Adios, 2008.
1. What did you do in 2008 that you'd never done before?
A lot of things. Went to Japan, India, Arizona and Puerto Rico. Went Hang Gliding and White Water Rafting. Took the GMATs.
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I didn't have any official resolutions per se. I did pretty well with working out and eating better for the first three months of the year, and even after falling off that wagon managed to spend most of the year really focusing on my leg, like I had wanted to. The saga isn't over yet, but I feel like I'm in a much better position than I was health-wise, physically and mentally. My main resolution for next year is to learn how to cook so I'm not overly dependent on lean cuisines and restaurants. I'm contemplating doing a year w/o fast food again as well, to help supplement that.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Not that close, but a couple people in peripheral and former circles did.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
Yeah. But he said goodbye before he left, so that was cool.
5. What countries did you visit?
See #1.
6. What would you like to have in 2009 that you lacked in 2008?
Home-cooked food.
7. What date from 2008 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
None in particular. I don't really pay attention to dates.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Finally lettig go of a lot of the anger associated with my knee issues.
9. What was your biggest failure?
Not prioritizing music enough.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Apart from the ongoing knee stuff and my turkey day flu I was pretty healthy.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
Sadly, my HDTV.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
Tim is amazing.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
No one, really. The bad behavior I came across wasn't really worth getting worked up over.
14. Where did most of your money go?
Food, travel, pasalubongs and technology.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
India.
16. What song will always remind you of 2008?
Probably the RAW theme song.
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? Happier.
ii. thinner or fatter? About the same. I lost weight and then gained most of it back.
iii. richer or poorer? Richer.
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Play music.
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Stress about work.
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
Spent the eve alone, the day with Tim and his family.
22. Did you fall in love in 2008?
Yeah.
23. How many one-night stands?
Nada
24. What was your favorite TV program?
House
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
Hate is for haters.
26. What was the best book you read?
Confessions of an Economic Hitman
Ahead of the Curve
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Amazon digital downloads
28. What did you want and get?
Clarity.
30. What was your favorite film of this year?
Young @ Heart was really good, albeit sad. Ironman was fun.
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
Went to Art-O-Matic and had dinner at Russia House. I turned 30.
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Having my knees officially better would have been cool. Maybe next year.
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2008?
Sparse, after finally donating all the clothes that haven't fit me in years.
34. What kept you sane?
My shrink.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Hugh Laurie. or Batista.
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
The election. I helped turn VA blue, bitches!
37. Who did you miss?
My family. My band. My athletic self.
38. Who was the best new person you met?
Prolly my temp, Sean. I need to call him and grab a beer.
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2008:
Anger is heaviest on the people who carry it.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
Whoa! I'll never give in
Whoa! I'll never give up
Whoa! I'll never give in
And i just wanna be
Wanna be Loved
Not really, but it's in my head at the moment.
EDIT:
And another year-end meme that I enjoy: Year in Review
January
I've caught the flickr bug, so add me if you care
February
For some reason I feel as though I haven't posted in forever. But no, it's only been two weeks.
March
Amidst all the hullaballoo about the potential recession, Forbes just listed the top 10 cities to get ahead, 6 out of 10 of which are in MD and VA. Interesting.
April
A friend of mine at work met a girl on Match. They had decent email exchange, but before meeting she asked that he call her to chat on the phone. More than a week later, he still hasn't called, but instead texts her at 11pm and asks if she's still awake. She doesn't call him back
May
My dad and sister came into town. We had a good time and went up to NYC, where we had more good times.
June
I'm leaving for India on Wednesday morning, so life is a flurry.
July
I started this post on July 1st, and haven't gotten around to completing it till now.
August
I've been working with a "big ideas" person on a new page, we started working on about 10 days ago, he wanted delivery on the project in 2 weeks.
September
Work has continued to be hectic in a myriad of stupid, soul sucking ways.
October
Damn. I remember when I used to post on this thing almost daily.
November
It's the last day of November. On one hand, I want to say "holy crap where did the year go!?!" but on the other hand, it's been quite an action packed year: Manila, Tokyo, New Delhi, London, Seattle, San Jose, Phoenix, went hang gliding, took the GMATs, and had a good friend move to the West Coast. Jeez.
December
Apparently E! is including a popular Filipino actor in its list of 25 most beautiful men.