my year in review

1. What did you do in 2007 that you'd never done before?
went to the east coast, ate octopus, fell in love

2. Did you keep your New Year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
eventually yes. but not for most of the year. i have a million resolutions for next year that i am very intentional about keeping!

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
yes...pictures soon :)

4. Did anyone close to you die?
yes, my grandfather

5. What countries did you visit?
just USA

6. What would you like to have in 2008 that you lacked in 2007?
a new car! going to church regularly and getting a nice, healthy tan

7. What dates from 2007 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
2007 is a blur to me until the beginning of august when i quit my job. and nov 3 when i met jordan of course.

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
getting into SFA...which isnt really a very big achievment. next year will be bigger!

9. What was your biggest failure?
wasting more than half my year at that god forsaken bank

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
i had the flu in march

11. What was the best thing you bought?
my everyday jeans

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
my dad has had model behavior this year

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
my late grandfather's

14. Where did most of your money go?
bills and my brother

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
nip/tuck, quitting my job, getting into college, finding my soul mate

16. What song will always remind you of 2007?
unfortunately...the soulja boy song

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

18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
traveling, spending time with family and friends

19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
wasting time, working at the bank, sleeping

20. How will you be spending Christmas?
with the people i love more than anything! at home, grandmothers house, church ... dallas

21. What was your favorite TV program?
nip/tuck and the hills

22. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
no i dont hate anyone

23. What was the best book you read?
What Is the What!

24. What was your greatest musical discovery?
ghostland observatory

25. What did you want and get?
camera equipment and keeping my apartment to the end of the year

26. What did you want and not get?
a weekend trip with my dad

27. What was your favorite film of this year?
dan in real life, across the universe

28. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
had a joint birthday party with sydney downtown and i turned 20

29. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
i am just getting so sappy but it really was meeting Jordan

30. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2007?
NONE! ugly bank clothes and then i was grunged out all semester when i was going to school. jeans and tshirts and jackets. yeah.

31. What kept you sane?
moving out of my parents house, reading, music 

32. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
anderson cooper for life

33. What political issue stirred you the most?
the conflict in Sudan and the freakin president of Venezuela.

34. Who did you miss?
a lot of people

35. Who was the best new person you met?
JORDAN! asldkjasaskjgf

36. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2007.
i learned how hard it is to live on a low paying job and the value of getting an education!

37. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
the world is ours, if only we could just let it be