Regrets: 2008?

Every year a local newspaper posts its annual list of things that went wrong in the year, and in the past, I’ve taken to doing the same. I find that as I think about what I want out of the new year, I like to think about all of the things I wish I hadn’t done. Do you have any?

A few of my regrets: 2008

* Trying the Mexican meatloaf
* A very strange trip to Portland
* Being too liberal with the benefit of the doubt
* At least 20 text messages
* Sending those pictures to _____, when it turns out there never was, in fact, a figure-drawing class
* Not traveling more
* Not realizing that referring to my BFF as my “non-sexual life partner” in public, probably prevented her from getting dates
* Multiple bursts of unrequited sentimentality
* At least 10 shoe purchases
* Getting busted snuggling with the neighbor’s cat
* Getting busted singing to the neighbor’s cat
* Not buying that Pre-WWII School Map
* Multiple snacks
* Not taking a great job offer in February
* Getting on a crowded bus with my dress unknowingly unbuttoned down to my navel
* Never figuring out who sent me a random pie in the mail
* The burger binge of October