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-Became a 6502
-Got a iMac (technically it belongs to the family but I have my own account :D)
-Killed my iBook
-Had my first kiss :)
-Got a iPod Touch
-Read iWoz
-Got a very old Power Macintosh
-Got bored a LOT
 
well this year has been more down than ups but thats life

  • my girlfriend of 5 years cheats on me with some ugly chudd
  • i became single :) :) :)
  • got my 1st tattoo and then a week later my 2nd :)
  • i found loads of old mates thanks to facebook :)
  • and im still going strong
  • Fell in love with drumming again
  • when to dominic republic to take photos
  • saw some great bands play (fear factory,lamb of god,iced earth,heaven and hell,foo fighters,machine head)
  • Got a imac osx 10.5
  • Got a XBOX 360 and a Wii :)
 
2007 was the year I...

1. Had my 5 year anniversary with my girl.
2. Decided when I am going to ask her to marry me (its soon now).:)
3. Upgraded to a new Aluminium iMac.
4. Upgraded to a MacBook.
5. Acquired an Apple Cube.
6. Bought an iPod touch.
7. Bought a Wii and Xbox 360.
8. Purchased too many things.:eek:
9. Had my 21st birthday.
10. Got scammed by a fellow MR member, rhys105.
11. Started and abruptly left my latest job.
 
2007 was the year I...
1) Got my 1st macbook and iPod touch
2) Fell in then out of love with a friend
3) Visited China, Hong Kong, New York and Australia :D
4) Got my driving license
5) Truly realized and appreciated the value my friends
6) Decided for once in my life, stop running away and just deal with what I've done.
7) Had 2 people I know pass away
8) Would never forget.

And congratulations davidjearly! I wish you guys many years of happiness :D.
 
2007 was the year I...

  • Finally set off on my lifetimes ambition to see the world - eight countries in just over three months so far.
  • Realised just how truly lucky I am to have the friends and family that I do.
  • Finally joined Facebook.
  • Attended my first Bikram Yoga class.
  • Started to enjoy coffee.
  • Realised that I could enjoy eating fresh chillis with my food.
  • Ate sushi for the first time.
  • Learnt to eat using chopsticks.
  • Gave away my iPod to a woman I fell in love with.
 
2007 was the year I...

  • Made my first ever mortgage payment- on a 420 sq ft studio on the 8th floor of a 13 story building in downtown St. Louis. I LOVE it.
  • Realized, with the help of a friend, that being in the company of others is the single most important thing I can do in a day.
  • Recovered from my second torn ACL and resumed playing soccer, outdoors only this time.
 
2007 Was the Year I...

- Bought a Wii
- Didn't waste my birthday money
- Went to Key West and saw the southern-most part of the continental U.S.
- Became obsessed with tennis again
- Graduated from middle school
- Rented a clarinet and received a trumpet
- Bought an iPod Touch
- Played in my first tennis tournament (and lost in the first round)*

It was a good year! :)

* Not a real good experience... There weren't enough U14 players so I got bumped up to U18, and had to play a really good 17 year old. I won 2 games. :D
 
- Rescued a dog from an animal shelter after losing my 13 yr old Rottie last year.
- Wrecked my race car that I'd owned for 10 years when a drunk girl pulled out in front of me.
- Bought a new project car and started fresh, ran a new best time on my first trip to the track.
- Travelled with the wife to Scotland and Ireland, where she got to meet several relatives for the first time.
- Attended the wildest wedding ever in Letterkenny, Ireland.
- Found out the wife's pregnant.
- Decided to sell the new race car - amazing how fast priorities change.
- Found out it's going to be a boy, due May 6th.
 
(in order...i think)

--started 2007 with my closest friends, some 90 proof and a deck of cards :D

--got my first traffic ticket

--became possessed to take my perfectly good atv and go cross country racing

--stuck it to the man and got my taxes back

--discovered how hard XC racing is

--discovered the best italian restaurant in st.louis

--went to Six Flags for the first time

--went to my first schwag stock and discovered pink flyod

--bought a 5th gen ipod

--spent a lot of money on my atv

--became sponsored

--won a XC race by 5 minutes ahead of the guy who took second :D

--became hooked on XC racing

--spent more money on my atv

--got another traffic ticket

--met some guys as crazy as me. thought we were the only ones who raced XC :p

--got another traffic ticket..UGH

--turned 21

--drank way to much alcohol

2008

--after 1.5 years, went full time and got benefits :D

--moved up to B class
 
·I really got hooked on expensive caffeine.
·My grandpa died.:(
·The local Catholic high school started pressuring me heavily to go there...nevermind the fact that in order to do so, I would have to move in with my great aunt and get a full ride to pay the 5 grand in tuition. Seeing as neither is ever going to happen, ah...not going there.:D
·I got braces. They suck.
·I finally realized that people aren't as black and white as they seem to be. There are many, many, many shades of gray in between.
·I finally got up off my ass and started to really care about school. No, my grades aren't much better, but I at least remember to do the homework...:eek:
·Did I mention the high school?
 
2007:

- Fell in love with my g/f
- Bought my first house with my g/f
- Finished the 2 year training aspect of work
- Spent a week in Bulgaria and a week in Cyprus
- Booked a holiday to Dom Rep
- Worked out there was more to life than the internet
- Found out that I don't enjoy my job
 
  • live alone for the 1st time
  • realized my kids don't need me anymore
  • gained some self confidence
  • am learning how NOT to be a mother
  • bought my first iPod (shuffle)
  • bought my first mac (24" iMac)
  • am saving money for the 1st time in my life
  • did not use any credit cards
  • am learning how to take care of myself
  • worked long hours (maybe because I had nothing to go home to)
  • am grateful for what I have
 
T'was the year I...

- Graduated university, a nice little achievement after a few people thought I'd never go let alone graduate.
- Realised my dogs years are coming to an end and might not see beyond 2008.
- Realised I'm much too young to have kids. Ooooh boy.
- Got a job
- Set up the possibility of getting a really good job in the new year.

There's gotta be more but there's too much going on here for new years, so bye!
 
- Lost my Mother :(
- Got a new apartment :)
- Got a new job :cool:
- Failed to become a 601 :mad:

Looking forward to 2008 to be a very different "eventful" year.
 
2007 was the year i...

-found out about myself without the pressure. i started very confused about my future career and who i was and what i wanted out of life. partly thanks to the many people at macrumors, i've found out about myself and solved most of the unresolved issues i had after graduating college last december. i feel satisfied now instead of full of regret.

-saw my friends graduate college (good and bad in several ways)

-felt more disconnected with older friends

-saw my old hometown go up in smoke

-lost my last grandparent (but ironically my great grandma is still living)

-still had no job (curse the middle of nowhere and cars)

-discovered that the school system talks from both sides of their mouth (they claim to need science teachers, but didn't even contact me back for a job as one)

-migrated most of my work from my pc to my macbook, 'chipper' (it's probably going to take on all my computer work soon since my pc has been crashing)

-found out that my family is more important than making tons of cash and such.

-found that your college major doesn't determine your life or career. follow your heart, not your degree.

-divorced science (in a career sense)

-felt mature for the first time (i'm 22), forming my own ethos, worldviews and goals separate from my parents and other adults.

-revved up on my social commentary on my own accord

-said goodbye to braves on tbs

-went organic (food), about 85% of our food is organic now

it's been a bit of a disappointing (and some ways sad) year based on how last year ended with my graduation from college. 2006 was great, 2007, not so much. but it was a year of 'live and learn' (i suggest you search for the song by crush 40) for me. hopefully 2008 will mark the start of some real progress now knowing what i want from life and what i'm after.
 
2007:

Turned 19.
Got accepted into University.
Caught and cooked my first Rabbit.
Broke up with my band.
Made some amazing friends.
Fell out of love.
Joined macrumors.
Got my hair cut to a respectable length.
Bought my first Mac.
Had a self-invoked wardrobe makeover.
Won another Mac.
Got my first ever job.
Sold my first Mac.
 
-After many years off, finally joined a gym
-Lost my last remaining grandparent
-Spent 1/4 of my time in working out of state in Baltimore
-Got a Wii
-Started dating someone who is not a US citizen
-Gained a decent amount of weight compared to the previous year and it was a good thing :)
-Got my money working for me a little bit better. Got a rewards Credit Card and moved most of my money out of my bank with its worthless 1.5% APY savings and into an ING account with a much better rate of return.
-Flew first class for the first time
 
- Realized how hard relationships are
And I became a real grammar stickler.

I hope the list for 2008 includes "found a new girlfriend" somewhere... :(
Ouch, me too.

realized I should live for today.
And became even more obsessed with the decline of British English.

I also went to my first ever England Football match abroad, did my GCSEs and now it's dawning just how few friends I have left :eek:
 
- Fired a contractor working on our house in February. (Finally finished redoing the last of his work myself yesterday!)
- Went to more concerts in one year then I ever have before (Blue Man Group, Jeremy Camp/Casting Crowns, and Ft. Wayne Philharmonic).
- Celebrated our first wedding anniversary.
- Sold my first batch of hand made wooden pens
- Seriously got back into woodworking this year
- Didn't take enough photos...again.
- Took an out-of-state vacation
- Crossed three more things off my "101 Things I Want To Do" List
- Started getting involved in a church that my wife and I both love.
- Didn't come down with pneumonia!!!!!
- Went another year without a Mac upgrade... (Wife won't let me.)
 
2007 was the year I......
-got several good rewards from my job
-realized that I hate my job
-realized that my career doesn't define my success but my life in general does
-turned 30
-paid my truck off
-married for five years
-broke my big toe
-did one of the hardest things I have ever had to do..........
 
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