Desert Time

Yes, i am a few weeks late on this one, but i decided to post a year in review from last year.  And sorry to be a broken record, but for real, I am motivated by comments from you readers.  maybe you will inspire me to write something really awesome!

1. What did you do in 2006 that you'd never done before?
Moved across the country with the intent on it being permanent.

2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I don't make resolutions.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Eric and Katie, Nick R., Ricky, Brindy

4. Did anyone close to you die?
Nope

5. What countries did you visit?
Just US of A

6. What would you like to have in 2007 that you lacked in 2006?
A new house and a fiancee.  I would even settle for a girlfriend.

7. What date from 2006 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
My sister's wedding on October 14, and I don't remember the date, but the moment of the cardinals winning the series.

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Finishing my goal of seeing all 50 states.  and doing it with style.
A close second is Scoring a really cool job with great opportunities for advancement.

9. What was your biggest failure?
I wanted to finally buy an engagement ring.  Every year I put one in my budget, but have never gotten to get one.  Well, maybe my biggest failure was not being able to convince my parents to let me take my dog with me to Arizona.

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
No, but I have fully healed from my ankle injury from 2005

11. What was the best thing you bought?
This one is a tie.  My eye surgery for perfect vision, and my 50 inch Hi definition big screen TV

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
My sister and Jonathan, for giving one of the greatest gifts ever.  A happy 50 cake (when i got my 50 states, they had a cake all ready for me to wish me congratulation).

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
****, (I guess I shouldn't use her name) for deciding not to talk to me when all I was trying to get was a little closure.  Also whoever broke my window of my car and stole my backpack filled with personal things but nothing of financial value.  A real butt-munch.

14. Where did most of your money go?
eye surgery

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
My "50 cake"

16. What song will always remind you of 2006?
maybe "far away" by Nickelback.  only time will tell.

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? in general happier, but presently sadder.
ii. thinner or fatter? Unfortunately thinner
iii. richer or poorer? mos def richer.

18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Reading the Bible

19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Worrying about things I can't control.

20. How will you be spending Christmas?
I woke up early Christmas morning to work from 5 until 2:30, then came home and ate some hot pockets or something alone.  it was kinda sad.

22. Did you fall in love in 2006?
Its hard to pinpoint the moment.  Might have been 2007, and it might not have happened at all.  Its hard to say if it is love, especially when it is almost surely leading nowhere.

23. How many one-night stands?
Definitely none.

24. What was your favorite TV program?
how i met your mother

25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
No.

26. What was the best book you read?
Did I read the Da Vinci code last year?  I don't really read much.

27. What was your greatest musical (re)discovery?

didnt really have one that I know of. 

28. What did you want and get?
a job and a place to live

29. What did you want and not get?
my dog and someone to call my lover.

30. What was your favourite film of this year?
Surely the Prestige.

31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I worked for 16 hours and then went to Whataburger.  Actually this is depressing.  all these supposed big moments, like birthday, Christmas, and New years i didn't do anything worth while.  Thank you, survey, for pointing that out.

32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Divine intervention which I am still waiting on.  (I'm still hoping, Big Guy!)

33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2006?
I get older and my clothes stay the same.  Totally seriously, I did a clothing inventory the other day.  out of about 80 shirts, I only paid for 7 of them, and 2 were from goodwill.  The rest were free or gifts or hand me downs.  Pretty lame.

34. What kept you sane?
Music was my sanity and also has driven me crazy some lately.  My dog used to be my fill-in girlfriend, but he is still in St. Louis.

35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Not really any anymore.  that was more of a thing from when I was younger.  Maybe Robin from How I met Your Mother

36. What political issue stirred you the most?
That the smoking tax did not pass in california i guess. 

37. Who did you miss?
My family, my best friend, and my dog.

38. Who was the best new person you met?
Not sure.  No new friends stand way out as super awesome.

39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2006:
If you have to preface it by saying "I'm sorry, but..." it is not the right time to say "...I love you." (by the way this did not happen, it only ran through my mind and prevented me from saying it)

40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
"you you you can never say that im not the one who really loves you. i pray pray pray every day that you'll see things, girl like i do." -Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson in "Say Say Say"