New Year’s Meme … no comments
I found this over on 3:40am, a blog I enjoy checking in on from time to time because he is just so matter-of-fact about his observations and the things that go on in his life.
1) Where did you begin 2007?
I began 2007 at a housesit in Mill Valley, with very scarey 75 mph winds blowing down the hill through the redwood trees over the house. Have you ever seen a redwood tree bend in the wind? Then went back to the house in Berkeley soon after the New Year.
2) What was your status by Valentine’s Day?
Single. Unemployed, or Self-employed, depending on your perspective.
3) Were you in school (anytime this year)?
No.
4) How did you earn your money?
I didn’t earn very much. House and pet sitting mostly, some freelance web development, google AdSense.
5) Did you have to go to the hospital?
Yes, for the first time since I was nine years old. Emergency gall bladder surgery.
6) Did you have any encounters with the police?
Not that I remember. I almost hit a few Berkeley parking traffic control ticket writing people out of anger though.
7) Where did you go on holidays?
No holidays (vacations) this year. I watched everyone’s homes while they went away. So I was in San Francisco, Mill Valley, and Berkeley.
8) What did you purchase that was over $1000?
Not one thing.
9) Did you know anybody who got married?
No.
10) Did you know anybody who passed away?
Yes. The patriarch of my Family B. (My genetic family is Family A. Family B is the family of my once best friend.) He was a really good friend who shared his home with me on holidays for twenty years.
12) Did you move anywhere?
I move every few days and weeks over the four summer months (May – September). It gets really tiring.
14) What concerts/shows did you go to?
I saw a play at the Berkeley Rep – After the Quake. It gave me inspiration to write a novel, but also by comparison made me realize I shouldn’t try to write fiction.
15) Are you registered to vote?
I have to check on that.
16) Who did you want to win American Idol?
I’ve never seen American Idol.
17) Where do you live now?
Out of my car at a client’s house in Berkeley.
18) Describe your birthday.
I always have high hopes for my birthday, but I usually end up being alone. This year was my fiftieth, so I popped open a bottle of Champagne that I had bought in France a few years before and watched TV.
19) What’s one thing you thought you’d never do but did in 2007?
I never ever thought I would be in the hospital, especially with emergency surgery. I thought I would resign to die first. Funny how my mind changed once I was confronted with the possibility.
20) What has been your favorite moment?
Waking up each morning and seeing the dog watching me sleep.
21) What’s something you learned about yourself?
I can finally write numerous grant applications and sound like a grounded, well-deserving individual.
22) Any new additions to your family?
Not that I know of, although I’m usually the last to know.
23.) What was your best month?
They were all pretty much the same, except for December. December was definitely not my best month. But there is still a week and two holidays left, so maybe I shouldn’t rush to judgment.
24.) What song will remind you of 2007?
I don’t think of songs and years as going together. Music is more fluid than that.
25.) Looking forward to a New Year?
Absolutely! My horoscope says I’ll be traveling a lot which I really need to do and I always look forward to.
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