1. What did you do in 2008 that you'd never done before?
Oh lord, where do I start?
- Got a full-time job. In an office.
- Got my own apartment.
- Got a normal-people cell phone with a fancy-dancy contract and everything =D
- Went to Shabbat services.
- Shopped at an Asian grocery store.
- Killed cockroaches.
- Went six months of the year without getting into a relationship just to be in a relationship.
- Went to a mental hospital.
- Joined a DBT group.

2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I think that basically, when you make something a New Year’s resolution, you doom it to failure. Besides, I’m so lazy that nothing’s going to make me do anything until I either get some sort of large outpouring of emotion (anger, jealousy, happiness) or I get the time/energy to do it.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Not that I know of…

4. Did anyone close to you die?
Nope, thank goodness.

5. What countries did you visit?
Nunca. I’m not a visiting-countries kinda gal. I might not really like the US at times, but I like the idea of going to France and being spit upon because we’re American even less.

6. What would you like to have in 2009 that you lacked in 2008?
Money XD.
But no, seriously. Money.
And probably more of a social life. And a bigger apartment.

7. What date from 2008 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
June 12, 2008, the day I got out of the hospital. It was just the beginning of a brand-new chapter in my life.
Either that, or the date in March or April (it’s all a big blur) when I found out I got into John Jay. It was the first time in my life I’ve been honest-to-god speechless.

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
It’s tied between moving out on my own and staying out of a just-because relationship. It was fairly iffy, with my spending history, whether I’d be able to move out on my own and afford it. And many of my friends will say I’m a serial monogamist, so to stay out of a just-because-I-want-one relationship for six months is humung-o.

9. What was your biggest failure?
I think missing prom and graduation. I’m pretty sure that eventually I’ll grow out of my regret over missing those, there’ll be other life events that happen that overshadow them, but I missed them, and that just kinda sucks.

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Well, my knee got little shards of bone in it just from me using it, ouch. And I always suffer illness, at least ten times every winter. I have the worst immune system ever.

11. What was the best thing you bought?
God, I don’t really know. My Raid and boric acid are up there XD. And my Torah. Yep, that’s probably it.

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
My own (I am ever-so-humble…XD). Sally’s. Layna’s. C and A from group.

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
Besides Bush’s? Jojo. Mackenzie. Adam. Andy. Another friend, she knows who she is.

14. Where did most of your money go?
Everyday things, even though I’ve only been moved out since October, LOLz. Food, rent, electricity, internet, cell phone, transportation. Before I moved out most of it was spent on other people, gifts, meals, things like that.

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Moving to New York, dur. And when that didn’t pan out, moving to Seattle. And of course, me being a pretty big dork, everything once I moved out was pretty exciting.
“I’m washing dishes for the first time in my apartment!”
“I’m taking a shower for the first time in my apartment!”
“I’m eating Top Ramen for the first time in my apartment!”
And so on…

16. What song will always remind you of 2008?
Oh, god, um…there’s a few ones. One that Kenzi used to listen to, called “Whiskey Mary” or “Whisky Annie” or something like that. And some Rent songs, like “Finale B” and “La Vie Boheme.” And of course almost any Idina song, especially “Brave” or “Minuet.”

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? Happier. I’ve learned to live in the present, not the future.
ii. thinner or fatter? I’m not really sure. I think fatter. Which is a very, very good thing. XD
iii. richer or poorer? I’m richer in the sense that I make more money, but poorer in the sense that it leaves my bank account almost as quickly as it gets put in.

18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Just being outside, being with people. I may be an anti-social hermit but it would’ve done me good to get out and watch people or walk around the neighborhood or summ’at. And taking more risks, putting myself out there more. I’ve done more of that this year, but not as much as I would’ve liked.

19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Worried about things. Stressed out so much. Lived in the future instead of the right-now.

20. How will you be spending Christmas?
Likely at home, enjoying the quiet the apartment building has once everyone has gone to relative’s homes for the holiday.

22. Did you fall in love in 2008?
That I did not.

23. How many one-night stands?
Does a one-night stand count if you repeated the one-night stand again? Or does that make them a fuck buddy?
Anyways. I’m guessing…blah. Two? I know, not a lot, but I’m far less of a whore than I was before. I’m not sure if that behavior merits disappointment or celebration XD.

24. What was your favorite TV program?
My loyalties change quite often, but for a good chunk of the year it was Grey’s Anatomy.

25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
I hate very, very few people, because I realize that hating a person does no harm to them, only to yourself. But…there are a couple people I dislike far more than I did at this point last year.

26. What was the best book you read?
Probably “Choosing a Jewish Life” by Anita…something. That might just be because that’s the book I’ve read most recently that I found really, really good

27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Idina Menzel.
If you don’t know that, get off my f-list.

28. What did you want and get?
A real-person cell phone and my own apartment!

29. What did you want and not get?
Idina Menzel’s everlasting love and devotion XD.

30. What was your favorite film of this year?
That I saw this year or that was made this year?
For the first one, RENT. (Shuttup, I still make it all-caps ‘cause that’s how it is ON THE BOX.)
For the second, Vicky Cristina Barcelona. There was lesbian kissing, and it was made my Woody Allen so by the end it didn’t make very much sense, and Spain is pretty. The end. XD

31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I was eighteen, and I honest-to-god can’t remember. Which means it must have been fun? XD

32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Well, of course I would say moving to New York, but in all reality I’m not sure that would be the case. Probably having a better job, something I’m passionate about doing.

33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2008?
Thanks to working in an office and living three blocks from what is considered “downtown” I went from sneaker, jeans, and T-shirts to high heels, expensive non-scuffed jeans, and low-cut solid-print long-sleeved shirts.

34. What kept you sane?
First of all, I’m not sane. But what kept me from becoming less crazy was knowing that I was going to move out (or that I had moved out) and the support I would get from my luvs, mainly Sterling and Jae.

35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?


36. What political issue stirred you the most?
Well, gay marriage of course. Prop 8 and the fact that it was passed due to all the African-Americans that came out to vote. That fact still makes me angry as hell.

37. Who did you miss?
Oh, lord, so many people. Kaylee. Laura. Jay (I talk to her at least four times a week but I’d rather she was here or, better, I was there!). My aunt and cousin. And – hit me over the head for this – Krishel. In a friendly way. Honest.

38. Who was the best new person you met?
Oh, goodness, good question. Did I meet Sterling in ’07 or ’08? If ’08 then she’s definitely one of ‘em. Erm…C and A and L from group. And…gosh, I didn’t really meet all that many people this year.

39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2008.
I’ve learned a few:
1) Regrets do absolutely nothing for you, and you can’t change anything you’ve done in the past, so it’s best ot just let them go.
2) Hate does nothing to the other person. It just takes up your energy.
3) We don’t have to like the present, but if we live in the future, we’ll never learn to live in a present that we like.

40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year
Slow down, you crazy child
You’re so ambitious for a juvenile
But then if you’re so smart
Tell me why are you still so afraid?...
Though you can see when you’re wrong
You know you can’t always see when you’re right
Dream on but don’t imagine they’ll all come true
- Billy Joel
 

January:
It's a brand new year.
It's a brand new start.
I feel overwhelmed by the enormity of it, but at the same time terribly excited.

February:
Go here.
Watch her.

I shouldn't be watching this
and dying to be there.

March:
I called Jojo a slut today for sleeping with men. It made me happy, plus it'll get her off my back for awhile.
I'm so going to hell.

April:
It all should have never happened.
I never should have agreed to see you.

May:
I am now eighteen years old!
This morning, I am going to eat oatmeal and bacon and open presents with my father and brother.

June:
Basics:
- Mackenzie and I are over. Unhealthy relationship with a girl who was ready to dump me at the drop of a hat if I didn't fit into her ideals.

July:
Tomorrow I am seeing my rheumatologist, which means I have to hang out in a climate-controlled basement with a bunch of computers at mi padre's work. Which sounds like a lot of fun, but really isn't.

August:
I spent basically the entire day in Seattle yesterday, from 11 AM to midnight. Things were a bit boring sometimes, so I give you... PIKSHAS!

September:
- I'm getting health benefits from my job on October first. They kinda suck. A lot. Hopefully I'll keep them and my dad's insurance, and possibly my mom's as well.

October:
According to LJ, I haven't posted in two weeks.
Wow. Seriously. Can you guys believe it? Me, not posting in two weeks? I must've been busy.

November:
*does small...oh, who am I kidding...LARGE VICTORY DANCE*
Obama, Obama, we all love Obama! We have President Obama!

December:
1) I have no internet at home. For reals this time. It took the idjits two months to realize I was stealing their internet, but realize it they did. 'Tis now locked.