2011 Survey
What things did you do in 2011 that you’d never done before?
Ate crab
Played with a monkey
Turned 27
Had text sex
I went to 3 new countries
Took photos with a pinhole camera
Probably 100s of things
Did you keep your New Years’ resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
Have more sex – I think I achieved this, but not because I tried, just because it happened that way
Take more photos – I think I achieved this, but only because I went on a lot of holidays
Save money for traveling – I didn’t save any money, I did pay off a lot of my debt though, which is a good start
Finish that fucking scrap book – Nope, not even close. I did finish sticking in 2006 though.
Note my OD favourites more – meh, maybe? Probably not.
Keep in touch with old friends – YES, I most definitely did this. I think seeing them all in January helped.
Appreciate my parents more – I think I’ve visited more. Still shit at calling home regularly though.
And I made 3 this year, which looking back on things seemed to just be a shorter list of things from last year, see previous entry.
Did anyone close to you give birth?
Nel, one of my good friends from school. She’s the first one of my close school friends to have a baby.
Did anyone close to you die?
No
What countries did you visit?
Wales, South Africa, Greece, Canada and Cezch Republic
What would you like to have in 2012 that you lacked in 2011?
Naughty things in the bedroom. But we’re working on that.
I’d also like to be debt free. I zeroed both of my credit cards in 2011, so I’d like to pay off my car and my ‘student’ loan in 2012.
What date(s) from 2011 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
None. I went on lots of holidays in 2011 and lots of other lovely things happened. But nothing really stands out in my mind.
1 April I got promoted and I spent the whole summer hating the stress. 1 November I got demoted and I’m as happy as a clam now.
What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Paying off my credit cards
Passing my minimum skills at roller derby and being drafted onto a team
Celebrating our 4th anniversary
What was your biggest failure?
This is very vague, but taking care of myself. I don’t eat very well and sometimes I don’t get enough sleep.
Also time management. I have so much time off work in my job and I really don’t do anything productive with my time.
Did you suffer illness or injury?
Twisted my ankle skating and took a few weeks to recover.
Pulled the tendon in my right knee skating on 20 November and it’s still healing.
Bruised my tailbone skating and that took weeks to heal too.
Few colds and lurgies.
What was the best thing you bought?
Plane tickets
My new skates
My micro fleece, seriously, you can’t get me out of it.
Whose behaviour merited celebration?
um? All my fellow fresh meat, we all worked so hard together, we laughed and cried and bonded.
Ben, for being the best boyfriend I could ever ask for.
Niks, for holding it together after she broke her leg.
Whose behaviour appalled you?
I’m not sure I was appalled by anyone I know, that’s quite a strong word.
Where did most of your money go?
Rent, bills, holidays and shopping
What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Going home in January. I couldn’t get to sleep for weeks leading up to that trip.
What song will always remind you of 2011?
I can’t think of any right now
Compared to this time last year (2010), are you:
i. Happier or sadder?
Probably the same
ii. Thinner or fatter?
Thinner, but not on purpose. It’s just kind of happened.
iii. Richer or poorer?
Neither. I’m in less debt though, which is a big step forward.
What do you wish you’d done more of?
Making the most of my time at home.
Skating
What do you wish you’d done less of?
Watching t
v on my standby days.
Shopping and spending money I should have been saving.
How did you spend Christmas?
At my parents place. Eating food, drinking wine, watching tv. Nothing special.
What did you get for Christmas this year?
dvds, a tshirt, a lego game, a petticoat, socks, sheep themed things for the kitchen, smellies, a new Nalgene and some balloon animal balloons.
What was the most embarrassing thing that happened to you in 2011?
I can’t think of anything
Did you fall in love in 2011?
I fall a little more in love every day
How many one-night stands?
0
What was your favourite TV program?
Big Bang Theory
Shamefully I loved Take me Out, because it was just so ridiculous and hilarious
How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2011?
Concept? lol I’m not sure I have a personal fashion concept!
Jeans, t-shirt and cons. Same concept I seem to have had my whole life.
What kept you sane?
Ben, Niks, Elroy, OD.
TV? Is it wrong to add tv to this list? Watching mindless tv really does keep me sane when I’m having a bad day though.
Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
No.
What was the best book you read in 2011?
I have a terrible habit of starting books and never finishing them.
The few books I actually finished weren’t very good.
What was your greatest musical discovery?
Biffy Clyro
I know they got big back in 2007, but I only recently sat up and took notice of how awesome they are.
What did you want and get?
Many many things.
Silly superficial things, but also things out of life
What did you want and not get?
Nothing really.
I mean I still have an amazon wishlist filled with things I want. But they’re not things I need, nor do they matter very much in the greater scheme of things.
What was your favourite film of this year?
I didn’t watch any good movies at the cinema this year, perhaps the Inbetweeners movie was my favourite- that’s not to say it was very good though.
Some of my favourite movies I watched on lovefim though, were
Youth in Revolt
Easier with practice
Cemetery Junction
Black Swan
What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I turned 27 and was in South Africa for my birthday 🙂
I woke up on Nel’s farm, had cheesy french toast and cake for breakast. Took a long drive to Onrus. Spent the day getting drunk and braaiing with a bunch of friends in the garden of the house we’d ranted. Had to take Ben to the hospital that evening. Landed up on the beach very drunk in the small hours of the morning.
What three things would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
I had a pretty satisfying year!
Perhaps avoiding being promoted over the summer and avoiding getting injured at roller derby
Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
No one really. I found out that Olivia Wilde used to be my penpal when I was 12-14 years old. Did I write about that? Well I’ve been a little stalkerish over her since I found out.
What political issue stirred you the most?
The riots I guess
Who did you miss?
Niks. She’s not going to be in England forever, and I feel like we should be seeing eachother more while she is.
And I missed Ben loads when he went home for 3 weeks.
My SA friends after I came back from visiting them
Which ODers did you meet for the first time?
none, it’s been quite a while since I met anyone from OD in real life. There’s definitely a few I’d one day quite like to meet
What is a valuable life lesson you learned in 2011?
To let the past go
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