1. What did you do in 2007 that you’d never done before?
I went snowboarding.2. Did you keep your New Years’ resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I can't remember what they were, so I'd guess No; and I've already made a few for 2008.3. Did anyone close to you give birth.
No4. Did anyone close to you die?
Yes5. What countries did you visit?
Canada6. What would you like to have in 2008 that you lacked in 2007?
A stable home for my family.7. What date from 2007 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
July 28-29 - seeing where Jack's death was filmed and attending the Full Moon gathering8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Completing the San Francisco AIDS Walk9. What was your biggest failure?
Accepting a job that is completely wrong for me10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Some depression and anxiety, but nothing new11. What was the best thing you bought?
Brokeback Mountain prints12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
I love my Brokie friends, without question they all deserve celebration.13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
The US government14. Where did most of your money go?
Travel and moving15. What made you really really really excited?
Seeing my Brokie friends.16. What song will forever remind you of 2007?
The Tennessee Waltz17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
a) happier or sadder?
happierb) thinner or fatter?
thinnerc) richer or poorer?
richer in friends; poorer in funds18. What do you wish you’d done more of?
Self-care, like making more time for exercise, yoga, meditation, preparing healthy meals, watching sunsets19. What do you wish you’d done less of?
Withdrawing for days at a time, losing myself in books and movies, sometimes losing entire days20. How will you be spending Christmas?
I spent the first part of Christmas with extended family (Price, Chloe, Ares) then Christmas evening with Brokie family (Linda, Jimmy, Debbie, Grace, Michael, Rob, John).21. How will you be spending New Year's?
San Diego and LA friends, most likely.22. Did you fall in love in 2007?
Yes. Ares is precious and it's impossible not to love him.23. How many one-night stands?
324. What were your favorite TV programs?
I don't really watch network TV; I'm working my way through Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel DVDs - Joss Whedon is a genius.25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
No, I don't hate anyone.26. What was the best book you read?
Terrorist by John Updike but I didn't like it much...27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Leonard Cohen28. What did you want and get?
To have a relationship with Ares29. What did you want and not get?
A drama-free year30. What was your favorite film of this year?
Lust, Caution31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I was 39 and I went with a good friend to dinner and a concert in Nashville.32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Choosing the right job.33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2007?
I have no personal fashion concept - didn't get that gene. 34. What kept you sane?
I don't know that I am completely sane, but I know I rely heavily on my friendships here to make it through.35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Rebekah Jordan36. What political issue stirred you the most?
Long ugly list in no particular order - immigration, the Iraq war, gay marriage, keeping religion out of government, poverty, hunger, homelessness, lack of health care, our government thinking torture of human beings is OK..etc etc etc37. Who did you miss?
My mother.38. Who was the best new person(s) you met?
It's hard to single out just one - Glory, Linda, Janice, Adiabatic, Richard, Jack, Jimmy, Phillip and John, Lucian38. Side question...who would I like to get to know better?
Again a long list by no means complete - Dev, Adia, Jess, Richard, Jack, Chuck39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2007:
1) Interview your interviewers in return. 2) Time with loved ones is so precious and passes much too quickly - savor every single second.40. Quote a song lyric (any song, any year) that sums up your year:
Dock of the Bay by Otis Redding:
Sittin' in the mornin' sun,
I'll be sittin' when the evenin' come.
Watching the ships roll in,
Then I'll watch 'em roll away again.
Yeah, I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay,
Watching the tide roll away.
Ooh, I'm just sittin' on the dock of the day,
Wastin' time.
I left my home in Georgia Tennessee,
Headed for the Frisco bay.
I have nothing to live for,
Look like nothin's gonna come my way.
So I'm just gonna sit on the dock of the bay,
Watching the tide roll away.
Ooh, I'm sittin' on the dock of the day,
Wastin' time.
Look like nothing's gonna change
Everything still remains the same
I can't do what ten people tell me to do
So I guess I'll remain the same.
Just sittin' here resting my bones,
And this loneliness won't leave me alone.
Two thousand miles I roam,
Just to make this dock my home.
Now I'm just gonna sit at the dock of the bay,
Watchin' the tide roll away.
Ooh, I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay,
Wastin' time.