That 2003 meme
Dec. 29th, 2003 12:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chickenfeet1. What did you do in 2003 that you'd never done before?
Started my own business
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
My what?
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
No
4. Did anyone close to you die?
Katja's mother, a couple of rugby buddies, three kittens. Too much death.
5. What countries did you visit?
US, Ireland, UK.
6. What would you like to have in 2004 that you lacked in 2003?
A steadyish income. I'd also like to see my kids.
7. What date from 2003 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
I've forgotten the date already but I don't think I will forget that drop goal.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Survival
9. What was your biggest failure?
Not getting the Natiuonal Cancer Strategy gig.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Lingering ankle trouble and a bashed up shoulder.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
I can't think of anything memorable.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
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lemur_catta as always, for putting up with me.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
David Blunkett, Donald Rumsfeld, Jacques Chirac.
14. Where did most of your money go?
Alimony and child support.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
RWC 2003
16. What song will always remind you of 2003?
Swing Low Sweet Chariot
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? About the same. I'm miserable most of the time... ;-)
ii. thinner or fatter? Thinner by about 20lbs
iii. richer or poorer? Poorer but recovering
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Working and reading
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Procrastinating
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
At home with the bengals
21. What LJ users did you meet?
In person;lemur_catta (of course), dirtydina, firefae, forthright, kadenza, purplesofa, woundedtiger
22. Did you fall in love in 2003?
I stayed in love
23. How many one-night stands?
None.
24. What was your favorite TV programme?
Oliver's Twist
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
I try not to hate.
26. What was the best book you read?
"Albion" - Peter Ackroyd.
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Isabel Bayrakdarian (though non-musical considerations play there part there)
28. What did you want and get for Christmas?
I didn't want anything.
29. What did you want and not get?
see above
30. What was your favorite film of this year?
I can't think of anything from 2003 that really appealed.
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I was 46. I don't recall doing anything much.
32.What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
A faster start up for the new business
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2003?
Bimodal; either very stylish, in a conservative sort of way or dragged through a hedge backwards.
34. What kept you sane?
Aren't we making an assumption here?
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Isabel Bayrakdarian. She looked particularly fetching in chains as Cleopatra.
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
Iraq, I guess. Provincial and national healthcare issues ran it close and I continue to be infuriated by the EU's screwing of the third world on farm policy.
37. Who did you miss?
The small bears
38. Who was the best new person you met?
The most interesting was probably the druid at Carolyn's wedding.
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2003.
Who you know matters more than what you know, unfortunately.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
We're here because we're here because we're here because we're here!
Started my own business
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
My what?
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
No
4. Did anyone close to you die?
Katja's mother, a couple of rugby buddies, three kittens. Too much death.
5. What countries did you visit?
US, Ireland, UK.
6. What would you like to have in 2004 that you lacked in 2003?
A steadyish income. I'd also like to see my kids.
7. What date from 2003 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
I've forgotten the date already but I don't think I will forget that drop goal.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Survival
9. What was your biggest failure?
Not getting the Natiuonal Cancer Strategy gig.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Lingering ankle trouble and a bashed up shoulder.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
I can't think of anything memorable.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
lemur_catta as always, for putting up with me.13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
David Blunkett, Donald Rumsfeld, Jacques Chirac.
14. Where did most of your money go?
Alimony and child support.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
RWC 2003
16. What song will always remind you of 2003?
Swing Low Sweet Chariot
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? About the same. I'm miserable most of the time... ;-)
ii. thinner or fatter? Thinner by about 20lbs
iii. richer or poorer? Poorer but recovering
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Working and reading
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Procrastinating
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
At home with the bengals
21. What LJ users did you meet?
In person;
lemur_catta (of course), dirtydina, firefae, forthright, kadenza, purplesofa, woundedtiger22. Did you fall in love in 2003?
I stayed in love
23. How many one-night stands?
None.
24. What was your favorite TV programme?
Oliver's Twist
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
I try not to hate.
26. What was the best book you read?
"Albion" - Peter Ackroyd.
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Isabel Bayrakdarian (though non-musical considerations play there part there)
28. What did you want and get for Christmas?
I didn't want anything.
29. What did you want and not get?
see above
30. What was your favorite film of this year?
I can't think of anything from 2003 that really appealed.
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I was 46. I don't recall doing anything much.
32.What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
A faster start up for the new business
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2003?
Bimodal; either very stylish, in a conservative sort of way or dragged through a hedge backwards.
34. What kept you sane?
Aren't we making an assumption here?
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Isabel Bayrakdarian. She looked particularly fetching in chains as Cleopatra.
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
Iraq, I guess. Provincial and national healthcare issues ran it close and I continue to be infuriated by the EU's screwing of the third world on farm policy.
37. Who did you miss?
The small bears
38. Who was the best new person you met?
The most interesting was probably the druid at Carolyn's wedding.
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2003.
Who you know matters more than what you know, unfortunately.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
We're here because we're here because we're here because we're here!
