2004: Some of the buzz on the year that was
So here's my take on the year: the good, the bad, and the so-so. The things I will remember the most about this year, in no particular order:
+ Skiing for the first time
- Skiing hurts and is too expensive for me
+ My love for Toyota
+ My dog kicks ass
+ Going to California for a week
- Having to come back
+ Gaining new friends
- Losing old ones
- First funeral attended
+ Tuesdays With Morrie
+/- Tests of character
+ Those two chicks at the Rock 101 Skyshow
+ SLAYER
+ Killswitch Engage, Mastodon
- Q
+/- Leaving BG
- 3 years too late
+ Going to NHN
- Being the new guy
+/- Smoking pot for the first time
- The day afterwards
+ Getting drunk with Sean and Pat
+ Going to the beach with Sean, Drew, and Derek
- Dad getting laid off
+ Turning 18
+ Voting
- My guy lost
- The election and how divisive it was
- "Moral Values"
+ "The Little Boat of You and Me"
+ Team America
+ Shaun of the Dead
+ I Heart Huckabees
- Ocean's Twelve
+ Metallica/Godsmack concert
- Lars sucks
+ Melanie kissed me
+ Going to Krispy Kremes
+ The memories of those visits
- "You're a really nice guy/You're a good friend/You're really sweet but....."
+ Getting over it/moving on
- Dad remaining unemployed
- Getting your hopes up and having them crushed
+ BG Football went undefeated and won the championship
- I wasn't a part of it
+ Jonathan's Plymouth
- Jonathan's Plymouth exploding
- The uproar over Janet Jackson's boob
- Country being run by Puritans
+ Not caring about presents at Christmas
+/- College next year?
+ Jonathan joining the Marines
+ Starting a Livejournal
+ Walking around Boston before the concert
- Getting ripped off by a black crackhead
+ Driving from Boston to Nashua in 28 minutes in the corolla
- No one cares
+ White Pride
+ "Carpe Poon"
+ Driving around aimlessly with Sean and laughing at everything
- PS2 breaking
+ Sony fixed it for free
+ They sent it back in a box filled with bubble wrap
+ Bubble wrap kicks ass
- Worrying way too much
+/- Crashing a moped
+ Painting was cool
+ Appreciating the small things in life
- Lonliness
+ Being that fun kind of insane
- Sucking at math
+ Giving Mrs. Vincent the finger
+ Getting a letter for Lacrosse
+ Sox winning the Series
- I don't give a shit about baseball
- Where's my NHL?
+ Patriots winning the Superbowl
+ Patriots winning streak
- It ended
+ Mullet Night
+ Being a guy
+ Being weird
- Female drivers
+ Cruising with the guys
+/- Never having a destination
+ Hooters
+ Not hating people
- Overexposed celebrities
+ Kayaks are fun
- Family income 25% of what it used to be
+ Getting a job
+ Diversity
+ Knowing I'm not perfect and that I'm gonna die
- Getting hurt
- Dad still being unemployed
+/- Moving?
+/- Learning that you exist because someone committed suicide
- Tsunamis
- Terrorists
- War
+ American Idiot
- Dimebag getting shot
- Why couldn't it have been Vince Neil?
- Michael Jackson didn't get shot
+ Laughing at Jonathan's stories about Dale
+ Family Guy DVD
+ DVD collection getting big
- Car insurance bill pretty big too
+ Taking pleasure in the simple things in life
+ School Newspaper
+ Liking my new school
+ Meeting good kids
- Puerto Ricans in the hallways suck ass
+ Walking through a group of said sucky Puerto Ricans and farting
+ Getting hit on by females while at work
+ Fuck Normal
+ MYANMAR
+ (Burma)
+ Driving in the snow kicks ass
+ Rob Halford is the coolest gay guy EVER
- Meal consisting entirely of condiments
+ ADD mixes (I have a big - Hey! Is that Michael Douglas?)
+/- Not giving a fuck
+ Epic journal entries
+ The poem I wrote for Ahab's Prelude
+ Airsoft guns
- Derek kicking my car after I shot him twice in the ass
+ Egging Bishop Guertin
+/- Egging Sean's car
- Twice (sorry Sean)
+ Mighty Rhapsody
+ Derek and Pat's danceoff in the Hooters parking lot
- Danceoffs being ruined
+/- Being immature
- Pequots suck
- A lot
+/- Getting lost in Boston with Sean
+ Being me
So that's pretty much it, I guess. There have been some pretty big changes in 2004 (school, father's employment), and there have been many things that stayed the same (like having a relationship - but each time gets better than the last, so I'm not worried). Good things happened, and bad things happened. The bad things have taught me about life, and more importantly, have taught me a lot about myself. My New Year's resolution is self-improvement. I'm gonna eat better and exercise more. I'm not doing it for anyone but myself. So here's to 2005, I hope it will be better than 04. Hasta Luego.
- Dan Man