Last year's survey. (secure67.nocdirect.com)

1. What did you do in 2013 that you'd never done before?

Eat a cube of fermented shark, among others.

2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?

Like people's names, I forget them as soon as I make them. My brain continues to be a shockingly efficient information relevancy filtering mechanism.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?

Everyone? Everyone.

4. Did anyone close to you die?

No.

5. What countries did you visit?

Iceland, UK, France, Germany, Switzerland.

6. What would you like to have in 2014 that you lacked in 2013?

A few more users.

7. What date from 2013 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?

January 27th. When I went to see Bigfoot and Other Lost souls. More scarred than etched. Also, seeing younger relatives graduate. Walking through maternity wards. Seeing folks get married.

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?

Making it through a whirlwind European vacation and back.

9. What was your biggest failure?

I didn't have DuckTales. But I'm going to make it better.

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?

I almost passed out a few times.

11. What was the best thing you bought?

Vitamix blender.

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?

Edward Snowden.

13. Whose behavior made you appalled?

Russia.

14. Where did most of your money go?

Mortgage payments.

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

Giterary. And smoothies.

16. What song will always remind you of 2013?

Wrecking Ball.

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

- i. happier or sadder?

Sadder.

- ii. thinner or fatter?

Same.

- iii. richer or poorer?

Same.

18. What do you wish you'd done more of?

Spent more time with my niece and nephew. And biking. And jogging.

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

Eating peanut butter.

20. How did you spend Christmas?

Fiestamas with the family.

22. Did you fall in love in 2013?

No.

23. How many one-night stands?

No.

24. What was your favorite TV program?

Avatar: The Last Airbender, with Parks and Rec or Adventure Time coming in close second or third.

25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?

I don't think so.

26. What was the best book you read?

I felt pretty good about A Fire Upon the Deep.

27. What was your greatest musical discovery?

Zedd.

28. What did you want and get?

An Ender's Game movie adaptation.

29. What did you want and not get?

A sense of relevance and utility.

30. What was your favorite film of this year?

Star Trek: Into Darkness.

31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?

Costco-related religious experience. 28.

32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?

Less bears.

33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2013?

Sweaters. Now thinner and reedier.

34. What kept you sane?

Writing, and projects.

35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?

I don't know.

36. What political issue stirred you the most?

NSA surveillance.

37. Who did you miss?

Everyone out of state.

38. Who was the best new person you met?

Nobody new has exited their seven year friendship evaluation period.

39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2013:

It's not the public/private key that is important, it's their resultant shared secret.

40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:

"Your everlasting summer, you can see it fading fast / So you grab a piece of something that you think is gonna last"