if you can't tell, I haven't checked LJ in a while
1. What did you do in 2007 that you'd never done before?
Live thousands of miles away from any family or friends.
2. Did you keep last year's New Year's resolutions, and did you make more for next year?
I don't even remember, and yes.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Yes, my cousin Melissa.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
Yes, Grampy Tony.
5. What countries did you visit?
None, unfortunately.
6. What would you like to have in 2008 that you lacked in 2007?
A bachelor's degree.
7. What date from 2007 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
Tuesday, October 23. Ryan and I's first launch together.
8. What was your biggest failure?
My double major.
9. Did you suffer illness or injury?
I was pretty sick at the beginning of the year, broke my little toe twice, and got my other little toe operated on.
10. What was the best thing you bought?
Medical care for Maré. And maybe my Admiral uniform.
11. Whose behavior merited celebration?
Chris puts up with a whole ton of shit from me, things both everyday and unusual. I'm going to miss him when we move out.
12. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
Christian's.
13. Where did most of your money go?
Rent, bills, and cats.
14. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
The season finale of BSG, coming home from Memphis, Ryan coming home from Arizona.
15. What song will always remind you of 2007?
I will compose a chronological playlist of my life in 2007:
Cheap Trick - I Want You To Want Me
Marc Cohn - Walking In Memphis
Freezepop - Stakeout
Sarah Brightman - I Lost My Heart To A Starship Trooper (the ORIGINAL)
16. Compared to this time last year, are you:
a) Fatter or thinner? Maybe a bit fatter?
b) Happier or sadder? Happier.
c) Richer or poorer? Richer, surprisingly. Grandpa lent me some money that I can pay him back when the inheritance gets through.
17. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Hanging out with the BG crowd.
18. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Being miserable.
19. How did you be spend Christmas?
With my family at Grandma and Grandpa's.
20. How many one-night stands?
1
21. Did you fall in love in 2007?
Yes.
22. Did your heart break in 2007?
It did something unpleasant, anyways.
23. What was your favorite TV program?
BSG, dur.
24. Where were you when 2007 began?
On my couch at Mom's house. Or standing next to it anyway.
25. Who were you with?
Ken, Gordon, Sean, Rick, and I know there were others but I'm terrible at remembering this :(
26. Where where you when 2007 ended?
Ryan's Ken's house.
27. Who were you with when 2007 ended?
Ryan, Doug, Ryan's Ken, G-off, Dave, Alex, and some douchebag they called Ojo. And Ryan's Ken's kitty.
28. What was the best book you read?
Probably the Rama series by Arthur C. Clark.
29. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Freezepop, or maybe Basshunter.
30. What did you want and get?
Someone who loved me.
31. What did you want and not get?
An internship of sorts in Canada.
32. What was your favorite film of this year?
300 was this year, right? I'm probably forgetting something awesome. The Man from Earth is great.
34. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
Worked on my IQP and went to TGIFriday's. Split a mudslide and piña colada with Monica. I was 21.
35. How many different states did you travel to in 2007?
Jesus, a fuckton. New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Tennessee, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, and Kentucky. That would be 12.
36. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2007?
At home: Camo pants, t-shirt, and sweatshirt. The usual.
At Memphis: Mom and I actually went clothes shopping and came up with a small but serviceable wardrobe for Memphis. It involved a lot of ironing.
37. What kept you sane?
The internet, manlove, and my cats. And certain others, I SUPPOSE =P
38. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Katee Sackhoff >_>
39. What political issue stirred you the most?
The War in Iraq and certain presidential candidates with back-assward logic on why NASA's budget should be cut.
40. How many concerts did you see in 2007?
One or two.
41. Did you have a favorite concert in 2007?
Boston Pops Christmas Concert, which I JUST remembered I went to.
42. Who was the best new person you met?
Didn't meet too many people, so I guess it'd have to be Doug. DOUGLAS?!? IS IT TEATIME DOUGLAS?!?
43. Did you do anything you are ashamed of this year?
Probably, but I don't remember it.
44. What was your most embarrassing moment of 2007?
I've probably blocked it from my memory.
45. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2007:
There IS such a thing as two people being romantically incompatible, and sticking around trying to make it work just ends in more misery.
46. What are your plans for 2008?
Go to grad school. Oh, and graduate from WPI.
47. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
I want you to want me
I need you to need me
I'd love you to love me
I'm beggin you to beg me
Put on my blue suede shoes
And I boarded the plane
Touched down in the land of the Delta Blues
In the middle of the pouring rain (lies - there was a drought most of the time I was down there)
Then I'm walking in Memphis
Walking with my feet ten feet off of Beale
Walking in Memphis
But do I really feel the way I feel
boys will come and boys will go
tell me something I don't know
I've seen you here before
I want to see you more and...
more you get inside my head
I want you in my bed
from far away I check you out
can't let you see me
I'm on a stakeout
I'm on a stakeout
I'm on a stakeout
I'm on a stakeout
I've got a plan in mind for you
I'm waiting till the time is right
I know that you‚ll like what I do
no need to put up a fight
watching you from far away
you look so sweet and clueless
soon I'll move in on my prey
it's time for me to do this
Hey, Captain Strange, won't you be my lover
You're the best thing that I've ever discovered
Flash Gordon's left me, he's gone to the stars
An evil Darth Vader has me banished to Mars
Tell me, Captain Strange, do you feel my devotion
Or are you like a droid, devoid of emotion
Encounters one and two are not enough for me
What my body needs is close encounter three
I lost my heart to a starship trooper
Flashing lights in hyper space
Fighting for the Federation
Hand in hand we'll conquer space