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1. What did you do in 2008 that you'd never done before?
Actually enjoyed a job. Legally drank. The two were unrelated.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
No.
5. What countries did you visit?
None.
7. What date from 2008 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
My 21st birthday.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Finishing my goddamn MQP.
9. What was your biggest failure?
Letting a couple people get to me and walk all over me.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
I've got a huge bruise on my side from falling over onto a chair during class last week. Incredibly embarrassing.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
My new computer. I don't know how I spent all those years on a laptop.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
My mother and father for learning to let go and give me space, Jordan for taking such good care of me and making me laugh, Professor Abraham and Professor Christopher for keeping me awake and even interested in math classes that weren't exactly my cup of tea, and my MQP partner for keeping me sane for those six months we were stuck in our office every day.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
I'm not naming names, but most of you probably already know anyway.
14. Where did most of your money go?
Bills and rent.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Returning to WPI after my MQP.
16. What song will always remind you of 2008?
Anything by Celine Dion, because she kept showing up in my Pandora Channels, no matter how many times I told Pandora not to play her.
17. Compared to this time last year, are you
i. happier or sadder?: About the same. Probably a lot more nervous about the future, as graduation approaches.
ii. thinner or fatter?: About the same.
iii. richer or poorer?: Richer. Working a job that wasn't retail for a summer did wonders for my bank account.
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Enjoyed and played music. I've neglected my violin and piano this year.
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
With the fam.
21. How will you be spending New Years Eve?
Most likely with mah man.
22. Did you fall in love in 2008?
Every so often, I develop what feels like a crush on Jordan, complete with all the butterflies and giddiness around him. And it feels like falling for him all over again. But other than that, no.
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
No.
26. What was the best book you read?
Books?
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Pandora in general.
28. What did you want and get?
An A on my MQP.
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I worked. My coworker, Mike, bought me a beer on the Air Force base, and Jordan took me to the Boynton for dinner, but mostly I worked.
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
More hours in the day.
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2008?
Dress pants and nice shirts at work, jeans and t-shirts at school, Jordan's t-shirts and shorts at home. (They're so comfy!)
34. What kept you sane?
Jordan, without a doubt.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Masi Oka (Hiro, from Heroes).
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
Don't even get me started.
37. Whom did you miss?
My aunt's dog, Petie.
38. Who was the best new person you met?
My coworker, Mike. He was so friendly to me and my MQP partner, always taking us out to lunch and giving us career advice.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
No.