a look back at 2008

1. What did you do in 2008 that you’d never done before?
marriage

2. Did you keep your new year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year? i don't remember if i made any resolutions last year...i can't remember any in particular. for this year, although i hate to use the word resolution as it seems to doom you not to do what you plan, i'd say i'd like to continue to be healthier, eat better food, less laziness, and more blogging.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
yes! on december 7th, jennifer & jm welcomed baby kaya into this world. she's adorable!

4. Did anyone close to you die?
no which i am very thankful for.

5. What countries did you visit?
aruba!

6. What would you like to have in 2009 that you lacked in 2008?
clothes from anthropologie

7. What dates from 2008 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
guess i would have to go with that whole wedding thing for obvious reasons

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
successfully planned a ceremony & fabulous party for 100 people.

9. What was your biggest failure?
failure is a really harsh word. i don't know if i'd rank anything i've failed to do as a failure...unless someone would like to point something out to me.

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
no, nothing serious.

11. What was the best thing you bought?
danny's wedding gift. a beautiful, warwick bass.

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
scarlett

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
sarah palin

14. Where did most of your money go?
please see #5 and #7

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
lots of excitement this year...when my clothes were too big for me, wedding & all the family/friends/fun that came with it, honeymoon, marriage.

16. What song will always remind you of 2008?
golden by my morning jacket

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
a) happier or sadder? happier
b) thinner or fatter? thinner
c) richer or poorer? richer (joint assets ;)

18. What do you wish you’d done more of?
reading. mountain biking.

19. What do you wish you’d done less of?
work

20. How did you spend Christmas?
danny and i went to cookeville & spent time with our families. we had a big christmas eve dinner at my parents' house with his parents & sister & brother-in-law and my family. it was wonderful! then we spent the rest of the time eating and sleeping.

21. Did you fall in love in 2008?
i fell in love with mighty leaf vanilla bean tea & bandito's fajitas and veggie taco salad.

22. What was your favorite TV program?
tough question...i'm not sure if i could pick just one...i guess my top 2 are the office & 30 rock

23. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
hate is a waste of time.

24. What was the best book you read?
the secret life of bees

25. What was your greatest musical discovery?
over the rhine

26. What did you want and get?
an extremely happy year

27. What did you want and not get?
a part time job that pays me a full time salary

28. What was your favorite film of this year?
let the right one in

29. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
we have a lot of june birthdays: 13 - danny, 14 - me, 16 - andy, 17 - dave, 18 - stef. so every year we do a joint birthday celebration of some sort. this year we had a june birthday party (complete with ice cream cake) at drew & stef's. i turned 24.

30. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
if the people i love lived closer to me

31. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2008?
boho chic?

32. What kept you sane?
danny - he's very good at it.

33. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
jeffrey dean morgan

34. What political issue stirred you the most?
gay rights. right to choose. the whole presidential race got me pretty stirred up.

35. Who did you miss?
papa

36. Who was the best new person you met?
kaya. she's definitely the newest person i've met.

37. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
Watchin' a stretch of road, miles of light explode.
Driftin' off a thing i'd never done before
Watchin' a crowd roll in. out go the lights it begins.
A feelin' in my bones i never felt before...
Mmm... people always told me. that bars are dark and lonely
And talk is often cheap and filled with air.
Sure sometimes they thrill me
But nothin' could ever chill me.
Like the way they make the time just disappear
Feelin' you are here again. hot on my skin again.
Feelin good a thing i'd never known beforeWhat does it mean to feel?
Millions of dreams come real
A feelin' in my soul i'd never felt before... mmm...
And you always told me.
No matter how long it holds me if it falls apart
Or makes us millonaires. you'll be right here forever.
We'll go thru this thing together
And on heaven's golden shore we'll lay our heads.