2008

Key words and moments
It's all been a bit nuts.
Gallery hopping, the Mancunian, tequila, sisters, funeral, green bookshelves, walking, Moureze twice over, trapped in the stairwell post Batman, liquid eyeliner, Laura 1st floor, openings and pvs, 50s frocks, sitting on the windowsill, a walk of shame or two, honesty and respect?, doppelganger encounter, Southbank Centre, Leonard Cohen, Kate's emigration, my first date, flathunting, 5am, 29 bus ... (more to come, I'm sure)

What did you do in 2008 that you’d never done before?
Lots - 'new and exciting' was a motto.

Did you keep your new year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
None made this year or last.

Did anyone close to you give birth?
Rosemary, my cousin.

Did anyone close to you die?
My grandmother, in June.

What countries did you visit?
France

What would you like to have in 2009 that you lacked in 2008?
Inner peace, a new job

What days from 2008 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
- 5 January - breaking up
- 9 Feb - moving out
- A lost weekend with Ross in April
- Moureze in April
- The tree coming down in Moureze
- Paris for a day
- The first good day of the year - waking up covered in fingerprints and hand shaped bruises, sitting on top of Primrose Hill in good company, a greasy spoon breakfast, a penguin classic, walking home along the Canal, daffodils, a quiet and calm day to myself, dinner with my Ma.

What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Just being, I think. Being independent and happy and sane. Being adult and responsibility-free.

What was your biggest failure?
££

Did you suffer illness or injury?
- Started the year with the flu, ended it with norovirus.
- Stilettoed by a dancing drag queen.
- Stood on a bottle at White Cube.
- More hangovers than I can shake a stick at.

What was the best thing you bought?
Eugene the ipod, perhaps?

Whose behavior merited celebration?
Struggling with this question.

Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
Cheating men, again and again and again. I've lost faith in any possibility that a relationship could be free from infidelity.

Where did most of your money go?
Art and alcohol. The occasional little black dress.

What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Nothing that springs to mind. There must have been lots of things though. Small things, each day.

Compared to this time last year, are you:
a) happier or sadder? happier
b) thinner or fatter? about the same - maybe a little thinner
c) richer or poorer? poorer

What do you wish you’d done more of?
Seen more performing art. More MA work over the summer.

What do you wish you’d done less of?
Pissing around online.

How did you spend Christmas?
Oldmeldrum and Arundel

Did you fall in love in 2008?
No

What was your greatest musical discovery?
seeqpod.com.

What did you want and get?
My own way, quite often.

What did you want and not get?
A couple of jobs

What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
Sushi followed by champagne at Claridges with my sister. I turned 26.

What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
More time.

How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2008?
Small and black. The leather jacket was an interesting addition.

What kept you sane?
People. Walking.

What political issue stirred you the most?
US election. Prop 8.

Who did you miss?
Rich - which is not something I admit to myself very often, let alone anyone else. I miss how we once were together, and the potential of what we could have been. I wouldn't change things though, because I don't miss how things actually were.

Who was the best new person you met?
This has been a good year for new people.

Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2008.
There's no point in worrying about things ahead of time. Just be zen. It'll all work out in the end.

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