Year in Review
YEAR IN REVIEW
Go to your Calendar and find the first entry for each month of 2005. Post the first line/chunk of it in your journal, and that's your "Year In Review"
January:
I've been unemployed since August... my unemployment ran out in November, I just barely made my rent payment in December (it was outrageously expensive because my lease technically ended Oct. 31st, so we went on a month to month lease and all the perks of my lease ran out so it was like 999 a month). So I moved back in with my parents right after Christmas, at least it was nice and warm that week,
February:
I'm at work right now, it's going really well. I really like it, it's interesting and always changing. Not the same hum drum all the time, and the money's good so hopefully in another month I'll crawl out of my hole. I've been really upset and depressed though. I miss Arin, her still being in KC and me not having internet at home means we don't talk as much as I'd like. It's been pretty rough and I still don't know what we're going to do.
March:
This past month or so has been so hard because I've been trying to control the emotion, to know when it's an unrealistic surge of temporary insanity (now I know why they have that excuse in court) and to know when it's truely how I feel. I've learned there is a difference between being open and in touch, and just being outright fucking crazy.
April:
I feel the sadness consume me, the wet tears corroding my eyes as the wind blows and they begin to burn. The number of times you have to say goodbye never makes it easier the next time. It was almost ten years ago when we met, her simple eyes fixated on my top hat, and since then through thick and through thin, we've always been right next to each other, holding each other up, no matter how far apart.
May:
Laura and I went out and decided we wanted a nice dinner. Went to the Tokyo Steakhouse and made reservations and then went to the mall to use my coupon for free Dream Angels perfume from Victorias Secret, stopped into Hot Topic and checked out the sale rack... she picked up a cute pinstriped skirt and i listened to the new VNV Nation... and then she saw the new MSI cd and we cracked up listening to their version of Rush's Tom Sawyer, so she bought the CD, we talked about the concert but it's on a Thursday. We rocked out back to the restaraunt and watched the Chef and his performance making our dinner, I haven't been to a Japanese steakhouse since prom!!!..
June:
I did something extremely childish an immature, and probably hurt a lot of people. I know I didn't have to do it, but I believe in karma. I have to be prepared the next few days to recieve very harsh comments, e-mails, and phone calls. I'm prepared to cry, I'm prpared to feel bad, but I just can't say I'm sorry because people like that are bound to get what they deserve, I'm just sorry that it had to be me to be the one to do it.
July:
I just won third in a karaoke contest singing Vanila Ice- Ice Ice Baby. I have to go back and sing again for a chance to win $1000... I wish they'd just given me a trophy.
August:
I decided that I am going to go to the track tommorow night and race my car. The rules apply to actual competition racing, not the Saturday Night Streetfight. I'll be sure to post up my best times. I am negotiating the job offer right now. I asked for 6% more than what they offered, and an extra week vacation during my first year. The benifits look good, and I get an automatic paid vacation from Christmas eve through New years. We will see how things turn out
September:
Yeah, so gas is too fucking expensive. I'm not going up to KC this weekend, but I get 2 paychecks next week.
October:
What does it mean to be a grown-up… an adult… a functioning member of society? Is it age as many say, when you turn 18 you automatically get the badge of adulthood? I know a few 18 year olds that I wouldn’t classify as adults, but even still I don’t know if I could even classify myself as an adult and I turn 26 next week.
November:
My livejournal's been pretty sparse lately. I think a lot of people have kinda offed LJ for other sites or they just don't have time for it anymore. I've never been a big fan of posting a bunch of shit about my life, but I did for awhile and now it's become the thing furthest from my mind.
December:
So Thanksgiving I spent the occasional half an hour outside in the cold to load my 17ft U-haul truck with all my stuff from my parents garage that I haven't seen since I moved there at the end of last December. I'm sure many of my past posts are me bitching about not having it, not having a nice place, and generally being pissy about the tiny studio apartment I lived in... well finally... after 11 months... I have the house that I was searching for...
So to sum it all up I'd say it's been a pretty good year... The beginning I was sad, depressed, and had all but given up then I moved to Wichita for a job, made some money, paid off some bills, did the whole angry/get over the ex-girl thing, said goodbye to my bestfriend as she moved to LA, made some new friends, got the permanant position at work and finally found a beautiful house. Not much more I could ask for, it's only been getting better all year long...
Go to your Calendar and find the first entry for each month of 2005. Post the first line/chunk of it in your journal, and that's your "Year In Review"
January:
I've been unemployed since August... my unemployment ran out in November, I just barely made my rent payment in December (it was outrageously expensive because my lease technically ended Oct. 31st, so we went on a month to month lease and all the perks of my lease ran out so it was like 999 a month). So I moved back in with my parents right after Christmas, at least it was nice and warm that week,
February:
I'm at work right now, it's going really well. I really like it, it's interesting and always changing. Not the same hum drum all the time, and the money's good so hopefully in another month I'll crawl out of my hole. I've been really upset and depressed though. I miss Arin, her still being in KC and me not having internet at home means we don't talk as much as I'd like. It's been pretty rough and I still don't know what we're going to do.
March:
This past month or so has been so hard because I've been trying to control the emotion, to know when it's an unrealistic surge of temporary insanity (now I know why they have that excuse in court) and to know when it's truely how I feel. I've learned there is a difference between being open and in touch, and just being outright fucking crazy.
April:
I feel the sadness consume me, the wet tears corroding my eyes as the wind blows and they begin to burn. The number of times you have to say goodbye never makes it easier the next time. It was almost ten years ago when we met, her simple eyes fixated on my top hat, and since then through thick and through thin, we've always been right next to each other, holding each other up, no matter how far apart.
May:
Laura and I went out and decided we wanted a nice dinner. Went to the Tokyo Steakhouse and made reservations and then went to the mall to use my coupon for free Dream Angels perfume from Victorias Secret, stopped into Hot Topic and checked out the sale rack... she picked up a cute pinstriped skirt and i listened to the new VNV Nation... and then she saw the new MSI cd and we cracked up listening to their version of Rush's Tom Sawyer, so she bought the CD, we talked about the concert but it's on a Thursday. We rocked out back to the restaraunt and watched the Chef and his performance making our dinner, I haven't been to a Japanese steakhouse since prom!!!..
June:
I did something extremely childish an immature, and probably hurt a lot of people. I know I didn't have to do it, but I believe in karma. I have to be prepared the next few days to recieve very harsh comments, e-mails, and phone calls. I'm prepared to cry, I'm prpared to feel bad, but I just can't say I'm sorry because people like that are bound to get what they deserve, I'm just sorry that it had to be me to be the one to do it.
July:
I just won third in a karaoke contest singing Vanila Ice- Ice Ice Baby. I have to go back and sing again for a chance to win $1000... I wish they'd just given me a trophy.
August:
I decided that I am going to go to the track tommorow night and race my car. The rules apply to actual competition racing, not the Saturday Night Streetfight. I'll be sure to post up my best times. I am negotiating the job offer right now. I asked for 6% more than what they offered, and an extra week vacation during my first year. The benifits look good, and I get an automatic paid vacation from Christmas eve through New years. We will see how things turn out
September:
Yeah, so gas is too fucking expensive. I'm not going up to KC this weekend, but I get 2 paychecks next week.
October:
What does it mean to be a grown-up… an adult… a functioning member of society? Is it age as many say, when you turn 18 you automatically get the badge of adulthood? I know a few 18 year olds that I wouldn’t classify as adults, but even still I don’t know if I could even classify myself as an adult and I turn 26 next week.
November:
My livejournal's been pretty sparse lately. I think a lot of people have kinda offed LJ for other sites or they just don't have time for it anymore. I've never been a big fan of posting a bunch of shit about my life, but I did for awhile and now it's become the thing furthest from my mind.
December:
So Thanksgiving I spent the occasional half an hour outside in the cold to load my 17ft U-haul truck with all my stuff from my parents garage that I haven't seen since I moved there at the end of last December. I'm sure many of my past posts are me bitching about not having it, not having a nice place, and generally being pissy about the tiny studio apartment I lived in... well finally... after 11 months... I have the house that I was searching for...
So to sum it all up I'd say it's been a pretty good year... The beginning I was sad, depressed, and had all but given up then I moved to Wichita for a job, made some money, paid off some bills, did the whole angry/get over the ex-girl thing, said goodbye to my bestfriend as she moved to LA, made some new friends, got the permanant position at work and finally found a beautiful house. Not much more I could ask for, it's only been getting better all year long...