ibidbroascele | Meme time

What did you do in 2010 that you'd never done before?
Visited Italy and Malta, lose my luggage while flying, have minor surgery, climb a volcano, Swim in the Med, make gnocchi, Been on the go for the whole year.

Did you keep your New Year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I didn't make any. But I do resolve to work harder on Russki

Did anyone close to you give birth?
No

Did anyone close to you die?
Moll cat

What places did you visit?
Palermo, Siracuse, Taormina, Malta, Yaroslavl, Sergeiv Posad

What would you like to have in 2012 that you lacked in 2011?
Love and naughtiness

What date from 2011 will remain etched upon your memory?
10th Jan going to Italy, 1st Setember off to Russia!

what was your biggest achievement of the year?
Having an organised work situation, paying off the overdraft and being a little bit solvant for the first time in years.

What was your biggest failure?
Being lazy

Did you suffer illness or injury?
Ingrowing toenail (which is STILL not healed!)

What was the best thing you bought?
Kindle

Whose behavior merited celebration?
Everyone's

Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
EBIL, virtually all the politicians in the world

Where did most of your money go?
Crap!

What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Russia!!!! Dad's recovery, climbing volcanos and Italian Pizza

What song(s) will always remind you of 2011?
None

Compared to this time last year, are you:
Happier or sadder? Quite a bit happier though I am rather apprehensive about what's going to happen in the world next year
Thinner or fatter? Much the same
Richer or poorer? Perhaps a tad richer

What do you wish you'd done more of
Running and studying

What do you wish you'd done less of?
Wasting time on the computer.

How will you be spending New Year's?
Might be going to a party in Cambridge

Did you fall in love in 2011?
No

How many one-night stands?
None

What was your favorite TV program?
Fake or Fortune

Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
No

Do you like anyone now that you hated this time last year?
No

What was the best book you read? Through Siberia by Accident, Bonfire of the Vanities, Cloud Atlas, Stalin - The Court of the Red Tsar, Red Plenty. Two Lives, The Hare With Amber Eyes, The Manuscript found in Saragossa.

What was your greatest musical discovery?
None

What did you want and get?
A job for this summer; Dad to be well; Russia; Shelves in my bedroom

What did you want and not get?
I got all I wanted :)

What was your favorite film this year?
Jane Eyre, The Tree of Life, Midnight in Paris

What did you do on your birthday?
Fish and Chips at Dunwich

What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
For me, nothing.

How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2011?
As usual!

what kept you sane?
Life going resonably smoothly

Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
No one

What political issue stirred you the most?
the Arab Spring, Hackgate, the Euro Crisis and the Protests

Who did you miss?
Family and friends in various places

Who was the best new person you met?
Lots and lots of splendid people!

Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2011
Work hard

Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
Nothing can stop me

It's been a crazy year for the world but for me personally it has been an excellent one though I am slightly apprehensive about what will happen in the world in the next 12 months. I am also worried about my parents' finances and if they have finally got the cancer. I hope I will be able to stay in Moscow and consolidate my position. I truly love Russia and I want to stay there (as well as on a practical note the Eurozone is about the worst place to be!). And I am a bit sick of moving round.