{"id":249,"date":"2007-12-31T18:28:00","date_gmt":"2007-12-31T18:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.1.142:8080\/2007\/12\/31\/2007-year-in-review\/"},"modified":"2023-01-06T09:04:26","modified_gmt":"2023-01-06T13:04:26","slug":"2007-year-in-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/home.woodchuckhunters.com\/blog\/2007\/12\/31\/2007-year-in-review\/","title":{"rendered":"2007: Year in Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

For those who don’t remember last year’s review: Jump<\/a><\/p>\n

1)Was 2007 a good year for you?<\/i> Absolutely! Starting a wonderful, rewarding relationship; graduating; shooting things; getting a job and apartment…
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\n2) What was your favorite moment of the year?<\/i> Running around outside, in my boxers, at 2 am, trying to shoot raccoons out of the tree. Jump<\/a><\/p>\n

3) What was your least favorite moment of the year?<\/i> Watching my grandfather get old and sick.<\/p>\n

4) Where were you when 2007 began?<\/i> Spending the evening with Jim and Vanessa; drinking UV Blue, beer, and watching a ball drop on television.<\/p>\n

5) Who were you with?<\/i> Jim and Vanessa<\/p>\n

6) Where will you be when 2007 ends\/ended?<\/i> [I’m going to use the same line I used last year.] “This year, I will be ‘alone’ [in my apartment], probably zoned out in a video game, completely oblivious to the year-end.<\/p>\n

7) Who will you be with when 2007 ends\/ended?<\/i> Cinnamon, my cute stuffed animal.<\/p>\n

8) Did you keep your new years resolution of 2007?<\/i> My plan was to stay out of “dead-end-relationships” and continue to take more time for myself. I’ve kept to my plan! I’m starting the new year with a gal who is the absolute love of my life (hitting a new personal relationship milestone of one year), and have learned the joy of simply sitting with my thoughts.<\/p>\n

10) Did you fall in love in 2007?<\/i> Contrary to my thoughts of the previous year, I can<\/i> fall in love, and fall hard.<\/p>\n

11) If yes, with who?<\/i> Valerie “The WarMuffin” DeAngelo<\/p>\n

12) If yes, do they know?<\/i> Know… yes. Conciously processing the thought… that’s debatable.<\/p>\n

13) Are you still in love with them?<\/i> I am now, and will be for another year.<\/p>\n

14) Do you regret it?<\/i> I have never felt so happy, respected, or loved in my entire life. I absolutely do not regret it.<\/p>\n

15) Did you breakup with anyone in 2007?<\/i> Nope, all of my breakups were in ’06.<\/p>\n

16) Did you make any new friends in 2007?<\/i> Yes.<\/p>\n

17) Who are your favorite new friends?<\/i> PK & Jeff!<\/p>\n

18) What was your favorite month of 2007?<\/i> June<\/p>\n

19) Did you travel outside of the US in 2007?<\/i> Nope, and I still have no plan to in 2008.<\/p>\n

20) How many different states did you travel to in 2007?<\/i> I’ve had quite a few road trips this summer. Most of them up to Ionia and Marion in Michigan, where my parents moved. Outside the state, Val and I trekked to Madison, WI for an interview with Epic and we took a trip to Cedar Point in Sandusky with Jon and Steph.<\/p>\n

21) Did you lose anybody close to you in 2007?<\/i> One of my cousin’s passed this year. I’ve also permanently moved away from Marquette and all of my Northern friends.<\/p>\n

22) Did you miss anybody in the past year?<\/i> I still haven’t seen Katie in over a year! We chat online and I’m constantly stalking her on LJ and facebook. Its also been about a year since I’ve seen Ted. I could use another A\/V bar night.<\/p>\n

23) What was your favorite movie that you saw in 2007?<\/i> I guess 300 and The Golden Compass were the best movies of the year.<\/p>\n

24) What was your favorite song from 2007?<\/i> Weird Al’s “Don’t Download This Song”<\/p>\n

25) What was your favorite record from 2007?<\/i> I bought Trapt’s “Someone in Control”, which was a suburb album (though it was released in ’05).<\/p>\n

26) How many concerts did you see in 2007?<\/i> Just one; the 8 bit guys at Northern.<\/p>\n

27) Did you have a favorite concert in 2007?<\/i><\/i><\/p>\n

28) Did you drink a lot of alcohol in 2007?<\/i> I drank enough; only threw up once.<\/p>\n

29) Did you do a lot of drugs in 2007?<\/i> My drug habits diminish as I get older. I don’t even take aspirin anymore.<\/p>\n

30) How many people did you sleep with in 2007?<\/i> One.<\/p>\n

31) Did you do anything you are ashamed of this year?<\/i> There must be something, but I’m not able to think of it right now.<\/p>\n

33) What was the worst lie someone told you in 2007?<\/i><\/p>\n

34) Did you treat somebody badly in 2007?<\/i> I’m sure.<\/p>\n

35) Did somebody treat you badly in 2007?<\/i> AT&T treats me like crap every time I call.<\/p>\n

36) How much money did you spend in 2007?<\/i> I’ve spent in the neighborhood of 11 thousand dollars this year. That’s almost 3 times as much as I’ve spent in any other year.<\/p>\n

37) What was your proudest moment of 2007?<\/i> Landing a job and getting an apartment.<\/p>\n

38) What was your most embarrassing moment of 2007?<\/i> When Val and I couldn’t restrain ourselves in the car, I tried to find a secluded place to park, but some guys drove by in a topless jeep and could clearly see everything we were doing.<\/p>\n

39) If you could go back in time to any moment of 2007 and change something, what would it be?<\/i> I would go back to those nights drinking beer around the campfire. Not to change anything, just to enjoy the feeling again.<\/p>\n

40) What are your plans for 2007?<\/i> I expect my self discoveries to continue as I move through the following year. My practical goals are to: pay off my student loans, find a house, and metaphorically poke at Val until she gets sick of me.<\/p>\n

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