My 2008
Stolen from the lovely sporkninja
1. What did you do in 2008 that you'd never done before?
Went to China
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
Didn't have any, nor do I have any this year. I've never kept any of the previous resolutions.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
No, not 2008, but there was at least one birth 2007, and there will be 3 in 2009.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
No, thankfully! Knock on wood!
5. What countries did you visit?
China
6. What would you like to have in 2009 that you lacked in 2008?
A boyfriend perhaps, a good job (steady income)
7. What date from 2008 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
Dec 2, my niece's first birthday. July 26th, that's when I went to China. May 25th, my birthday party, april 19, my niece's baptism.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
I had two jobs (not at the same time), I improvised on stage
9. What was your biggest failure?
Honestly don't know
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Yep, throat abscess in december. Not reccomended.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
A digital camera for my mother, a digital video camera, a 3-in-1 stereo (CD, tape, vinyl)
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
My friends, my mother
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
My dad, sometimes my mom, my brother and his girlfriend, all my ex-bosses
14. Where did most of your money go?
Alcohol and cigarettes mostly
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
China, niece's baptism, niece's birthday, new year's eve, my first job, the cruises.
16. What song will always remind you of 2008?
Several. I'll only list the ones I enjoyed though. Sister Rose (Ian Brown), On Track (Ian Brown), Peter Cushing lives in Whitstable (The Jellybottys), Bonnie & Clyde (Serge Gainsbourg & Birgitte Bardot), Womanizer & Piece of me (Britney Spears), Harder Better Faster Stronger (Daft punk)... there are probably more, but I guess we'll find out. I might even be wrong about some of the songs I mentioned; I might not think of 2008 at all.
17. Compared to this time last year, you are:
i. happier or sadder? Happier and sadder at the same time.
ii. thinner or fatter? Slightly fatter, but not much.
iii. richer or poorer? Poorer. Didn't think it was possible...
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Dating, exercising, job hunting
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Drinking
20. How will you be spending New Years?
I spent it at home with 6 other wonderful people, a really nice dinner, fun conversations and delicious drinks.
21. What was the most embarrassing thing that happened to you in 2008?
I should inform you that I am an expert in repressing memories that aren't worth remembering. There are two years of my life that are completely blank.
22. Did you fall in love in 2008?
No, well, unless you count Bill Bailey, but I've never met him so... you decide. ;)
23. How many one-night stands?
Well, only one 1-nighter, but that doesn't mean I haven't had more or less casual sex with other people...
24. What was your favorite TV program?
Nevermind the buzzcocks, House M.D., Smallville, 2 ½ men, The IT Crowd
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
No, not much for hating; if I dislike a person then why should I waste my energy on them? That would be a reward for the fucktard in question.
26. What was the best book you read?
When was the last Harry Potter book published? Was it '08? Other than that, I don't remember actually.
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Ian Brown
28. What did you want and get?
A job
29. What did you want and not get?
A GOOD job, my own place, a relationship
30. What was your favorite film of this year?
2008 was a really bad film year.
The other Boleyn Girl, Harry Potter and the order of the phoenix (even though I was disappointed), Mamma Mia!
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I turned 24 and the following saturday I had a big birthday party. Best birthday in my life; I think.
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
If the things I wanted to happen actually did happen. See above answers.
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2008?
Skirts and dresses
34. What kept you sane?
Theater class, friends, cigarettes, drinking
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Bill Bailey!
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
Economy
37. Who did you miss?
All the friends that don't live close to me.
38. Who was the best new person you met?
Anastasia, Michaela, Kristian
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2008.
Always stand up for yourself! People are stupid, they need everything to be spelled out for them. I don't know, but it sounds good. Oh yes, I have also learned to be more blunt, and I avoid depressing things (and I'm honest with everyone about it). I need to take care of myself and my own problems; I'm allowing myself to be slightly egoistical; you have to be!
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
She said "Call me Sister Rose, I'm at war with all these posers and these frauds, I want'em out, let freedom reign, let hope stand firm on fields of doubt"
She said "I'm just like a rose, I'm beautiful and I can hurt you with my thorns. Don't squeeze too tight, 'cause I can blow up in your face like dynamite."
Sister Rose - Ian Brown