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i might as well keep up the tradition of the year-end survey. so here is 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006. now for
1. What did you do in 2007 that you'd never done before? lost a love.
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year? i once again didn't make any last year.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth? not that i know of.
4. Did anyone close to you die? yes.
5. What countries did you visit? none.
6. What would you like to have in 2008 that you lacked in 2007? emotional stability, i think. more money?
7. What date(s) from 2007 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? starting at half price in march. june 30th. most of october and the beginning of november, because i lost everything i ever thought i wanted. and right now, because everything is shifting all around me in the biggest ways and i am finding enormous happiness.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? keeping it together. managing, in the end, to not fail myself completely.
9. What was your biggest failure? if i really got into it, i would say i've failed innumerably this year. but really it boils down to caring too much and not knowing what to do. i stumble my way through so much of my life.
10. Did you suffer any illness or injury? sure i did. for example, my index-knuckle on my left hand still hasn't healed.
11. What was the best thing you bought? oh, did i buy anything?? i bought a pretty sweet chuck berry record.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration? so many, so much. all of my friends. i couldn't be more grateful and i hope they understand that.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed? it happens.
14. Where did most of your money go? it can't be helped, at least not now. it doesn't matter. it's past.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about? so much that never happened.
16. What song will always remind you of 2007? i know there are so many. ELO, willie nelson, prince, everything on so many tapes.
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? sadder and happier mixed together. happier. let's say happier.
ii. thinner or fatter? thinner, although i've been trying.
iii. richer or poorer? at the moment i'm richer. just barely pulled that off.
18. What do you wish you'd done more of? writing. being myself.
19. What do you wish you'd done less of? hoping, waiting, wanting. letting things go.
20. How will you be spending Christmas? with my family in oak ridge, the usual.
22. Did you fall in love in 2007? yes, i believe so.
23. How many one-night stands? none.
24. What was your favorite TV program? scrubs.
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year? no.
26. What was the best book you read? the hummingbird's daughter by luis alberto urrea. i also really loved wait til next year by doris kearns goodwin.
27. What was your greatest musical discovery? that i don't know. it's been a lot of rediscovery.
28. What did you want and get? my job. something to look forward to.
29. What did you want and not get? ...
30. What was your favorite film of this year? 300 was this year, right? i did really like superbad and knocked up. oh also stranger than fiction and the science of sleep.
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you? i turned 22 and honestly i can't remember it. i was trying to remember it not that long ago but came up with nothing. if anyone remembers, let me know.
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? things turning out the way i thought they would. although life is life and i will go where it takes me. so far it seems like a pretty ok deal.
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2007? no real variation from years-past but i did wear a lot of flats. oh and i pierced my septum, so i suppose that counts.
34. What kept you sane? not sure exactly. was i sane? my friends and family, of course. everyone has been really terrific to me this year.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? dude from 300. gael garcia bernal.
36. What political issue stirred you the most? do baseball trades count as a political issue??
37. Who did you miss? hethre, corinna, mark, everyone.
38. Who was the best new person you met? jake.
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2007: you can't see the future and you can't depend on anybody but yourself.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
I'd have to be crazy, to stop all my singing, and never play music again. You'd call me a fool if I grabbed up a top hat and ran out to flag down the wind. And I'd have to be weird to grow me a beard, just to see what the rednecks would do, and I'd have to be crazy, plumb out of my mind, to fall out of love with you.
Now I know I've done weird things, told people I hear'd things, when silence was all that abounds. Been days when it pleased me, to be on my knees, following ants, as they crawled 'cross the ground. I been insane on a train, but I'm still me again, the place that I hold you is true. I know I'm alright, cause I'd have to be crazy, to fall out of love with you.
You know I, I don't intend to. But should there come a day, when I say that I don't love you, you can lock me away.
I sure would be dingy, to live in an envelope, just a-waiting along for a stamp. You'd say I was loco, to rub for a genie, while burning my hand on the lamp. And I may not be normal, but nobody is, so I'd like to say 'fore I'm through, I'd have to be crazy, plumb out of my mind, to fall out of love with you.
ok.
1. What did you do in 2007 that you'd never done before? lost a love.
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year? i once again didn't make any last year.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth? not that i know of.
4. Did anyone close to you die? yes.
5. What countries did you visit? none.
6. What would you like to have in 2008 that you lacked in 2007? emotional stability, i think. more money?
7. What date(s) from 2007 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? starting at half price in march. june 30th. most of october and the beginning of november, because i lost everything i ever thought i wanted. and right now, because everything is shifting all around me in the biggest ways and i am finding enormous happiness.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? keeping it together. managing, in the end, to not fail myself completely.
9. What was your biggest failure? if i really got into it, i would say i've failed innumerably this year. but really it boils down to caring too much and not knowing what to do. i stumble my way through so much of my life.
10. Did you suffer any illness or injury? sure i did. for example, my index-knuckle on my left hand still hasn't healed.
11. What was the best thing you bought? oh, did i buy anything?? i bought a pretty sweet chuck berry record.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration? so many, so much. all of my friends. i couldn't be more grateful and i hope they understand that.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed? it happens.
14. Where did most of your money go? it can't be helped, at least not now. it doesn't matter. it's past.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about? so much that never happened.
16. What song will always remind you of 2007? i know there are so many. ELO, willie nelson, prince, everything on so many tapes.
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? sadder and happier mixed together. happier. let's say happier.
ii. thinner or fatter? thinner, although i've been trying.
iii. richer or poorer? at the moment i'm richer. just barely pulled that off.
18. What do you wish you'd done more of? writing. being myself.
19. What do you wish you'd done less of? hoping, waiting, wanting. letting things go.
20. How will you be spending Christmas? with my family in oak ridge, the usual.
22. Did you fall in love in 2007? yes, i believe so.
23. How many one-night stands? none.
24. What was your favorite TV program? scrubs.
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year? no.
26. What was the best book you read? the hummingbird's daughter by luis alberto urrea. i also really loved wait til next year by doris kearns goodwin.
27. What was your greatest musical discovery? that i don't know. it's been a lot of rediscovery.
28. What did you want and get? my job. something to look forward to.
29. What did you want and not get? ...
30. What was your favorite film of this year? 300 was this year, right? i did really like superbad and knocked up. oh also stranger than fiction and the science of sleep.
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you? i turned 22 and honestly i can't remember it. i was trying to remember it not that long ago but came up with nothing. if anyone remembers, let me know.
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? things turning out the way i thought they would. although life is life and i will go where it takes me. so far it seems like a pretty ok deal.
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2007? no real variation from years-past but i did wear a lot of flats. oh and i pierced my septum, so i suppose that counts.
34. What kept you sane? not sure exactly. was i sane? my friends and family, of course. everyone has been really terrific to me this year.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? dude from 300. gael garcia bernal.
36. What political issue stirred you the most? do baseball trades count as a political issue??
37. Who did you miss? hethre, corinna, mark, everyone.
38. Who was the best new person you met? jake.
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2007: you can't see the future and you can't depend on anybody but yourself.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
I'd have to be crazy, to stop all my singing, and never play music again. You'd call me a fool if I grabbed up a top hat and ran out to flag down the wind. And I'd have to be weird to grow me a beard, just to see what the rednecks would do, and I'd have to be crazy, plumb out of my mind, to fall out of love with you.
Now I know I've done weird things, told people I hear'd things, when silence was all that abounds. Been days when it pleased me, to be on my knees, following ants, as they crawled 'cross the ground. I been insane on a train, but I'm still me again, the place that I hold you is true. I know I'm alright, cause I'd have to be crazy, to fall out of love with you.
You know I, I don't intend to. But should there come a day, when I say that I don't love you, you can lock me away.
I sure would be dingy, to live in an envelope, just a-waiting along for a stamp. You'd say I was loco, to rub for a genie, while burning my hand on the lamp. And I may not be normal, but nobody is, so I'd like to say 'fore I'm through, I'd have to be crazy, plumb out of my mind, to fall out of love with you.
ok.