Year-end quiz
1. What did you do in 2008 that you'd never done before?
Broke my ankle.
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I don't do New Year's resolutions.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
And how. I am so behind on my quilting.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
Way too many.
5. What countries did you visit?
None. Although Arkansas felt foreign.
6. What would you like to have in 2009 that you lacked in 2008?
A better diet and more free time.
7. What date from 2008 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
There are lots. Much as I'd like to forget it, I think I'm going to remember the whole damned year.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Keeping my shit together.
9. What was your biggest failure?
Going up a pants size.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Broken ankle.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
Canon Powershot G10. Although this year has made me acutely aware that stuff does not equal happiness.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
Kind of a weird question, isn't it? The Mister really showed his true colors taking care of me with my bum ankle.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
The vocal minority of McCain/Palin supporters.
14. Where did most of your money go?
Mortgage, creampuff, living.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
I guess the election, although I did watch a couple of UPS tracking numbers more than was healthy.
16. What song will always remind you of 2008?
VHS or Beta - Bring On the Comets
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? Maybe a little happier, but Monday is not a good day to ask.
ii. thinner or fatter? Fluffier.
iii. richer or poorer? A bit richer.
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Lots of things.
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Ankle breaking.
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
Spent in our four-day around-the-state extravaganza. The highlight was meeting new babies and staying at the in-laws cabin.
22. Did you fall in love in 2008?
I stayed there, I guess.
23. How many one-night stands?
None.
24. What was your favorite TV program?
The Daily Show
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
I try not to hate, but I wish that whoever hijacked religion for the purposes of conservative politics would just go away.
26. What was the best book you read?
Really enjoyed His Dark Materials trilogy.
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Not great or hip by any stretch of the imagination, but I had a moment of pure organic love for the Presidents of the United States of America while driving to the airport in Omaha one early morning. They write the kind of songs I would write.
28. What did you want and get?
New camera.
29. What did you want and not get?
Um. Superpowers? More free time?
30. What was your favorite film of this year?
I dunno -- probably Burn After Reading.
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
29, Dinner at Dish
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Superpowers.
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2008?
Bland, modular, lots of hoodies.
34. What kept you sane?
My husband and our furry family.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Fancy as in lust after? No one really. Fancy as in admire? Probably Obama, though Tina Fey is a close second.
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
The return of common sense.
37. Who did you miss?
Lots of people, especially this fall.
38. Who was the best new person you met?
Tina K.
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2008:
If your tree produces fungus, call the arborist and harass him until he comes to evaluate it. Also, have at least one free hand when descending stairs.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
None really comes to mind. Guess it's too early.