1) Where did you begin 2008?
in the livingroom of the apartment of Derek and Sanne, in Amsterdam. Dressed up like a rockstar and drinking champagne with friends.
2) What was your status by Valentine’s Day?
Married
3) Were you in school (anytime this year)?
Yes, I did (& successfully finished) a post-bachelor’s course in Training and Teamcoaching. Go me!
4) How did you earn your money?
By working
5) Did you have to go to the hospital?
Yes, to have my wisdom teeth removed
6) Did you have any encounters with the police?
No
7) Where did you go on vacation?
Brugge/Brugues, Belgium
Thilay, North France (not really a vacation, more like a working trip)
Ommen, the Netherlands (for Rock Rock festival :D)
London, England
And of course to Dessel, Belgium - for Graspop Metal Meeting. And not to mention Biddinghuizen, The Netherlands, for Lowlands festival.
What did you purchase that was over $1000?
Tangy, our Skoda Fabia :), and our new house
9) Did you know anybody who got married?
Wendy and Arno, and such a pretty day it was
10) Did you know anybody who passed away?
Not personally, I’ve heard of people though.
12) Did you move anywhere?
No
13) What concerts/shows did you go to?
Parkway Drive @ Melkweg, Amsterdam
Graspop Metal Meeting @ Dessel, Belgium
(notably: Soilwork, In Flames, Apocalyptica)
Lowlands Festival @ Biddinghuizen
(notably: Killswitch Engage, the Wombats, Korpiklaani, Editors)
Scars on Broadway @ Melkweg Amsterdam
In Flames @ 013, Tilburg
Soilwork @ Melkweg Amsterdam
Slipknot @ HMH, Amsterdam
Rodrigo Y Gabriela @ Paradiso, Amsterdam
Flogging Molly @ Melkweg, Amsterdam
14) Where do you live now?
Rijswijk - near the Hague in the Netherlands
15) Describe your birthday
We celebrated it a few days earlier, on a swelteringly warm evening in our apartment. We had booze and laughs, and we ended the night with me (surprisingly) owning everyone’s ass at Guitar Hero 
On the day itself we went to hang out with Tijs and Kat in Haarlem.
16) What have you done in 2008 that you’ve never done before in your life?
Got my tattoo re-inked
Camping in the snow
Wild water rafting
Driving through that bend in the A7 at Purmerend with 140kmpu
Obtaining a post-Bachelor’s degree
Got wisdom teeth removed
Bought a brand new car
Bought a house (!)
Obtaining my Reiki 1 certificate
…hey, that’s quite a few awesome new achievement points right there
17) What has been your favorite moment?
The Soilwork concert in November. I was so smashed/drunk that I loved everything, bounced around in a moshpit, walked around with tinnitus for two days because of it, got my boobs signed by the singer (teehee!), and the concert was made of awesome.It was just a great night.
18) What’s something you learned about yourself?
- that I love my fuckit attitude sometimes. Not caring what other people think and just going with the flow… It’s liberating 
Some of the best moments in the year were because of that attitude.
19) What lessons in life did 2008 teach you?
To just DO things, and not let chances pass you by so you’ll always wonder how it would have been. What good is it to wonder, when you can experience?
20) Any new additions to your family?
Only if you count the Popmundo kids
21) What was your best month?
August. Start of a new job, Lowlands, London.
22) What music will you remember 2007 by?
Soilwork and Editors.
23) Who has been your best drinking buddy?
As last year, this title is shared with Olli and Brenda. We’re the hardcore concert goer gang, and somehow that is combined with drinking. I wonder why
24) Made new friends?
Nathalie - through Popmundo
25) Favorite Night out?
the night at Lowlands with Lie and Olli - watching first Underworld, completely rocking out, then playing with the bongo’s with Jos, and then rocking out even MORE at the Alpha DJ’s.
But the Soilwork gig is a very good second.
26) Will you end this year with the same mate you started it with?
I hope so, haha
27) What are your plans for Christmas?
chilling out, eating food, visit the parents & inlaws.
28) What are your plans and hopes for 2009?
Doing things I like with people I love, having a great time. Is there ever anything else? If we go for clearly outlined plans, then the move into our new house is the biggest/most ambitious thing we’ve planned… the rest is all centered around HAVING FUN.
So now it’s time for the 2008 AWARDS
Song of the Year:
Soilwork - “As The Sleeper Awakes”
Why? Because of biking through Den Haag at 7.30 in the morning. Because of the riff at the end. And because it’s how I feel about 2008. There was this turnaround at the middle of the year, when I quit my job… and it’s not all the jobquitting, but there was a switch that was flipped, that I realized that I should fucking ENJOY myself, I’ve got only one life to live. And so I did. Like the lyrics say: “What if tomorrow was taken away from me”?
Runner up songs of the year:
Editors - “Escape The Nest” - so gorgeous, misty eyes at the concert, deep feelings stirring inside, touching my heart. Those blue lights. And walking out, feeling so in love with the world. It was such a perfect concert.
Air Traffic - “Shooting Star” - because it does everything RIGHT. And it really conveys what love means for me. I understand this lyricwriter, he and I agree on what love is.
In Flames - “The Chosen Pessimist” - seriously. Go sit in a deserted French forest on a grey and fucking cold day in April for four hours while listening to this song and then tell me that this song isn’t brilliant. If you do, then you have no pulse. Or no taste. Possibly both.
Band of the Year:
Soilwork. …duh?
Album of the Year:
Slipknot - All Hope Is Gone
because it rocked really, really hard.
Movie of the Year:
“The Dark Knight”, hands down. Heath Ledger totally deserves an oscar.
Festival of the Year:
Wow, that really sucks to choose. Graspop and Lowlands were brilliant for completely different reasons. Graspop had the better concerts and a more cohesive group, but at Lowlands I partied harder.
Festival Concert of the Year:
Editors @ Lowlands 2008
I stumbled out of that concert with misty eyes, and so completely in love with the world. It was PERFECT, everything I’d always wanted to see from them, and it was everything I needed. No points to improve upon at all. I would have liked to see them play “The Weight Of The World”, but as it was, it was completely okay.
non-Festival Concert of the Year:
Soilwork @ Melkweg Amsterdam. Because that one was REVOLUTIONARY. One other concert ever has ever made me feel that way: despite the horrid soundsettings, I didn’t give a fuck and threw myself into a moshpit, joining in without a care in the world. <3 Also, I got the singer to autograph my boobs. You have to be REALLY awesome to get me to that point.
Musical Disappointment of the Year:
there wasn’t any <3
Best TV Series of the Year:
Lost. Season four rocked my world. I fell in love with Terminator: SCC as well, and BSG had a really good run this year - but Lost was consistently the best series.