Speaking of Traditions...

Here is one that I started back in 2004 when I was a member of TomTom Club, and have resurrected each year since. I'm rather bad at these because I can't really remember all the stuff that got crammed into any given year. And this year was more crammed than usual, what with surgeries and kindergarten and political conventions and blah, blah, blah. So here's the year in review as best as I recall it.

1. What did you do in 2008 that you'd never done before?
Attended a political convention.

2. Did you keep your New Year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
One out of three. I think next year I'm going to try to stop swearing so much. And lose weight, because I can't omit that one, in case it actually happens.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Yah.

4. Did anyone close to you die?
No.

5. What countries did you visit?
Just other parts of this one.

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

7. What date from 2008 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
Celebrating our anniversary in a press tent in Denver.

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Not missing the YP's bus more often than I did.

9. What was your biggest failure?
Missing the YP's bus.

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Only in other people.

11. What was the best thing you bought?
Am guessing the YP would say it was a DS. I would say bacon cheeseburgers.

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
Strong Role Model Colleague whose husband had a stroke days before Thanksgiving. Voters who managed to get over themselves, celebrants or vanquished, without having a big fat prolonged hissy.

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
Certain other Weak Colleagues. Much of the electorate for much of the year.

14. Where did most of your money go?
A lot went to day care. A lot went to the house.

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
NYAB's back surgery doing what it was supposed to do.

16. What song will always remind you of 2008?
Adelaide's Lament. The YP became a big fan of show tunes.

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
    i. happier or sadder? Happier.
    ii. thinner or fatter? Fat-fat-fatter.
    iii. richer or poorer? Richer in every sense.

18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Taken more pictures.

19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Work.

20. How (did) you spend Christmas?
A nice cozy weekend at home. Eating turkey and loading CDs.

21. Did you fall in love in 2008?
Over and over.

22. What was your favorite TV program?
House.

23. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
Bats.

24. What was the best book you read?
I read a biography of Harper Lee that was pretty interesting.

25. What was your greatest musical discovery?
That my new iPod has more memory than my desktop computer.

26. What did you want and get?
I think I got absolutely everything I wanted this year.How freaking awesome is that?

27. What was your favorite film of this year?
Dark Knight was pretty impressive.

28. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
Opening Day! 37.

29. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Previous years' answer still applies. Having a jillion dollars. And if the automotive version of the dustbuster had actually worked. Short of that, my year was pretty darn good.

30. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2008?
Lazy but clean.

31. What kept you sane?
Family. Chocolate.

32. What political issue stirred you the most?
The election.

33. Who did you miss?
No one, really. That's pretty awesome too. 

34. Who was the best new person you met?
The new neighbors.

35. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2008:
That in order to sleep at night, I have to do what I think is mannerly and appropriate regardless of outside opinion. If my behavior is above self-reproach, it is a lot easier for me to blow off other people's lousy attitudes. 

36. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
(Having seen this on Broadway this year...)
I am not dead yet,
No need to go to bed.
No need to call the doctor,
Cause I'm not yet dead.

Comments

[Katherine]

You weren't still using the ancient iPod I sold you years ago, were you? I figured the battery would poop out eventually.