Review 2016

1.What did you do in 2016 that you'd never done before?

Get wrapped in cling film & duct tape

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

Kept & already made new ones

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?

No

4.Did anyone close to you die?

Yes, JP, 1948-2016

5.What countries did you visit?

Austria + the Netherlands.

6.What would you like to have in 2017 that you lacked in 2016?

A sufficiently full bank account

7.What date from 2016 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?

22/3: The day I got a job & Brussels suffered terrorist attacks. And I almost slept through all of it.

8.What was your biggest achievement of the year?

Scoring 84 on my initial training completion test.

9.What was your biggest failure?

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10.Did you suffer illness or injury?

Nothing severe

11.What was the best thing you bought?

A purple Share by Fun Factory

12.Whose behaviour merited celebration?

Helen's for listening to all my dating stories

13.Whose behavior made you [appalled and depressed] sad?

I'm happy to say: Nobody's

14.Where did most of your money go?

Rent, public transport and penalties for overdue payments

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

My trips to AT + NL

16.What song will always remind you of 2016?

The Year of the Cat (Cougar)

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

i.happier or sadder? Happier!

ii.thinner or fatter? Fatter, but it's ok

iii.richer or poorer? A tiny bit more at ease financially

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

Date

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

BFRB, as always

20.How will you be spending Christmas?

Spent it with parents & godmothers

21.Who did you spend the most time on the phone with?

Customers

22.Did you fall in love in 2016?

Only in lust…

23. How many one-night stands?

5 or so

24. What was your favorite TV program?

Downton Abbey

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

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26. What was the best book you read?

Don't think I managed a single one

27. What was your greatest musical discovery or rediscovery?

Discovery: 5FDP, rediscovery: Aerosmith

28. What did you want and get?

A better job

29. What did you want and not get?

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30. What were your favorite films of this year?

Didn't watch a lot

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

39 and cold-called Austrians who were not amused

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

Fewer sleepless nights

33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2016?

Swoosh!

34. What kept you sane?

Sexual innuendo in the office

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

Most: Ryan Philippe

36. What political issue stirred you the most?

Brexit

37. Who did you miss?

Nobody

38. Who were the best new people you met?

The "Zoo" at work

39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2016

Change doesn't have to be scary.

40. What are your plans for 2017?

2nd tattoo, birthday trip to Bilbao, Xmas with the family, keep the job, stay healthy & enjoy life.