December 31, 2008

The Year That Was - 2008







I usually dislike New Year's. Is it even a real holiday? I feel like listening to sad George Strait songs with the word fool in the lyrics. But really, I'm not sorry to say goodbye to 2008. I decided that what's been holding me back my entire life are the New Year's foods I've been eating for good luck. For 2009, I vow not to eat black-eyed peas, cabbage, or pork on Jan. 1 and we'll see where that gets me.

I'll do my year in cities again. All the cities where I stayed at least one night in 2008:

Taipei, Taiwan
Hong Kong
Alamosa, CO
San Antonio, TX
New York, NY
Dallas, TX
and (drum roll) Lubbock, TX

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8 comments:

  1. Anonymous12/31/2008 8:55 AM

    Taipei, Taiwan
    Hong Kong
    San Antonio, TX
    Brooklyn, NY
    Dallas, TX
    Lubbock, TX
    and (drum roll)
    Levelland, TX

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  2. Anonymous12/31/2008 11:37 AM

    Austin
    El Cajon
    Honolulu
    Kapaa
    Honokaa
    Volcano (what a great name)
    Honaunau
    San Diego
    Mission Beach
    Tulsa
    St. Louis
    Lubbock
    and (drum roll)
    Gonzales, the Lexington of Texas

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  3. Anonymous12/31/2008 4:17 PM

    Bucharest Romania
    Petrosani Romania
    San Antonio TX
    Lubbock TX
    Muleshoe TX
    Daniel, Curacao
    Alamsao, CO
    Mesa Verde, CO
    Houston, TX
    Random Train Station in Bucharest (gypsies)

    and...

    JAIL!!!! (that might be a stretch)

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  4. Anonymous12/31/2008 4:56 PM

    Taipei, Taiwan
    Hong Kong
    Alamosa, CO
    Lubbock, TX
    Provo, UT
    Clarkdale, AZ
    and (drum roll)
    Monticello, UT

    I have the saddest list of all.

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  5. Kimberly12/31/2008 5:03 PM

    At least you're self-aware, Wendy. For Scott, the highlight of his year was probably Plano. Gag.

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  6. Anonymous1/01/2009 10:13 AM

    Touyuan, Taiwan
    Taipei, Taiwan
    Shilin, Taiwan
    Zhongli, Taiwan
    Hong Kong
    Lubbock, TX
    Slaton, TX
    Muleshoe, TX
    Daniel, Curacao
    Alamsao, CO
    Mesa Verde, CO
    San Antonio, TX

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  7. Anonymous1/01/2009 10:42 PM

    Katie, stop cheating to make your list more interesting! You didn't stay the night at all those places in Taiwan.

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  8. Anonymous1/02/2009 6:02 PM

    Actually, I did. Remember that I didn't return home until the ninth of last year. I lived in Taoyuan for those days, and then had a sister exchange (Zhongli), then spent the night at the mission home (Taipei), and the hotel we stayed at in Taiwan was actually in Shilin, not in Taipei.

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