MANDATORY NEW YEAR'S QUESTIONAIRE THINGY (thanks, Shir...thanks a WHOLE FRICKIN LOT ;))
BIGGEST SPLURGES OF THE YEAR AWARD
video ipod baby!!!
MOVIES OF THE YEAR AWARD
Corpse Bride (I'm so morbid)
Rent
Bridget Jones's Diary (mostly because while Emma, Shir, and I were watching it, my father came home and launched into a rant about New Jersey from which my sides will never recover -- from laughter, that is)
SONG LIST OF THE YEAR AWARD
One Song Glory and basically every other Rent song
The Llama Song (you know you love it)
His Name is Lancelot
SONG OF THE YEAR AWARD (include a few lines)
Istanbul, not Constantinople -- They Might Be Giants
Istanbul was Constantinople
Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Now it's Turkish delight on a moonlit night
Every gal in Constantinople
Lives in Istanbul, not Constantinople
So if you've a date in Constantinople
She'll be waiting in Istanbul
Even old New York was once New Amsterdam
Why they changed it I can't say
People just liked it better that way
So take me back to Constantinople
No, you can't go back to Constantinople
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Why did Constantinople get the works
That's nobody's business but the Turks
BEST FUCKING PLACE IN THE WORLD OF THE YEAR AWARD
CTY Lancaster!!!!
DELIGHTFUL PERSON OF THE YEAR AWARD
Tie: Shir and Hallie
BIGGEST CHANGE OF THE YEAR AWARD
Becoming social, probably...
BEST TIME OF THE YEAR AWARD
Oh god, I have no idea...probably something that involves baking or the movies
MOST TALKED TO PERSON OF THE YEAR AWARD
Shir or Anna
FAVORITE TOY YOU GOT THIS YEAR AWARD
dude, IPOD VIDEO!!!
LOVERS AND FRIENDS THIS YEAR AWARD
WAY too many friends to list...I love you all!!!!!!!
MOST CHARACTERISTIC FOOD OR BEVERAGE THIS YEAR AWARD
seltzer. seriously, I'm addicted to that stuff
BEST BLOOPER THIS YEAR AWARD
In Israel, while I was sick, everybody else went to a biblical nature preserve. So this woman apparently told all the kids to go into a pen where they were going to herd all the sheep and goats. As soon as the kids walked in, however, ALL THE SHEEP AND GOATS RAN OUT!!!! The woman was SO shocked. Then she made the informed decision to tell a basically random group of kids (my sister among them), "Well, go find the sheep." So they all chased the sheep for about half a mile before giving up. As Hannah put it, "Those goats just didn't want to be herded!" (Meanwhile, the rest of the kids got to do art projects. Hannah was NOT bitter at ALL, if you get my drift...)
CONVERSATION OF THE YEAR AWARD
Well, there are entirely too many of these to pick one. However, I can give a pretty good sampling.
HANNAH (of course it involves Hannah!): I think (name of a guy) likes you!
ME: Hannah, he's in middle school.
HANNAH: Fine, I guess we're over then!
ME: (sputters)
FUNNIEST INSIDE JOKE OF THE YEAR AWARD
Technically this belongs to 2006, but: I AM NOT THE FREAKING OTTOMAN EMPIRE!!
PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR AWARD
I dunno, the winter concert?
"BIG LESSON" OF THE YEAR AWARD
If you don't always do your homework, it doesn't actually matter! (trust me, this is deep...)
FREQUENTLY CALLED NUMBER OF THE YEAR AWARD
umm...Shir's, Emma's, or Anna's
GIDDIEST MOMENT OF THE YEAR AWARD
Friday's snow day...
MOST CHEERFUL PLACE AND/OR PERSON OF THE YEAR AWARD
Hannah!!!
NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION
Don't worry, be happy!