Happy New Year Hodgepodge Questions

Hello 2013!  Hello Hodgepodgers!  I'm wishing you peace, joy, and lots of words in this new year.  Everyone is invited to join the weekly party on this side of the pond. I post the questions every Tuesday, which you answer on your own blog. Hop back here on Wednesdays to add your link.

Here we go~

1.  How did you ring in the new year?

2.  What is one thing you are looking forward to in 2013?

3.  Steven Spielberg is quoted as saying, "All of us every single year, we're a different person.  I don't think we're the same person all our lives."  What say you?

4. The Pantone color of the year for 2013 is emerald green. Like or dislike? Do you already own something this color?  Will you add something in this shade to your home or wardrobe in 2013?

5.  Speaking of emerald...what's your favorite gemstone?

6. Share a favorite book or movie from 2012.

7.  What is something you want to tell yourself at the start of this brand new year?

8.  Insert your own random thought here.