2008 recap
1. What did you do in 2008 that you'd never done before?
* Avenue Q!
* organized a soccer club
* ran a half-marathon
* got a tattoo
2. Did you keep your new year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I don't typically make resolutions exactly... it seems like every year I pledge to do better for myself.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Yay Nan!! Sneaking that baby Lily in right at the end...
4. Did anyone close to you die?
Not super close.
5. What countries did you visit?
None, boo.
6. What would you like to have in 2009 that you lacked in 2008?
I am going to try a hell of a lot harder to tale care of myself and not complicate other peoples' lives. :)
7. What date from 2008 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
Opening "Ave Q" was pretty freaking amazing. And the half-marathon was a really, really big achievement. I felt so very accomplished.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Running so much and the soccer club. I've never been much for athletics, and doing all the sporty stuff was just awesome. I felt so in control!
9. What was your biggest failure?
Concentrating so hard on the parts of my life I deemed bad, rather than the good.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Just some knee pain from all of the running.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
maybe my tattoo?
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
All of my friends who have stood by me over this last year... it has probably been the hardest year I can think of, and I have an amazing group of people who love and support me.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
Mostly my own behavior.
14. Where did most of your money go?
Agree with Kim: stuff I don't need.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Ave Q, the Rollerworld 80's birthday, the half-marathon, new friends, the prospect of new beginnings and kismet...
16. What song will always remind you of 2008?
Doubting Thomas- Nickel Creek
Bleed It Out- Linkin Park
Fine Fine Line- Ave Q
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? -- I *think* happier, but both times I had big changes going on.
ii. thinner or fatter? -- thinner
iii. richer or poorer? -- the same
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
concentrating on the good stuff!!
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
wasting money and moping.
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
spent it with family
21. How will you be spending New Year's?
spent it with famil and friends! a nice, low-key new years!
22. Did you fall in love in 2008?
I think I learned a lot about love this year and it's varying degrees of power.
23. How many one-night stands?
None, thank YOU!
24. What was your favorite TV program?
"The Office" and "Heroes", started watching both in earnest this year.
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
I try not to hate... but I have had my share of disappointments in people I thought to be my friends.
26. What was the best book you read?
Well, I got into the "Twilight" series this year... I also liked "Love, Stargirl" .... I have trouble remembering what books I read this year! :)
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Ingrid Michaelson, The Weepies, Glen Hansard/Marketa Irglova/The Frames, Vienna Teng, Linkin Park, My Chemical Romance, Fall Out Boy... I got into a lot of new stuff this year.
28. What did you want and get?
a tattoo. in shape.
29. What did you want and not get?
I'm not really sure what I wanted anymore. So I probably got what I actually wanted.
30. What was your favorite film of this year?
OMG, I had sooooo many free movie passes this summer. Movies I saw this year and really loved: Juno (didn't see it until January, lol), Dark Knight, Iron Man, Wall-E, Role Models.
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
Turned 28 this year, and had a big 80's themed party at Rollerworld. Sooooo much fun.
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
I don't know. I thought it was an overall crappy year, but after filling this thing out, I'm starting to doubt that fact.
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2008?
Pretty much wearing whatever I feel like... just like every year. :)
34. What kept you sane?
The number one thing that springs to mind are Nancy and Angie. Don't get me wrong, I love all of my friends and they aaaaaaall helped keep me in check this year. But those two girls were always there to slap me across the face, and they were the ones whose common sense always seemed to actually reach me.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Obama, the cast of the Office. LOL
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
I was very excited about the election this year.
37. Who did you miss?
loads of people. it was a longing kind of year.
38. Who was the best new person you met?
Met so many new people thanks to soccer (Kat, Becca, Stacy, Rose, Coral, etc)!!! Got to know people better that I didn't know that well before (Jeff, Johnny, Nancy, Trevor, etc). And of course Robert.
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2008:
Don't waste time wishing to fix supposed mistakes you've made... everything happens for a reason, even if the pain is so great you can't see it. You will eventually.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
What will be left when I've drawn my last breath,
Besides the folks I've met and the folks who know me,
Will I discover a soul saving love,
Or just the dirt above and below me,
I'm a doubting thomas,
I took a promise,
But I do not feel safe,
Oh me of little faith,
Sometimes I pray for a slap in the face,
Then I beg to be spared 'cause I'm a coward,
If there's a master of death I'll bet he's holding his breath,
As I show the blind and tell the deaf about his power,
I'm a doubting thomas,
I can't keep my promises,
'Cause i don't know what's safe,
oh me of little faith
Can I be used to help others find truth,
When I'm scared I'll find proof that its a lie,
Can I be lead down a trail dropping bread crumbs,
That prove I'm not ready to die,
Please give me time to decipher the signs,
Please forgive me for time that I've wasted,
I'm a doubting thomas,
I'll take your promise,
Though I know nothin's safe,
Oh me of little faith
~"Doubting Thomas", Nickel Creek