1. What did you do in 2013 that you'd never done before? Swam in the ocean. Overrated, brine-y, full of horrific sea monsters.

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

3. Did anyone close to you give birth? No family members. Plenty of friends are successfully breeding.

4. Did anyone close to you die? No, thankfully.

5. What countries did you visit? Iceland

6. What would you like to have in 2014 that you lacked in 2013? More time for friends

7. What date from 2013 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? 30 APR – first date with Tom.

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? Finally got the job I’ve been working toward since moving to AK

9. What was your biggest failure? My general absence from most social things

10. Did you suffer illness or injury? No, thankfully.

11. What was the best thing you bought? Olympus E-M5. Yay pictures.

12. Whose behavior merited celebration? Edward Snowden, Edith Windsor and Thea Spyer

13. Whose behavior made you appalled? The American public

14. Where did most of your money go? Mortgage and travel

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

16. What song will always remind you of 2013? Get Lucky

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

- i. happier or sadder? happier

- ii. thinner or fatter? Same, give or take

- iii. richer or poorer? richer

18. What do you wish you'd done more of? Listened to more music, read more books

19. What do you wish you'd done less of? Watched fewer shitty movies and TV shows, worry about useless shit less

20. How did you spend Christmas? troubleshooting pump performance north of the Arctic Circle

22. Did you fall in love in 2013? Yes.

23. How many one-night stands? None. I wound up keeping him around.

24. What was your favorite TV program? Orange is the New Black / Bob’s Burgers / American Horror Story: Coven / Breaking Bad

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

26. What was the best book you read? The Signal and the Noise / Let’s Explore Diabetes With Owls

27. What was your greatest musical discovery? Jonathan Coulton (I know, I know.)

28. What did you want and get? Someone who balances my personality and gets up before I do to make coffee.

29. What did you want and not get? Omnipotence

30. What was your favorite film of this year? For funsies? The Heat. For serious? 12 Years a Slave

31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you? I ate a chocolate torte and turned 28.

32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? More time at home

33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2013? a shame to the gay collective. Also: hoodies.

34. What kept you sane? Coffee, quitting Reddit completely

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

36. What political issue stirred you the most? The NSA data leaks and associated privacy implications

37. Who did you miss? A lot of people. Being a transient has down sides.

38. Who was the best new person you met? Tom (obvs)

39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2013: The actions of others can frequently be both surprisingly good and surprisingly bad.

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

The book of love is long and boring
No one can lift the damn thing
It's full of charts and facts and figures
And instructions for dancing (www.youtube.com)