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Sunday, December 28, 2008

I got tagged to do a thing, and because the person who tagged me is a new friend and I'm afraid to be bitchy lest she dart back in to the recesses of the internet like a frightened bunny, I'm going to oblige and tell you things about me.

1. What did you do in 2008 that you’d never done before?
I learned to surf. And I'm kind of awesome at it. Awesome might be an overstatement, but I feel that there is a distinct advantage to being small when you are surfing. The difference in going from kneeling to standing on your board is minimal, so your balance is pretty okay. And your center of gravity is so low. Also, I was wearing a wetsuit which was way less flattering when I was kneeling or laying on my board, so it was in my best interest to stand as much as humanly possible. Smooth out those lines.

2. 2008’s Goals:

Grad school. Check.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?:

yes, my lovely lovely friend Sarah.

4. Did anyone close to you die?:

Eartha Kitt! I like to think we were close in spirit. And Paul Newman died and I loved him and met him once and he called me "the prettiest 14 year old (he'd) ever seen" which was obviously a lie plus I was 27 at the time but I DID NOT FUCKING CARE.

5. What countries did you visit?:

England, Tanzania, and Dubai. And I count Bartha's Pinyard as a separate country because it is strange there.

6. What would you like to have in 2009 that you lacked in 2008?:

I'd like better health for a few people close to me. Well, really, I want better health for EVERYONE, but I'm thinking we could do without several specific medical misadventures next time around.

7. What dates from 2008 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?:

I'm copying Miss Kari and saying Nov 4, 2008 is a big one.

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?:

Successfully completing my first semester of school, running my toy drives, doing some fundraising, and not pooping my pants in public when I had dysentery.

9. What was your biggest failure?

I was really lazy at times. I hate that about myself.

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?:

So, there's the dysentery, right? And then I decapitated Where Is Tall Man a little bit. And then I somehow got encephalitis and thought it was just a really bad flu so I stayed home from work for 2 days and later when I found out what it was, the doctors were like "Um, good job on not dying." That's probably also an accomplishment, right?

Although, I'd be hard pressed to call any of that actual SUFFERING. I'm here, and I'm fine, so it probably wasn't all that awful. I had a bad headache with the encephalitis and a wee bit of panic when I cut off my finger, but mostly it was all worth it because now I can talk about my dysentery and residually swollen brain at cocktail parties.

(Seriously. How am I still single? I cannot fathom a reason.)

11. What was the best thing you bought?:

Plane ticket to tanzania!

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?:

Gosh, yours, probably. And Kelsi was particularly inspiring to me several times. Though she always is. And in my group of close college friends, every single person had an awesome accomplishment. I'm really proud of everyone I know, all the time, basically.

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?:

My own, at times, particularly in terms of the flagrant abuse of the comma in the paragraph above. Or "paragraph," if you will. Other super big bummers included Sarah Palin, Roddy Rod Blags, and Terrence Howard, whose disappointing behavior was brought to my attention via the beautiful Mindy in this post.

There are a LOT more questions, but I'm tired and I've been writing this half-dressed, which is not the way I'd like to go to work. So I have to jet.

More later, my little nuggets!

xoxoxox

meg

Labels: accidents, blogs, TMI

posted by A Lover and a Fighter at 11:48 AM -

6 Comments:

At 9:48 PM, Anonymous said…

Obama was elected on November 4th:)
At 9:49 PM, A Lover and a Fighter said…

anon- thanks! wow. stupid fat fingers.
At 8:57 AM, mindy said…

You are trying to tell us you DON'T like going to work half-dressed? REALLY, Meg? Let's be honest here, shall we?
At 12:29 PM, SharonG said…

Oh Megsy, how I've missed your writing.

I'm glad first term went well, and you didn't die from the brain swells.
At 1:12 PM, kelsi said…

you and your fat brain are always showing off like that...
you're such an awesome lady. even hume thinks so.
At 1:07 PM, dgm said…

Hey, I'm a small person what surfs, too. So you come on out west, girl, and we'll paddle out.