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1. What did you do in 2008 that you'd never done before?
Went to college!

2. Did you keep your New Year's Resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
No, I always resolve to drink more water and lose weight, those never happen. And I resolved to stop being catty, that didn't really work out either!

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Negative.

4. Did anyone close to you die?
Niet

5. What countries did you visit?
USA... :-(

6. What would you like to have in 2009 that you lacked in 2008?
A job lol

7. What dates from 2008 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
5/24/2008 - Graduation!
9/1/2008 - First day of college

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Getting into school

9. What was your biggest failure?
I guess not getting into Claremont McKenna, but now I'm glad I didn't.

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
YES! I started out the year, literally, 1 am on Jan 1st, with a 104 degree fever and was bedridden for the first week of 2008.

11. What was the best thing someone bought you?
I'm listening to my magical Bose iPod dock, so that's what comes to mind.

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
This might sound stupid, but I made some really good decisions this year, so I would say my own!

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
Oh, you know, live and let live... [yeah right, I know]

14. Where did most of your money go?
OMG SKOOL. DU is tragically un-cheap.

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Lol broken record, but the big one was starting at DU, also graduating, and my first date with Chris!

16. What song will always remind you of 2008?
Viva la Vida - Coldplay, High and Dry - Radiohead

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
a) happier or sadder? happier. a lot.
b) fatter or skinner? the same, exactly.
c) richer or poorer? poorer, even though I technically have a couple thousand in my bank account, but since its a loan I feel it makes me much, much poorer.

18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Volunteering, especially against genocide.

19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
:-/ Maybe spending money lol

20. How do you plan to spend Christmas?
The same as always. Christmas Eve party with my grandma's side here with cold cut sandwiches, Christmas morning with my parents and Amanda, breakfast (waffles) at my Great Grandma's, Christmas night back at my house for my Grandma and Grandpa's part.

21. Did you fall in love in 2008?
I did <3

22. How many one night stands?
How rude! Anyway, I'm not the type.

23. What was your favorite TV program?
Gossip freaking Girl.

24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
George W Bush! Oh, wait...

25. What was the best book you read?
Madeleine Albright's memoir

26. What was your greatest musical discovery?
I rediscovered Radiohead, and for real discovered Shiny Toy Guns and The Faint YAY!

27. What did you want and get?
A pleasant and friction free summer

28. What did you want and not get?
A job at Charlotte Russe for break.

29. What was your favorite film of this year?
The Darjeeling Limited, as far as ones I saw for the first time in 2008

30. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I had a pretty awesome party here with all my friends and my chocolate fountain. And fire. lol

31. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Having Kelsey in-state. And a roommate I was friends with.

32. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2008?
In progress.

33. What kept you sane?
As always, my music. Radiohead and Explosions in the Sky get the honorable mentions.

34. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Nate Archibald and Chuck Bass

35. What political issue stirred you the most?
The election, FTW

36. Who do you miss?
Kelsey.

37. Who was the best new person you met?
Chris!

38. What was the best thing you ate?
Chris introduced me to Benihana's, that was tasty scrumptious.

39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2008?
If something big fails to happen, it is likely for a reason, the universe will take care of you.

40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
It's like a book, elegantly bound, but in a language that you can't read, just yet.