Being Amber Rhea

Via a bunch of people, but I saw it at Ren’s LJ first. These memes always stress me out a little because I don’t feel like I can think of good answers; but I gave it a whirl for the hell of it.

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What did you do in 2008 that you have never done before?
Posed for a photo shoot

Did you keep all of last years resolutions?
My only resolution was to recycle more, and I’ve kept it.

Have you any resolutions for next year?
I might as well mention the perennial resolution: take care of myself!

What countries did you visit?
None

What would you like to have in 2009 that you didn’t have in 2008?
A home that I own

Dad in Cam Rahn Bay, Vietnam (December 1966)

What date in 2008 will remain etched in your memory?
July 17, 2008 - the day my father died

What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Sex 2.0!

What was your biggest failure?
Oh, geez. I hate questions like this. If I say I didn’t have a “biggest failure” then I sound arrogant and unrealistic. But if I start listing stuff out I’ll just get all self-deprecating. The truth is, I don’t know the answer to this. I honestly don’t think I had any spectacular failures this year, but that kind of thing is so subjective. Besides, with all my history/baggage with negativity, I don’t really need to dwell on it. :P

Did you suffer any illness or injury?
Fortunately nothing more serious than sniffles, headaches, and stomach aches here and there.

What was the best thing you bought?

• The three hours of my photo shoot
• An outdoor birdfeeder
• Puff and Stuff

Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed?
Too many to name :P

Where did most of your money go?
Bills and other assorted debt

What did you get really really really excited about?
WAM!2008, Sex 2.0, BlogOrlando, BlogHer Atlanta, house hunting, my birthday photo shoot, pole dancing (perennially so), performing in a student showcase at the studio, birds, McMaster family history, road trips, Rusty, everyday fortunes

What do you wish you’d done less of?
Drank chai from Starbucks. In the last several months I’ve really cut back on it though. For a while there it was more compulsive than out of any real desire for the drink.

How will you be spending Christmas?
Taking it easy in Augusta with my mom and Rusty.

Which LJ/OD users bloggers did you meet for the first time?
Let’s see if I’m able to successfully list all of them (and attempt to put them in alphabetical order, too). Some of these folks I talked to for only a few seconds, but it still counts as meeting, dammit! I’m a purist.

• Amanda Brooks
• Apostate
• Aspasia
• Elizabeth Wood
• Funky Brown Chick
• Hugo Schwyzer
• Kimberlee Cline
• Jill Brenneman
• Jill Filipovic
• Joanne McNeil
• Leah Jones
• Match
• Melissa Gira
• Mistress Maeve
• Octogalore
• Regina Lynn
• Ren
• Roy MacKenzie
• SerpentLibertine

I’m sure I’ve spaced out and forgotten to list a few people.

Did you fall in love in 2008?
I could say something cheesy here like, I fall in love all over again every day. :)

How many one night stands?
None

What was your favourite TV show?
The Office

Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
Nope

What was/were the best books you read?
The Way We Never Were by Stephanie Coontz

What was your greatest musical discovery?
I rediscovered Little Earthquakes. It’s as amazing now as it was in 8th grade.

What did you want and get?
<voice intonation=”price_is_right”>A new car</voice>

What did you want and not get?
BlogHer Atlanta

What was your favourite film this year?
I don’t know. I’m not really a “movie person.” I’m drawing a blank.

Peep peep peep!

What did you do on your birthday and how old were you?
29; went to dinner at the Cheesecake Factory and bonded with my robotic baby chick

What one thing would have made your year more satisfying?
Gotta agree with Ren here: A lot more cash

How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2008?
OMGWTFLOL

What Who kept you sane?
Rusty and Jenny

Which celebrity did you fancy the most?
Um, none really

Which political issue stirred you the most?
Lots of things related to sex workers’ rights, feminism, and reproductive justice (sometimes all three at once!)

Who did you miss?
Jenny and Niki - as always

Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned this year?
Sometimes letting go and letting other people take care of things is what you have to do.

Quote a song lyric that sums up your year…

Made me learn a little bit faster
Made my skin a little bit thicker
Makes me that much smarter
So thanks for making me a fighter
– Christina Aguilera, “Fighter”

(This isn’t the only year it sums up, but it fits. I was going to say it’s a perennial favorite but that would be the third time I’d used the word “perennial” in this post.)

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