Current location:	my bed
Current mood:	hopeful
Current music:	I Tell All My Secrets to My Guitar // High Child
Entry tags:	end-of-year summary, good times two, major squee, omfg

Moving closer to the sun
SQUEE! I just finished having a 10-minute conversation with Roomie!Em through Skype! She is all the way over in Germany, where it's already a quarter to 7, which means she was getting ready to go to her New Year's party, but we had a nice little catch-up/OMGSQUEE conversation before she had to rush off.

This combined with the fact that Jessie will be back here in a few weeks, and and and and and and YAY!!!!! *bounce*

For all the woes our modern world has to offer, it's things like this that make it seem worthwhile. Instant communication with the friend who's an ocean away, the ability to send messages so quickly that you know in advance when someone will be coming back close to you. I am full of squee and warmth.

Happy New Year, everyone :)

January: My Astronomy teacher is Professor Taam, pronounced "Tom," which does not stop me from giggling internally whenever I think about it.

February: REC! Why You Should Watch Battlestar Galactica: An essay in picspam form by ack_attack

March: And until we meet again, may God hold you in the hollow of His hand.

April: I didn't want to post this yesterday, lest anyone think I was April foolin': I've been accepted to BADA!!!!!

May: Celebrated Beltane with an attempt to thin the veil even further.

June: So I had 1 gin & tonic and 1 bailey's on the rocks, and I was eating at the same time: is there any logical reason I should be this tipsy?

July: So remember how I said there'd be no internet access at BADA?

August: Wizard Celebrity Dossier number: 707 You're rather famous in the wizarding world, so of course there's a Death Eater file on you.

September: My computer feels foreign to me.

October: I has an idea for this year's Nano!

November: I have a main character, and the set-up for a plot.

December: I've been writing my final Linguistics paper for the last two hours, and I'm about 3/4 of the way done.... I think I can save the rest for tomorrow.

2007 SUMMARY

1. What did you do in 2007 that you'd never done before? As per usual, not chronological, but in the order I think of them: Bought a guitar and started learning how to play it. Rented a car and went on a road trip. Attended Burning Man. Lived in the same apartment with males who weren't related to me. Played a man onstage. Sat in the same room with Alan Rickman and Jeremy Irons. Danced onstage with Jonathan Coulton. Got sick from too much drinkin' (NEVER AGAIN PLEASE). Went punting. Used Skype ;)

2. Did you keep your New Years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year? I failed to reach 50 books...again. Maybe third time is the charm. Aside from that, any resolutions I made would be in connection to things I'm already trying to do, like advance my acting career.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth? My brother's best childhood friend's sister is pregnant. That's as close as we got this year.

4. Did anyone close to you die? No, luckily.

5. What countries did you visit? Jolly Olde England.

6. What would you like to have in 2008 that you lacked in 2007? A paying job.

7. What date from 2007 will remain etched upon your memory? September 28th.

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? Going to Burning Man! I bought the tix in January; many months of planning and not knowing if we'd have to up and sell the tickets later, John and I went.

9. What was your biggest failure? Not completing NaNoWriMo?

10. Did you suffer illness or injury? Nothing serious.

11. What was the best thing you bought? Tickets to Burning Man.

12. Whose behaviour merited celebration? Katy, the director of Travesties.

13. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed? .....

14. Where did most of your money go? Burning Man.

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about? Travesties, Burning Man, BADA, Celine Dion in Las Vegas!!!

16. What song/album will always remind you of 2007? 'Rehab' by Amy Winehouse. John&I heard it SO MANY TIMES walking around the playa.

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? I never know how to answer this one.
ii. thinner or fatter? A few pounds thinner.
iii. richer or poorer? Still living off my parents.

18. What do you wish you'd done more of? Hang out with my acting class.

19. What do you wish you'd done less of? Sulk.

20. How did you spend Christmas? As per usual, part at home at part at my cousin's house.

22. Did you fall in love in 2007? I was already in love. :)

23. How many one night stands in this last year? Ze-ro.

24. What was your favorite TV program? Battlestar Galac- no wait, Hero- no, sorry, the Off- GAH!!!

25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year? Nope.

26. What was the best book you read? American Gods, Neil Gaiman

27. What was your greatest musical discovery? The 'Lord of the Rings' musical!

28. What did you want and get? To go to Burning Man. To be cast in a show. To go to BADA. A good seat in the audience of 'Lord of the Rings.'

29. What did you want and not get? To be cast in a musical. For a certain someone not to die in Deathly Hallows: I still haven't carried out my promise of burning something >:(

30. What was your favourite film of this year? Hot Fuzz.

31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you? I was 21; whaddaya think I did? ;) After a night of partyin' it up with close friends, I hung out with my parents during the day, had a fancy dinner, then a joint birthday party with my next-door neighbor that evening.

32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? Err...

33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2007? A lot more 1970s than it used to be.

34. What kept you sane? John, my guitars, and the occasional bout of insanity.

35. Which celebrity/public figure did you like the most? Jeremy Irons. His philosophy on acting = LOVE AND AGREEMENTS. Also his fashion sense, hurray.

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

37. Who did you miss? Big-Me Emily and Jessie.

38. Who was the best new person you met? Andrew Wade :D

39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2007. Acting is more than just acting, there's this whole professional bit that goes along with it (you'd think that would be obvious, but I didn't really understand it until I went to BADA).

40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year?