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| MissP |
2010: 40 Questions
1. What did you do in 2010 that you'd never done before?
Jumped out of an aeroplane and hot air ballooned, to mention just 2 things 
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I don't make them, I set myself projects, and they were accomplished.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
No
4. Did anyone close to you die?
Not very close, but some were lost 
5. What countries did you visit?
Australia!!
6. What would you like to have in 2011 that you lacked in 2010?
To be pain free.
7. What date from 2010 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
No one date, but lots of very memorable ones.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Losing 3 stone
9. What was your biggest failure?
Smoking
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Don't get me started....
11. What was the best thing you bought?
Boo got us a memory foam mattress, it's luffly!
12. Whose behaviour merited celebration?
I am going to say my friend Kate, who not only managed to turn her marriage round, but also opened a new bussiness, which is already successful. She's a Trojan.
13. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed?
Several people's. Hey ho.
14. Where did most of your money go?
Travel and treats for us.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Lots of things! Oz especially.
16. What song will always remind you of 2010?
None whatsoever.
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. Happier or sadder?
None the bloody wiser!
ii. Thinner or fatter?
Thinner, but it's gone up n down, LOL!
iii. richer or poorer?
About the same
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Travelled, but that's a time/money thang
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Nothing
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
It was last week!
23. How many one-night stands?
As if.
24. What was your favourite TV program?
Downton ~ priceless!
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
She's making a little list...
26. What was the best book you read?
A Thousand Splendid Suns, and my Psychology course work spring to mind, although I have read some excellent books this year. I need to update my Shelfari.
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Not exactly a discovery, but I went to my first festival!
28. What did you want and get?
A netbook, and lots of massages
29. What was your favourite film of this year?
Ummmm. Alice in Wonderland?
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
44 and very little.
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2010?
Vintagelatexebaypvcfloraldressesleathereveninggowna ndlotsofotherstuff.
34. What kept you sane?
Me.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Johnny Depp and Boris Johnson
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
The student riots
37. Who did you miss?
Nobody.
38. Who was the best new person you met?
Niece Emily in Oz.
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2010:
Keep calm and carry on
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
She's a killer queen!
| 4 Jan 11, 10:11 PM merrynb99 UK(SL), 6 yrs |
Can I play too? 1. What did you do in 2010 that you'd never done before? Walked the Worms Head. 2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year? No. Yes 3. Did anyone close to you give birth? No 4. Did anyone close to you die? No 5. What countries did you visit? South Africa (how odd, I "visited" home) 6. What would you like to have in 2011 that you lacked in 2010? Better vision 7. What date from 2010 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? The June trip to Snowdon with the Kinky Klimbers - surrounded by great friends in great surroundings doing something positive, empowering and healthy (sickening, innit) 8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? Moving house 9. What was your biggest failure? Giving up gym 10. Did you suffer illness or injury? Yes 11. What was the best thing you bought? A Magic Wand (no, not the Hitachi kind) 12. Whose behaviour merited celebration?
No one's. We all ran true to type 13. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed? Ditto. 14. Where did most of your money go? Bills, operations, airplane tickets. 15. What did you get really, really, really excited about? The garden (dear god*) 16. What song will always remind you of 2010? Elbow's "One Day Like This" 17. Compared to this time last year, are you: i. Happier or sadder? Happier. ii. Thinner or fatter? Fatter. iii. richer or poorer? Poorer. 18. What do you wish you'd done more of? Study, gym and hiking (dear GOD*) 19. What do you wish you'd done less of? Eating 20. How will you be spending Christmas? I spent it just the way I always wanted. 23. How many one-night stands? None (Bugger!*) 24. What was your favourite TV program? Sons of Anarchy, series 1 25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year? No. 26. What was the best book you read? The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society 27. What was your greatest musical discovery? SoundCloud.com 28. What did you want and get? A little car 29. What was your favourite film of this year? Avatar, although I also quite liked Agora. 31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you? I don't have birthdays. 33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2010? Lower heels (DEAR GOD!*) 34. What kept you sane? MissP 35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? Ditto on Johnny Depp 36. What political issue stirred you the most? I don't know if it qualifies as a political, social, economic or ecological issue, but - our amazing incapacity to diligently pursue and punish the ever-elusive individuals (who ever they might be, at every level) who were directly responsible for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. 37. Who did you miss? My mum. 38. Who was the best new person you met? The girl who wore her dressing gown to the New Year's Eve party. She knows who she is ... 39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2010: Don't let cynicism win *I am a Boring Old Fart 40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year: "We are family; I got all my sisters and me"
Self-regulation in a capitalist economy: it's like getting the bull to run the china shop. Edited 4 Jan 11, 10:27 PM by merrynb99 |
