1. what did you do in 2008 that you'd never done before?
sing in public!
2. did you keep your 2008 resolutions, and will you make more this year?
i don't make resolutions, for the same reason i do not lie: too much to keep track of while i'm trying to do something else
3. did anyone close to you give birth?
yes, one of my dearest friends, to a gigantic baby
4. did anyone close to you die?
my grandmother, after a decades-long illness
5. what countries did you visit?
i've been to paradise, but i've never been to me
6. what would you like to have in 2009 that you lacked in 2008?
to be able to live with m.o.p.s.
7. what was your biggest achievement of the year?
she probably doesn't remember, but being told by someone modestly famous for her time management skills that she was impressed with my time management skills.
8. what was your biggest failure?
letting things get to me
9. did you suffer illness or injury?
l'il bit: flu right when we were going to visit some good friends, and so couldn't, and various coughs and colds. also, i live with near-constant upper back pain and hand problems (related i'm sure, and one of these days i will see a doctor i guess)
10. what was the best thing you bought?
therapy
11. whose behavior merited celebration?
m.o.p.s. and other friends, as always; also, two people who may not realize it, but who i have adopted as mentors, because they are smart and great and seem to think i have something to say
12. whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
someone who used to be a very close friend but who ate of the apple of buying his own press
13. where did most of your money go?
to debt, which i count as sending money to my past self. dear past self: yes, you can get that. and p.s. you have something to say and your instincts about people are right.
14. compared to this time last year, are you: a) happier or sadder? b) thinner or fatter? c) richer or poorer?
a.) sadder; b.) thinner; c.) same
15. what do you wish you'd done more of?
singing, setting emotional boundaries, washing my hands
16. what do you wish you'd done less of?
wringing my hands about situations out of my control
17. did you fall in love in 2008?
er, i'm already in the regular kind of romantic love? don't you read the blog? duh
18. what was the best new book you read?
cloud atlas was real good, but i might only be naming it because i read it so recently
19. what was your favorite film of the year?
I'M TOTALLY BLANKING!! I CAN'T REMEMBER A SINGLE MOVIE!!!!
20. what kept you sane?
saying "no" and "i can't" and "i won't"
21. tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2008.
(courtesy in part of felix guattari) we are all staring out into the same abyss, and there are as many different ways of dealing with it as there are people, and you have to figure out whether someone else's abyss-negotiation will interfere with yours productively or not: if so, pursue; if not, avoid. it is actually that easy!! (and that difficult)
1 comment:
inspiring, as always :)
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