2012 – well that went quick

1. What did you do in 2012 that you’d never done before?

wiped a grown man’s ass. besides mine. got a smartphone. networked. continued a thrice weekly strip with minor bleeps.  found out my lungs have an age. worked 48 straight hours.

2. Did you keep your new years’ resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
nope didnt have one. this one is to save more money. hahahaha too late broke it.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?

babies! more babies!

4. Did anyone close to you die?

A lot of almosts and those i may have known.

5. What countries did you visit?
scotland this year! none last year…

6. What would you like to have in 2012 that you lacked in 2011?
well i got the better job i wanted from last year! now some more money and more lady would be nice.

7. What date from 2012 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
jan 17 – everything changes for the better

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
gettting out of a majorly horrible job and finding a much more satisfying one. also MDSH coming to life.

9. What was your biggest failure?
spending all my money. again!

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
rice paper lungs!

11. What was the best thing you bought?
good food. new clothes. i was a bore this year.

12. Whose behaviour merited celebration?

anyone who was selfless. my lady travy

13. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed?
anyone that thinks being selfless is anti-liberty. also the mongrels from my old bookstore job.

14. Where did most of your money go?
yum yums. and bills. video games. shirts.

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
an awesome new job. really good comics. insanely good movies.

16. What songs will always remind you of 2012?
well, here are my top ten listened to songs of 12 as determened by my last.fm scrobbler.

1. saint etienne – ive got your music

2. saint etienne – popular

3. saint etienne – dj

4. saint etienne  – last days of disco

5.  saint etienne – heading for the fair

6. saint etienne – i threw it all away

7. saint etienne – when i was seventeen

8. fishbone – DUI friday

9. fishbone – akkafoo

10. saint etienne – answer song

so yeah its safe to say my album of the year was saint etienne – words and music

17. Compared to this time last year, are you happier or sadder?
happy happy joy joy

18. What do you wish you’d done more of?
more straight up writing. more fixing up. more exercise.

19. What do you wish you’d done less of?
less nothing.

20. How will you be spending Christmas?
already spent it. was i supposed to do this earlier or something?

21. i was that once.

22. Did you fall in love in 2012?
oot oot

23. How many one night stands?
does being mandated count?

24. What were your favourite TV programmes?
psych, big bang theory, walking ded

25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
still hatin on the ones that deserved it

26. What was the best book you read?
im not ure i read anyyyyyything this year. a nice anti-book year. lots of comics tho.

27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
seeing golden filter live was a revelation.

28. What did you want and get?
days off. a new job. a continuing comic. good movies.

29. What did you want and not get?
so much.

30. What was your favourite film of this year?
my top movies of this year are in no order:

cabin in the woods, spider -man, avengers, dark knight, chronicle, Prometheus, 21 jump street.

my favorite movies i got to see for the first time this year in no order –

the tree of life, the grey, raid the redemption

31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
i got mandated and worked an overnight then slept lol

32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
infinity gauntlet

33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2012?
t shirts and jeans. the usual.

34. What kept you sane?
fishbone, saint etienne, pills, tracey, videogames. coffee. tv somehow.

35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
naked ones

36. What political issue stirred you the most?

empathy

37. Who did you miss?
all my friends.

38. Who was the best new person you met?

all my new work buddies

39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2012.
stop whining and just do it.

40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.

she said

sometimes it make me want to die

sometimes it makes me scream and shout

and when the record’s over

just tell me what its all about