2013: A Questionare

01. What did you do in 2013 that you'd never done before?
    Meet a childhood hero.  Paint mini war game models.  Buy a electric guitar & drum set.  Went & played in a few of those inflatable play areas with a couple of awesome kids.  Helped organize and participate in a treasure hunt.  Make a guest appearance as the villain of a short lived web series and a cameo in a movie.  I'm sure there's stuff I'm forgetting.

02. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
    I didn't have any nor do I plan to start this year.  I'll do what I do when and if I do it.

03. Did someone close to you give birth?
    Not yet.  She's scheduled to birth her spawn in February

04. Did anyone close to you die?
    No, but people close to me have suffered great losses this year.

05. What countries did you visit?
    None.  Hopefully that will change in a couple of years.

06. What would you like to have in 2014 that you lacked in 2013?
    Heh.  I really didn't lack for anything this year.

07. What date from 2013 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
    Christmas 2013.  From top to bottom, it was the best Christmas I've had in recent memory.  Probably not since my dad was alive.

08. What was your biggest achievement(s) of the year?
    I kept my job!  I also began learning how to play guitar.  Just playing the notes I can is a great achievement for me.

09. What was your biggest failure(s)?
    The lack of attention I had paid to my health.

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
    Oral surgery in May.  Kidney stone in September.  Found out I have gallstones.  And the usual flus & colds.

11. What was the best thing you bought?
    My iPhone 5S

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
 Bek.  Thanks for continuing to allow me to dwell in your basement, and for helping me to drain it after the great flood of 2013.

Tim & Eilene.  Thank you for continuing to pay me to walk the Rerun puppy.

Jason & Jori.  Thanks for the awesome parties and for being great friends.

Sam.  Thanks for being an awesome gaming buddy.

Larissa.  Thank you for being in my life.

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
    Taric Sam Alani.  Because he was a judgmental dick bag.

14. Where did most of your money go?
    On plastic.  :P

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
    My August week of awesome!  Six Flags.  Wizard World.  Camping

16. What song will always remind you of 2013?
    I can't think of a song that will always remind me of this year.  If I do, I'll let you know.

17. Compared to this time last year, are you
    i. happier or sadder? Happier
    ii. thinner or fatter? A bit thinner
    iii. richer or poorer? About the same, but with debt

18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
    No regrets.

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

20. How did you spend Christmas?
    With friends, family, and loved ones.  As it should be.

21. What is your favorite Christmas carol?
    The religious ones, but O Holy Night and The Little Drummer Boy top my list though.  I also like the Christmas songs by The Cruxshadows.

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

23. How many one-night stands?
    None

24. What was your favorite TV program?
    Game of Thrones.  True Blood.  Sherlock.  And I'm finally jumping onboard the Firefly train.

25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
    No

26. What was the best book you read?
    I'm currently reading a book called "Kushiel's Dart".  I'm really enjoying it.  I also finally read "The Princess Bride".

27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
    Imagine Dragons.

28. What did you want and get?
    My week of awesome in August.

29. What did you want and not get?
    To ride Batman: The ride.  Stupid small seats!  Next year, Batman....next year.

30. Favorite film of this year?
    Gravity.

31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
    I went out to Buca di Beppo with Bek, Vicki, and Ashby.  I turned 32.

32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
    My year was already immeasurably satisfying.  Especially from June onward.

33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2013?
    Still growing my hair out.  Still the same fashion sense, for better or worse.

34. What kept you sane?
    Friends, family, and The Cruxshadows.  And also Eminem.

35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
    So, It's come down to this.  I'm gonna lock Jennifer Lawrence & Kate Winslet in a large, windowed room and let them fight each other Mortal Kombat style for my love and affection.  In the end, there can be only one!

36. What political issue stirred you the most?
    Right Wing insanity!  And Left Wing stupidity!

37. Whom do you miss?
    My parents.  I don't believe that will ever change.

38. Who was the best new person/people you've met?
    I'd have to say all the awesomely odd folks that gather at Melton house whether it be weekly for board gaming, or at parties. Great people!

39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2013:
    Never give up!  Never Surrender!

40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
          I'll quote two:

"And if I fall, give me the strength to rise unbroken
And where I stand, the courage and will to fight
And when I dream, these eyes discern my purpose and believe
That should I die, this sacrifice becomes my Valkyrie."

And...

It's time to begin, isn't it
I get a little bit bigger but then I'll admit
I'm just the same as I was.
Try and understand that I'm never changing who I am."