End of the year survey

A bit late, I know, but thought it would be fun. Please, steal it and fill out your own answers!

What did you do in 2008 that you'd never done before?
Um… nothing, actually.

Did anyone close to you give birth?
No.

Did anyone close to you die?
No!

What countries did you visit?
None.

What would you like to have in 2009 that you lacked in 2008?
On a completely shallow level: a new iPod would be great.

What date(s) from 2008 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
Oct. 25th, when I was baptized. :)

What was your biggest achievement of the year?
See above. :-P

What was your biggest failure?
Not passing my written driving test, though I’ve done it three times before.

Did you suffer illness or injury?
Nope.

What was the best thing you bought?
Um… oooh… well… maybe… probably the CDs and the books I’ve bought.

Whose behavior merited celebration?
Mine, are you kidding?! :-P

Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
Someone in my family.

Where did most of your money go?
Books. Just off the tip of my head, there was: a Bradbury book, a Kafka biography, Crime and Punishment, Suite Francaise, Right Ho, Jeeves!, Atonement, The English Patient, The Crocodile on the Sandbank... and a few more, probably.

What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Let’s see… housesitting, NaNoWriMo, a new Coldplay CD, Doctor Who, BSG, Lost, (these are mostly TV shows. Let no one say my life is small) and ‘The Dark Knight’ (oh, lookit that, a movie! I’m not shallow after all! Ha. Ha.)

What song will always remind you of 2008?
‘Viva La Vida,’ by Coldplay. It’s really tied into the spring/summer for me.

Compared to this time last year (2007), are you:
More put together. (Again, I repeat: ha. Ha.)

What do you wish you'd done more of?
Studying and reading.

What do you wish you'd done less of?
YouTube-ing.

What was the most embarrassing thing that happened to you in 2008?
Look, I try to forget these things, okay? Next question!

What was your favorite TV program?
Doctor Who, Pushing Daisies, BSG, and Lost

How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2008?
In the spring, it was more mod; in the summertime, it was a little hippie (I blamed the new blond highlights); fall and winter, classic and a bit mod. I'm trying to wear more colors, less black and white.

What kept you sane?
Jehovah. (And happy pills. Muahahahahaa.)

Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
No. I think I’ve probably just learned to forgive a bit better.

What was the best book you read in 2008?
‘The Inimitable Jeeves,’ by P.G. Wodehouse. I remember lying horizontally across my bed, the library book in one flailing hand, crying my eyes out from laughing so hard, and thinking, ‘This is the best book I’ll read in 2008.’ I guess I was right. :-P

What was your greatest musical discovery?
Radiohead. I always stayed away from them because I thought they were strictly ‘techno,’ and yeah, a lot if it is electronic… but so much emotion bleeds through the synthesizers.

What did you want and get?
A Nintendo Wii.

What did you want and not get?
A driver’s license... and a new iPod. *grumbles*

What was your favorite film of this year?
Wow. Well, probably... The Dark Knight, closely followed by Iron Man.

What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I sat around and watched the clock. Now we are 20. Yay! :)

What three things would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
I can’t think of anything, actually. Better will power so I can stop eating so much junk food.

Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Um… well… that guy… what’s his name… *cough* David Tennant *cough*. Yeah, that guy. :D

Who did you miss?
Natalia, and Grace.

What is a valuable life lesson you learned in 2008?
Maple syrup and corn syrup are often interchangeable.

What quote can be used to sum up your year?
‘Sometimes you just have to unleash the rhino.’