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I skipped this last year, but here are my answers from 2006, and here are my answers from 2005.
1) Was 2008 a good year for you?
One thankfully brief period was very low, but the rest of my year was excellent.
2) What was your favorite moment of the year? (somewhat in order)
- swimming in the Mediterranean in Positano: this is possibly the favorite moment of my whole life
- driving up Highway One with Max and Alexa: also one of the top 10 moments of my life
- early morning bagels before Santa Cruz woke up
- seeing the Arc de Triomph from the taxi my first day in Paris
- the barbecue at Gabby's house by the sea
- eating a sandwich on the Embarcadero at the Ferry Building Farmer's Market
- realizing before anybody else in the room that Obama had just won
- bicycling around Giverny
- sitting on the swing behind Notre Dame as the church bells tolled
- reading Gatsby in a circle of friends underneath a broken chandelier in the Haight
- camping out at Danielle and Zack's for a week, finding somewhere to live
- the day we all met up at Perg's and then painted things and watched The Babysitter's Club
- pub quiz and fish and chips in London
- the first strawberry tart in Paris
- seeing the Pope from the first row
- wandering around the Impressionists floor of the d'Orsay
- spending a week hanging out with Matt & co. in Rome
- setting up the Christmas tree
- Golden Girls nights and toast with my sister all summer long
- when Edna brought home Con Air and we had a viewing party
- saying hello on my front porch
- calling my grandmother from Golden Gate park to talk about life and commune with the turtles
- celebrating my birthday underneath the Eiffel Tower at midnight with pink champagne
- making sugar cookies at three in the morning then eating them while I read a book and listened to the rain
- stumbling around the Latin Quarter with friends singing the Beach Boys late at night
- my dad's face at the airport when we said goodbye, and six months later when we said hello
3) What was your least favorite moment of the year?
- saying goodbye to California
- the horrible week when my wisdom teeth came in
- going to the emergency room
- desperate, aching loneliness on another continent
- constant financial anxiety
- losing my mind on New Year's
- getting lost in Florence
- hearing the worries about next quarter
- too much ale in London
- every time I woke up after the sun had already gone down
4) Where were you when 2008 began?
a party in Santa Clara, losing my goddamn mind because I hadn't slept for four days
5) Who were you with?
Liza, SCU kids, half the cast of Law and Order (in my head)
6) Where will you be when 2008 ends?
Haha probably the same place 2007 ended: in Santa Clara with Liza.
7) Who will you be with when 2008 ends?
Liza.
8) Did you keep your new years resolution of 2008?
Resolutions of 2008:
- get in shape: not a chance
- get straight A's: no, but I came super close one quarter
- I don't remember any other resolutions
9) Do you have a new years resolution for 2009?
- lose weight
- make it to Portland
- calm down
- be more financially responsible
- be proactive about my health
10) Did you fall in love in 2008?
No, but it was a pretty lovely year nonetheless.
11) If yes, with who?
12) If yes, do they know?
14) Did you have fun in 2008?
2008 was many things but it was absolutely the least boring year of my life.
15) Did you breakup with anyone in 2008?
Yes.
16) Did you make any new friends in 2008?
Yes! Galina (I don't think I met you until winter quarter), Phamers, Dean, Heather, Marie, Hillary, Nell, Jill, I can't remember who else I met this year.
17) Who are your favorite new friends?
Oh, I won't rank them.
18) What was your favorite month of 2008?
May and December.
19) Did you travel outside of the US in 2008?
YES! (I've been waiting my whole life to answer this!)
- France
- Italy
- England
- Spain
20) How many different states did you travel to in 2008?
South Carolina.
21) Did you lose anyone close to you in 2008?
"Nobody died, but I lost them all the same." Sadly this seems to be my answer every year.
22) Did you miss anybody in the past year?
"Absences defined the year." This is also my answer every year. Does that mean absences define my life?
23) What was your favorite movie that you saw in 2008?
Lars and the Real Girl, Atonement, No Country for Old Men, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Wall*E, Before Sunset, 3:10 To Yuma
24) What was your favorite song from 2008?
Most of these weren't released in 2008. Do I care?
- Beach House "Astronaut"
- Smog "Let Me See The Colts"
- Okkervil River "So Come Back, I'm Waiting"
- Al Green "Call Me (Come Back Home)"
- Magnetic Fields "California Girls"
- Neutral Milk Hotel "Communist Daughter"
- Mt. Eerie "Solar System"
- Vampire Weekend "A-Punk"
- LCD Soundsystem "Someone Great"
- Jim James & Calexico "Going to Acapulco"
- Sufjan Stevens "Vito's Ordination Song"
- Rihanna vs. General Public "Tender Umbrella"
- The Band "Katie's Been Gone"
- Ice Cube "It Was A Good Day"
- Kate Bush "Cloudbusting"
25) What was your favorite record from 2008?
Actually released in 2008:
1) Beach House - Devotion
2)The Dodos - Visiter
3)Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
4)Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
5)Mount Eerie & Julie Doiron - Lost Wisdom
6)Animal Collective - Water Curses
7)Marnie Stern - This Is It..
8)Department of Eagles - In Ear Park
9) Blitzen Trapper - Furr
10) She & Him - Volume One
26) How many concerts did you see in 2008?:
Actually not that many. How did that happen? Oh god I saw that terrible Girl Talk/Bone Thugs in Harmony concert, probably the worst of my life. I honestly can't even remember who else I saw in 2008.
27) Did you have a favorite concert in 2008?
Not really.
28) Did you drink a lot of alcohol in 2008?
Uh.
29) Did you do a lot of drugs in 2008?
Vicodin for my wisdom teeth, trazadone for my insomnia, tremendous amounts of Claritin and that's about it.
30) How many people did you sleep with in 2008?
My mother reads this.
31) Did you lose anything important this year?
One of my black suede pumps from France weeps forever, my sanity for about half an hour, my appetite for a week, my lunch once or twice, everything I loved for a little while but it was all waiting for me when I got back.
33) What was the worst lie someone told you in 2008?
This I won't answer.
34) Did you treat somebody badly in 2008?
Yes.
35) Did somebody treat you badly in 2008?
Yes.
36) How much money did you spend in 2008?
Oh my god.
37) What was your proudest moment of 2008?
To be totally honest: my winter quarter GPA.
38) What was your most embarrassing moment of 2008?
Noooooo there were way too many.
39) If you could go back in time to any moment of 2008 and change something, what would it be?
Half of me wants to say not going on study abroad because it's costing so dearly, but I know it was worth it and that will sink in after this financial shakiness subsides.
40) What are your plans for 2009?
Start a raised bed garden. Buy a bicycle. Get My Goddamn Driver's License. My wishes are always the same: Be happy, be useful, be kind, be loved.
1) Was 2008 a good year for you?
One thankfully brief period was very low, but the rest of my year was excellent.
2) What was your favorite moment of the year? (somewhat in order)
- swimming in the Mediterranean in Positano: this is possibly the favorite moment of my whole life
- driving up Highway One with Max and Alexa: also one of the top 10 moments of my life
- early morning bagels before Santa Cruz woke up
- seeing the Arc de Triomph from the taxi my first day in Paris
- the barbecue at Gabby's house by the sea
- eating a sandwich on the Embarcadero at the Ferry Building Farmer's Market
- realizing before anybody else in the room that Obama had just won
- bicycling around Giverny
- sitting on the swing behind Notre Dame as the church bells tolled
- reading Gatsby in a circle of friends underneath a broken chandelier in the Haight
- camping out at Danielle and Zack's for a week, finding somewhere to live
- the day we all met up at Perg's and then painted things and watched The Babysitter's Club
- pub quiz and fish and chips in London
- the first strawberry tart in Paris
- seeing the Pope from the first row
- wandering around the Impressionists floor of the d'Orsay
- spending a week hanging out with Matt & co. in Rome
- setting up the Christmas tree
- Golden Girls nights and toast with my sister all summer long
- when Edna brought home Con Air and we had a viewing party
- saying hello on my front porch
- calling my grandmother from Golden Gate park to talk about life and commune with the turtles
- celebrating my birthday underneath the Eiffel Tower at midnight with pink champagne
- making sugar cookies at three in the morning then eating them while I read a book and listened to the rain
- stumbling around the Latin Quarter with friends singing the Beach Boys late at night
- my dad's face at the airport when we said goodbye, and six months later when we said hello
3) What was your least favorite moment of the year?
- saying goodbye to California
- the horrible week when my wisdom teeth came in
- going to the emergency room
- desperate, aching loneliness on another continent
- constant financial anxiety
- losing my mind on New Year's
- getting lost in Florence
- hearing the worries about next quarter
- too much ale in London
- every time I woke up after the sun had already gone down
4) Where were you when 2008 began?
a party in Santa Clara, losing my goddamn mind because I hadn't slept for four days
5) Who were you with?
Liza, SCU kids, half the cast of Law and Order (in my head)
6) Where will you be when 2008 ends?
Haha probably the same place 2007 ended: in Santa Clara with Liza.
7) Who will you be with when 2008 ends?
Liza.
8) Did you keep your new years resolution of 2008?
Resolutions of 2008:
- get in shape: not a chance
- get straight A's: no, but I came super close one quarter
- I don't remember any other resolutions
9) Do you have a new years resolution for 2009?
- lose weight
- make it to Portland
- calm down
- be more financially responsible
- be proactive about my health
10) Did you fall in love in 2008?
No, but it was a pretty lovely year nonetheless.
11) If yes, with who?
12) If yes, do they know?
14) Did you have fun in 2008?
2008 was many things but it was absolutely the least boring year of my life.
15) Did you breakup with anyone in 2008?
Yes.
16) Did you make any new friends in 2008?
Yes! Galina (I don't think I met you until winter quarter), Phamers, Dean, Heather, Marie, Hillary, Nell, Jill, I can't remember who else I met this year.
17) Who are your favorite new friends?
Oh, I won't rank them.
18) What was your favorite month of 2008?
May and December.
19) Did you travel outside of the US in 2008?
YES! (I've been waiting my whole life to answer this!)
- France
- Italy
- England
- Spain
20) How many different states did you travel to in 2008?
South Carolina.
21) Did you lose anyone close to you in 2008?
"Nobody died, but I lost them all the same." Sadly this seems to be my answer every year.
22) Did you miss anybody in the past year?
"Absences defined the year." This is also my answer every year. Does that mean absences define my life?
23) What was your favorite movie that you saw in 2008?
Lars and the Real Girl, Atonement, No Country for Old Men, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Wall*E, Before Sunset, 3:10 To Yuma
24) What was your favorite song from 2008?
Most of these weren't released in 2008. Do I care?
- Beach House "Astronaut"
- Smog "Let Me See The Colts"
- Okkervil River "So Come Back, I'm Waiting"
- Al Green "Call Me (Come Back Home)"
- Magnetic Fields "California Girls"
- Neutral Milk Hotel "Communist Daughter"
- Mt. Eerie "Solar System"
- Vampire Weekend "A-Punk"
- LCD Soundsystem "Someone Great"
- Jim James & Calexico "Going to Acapulco"
- Sufjan Stevens "Vito's Ordination Song"
- Rihanna vs. General Public "Tender Umbrella"
- The Band "Katie's Been Gone"
- Ice Cube "It Was A Good Day"
- Kate Bush "Cloudbusting"
25) What was your favorite record from 2008?
Actually released in 2008:
1) Beach House - Devotion
2)The Dodos - Visiter
3)Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
4)Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
5)Mount Eerie & Julie Doiron - Lost Wisdom
6)Animal Collective - Water Curses
7)Marnie Stern - This Is It..
8)Department of Eagles - In Ear Park
9) Blitzen Trapper - Furr
10) She & Him - Volume One
26) How many concerts did you see in 2008?:
Actually not that many. How did that happen? Oh god I saw that terrible Girl Talk/Bone Thugs in Harmony concert, probably the worst of my life. I honestly can't even remember who else I saw in 2008.
27) Did you have a favorite concert in 2008?
Not really.
28) Did you drink a lot of alcohol in 2008?
Uh.
29) Did you do a lot of drugs in 2008?
Vicodin for my wisdom teeth, trazadone for my insomnia, tremendous amounts of Claritin and that's about it.
30) How many people did you sleep with in 2008?
My mother reads this.
31) Did you lose anything important this year?
One of my black suede pumps from France weeps forever, my sanity for about half an hour, my appetite for a week, my lunch once or twice, everything I loved for a little while but it was all waiting for me when I got back.
33) What was the worst lie someone told you in 2008?
This I won't answer.
34) Did you treat somebody badly in 2008?
Yes.
35) Did somebody treat you badly in 2008?
Yes.
36) How much money did you spend in 2008?
Oh my god.
37) What was your proudest moment of 2008?
To be totally honest: my winter quarter GPA.
38) What was your most embarrassing moment of 2008?
Noooooo there were way too many.
39) If you could go back in time to any moment of 2008 and change something, what would it be?
Half of me wants to say not going on study abroad because it's costing so dearly, but I know it was worth it and that will sink in after this financial shakiness subsides.
40) What are your plans for 2009?
Start a raised bed garden. Buy a bicycle. Get My Goddamn Driver's License. My wishes are always the same: Be happy, be useful, be kind, be loved.