2022 Year in review

 1. What did you do in 2022 that you'd never done before?

 Get furloughed...I guess.

2. Did you keep your new year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year?

 I don't think I've made a new year's resolutions since...??

3.  Did anyone close to you give birth?

 If so, they aren't coming to mind at the moment.

4. Did anyone close to you die?

 As I write this, my aunt (My grandmother's sister) passed last week.

5.  What countries did you visit?

 Just my room. 

6.  What would you like to have in 2023 that you lacked in 2022?

 If you read previous "year in reviews", take a guess...

7. What dates from 2022 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?

July 27th, my kid sister's wedding, which I couldn't attend.  March 14th, the passing of childhood hero Scott Hall aka Razor Ramon

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?

 I met scream queen Linnea Quigley. Check that off my bucket list.

9. What was your biggest failure?

 Not finding my own place, especially when space was needed, driving me to a deep depression.

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?

Co-vid, vaccines and constant back problems.

11. What was the best thing you bought?

 um, a new razor? Manga?

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?

...💆

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?

I'm sure someone's did...

14. Where did most of your money go?

Groceries and Chinese food, probably

15.  What did you get really, really, really excited about?

Seeing friends who I had not seen in quite some time.

16.  What song will always remind you of 2022?

... 🙎

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

 -Happier or sadder: Quite sadder.

-thinner or fatter: fluctuating

-Richer or poorer: I have money but it's all going towards one thing. 

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

 Where do I start?? 

19. What do you wish you'd done less of?

 Crying

20.  How was your Christmas spent?

This is being written the first week of December. 

21.   Did you fall in love in 2022?

Like every year, I fall in love all the time. 

22. Did your heart break in 2022?

Comes with falling in love all the time. 

23. What was your favorite TV program?

Warrior but given that show was released a couple of years ago, can't really call it new.

24.  Did you know anybody who got married?

My kid sister. I couldn't make it due to guilt. 

25. What states did you visit in 2022?

Just the one I live in.

26.  Where were you when 2022 began?

At home, probably...

27. Who were you with?

myself, probably...

28.  Where were you when 2022 ended? 

This is being written the second week of December.

29. Who were you with when 2022 ended?

See previous question and its answer. 

30. What was the best book you read?

...Akira Toriyama's Manga theater? Booty Royale (don't ask!)?

31.  What was your greatest musical discovery?

Nothing new

32. What did you want and get?

When I get it, I'll let you know...

33.  What did you want and not get?

Too much to list. Still don't have my own place or a PS4...

34. What was your favorite film of this year?

Wakanda Forever

35. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?

Went grocery shopping at the Asian supermarket and ate Chinese food the day of. The next day, I reconnected with an old friend and met one of her twin sons. I turned 40

36. Where did you go on vacation?

Out of my room.

37. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2022?

Jeans or Longjohns

38.  What kept you sane?

This year, with everything that's happened, I really don't know

39. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?

um...

40. What political issue stirred you the most?

Well, when one of your favorite artist becomes antisemitic and one of your favorite comedians becomes homophobic and transphobic, it's a tad awkward.

41. Did you have to go to the hospital?

For check ups, mostly

42. How many concerts did you see in 2022?

None

43. Did you have a favorite concert in 2022?

No

44. Who were the best new people you met?

Gabriel and Gideon, my friends twin toddlers.

45. Did you do anything you are ashamed of this year?

Besides the mental breakdown I had in late August, I missed my kid sister's wedding because I missed my big sister's wedding. I feel bad for missing both.

46. What was your most embarrassing moment of 2022?

The mental breakdown or me waiting almost 3 hours for friend for lunch (the friend was late due to no fault of their own). I just felt like a goof sitting in a restaurant that long. 

47. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2022?

From last year: "It's a bit different than what we imagined but don't worry, the future isn't set in stone. No one's is..." 

48. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:

"...Raise your downcast face and look at the sky

give me peace, in my hands, starting over

smile & smile, on a shooting star, you're a shining angel

heart and heart, at this moment..." 

"Smile & Smile" by Aura

Rest in Peace, Aunt Tiny, Kevin Conroy, Jason David Frank and DJ Twitch