{"id":1461,"date":"2007-01-02T17:45:00","date_gmt":"2007-01-02T12:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chris.dwan.org\/?p=1461"},"modified":"2007-01-02T17:45:00","modified_gmt":"2007-01-02T12:45:00","slug":"2006-year-in-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chris.dwan.org\/?p=1461","title":{"rendered":"2006, Year in Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

Assorted one-liners from 2004<\/a>
\n2005 results<\/a><\/p>\n

Here we go again:<\/p>\n

1. What did you do in 2006 that you’d never done before?<\/b><\/p>\n

Did real, serious, no kidding charity work. <\/p>\n

2. Did you keep your New Yars’ resolutions, and will you make more for next year?<\/b><\/p>\n

I had two:<\/p>\n

Write at least one thing of substance per week. A short essay, a letter to a representative, a poem, just something. These are due on Sunday. They need not be shared with anyone, but I need to write them.<\/em><\/p>\n

I got through thirty of them<\/a>. That’s a lot more than zero, but substantially less than 52. I’d love to be able to say that the other 22 are too private to be shared … but that’s just not true.<\/p>\n

Create a budget with Jen. Reconcile it monthly. Use this process to increase charitable giving and savings without spiraling into debt. <\/em><\/p>\n

Except for the monthly reconciliation happening about every three months, this worked out pretty well.<\/p>\n

Still thinking about whether I need anything new this year.<\/p>\n

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?<\/b><\/p>\n

Yup. The trend continues. My pool of friends is approaching “replacement” levels of new humans produced.<\/p>\n

4. Did anyone close to you die? <\/b><\/p>\n

* Bob Hughes<\/a>, my mentor from Michigan.
\n* Aaron Brown<\/a>
\n* My parent’s kitten, Max.<\/p>\n

5. What countries did you visit?<\/b><\/p>\n

Haiti. Italy. <\/p>\n

6. What would you like to have in 2007 that you lacked in 2006?<\/b><\/p>\n

Ownership in my company (again).<\/p>\n

7. What date from 2005 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?<\/b><\/p>\n

June 2nd<\/a>, the day that someone else<\/em> did a better job of making my wedding anniversary special than I did.<\/p>\n

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? <\/b><\/p>\n

I got my black belt.<\/p>\n

9. What was your biggest failure? <\/b><\/p>\n

I’m no more organized than I was a year ago.<\/p>\n

10. Did you suffer illness or injury? <\/b><\/p>\n

I think I broke a rib<\/a>, but other than that nothing much.<\/p>\n

11. What was the best thing you bought? <\/b><\/p>\n

Nothing comes to mind. I like my XBox 360? <\/p>\n

12. Whose behavior merited celebration? <\/b><\/p>\n

technolope<\/a> got his PhD
\njustkidding_nr<\/a> entered med school
\nredmed<\/a>. Hooray!<\/p>\n

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed? <\/b><\/p>\n

Bush. Rumsfeld.<\/p>\n

14. Where did most of your money go? <\/b><\/p>\n

Debt.<\/p>\n

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about? <\/b><\/p>\n

Tony Jaa.<\/p>\n

16. What song will always remind you of 2006?<\/b><\/p>\n

Nothing comes to mind.<\/p>\n

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:<\/p>\n

a. happier or sadder?<\/em> Happier!
\nb. thinner or fatter?<\/em> Fatter!
\nc. richer or poorer? <\/em> Richer!<\/p>\n

18. What do you wish you’d done more of? <\/em><\/p>\n

Being at home.<\/p>\n

19. What do you wish you’d done less of? <\/em><\/p>\n

Travel.<\/p>\n

20. How [did you spend] Christmas? <\/em><\/p>\n

With the fam, in the hot tub.<\/p>\n

21. Who did you spend the most time on the phone with? <\/em><\/p>\n

Stan.<\/p>\n

22. Did you fall in love in 2006? <\/em><\/p>\n

With myself, just like every year.<\/p>\n

23. How many one-night stands? <\/em><\/p>\n

Zeeeeeee-rooooooooo (as usual).<\/p>\n

24. What was your favorite TV program?<\/em><\/p>\n

Battlestar Galactica<\/p>\n

25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year? <\/em><\/p>\n

Trying really hard to hate less.<\/p>\n

26. What was the best book you read? <\/em><\/p>\n

The Road<\/u> by Cormac MacCarthey<\/p>\n

27. What was your greatest musical discovery? <\/em><\/p>\n

Axiom of truth.<\/p>\n

28. What did you want and get?<\/em><\/p>\n

Enlightenment.<\/p>\n

29. What did you want and not get? <\/em><\/p>\n

Partnership in my company.<\/p>\n

30. What was your favorite film of this year? <\/em><\/p>\n

District B13<\/a><\/p>\n

31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you? <\/em><\/p>\n

Ironically enough, I was 31. I was at the beach, smacking around a piniata <\/p>\n

32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? <\/em><\/p>\n

Getting partnership in my company.<\/p>\n

33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2005? <\/em><\/p>\n

Black.<\/p>\n

34. What kept you sane?<\/em><\/p>\n

Punching things.<\/p>\n

35. Which celebrity\/public figure did you fancy the most? Right now? <\/em><\/p>\n

Katee Sackhoff, in her Battlestar Galactica Role of Starbuck.<\/p>\n

36. What political issue stirred you the most? <\/em><\/p>\n

Bush, the war in Iraq.<\/p>\n

37. Who did you miss? <\/em><\/p>\n

Me, 10 years ago.<\/p>\n

38. Who was the best new person you met?<\/em><\/p>\n

Wow. I have no idea.<\/p>\n

39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2005: <\/em><\/p>\n

Human beings share a common, fundamental experience. In fact, it’s not unique to human beings … but all sentient beings.<\/p>\n

40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:<\/em><\/p>\n

I still haven’t found what I’m looking for.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Assorted one-liners from 2004 2005 results<\/p>\n

Here we go again:<\/p>\n

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