Today, Friday, January 4, 2008 will be the last day on which we share New Year’s resolutions. We figured that as time does its thing, you know, ineluctably marching forward and so forth, that we’re nearing the second phrase of NYRs: actually fulfilling them.
Here are answers from Robert Westfield, Lambda-award winning author of Suspension:
What was the best book of the year?
I think I’m a year behind, but my favorite two books of the year [released in paperback in 2007 (and let’s be honest: paperback is where it’s at)] were Fun Home, the smart, hilarious, and poignant graphic novel by Alison Bechdel, and Ellis Avery’s The Teahouse Fire, the how-did-she-do-that? novel about tea ceremony in nineteenth-century Japan.
What was the best movie?
Again, I think it might be considered last year (it won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in February), but The Lives of Others was by far my favorite movie.
What was the best song/album?
I’m going with Andrea Burns’s debut, A Deeper Shade of Red. She’s one of my favorite actresses and there’s a fabulous song written for her about fan worship on myspace: “BTW, Write Back.” Brilliant.
Favorite Blog?
Towleroad.
Who was the person of the year?
I’m going with my grandmother (ELLAMAE) who just turned 100 and read all ninety-two of her birthday cards without eyeglasses. She didn’t remember who many of the well-wishers were, but she read the cards without glasses! Person of the Year!
What is your New Year’s resolution?
Same as last year: More tea, less coffee. Not going to happen…
Any predictions for 2008?
The British will actually go so far as to start wiping their arses with U.S. currency.
