2012 Year In Review

I post this on my livejournal every year, and decided to share here as well.



1. What did you do in 2012 that you'd never done before?
Went to therapy. How mature of me.

2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions and will you make more for next year?
I pick a word for the year, 2012 was Action. I think I didn't accomplish as much as I would have liked but the year flew by and I worked on a lot which I think is good.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Who DIDN'T give birth/get pregnant this year? Its a good thing, my jealousy doesn't negate my happiness for everyone.

4. Did anyone close to you die?
Thankfully, no.

5. What countries did you visit?
None.

6. What would you like to have in 2013 that you lacked in 2012?
More self confidence

7. What date from 2012 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
December 14th, 2012-- date of the newtown shooting. Was just such a sad and terrible tragedy I don't think I'll ever forget. Runner up November 30th day I had gallbladder surgery.

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Work stuff. :)  

9. What was your biggest failure?
Hmm.

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Yes, had to have my gallbladder out.

11. What was the best thing you bought?
My Nook tablet.

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
My mom

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
The media during election time.

14. Where did most of your money go?
Bills.

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
The future.

16. What song will always remind you of 2012?
What else?



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

i. happier or sadder? Happier
ii. thinner or fatter? Thinner (but only by about 6 pounds, would like to lose 30)
iii. richer or poorer? Same

18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Drink more water, one of my biggest hurdles.

19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Worry.

20. How will you be spending Christmas?
I spent Christmas with my boyfriend and our families.

21. Did you fall in love in 2012?
Nope, already in love.

22. What was your favorite TV program?
How I Met Your Mother and Girls

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

24. What was the best book you read?


25. What was your greatest musical discovery of 2012?
Kimbra


26. What did you want and get?
I'm in one of those in between times where I am working towards big goals like a car, babies, creating stuff, etc. Possession wise, I got tons of great stuff over the last year. I've been very lucky.

27. What did you want and not get?
Finish NanoWriMo

28. What was your favorite film of this year?
There were a lot of great movies this year, hard to pick a favorite. I think Cabin In The Woods. Which, seems odd but I saw it in the best circumstance. I had no idea what the movie was about, just thought it was a slasher movie and it would be a goofy fun time. It had great reviews on rottentomatoes.com and so I went and then realized that it was a dark comedy/thriller and it made it 5x more enjoyable.

29. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I turned 27, and had to work. Boo. That weekend I went to dinner at Serendipity (on the strip) with Kree, my best friend and her husband.


30. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Being independently wealthy and traveling the world. Ya know, just the little things.

31. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2012?
Tunics and nerd t-shirts.

32. What kept you sane?
Ozzy. Introspection. Therapy.

33. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
I wasn't really into any one figure more than the next, but I have been into Pete Holmes podcast You Made it Weird.

34. What political issue stirred you the most?
Women's rights.

35. Who did you miss?
More confident me.

36. Who was the best new person you met?
the girls in V.A.G.I.N.A. (Very Awesome Girls into Nerdy Activities)

37. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2012:
Trust that you are going down the path you are supposed to take.

38. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
Do It Now - Ingrid Michaelson
sitting in the back of the bus
talking about nothing, oh we're talking about us
watching as the world goes hammering on
hammering on

you say that you've got nothing left
there's nothing left in you to find
you're gonna ride it out gonna wait it out
living to die, you're living to die

no one's gonna wait for you
no one's gonna wait for you

so do it now
do it right now
don't waste a minute on the darkness and the pity sitting in your mind and
do it right now
do it right now

everything will stop on a dime
everything will crash into itself in good time
do you want to beat your own heart beat your own heart
or leave it behind
leave it behind

no one's gonna wait for you
no one's gonna wait for you

so do it now
do it right now
don't waste a minute on the darkness and the pity sitting in your mind and
do it right now
do it right now

i'm gonna get up i'm gonna get right out of my bed, get out of my bed
you're gonna stand up, you're gonna stand right up again stand right up again
i'm gonna get up i'm gonna get out of my bed, get out of my head
you're gonna stand up, you're gonna stand up
you're gonna stand up
you're gonna stand up

so do it now
do it right now
don't waste a minute on the darkness and the pity sitting in your mind and
do it right now
do it right now