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1. What did you do in 2008 that you'd never done before?
bridesmaided
went to botswana
got dysentery
took a semester off of college
bunch of stuff, i guess
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
i dont remember. and for this year...get a job.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
yes
4. Did anyone close to you die?
thank goodness no
5. What countries did you visit?
Botswana and Spain
6. What would you like to have in 2009 that you lacked in 2008?
i would like to have a little less crazy, but not too much less.
7. What date from 2008 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
August 9th. brother got married
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
leaving Botswana
9. What was your biggest failure?
watching prop 8 pass
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
yup
11. What was the best thing you bought?
plane ticket to spain
14. Where did most of your money go?
food, rent, tuition
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
wedding
living in berkeley
going to spain
going to botswana
going to school
16. What song will always remind you of 2008?
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
Happier or sadder? i think happier
Thinner or fatter? same
Richer or poorer? poorpoorpoorer
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
not much
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
not much
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
Ate with family for weeks
22. Did you fall in love in 2008?
nope
23. How many one-night stands?
mm, no
24. What was your favorite TV program?
30 rock & gossip girl & True Blood & L Word
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
the mormon church
26. What was the best book you read?
the fountainhead. (me too)
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
johanna samuels
28. What did you want and get?
an (honest) air of calm, a change, a home, and my semester's worth of tuition back
29. What did you want and not get?
a paying job
30. What was your favorite film of this year?
milk
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
just before turning 21, i used my fake ID at The Press with a friend getting drunk. Then I got taken out to a diner. Then I took a midterm. Then I drove to San Francisco with my best friends to spend a weekend loving each other.
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
more puppy and kitty petting. and maybe not getting dysentery? but it lead to good things...
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2008?
4 shirts, 4 pants, 3 skirts, lots of shoes. and cardigans
34. What kept you sane?
tv on dvd
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
mm, ge ke itse (I dont know ka setswana)
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
big B and prop 8
37. Who did you miss? (in no particular order)
AJ & Laura
38. Who was the best new person you met?
max
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2008?
Know what is best for you and do it
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
sail away, sail away
bridesmaided
went to botswana
got dysentery
took a semester off of college
bunch of stuff, i guess
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
i dont remember. and for this year...get a job.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
yes
4. Did anyone close to you die?
thank goodness no
5. What countries did you visit?
Botswana and Spain
6. What would you like to have in 2009 that you lacked in 2008?
i would like to have a little less crazy, but not too much less.
7. What date from 2008 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
August 9th. brother got married
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
leaving Botswana
9. What was your biggest failure?
watching prop 8 pass
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
yup
11. What was the best thing you bought?
plane ticket to spain
14. Where did most of your money go?
food, rent, tuition
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
wedding
living in berkeley
going to spain
going to botswana
going to school
16. What song will always remind you of 2008?
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
Happier or sadder? i think happier
Thinner or fatter? same
Richer or poorer? poorpoorpoorer
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
not much
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
not much
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
Ate with family for weeks
22. Did you fall in love in 2008?
nope
23. How many one-night stands?
mm, no
24. What was your favorite TV program?
30 rock & gossip girl & True Blood & L Word
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
the mormon church
26. What was the best book you read?
the fountainhead. (me too)
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
johanna samuels
28. What did you want and get?
an (honest) air of calm, a change, a home, and my semester's worth of tuition back
29. What did you want and not get?
a paying job
30. What was your favorite film of this year?
milk
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
just before turning 21, i used my fake ID at The Press with a friend getting drunk. Then I got taken out to a diner. Then I took a midterm. Then I drove to San Francisco with my best friends to spend a weekend loving each other.
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
more puppy and kitty petting. and maybe not getting dysentery? but it lead to good things...
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2008?
4 shirts, 4 pants, 3 skirts, lots of shoes. and cardigans
34. What kept you sane?
tv on dvd
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
mm, ge ke itse (I dont know ka setswana)
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
big B and prop 8
37. Who did you miss? (in no particular order)
AJ & Laura
38. Who was the best new person you met?
max
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2008?
Know what is best for you and do it
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
sail away, sail away