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Well, my shift has been a wonderfully quiet one (hopefully not speaking too soon) and so I'm getting the chance to wish everyone a Very Happy New Year!

and to put up a review of the year meme swiped from bwinter

1. What did you do in 2005 that you'd never done before?

Began (and kept up) my Live Journal

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

I can’t even remember if I made any last year and so I doubt that I’ll bother this year

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?

No one really, really close to me, but some new friends and some old friends did

4. Did anyone close to you die?

One relative and one friend

5. What countries did you visit?

Hungary, Romania, Wales and Scotland (several times)

6. What would you like to have in 2006 that you lacked in 2005?

Greater focus and concentration, a job that I haven’t been doing for the last ten years

7. What date(s) from 2005 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?

No dates in particular, I have an awful memory for things like dates

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?

Being a good husband (at least I think I have been, ask graceunplugged to find out) Not smashing up the new computer system at work. Writing my first story in several years

9. What was your biggest failure?

Not finding myself a job that I’ll be happy doing

10. Did you suffer any illness or injury?

Once again I kept a clean sheet on the illness front

11. What was the best thing you bought?

My new Scary-go-Round t-shirt

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?

Liverpool Football team, Champions of Europe (Ok, so I’m reaching a bit there)

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?

The media in general, even if I should know better by now. Some of the people who make the decisions at work, changing and implementing things that they have no real appreciation of and apparently not caring about the results since it doesn’t actually effect them.

14. Where did most of your money go?

On the mortgage and keeping the cars on the road L but other than that on books and dvd’s

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

Serenity, Revenge of the Sith (even though I knew better)

16. What song will always remind you of 2005?

Gorillaz – Feel Good Inc

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? Not much change really
ii. thinner or fatter? Most likely fatter, it’s been a long time since I weighed myself.
iii. richer or poorer? Poorer, bloomin cars!

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

Taken more photo’s, been more creative generally

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

Wasting time

20. How did you spend Christmas?

Traditional family christmas this year

21. Did you fall in love in 2005?

I was already in love before the year began

22. How many one-night stands?

None.

23. What was your favorite TV program?

Teen Titans, Clone Wars, Doctor Who, Bleak House, House, any of the CSI’s (yes, I do watch far too much tv)

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

No. I don’t really carry grudges, they’re not worth the trouble

25. What was the best book you read?

'To Charles Fort, With Love' by Caitlin R Kiernan

26. What was your greatest musical discovery?

Nizlopi, the ‘JCB Song’ is really wonderful

27. What did you want to get?

Inspiration, and a new computer ;)

28. What was your favorite film of this year?

Serenity

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

Actually celebrated my birthday a day early (what with it clashing with christmas and all that), so on the Saturday I wrote a story, saw King Kong and went to my favourite Chinese resteraunt. I was 33.

30. What one thing made your year immeasurably more satisfying?

Sharing it with Anna

31. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2005?

The same as every year, scruffy but comfortable

32. What kept you sane?

Sane?

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

Please, I’m a married man ;) but if I wasn’t then maybe Jewel Staite

34. What political issue stirred you the most?

Gay marriage, I was pleased to see it come into law in the UK

35. Who did you miss?

Some of the kids from my old church that I used to teach and was friends with.

36. Who was the best new person you met?

The guys in my church dicipleship group, fast becoming good friends

37. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2005:

A computer system provided by a company that "performed well at presentation and was the lowest bidder" really can ruin a good job and isn’t worth a $#@%