold for almost 3 weeks last Fall. not fun


11. What was the best thing you bought?

an iPod shuffle

12. Whose behaviour merited celebration?



13. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed?


14. Where did most of your money go?

my trip to England


15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
again, my trip to England

16. What song will always remind you of 2007?

all the songs off Radiohead's In Rainbows, Ryan Adams' Cold Roses

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

a) happier or sadder?
happier

b) thinner or fatter?
thinner, I think


c) richer or poorer?
richer

18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
visited friends

19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
not damn thing


20. How did you spend Christmas?
In England visiting friends


21. What was your favorite month of 2007?
Ok, getting old but December since I spent most of it in England


22. Did you fall in love in 2007?
no

23. How many one-night stands?
none


24. What was your favourite TV programme?
Dr Who, Heroes, Jeopardy!



25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
no. its so easy to hate, so easy to hurt, it takes strength to be gentle and kind. hating is a waste of my time.


26. What was the best book you read?
Harry Potter #7, Blood Sucking Fiends and Children of Hurin


27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Radiohead's In Rainbows, my album of 2007.


28. What did you want and get?
Wanted to travel to England and I did



29. What did you want and not get?
Would have liked to have met a nice girl but did not happen and do not seeing it happening.


30. What was your favorite film of this year?
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and Transformers. Saw both of them on the flights to and from England



31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
Nothing, 37

32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
I did want to see the beach but I am not sure if that would have made my year "immeasurably more satisfying".


33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2007?
pretty much the same one I have had since 1989


34. What kept you sane?
beer, playing lord of the rings online, my blog friends, my friend Sally



35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Scarlett Johannson and Nicole Kidman are both nice to look at



36. What political issue stirred you the most?
the selection of a new president.



37. Who did you miss?




38. Who was the best new person you met?
Gareth, my friend Heidi's fiance, very cool guy. They complement each other very well.


39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2007
Not to put expectations on anything, they can lead to disappointment

40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
Just not sure on this one. Tried to look up songs that I listened to a lot this year but none of them really fit. Oh well