2008 in review

[chez_jae]

1 - What did you do in 2008 that you'd never done before?
Participated in NaBloPoMo

2 - Did you keep your new year's resolutions and will you make more for next year?
No, but I tried, and that put me further ahead than I would have been otherwise. And yes, I always make resolutions.

3 - Did anyone close to you give birth?
No

4 - Did anyone close to you die?
No

5 - What countries did you visit?
None

6 - What would you like to have in 2009 that you lacked in 2008?
A real job!

7 - What date from 2008 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
Nothing really leaps out at me...I guess I'll just go with my birthday, June 17, because I enjoyed it.

8 - What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Getting back to work, even if it was only as a temp.

9 - What was your biggest failure?
Not finding a real job.

10 - Did you suffer illness or injury?
Just the usual minor illnesses

11 - What was the best thing you bought?
That ridiculous, powder-blue netted vintage hat with the even more ridiculous butterflies on it. I got a lot of mileage out of it!

12 - Whose behavior merited celebration?
I don't know...

13 - Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
My sister's

14 - Where did most of your money go?
Other than living expenses, most of it went to books

15 - What did you get really, really, really excited about?
The Pittsburgh Penguins playing in the Stanley Cup Finals

16 - What song will always remind you of 2008 ?
"I Kissed A Girl" by Katy Perry

17 - Compared to this time last year, are you:
i - happier or sadder? Happier
ii - thinner or fatter? Fatter
iii - richer or poorer? Richer

18 - What do you wish you'd done more of?
Read more books

19 - What do you wish you'd done less of?
Cough and sneeze

20 - How will you be spending Christmas?
Christmas Eve at Mom and Dad's, and again for the weekend after when wicked sister comes home

21 - Did you fall in love in 2008?
No

22 - What was your favorite TV program?
Ghost Hunters

23 - Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
No

24 - What was the best book you read?
"Cry Wolf" by Patricia Briggs

25 - What was your greatest musical discovery of 2008?
Katy Perry

26 - What did you want and get?
Godiva truffles!

27 - What did you want and not get?
A real job

28 - What was your favorite film of this year?
I didn't go to any movies this year

29 - What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I turned 41, and I played hooky from work and went shopping with my Mom, and she treated me to lunch.

30 - Name one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
A real job. Is it me, or are these questions getting repetitive, since I keep giving the same answer?

31 - How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2008?
VERY casual

32 - What kept you sane?
Hat Club, LJ, family

33 - Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Petr Sykora

34 - What political issue stirred you the most?
The Presidential election

35 - Whom did you miss?
My grandparents

36 - Who were the best new people you met?
Some new coworkers

37 - Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2008:
Don't trust my siblings

38 - Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
"Get a haircut, and get a real job!"
*laughs* I can't recall the artist or actual title of the song, but yeah.