2003 - Was it a good year

Tyek · Post by **Tyek** » December 28, 2003, 5:46 am

This was the weirdest year of my life. I don't know that it was good or bad, just weird.

I was laid off from work, along with many others, despite being in the highest sales territory. I went to work somewhere I hated, then a company I used to work for hired me at a substantial increase.

We were evacuated for 2 days during the california fires, my parents ended up living with us for 2 weeks after being evacuated from the same fires. They say having tile roofs and stucco houses saved us from losing ours and a shift in the wind spared my parents house, but took out some 200+ houses close to theirs.

My sis in laws neighbor's house was destroyed when a plane crashed into it.

I was audited by the IRS and got back an additional 1000 dollars the crappy tax guy my brother had recommended missed.

This weekend I pulled the dumbshit of the week move. We were going to my parents cabin in the mountains and decided to try driving up Waterman Canyon to see where the fire that almost cost us our house started. We drove through the canyon at 1:30 and at about 1:45 the canyon flooded, taking out a campsite, several houses and some of the cars that were driving along the road. 7 people are dead and 7 missing.

http://apnews1.iwon.com//article/200312 ... e&SEC=news

So that was my year in a weird nutshell. I hope you all had agreat year and thanks for keeping me entertained.

Asheran Mojomaster · December 28, 2003, 7:01 am

I'd say good, you got $1000 back, higher salary, and your houses were spared.

Dregor Thule · Post by **Dregor Thule** » December 28, 2003, 7:50 am

Have you ever considered that fate is out to get you? I mean, talk about leaving a wake of destruction!

Llaffer · Post by **Llaffer** » December 28, 2003, 12:32 pm

My 2003 has been extrodinarily bad.

My wife has an affiar and has a kid out of it, of which generates about $2,000 in medical bills that I am responsible for. She still writes checks like it comes out of the faucet, even though the balance before hand was red, causing me even more problems.

She wants a divorce (frankly, so do I) yet she isn't getting off of her ass to move out and still wants to live off of the money she's leeching from me.

I've been more of a father to the kid than she even is a mother, much less the sperm doner -- which she calls the father over me.

I've had health problems all year long due to the excess stess this has had on me.

She almost had one place lined up in a low income housing area thinking that she has no income, that's low .. she didn't put those two brain cells together to realize that they'd be judging it based on my income.

I can't wait for this new year to start after she moves out and lets me start to live my own fricking life again.

Lynxe · Post by **Lynxe** » December 28, 2003, 12:51 pm

2003 was hands down the worse year of my life. My attitude? It was probably the only bad year in my life though and "bad" aside, there were a couple of highpoints I'll always remember. Everyone has a crappy year once, maybe twice. Now that it is over I am quickly getting back to the annoyingly happy me and dragging my family along whether they like it or not!

Bubba Grizz · Post by **Bubba Grizz** » December 28, 2003, 1:50 pm

2 big highlights and 1 big lowlight I guess.
Highlight 1: Baby Girl on January 5th 2003
Highlight 2: Closing on a new house tomorrow.
Lowlight: Victim of downsizing in April and forced to be an IT contract worker to make ends meet until I can nail down a real job.

Hey, at least there are still 3 more days of 2003 and there could still be more highlights.

Arundel Pajo · Post by **Arundel Pajo** » December 28, 2003, 2:25 pm

2003 was nothing if not eventful for me.

I got laid off from my multimedia job in 2002, and 2003 saw me do even better as an independent contractor. Freelance work left me with more money, and more free time.

I have used the free time to go back and augment my useless psych degree with pre-requisite classes to apply to medical school. I have been studying hard and will take the MCAT in April.

2003 saw me get engaged to the most wonderful woman ever. She's beautiful, compassionate, smart, has good taste in music and movies...everything I could hope for.

2003 saw me expanding my horizons...I learned how to rebuild my Vespa engine all by myself. I learned all sorts of biology and organic chemistry. I learned how to incorporate XML and a database into Flash.

All in all, a pretty good year, I suppose.

Drolgin Steingrinder · December 28, 2003, 2:27 pm

Highlights:
Meeting the woman I want to spend the rest of my life with.
Meeting a ton of fucked up nutcases in Vegas and Atlanta.

Low points:
Who cares? The highlights more than make up for them.

Skogen · Post by **Skogen** » December 28, 2003, 4:24 pm

This is the best & worst year of my life for me. It started great, but is quickly degenerating....new years eve might be the worst on record for me.

Vaemas · Post by **Vaemas** » December 28, 2003, 5:42 pm

High points:

- Finally meeting some of the crazy people with whom I played EQ (and watching Drolgin get his fingernails painted).
- Switching from contract back to staff.
- Going back to school to finish my BS.
- Finding out that my close friends really are there when all hell breaks loose and life loses its sparkle.
- Meeting someone special, wherever it goes.

Low points:

Rehashing them won't make 'em any different. Suffice to say, 2003 was probably the most difficult year I've ever experienced. Looking back, it was painful for more than just myself, but also for many people I care about. In the end, all we can do is our best, play the cards we're dealt, and keep running toward that imaginary line of December 31st.

Kwonryu DragonFist · December 28, 2003, 6:00 pm

One of my worst years ever!

Hurt my Knee, Right Wrist, Neck, Right RotatorCuff and Left Elbow!

Not at the same time but spread out during the year! Wahoo!

Good thing, almost back to 100 % now, but that will be during 2004!

So 2003 suxxord

Legenae · Post by **Legenae** » December 28, 2003, 6:26 pm

High point: Getting engaged in May.

Low point: Waiting for the INS to approve my Visa so I can move to the U.S. and marry my fiance.

tig · Post by **tig** » December 28, 2003, 8:08 pm

the good: got level 65

the bad: died and lost level

the good: got a rez and got it back

...all i can remember because i cant remember anything else

Etasi · Post by **Etasi** » December 28, 2003, 8:28 pm

This year, I met the man I want to spend the rest of my life with. The year has been pretty difficult for me, but overall the happiness of the year has outweighed the hardships.

Chidoro · Post by **Chidoro** » December 29, 2003, 12:52 pm

Pretty lousy overall:

Got downsized and am still looking

had to pull out of a home purchase because of it

Father had to have 4 bypasses, valve implanted, and pacemaker put in.

Mother just started to undergo chemo because she didn't get the hysterectomy done soon enough

in-laws begin to really show their true colors and cause undue stress to the wife and I

In 2004:

get back into manhattan doing somthing I like for a change

get a better house than the one we backed out of

my father will recover fully

Mother will have beaten her cancer

my wife will ignore her jackass in-laws so we can do what's best for the two of us and not them

Ennia · Post by **Ennia** » December 29, 2003, 1:17 pm

It's a good year for me, getting pregnant caught me a little offguard but I should've really expected it if the history repeats itself cliche is true. There's 8 years difference between my brother and me and there will be 7.5 year difference between my kids.
Looking forward to 2004.

Cotto · Post by **Cotto** » December 29, 2003, 2:40 pm

Pro's
-Moved to peaceful England from Sectarian Norther Ireland.
-Moved in with the woman I love.
-Enjoying a carefree life.
-Got a job in GAME, a place I've always wanted to work.

Con's
-The job sucks ass.
-Missing my friend.
-Found out I have 3 Hereditary diseases and possible mental illness.

On the whole, not a bad year at all.

Kylere · Post by **Kylere** » December 29, 2003, 3:38 pm

Faced serious thoughts of suicide
Raised the courage to and asked for a divorce
Lost everything I owned
Went 8k in debt
Traded a 40k a year job for a 20k a year job
Gotten 2 speeding tickets, then when I stopped speeding wrecked my beautiful car
Sold my house, and gave all the money to the ex
Lost 110lbs
Quit smoking
Found my high school sweetheart and proved that I still held her in my heart, and won her over!!
Got married to aformentioned Highschool Sweetheart

Roguish · Post by **Roguish** » December 31, 2003, 6:07 am

at least you managed to get the girl..

Coatlicue [KoE] · Post by **Coatlicue [KoE]** » December 31, 2003, 11:05 am

been one of the most difficult years...

Pros
Got married to the love of my life on June 20, 03!
Got to see lots of family this year due to wedding and other family functions
Got a christmas bonus, my first one in a very very long time
Sis-in-law tells us she's preggers and will have her first baby in May 2004
re-connected with several old friends from school
Seeing the look on my husband's grandmother's face when she opened her Christmas present this year and saw it was a scrapbook I made for her highlighting our wedding and the 4 years that he and I have been together
Meeting my half-sister and her daughter for the first time ever when they came to Chicago for my wedding 2 days before the event! (she's 36 years old)

Cons
Started the year with the suckiest job that pays shitty
Gotten deeper into debt because of sucky pay and cause of high wedding bills
Still at the sucky job
Undue stress due to financial difficulty and sucky job
My only aunt on my dad's side died in April 03
Weight gain that I can't shake off
Bills, Bills, and more Bills
Found a New Kids Super Hits CD at best buy, bought it!, and now can't get "The Right Stuff" out of my head.
Finding out our mortgage is going up $200+ a month
Dad has multiple health issues that prevent him from doing angioplasty and finds out he has a 90% block in an artery in his neck that leads to his brain

Sionistic · Post by **Sionistic** » December 31, 2003, 11:37 am

Pros
Turned 18
Graduated High School
Accepted to College with my first two semesters paid at no expense to me

Cons
Moved away from my friends, not far but a couple of miles
Got dumped

Overall a really boring year

rhyae · Post by **rhyae** » December 31, 2003, 11:39 am

About average:
Had surgery, discovered yoga, finalized divorce after two years of battle, mom went off her nut, sister got remarried, dad got diabetes, everyone in my dept at work quit except me.
I hope something interesting happens on 2004.

Ennia · Post by **Ennia** » December 31, 2003, 12:50 pm

Finding out our mortgage is going up $200+ a month

crap, forgot about that, those new property taxes are gonna sour next year for me too

vn_Tanc · Post by **vn_Tanc** » December 31, 2003, 2:02 pm

Low points:
1) Losing a great friend to cancer. She was one of the best.
2) Driving myself to insomnia and drastic weight loss through stress of various kinds.

High Points:
1) Seeing how my friends rallied around for each other during (1) above. Friends and family are the only true riches in this life.
2) Doing pretty well professionally even though (2) above is largely because of it.
3) Finding and successfully wooing a woman so fantastic I have to pinch myself every single day

Pahreyia · Post by **Pahreyia** » December 31, 2003, 2:04 pm

High Points:
Got a job I love.
Financial independance.
Living in a house I enjoy being at.
My best friend had a healthy baby boy.
My very good friend had a healthy baby daughter and named her after me.
Met two new people this year that have been great friends and supporters of me.

Low Points:
Lost a job and was out of work for 7 months.
Totalled my truck.
Cold -> Flu -> Bronchitis -> Pnuemonia
On-again-off-again relationship with my parents until recently.
My brother and close friend getting sent to Iraq.

Syenye Squirrellyelf · December 31, 2003, 3:44 pm

highs:
-broke up with boyfriend
-quit smoking
-4.0 both semesters
-seeing chris conley of saves the day singing "hey ya" while dressed up as dorothy from wizard of oz
-got a new car
-named family of the year for our town
-becoming friends again with aforementioned ex-boyfriend
-got the interview with the company of my dreams

lows:
without the lows, we wouldn't have highs.

2004 will be interesting. i graduate in may and have no plans as of yet, which is kind of scary but que sera sera.

Taly · Post by **Taly** » December 31, 2003, 4:07 pm

Highs

Finished yet another college program (yay me 2 degrees and 1 certificate)
Moved to TN (FINALLY away from the desert!)
Looking at marriage in the near future to a fantastic man!
Got my dream doggie! (got to love Min Pins!)
Finally loosing interest in EQ (LOL)
Looking forward to my own business next year (keeps fingers crossed)

Lows

Dam can't quit the smoking bleh!
Not looking forward to National test next month (bah thats 2004, close enough)
Taking 3 anatomy and physiology classes at once in 3 weeks (man that was a nightmare)
Mother and step father in hospital around the same time.

Voronwë · Post by **Voronwë** » December 31, 2003, 4:34 pm

really good year.

nice new house.
beautiful new baby.
general health and well being amongst friends and family.

Abelard · Post by **Abelard** » December 31, 2003, 5:21 pm

good year
met a wonderful girl
got into the gym in february and now in the best shape of my life
met some good friends
experienced a lot of new and different things

not much else i can think of

Kwonryu DragonFist · December 31, 2003, 5:53 pm

2004 will be a great year!

Abelard will follow in my footsteps!

Rayzelle · Post by **Rayzelle** » January 1, 2004, 3:34 am

2003 will be remembered as a good one for me. I finally got free of an abusive, demeaning relationship and am finally able to live the life I want, which is something I wanted for so long.

2004 looks to be promising, I'm finally reentering school and will be working towards my b.a. in business admn/econ, really love that I'm able to finally finish something I started so long ago.

Anyways, cheers and happy new years to all

masteen · Post by **masteen** » January 1, 2004, 11:51 pm

The Good: Let's see, I moved home to the Keys, and I cannot say how nice it is to be back. I got a job with the school board, which also kicks ass. I found a really nice apartment, my neice has already been accepted to two colleges, and we're THIS close to getting Grandma to leave the frozen hinterlands of PA to join us here in paradise.

The Bad: My younger nephew is getting better than me at most video games. He fucking schools me regularly in SSX3.

2003 gets a big "KICK ASS!" in my book.

2004 is off to a rocky start. My head still hurts, and it's 10 PM. I think I need a new liver.

Karae · Post by **Karae** » January 2, 2004, 4:04 am

Rayzelle wrote:2003 will be remembered as a good one for me. I finally got free of an abusive, demeaning relationship and am finally able to live the life I want, which is something I wanted for so long.

2004 looks to be promising, I'm finally reentering school and will be working towards my b.a. in business admn/econ, really love that I'm able to finally finish something I started so long ago.

Anyways, cheers and happy new years to all

Uhh...yea I was gonna post that. Though my degree will be in International Anthropology with a minor in Russian and Soviet Studies (hey I'm a wierd kid) and I've been in school a while, and will be transfering to a University soon.

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » January 2, 2004, 10:51 am

2003 was the worst year of my life...and it still wasn't that bad! It's all attitude or maybe I've just had a good life.

Peter Gibbons: So I was sitting in my cubicle today, and I realized, ever since I started working, every single day of my life has been worse than the day before it. So that means that every single day that you see me, that's on the worst day of my life.
Dr. Swanson: What about today? Is today the worst day of your life?
Peter Gibbons: Yeah.
Dr. Swanson: Wow, that's messed up!

The snafu that made 2003 the worst year of my life is over so 2004 is looking good : )

Metanis · Post by **Metanis** » January 2, 2004, 6:12 pm

2003 was a good year... I'm still breathing. 2004 is starting out equally well...

Jugata · Post by **Jugata** » January 2, 2004, 9:25 pm

Lynxe had free bar at her wedding....2003 was the BEST YEAR EVER OMFG.

*~*stragi*~* · Post by ***~*stragi*~*** » January 2, 2004, 10:59 pm

rofl
newfs pwn

Drustwyn · Post by **Drustwyn** » January 4, 2004, 4:18 am

Am I allowed to say that Teh Return of teh King was the highlight of my 2003?

Lame year.. Good was there, but the bad outweighed it quite a bit.