thanks, emma

1. What did you do in 2006 that you'd never done before?
Developed a love of spicy hot food; moved to Brooklyn.

2. Did you keep your New Year's resolutions, and will you make more
for next year?
I have no idea what my resolutions were last year; this year they have
already been broken.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
My former co-worker gave birth to baby Eden.

4. Did anyone close to you die?
No.

5. What countries did you visit?
Only the USA.

6. What would you like to have had in 2006 that you lacked in 2005?
A more spacious apartment.

7. What date from 2006 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
December 3.

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Getting a new job; getting a new apartment; getting a new life.

9. What was your biggest failure?
Not continuing to run on a regular basis; trusting too much.

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
No.

11. What were the best things you bought?
My anchor necklace from an artists' fair in Soho; plane tickets to
Georgia; cast-iron panini press for my mom.

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
My own.

13. Whose behavior appalled you?
J's.

14. Where did most of your money go?
Food.

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
A trip to Kiawah Island; moving out of my apartment; J.

16. What song will always remind you of 2006?
"Ride Like the Wind" by Christopher Cross (though actually an 80s gem).

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:

i. happier or sadder? happier
ii. thinner or fatter? the damn same!
iii. richer or poorer? richer

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

19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Waiting for someone to change their mind.

20. How did you spend Christmas?
With family in New Jersey.

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22. Did you fall in love in 2006?
Not really.

23. How many one-night stands?
Two.

24. What was your favorite TV program?
"Lost"

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

26. What was the best book you read?
"Candide" by Voltaire.

27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Yacht rock.

28. What did you want and get?
A gift certificate to an Institute of Culinary Education cooking class.

29. What did you want and not get?
An orange cast-iron Le Crueset saute pan.

30. What was your favorite film of this year?
"The Science of Sleep"

31. What did you do on your birthday?
Had brunch in Tribeca with the Agent, visited Roosevelt Island, ate Thai
food with many friends, drank beer lattes at the Greenpoint Tavern in
W'burg.

32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
See 19.

33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2006?
Tight.

34. What kept you sane?
Kate Moss & SM.

35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Bill Clinton.

36. What political issue stirred you the most?
The war.

37. Who did you miss?
Coley, Caro, Z.

38. Who was the best new person you met?
Monique.

39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2006.
You create your own happiness.

40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
I was a hero / early in the morning / I ain't no hero / in the night.