in anticipation of 2008

1. Will you be looking for a new job? NO!! that won't be neccessary until 2009

2. Will you be looking for a new relationship? NO!! too many other things to focus on right now

3. New house? Not a house, but I'm thinking that I should probably move out of my dad's place as things just keep getting worse

4. What will you do different in 08? go to school and plan my finances better

5. New Years resolution? I don't make New Year's resolutions

6. What will you NOT be doing in 08? not having sex with men, that's really the only thing that I can predict :)

7. Any trips planned? oh yes, lots. at least 2 trips to Chicago and hopefully 1 to Providence

8. Wedding plans? I don't know, is anyone getting married? need a bridesmaid? I'm really good at that

9. what's on your calendar? trips to Chicago, school, become an auntie

10. What can't you wait for? see #9 above

11. What would you like to see happen differently? I'd like to see a few people remove the sticks from up their asses

12.What about yourself will you be changing? gosh, I don't know...I'd like to be less afraid

13.What happened in 07 that you didn't think would ever happen? lost my independence (ie moved back in with parents)

14.Will you be nicer to the people you care about? I'm certainly going to try harder...one particular person is making it really difficult

15.Will you dress differently this year than you did in 07? probably a bit, my style is always running off on tangents

16. Will you better your relationship with your family? see # 14

17. Will you do charity work? that's a really good idea...if I have/make the time

18. Will you go to bars? of course

19. Will you be nice to people you dont know? always

20. Do you expect '08 to be a good year for you? it definitely has potential

21. How much did you change from this time last year til now? in some ways I've changed 180 degrees, in some ways not at all and in SOME ways I changed and then changed back...this was a weird year

22. Do you plan on having a child? nope

23. Will you still be friends with the same people you are friends with now? absolutely

24. Major lifestyle changes? I'd like to give up smoking for a while

25. What will you make sure doesn't happen in 08 that happened in 07? I won't overdraft my checking account by $700+ for a month and a half, forcing me to move away from the place I love so dearly

26. What are your New Years Eve plans? hopefully going dancing with some friends and taking lots of drunk pictures and videos with my new camera YAY!!

27. Will you have someone to kiss at midnight? I might share a peck or two with some friends...not the kissing I'd like to be doing, that's for sure

and this year's award goes to...

MY 2007 AWARDS

1) DRINKING BUDDIES OF THE YEAR:
April for random trips to The Closet, Derrick for his pre-drink accompaniment before staying out until 4 or 5 dancing at Berlin and Ramon who gave me the funniest drunken memories of the year.

2) LIFETIME SERVICE AWARD (longest friend):
Rebekah and Jacob.

3) NEWCOMER AWARD - COOLEST NEWEST FRIEND:
Britta and Mercedes

3) HIGH POINT OF THE YEAR:
toss up between The L Word season 4 premier last Jan, roaming around Andersonville with Britta, my birthday dinner, Renee and Noel's wedding or trip to Las Vegas with Teresa and Lyds!!

4) LOW POINT OF THE YEAR:
when Ramon explained why someone wasn't responding to my attempts at contact, my first day back in Fresno and the day I tried to talk to my sister.

5) BEST HOLIDAY:
Summer Solstice, spent it celebrating my chamo, Teresa's B-day.

6) YOUR SONG FOR 2007:
Big Girls Don't Cry by Fergie, Time Is Running Out by Muse, Yr Mangled Heart by The Gossip and Instant Pleasure by Rufus Wainwright

7) MOVIE FOR 2007:
Stranger Than Fiction

10) WHO DID YOU SPEND VALENTINES WITH:
Susan and I went for some Chicago pizza

11) BEST RELATIONSHIP:
with myself - well...for a while anyway

12) WHAT WERE YOU FOR HALLOWEEN:
a Go Go Dancer

13) RESTAURANT OF THE YEAR:
I Love Sushi, Joy's, Kopi, Pick Me Up Cafe, Brazzaz

14) KISS OF THE YEAR:
saying goodnight on the corner of Belmont and Halsted after our 3rd night hanging out together at Berlin. the night I realized how much I like her.

15) BEST DECISION MADE THIS YEAR:
I don't think I made very good decisions this year.

I guess everytime I decided to go to a show: Girlesque Burlesque, VAST, Rusted Root, Bjork, Morrissey, Ani Difranco, Ozomatli and Juliette and the Licks. those were good decisions.

16) WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS FOR NEXT YEAR:
online classes, pay off debts, trips to Chicago and Providence, save up money to get an apartment in Arcata and go to school

17) MOST STUPID IDEA WHEN DRUNK:
to not go to the bathroom before trying to walk home from The Closet

18) TV SHOW OF THE YEAR:
The Office, Heroes

19) MOST LOYAL FRIEND:
all of my friends are loyal, especially considering how often I take them for granted

20) BIGGEST CHANGE OF THE YEAR:
not being able to support myself

21) BIGGEST douchbag AWARD:
myself? I don't like that word though. what is it with all of the feminine names used with negative conotations: cunt, pussy, douchebag, etc? why do we use these words to put people down?

22) NEW YEAR RESOLUTION:
follow through with my scholastic intentions, treat my sister as though she is the nicest person that I've ever met, tell people how I feel even when it's scary (the year of No Fear, right Christine?)

'tis the season, fa la la la la, and all that holiday jazz

wrapping paper or gift bags? wrapping paper...undoing it is part of the fun

real tree or artificial? well...the purist in me says real, but the environmentalist says artificial (I can always get a bunch of pine scented candles, right?)

when do you put up the tree? I buy (if we're going with a real tree) and put it up the weekend after Thanksgiving, and decorate it the weekend after that

when do you take the tree down? the weekend after New Year's

do you like egg nog? no...I LOVE it!!! (one of the few reasons that I actually GO to Starbucks is for their egg nog latte...yummmmmm!!!)

favorite gift received as a child? hmm, the Super NES, or the leather jacket that matched the one they gave my older sister

do you have a nativity scene? yup, it's a Precious Moments themed set and sooo adorable

hardest person to buy for? pretty much any family member

easiest person to buy for? Lydia

mail or email Christmas cards? definitely mail...but I rarely if ever send them (every year I optimistically buy a set, but I lag and they don't get sent)

favorite holiday tradition? going to see the The Nutcracker Ballet (either in San Fran or Sacramento, depending) with the Sullivan women, every year growing up

worst Christmas gift you ever received? I really don't like to think poorly of ANY gift received but for the sake of answering I'll say the Sublime CDs that my uncle got me two years ago (he got the idea from my amazon.com wish list, but what I actually had on the list were the song books - I already had the CDs, so it was kind of disappointing) I feigned excitement anyway

favorite Christmas movie? Elf, Miracle on 34th Street (both versions), Scrooged, Love Actually, A Christmas Story, The Preacher's Wife, Santa Claus: The Movie, The Nightmare Before Christmas, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever and Anne of Green Gables / Avonlea (which aren't really Christmas movies, but it's tradition in the Sullivan/Link family to watch them each year on Christmas Eve) to name a few

have you ever recycled a Christmas present? sort of...I gave the Sublime CDs to Lydia (but not as a Christmas gift - I gave them "just because")

favorite thing to eat at Christmas? peanut brittle

clear lights on the tree or colored? colored on the tree, clear outside

favorite Christmas song? Oh Holy Night (Martina McBride); The Christians and the Pagans (Dar Williams); Baby, It's Cold Outside (Zooey Deschanel and Leon Redbone from Elf); The Nutcracker Suite (Brian Setzer Orchestra); What Christmas Means To Me (Hanson - don't laugh, I love them); Who Would Imagine A King (Whitney Houston from The Preacher's Wife); All I Want For Christmas Is You (Mariah Carey); Winter Wonderland (James Taylor) and all of Tchaikovsky's Der Nußknacker Ballett-Suite

travel at Christmas or stay home? I'd rather "stay at home", but I have to go between my mother's and my father's family, so there is some light traveling every year

can you name all of Santa's reindeer? yep, all 9 of them

open presents on Christmas Eve or morning? on Christmas Eve we always open the new pajamas that my mother has gotten us...the rest get opened on Christmas morning / afternoon once I get to my VB family

most annoying thing about this time of year? not living where it snows

favorite ornament theme or color? the fiber-optic faerie ornament set that my mother got me (I love faerie ornaments)

favorite for Christmas dinner? the usuals...it's a lot like Thanksgiving, only with ham instead of turkey

what do you want for Christmas this year? hugs, lots and lots of hugs

who is most likely to respond to this? anyone with holiday spirit

who is least likely to respond? the scrooges, grinches and bah-humbugs

the ABCs of me

A- Attached or single: single (but unavailable)

B- Best Friends: Jacob, Rebekah and Lydia

C- Cake or Pie: PIE, PIE and lots more PIE...now I'm in the mood for pie.

D- Day of choice: Tuesday or Sunday

E- Essential Item: my cellphone (even though I HATE using it haha)

F- Favorite Color: plum

G- Gummi Bears or Worms: i guess bears, i don't really like some of the flavor combos they give the worms (although what i really really like are Sour Patch Kids Extreme...i LOVE sour candy)

H- Hometown: Copperopolis, CA.

I- Indulgence(s): Fat Tire, music, White Cheddar Cheetos, dancing at Berlin, sushi, pad thai, filling out cyber-surveys

J- January or July: even though the coolest person in the world was born in January, I'm going to have to go with July (i just LOVE those long summery days. and it's kinda suicidal to go swimming in January)

K- Kids: dog, Kenobi and a dog-like cat, Bristow

L- Life is Incomplete Without: music

M- Marriage Date: marriage to what?

• marriage to Guitar Hero III: November 8, 2007

• marriage to sushi: March 7, 2007

• marriage to Ani Difranco in concert: March 2, 2002

• marriage to Berlin: September 22, 2006

N- Number of Siblings: 5

O- Oranges or Apples: oranges!! woo hoo. i love green apples but i'm afraid that i'll bite into one and break my tooth again, and i'm allergic to all other apples.

P- Phobias or Fears: spiders and various other creepy-crawlies, all of the other cars on the road, rejection

Q- Quotes:

• "If you can't change your fate, change your attitude."

• "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind."

• "If you want to be selfish, be wisely selfish. The best way to do that is to help others."

R- Reason To Smile: tomorrow's payday, i got my stuff out of my sister's room by my eviction date and proved everyone wrong HA!!, going dancing tomorrow night to spanish music (it's been years)

S- Season: i prefer the seasonal transitions, to the actual seasons (i.e. when it's changing from spring to summer or from summer to fall *sigh*)

T- Tag Three: anyone who reads this

U- Unknown Fact About Me: i once ate a live snail

W- Worst Habit: clipping my finger- or toenails and leaving them where they fall

X- X-Rays or Ultrasounds: i'm not really sure what the question is.

• which do i prefer? ultrasounds - they are generally associated with pregnancies and i'm fascinated by the whole process of growing a human inside of your body

• which have i had and/or how many? only x-rays and maybe 2 or 3 - broken leg might have been worth 2 but i was young and only remember 1 and chiropractor x-rayed my spine

Y- Your Favorite Food: sushi

Z- Zodiac: Pisces