2008 Gone
1. What did you do in 2008 that you'd never done before?
Got my own apartment, kept a cat alive on my own, got a full time job, graduated college, made my way onto the Dean's list, tutored, traveled with friends, spent the night in a German beer hall, had a one night stand, bought a Christmas tree, got my own health insurance.
2. Did you keep your new year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I can't even remember if I made a resolution last year. No resolutions for the new year.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Michele had her baby, Lucia.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
Thankfully, no.
5. What countries did you visit?
England, Germany, Austria, Holland, Italy, Switzerland, France, and Canada.
6. What would you like to have in 2008 that you lacked in 2007?
A relationship.
7. What date from 2008 will remain etched upon your memory?
May 10th, the day I graduated.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Making my first steps into independence. No matter what happens to me in my life, I will now always know that I can make it on my own.
9. What was your biggest failure?
Not speaking up and being forthright when I should have.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Just the norm, thankfully.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
My apartment.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
My mother's. She's had a rough year and she's lost her job, but she has still helped me out financially and emotionally when I needed her. I think America should also be congratulated, for subverting expectations and voting for Obama.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
Sometimes my own. Sometimes my president. Sometimes my world.
14. Where did most of your money go?
Rent, the Mac.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Getting a job, graduating, going back to Europe, the Mac.
16. What song will always remind you of 2008?
The Mama Mia soundtrack.
17. Compared to this time last year, are you
i. happier or sadder? Sadder, but more confident.
ii. thinner or fatter? Fatter, but still working on it.
iii. richer or poorer? Poorer, but more wealthy in the life experience department.
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Talking, smiling, loving (same as last year).
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Kept myself holed up in my room/apartment.
20. How did you spend Christmas?
Went to Staten Island for Christmas Eve, as usual, where we celebrated Megan's engagement. Then Christmas we opened presents, napped, ate Turducken, and I drove back up to Albany because I had to work the next day.
22. Did you fall in love in 2008?
Sadly, no.
23. What was your favorite TV program?
NCIS.
24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
No. I'm trying to let go on hate.
25. What was the best book you read?
The Time Traveler's Wife
26. What was your greatest musical discovery?
The Ditty Bops
27. What did you want and get?
Independence, a sense of self, a diploma.
28. What did you want and not get?
I'm pretty happy with how everyone went this year.
29. What was your favorite film of this year?
Mamma Mia
30. What did you do on your birthday?
Worked during the day, then, like last year, the parents came up and we went to Bombers with some of my friends, and then headed over to WT's.
31. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
More kissing.
32. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2008?
Jeans, boots, t-shirts, work pants, and lab coats.
33. What kept you sane?
Candice, mom, Ziggy.
34. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Still Maggie.
35. What political issue stirred you the most?
The election.
36. Who did you miss?
People I shouldn't have missed.
37. Who was the best new person you met?
Lauren.
38. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2008.
I am both very capable and very smart.
39. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
"I feel like walking the world
Like walking the world
You can hear she's a beautiful girl
She's a beautiful girl"
~KT Tunstall
40. What are your plans for 2009?
Think about taking the LSAT, finish my Americorp application, date more, get out more, be a better person .