2007 Meme (via Mom)

1. What did you do in 2007 that you'd never done before? I went to college!
2. Did you keep your New Year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year? If I had a New Year's resolution last year, I don't remember it. This year I plan to stop biting my nails -- a habit I've had for as long as I can remember.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth? Yes, my darling friend Stephanie had a baby boy.
4. Did anyone close to you die? My friend Al.
5. What places did you visit? I spent the summer in Ireland, and almost didn't come back.
6. What would you like to have in 2008 that you lacked in 2007? As greedy as it sounds, money would be nice...
7. What dates from 2007 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? May 23rd, because I finally became an adult!
8. What was your biggest achievement(s) of the year? I was accepted to a wonderful university, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and I immediately was successful in classes, in singing, and in friends.
9. What was your biggest failure? Calculus....
10. Did you suffer illness or injury? I intercepted the pavement while playing football and had to get three stitches on my left knee. That hurt. I was sick a lot, too.
11. What was the best thing you bought? I didn't quite buy it, but a college education is pretty nice.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration? My mom.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed? My dad.
14. Where did most of your money go? Into the economic system of Ireland.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about? Being able to visit my family in Ireland.
16. What song will always remind you of 2007? Lizzie -- Ben Kweller
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
a) Happier or sadder? Definately happier.
b) thinner or fatter? Definately fatter... eek.
c) richer or poorer? Damn college -- definately poorer.
18. What do you wish you'd done more of? Socializing and studying.
19. What do you wish you'd done less of? Socializing and studying.
20. How did you spend Christmas last year? With my family, as always.
21. Did you fall in love in 2007? Just maybe.
22. How many one-night stands? Zip.
23. What was your favorite TV program? Pushing Daisies
24. What did you do for your birthday in 2007? I drove out to my Grandmother's house and watched the sun set over the hills of Hebron. And I had cheesecake.
25. What was the best book you read? For Whom the Bell Tolls -- Earnest Hemminway
26. What was your greatest musical discovery? The Jazz Clubs of NYC.
27. What did you want and get? Plane tickets.
28. What did you want and not get? Perfect skin.
29. What was your favorite film of this year? I can't remember which movies I saw...
30. Did you make some new friends this year? Absolutely -- and I do believe they will be friends I will have forever.
31. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? .... more cheesecake?
32. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2007? A combination of Vogue, Pushing Daisies, and Kate Winslet.
33. What kept you sane? Devin -- although she might have had the opposite effect.
34. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? Lee Pace -- mmm, pie.
35. What political issue stirred you the most? Guantemano Bay.
36. Who did you miss? My highschool friends and my grandmother.
37. Who was the best new person you met? Dora and Bryan -- I wouldn't have survived without their wonderful company.
38. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2007. Life is what you put into it.

AND that was a neat review of the year. It reminded me of things I hadn't thought about and also made me grateful for the many positive changes that have happened in my life.