2008 in a nutshell

1. What did you do in 2008 that you’d never done before?
- built a pumping unit
2. Did you keep your new year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
- I don't make NY resolutions
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
- no
4. Did anyone close to you die?
- yes
5. What countries did you visit?
- n/a
6. What would you like to have in 2009 that you lacked in 2008?
- money
7. What dates from 2008 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
- May 10th, I graduated!
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
- graduation, new job
9. What was your biggest failure?
- my gpa, my debt/income ratio
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
- hay fever in May was awful
11. What was the best thing you bought?
- graduation fees
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
- mine???
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
- long story that we shall not discuss
14. Where did most of your money go?
- gas, bills
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
- graduation, traveling to see friends & shows
16. What song will always remind you of 2008?
- always the love songs
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
a) happier or sadder?
b) thinner or fatter?
c) richer or poorer?
- happier, fatter, about the same
18. What do you wish you’d done more of?
- paid bills
19. What do you wish you’d done less of?
- spent money
20. How did you spend Christmas?
- in hstn w/the fam
21. Did you fall in love in 2008?
- no
22. What was your favorite TV program?
- grey's
23. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
- i hate how he treated me, he's not good enough to be hated
24. What was the best book you read?
- good in bed
25. What was your greatest musical discovery?
- casey donahew
26. What did you want and get?
- a new computer, a college degree, a new job
27. What did you want and not get?
- a bottomless bank account, a new car
28. What was your favorite film of this year?
- sex and the city
29. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
- see christmas, 24
30. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
- graduating, new job, lots of travel
31. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2008?
- same as always
32. What kept you sane?
- music, routine, friends
33. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
- everyone knows the answer to this....
34. What political issue stirred you the most?
- the election
35. Who did you miss?
- angie
36. Who was the best new person you met?
- stephen at work
37. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2008.
- just keep believing
38. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
- "Take away the mundane, Calling on a new campaign, Starting over now has got a real good ring, And under this circumstance, It's giving me a second chance, Gonna trade a little peace for the suspense, I'll let it fall wherever it'll take me, I love a mystery in the making"