Just like I did for 2007 and 2006, I bring you my review of the year, in the form of one of those annoying round-robin email type question things. Yeah!.

1. What did you do in 2008 that you’d never done before?
Learned to drive.

2. Did you keep your new years’ resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
Didn’t make any this year. Next year’s will be to properly beast it on the bike.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Not that I noticed.

4. Did anyone close to you die?
Nope.

5. What countries did you visit?
France, Spain, Ireland, Holland and Malaysia.

6. What would you like to have in 2009 that you lacked in 2008?
No knee injuries, no big crashes.

7. What date(s) from 2008 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
22 August; passed my driving test (1st attempt, 1 minor).
14th July; seeing the Tour de France on Hautacam.

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Learning to drive (this will get old).
My three (minor) race wins deserve a mention too.

9. What was your biggest failure?
My second knee injury, killed my season after only three races. Crashing the week before Drumlanrig, and not racing due to recovery.

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
See above.

11. What was the best thing you bought?
Another year with a lot of purchases; possibly the new TV or my SIDs.

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
Mine… learning to drive snore

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
Royal Mail, again. Oh, and the RBS business team for being slooow.

14. Where did most of your money go?
Bikes.

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Driving.

16. What song will always remind you of 2008?
Barry Louis Polisar – All I Want Is You

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? Happier.
ii. thinner or fatter? The same, as always!
iii. richer or poorer? Richer.

18. What do you wish you’d done more of?
Racing.

19. What do you wish you’d done less of?
Not riding.

20. How did you spend Christmas?
Mum’s for Christmas day, Dad’s for Boxing day.

21. Who did you spend the most time on the phone with?
Clients, nailing down specs for work. Again.

22. Did you fall in love in 2008?
Yeah, she ’s lovely. :o) Again!

23. How many one night stands in this last year?
That’s a bit rude! But since you ask, none. Again, woo!

24. What was your favorite TV program?
The Big Bang Theory.

25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
Nah, I’m pretty mellow with everyone. Same again.

26. What was the new best book you read?
The Rider – Tim Krabbe and Sam Garrett.

27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
The Juno Soundtrack.

28. What did you want and get?
A TV, a new race frame. A Magnus dog.

29. What did you want and not get?
A badger. I did see a fair few though.

30. What was your favorite new film of this year?
No Country for Old Men.

31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I was 23, and I have no idea what I did.

32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
A badger.

33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2008?
It was the closest thing to hand when I wanted to put clothes on. Same as last year.

34. What kept you sane?
The bike. Same as last year.

35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Um………none come to mind. Again.

36. What political issue stirred you the most?
That the long-term unemployed are finally getting a boot in the backside.

37. Who did you miss?
Umm…

38. Who was the best new person you met?
Kamal, what a coding legend.

39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2008:
Take an umbrella.

40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
“I got soul but I’m not a soldier”