| 2007 Wrap up |
[08 Jan 2008|01:27am] |
1. What did you do in 2007 that you'd never done before?
Was trusted in charge of a classroom, ate pulpo, graduated college, received a teaching certificate, taught in a Spanish school, went canyoning, traveled by myself, rented an apartment in a foreign country, gotten a Spanish resident card, taught English, saw Blue Man Group
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
some yes, others no. and of course ill make more.
(same exact answer as last year) ← Same as last 2 years, apparently. But my resolutions for this year were kind of idealistic and difficult to measure. So we’ll see.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Stephanie
4. Did anyone close to you die?
No. amazing. ← Last year’s answer still reigns true.
5. What countries did you visit?
Ireland, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, The Netherlands, France, Spain, Poland, Hungary
6. What would you like to have in 2008 that you lacked in 2007?
Good classroom management skills, Spanish friends, fluency in Spanish
7. What date from 2007 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
Sept. 3- The day I left to come to Spain.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Fulbright and TFA
9. What was your biggest failure?
Getting rejected from Concordia Language Villages?
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Nope.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
Anything travel related.
15 euro IKEA memory foam pillow. Well worth it.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
My friends, old and new, are amazing.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
I hate this question
14. Where did most of your money go?
Travel. Food. Rent. Food.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Backpacking in Europe, Moving to Spain!, Winter Break, TFA
16. What song will always remind you of 2007?
Unwritten-Natasha Beddingfield, Tal como eres-El Canto del Loco, Young Folks, Girl-Beck, anything by Richard Hawley, I don’t feel like dancing- the scissor sisters
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
happier or sadder? Happier
thinner or fatter? Fatter.
richer or poorer? Richer I guess. I actually get regular paychecks.
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Immersing myself in Spanish
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Doubting my teaching abilities
Doubting myself in general
20. How will you be spending or did you spend Christmas?
Went to Germany to visit relatives I had never met.
21. Did you fall in love in 2007?
I think I actually let myself.
23. What was your favorite TV program? New one?
Lost, Grey’s, Firefly, ← Still. Plus America’s Next Top Model with the girls. I might be getting hooked on Private Practice.
24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
No.
25. What was the best book you read?
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café comes to mind.
The Alchemist.
I need to read more…
26. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Richard Hawley. I’m a bit obsessed at the moment.
27. What did you want and get?
Fulbright
28. What did you want and not get?
A date with a Spaniard? jk
Not sure. I’m lucky in too many ways.
29. What was your favorite film(s) of this year?
El orfanato was good. Um…
Superbad was funny.
Death at a Funeral came out in 2007 even though I just saw it…but I enjoyed it.
30. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
22 eh?
Tried to go to U of I with Jason and Paul but there was a snowstorm so we drank at Paul’s house and had a shot at midnight. Made it to U of I. Ate flat top I think, Went to Legends
31. What is one thing that would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Not sure, things were pretty good. Anything slightly bad, I learned from.
32. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2007? Comfortable. Simple. Basic.
33. What kept you sane?
My paper journal, my chicas
34. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
McDreamy still
35. What political issue stirred you the most?
The porque no te callas issue was interesting.
The Madrid metro cleaning crew strike.
36. Who did you miss?
Everyone-that was a bit too easy
37. Who was the best new person you met?
Fulbright kids. My roommates. The EGHS teachers. Elisa.
38. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2007:
-You get out of life that which you put in.
-You need to step out of your comfort zone in order to grow.
-Some friendships or relationships aren’t meant to last forever, some are only meant to last for a certain amount of time.
-You don’t know unless you try. It is better to try and fail than to wonder “what if?”
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