2008
1. What did you do in 2008 that you’d never done before?
Have surgery, visit another country, got a masters degree, got my first big-girl job, fainted like a lady
2. Did you keep your new years’ resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I don’t really do ny resolutions
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
God, no. ew
4. Did anyone close to you die?
no
5. What countries did you visit?
america! france, the netherlands, italy
6. What would you like to have in 2009 that you lacked in 2008?
a flat panel tv? I dunno, I have most everything I want
7. What date from 2008 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
Nov 1 I fell in the woods and broke my ankle and this all led to my knee surgery.
Dec 12 I went to the Galaxy Hut & Whitlows and found out that downtown Arlington is a scary place on Friday nights.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Moving alone to a new city and starting a new job
9. What was your biggest failure?
Harper
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Broken ankle, knee dislocation (you know, the usual)
11. What was the best thing you bought?
Blue summer dress from Anthropologie
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
Barack Obama’s
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
John McCain’s
14. Where did most of your money go?
RENT in Northern Virginia. Ick
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Europe vaca with Jennifer and Anne; Jenn coming to visit on Halloween (didn’t happen though :/), Minneapolis trip, tomorrow (12/28)
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
- i. happier or sadder? About the same.
- ii. thinner or fatter? About the same, a bit puffier maybe
- iii. richer or poorer? Richer, I guess.
18. What do you wish you’d done more of?
Exercise! Jazzercise! Also, crafting
19. What do you wish you’d done less of?
Killing time on the internets
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
In my apartamento with Walter Spies
22. Did you fall in love in 2008?
With my best friend, Allison. We are engaged to be married!
23. How many one-night stands?
Just the one with Basil Beers
24. What was your favorite TV program?
A tie between MAD MEN and FARSCAPE
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
No
26. What was the best book you read?
Time Traveler’s Wife
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
There were many! Okkervil River, Band of Horses, Bonnie Prince Billy, BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE, Tegan and Sara, John Legend, I could go on…
28. What did you want and get?
A robot t-shirt
29. What did you want and not get?
Camera lenses
30. What was your favorite film of this year?
?! Dark Knight, I guess?
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
27, some awesome people threw me an awesome party that included my favorite Indian dish and carrot cake cream cheese cupcakes
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
A TARDIS for visiting friendos
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2008?
Stuff that I can wear to work but also wear other places
34. What kept you sane?
All the meth
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
David Tennant, Noel Fielding, Christina Hendricks, Ben Browder and Claudia Black
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
The election
37. Who did you miss?
My friendos (Allyson, Jenn, Jennifer, Anne, Stef, Lara, Blake)
38. Who was the best new person you met?
This is a tie among three people who make me very happy in different ways 
I call them Shane, Lucy, and James
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2008:
If something isn’t making you happy, quit it
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year: i’ve been on the ride before / it never stops at all
I love Harper anyway.