Doxie Proxy

40 questions. (Plus a few)

(Shamelessly borrowed from Jason at negroplease.com, after he borrowed it from the wonderfully talented amandarin.net. )

1) Was 2008 a good year for you? Yes. Much better than years past.

2) What was your favorite moment of the year? My husband cooking hamburgers for me one night. It was just sorta special, and it makes me smile.

3) What was your least favorite moment of the year? Of this year? Osama. For the next 4 years? Osama.

5) Who were you with? My husband.

6) Where will you be when 2008 ends? At home.

7) Who will you be with when 2008 ends? My wonderful husband.

8. Did you keep your new years resolution of 2008? One, yes. It’s private, but important, and I’m proud of keeping my word to myself. The others? Nope. I was a slacker. I continue to be a slacker.

9) Do you have a new years resolution for 2008? Not many, but I will have to think about this.

• Sleep more. Seriously.
• Treat my eyes and teeth better.
• Continue with the exercise regime (if I live through the pain). (Just kidding. Story for another day.)
• STOP volunteering to be on friggin’ committees, groups and boards. WTH is wrong with you?
• Take my prescriptions every single day.
• If I don’t love it, need it, use it and want it, get rid of it. (I don’t foresee trouble with this one.)
• Go to A’s church.
• Reconnect with God.
• Write more often, or at least recognize when I need to put things down on paper or pixel.
• Forgive easier, don’t hold grudges as long, and try to get past ridiculous things.
• Don’t argue over stupid, STUPID things. What are you, 12?
• Be more humble. You are God’s gift to yourself, and to God, and that’s about it. (generally speaking)

10) Did you fall in love in 2008? No, but I stayed in love, which was wonderful.

11) If yes, with whom? The Mister, AKA my husband of 8 years.

12) If yes, do they know? Hah! He better. As he likes to say, “I have papers!”

13) Are you still in love with them? More, with every single breath.

14) Do you regret it? No

15) Did you break up with anyone in 2008? No

16) Did you make any new friends in 2008? Yes, several.

17) Who are your favorite new friends? S, a beautiful, funny lady with a great smile, P, a precious, inspiring lady who never fails to make me smile, J, a cute, sweet lady with loves to laugh at herself, and several others online.

18) What was your favorite month of 2008? July. Old job went bye-bye, and new one came into view.

19) Did you travel outside of the US in 2008? No

20) How many different states did you travel to in 2008? Georgia.

21) Did you lose anybody close to you in 2008? No. I just missed PaPaw. A lot.

22) Did you miss anybody in the past year? Yes, terribly.

23) What was your favorite movie that you saw in 2008? Several! Iron Man, Wanted, Jumper, Hancock, Twilight, Sex and the City, Mamma Mia, You Don’t Mess with the Zohan, Bolt and Beverly Hills Chihuahua.

24) What was your favorite song from 2008? Anything by Jennifer Hudson. I think she’s wonderful.

25) What was your favorite record from 2008? Soundtrack to Mamma Mia, and to Music & Lyrics, which I just discovered this year.

26) Did you see any concerts this year? Mindless Indulgence

27) Did you have a favorite concert in 2008? Mindless Indulgence

28) Did you drink a lot of alcohol in 2008? No, but I had a few dirty martinis. Nummy.

29) Did you do a lot of (not counting alcohol) drugs in 2008? No, not at all. People who do drugs (including pot) are idiots. I’ve helped put too many of the potheads back together after they smeared themselves along a stretch of highway, and it’s heartbreaking and depressing, and makes me very angry. Too many times, I’ve had to tell a sobbing, hysterical parent or spouse that their beloved family member is dead, or will be needing diaper changes for the rest of their life because of drugs, or have to tag and bag a ridiculously young girl who ought to be home shaving her legs and painting her toenails, and nothing anyone says will ever change my mind. So, yeah. I think they are idiots.

30) Did you hope for something you didn’t get in 2008? Yes, but I’m still hoping. It’ll happen. Or it won’t. Either way, I’ll be fine.

31) Did you do anything you are ashamed of this year? Yes.

32) What was the biggest lie you told in 2008? “It’s fine.” I say this off and on, when really, it isn’t fine at ALL.

33) What was the worst lie someone told you? Don’t get me started.

34) Did you treat somebody badly in 2008? Probably, as I’m human, but specifically, no. I really hope I didn’t.

35) Did somebody treat you badly in 2008? Yes. Out-of-state management that made life miserable for a slew of people. I am so, so glad to be away from the few that made my job miserable!

36) How much money did you spend in 2008? More than I should have, but took out no loans, credit owed is less than $400 (total), and contributed steadily to savings.

37) What was your proudest moment of 2008? Last night, at the Christmas party. It made my night, and my year. I’ll write about it later.

38) What was your most embarrassing moment of 2008? I don’t recall a specific one.

39) If you could go back in time to any moment of 2008 and change something, what would it be? Oh, there’s not just one moment I could pick. I’d change every single time I yelled or was unkind or sarcastic.

40) What are your plans for 2008? To be safe. To feel safe.

(A few questions of my own)

41) What was the nicest thing you were told in 2008? “Have you had one of these? Because you MUST try them! They are the best things I’ve ever had in my life!” To which I replied, “These?” “These things right here?” “Hee! Thank you! I made them!”

42) What was the worst movie you saw in 2008? Pineapple Express. Juno.

43) What was the worst song you heard in 2008? Too many to count. If it’s sung by someone wearing a “grill”, who wears the crotch of their pants betwixt their knees, and doffs a baseball hat so that it stands, erect, 6 inches off of their head, replete with the price tag, chances are very good I think whatever tune they attempted to gargle out was fairly vile.

44) What was the best overall book you read in 2008? The Twilight series, and The Host.

45) What was the worst book you read in 2008? I’ll have to think on this one. I believe it was called Sunshine.

46) What was the last book you read in 2008? Currently reading several. The most recent one finished was Weapon of Flesh, by a great fellow I met at DragonCon. I am at a loss for his name!