• How come no one ever told me about typing "charmap" into the "Run" dialog? #

• 99.9% sure Mike’s moving to Virginia! #

• Can’t believe Rent’s shutting down June 1st #

• Well that was an intense ending to Dexter season 1. I wonder what season 2 will bring … #
• Just took all the lights and ornaments off the tree. #

• Got my first job offer! #

Stolen from Mike again:

1. What did you do in 2007 that you’d never done before?
Graduated college! And drove 7 hours to visit Mike — my longest drive yet.

2. Did you keep your New Years resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I either don’t make them or halfway make them and don’t keep them … so no lol.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
No.

4. Did anyone close to you die?
No.

5. What countries did you visit?
Just the one I’m in now.

6. What would you like to have in 2008 that you lacked in 2007?
A real job and my own bat-free place, preferably with Mike.

7. What date from 2007 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
May 19th: the anniversary

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Definitely finishing school.

9. What was your biggest failure?
A GPA below 3.0.

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Nothing life-threatening.

11. What were the best things you bought?
Let’s see … the iPod mount/holder for my car is awesome. So is Mozy.

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
My few friends for not deserting me in the past 5 years, and Mike for being the best thing evar.

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
The guy who hacked into my Gmail and eBay accounts.

14. Where did most of your money go?
Gas, rent, utilities, food.

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Graduating, of course, and the future with Mike

16. What song will always remind you of 2007?
“I Knew I Loved You” by Savage Garden.

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. Happier or sadder? Happier.
ii. Thinner or fatter? The same (I think).
iii. Richer or poorer? I guess poorer, though I have started saving via a few share certificates.

18. What do you wish you’d done more of?
Skydiving (if it wasn’t so expensive), going to the gym.

19. What do you wish you’d done less of?
Sitting around.

20. How will you be spending Christmas?
Here in Fairfax with everybody.

21. How will you be spending New Years?
Down in Myrtle Beach with Mike, Andrew, and whoever else shows up.

22. Did you fall in love in 2007?
Perhaps

23. How many one-night stands?
Haha, zero.

24. What was your favorite TV program?
MythBusters! Dexter is looking promising too.

25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
Eh, not really.

26. What was the best book you read?
Um … I don’t remember if I actually finished any. Maybe that should be my New Years resolution.

27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
BWO. Shiny Toy Guns.

28. What did you want and get?
An awesome guy!

29. What did you want and not get?
A degree in graphic design.

30. What was your favorite film of this year?
Pirates 3, Juno, Beowulf, Across the Universe, Simpsons Movie.

31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
Heh, I turned 23, and was sick. I did get to see Rent in NYC the next day though!

32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Passing portfolio review the 2nd time around. Harrisonburg and Myrtle Beach being closer together.

33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2007?
I dunno. College-student casual?

34. What kept you sane?
Friends, Mike, the light at the end of the tunnel.

35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Hanson.

36. What political issue stirred you the most?
Meh.

37. Who did you miss?
My mom.

38. Who was the best new person you met?
Take a wild guess

39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2007?
Be careful with your passwords: don’t use the same one more than a few times, change them occasionally, and make them somewhat complicated. Also, back up everything.

40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
We were strangers starting out on a journey
Never dreaming what we’d have to go through
Now here we are and I’m suddenly standing
At the beginning with you
No one told me I was going to find you
Unexpected what you did to my heart
When I lost hope you were there to remind me
This is the start …

Stolen from Mike. True statements are in bold:

1. Father went to college.
2. Father finished college.
3. Mother went to college.
4. Mother finished college.
5. Have any relative who is an attorney, physician, or professor. (my grandpa teaches at The New School in Manhattan)
6. Were the same or higher class than your high school teachers.
7. Had more than 50 books in your childhood home.
8. Had more than 500 books in your childhood home.
9. Were read children’s books by a parent.
10. Had lessons of any kind before you turned 18.
11. Had more than 2 kinds of lessons before you turned 18. (piano, clarinet, ballet, gymnastics, soccer)
12. The people in the media who dress and talk like me are portrayed positively.
13. Had a credit card with your name on it before you turned 18.
14. Your parents (or a trust) paid for the majority of your college costs.
15. Your parents (or a trust) paid for all of your college costs. (my dad had this 4-year thing for in-state schools, which most of my family contributed to)
16. Went to a private high school.
17. Went to summer camp.
18. Had a private tutor before you turned 18.
19. Family vacations involved staying at hotels. (unless we were visiting relatives)
20. Your clothing was all bought new before you turned 18. (save for a few things from Goodwill)
21. Your parents bought you a car that was not a hand-me-down from them.
22. There was original art in your house when you were a child.
23. You and your family lived in a single-family house.
24. Your parent(s) owned their own house or apartment before you left home.
25. You had your own room as a child.
26. You had a phone in your room before you turned 18.
27. Participated in a SAT/ACT prep course.
28. Had your own TV in your room in high school.
29. Owned a mutual fund or IRA in high school or college.
30. Flew anywhere on a commercial airline before you turned 16.
31. Went on a cruise with your family.
32. Went on more than one cruise with your family.
33. Your parents took you to museums and art galleries as you grew up.
34. You were unaware of how much heating bills were for your family.