Another Pair Of Eyes

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January 6, 2010 on 4:22 pm | In Inspired by Others | 6 Comments

1. What did you do in 2009 that you’d never done before?
Was academically insufficient, although I still passed. This has hopefully been rectified.

2. Did you keep your new years’ resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
Mine last year were a bit vague, but on the whole I managed to stick to them. There were a few blips along the way: not a perfect record.

3. Did someone close to you give birth?
No.

4. Did anyone close to you die?
Not anyone close to me, no.

5. What countries did you visit?
Greenland (and on the way there, Iceland, although I’m not sure that counts!) and Wales.

6. What would you like to have in 2010 that you lacked in 2009?
Knowledge in ridiculous quantities, and more than that, a good mark out of my intermediates. And a decent research project!

7. What date from 2009 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
2nd of November, because that’s when I went for drinks with someone for the first time. Sadly eclipsed now, and not by human choice on either side.

8. What was your biggest achievement(s) of the year?
Probably an A and 90% for psychiatry earlier this year.

9. What was your biggest failure(s)?
Exams at the end of last year. Not good.

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Broken hand, broken toe. Former a DRI, the latter a corridor-football injury…

11. What was the best thing you bought?
Bacon and chipolatas for the christmas meal we cooked, which turned out to be one of the best nights of the year.

12. Whose behaviour merited celebration?

13. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed?
No-one bar my own on occasion.

14. Where did most of your money go?
Aside from the obvious living costs, I suspect!

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Growing stuff, and moreso than ever, medicine.

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

i. Happier or Sadder? Happier. I’m actually doing medicine now, actually achieving stuff, learning stuff, and it’s useful and it’s fantastic.

ii. Thinner or fatter? About the same according to the scales in the gym, but I feel fatter…

iii. Richer or Poorer? Poorer. Overdraft win.

18. What do you wish you’d done more of?
Work! But really…not a lot.

19. What do you wish you’d done less of?
No idea…procrastination? Wouldn’t it be awesome if you could actually concentrate whenever you wanted to?

20. How will you be spending Christmas?
That’s a year away, but I’d imagine en famille. Christmas dinner etc. Hopefully bring someone back this christmas, but who knows.

22. Did you fall in love in 2009?

No, but I’d've liked to.
23. How many one-night stands?
More than none.

24. What was your favorite TV program?
Spooks! and now that it’s finished…Hustle!

25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
I don’t hate anyone, really. Hate it too strong a word.

26. What was the best book you read?
No idea, I only tend to read textbooks now and don’t often read for pleasure, but I enjoyed The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, even though it was basically extremely light reading. The Eyre Affair is always a good one as well.

27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
I don’t think I made any myself, but possibly Caesars’ Paper Tigers? Uplifting music.

28. What did you want and get?
What does anyone want? Romance, wealth, power, knowledge…well I got a brief stint of 1 and quite a bit of the last, but not much else. And 3rd one is overrated.

29. What did you want and not get?
The ability to shoot fire out of my hands?

30. Favourite film of this year?
Probably Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. (watch it)

31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
22, and I felt old! Had a joint party in the week with my housemate, and had a meal con mis padres.

32.What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Being able to shoot fire out of my hands.

33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2009?
Fashion concept? Me? All I wear now is smart clothes, and whenever I’m not wearing shirts I’m trying to wear the most relaxing clothes I can find. Which generally means dressing gown and slippers over whatever I was wearing before. Concept: ‘old man’

34. What kept you sane?
Focus, and galaxy cake bars (on offer at 76p for 5…see 17 (ii))

35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
What’s-her-face from the time travellers wife. Rachel someone? Clearly not the biggest impression ever though.

36. What political issue stirred you the most?
Politics just stirs me to anger these days. Dishonesty pisses me right off, people should just say it straight and deal with it rather than spinning everything. And stop fucking with the NHS, while you’re parading around meeting targets and ‘streamlining spending’ people are dying.

37. Who do you miss?

38. Who was the best new person you met?
Take a guess.

39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2009:
Sit back, be patient, don’t screw up.

40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
I’ll just quote a song.