Saying goodbye to 2007

[Tshael]

I have a New Years resolution for 2008: To be as fucking awesome as Sean Nugent. This is a guy I was friends with in high school, and this was one of his latest Myspace blog posts.


FUCK 2007
Current mood: accomplished
Category: Goals, Plans, Hopes

It was the best of years, it was the worst of years. In 2007 I:

-Followed the Exploited on tour

-Revived my old punk band

-Fell in love

-Got engaged

-Got my heart broke

-Got some tattoos

-Did some tattoos

-Spent a week in Las Vegas

-Hit a slot machine for $350

-Got in 4 serious fights

-Got arrested

-Slept in sheets coated in MACE

-Bit a man's finger partly off

-Saw some of my favourite bands play live

-Bought an Emperor Scorpion (he rules)

-Watched a prostitute get stabbed in the face with a broken bottle

-Had a gun pulled on me. By a cop.

-Helped re-open the Red Blood Club in Dallas

-Ran into old friends

-Made new friends

-Made out with my sister

-Wrecked my truck

-Fixed it myself

-Wrecked it again

-Blacked out during a Megadeth concert at the Zoo

-Woke up the next day in the parking lot.

-Jumped off a bridge

-Shot a television. Inside a house.

-Told the mayor his tan sucked

BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY...

I just bought a kick-ass new cowboy hat. (It also rules)

see ya 2007, don't forget to kiss my ass on your way out the door.

2008, I've got your number.

So, Althanas. What did you guys do in 2007?

[Zook Murnig]

I became a father to a beautiful genius of a girl.

I beat the person who introduced me to Althanas in a tournament battle. And found out about it while informing Karuka of my daughter's birth.

I was broken up with by the mother of my child, and several months later fell in love with a fellow Althanian possessed of impeccable writing skill and beautiful hair.

I reached level one.

I got suspended from VCU due to academic shortcomings.

I wrestled with, and beat, depression.

More to come at a later time.

[Elijah_Morendale]

I joined Althanas, reaching Level 1 with both of my main characters.

I beat the person who introduced me to Althy in the Citadel by one point.

I got my NES fixed, so it now works like new.

I got back into SUNY Oswego after failing out of it in January.

I picked up my bass guitar for the first time in two years.

I managed to stay girlfriend-free.

I was able to avoid the cops and get away with not having my car inspected for nine months.

[Call me J]

I stuck it to the man. Every single day.

I also learned that Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves.

[Winterhair]

I kicked a pregnant lady. (Translation: I joined Althanas.)

I sold my soul to the devil. (Translation: I took my brother's advice.)

I became enslaved to a sex-goddess. (Translation: I got a girlfriend. Who's a sex goddess.)

[Bloodrose]

I came back to Althanas, reaching Level 2 for the first time with my character Abenaki.

Went inactive with that character after creating this one.

Graduated with my Bachelors in Computer Engineering before being old enough to legally drink.

3 days later I became legally old enough to purchase, consume, and abuse alcohol.

Moved into my first apartment.

Bought a truck.

Celebrated a 2 year anniversary with my girlfriend.

Watched someone get a tattoo of something I had drawn on them with a sharpie.

Sat by while my girlfriend populated out apartment with 2 cats, 2 fish, a toad, and a hamster.

Buried 1 fish.

Crashed my truck in a ditch.

Helped my friend after he wrapped his van around a telephone pole.

Helped my friend after he flipped his truck on an icy mountain access road.

Got pulled over twice.

Had my first cigarette, and decided to never do that again.

Had my first cigar, and decided I might do that again.

It's been a busy year...

[Sorahn]

Wow lets see...

Althanas related: Finally finished my solo after over two years. And consequentially leveled up. Wewt.

Everything else:

Drank alcohol for the first time (too bad it was 2 week old Coors that tasted like cat piss...)

Left to drive to Indiana (from South Carolina) at 1 am so my roommate could meet his girlfriend that he met online.

Spent $400 on a graphics card (totally worth it).

Won a video game tournament at my school. (Free 1 gb flash drive)

Got an electric guitar and was amazed to discover that I can actually play it.

Managed to make it through two semesters of mechanical engineering and still keep a 3.5

Pirated enough movies/music/software to put me in jail until I die.

Pretty good year. ;)

[Doomsday]

I discovered Sake

got an X-box 360

nothing interesting

[Vampiric Angel]

Hmm.

Cut my caveman hair and beard combo.

I graduated high school.

Broke up with my girlfriend.

Got a new girlfriend.

Broke up with her.

Was reinspired to play with Anenfel.

Went to my first Screamo/Hardcore concert, first concert ever.

Moshed for the first time at the concert and only fell down thrice.

Worked for seven months and counting.

Bought a PS3 and Assassin's Creed.

Signed up for community college.

Had a lightsaber battle with my bestfriend and his brother in their backyard. (I may have lost the battle, but they left with huge ass welts all over their bodies)

Cleaned my bathroom.

Figured out that if I keep my hair and beard under control, I'm a pretty attractive man.

Twinked out a kickass WoW character and hit 70 with another.

Eh, that's good enough.

[Karuka]

Completed my first year of college

Dumped one guy

Started dating another

Got recruited into Elijah's voice acting group...

Umm... found out how awesome CSI:Miami is...

Read a 300 page book and wrote a 10 page paper on it in less than one day...

That's about it...

[Saxon]

One more year down on Bush's term before he gets booted out of office, thats all that really mattered to me this year. ;)

[Rith]

Well for me...

Joined Althanas

Left Althanas

Came back to Althanas

Got my first speeding ticket

Almost got arrested

Started my first year of college (though I'm still in highschool)

Started my first job

For once, managed to not end up in the hospital for either a surgery or broken bone during the year (been in the hospital for either or since I was 5 years old... Accident prone much?)

Was introuduced to the "Punk Goes Acoustic" albums, and consequentily fell in fucking love

Went to a few concerts

My friend's band (formerly "LIVEWIRE" which I mentioned to some of you before I left) has really taken off and they just put out their first CD

Got straight up fucking WASTED at the beach

Tried skateboarding while wasted at the beach after not being on a skateboard for 8 years, and managed to break a closet door some random shit in the garage

Skim boarded for the first time and realized I suck at it

Hotboxed with 3 friends for the first time in a 4x6 closet (I dont smoke but there was a 50 bag smoked in that closet... so I didn't need to smoke haha)

Vouched to smoke weed for the first time when I turn 18 and throw a kick ass party that I hope to not remember (which is January 5th btw)

Traveled a good bit

Managed to rank myself in the top 1,200 players in Socom: Combined Assault legitamently despite the 18,000 cheaters in the top 20,000 players

Accumilated over 800 hours on Socom: Combined Assault

And I did a lot of other first time shit I don't currently remember

[Chiroptera]

Let's see . . . I

- Won NaNoWriMo

- Danced the samba

- Went to Africa

- Kicked another girl in the face

- Discovered my love for a good *virgin* Bloody Mary

- Unofficially ran a half marathon

- Got out of jury duty

- Stalked a crush for the first time

- Discovered my seventeenth functional molar

- Started TB meds

- Was chosen to write a class film

- Was fired from writing the class film

- Streaked for the first time

- Buzzed my head (and never regretted it)


Beat that for a kicking year!
:rolleyes:

[Slayer of the Rot]

Got drunk a lot.

Scored my first Judge's Choice in all my years on Althanas.

Received two of my highest scores here.

Spray painted "Truck" on a man's truck because he was fucking my easy lay.

Came back from semi-retirement.

Received a fine for underage drinking.

Acquired a distaste for the police.

Acquired a distaste for the jews.

Woke up still very drunk.

Improved my cooking skills.

Picked up smoking.

Became bitter, angrier.

Wrote a Guide to Women that receives mixed reviews, mostly hated by the Gays and women.

Destroyed a rich man's bathroom with rust brown vomit and my piss.

Beat Shyam in the Pagoda by 10 points.

Got engaged, called it off.

Discovered Triple Distilled Vodka.

Spat on a girl trying to tell me about Jesus.

[Mathias]

I changed my band's name from Second Rate Musicians to Toywork.

I fell in love. (With Modest Mouse's new album, which I bought on the day it came out. Which means I contributed to making them #1 on the debut bilboard.)

I fell in love again. (With my girlfriend.)

I played a kickass concert and we made over 300 bucks in profit, which is great, considering I organized it singlehandedly, and was my band's first REAL gig.

I got hit in the face by an angry pregnant lady.

I fell in love again. Again. (With my bass guitar.)

I started hanging out with a friend whom I haven't hung out with since like, elementary school.

I finally got on a first name basis with the owner of Spott's Music Center.

And I turned into a girl and found Christ, and then subsequently got spat on by Slayer, and then turned back into a man and became an atheist again.

[Maia]

For the Year of 2007

I made several new characters, with only two or three surviving.

I got a 360.

I brought Maia back.

Realized I had artistic talent and started applying for colleges.

Crashed my car twice.

Didn't get a ticket or pulled over once.

BEEN in eleven car crashes, 16 counting fender benders.

Realized I still don't have musical talent.

Worked over 400 hours in a 2 month or so period.

Was offered a job in Homeland Security.

Drank several gallons of pepsi.

Embraced an Irish heritage.

Learned how to play DnD.

Realized I am in fact a complete and utter nerd.

Got "In the Dark" Platinum album by the Grateful Dead.

Got about 50 Jerry Garcia ties.

Read The Sandman and in general Started to read Western Comic Books.

Realized that I probably won't bother paying for Cable Television when I'm living on my own.

Decided Bioshock and Portal are the two best games of the year.

I made a grown man cry in a paintball game.

I nearly lost a couple fingers.

Hotwired my own car because I lost the keys and I was 30 miles from home with no cellphone.

[~tori~]

-got drunk for the first time

-had a hangover for the first time (thanks 016573 for putting up with the hangover...and the sleeping...and the hitting my head off everything around me...and getting me to bed before I died)

-got a brand new set of room mates

-moved to a different city

-got seriously sick with strep throat...in july...(thanks 016573 for keeping me company with newsradio)

-dated an idiot...or two...

-slept till 1 basically every day for a week

-made abso-fucking-lutely disgusting brownies with my room mates

-joined althanas

-been so overtired simple words like bicycle made me double over with laughter

-tried to take a nap and ended up waking up the next morning

-had my 8 yr old cat die....and my 11 yr old great dane live...how the hell that one works? One will never know....

holy shit...I have a very boring life...

[Cyrus the virus]

I drank, dated and procrastinated way too much.

I smacked around a guy at a bar and felt a bit more manly, because manly men take care of business.

I chopped off my hair, which turned out to be a great choice in many regards.

I also did other things that matter, but am too lazy to think of what they are.

[Skie and Avery]

The first half of my year was spent on the open highways and truck stops of America, pulling an 18 wheeler through 46 states. Also...

I was stuck for a week in Kingdom City, Missouri in a huge snowstorm that buried my truck and incased the tires in ice. It took nearly 3 days from when my company called to when a tow truck company finally got out to me to pull the truck onto an area where I could get some traction to the tires.

I nearly died In Wyoming on Interstate 80 when I got caught on a mountain pass called "The Sisters" in a bad case of sleet, ice, and the occassional puff of snow. When you've got 5 axles to slide, "a little fishtailing" down a mountain grade can be terrifying.

I was involved in a relationship disaster that crashed before it ever got off the ground and proved to me that dating and trucking are just an overall bad combination.

I spent a little over a week unwillingly in the Birmingham/Bessemer, Alabama area over a dispute with my trucking firm. I was under the express condition that I was not to move my truck so much as an inch, and they had me on a GPS tracker.

I traveled 8 miles (4 miles there, 4 miles back) to get access to a paycheck through a combination of walking and hitchhiking along I20/I59 in Birmingham, Alabama and managed not to be killed. This especially surprises me considering one guy who picked me up was drunker than all hell and not wearing his perscription glasses and the one who picked me up and gave me a ride back to my truck then exhibited stalkerish tendencies.

I had a one night stand with another trucker in Dallas, Texas that taught me that size does not matter whatsoever.

I spent a weekend in Vegas, managing to be so bad at gambling that I was broke, but happy, when I left. Could have been because I can't remember being sober at all the whole weekend.

I spent many long nights on the phone with one of two people who kept me awake when I had to drive through the darkness, Moonlit Raven and Slayer of the Rot. Other nights I listened to Coast to Coast A.M. and became a firm believer that XM radio was a gift given to truckers from a higher power.

I ran a load that delivered to a NASA center. The security was ridiculous.

I ran many loads contracted by the United States Army. Strangely enough, the security was less ridiculous.

I developed quite a fondness for a guy enough to be able to ignore my strange fear of commitment and we became engaged.

I found out my little sister was pregnant and that I was going to be an aunt.

I had another big dispute with my company and left trucking with a foul taste in my mouth for it. My dealings with them made me incredibly hesitant to get another trucking job right off so I found other employment - as a toddler teacher for a day care.

My stepmother - high off her ass on heroin - wrecked the Nissan pickup I'd been driving since the year 2000. I was emotionally crippled by the loss of my beloved Tedwardo. It was even worse when I realized there was no way to salvage all the band stickers on the back and on the inside or the "Republicans for Voldemort" sticker and Irken Invader decal on the back.

My fiancee broke off the engagement.

Now at home, I tried out the local dating scene.

Ended up drunk in a hotel room, punching some guy in the face.

Had a one night stand with a gorgeous personal trainer, but it was absolutely terrible.

Started dating another Althanian, against the advice of 3/5 people whose advice I actually respect.

I bought a 1978 Chevy Chevette to try and fill the hole Tedwardo left in my heart, and also to get me places.

Made the decision to start preparing to move away from a city that I do love, and have lived in all of my life to move 1400 miles northeastward. Began to battle my overwhelming fear of commitment.

Left my day care job after a dispute with them over how other teachers were treating kids, and the fact that my 3 year old cousin who was attending the day care ended up with bruises from his class' teacher.

Began a nanny job for my cousins, eventually moved in with them. I took a paycut for it, but I'm still coming out ahead for it.

It took a lot longer than I expected, about a month and a half, before the Chevette finally started breaking down like the 500 dollar car it is. I came to the realization that I have a fetish for old, busted up pieces of shit.

Set a rough date for my move to Virginia, and decided to stick with my boyfriend, despite the advice of 4/5 people whose opinions I actually respect.

Worried like crazy over my sister when she was hospitalized. My unborn nephew tried to change his facebook status to "borned" too early but teh doctors fired they laz0rs and denied him any respect.

Worried like crazy when my best friend developed what seems like ulcers.

Had a better Christmas than I expected and lamented the fact that there are no Gordmans in Virginia.

Had a terrible New Year that went by in a blur of ice cream, puzzle pirates, whiskey, champagne, wine and rum.

[Dissinger]

In 2007 I...

- Worked for a company bent on total global domination, that turned out to have no love or respect for me. After 2 long years I put an end to the madness and left.

- Got two fix it tickets, one of which turned into a full blown ticket of which I'm still paying for.

- Got a job working for my sister, feel a lot better about myself, and for the first time in my life, enjoy what I do. Far more than working for the gaming company I used to.

- Developed a Social Life with my friends and was amazed at how when you have mid to late afternoons off, you can finally have free time and do things reliably. Ditto for Weekends.

- Went to Chicago for a Legend of the Five Rings Tournament, getting over the fear of traveling for a waste, when I went 4-3 and placed 34 out of 78. There shall be other tourneys, and I shall go to them. Gencon YOU'RE MINE!

- Broke up with my girlfriend of two long years, and have been trying to take it easy so I can just get my life in order, before looking for a replacement.

[Nekoprincess]

Still trying to get my life in order.

Broke up with my boyfriend of 2 long years and shortly after that I found a new boyfriend.

Working on smoothing things over with my roommate.

Basically thats it, just trying to live out my life as smoothly and as cheerfully as possible. While spending time with my freinds and those I care about.

[Rogue Virus]

Hmmmm, 2007 Highlights....

-Finished my Freshmen year of college

-Found out I had Insomnia

-Found a guy whom I adore

-Had a guy tip me (i'm a waitress in a restaurant) a $100... which he put in my cleavage

-Joined Althanas

... and a lot of really shitty things that I wish never happened. I should have shot those s.o.b's.

Oh well.

2008 will be much better :-D

[AdventWings]

Don't got much going at my place. What can I do? I have no life. :rolleyes:

- Went to an Anime Convention. Now plan on going to every single one I can manage.

- Flew oversea alone. For a meeting. Yes, a meeting.

- Translated an equivalent of 15 scientific journals and research reports within 2 weeks.

- Finally realized I have to take my writing projects seriously if I ever want to get them published. Make that three.

- Wishing for a Tablet. Got it on the second day of the new year. Yay.

- Won an electrical fan at the Church's annual New Year celebration. Yes, it's supposed to be the grand prize along with a mini gas stove set about the size of a laptop.

2008 is definitely looking up, if you don't count the potential return of the previous PM after his one year exile.

*Plans to sell artwork for a one-way ticket to Canada*