1. What did you do in 2023 that you'd never done before?
Um...
2. Did you keep your new year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I haven't made a new year resolution in years.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
I...don't think so...?
4. Did anyone close to you die?
A very close friend of mine passed away in early May. I didn't find out until the last week of May.
5. What countries did you visit?
Just my room.
6. What would you like to have in 2024 that you lacked in 2023?
If you've read my previous year in reviews, you know the answer.
7. What dates from 2023 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
May 20th: "Hey, just realized I haven't seen or heard from you in a while. Everything okay??"
I found out she passed in her home 2 weeks prior, a week later.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
I saw one of my best friends who I hadn't seen since 2018 and met her twins.
9. What was your biggest failure?
This blog post you're reading, first one I've written all year.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Last week, I went to the ER with severe back pain. Turned out I had had a really back spasm. Shows me for exercising.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
Flowers for my mom. Just cause.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
Not mine, that's for damn sure.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
Probably mine.
14. Where did most of your money go?
Groceries, eating at places that are WAY above my price range.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
see answer to question #8. Also, a family reunion in late August.
16. What song will always remind you of 2023?
Dunno but it was probably something Citypop
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
-Happier or sadder: 🔵
-thinner or fatter: my weight fluctuates. A lot more than normal these days.
-Richer or poorer: Poorer but I've spent money like someone who's not apartment hunting
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
You see this blog entry here...
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Wishing more people like my facebook and twitter posts. Engaging in fights with the IWC
20. How was your Christmas spent?
This is being written on 11/06/2023
21. Did you fall in love in 2023?
All the time
22. Did your heart break in 2023?
Comes with falling in love all the time.
23. What was your favorite TV program?
I don't think I watched any real tv this year. I even cut back on wrestling.
24. Did you know anybody who got married?
A couple of people I went to high school with.
25. What states did you visit in 2023?
Just the one I live in.
26. Where were you when 2023 began?
At home, probably.
27. Who were you with?
Myself.
28. Where were you when 2023 ended?
This is being written on 11/06/2023
29. Who were you with when 2023 ended?
See previous answer.
30. What was the best book you read?
Well, I never finished those books from last year...
31. What was your greatest musical discovery?
The Numbers, a new wave band that only lasted from 1980-1982
32. What did you want and get?
Time with friends and family.
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?
Sly (Sylvester Stallone documentary)
35. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I honestly can't remember. I turned none of your damn business.
36. Where did you go on vacation?
Probably in my room.
37. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2023?
Jeans and/or Longjohns
38. What kept you sane?
I don't think I am anymore.
39. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Drawing a blank at the moment (not saying anyone didn't)
40. What political issue stirred you the most?
Where do I start??
41. Did you have to go to the hospital?
In May, I woke up with terrible back pain that so bad, I had to go to the ER in the early morning. Turned out to extremely painful back spasm. Shows me for exercising 😐
42. How many concerts did you see in 2023?
None
43. Did you have a favorite concert in 2023?
Zilch
44. Who were the best new people you met?
Henry and Jack, my friend's twin toddlers (no, the other one)
45. Did you do anything you are ashamed of this year?
a VERY NASTY, VERY LOUD argument with a family member in May wasn't my finest moment.
46. What was your most embarrassing moment of 2023?
The MANY arguments I got into with the IWC (Internet wrestling community). It has affected me so much that I'm very ready to walk away from it. Sad, I've been a wrestling fan 1985.
47. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2023?
"Life is addition up until the age of 40, and after that, it's subtraction"- Sylvester Stallone
48. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
not a song lyric but one of the last things my friend said to me before she passed:
"Im grateful that you stuck it out with me & wish you nothing but the best..."
See ya, Stax
