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Highlights of 2008
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Dec 16, 2008 08:16PM
Has 2008 sucked for anyone else besides me? This just seems to be the worst year I have had in a long long time. On every front it has just sucked, next year better be better or I quit.
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Quit? As in quit your job, buy an old VW bus and travel around the country, sticking to the old US or state highways and attending music festivals? Maybe quit eating meat, and take a hard look at your carbon footprint?
I think it may have really sucked. It's hard to have perspective while I'm still here. There have been some good times, but overall? Sucksville.
Tom, what did the hippies
DO
to you?
Actually, I don't wanna know.
Actually, I don't wanna know.
My Carbon foot print is one of the things I am happy about. Upon adding it all up; I think I out produce many city in China. Yey! Nick Woot!
I was just tryin' to give Nick a little perspective. This year may have sucked. It may have been wretched, awful, and bad in nearly every way possible. But at least he's not a hippie.
The bad stuff:
In 2008, I got poison oak (twice), stinging nettle, got stung by a bee on my lip and got a giant, disgusting, infected spider bite.
I dated a very insane person.
I was only having sex for three months out of 12. Stop the insanity!!!!!!!!!!
My school district made cuts and my check got docked by $308 a month! EVERY MONTH! Starting today!!!!!!!!
I cut my own bangs too many times, which seriously affected my self-esteem.
The first year I ever got medicated because of my mind (briefly).
Bill collectors, who could only contact me by mail after I shut off my landline, somehow got hold of my cellphone number. Collector 666, Collector Lechter and Student "Assistance," GO TO HELL!!!!!!!
The good stuff:
I went to San Francisco twice. It was awesome both times.
I went to Crater Lake (perty) and the beach.
I had sex for 3 months out of 12.
I lost weight after I broke up with the insane person. Depression has its perks!
I like my job?
I saw "Life in the Undergrowth" and "Microcosmos."
Haters Club (to distract me from and vent about the bad stuff)!
Nick became a moderator. He's SUCH a good moderator. (pat, pat)
In 2008, I got poison oak (twice), stinging nettle, got stung by a bee on my lip and got a giant, disgusting, infected spider bite.
I dated a very insane person.
I was only having sex for three months out of 12. Stop the insanity!!!!!!!!!!
My school district made cuts and my check got docked by $308 a month! EVERY MONTH! Starting today!!!!!!!!
I cut my own bangs too many times, which seriously affected my self-esteem.
The first year I ever got medicated because of my mind (briefly).
Bill collectors, who could only contact me by mail after I shut off my landline, somehow got hold of my cellphone number. Collector 666, Collector Lechter and Student "Assistance," GO TO HELL!!!!!!!
The good stuff:
I went to San Francisco twice. It was awesome both times.
I went to Crater Lake (perty) and the beach.
I had sex for 3 months out of 12.
I lost weight after I broke up with the insane person. Depression has its perks!
I like my job?
I saw "Life in the Undergrowth" and "Microcosmos."
Haters Club (to distract me from and vent about the bad stuff)!
Nick became a moderator. He's SUCH a good moderator. (pat, pat)
Now, everybody do it (make a list, perverts). It feels good.
How about a little more perspective...MY year has been fair to middlin', but my girlfriend...Well, it sort of starts last year. She started the year off by having her then-boyfriend decide to move out of state with minimal notice, and she found out her mother had cancer. She moved back in with her parents to look after her mother. She started dating me. Last spring, her cat died. In October, her mother died. In December, her grandmother died. This spring, her aunt died and then her other grandmother died. She recently had some family stuff come up she's trying to work through. She's having trouble at work, and having trouble sleeping. My year? Going pretty well, really, but any time now things will settle down and she'll realize who she's dating...
Woah, Tom. I'll stop complaining.
Or I won't, but I'll at least feel bad about complaining.
Sorry, Havocvoodoo! Things must start improving (that was just an empty thing that people say when bad stuff happens, I don't know if they'll improve or not, but I BET they will, which also means nothing).
Or I won't, but I'll at least feel bad about complaining.
Sorry, Havocvoodoo! Things must start improving (that was just an empty thing that people say when bad stuff happens, I don't know if they'll improve or not, but I BET they will, which also means nothing).
Poor Havocvoodoo (aka Havocado). Poor Tom. Though, I think she'll realize she's dating someone who stuck with her through all that shit. Pretty major if you ask me.I want to make a list, but it might be too embarrassing for me. For now I'll go with "2008 sucked major ass and 2009 isn't looking any better."
stand back every one, me and Amanda are going to agree twice... in the SAME year!This can't be good.
I'm headed to the bomb shelter as we speak. The apocalypse is upon us. ;)
Marie, let's hug!
Geesh! I'd forgotten about some of that stuff.
2009 has got to be better, Marie! I'm turning 33, and 3 is the magic number, so it's all gonna happen!
P.S. Sorry about the no overnight hikes thing.
P.P.S. How do you manage to go through so much stress and still look so great all the time? Whoever called you ugly is a psycho beast.
P.P.P.S. Remember San Francisco?! That was awesome!
P.P.P.P.S. I'm sorry you had to apologize to Anita twice.
2009 has got to be better, Marie! I'm turning 33, and 3 is the magic number, so it's all gonna happen!
P.S. Sorry about the no overnight hikes thing.
P.P.S. How do you manage to go through so much stress and still look so great all the time? Whoever called you ugly is a psycho beast.
P.P.P.S. Remember San Francisco?! That was awesome!
P.P.P.P.S. I'm sorry you had to apologize to Anita twice.
Me, too. Post script script script script script.
And yes, my heart shines. That's what Krista said. My heart just shines.
And yes, my heart shines. That's what Krista said. My heart just shines.
Oh my god Marie... your terrible year kind of trumps any bad year I've ever had. Almost. And certainly gives me very little to complain about from this year.But I will anyway, because Tambo insists!
BAD 2008:
my teenage daughter threw a secret party with booze and pot at her father's empty house in town and I had to call all the parents of all the kids who were staying the night at our house and rat them out to their parents.
my ex sent my daughter home early from their spring break trip to ireland because she insulted hippies and the grateful dead to his face in a fancy restaurant.
we moved.
Two uncles died and my Great Aunt Georgene. I lost my cat Blue.
My crafting business died on the vine.
I had to fly to Oregon to take care of my alcoholic father who is slowly killing himself and can now barely walk or stand long enough to fix a meal for himself.
My best friend moved to Colorado.
I got pneumonia and was bed ridden for almost 2 months.
My ex husband's mother is threatening to write my daughter out of her will because my daughter has a mohawk.
I've been approached to have affairs with no less than four married men this year. The only unmarried man who has been interested in me only wants to tie me up and cane me, and to never actually have intercourse with me. As a result I have given up dating all together. I'm considering a long future of celibacy.
I'm filing my back taxes since 2002. It's costing a lot of money. Sometimes I think about maybe jumping off a tall building.
GOOD 2008:
we moved.
my daughter hasn't done anything insane, dangerous or stupid since April. That I know of.
I got to meet a bunch of really awesome people from Goodreads and LiveJournal. Portland rocks!!!
I started writing again this year. It doesn't suck. I'm almost finished with my first novel.
I adopted a rescue kitty. He is the best kitty I have ever had!
I lost 8 pounds while I had pneumonia.
Both my sisters found great houses to live in and are much happier now.
Some money that I didn't know I had showed up just in the nick of time.
A couple of my products have become wildly popular this month. I might make enough money to cover Xmas.
I'm still here.
Hey Char - what's sellin'? Oh and Merry Capitalism.
Charissa, hasn't your ex-husband and/or his mother ever heard of teenagers before? Send them Teenagers for Dummies. Or better yet, The Idiots Guide. It's more fitting.
Highlight to be: Joining the vast ranks of the unemployed this Friday the 19th. Char - lots of spiffy tall buildings here in SF. Lemme know if you're game to join - I'll save you a prime spot next to mine.
my recycled sweater arm warmers are selling like crazy suddenly. and I've designed a recycled sweater Peruvian scarf to go with them. You just never know what it going to catch on.Tambo... my ex mother in law is from a different planet. She is 90 years old, French, and insanely upper class. She has no tolerance for... well.. anyone who isn't her.
Awesome! Yep - ya never know. Look out Betsy Johnson.
NB, no!!!!! Sorry, man. My childhood best friend just called me to tell me she was laid off. She might move to Florida or North Carolina, which would be pretty fun to visit (HEY MANDY!) but I usually visit her 2 or 3 times a year, and that just wouldn't happen.
Stupid economy!!!!!
Stupid economy!!!!!
Super! Why might she move (even though I'd love to have her here and hopefully force you to visit!)
Oh, and sorry about the bad news NB. And Montambo's friend. Solidarity, y'all.
Ha. Unlikely. But maybe my novel will get published and I'll become a famous author... or better yet, a rich author.I almost jumped off a building in SF when I was 18. I guess if I was gonna do it, that's where I'd head. I'll let you know if I lose all hope. The company would be nice.
It really is suck-tastic. The one thing keeping my dauber up is a potential job that would require a move to Hawaii. I could handle that. I've heard that my resume has made it to exec-VP of Development. Got just about every extremity crossed. And yes, it's painful and potentially illegal.
NO MORE SUICIDE TALK!
Mandy, she's a radio personality. She had the number one show in Seattle! That's pretty good. The company's struggling, though, so they downsized. I (and she) don't know why they picked hers as one of the ten shows to get the chop, but c'est la vie.
She has applied to jobs in Florida and NC. I'm going to go stay with her in Seattle one last time this January. Next time I see her, it might be out your way, Mandy. BONUS!
Mandy, she's a radio personality. She had the number one show in Seattle! That's pretty good. The company's struggling, though, so they downsized. I (and she) don't know why they picked hers as one of the ten shows to get the chop, but c'est la vie.
She has applied to jobs in Florida and NC. I'm going to go stay with her in Seattle one last time this January. Next time I see her, it might be out your way, Mandy. BONUS!
Charissa, I have a magnet attracting men who are attached elsewhere, as well. I keep rubbing credit cards and the refrigerator on myself to reverse the magnet, but so far, no luck!
How about regicide talk? We just don’t get as much of that as we used to.
Everyone is going to hate me.The last two years of my life have been fucking amazing. Lots of trips, lots of time spent with family and friends, good job that does ok at keeping me happy, job that pays ok, a shit ton of sex (and that's not counting everyones mom!)
Low point: daughter getting in a car wreck and having to pay 1000 deductible HOWEVER because the mechanic had her car so long and she made him feel guilty the deductible ended up being only 500. So yeah even that low ended up being something not so bad.
2006 the last 6 months of it, were also fucking amazing. 3 trips to san francisco, 2 to texas, 1 to new mexico. lots of time spent with family and friends, good job that does ok at keeping me happy, job that pays ok, a shit ton of sex (and that's not counting everyones mom!) rinse repeat.
The beginning of 2006 sucked ass - funerals, job loss, depression.
The last couple of years have been so good I am waiting for the universe to even me out. I expect an early death or a painful sickness upon myself.
I'm ok with that though. Is that bad?
We're thankful, Dan. We need someone to hate and today it's you!
Just kidding. I know what a nice guy you are--you deserve it!
Just kidding. I know what a nice guy you are--you deserve it!
Marie, where are you, Lady? I need coffee!!!!! I'm DYING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Daniel wrote: "Everyone is going to hate me.The last two years of my life have been fucking amazing. Lots of trips, lots of time spent with family and friends, good job that does ok at keeping me happy, job tha..."
Excellent my work is done. I plan on having a beer now...and maybe even a cigar.
Daniel - Montambo might be joking but I'm not. I"m firing up my PzKpf IV ausf G and I am most definitely coming for YOU. ...but after that, I still got nothin'.
Not Bill wrote: "Daniel - Montambo might be joking but I'm not. I"m firing up my PzKpf IV ausf G and I am most definitely coming for YOU. ...but after that, I still got nothin'. "
Good thing I have awesome life insurance. My family will be set.
08' sucked, thats all I'm saying.
Marie wrote: "Dan, I hate to admit this but...you are deserve all the goodness that comes your way(If nothing else for the "mom" comment)! "
I am a very kind and generous lover as well.
Marie wrote: "Dan, I hate to admit this but...you are deserve all the goodness that comes your way(If nothing else for the "mom" comment)! "
I am a very kind and generous lover as well.
Marie wrote: "Dan, I hate to admit this but...you are deserve all the goodness that comes your way(If nothing else for the "mom" comment)! "
I am a very kind and generous lover as well.
That's Ms Smart Ass to you, Montambonator!Bun, feel free to share my reasons for being grateful at random moments. I'm glad you're still here.
Seth, how did your karaoke night go?
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