HAPPY 2008!

These memes are inane but entertaining. Humor me.

1. What did you do in 2007 that you'd never done before?
Animate a short film

2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
No, and yes. I resolve to cook more, do yoga, and not be so shy!

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
My cousin! The baby is a girl named Natasha Ann.

4. Did anyone close to you die?
My grandfather.

5. What countries did you visit?
None, so lame.

6. What would you like to have in 2008 that you lacked in 2007?
Time management skillz.

7. What date from 2007 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
I can’t remember that far back XD. Dressing up as Spongebob for Halloween was pretty cool.

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Discovering what I want to do for the rest of my life. Which is animation.

9. What was your biggest failure?
I guess my final project for my Sequential Arts class. It was not nearly as good as I wanted it to be.

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Nope.

11. What was the best thing you bought?
Ah crap. Umm, hmm. Panties for my friends.

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
My brother’s, that overachiever . .

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
Certain unnamed people at my school.

14. Where did most of your money go?
Art supplies and clothes, my two loves.

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
The Darjeeling Limited, The Beatles, boys, Ratatoullie

16. What song will always remind you of 2007?
Octopus Garden by the Beatles

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? Happier.
ii. thinner or fatter? In better shape, that's for sure.
iii. richer or poorer? Same.

18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Writing and drawing for myself

19.What do you wish you'd done less of?
Watching TV, going on the internets. Worrying about what other people think.

20. How will you be spending Christmas?
I spent it in the snow!

22. Did you fall in love in 2007?
I fell hopelessly in like several times, as usual.

23. How many one-night stands?
500064657

24. What was your favorite TV program?
Avatar, Sex and the City, Project Runway, the Office

25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
Oh yes.

26. What was the best book you read?
“The Fountainhead” by Ayn Rand

27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Golly. Feist, and all the Beatles music.

28. What did you want and get?
An adorable plaid toggle coat from Gap. And the DVD of Pixar shorts!

29. What did you want and not get?
Flight volume 4. And Help! On DVD. But that’s what birthdays are for.

30. What was your favorite film of this year?
The Darjeeling Limited

31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
19, and went to mini golf!! It was fun, I lost.

32.What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
If I had worked harder on my final animation.

33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2007?
T shirts and skinny jeans. The occasional skirt with knee socks or tights. Hip yet casual.

34. What kept you sane?
Supportive emails and conversations with my close friends, near and far.

35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
ADRIAN BROOOOOOODY. And Jon Krasinski.

36. What political issue stirred you the most?
Haha, politics.

37. Who did you miss?
My bro!

38. Who was the best new person you met?
Hmm. My Character Design teacher? XD I need to meet new people more.

39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2007.
My previous boss, a pretty smart lady, told me “If the thought of waking up every morning with his face inches from yours doesn’t fill your heart with excitement, than it wasn’t meant to be.”

ALSO, determination is a more valuable asset than raw talent.

40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
“A rock feels no pain, and an island never cries” –“I Am a Rock” by Simon and Garfunkel