2008 still has about 8 hours left here, but wanted to wish everyone a happy new year! I hope your 2009 goes great (I hope mine will!)

Also, I wanted to say some things about my year (which seems to be the latest dA trend as 2008 finishes up). I could probably make a more serious journal about my year, but it's probably best to stick with the silly quiz A more personal one would probably cause me to go into negative details that I haven't thought through yet. And would fit better in a MySpace/Facebook rant

1. What did you do in 2008 that you'd never done before?
Went to college
Went to my first (of 3, so far) college party
Moved into a dorm with a roommate I hadn't met before

2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make?
2008- Didn't really make any
2009- Do well in my first year of college (haven't checked the grades, but I don't think I did as well as I could have), and declare my Political Science major
Become more active in more groups (seriously, you can't get much of a job with a Poli Sci degree when you're a bit anti-social :-/ )
Better control over my money (I tend to ignore we're in a recession :-/ )
Be less stubborn about trying to improve my art

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Not unless my friend's cat, who gave birth to my kitten counts
Other than that, no, though a woman I know from church had a baby recently

4. Did anyone close to you die?
Thankfully, no.

5. What countries did you visit?
Nada. Probably none in 2009, unless I make a quick trip to Mexico when I go to California this summer (hopefully!)

6. What would you like to have in 2009 that you lacked in 2008?
More interest in schoolwork, and a WALL-E DVD (the one thing I didn't get for Christmas!)

7. What date from 2008 will remain etched upon your memory?
Whichever day I graduated from high school
August 31st...it's a bit difficult to explain, so I'll just say it was a good day
November 4th (for multiple reasons, though all good...in my opinion!)
December 12th- Chicago AND an Oasis concert. Though I nearly froze, I'd say it was a good day

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
...graduating high school? Really, this wasn't a major year for achievements as it was for fresh starts

9. What was your biggest failure?
It's a tie between A) Not making, what I feel, the most of my first semester in college, and B) "Put the past behind you" <- Just to say I can't even take advice from my favourite movie

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Yes, right now Nearly broke my foot when exploring a house up for rent (the power was out, and I fell down the stairs), and I've been feeling sick since last night

11. What was the best thing you bought?
This MacBook I wouldn't pass this up for the prettiest PC ever made (well...maybe)

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
My best friend, for accomplishing multiple things this year

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
Not going into it...

14. Where did most of your money go?
This Macbook, food, textbooks...

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
About everything in Question 23

16. What song(s) will always remind you of 2008?
"Paper Planes"- M.I.A. (The "anthem" of college parties)
"The Rising"- Bruce Springsteen (I feel a change coming...and much of it started in '08)

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder?: Hard to say (my mood changes a lot), but for the most part, happier
ii. thinner or fatter?: Fatter! (Damn that easily accessed college food! )
iii. richer or poorer?: Poorer!

18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Draw, study, earned more money, hung out with friends... (hate to copy Animatrix's answers, but it's about the same :/ )

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

20. How will you be spending/did you spend Christmas?
At home with my family

22. Did you fall in love in 2008?
Not really. I met/got to know people, some of which I could have a relationship with, but falling in love wasn't big for me this year.

23. How many one-night stands?
Haha, none! And let's keep it that way!

24. What was your favorite TV program?
Avatar: the Last Airbender, Clone Wars (But NOT the movie! ), Daily Show & Colbert Report, Futurama, Meerkat Manor, Project Runway

25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
I prefer the term "strongly dislike" And not going into it!

26. What was the best book you read?
Tales of Beedle the Bard, Tarzan of the Apes, and Stephen Colbert's I Am America (And So Can You!) Also got really into graphic novels, like Pride of Baghdad and Persepolis

27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Nothing really new this year, but I have become rather obsessed with The Killers

28. What did you want and get?
This MacBook, my high school diploma, and an acceptance letter to my college

29. What did you want and not get?
WALL-E! (but I did get a Best Buy gift card!)

30. What was your favorite film of this year?
Too many, this was a big movie year for me...Milk, WALL-E, The Dark Knight, Kung Fu Panda, and Persepolis. Plus I got to watch Love Actually and Fight Club for the first time

31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
19, and went out to dinner. Plus I got to see my friend perform in West Side Story

32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Too many things

33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2008?
Same as every year- Lazy bum inside, live American Eagle ad outside

34. What kept you sane?
My friends and family

35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Barack Obama. I think I've become a self-proclaimed Obama girl this year.

36. What political issue stirred you the most?
Proposition 8 in California...I'm a huge supporter for equal rights for all, especially LGBT, so it really irked me when this got passed.

37. Who did you miss?
My new college friends. It's kind of a bummer when you're living or hanging out with them for nearly 4 months, then have to part for a month.

38. Who was the best new person you met?
Anyone from College Democrats and my dorm, especially my roommate. And I met one of my greatest friends this year, and for that I'm thankful

39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2008:
"Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift - that is why it is called a Present"
Thank the turtle from Kung Fu Panda for telling me to accept life the way it is!

40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
Well now I'm back at home and
I'm looking forward to this life I live
You know it's gonna haunt me
So hesitation to this life I give
You think you might cross over
You're caught between the devil and the deep blue sea
You better look it over
Before you make that leap
~ "Spaceman" from The Killers' Day & Age