Dec 26, 2008 11:36
1. What did you do in 2008 that you'd never done before? got promoted and then demoted within a few months time. oops.
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year? I didn't make any last year, but have one for this year.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth? Yes, my cousin.
4. Did anyone close to you die? A few distant family members.
5. What countries did you visit? Only the one I'm in.
6. What would you like to have in 2009 that you lacked in 2008? I want to be debt free!
7. What date from 2008 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? An entire weekend in March. I don't want to discuss why.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? No big achievements. 2008 was a year of recuperation and re-emerging.
9. What was your biggest failure? Shutting the car door on my dog's tail.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury? No more than the typical kind.
11. What was the best thing you bought? Rock band!
12. Whose behavior merited celebration? Dan's. He was very good through my crazy.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed? Oh, my own.
14. Where did most of your money go? Same place it always goes - music, dvds, video games, food. sigh.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about? moving in with jenny.
16. What song will always remind you of 2008? there are many many songs. mainly from nostalgic mix cds i couldn't stop listening to.
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
- i. happier or sadder? sadder.
- ii. thinner or fatter? thinner.
- iii. richer or poorer? much much poorer.
18. What do you wish you'd done more of? Being happy with myself.
19. What do you wish you'd done less of? Being depressed.
20. How will you be spending Christmas? It's already been spent in Lula and Vinings.
22. Did you fall in love in 2008? Quite the opposite, really.
23. How many one-night stands? Zero.
24. What was your favorite TV program? There are a few. Pushing Daisies, Lost, etc.
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year? No. Same hates as before.
26. What was the best book you read? Oh, I don't know. I love every book, even when I hate them.
27. What was your greatest musical discovery? TV on the Radio
28. What did you want and get? Rock Band
29. What did you want and not get? More money. Love. Happiness. Blah.
30. What was your favorite film of this year? Wall-E!
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you? I turned 25, and went out for dinner and to the pub with some friends.
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? Not having the whole breakup thing happen. Or getting over it much quicker and with less crazy.
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2008? Same as always.
34. What kept you sane? Jenny.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? As always, Johnny Depp. and Stephen Colbert. and Paul Rudd. mmmm.
36. What political issue stirred you the most? The election! What a whirlwind.
37. Who did you miss? yup.
38. Who was the best new person you met? I met a number of people in 2008 I enjoy.
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2008: Moneys are much more important than you think.