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oh yes ... this is what we're doing on the last day of 2008
THE YEAR IN REVIEW
JANUARY
1. Who kissed you at midnight?
laura's brazilian friend. laura. all her friends from munich. i think at that point we kissed some strangers too.
2. Did you have a new year's resolution this year?
yeah i wanted to stop drunk dialing, which i CLEARLY haven't done, and also be neater and go to the gym. ha.
3. Does it snow where you live?
in vermont, yes. in berlin it didn't for the most part. in new jersey, almost never.
4. Do you like hot chocolate?
mmm yes
5. Have you ever been to Times Square to watch the ball drop?
no never
FEBRUARY
1. Who was your Valentine?
uhhh no one. luckily germans aren't into that stuff.
2. When you were little, did you buy valentines for your whole class?
yes everyone did!.
3. Do you care if the groundhog sees its shadow or not?
yes. no more winter plz.
MARCH
1. Are you Irish?
no
2. Do you wear green on St. Patty's Day?
not since elementary school
3. What did you do for St. Patty's Day in 2008?
tim ended up talking me into going to this irish pub and i got pretty drunk and sold my doner to some british girl on the train for like 5 euros.
4. Are you happy when winter is pretty much over?
yessss i <3 mud season
APRIL
1. Do you like the rain?
sometimes yes
2. Did you play an April fool's joke on anyone last year?
no i hate april fools jokes.
3. Do you get tons of candy on Easter?
i used to. i hope that shit slows down because i always feel guilty.
4. Do you celebrate 4/20?
i think tim and i celebrated this one.
MAY
1. What's your favorite kind of flower?
lily of the valley or orchids
2. Do you like the spring?
mmmmmm yes.
3. Finish the phrase "April showers":
make me happy!
4. What is the first color you think of when you think of Spring?
pale pink
JUNE
1. What year will you graduate from university?
2009! this year!
2. Did you realize nothing special happens in June?
june is before being home is super shitty and boring and the summer still has promise/goals.
JULY
1. What did you do on the Fourth of July?
i tried to have a bbq but it got rained out, so we had a 5th of july bbq in gorlitzer park with all the americans and a few germans.
2. Did you go on any vacations during this month?
i went to istanbul in july! it was amazing
3. Do you blast the A/C all day?
no AC in berlin yo.
AUGUST
1. Did you do anything special at the end of your summer?
uhhh came home from berlin and was depressed.
2. What was your favorite summer memory of '08?
oh geez i don't know if i can pick just one. istanbul was up there pretty high. getting back to the USA and seeing my momma bear. the first time i went to the wannsee beach. berghain and my 2 going away parties. theres too many.
3. Did you have a sunburn?
nope.
4. Do you go to the beach a lot?
not really. i wish i had gone to the wannsee more but it was so crowded usually
SEPTEMBER
1. Did you attend college in '08?
yes in fact i did, september was back to VT
2. Who is your favorite professor?
carmola, all my russian professors, this year i like natalie and florence in the german dept. i also liked jason mittell for the 2 weeks i took his class.
3. Do you like fall better than summer?
yes i LOVE fall
OCTOBER
1. What was your favorite Halloween costume?
i thought i was a good sarah palin. the best costumes ... i dunno, moriah, alex, ilsa, ramona, and the kids who were boobs were all my favorites.
2. What's your favorite candy?
butterfingers, reeses cups, snickers
3.What did you dress up as last year?
sarah palin.
NOVEMBER
1. Whose house do you go to for Thanksgiving?
my house! actually i worked and we ate turducken at the restaurant which was amazinggg
2. Do you love stuffing?
i love food.
DECEMBER
1. Do you celebrate Christmas?
yes
2. If not, what do you celebrate?
boxing day!
3. Have you ever been kissed under mistletoe?
in bygone years
4. Get anything special last year?
money. also my chanel perfume was perfect.
5. What do you want this year?
in 2009 i'd like a new laptop and a puppy, plz.
6. Do you like cold weather?
only at the beginning. by march i am over snow.
NOW FOR PART II:
1. What did you do in 2008 that you'd never done before? traveled to new countries, moved back home after a really long time, dated a german boy, lost best friends, lived in a house with friends
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year? from last year, sorta not really. i did go to the gym while i was there, but not enough and i totally still drunk dial. my resolutions for this year: 1. floss every day, 2. quit smoking after graduation, 3. go to the gym for the rest of this year while it's still free!
3. Did anyone close to you give birth? nope
4. Did anyone close to you die? i can think of one person in particular.
5. What countries did you visit? germany, france, czech republic, turkey ... thats it!
6. What would you like to have in 2009 that you lacked in 2008? money in my bank account, more time on a beach, a nice boyfriend (hahaha).
7. What date from 2008 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? hmmm ... the day i got my first F, but moreso august 23rd - the day i moved back to the states.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? being happy with myself and my circumstances, tying up all my loose ends and successfully leaving berlin (you'd be surprised at how stressful that was), coping really well in my opinion, making responsible decisions.
9. What was your biggest failure? not saving/not spending wisely, not working harder in my russian course, being lazy on every vacation and sleeping all the time.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury? uhhh nothing major.
11. What was the best thing you bought? plane tickets. avocados. any gifts i bought for anyone.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration? my mom, my remaining friends in nj, my good friends in vt
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed? my ex boyfriend, a few former friends, my father.
14. Where did most of your money go? as usual - alcohol, food, travel, clubs, clothes, museums in that order.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about? BARACK OBAMA!!! also, anywhere i traveled to - prague, paris, istanbul, going home made me very excited too, seeing everyone in VT and moving back to middlebury, xmas break, now i'm excited to go back for yay term and celebrate my birthday!
16. What song will always remind you of 2008? time to pretend by mgmt, oh no by andrew bird, single ladies by beyonce, every song from germany :) esp. nach dem goldrausch and that stefanie heinzmann song. also paper planes by m.i.a.
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? sadder
ii. thinner or fatter? thinner
iii. richer or poorer? richer
18. What do you wish you'd done more of? pleasure reading, homework
19. What do you wish you'd done less of? smoking cigarettes, complaining, arguing
20. How did you spend Christmas? with my mom and also separately with my dad's family in NJ. it was pretty crappy.
22. Did you fall in love in 2008? just once but it didn't really work out.
23. How many one-night stands? um.
24. What was your favorite TV program? r u hot, charm school, basically anything in english on german tv ... here: 30 rock, it's always sunny in philadelphia, gossip girl, the office.
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year? yep! lots!
26. What was the best book you read? the brothers karamazov, house of leaves, the satanic verses
27. What was your greatest musical discovery? mgmt, etta james, old yo la tengo (fakebook era).
28. What did you want and get? i cant think of anything i've really wanted and didn't get.
30. What was your favorite film of this year? no country for old men.
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you? i turned 21. slept late, bought a lot of groceries and made a giant dinner for all my friends with timmy. everybody came over to my apartment bearing gifts and booze, and we had a great dinner and talked and then we tried to go out but it was kind of too late, so we went to tylers house and i ended up riding the train home by myself at like 4 am. it was still good though, inexplicably.
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? falling in love with someone who was in love with me, not losing my best friend.
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2008? the same as 2007 ... things that are flattering and appeal to me when i see them, the end.
34. What kept you sane? me myself and i. also talking to good friends.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? adrien brody, john krasinski, and uh glenn howerton aka dennis from it's always sunny.
36. What political issue stirred you the most? THE ELECTION OMG OMG OMG
37. Who did you miss? oh i miss all sorts of people.
38. Who were the best new people you met? all the new people at middlebury, esp my sophomore loves.
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2008: don't ever pay for a gym membership because you most likely will never use it
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
i want a sunday kind of love
a love to last past saturday night
and i'd like to know it's more than love at first sight
and i want a sunday kind of love
-etta james
i haven't posted in here in months. what has happened since i got back from berlin? well my best friends stopped talking to me, i went back to college after four intensely boring weeks in new jersey, and i'm more than ready to graduate in 2009 and no longer be a college student, no longer live at home in my mom's house on breaks, and do something worthwhile whether it be a job or moving my ass straight back to berlin for a few years (which seems more and more enticing ...)
i have faith that 2009 is going to be an amazing year, my year, and that i will enjoy it to the absolute fullest. tonight i am having a low-key, low-expectations kind of new years eve, i'm going back to school on the fourth which is amazing, and then its yay-term-time! trying to get into this class (keeping my fingers crossed there ...), teaching a knitting workshop, celebrating my 22nd birthday with a giant party. then a relaxing feb break in vermont, possibly going to montreal .... and then spring semester, thesis writing, lots and lots and lots of work, and graduating and peace out middlebury!
in 2009 i am hearing about my fulbright app, figuring out my future, graduating from college, breaking ties and leaving things behind me and i couldn't be more excited.
THE YEAR IN REVIEW
JANUARY
1. Who kissed you at midnight?
laura's brazilian friend. laura. all her friends from munich. i think at that point we kissed some strangers too.
2. Did you have a new year's resolution this year?
yeah i wanted to stop drunk dialing, which i CLEARLY haven't done, and also be neater and go to the gym. ha.
3. Does it snow where you live?
in vermont, yes. in berlin it didn't for the most part. in new jersey, almost never.
4. Do you like hot chocolate?
mmm yes
5. Have you ever been to Times Square to watch the ball drop?
no never
FEBRUARY
1. Who was your Valentine?
uhhh no one. luckily germans aren't into that stuff.
2. When you were little, did you buy valentines for your whole class?
yes everyone did!.
3. Do you care if the groundhog sees its shadow or not?
yes. no more winter plz.
MARCH
1. Are you Irish?
no
2. Do you wear green on St. Patty's Day?
not since elementary school
3. What did you do for St. Patty's Day in 2008?
tim ended up talking me into going to this irish pub and i got pretty drunk and sold my doner to some british girl on the train for like 5 euros.
4. Are you happy when winter is pretty much over?
yessss i <3 mud season
APRIL
1. Do you like the rain?
sometimes yes
2. Did you play an April fool's joke on anyone last year?
no i hate april fools jokes.
3. Do you get tons of candy on Easter?
i used to. i hope that shit slows down because i always feel guilty.
4. Do you celebrate 4/20?
i think tim and i celebrated this one.
MAY
1. What's your favorite kind of flower?
lily of the valley or orchids
2. Do you like the spring?
mmmmmm yes.
3. Finish the phrase "April showers":
make me happy!
4. What is the first color you think of when you think of Spring?
pale pink
JUNE
1. What year will you graduate from university?
2009! this year!
2. Did you realize nothing special happens in June?
june is before being home is super shitty and boring and the summer still has promise/goals.
JULY
1. What did you do on the Fourth of July?
i tried to have a bbq but it got rained out, so we had a 5th of july bbq in gorlitzer park with all the americans and a few germans.
2. Did you go on any vacations during this month?
i went to istanbul in july! it was amazing
3. Do you blast the A/C all day?
no AC in berlin yo.
AUGUST
1. Did you do anything special at the end of your summer?
uhhh came home from berlin and was depressed.
2. What was your favorite summer memory of '08?
oh geez i don't know if i can pick just one. istanbul was up there pretty high. getting back to the USA and seeing my momma bear. the first time i went to the wannsee beach. berghain and my 2 going away parties. theres too many.
3. Did you have a sunburn?
nope.
4. Do you go to the beach a lot?
not really. i wish i had gone to the wannsee more but it was so crowded usually
SEPTEMBER
1. Did you attend college in '08?
yes in fact i did, september was back to VT
2. Who is your favorite professor?
carmola, all my russian professors, this year i like natalie and florence in the german dept. i also liked jason mittell for the 2 weeks i took his class.
3. Do you like fall better than summer?
yes i LOVE fall
OCTOBER
1. What was your favorite Halloween costume?
i thought i was a good sarah palin. the best costumes ... i dunno, moriah, alex, ilsa, ramona, and the kids who were boobs were all my favorites.
2. What's your favorite candy?
butterfingers, reeses cups, snickers
3.What did you dress up as last year?
sarah palin.
NOVEMBER
1. Whose house do you go to for Thanksgiving?
my house! actually i worked and we ate turducken at the restaurant which was amazinggg
2. Do you love stuffing?
i love food.
DECEMBER
1. Do you celebrate Christmas?
yes
2. If not, what do you celebrate?
boxing day!
3. Have you ever been kissed under mistletoe?
in bygone years
4. Get anything special last year?
money. also my chanel perfume was perfect.
5. What do you want this year?
in 2009 i'd like a new laptop and a puppy, plz.
6. Do you like cold weather?
only at the beginning. by march i am over snow.
NOW FOR PART II:
1. What did you do in 2008 that you'd never done before? traveled to new countries, moved back home after a really long time, dated a german boy, lost best friends, lived in a house with friends
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year? from last year, sorta not really. i did go to the gym while i was there, but not enough and i totally still drunk dial. my resolutions for this year: 1. floss every day, 2. quit smoking after graduation, 3. go to the gym for the rest of this year while it's still free!
3. Did anyone close to you give birth? nope
4. Did anyone close to you die? i can think of one person in particular.
5. What countries did you visit? germany, france, czech republic, turkey ... thats it!
6. What would you like to have in 2009 that you lacked in 2008? money in my bank account, more time on a beach, a nice boyfriend (hahaha).
7. What date from 2008 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? hmmm ... the day i got my first F, but moreso august 23rd - the day i moved back to the states.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? being happy with myself and my circumstances, tying up all my loose ends and successfully leaving berlin (you'd be surprised at how stressful that was), coping really well in my opinion, making responsible decisions.
9. What was your biggest failure? not saving/not spending wisely, not working harder in my russian course, being lazy on every vacation and sleeping all the time.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury? uhhh nothing major.
11. What was the best thing you bought? plane tickets. avocados. any gifts i bought for anyone.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration? my mom, my remaining friends in nj, my good friends in vt
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed? my ex boyfriend, a few former friends, my father.
14. Where did most of your money go? as usual - alcohol, food, travel, clubs, clothes, museums in that order.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about? BARACK OBAMA!!! also, anywhere i traveled to - prague, paris, istanbul, going home made me very excited too, seeing everyone in VT and moving back to middlebury, xmas break, now i'm excited to go back for yay term and celebrate my birthday!
16. What song will always remind you of 2008? time to pretend by mgmt, oh no by andrew bird, single ladies by beyonce, every song from germany :) esp. nach dem goldrausch and that stefanie heinzmann song. also paper planes by m.i.a.
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? sadder
ii. thinner or fatter? thinner
iii. richer or poorer? richer
18. What do you wish you'd done more of? pleasure reading, homework
19. What do you wish you'd done less of? smoking cigarettes, complaining, arguing
20. How did you spend Christmas? with my mom and also separately with my dad's family in NJ. it was pretty crappy.
22. Did you fall in love in 2008? just once but it didn't really work out.
23. How many one-night stands? um.
24. What was your favorite TV program? r u hot, charm school, basically anything in english on german tv ... here: 30 rock, it's always sunny in philadelphia, gossip girl, the office.
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year? yep! lots!
26. What was the best book you read? the brothers karamazov, house of leaves, the satanic verses
27. What was your greatest musical discovery? mgmt, etta james, old yo la tengo (fakebook era).
28. What did you want and get? i cant think of anything i've really wanted and didn't get.
30. What was your favorite film of this year? no country for old men.
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you? i turned 21. slept late, bought a lot of groceries and made a giant dinner for all my friends with timmy. everybody came over to my apartment bearing gifts and booze, and we had a great dinner and talked and then we tried to go out but it was kind of too late, so we went to tylers house and i ended up riding the train home by myself at like 4 am. it was still good though, inexplicably.
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? falling in love with someone who was in love with me, not losing my best friend.
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2008? the same as 2007 ... things that are flattering and appeal to me when i see them, the end.
34. What kept you sane? me myself and i. also talking to good friends.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? adrien brody, john krasinski, and uh glenn howerton aka dennis from it's always sunny.
36. What political issue stirred you the most? THE ELECTION OMG OMG OMG
37. Who did you miss? oh i miss all sorts of people.
38. Who were the best new people you met? all the new people at middlebury, esp my sophomore loves.
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2008: don't ever pay for a gym membership because you most likely will never use it
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
i want a sunday kind of love
a love to last past saturday night
and i'd like to know it's more than love at first sight
and i want a sunday kind of love
-etta james
i haven't posted in here in months. what has happened since i got back from berlin? well my best friends stopped talking to me, i went back to college after four intensely boring weeks in new jersey, and i'm more than ready to graduate in 2009 and no longer be a college student, no longer live at home in my mom's house on breaks, and do something worthwhile whether it be a job or moving my ass straight back to berlin for a few years (which seems more and more enticing ...)
i have faith that 2009 is going to be an amazing year, my year, and that i will enjoy it to the absolute fullest. tonight i am having a low-key, low-expectations kind of new years eve, i'm going back to school on the fourth which is amazing, and then its yay-term-time! trying to get into this class (keeping my fingers crossed there ...), teaching a knitting workshop, celebrating my 22nd birthday with a giant party. then a relaxing feb break in vermont, possibly going to montreal .... and then spring semester, thesis writing, lots and lots and lots of work, and graduating and peace out middlebury!
in 2009 i am hearing about my fulbright app, figuring out my future, graduating from college, breaking ties and leaving things behind me and i couldn't be more excited.