Annual Review

1. What did you do in 2009 that you'd never done before?
-> Attend college
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
-> No, I did not keep a food diary.  Probably.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
-> No
4. Did anyone close to you die?
-> Yes
5. What countries did you visit?
-> None
6. What would you like to have in 2010 that you lacked in 2009?
-> Humility
7. What date from 2009 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
-> February 12
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
-> Fixing sleep schedule and other bad habits
9. What was your biggest failure?
-> Balancing my life... ironically
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
-> Not a sniffle... hallelujah
11. What was the best thing you bought?
-> Agh... I only bought, like, food.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
-> My dad... same as last year
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
-> A few made me appalled... no one's behavior depressed me, I think
14. Where did most of your money go?
-> Eating out
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
-> I think riding the glass elevators in the Marriott Marquis.
16. What songs will always remind you of 2009?
-> "Nearness of You" by Norah Jones
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? sadder
ii. thinner or fatter? the same
iii. richer or poorer? the same
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
-> I honestly don't know... how terrible
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
-> Driving
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
-> It's a secret
21. Did you fall in love in 2009?
-> In the sense that you are asking, I'm not sure
22. How many one-night stands?
-> Zero
23. What was your favorite TV program?
-> None
24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
-> No, no...
25. What was the best book you read?
-> Your Best Life Now by Joel Osteen... didn't read much at all this year
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
-> Norah Jones
28. What did you want and get?
-> A MacBook Pro
30. What was your favorite film of this year?
-> The Time Traveler's Wife
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
-> Some awesome friends came over and threw me a surprise fondue party.  I turned 18.
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
-> If I weren't so selfish.
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2009?
-> Comfy... maybe a better word would be "sloppy"
34. What kept you sane?
-> Prayer
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
-> None really
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
-> Nothing that really stirred me came up
37. Who did you miss?
-> Out-of-state friends
38. Who was the best new person you met?
-> Oh my gosh hardest question on this list.
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2009:
-> Let people know how much you value and love them... now!  There may be no tomorrow.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
-> "I'll fly away, oh glory, I'll fly away... When I die, hallelujah by and by, I'll fly away" - "I'll Fly away" by Jars of Clay