1. What did you do in 2006 that you'd never done before?
Drink ice wine. It was very, very good.
2. Did you keep your new year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I didn't have any New Year's resolutions last year. I have two this year.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Yes. One of my officemates, just before she defended her thesis.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
No.
5. What countries did you visit?
Canada.
6. What would you like to have in 2007 that you lacked in 2006?
A girlfriend, a driver's license, and a master's degree.
7. What dates from 2006 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
October 5, the date of my qualifying examination.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Passing my qualifying examination.
9. What was your biggest failure?
Not submitting a paper by the end of the year.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Nothing serious.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
An album of the Psalms in Anglican Chant.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
My research advisors, though I won't go into detail why.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
No one I know personally.
14. Where did most of your money go?
Rent + Savings
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Getting through my qualifying exam. Do you sense a theme here?
16. What song will always remind you of 2006?
Headlights on Dark Roads--Snow Patrol
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:a) happier or sadder? b) thinner or fatter? c) richer or poorer?
a) happier b) even steven c) slightly richer, but I am a graduate student.
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Upbuilded the church of God.
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Read blogs.
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
Relaxing.
21. Did you fall in love in 2006?
This question has been ruled a mistrial. Will retry.
22. How many one-night stands?
Moi? Non.
23. What was your favorite TV program?
A tie between Jericho and Eureka, though Big Love and Rome are very good.
24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
Fortunately not.
25. What was the best book you read?
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
26. What was your greatest musical discovery?
BT
27. What did you want and get?
I passed my qualifying exams.
28. What did you want and not get?
A publication in a refereed journal.
29. What was your favorite film of this year?
The Queen First Apostle's review is spot on.
30. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
24 was fairly boring.
31. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
A copy of the Syrian adelphepoesis liturgy.
32. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2006?
Dumpy graduate student.
33. What kept you sane?
The Daily Office.
34. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Anne Hathaway. She was impossibly beautiful in the Devil Wears Prada .
35. What political issue stirred you the most?
Climate change.
36. Who did you miss?
My college friends.
37. Who was the best new person you met?
No comment.
38. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2006.
Checked luggage is a dangerous thing.
39. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
For once, I'd like to be the car crash, not always just the traffic jam.
In 2007...
1. Will you be looking for a new job?
Certainly not.
2. Will you be looking for a new relationship?
Yes.
3. New house?
I'm going to try to avoid it.
4. What will you do different in 07?
Collaborate more.
5. New Years resolution?
Write and submit three papers. It will likely be only one.
6. What will you not be doing in 07?
Letting Sabellians get to me.
7. Any trips planned?
Not yet. Maybe I'll go to Orlando in October.
8. Wedding plans?
No.
9. Major thing on your calendar?
Oh, wait. Big event in June. Need to get on that.
10. What can't you wait for?
Holy Week.
11. What would you like to see happen differently?
I would like a friend of mine to have steady employment.
12. What about yourself will you be changing?
My antipathy to the operation of the automobile.
13. What happened in 06 that you didn't think would ever happen?
I reconnected with an old mentor.
14. Will you be nicer to the people you care about?
No, but I'll try to spend more time with those I can?
15. Will you dress differently this year than you did in 06?
No.
16. Will you start or quit drinking?
I will continue drinking.
17. Will you better your relationship with your family?
Hopefully.
18. Will you do charity work?
Hopefully.
19. Will you go to bars?
Almost certainly. I just hope they'll have decent hard cider.
20. Will you be nice to people you don't know?
Where possible.
21. Do you expect 07 to be a good year for you?
I expect to get a B in this course. (This is a very inside joke.)
22. How much did you change from this time last year till now?
Not much. But I have changed quite a bit in the last five years.
23. Do you plan on having a child?
I plan to avoid reproduction this year.
24. Will you still be friends with the same people you are friends with now?
Probably. I may make new ones.
25. Major lifestyle changes?
Hopefully nothing drastic.
26. Will you be moving?
Didn't you ask me this question. I'd prefer to avoid it.
27. What will you make sure doesn't happen in 07 that happened in 06?
I will try to avoid caffeine trips.
28. What are your New Years Eve plans?
I watched Entourage and then waited until the ball dropped.
29. Will you have someone to kiss at midnight?
Not really.
30. One wish for 07?
That we discover a terrestrial planet outside the Solar System.
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