1. What did you do in 2013 that you’d never done before?
Took a 400-level math class (this is also something I never thought I’d do).

2. Did you keep your new years’ resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
That’s coming up in a later blog!

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Matt and Lindsey had two itty bitties!

4. Did anyone close to you die?
I don’t think so.

5. What countries did you visit?
I actually stayed in the freaking States for the first time in 4 years.

6. What would you like to have in 2014 that you lacked in 2013?
A more consistent year.

7. What date from 2013 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
I don’t think there’s any particular date that stuck out this year. It’s been up and down, but there weren’t any extremes.
That freaking Proofs study session was hilarious, though. That entire Tuesday, December 17th, was a fun day, now that I think back.

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Teaching in Spring, Summer, and Fall, and then being told I get TWO sections this coming semester. WOO!

9. What was your biggest failure?
Haha, everything else?

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
NEVER I AM ZEUS

11. What was the best thing you bought?
The best thing I bought? Probably my replacement Hume shirt (my other one was really old and was getting holey).

14. Where did most of your money go?
Towards school.

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
The European Enlightenment. I mean, even more so than before. The Clockwork Universe helped with that.

16. What song will always remind you of 2013?
Definitely Daft Punk’s Doin’ It Right, just ‘cause I’ve listened to it SO MUCH.

18. What do you wish you’d done more of?
Learned.

19. What do you wish you’d done less of?
Procrastinated.

20. How will you be spending Christmas?
I spent Christmas with my mom and my cat, opening presents and playing Geometry Wars.

21. Did you fall in love in 2013?
No.

23. How many one-night stands?
Zero!

24. What was your favourite TV program?
I still love Metalocalypse, man. DOOMSTAR REQUIEM!

25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
Nopers.

26. What was the best book you read?
Leibniz: An Intellectual Biography. It’s an incredibly thorough account of a remarkable human being. I highly recommend it (of course).

27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
I really, really, really love this song. You’ll hear more about this year’s music on the 31st, so I’m going to leave it at that for now.

28. What did you want and get?
A 4.0 for spring semester and a 4.0 for fall semester.

29. What did you want and not get?
I was hoping to get hired as a permanent employee at UI, but that’s not going to happen for several reasons (though I’m still hopeful!).

30. What was your favourite film of this year?
I’m pretty sure I haven’t seen a “new” movie this year (that is, a movie I haven’t seen before). So I’m saying Sunshine.

31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I turned 25 and I honestly can’t remember what I did. I think I was still freaking out over my first calc II test and so I didn’t do anything exciting.

32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably satisfying?
Going to RTX would have been awesome. But I was teaching during that time anyway, so it wouldn’t have worked out even if I could have afforded it.

33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2013?
COLORZ!

34. What kept you sane?
Ha. “Sane.”

35. Which celebrity/public figure(s) did you fancy the most?
Does AH count? AH, definitely.

37. Who did you miss?
I miss my old Moscow friends.

38. Who was the best new person you met?
Man, I can’t choose! All of the awesome people in Linear and Proofs.

39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2013:
Math majors are the dorkiest, most hilarious people ever.