1. What did you do in 2007 that you'd never done before?
Moved by myself (no roomate), got my masters degree, went to gay pride (twice) as a Fag Hag of course, participated in a play

2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
i said i would learn german, and i'm still on it

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
a friend of mine (male) had a kid recently...

4. Did anyone close to you die?
thankfully no

5. What countries did you visit?
spain, uk, bosnia, croatia, venezuela, scotland.

6. What would you like to have in 2008 that you lacked in 2007?
motivation to create and work, i would love to write more, read more, travel a bit more.... i would also love to improve my german

7. What date from 2007 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
mmmm... june 22nd? hurricane festival! June all and all was a good month... i graduated, travelled with my mom, went to hurricane festival, and both gay prides.

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
graduating! getting my phd position as well

9. What was your biggest failure?
not learning german, still...

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
i got sick a couple of times, nothing serious though

11. What was the best thing you bought?
mmm... my furniture... my big bed!

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
Santi's, all the way, my best friend and the greatest thing to ever happen to me...

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
wow... some people were just.... completely dumb... don't wanna even mention their names... let's say... too many

14. Where did most of your money go?
wow... traveling and moving!

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
going to madrid to spend xmas with friends... going home and having a blast

16. What songs will always remind you of 2007?
missery business by Paramore
I write sins not tragedies by Panic! at the disco
Hey there Delilah by Plain white T's

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? mmm... well... I would say better... imagine!
ii. thinner or fatter? soooooo much thinner, 2 sizes smaller in pants!
iii. richer or poorer? well... higher sallary, but i wouldnt say im richer

18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
travelled

19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
mmm... feel sorry for myself....

20. How did you spend Christmas?
went to madrid and spent it with my friend Cristina... just with her

21. How did you spend New Years?
At a party also in madrid, with a lot of venezuelans, like 8 germans, some spanish and with Santi

22. Did you fall in love in 2007?
nah... sad no? fell out of love

23. How many one night stands?
none

24. What were your favourite TV programmes?
Always Friends, Heroes, Ned's, Ugly Betty, America's next top model, many others i guess

25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
nah... i stoped hating some people i hated before... not worth the time or the effort...

26. What was the best book you read?
Harry potter 7 was amazing...

27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Bloc Party (although i knew them from before), Mika, Scissor sisters, Panic! at the disco

28. What did you want and get?
my masters degree , my phd position, a great appartment!

29. What did you want and not get?
a proper relationship

30. What was your favourite film of this year?
mmm... didnt see many, im not sure

31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
i went out the day before (i went to my uni's student bar and then when to a rock bar), and on my bday had a party in my new appartment with my best friend santi (who has a bday a day after me) and then went to a gay bar...I turned 28

32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
oh god... a good relationship with no major problems... more money and more time to travel

33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2007?
wow... rockish... pinup - ish... very me

34. What kept you sane?
my tv-shows and movies, Santi, my work

35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
none i gues...

36. What political issue stirred you the most?
oh god, the referendum back home... but we won!

37. Who did you miss?
my family! my friends from back home, and since november, Santi!

38. Who was the best new person you met?
mmmm... im not sure...

39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2007.
didnt learn much new things... re-learned stuff, and realized that stuff I always believed in were very true...

40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.

"Im all out of faith, this is how I feel
Im cold and I am shamed lying naked on the floor
Illusion never changed into something real
Im wide awake and I can see the perfect sky is torn
Youre a little late, Im already torn"

Torn by Natalie Imbruglia