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Christmas.
I am legal.
I now own two Apple products: An early 2008 Macbook Pro & an 8 gB iPod Touch that I plan to put to good use.
My brother can now legally stay home alone.
TVXQ was formed 5 years ago. (wuh?!)
I want to volunteer for the Science Olympiad LA Regional.
I’m trying to learn Chopin’s Ballade No. 1, but I no longer have the patience to work my way through the piece. 
I have yet to brush up on my chamber music piece, and there’s only ONE week of vacation left (whereas all you semester people have practically another month!).
-I suck-
Robotics LA Regional is the weekend before finals and kickoff is on the Saturday before school starts. T__T
I feel like I’m going to have a horrible second term; I should be using these last few days of break to study.
I’ve only managed to hang out with one friend all of break.
WHAT AM I GOING TO DO ABOUT SURF APPLICATIONS?! *scream*
I feel like I forgot about something REALLY important. 
I wasted my break marathoning Gundam (okay, it’s not a waste, but productivity dropped ten fold once break started =__=)
BOREDOM.
And I’m really scared about some family matters right now. 

Stolen from Jackie

 1. What did you do in 2008 that you’d never done before?
Tokyo Summer 2008
Went to an adults only night at Moonlight Rollerway, but I was a minor back then D:
Bought a Mac
Yukata!
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I could come up with more, but I don’t feel like it. -.-

2. Did you keep your new years’ resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I don’t think I’ve ever made any real official New Years’ resolutions… maybe for classes in junior high, but bleh… I hate being told what to do. 

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
No.

4. Did anyone close to you die?
No. T_T

5. What countries did you visit?
Japan + China

6. What would you like to have in 2009 that you lacked in 2008?
Confidence is the biggest one

7. What date from 2008 will remain etched upon your memory?
None, really… 2008 was meh. Graduation sucked. 

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Getting into college was last year’s news. 

9. What was your biggest failure?
I tried. Things didn’t really work out… I don’t know…

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
I was sick for asdf many weeks at the start of the school year, but that doesn’t really count.

11. What was the best thing you bought?
I like the iPod more than my MBP. The Nikon D80 was pretty sweet… until the D90 came out. -fail-

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
Huh?

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
Eh. I guess I’m more upset at myself than anyone else… I dunno… some high school friends kind of irk me. D: *feels so lonely sometimes*

14. Where did most of your money go?
lol… I don’t spend my own money -loser-… and I have a lot saved up from my internship 2 summers ago… and graduation… and birthdays… Most of my money? Random animanga merchandise + electronics

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Japan? Not really…

16. What song will always remind you of 2008?
… 

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? err… maybe i’m bipolar… some really happy highs to some freakishly sad lows… sine wave desu yo!
ii. Thinner or fatter? contrary to popular belief, freshman 15 is… meh…
iii. Richer or poorer? bad times, right?

18. What do you wish you’d done more of?
… maybe practice piano more… spend more time in Japan…

19. What do you wish you’d done less of?
Yes, crying

20. How will you be spending New Years Eve?
Kouhaku!

22. Did you fall in love in 2008?
That’s what she said… LOL. "Continuation of 2007"

23. How many one-night stands?
Huh?

24. What was your favorite TV program?
Err… Geass? Probably some Bravo TV show until stupid Charter removed the channel. 

25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
I don’t hate anyone. I hold nasty grudges. I guess grudges grow deeper with time. 

26. What was the best book you read?
Pride and Prejudice. 

27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
This year? Nothing really… SG Wannabe?

28. What did you want and get?
I didn’t want much… I could’ve waited to get a MBP/iPod… I wanted a trip to Japan, but not exactly what I ended up getting… 

30. What was your favorite film of this year?
I dislike modern films, but I guess Wall-E. I saw some freaky ones with friends…

31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
Popped a bottle of Ramune… studied for finals/took a final… LOL Great 18th birthday, right?

32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
… A month in Japan. 

33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2008?
I still don’t care how I look… or maybe I care more, but I don’t put much effort into showing it. Bed head? or w/e it’s called… I still like skirts and dresses and I prefer comfort over style… I got a nice coat… I want to follow Asian fashion trends more closely.

34. What/who kept you sane?
… bleh

35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Jaejoong

36. What political issue stirred you the most?
I could not vote in November -_- Lack of interest? Prop 8 was stupid. 

37. Who did you miss?
I try not to become too sentimental… so I guess I don’t like getting too attached to people for fear that I’ll miss them too much. 

38. Who was the best new person you met?
Jenny and Alan, Yuehan and Eric, Jennifer and Doris and lots of other college friends

39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2008.
I don’t know. -_-

40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
I could try to think of one, but I don’t really feel like it.

Yep. I guess I’m in a bad mood. 2008 was supposed to be an amazing year. I mean, come on! Prom, CPW, Prefrosh Weekend… they were all good times… then I got to the longest summer vacation I’ve had in years, and bam. Wow, it sucked and it was boring! And friends issues continued to haunt me.

Or maybe I just fail at life.