2008 in review
1. What did you do in 2008 that you'd never done before?
Snowboarding
Rode in a seaplane
Sandboarding
Boogie boarding (lots of stuff involving boards)
Some sexual stuff that I'm not going to mention
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
To lose weight and take better care of my back - I did okay on those, could have been better - my resolutions this year are the same - plus spend more time reading and playing games with my son.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
My sister in law had my beautiful neice Sophia last April
4. Did anyone close to you die?
Not this year...
5. What countries did you visit?
None - I did very little traveling
6. What would you like to have in 2008 that you lacked in 2007?
I'll just take more of the same, thanks
7. What date from 2008 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
3/17 - started my new job
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Swell new job
9. What was your biggest failure?
Not spending enough time with my son - getting frustrated with work and home stuff
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
I got sick when I had a week off between jobs last March - tends to happen to me when I try and have down time - I used to get sick at the end of each semester when I was in college.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
Absinthe
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
Mine - I am great. My son - he is turning into a bit of a teenager, but he's still an awesome kid. Shawn has also been super supportive of me, as always.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
Anyone who voted McCain.
California.
14. Where did most of your money go?
Gas! My new commute is a bear!
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
New relationships
16. What song will always remind you of 2008?
Zydrate Anatomy
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
A. Happier or sadder? pretty similar - a smidge happier (was already pretty freakin' happy)
B. Thinner or fatter? Slightly thinner - I'd lost a LOT of weight the year before
C. Richer or poorer? - Richer - I got a much better paying job
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Traveling
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
I think I used my time pretty well
20. How did you spend Christmas?
My Mom came for a visit - we made dinner and watched a movie
21. Did you fall in love in 2008?
Over and over with the same dude
22. How many one-night stands?
None....
23. What was your favorite TV program?
Dexter
24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
I don't (and didn't) hate anyone.
25. What was the best book you read?
Hmm...nothing really stands out
26. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Repo! The Genetic Opera
27. What did you want and get?
laid
A new job
28. What was your favorite film of this year?
Repo! A Genetic Opera - followed maybe by Iron Man
29. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I was 29 - I had a bowling party
30. What would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
It was pretty satisfying
31. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2008?
Jeans and simple shirts - I started buying much nicer well fitting jeans, thanks to weight loss and learning where to shop.
32. What kept you sane?
Shawn and beer
33. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Robert Downey Jr.
34. What political issue stirred you the most?
Prop 8 - the election in general
35. Who did you miss?
My friends who have moved away -
36. Who was the best new person you met?
I have met several cool new people
37. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2008?
The stuff that I tend to get worked up and stressed about never really seems all that big after the fact - so chill, lady.
38. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
You all have learned reliance
On the sacred teachings of science,
So I hope, through life, you never will decline
In spite of philistine
Definace
To do what all good scientists do.
Experiment.
Make it your motto day and night.
Experiment
And it will lead you to the light.
The apple on the top of the tree
Is never too high to achieve,
So take an example from Eve,
Experiment.
Be curious,
Though interfering friends may frown.
Get furious
At each attempt to hold you down.
If this advice you always employ
The future can offer you infinite joy
And merriment,
Experiment
And you'll see
(Experiment - Cole Porter)
I didn't see a lot of these this year....I wanna hear from you guys!