My wife's car accident, PhD exam readings, a good friend going through leukemia hell, the President, war... Actually, I had to laugh out loud at that e-card because it totally summed up my feelings on this last year.

Um...almost everything? Skinny jeans, my partner's depression hitting rock bottom, overwhelming stress, the war, Larry Craig, Bush, Cheney, I could go on but I won't...

haha, is that Andrew? i went to school with him. tell him his FUPpie says hi!

My best friend's whiny and neglectful soon-to-be-ex-husband. W00T W00T FOR KICKING HIM TO THE CURB, LOTUS!

Also, that Christmas visit to my grandparents where my grandmother was pressuring me to get a boyfriend and my grandfather was asking me whether the other college women in my co-op were "nice girls". I told her that she was barking up the wrong tree and him that "nice girl" was an insult.

Living in the god-awful city of Washington, DC - I'm moving back home in February!

Other than that, 2007 was okay.

Well, I won't miss stories about gay Republican politicians living on the down low ...especially the one about the Young Republicans Chairaman Glenn Murphy surprising sleeping visitor by going down on him ...

I won't miss failing one of my women's studies classes ...

and ...and ...I won't miss being in the military! Two months and I am officially a civilian! Whoot!

There are a few things and people I would rather never have known in 2007. But one thing which I am SO glad 2007 as been all about is FEMINISTING. I discoverd you guys and Jessica's book this year...and it has helped me be as much me as I could, both. For that 07 rocked.

I won't miss living in Los Angeles with an abusive boyfriend. Leaving him and that place was the best decision I ever made.

Going on depo and having horrible mood swings, moving, having my boyfriend lose his job twice, not having sex for most of it and getting into fist fights with my boyfriend.
But this was the first year with my daughter, so that makes up for most of the bad stuff.

I am not going to miss working at the local sex shop. Not because I have any problem selling adult goods, mind you, but because of that particular store's godawful management.

What I wish I COULD miss:
Ann Althouse
Britney Spears
W
Waterboarding

All things that need to stay in 2007, but I have a feeling will rear their ugly heads again and again...

Being attacked in the NY Times.

I will not miss losing one of my best friends in the world to cancer at 29. But I discovered this great site and commenters after I came back to work physically but wasn't there mentally.

My yoga class is the one aspect of 2007 that I am glad to be leaving behind. Don't get me wrong, I love yoga, but we were given a choice between three books to review for a paper, and the book I chose was extremely sexist. And of the seven or so of us who chose to read the book, only two of us had a problem with what the author was saying. Among other things, the author stated that women are more fickle than men because their vaginas can fit any penis, that we can be sure that we're in an age of ignorance (Kali yuga) because women are driving cars (well, actually his guru said that, but the apple doesn't fall far from the tree), that all girls are born to be mothers because they cuddle with dollies, and that a women should never be on top during sex because men are supposed to be dominant. And yes, you heard me, despite all of the blatantly obvious misogynist bullshit contained within the text, out of the seven or so of us who chose to read this book, only two of us saw a problem with what the author was saying. Two of my classmates even tried to tell me that because he worshipped a female deity, he can't possibly be anti-woman. Ha! Couple of goddamned morons if I ever met any in my life. But at any rate, that class is over. I'm also happy to be leaving behind my Dance of Africa class, because my professor was very authoritarian. Strictly an asshole.

Next year I look forward to becoming a Senior in college and beginning the process of applying to graduate schools (I'm hoping to get into UC Berkley)

The year I lost my dad, finishing up coursework for my BA, not knowing what I'm doing next year, and the longest election ever....Those basically coincide with what I AM looking forward to in 2008...healing, starting an amazing journey in my career, and electing a progressive as President :)

Happy New Year and Feminist Love!

I'm sure not going to miss the sexist, racist, and heterosexist slurs that characterized the 2007 presidential campaign. I'll tell ya, I'm sure glad that's ove...

Wait a minute...

Aw crap.

i rang in the new year in brooklyn also! i spent the early hours of '08 at some weird bar that gave you a free pizza with *every* drink you ordered. mmm.

things i will leave behind in 2007:

stress related to having graduated college and being thrown into the real world

letting my shitty, depressed roommate bother me anymore

... i'll be making an effort to be generally more positive and proactive in general! i'm and so glad to have found feministing in the past year!