zondag 24 december 2017

2017 review

1.What did you do in 2017 that you'd never done before?
Does becoming an auntie count? My nephew Lemmy was born in Poland.

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

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
No, but there have been some nice pet adoptions.

4.Did anyone close to you die?
Luckily not.

5.What countries did you visit?
Only two trips to the Netherlands. The biggest trip this year took place in my head.

6.What would you like to have in 2018 that you lacked in 2017?
Self-esteem

7.What date from 2017 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
May 1st. Lots of emotional shit going on and a badass haircut was gotten in Rotterdam.

8.What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Sticking around and showing up (most of the time)

9.What was your biggest failure?
Manoeuvering myself into a corner.

10.Did you suffer illness or injury?
Changing meds caused some side effects, amongst which, fainting in public. But I'm well-padded.

11.What was the best thing you bought?
There's been so much internet shopping... My new pair of Magnum boots, maybe?

12.Whose behaviour merited celebration?
Akuma's. She truly is my Demon Nurse.

13.Whose behavior made you [appalled and depressed] sad?
Mine, at times.

14.Where did most of your money go?
Rent, internet shopping and my whiskey collection.

15.What events did you get really, really, really excited about?
The arrival of our project's end of year gift. How sad is that?

16.What song will always remind you of 2017?
Probably something by Steel Panther, like Community Property

17.Compared to this time last year, are you:
i.happier or sadder?
Sadder, maybe.
ii.thinner or fatter?
About the same
iii.richer or poorer?
Same

18.What do you wish you'd done more of?
Standing up for myself.

19.What do you wish you'd done less of?
Tearing holes in my face.

20.How will you be spending Christmas?
In a good place with good people.

21.Who did you spend the most time on the phone with?
For pleasure? Helen, definitely, always Helen ;)

22.Did you fall in love in 2017?
No.

23. How many one-night stands?
Sex with strangers? 1
Plus one night of various interactions in Tongeren...

24. What was your favorite TV program?
"Taboo" and every second of Tom Hardy appearing in "Peaky Blinders".

25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
No, I still don't do "hate".

26. What was the best book you read?
Seeing that I only read one or two, it must've been Turtles All the Way Down
“Actually, the problem is that I can't lose my mind," I said. "It's inescapable.”
― John Green, Turtles All the Way Down
27. What was your greatest musical discovery or rediscovery?
Good ol Len Cohen, actually.

28. What did you want and get?
Better.

29. What did you want and not get?
Truth.

30. What were your favorite films of this year?
I adored "Victoria & Abdul", and avoided the theatre.

31.What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
40 and I have no recollection of doing something special. Normally I tend to take myself out of the country. It was a Sunday however, so I didn't have to work.

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

33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2017?
A touch of swoosh and lots of tank tops.

34. What kept you sane?
Demon Nurse and a correct dosage of meds.

35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most/least?
Most: Tom Hardy
Least: Well, with Trump all over the media, he's an easy target for my revulsion.

36. What political issue stirred you the most?
#impeach

37. Who did you miss?
Always the one who left.

38. Who were the best new people you met?
Emma and Alexander, for being amongst the brave. 
Ikea, though she's also the worst.


39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2017...
Sometimes it takes three to tango.

40. What are your plans for 2018?
Stay healthy, travel, spend more than two nights in a row with someone.

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