and we get the ball rolling...

I decided to "steal" a meme (reckon the little miss doesn't want the publicity so no link).
As good a way to start the year as anything.

1. What did you do in 2006 that you’d never done before?
Move out on my own.

2. Did you keep your new years’ resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
No. No.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Yes.

4. Did anyone close to you die?
No.

5. What countries did you visit?
Errr...none...fuck.

6. What would you like to have in 2007 that you lacked in 2006?
Money.

7. What date from 2006 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
One day in June I'd rather forget. Because of the airport.

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
I stop running away from my problems.

9. What was your biggest failure?
Putting faith in my current boss.

10.Did you suffer illness or injury?
Migraine.

11.What was the best thing you bought?
The HTL sofa.

12.Whose behavior merited celebration?
My idol, my lovely father.

13.Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
Not depressed, just appalled.
The boyfriend of the ill-mannered girl who is currently dating my ex-boyfriend.
That friend of mine with that new boyfriend.
It's a close fight.

14.Where did most of your money go?
The house.

15.What did you get really, really, really excited about?
The Dali exhibition. Which I didn't attend in the end.

16.What song will always remind you of 2006?
Por Una Cabeza - Thomas Newman

17.Compared to this time last year, are you happier or sadder?
Happier.

18.What do you wish you’d done more of?
Meet new people.

19.What do you wish you’d done less of?
Being a bitch to some people. Even though they deserve it.

20.How did you spent Christmas?
At a house party.

22.Did you fall in love in 2006?
Out of it, more like it.

23.How many one-night stands?
Nope.

24.What was your favorite TV program?
CSI Miami. Even if it is getting cheesy.

25.Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
Yes. Quite a few actually.
Be patient and the true colours show eventually.

26.What was the best book you read?
Freakonomics - Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner

27.What was your greatest musical discovery?
Korean love songs.
No kidding. They sound a lot better when you have no idea what the lyrics are about.

28.What did you want and get?
The Sharp LCD TV.

29.What did you want and not get?
Lots of money.

30.What was your favorite film of this year?
V for Vendetta.

31.What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
Almost thrashed at Attica. The big three.

32.What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Money.

33.How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2006?
Colours and accessories.

34.What kept you sane?
The idea of being locked up in IMH.

35.Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
None really.

36.What political issue stirred you the most?
All of it and none of it.

37.Who did you miss?
A man and a little girl.

38.Who was the best new person you met?
The new people made no impressions.

39.Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2006:
Learn to laugh at it and then let it go.

40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
Still that one: "I'm saved by grace and destroyed by naivety."