Happy New Year. I figure I’d do this first before posting an actual entry…
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What did you do in 2014 that you’d never done before?
Go on a river cruise. Perform with one hand at Carnegie Hall. Pilot a cardboard boat. Had a rat sneeze rat snot all over my face. -
Did you keep your New Year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
Did not make resolutions. -
Did anyone close to you give birth?
Lovely Girl had a second baby. -
Did anyone close to you die?
Thank goodness no. -
What countries did you visit?
Just on the river cruise… Hungary, Slovakia, Austria, Germany, and the Netherlands. -
Where did you go on vacation?
The Danube, the Main, and the Rhine rivers. Also, Binghamton NY for visits. -
What would you like to have in 2015 that you lacked in 2014?
I still want a duplex penthouse on Upper West Side. -
What date from 2014 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
I can still remember the stress of closing a show with one-handed Chopin Etude, so that was memorable. The river cruise involved many days of hiking and running around old castles and cathedrals, but they tend to blend together. -
What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Not getting fired. -
What was your biggest failure?
La Professeure would probably want me to helping out around the house? -
Did you suffer illness or injury?
I am starting to get more frequent gum inflammations lately. -
What was the best thing you bought?
It’s technically La Professeure’s purchase, but I am using the Big-screen TV most of the time. -
Whose behaviour merited celebration?
La Professeure. Also, the Treasurer. -
Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed?
The Boko Haram. -
Where did most of your money go?
Mortgage. -
What did you get really, really, really excited about?
The Honeymoon. Also, the Les Miserable concert the Treasurer put together. -
What song will always remind you of 2014?
The one-handed Revolutionary Etude. The Blue Danube Waltz they kept playing it on the tour bus and on the ship. -
Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? Happier
ii. thinner or fatter? I gained about 5 pounds on the week after the cruise.
iii. richer or poorer? Richer, I think.
iv. older or wiser? Older, but not wiser. -
What do you wish you’d done more of?
OD -
What do you wish you’d done less of?
Watch TV. -
How did you spend Christmas?
With La Professeure and family -
Did you fall in love in 2014?
With the right person you fall in love over and over again. -
How many one-night stands?
None -
What was your favourite TV program?
BBC’s Match of the Day. -
Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
No. -
Who is someone you will probably never see again after this year?
Probably some of the passengers on our cruise ship. -
What was the best book you read?
I don’t think I read one single book this year. -
What was your greatest musical discovery?
Contemporary jazz singers… there are so many of them. -
What did you want and get?
A raise. -
What did you want and not get?
Penthouse duplex condo on the upper west side. -
What was your favourite film of this year?
Particle fever. -
What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I think I worked. I turned 37. Or, in Hexadecimal, 25. -
What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
A shorter commute. -
How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2014?
Bum with a wife desperately to make him look half-way presentable. -
What kept you sane?
La Professeure, Petra, Ballroom dancing. -
Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
No one really. -
Who did you miss?
No one really. -
Who was the best new person you met?
Singers from the Treasurer’s production of Les Miserable. -
Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2014:
You have to overreach to know where your limits are. -
Tell us something you’ve learned about yourself:
I like river cruises. -
If you could relive any day from 2014, which would it be and why?
Probably the day we spent in Vienna. -
Did any of your predictions for the future come true in 2014?
Did not make predictions -
What was the funniest thing that happened to you this year?
Winning a cardboard boat race during the company retreat, while completely convinced my boat was going to sink. -
What was the worst thing that happened to you this year?
Henrietta the rat got mammalian tumor. Scary for a while. -
What was the best thing that happened to you this year?
Still having a social life? -
What was the hardest thing you did this year?
Perform one-handed at Carnegie Hall. -
A new food that you were introduced to:
Sacher torte. -
What traditions were started?
Watching the Big-Ass TV every night. -
What traditions were broken?
Posting on OpenDiary. I will miss it. -
Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
It’s going to be alright. -
Did you save any Chinese fortune cookie fortunes from this year, what do they say?
Don’t eat Chinese. -
What is something you have vowed to never do again?
Leave the garage door open overnight. -
Headlines in the news from this year that you’ll remember most:
Malaysia Airlines flight 17 getting shot down. -
What is something you took for granted in 2014?
Good health. -
Are there any memorable slogans that describe and/or are from this year?
“Explore the World in Comfort.” -
What will you be doing this New Years’ Eve?
Watching the Big Ass TV with La Professeure. -
Where were you last New Years’ Day (2014)?
At home; playing Telestration with Developmental Psychologist and her friend.
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