1. What did you do in 2007 that you'd never done before? Besides start a blog? Play golf, race a go-cart, host a jewelry part, witness a motorcycle accident, buy a house, and spend the holidays with my brother & sister-in-law.
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year? I don't remember ... the beginning of 2007 didn't exactly go to plan.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth? No, 2007 was the year all my friends' babies became toddlers.
4. Did anyone close to you die? No, had a scare though.
5. What countries did you visit? None but the one I live in.
6. What would you like to have in 2008 that you lacked in 2007? A dog.
7. What date(s) from 2007 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? Oi ... well, saying goodbye to so many people really stunk, but there were a bunch of good times (see question 1)
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? I bought a house!
9. What was your biggest failure? Not writing enough notes (real ones, in the MAIL) to my Granny.
10. Did you suffer any illness or injury? A couple infections but nothing serious.
11. What was the best thing you bought? The house is getting mentioned a lot in this survey. A close second is my MacBook Pro.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration? Jessica and I managed to make perfect guacamole for Sunday dinner one day last summer. Oh, and Matti (one of the aforementioned toddlers) walked for the first time.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed? Not the sort of question I'm comfortable putting out in the blogosphere. No FSJ-like hidden talents here.
14. Where did most of your money go? Probably taxes.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about? Releasing my first application at work, my promotion, moving into my house, and picking out my dog.
16. What song will always remind you of 2007? Elevator Love Letter by Stars Go Pandora!
17. Compared to this time last year, are you: happier or sadder happier!
18. What do you wish you'd done more of? talking with old friends
19. What do you wish you'd done less of? swearing - I developed quite a repertoire of vulgarity this year
20. How will you be spending Christmas? I took time off and visited family and friends in and around where I grew up.
21. Did you fall in love in 2007? bourbon sour (thanks Kara) may really be all I need ...
22. How many one-night stands? if you don't know the answer to this you don't know me at all ...
23. What was your favorite TV program? Bones
24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year? no ...
25. What was the best book you read? Night by Eli Wiesel
26. What was your greatest musical discovery? Leigh Nash went SOLO - that or Thrivemix ...
27. What did you want and get? besides the house and the macbook, I bought a Casio Exilim
28. What did you want and not get? Personal copy of Adobe Creative Suite 3
29. What was your favorite film of this year? Of the movies I saw released in 2007 - I'll have to say Transformers (I have a lot to catch up on, wow.)
30. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you? It was a Sunday, so I went to church. Also had several dinners with friends. I'm creeping up on 30!
31. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? getting to go skiing or kiteboarding
32. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2007? sharp & preppy
33. What kept you sane? friends & work
34. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? Padma Laksmi
35. What political issue stirred you the most? genocide in Africa & national sales tax
36. Who did you miss? Who do I NOT miss? I can't be everywhere at once!
37. Who was the best new person you met? Mary or Arielle or Jacky or Ashley
38. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2007: College football needs a playoff!
39. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
It's hard to change and it's hard to lose It takes years for rough to be made smooth You can use up our love, yeah, precious energy To be tossed like a shell, from the hungry seas
And I wished for guidance And I wished for peace I could see the lightning Somewhere in the east And I wished for affection And I wished for calm As I lay there Nervous in the light of dawn.
~Leigh Nash
