Jan 05, 2008 00:09
1. What did you do in 2007 that you'd never done before?
well....
-graduated college
-got my driver's license and a car
-moved to Florida to work for a professional theatre company
-had my senior recital
-organized Province Day for 8 schools two weeks after the recital...god I'm a smart one.
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
no clue
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
my cousin Heather gave birth to Samuel last spring
4. Did anyone close to you die?
my grandfather
5. What countries did you visit?
Mexico!
6. What would you like to have in 2008 that you lacked in 2007
a sense of direction
7. What date(s) from 2007 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
05.06.07 - college graduation
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
DRIVING ...oh and i guess graduation was pretty important too...
9. What was your biggest failure?
not taking bigger risks
10. Did you suffer any illness or injury?
stupid altitude sickness in Mexico City and San Cristobal...it's no fun spending days you should be sight-seeing draped over a toilet
11. What was the best thing you bought?
my Brita water pitcher was a pretty good investment
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
um Katie is a Fulbright scholar...that's a pretty big deal
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
my cousin and her family who were supposed to move in with my grandmother after my grandfather died and after moving in most of their furniture and getting rid of some of my grandmother's they decide not to move in without expressing why.
14. Where did most of your money go?
food
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
spending 3 weeks in Mexico!
16. What song will always remind you of 2007?
Don't Tell Mama - not gonna lie...we were all pretty hot
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
I. happier or sadder? sadder....I MISS MY FRIENDS ... and the ability to nap during the day
ii. Thinner or fatter? Thinner - the joy of no longer eating at Aladdin
iii. Richer or poorer? um well....technically there's more money in my bank account
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
old fashioned dating
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
I should have listened to my instincts more
20. How did you spend Christmas?
at my grandma's
22. Did you fall in love in 2007?
no
23. How many one-night stands?
depends what you constitute as a one night stand haha
24. What was your favorite TV program?
Dirty Sexy Money
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
no, though there are one or two i don't look at as favorably anymore
26. What was the best book you read?
I think that'd be the final Harry Potter
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Noel Coward
....ok maybe not, though he did write some pretty good stuff. Um....James Barbour has an amazing voice, despite the record
28. What did you want and get?
my gig here in Florida
29. What did you want and not get?
a paint job for my car
30. What was your favorite film of this year?
i really liked hairspray
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
i'm old...23. my roommate took me out for amish food and we did some shopping and took funny photos making fun of the merchandise at ghetto stores. we also went and saw august rush and went out for ice cream where i seriously dealt with the most incompetent counter person EVER who sang to me to drinka drinka drinka my milkshake on the counter while she cleaned up the mess she made by filling it up too much.
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
making more of a social life for myself here in sarasota
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2007?
slightly more professional and by that i mean pin dress on a relatively regular basis
34. What kept you sane?
my friends
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
I loves me some Ryan Gosling
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
global warming and alternative energy because I spent my whole summer dealing with that
37. Who did you miss?
i live in florida - I MISS EVERYONE
38. Who was the best new person you met?
Michelle and Leah - my awesome roommates
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2007:
you can't wait for things to come to you....if you want something you have to go for it.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
These are the times to remember, for they will not last forever - Billy Joel