Heather Anne

Stolen from Dean.

1. What did you do in 2007 that you'd never done before?
Buried my ghosts.

2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I don’t make resolutions. I make grilled cheese sandwiches.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Um… not that I remember.

4. Did anyone close to you die?
Also not that I remember.

5. What countries did you visit?
Mexico, in spirit.

6. What would you like to have in 2008 that you lacked in 2007?
A hoverboard. (Which will also be my answer in 2009.)

7. What date from 2007 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
July 21, 2007 on account of the last Harry Potter book and all.

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
I ran a lot of 5Ks and wrote a couple of pretty okay stories.

9. What was your biggest failure?
Getting lost every time I drove to visit my sister.

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
I got the flu pretty good, and also on my birthday the worst stomach virus in the history of time.

11. What was the best thing you bought?
A plane ticket to Washington D.C.

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
Brad Bird.

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
I spent half the year in therapy so I don't have to be appalled and depressed about anyone’s behavior, because other people’s decisions? Not my responsibility. (That’ll be $6,000, please.)

14. Where did most of your money go?
Un-England. (And Regal Cinemas.)

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Thanksgiving.

16. What song will always remind you of 2007?
The Way I Am, by Ingrid Michaelson, from the Old Navy commercials.

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. Happier or sadder? Unbelievably happier.
ii. Thinner or fatter? A wee bit thinner.
iii. Richer or poorer? A wee bit richer. (Must buy more burritos.)

18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
You know, I’m pretty happy with the way I spent my time this year.

19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Do you mean “Do I wish I had someone to do my laundry?” Because: yes.

20. How will you be spending Christmas?
Spent it with my awesome family.

21. Did you fall in love in 2007?
Le coeur a ses raisons que la raison ne connait point.

22. How many one-night stands?
Hi, have we met? None.

23. What was your favorite TV program?
30 Rock, The Office, Ugly Betty, and Gossip Girl.

24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
I don’t hate anyone, Questionnaire. Geez.

25. What was the best book you read?
The Partly Cloudy Patriot, by Sarah Vowell and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, by My Hero.

26. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Stars: In Our Bedroom After the War. (Thanks, Kat!)

27. What did you want and get?
A lot of hugs.

28. What did you want and not get?
See question number six.

29. What was your favorite film of this year?
Ratatouille.

30. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I was twenty-nine, and I got really sick, and Abigail (who’d flown all the way in from LA) had to sit on my couch and watch The Real Housewives of Orange County while I puked and Amy organized my bookshelves and wiped my brow with a wet washcloth.

31. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2007?
Chuck Taylors, duh.

32. What kept you sane?
There are three of you. You know who you are.

33. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Uh, J.K. Rowling. (And Tina Fey.)

35. Who did you miss?
Jenn on account of she moved 40 miles away, and how am I supposed to know when to get a haircut!

36. Who was the best new person you met?
Lyra Belacqua

37. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2007.
Therapy? Pretty awesome. Fannie Mae Mint Meltaways? As good as you remember.