Long time, no see
Year-end meme for 2008:
Your Top 5 Favorite Movies of 2008 :
(not in any particular order)
1. Vicky Cristina Barcelona
2. Frost/Nixon
3. Moulin Rouge (I saw it for the first time this year)
4. Iron Man
5. Charlie Wilson's War
Your Top 5 Favorite Music Discoveries of 2008 :
(not in any particular order)
1. Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers
2. Sugarland
3. Angie Aparo is still great in concert
4. Matt Nathanson
5. Squeezebox
1. What did you do in 2008 that you'd never done before? Ran a 10k, an actual honest-to-goodness race, and finished the whole thing. Finished the whole bottle of tequila. Willfully made stupid decisions. Fell in love.
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year? I don't make new year's resolutions. It just results in more people getting in my way at the gym.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth? Lots of people. My mom likes to remind me each time it happens.
4. Did anyone close to you die? Not super close, but on the periphery.
5. What countries did you visit? Just this one, this year.
6. What would you like to have in 2009 that you lacked in 2008? A life moving forward, instead of stuck in neutral.
7. What date from 2008 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? June 29. Met Melissa.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? The 10k. Getting a big raise and a promotion at work.
9. What was your biggest failure? Making decisions I know are stupid and doing them anyway.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury? Nothing major.
11. What was the best thing you bought? My television. My apartment (renting, but still). My stereo system. All the new clothes I've bought because of how much less I weigh.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration? Lots of people I'm sure.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed? My own from time to time.
14. Where did most of your money go? Clothing and my apartment.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about? Melissa. Sending my first Cubs email. Moving to Brooklyn. Losing weight.
16. What songs will always remind you of 2008? "Like a Luminous Girl" by Mike Doughty and "Hearts in Pain" by Stephen Kellogg.
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? Eh.
ii. thinner or fatter? Much thinner.
iii. richer or poorer? Richer.
18. What do you wish you'd done more of? Sleeping. Resting. Having time to myself. Doing less. Being more.
19. What do you wish you'd done less of? Destructive behavior.
20. How will you be spending Christmas? I spent it like I always like to, at my parents' house, going to the movies, being the Hannukah elf and eating mac n' cheese.
22. Did you fall in love in 2008? Yes.
23. How many one-night stands? None.
24. What was your favorite TV program? House, Fringe, My Boys, Eureka, How I Met Your Mother
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year? Nope.
26. What was the best book you read? The Gunseller by Hugh Laurie
27. What was your greatest musical discovery? Stephen Kellogg
28. What did you want and get? A new place to live that I inhabit all on my own.
29. What did you want and not get? More time.
30. Did you make any new friends this year? Yes.
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you? Old. 31. I went to Hooters, because it's the only time of year I can talk people into going there without giving me too much shit about it.
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? More time.
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2008? Banana Republic meets the Express meets shorts and a t-shirt.
34. What kept you sane? Running. Work. Friends.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? Isla Fisher
36. What political issue stirred you the most? Obama.
37. Who did you miss? My North Carolina friends.
38. Who was the best new person you met? Elvira.
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2008: Doing stupid things doesn't make me a stupid person. But it doesn't help.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
There's a few:
There’s nothing that I could say to make this go away
The battles you fight in the war of your life will always remain
- Stephen Kellogg, "Hearts in Pain"
I'm busting at the seams
To tell you everything
And it's scaring me
Cause nothing's sure
And nothing makes sense anymore
- Abandoned Pools, "Goodbye Song"
I've got a brand new attitude,
And I'm gonna wear it tonight
I'm gonna get in trouble
I wanna start a fight
- Pink, "So What"
To quote Libby: 'til next year, we'll have to muddle through somehow. =)
Your Top 5 Favorite Movies of 2008 :
(not in any particular order)
1. Vicky Cristina Barcelona
2. Frost/Nixon
3. Moulin Rouge (I saw it for the first time this year)
4. Iron Man
5. Charlie Wilson's War
Your Top 5 Favorite Music Discoveries of 2008 :
(not in any particular order)
1. Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers
2. Sugarland
3. Angie Aparo is still great in concert
4. Matt Nathanson
5. Squeezebox
1. What did you do in 2008 that you'd never done before? Ran a 10k, an actual honest-to-goodness race, and finished the whole thing. Finished the whole bottle of tequila. Willfully made stupid decisions. Fell in love.
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year? I don't make new year's resolutions. It just results in more people getting in my way at the gym.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth? Lots of people. My mom likes to remind me each time it happens.
4. Did anyone close to you die? Not super close, but on the periphery.
5. What countries did you visit? Just this one, this year.
6. What would you like to have in 2009 that you lacked in 2008? A life moving forward, instead of stuck in neutral.
7. What date from 2008 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? June 29. Met Melissa.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? The 10k. Getting a big raise and a promotion at work.
9. What was your biggest failure? Making decisions I know are stupid and doing them anyway.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury? Nothing major.
11. What was the best thing you bought? My television. My apartment (renting, but still). My stereo system. All the new clothes I've bought because of how much less I weigh.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration? Lots of people I'm sure.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed? My own from time to time.
14. Where did most of your money go? Clothing and my apartment.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about? Melissa. Sending my first Cubs email. Moving to Brooklyn. Losing weight.
16. What songs will always remind you of 2008? "Like a Luminous Girl" by Mike Doughty and "Hearts in Pain" by Stephen Kellogg.
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? Eh.
ii. thinner or fatter? Much thinner.
iii. richer or poorer? Richer.
18. What do you wish you'd done more of? Sleeping. Resting. Having time to myself. Doing less. Being more.
19. What do you wish you'd done less of? Destructive behavior.
20. How will you be spending Christmas? I spent it like I always like to, at my parents' house, going to the movies, being the Hannukah elf and eating mac n' cheese.
22. Did you fall in love in 2008? Yes.
23. How many one-night stands? None.
24. What was your favorite TV program? House, Fringe, My Boys, Eureka, How I Met Your Mother
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year? Nope.
26. What was the best book you read? The Gunseller by Hugh Laurie
27. What was your greatest musical discovery? Stephen Kellogg
28. What did you want and get? A new place to live that I inhabit all on my own.
29. What did you want and not get? More time.
30. Did you make any new friends this year? Yes.
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you? Old. 31. I went to Hooters, because it's the only time of year I can talk people into going there without giving me too much shit about it.
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? More time.
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2008? Banana Republic meets the Express meets shorts and a t-shirt.
34. What kept you sane? Running. Work. Friends.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? Isla Fisher
36. What political issue stirred you the most? Obama.
37. Who did you miss? My North Carolina friends.
38. Who was the best new person you met? Elvira.
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2008: Doing stupid things doesn't make me a stupid person. But it doesn't help.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
There's a few:
There’s nothing that I could say to make this go away
The battles you fight in the war of your life will always remain
- Stephen Kellogg, "Hearts in Pain"
I'm busting at the seams
To tell you everything
And it's scaring me
Cause nothing's sure
And nothing makes sense anymore
- Abandoned Pools, "Goodbye Song"
I've got a brand new attitude,
And I'm gonna wear it tonight
I'm gonna get in trouble
I wanna start a fight
- Pink, "So What"
To quote Libby: 'til next year, we'll have to muddle through somehow. =)