Stolen from Everyone
1. What did you do in 2008 that you'd never done before?
Quit my job, thus leaving me with none.
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions and will you make more for next year?
I'm sure I did, but didn't keep them, and I like Dawnstar's answer about continually striving to be a better person, whatever that means for the individual
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Merina and Cmuckle had Colin and BluemoonCK had Natalie!
4. Did anyone close to you die?
A few someones: a friend of Michele, a chorus friend, the husband of a work friend, my sister's aunt...
5. What countries did you visit?
Canada and the Bahamas
6. What would you like to have in 2009 that you lacked in 2008?
An acceptance letter to UB and a wedding!
7. What date from 2008 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
June 9, when I proposed to Michele; July 4th for Mike and Diana's wedding; August 29th for one year with Michele; December 13th for the concert and Liam's bday
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Writing a 21 page final paper for a class I hated
9. What was your biggest failure?
???
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Kidney stones
11. What was the best thing you bought?
Michele's engagement ring - and I have a new pair of running shoes, a green purse and red floral wallet that I love!
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
???
13. Whose behavior made you appalled?
Most Republicans in gov't
14. Where did most of your money go?
Rent/bills/groceries & gadgets
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
seeing the Indigo Girls in concert, seeing my family in December
16. What song will always remind you of 2008?
The Sarah Palin rap from SNL
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? MUCH happier also!
ii. thinner or fatter? fatter, but happy to be working out at the Y
iii. richer or poorer? like Dawnstar, personally poorer, but richer as a family - though we want to save more money and thus be poorer...
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
taking chances, reading, coloring in coloring books with crayons
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Losing my patience with Little Man
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
We spent it with my family in Florida
21. Did you fall in love in 2008?
every day
22. What was your favorite TV program?
Grey's Anatomy until they kicked Brooke Smith off
23. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
No
24. What was the best book you read?
White Teeth by Zadie Smith
25. What was your greatest musical discovery of 2008?
RWCC :) <- aww! you're sweet, dawn! as for me, Adele - 19 and damn that girl can sing!
26. What did you want and get?
the courage to follow my dreams
27. What did you want and not get?
world peace, a pony, and the ability to drive on freeways unafraid
28. What was your favorite film of this year?
oddly enough, "les bas fonds"
29. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
26 - had a Mexican themed fiesta at the house
30. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Sucking it up and driving on the freeway - stealing the stapler from work when I left
31. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2008?
I'm always in a battle between my masculine and feminine side, but since meeting Michele I've dressed more feminine, but still, I'd say my fashion concept was "college kid trapped in adult body"
32. What kept you sane?
medication, Michele, friends and family
33. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
It's a tie between Emily Saliers and Brooke Smith
34. What political issue stirred you the most?
Gay Marriage
35. Who did you miss?
My dad
36. Who was the best new person you met?
Dawn, Maureen, Jeanette, Jenn, Angela, Jason (I think that was his name)
37. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2008:
You make your own destiny
38. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
"it keeps gettin' better" - Christina Aguilera