December 29, 2006
1. Was 2006 a good year for you?
2006 was a roller coaster of year. A roller coaster with lots of twists and turns and many loops.
2. What was your favorite moment(s) of the year?
Riding the Ferris Wheel at Ocean City with my kids.
3. What was your least favorite moment(s) of the year?
My wife's fifth spinal surgery in seven years - a cervical fusion.
4. What did you do in 2006 that you’d never done before?
Seriously considered a career change.
5. Did you keep your new years’ resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
If I made one I don't remember it - so I probably didn't keep it. (I just checked my archives and if I made a resolution I didn't blog it either.)
6. Where were you when 2006 began?
Asleep.
7. Who were you with?
My wife.
8. Where will you be when 2006 ends?
Asleep.
9. Who will you be with when 2006 ends?
My wife.
10. Did anyone close to you give birth?
No.
11. Did you lose anybody close to you in 2006?
My best childhood friend died of a heart attack at the age of 43.
12. Who did you miss?
My dad.
13. Who was the best new person you met in 2006?
No one stands out.
14. What was your favorite month of 2006?
August - I took a real vacation.
15. Did you travel outside of the US in 2006?
no.
16. How many different states did you travel to in 2006?
New York and Rhode Island - but I live in Connecticut so it's not saying much.
17. What would you like to have in 2007 that you lacked in 2006?
A chance to sail - and perhaps race.
18. What date from 2006 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
Nothing leaps out.
19. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Making it to the end.
20. What was your biggest failure?
An overwhelming lack of personal progress.
21. Did you suffer illness or injury?
A couple of bad food related experiences I hope to never repeat.
22. What was the best thing you bought?
A massaging recliner for my wife.
23. Whose behavior merited celebration?
My son's when he seemed to grasp that the rules apply to him and other people sometimes get to win.
24. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
A list far to vast and anonymous to begin to contemplate so I'll just say a frighteningly large percentage of the human race.
25. Where did most of your money go?
Taxes.
26. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
The possibility of new career opportunities.
27. Did you drink a lot of alcohol in 2006?
I think I had about six beers, two cocktails and glass of wine.
28. Did you do a lot of drugs in 2006?
Does Tylenol count?
29. Did you treat somebody badly in 2006?
I've probably had my moments.
30. Did somebody treat you badly in 2006?
Yes. See #24.
31. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? - About the same.
ii. thinner or fatter? - Very slightly thinner.
iii. richer or poorer? - Still house poor. But getting by.
32. What do you wish you’d done more of in 2006?
Sailing.
33. What do you wish you’d done less of?
Work.
34. Did you fall in love in 2006?
I'm still very much in love with my wife if that counts.
35. What was your favorite TV program(s)?
House.
36. What song will always remind you of 2006?
Free Will, Rush.
37. How many concerts did you see in 2006?
Four performances of the Fairfield County Children's Choir. Two performances of the Holland Hill Elementary School Orchestra. One Performance of the Holland Hill Fifth Grad Chorus
38. Did you have a favorite concert in 2006?
I loved every one I saw.
39. What was your greatest musical discovery?
iLike. A plug in for iTunes that recommends similar music to what you are listening to - including some you can download for free.
40. What was the best book you read?
I mostly read business related books, none of them really stand out
41. What was your favorite film of this year?
I really only saw movies with the kids this year. My favorite was probably Pirates of the Caribbean.
42. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
Went grocery shopping and did laundry - no one had the capacity to do any sort of celebration so we decided to delay it a month. 44.
43. What did you want and get?
nothing yet.
44. What did you want and not get?
see above!
45. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Sailing.
46. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2006?
Whatever managed to satisfy the minimum company standard.
47. What kept you sane?
Sheer force of will.
48. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
None.
49. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2006.
If appropriate recognition of hard work and dedication requires that a decision be made that is contrary to corporate policy - you're screwed.
50. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
They can't tell me who to be
Cause I'm not what they see
Yeah, the world is still sleepin while I keep on dreaming for me
And their words are just whispers and lies that I'll never believe
And I want a moment to be real
Wanna touch things I don't feel
Wanna hold on and feel I belong
And how can the world want me to change?
They're the ones that stay the same
I'm the one now
Cause I'm still here
I'm the one
Cause I'm still here
I'm still here
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