1. What did you do in 2012 that you'd never done before?
Visited Europe.
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I'm not sure I made any resolutions last year.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Yes.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
Not close, no.
5. What countries did you visit?
Italy, Spain, Greece, Turkey, Monaco. Canada and Germany, technically, but only in the airports.
6. What would you like to have in 2013 that you lacked in 2012?
Perhaps a trip to the cabin.
7. What date from 2012 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
Kicking a few feet of snow off of my roof.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Returning home from Europe after nearly missing our return flight due to a comedy of errors and misconceptions of international travel. Also, succeeding at finding a better job.
9. What was your biggest failure?
I backed out of a blind date. Also, backed out of writing a book. Also, had a couple of programming projects fizzle.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Stomach flu, but only for a day. Also, lost a piece of a tooth. That was unpleasant.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
2TB NAS hard drives, or my Netbook SSD.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
Gabe Newell.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled?
Steve Ballmer.
14. Where did most of your money go?
Mortgage payments.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Developing a magic system for a book. Also, PAX 2012.
16. What song will always remind you of 2012?
The World Belongs to You (www.jonathancoulton.com) - Jonathan Coutlon
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
- i. happier or sadder?
Zero sum.
- ii. thinner or fatter?
Fatter, likely.
- iii. richer or poorer?
Richer.
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Biking.
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Not cleaning my house.
20. How did you spend Christmas?
With family, between Arizona for friends and relatives and Calfornia for Disneyland.
22. Did you fall in love in 2012?
I am a robot. This question hurts my feelings emulator.
23. How many one-night stands?
No nightstands.
24. What was your favorite TV program?
Legend of Korra, probably.
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
Hate is a strong word. Disagree with strongly might be more accurate.
26. What was the best book you read?
A Fire Upon the Deep - Vernor Vinge
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Tough call between Florence and the Machine and MC Frontalot.
28. What did you want and get?
To see the old world before it collapsed into economic ruin.
29. What did you want and not get?
Time. Time enough for it all.
30. What was your favorite film of this year?
Perks of Being a Wallflower or Cabin in the Woods.
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
Year 27. Spent playing flip-cup on my back deck with friends, new and old.
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Centralized logging. Better backups.
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2012?
Sweaters. Sweaters everywhere.
34. What kept you sane?
Automation, and SSH tunneling.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
I got nothin'.
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
SOPA.
37. Who did you miss?
All of a sudden, I miss everyone.
38. Who was the best new person you met?
There were a number.
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2012:
Arrive two hours before any international flight.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
"But with all my education,
I can't seem to commend it,
And the words are all escaping me,
And coming back all damaged,
And I would put them back in poetry,
If I only knew how,
I can't seem to understand it..."
