Memories of 2007

[Emasher]

Well the years almost over, post your favorite moments (or leas favorite) here.

Its been a very eventful year for me at school (I won't go into detail on that one)

I had the honor of attending CJ '07 the celebration of 100 years of scouting in canada. Though I also had to wait in an airport for 14 hours after that (stupid wesjet). (for more information on that read my blog)

I've taken up curling

I've made a few new friends

I've learned quite alot tech/creative wise as this year I got Adobe CS3 Design Premium

I've finally realized some things (positive things) that will probably effect me for the rest of my life.

So that was some of the main points of 2007 for me. Maybe I'll try and do a retrospective of 2007 forum events also.

[Oxigen_Waste]

I had the balls to choose a course that promises me nothing but unenployment.

No Country For Old Men.

Nothing else worth notice.

[gaggle64]

I had the balls to choose a course that promises me nothing but unenployment.


Medieval Eskimo History?

[Oxigen_Waste]

Medieval Eskimo History?

No, cinema.

[Hellfire]

I had the balls to choose a course that promises me nothing but unenployment.



ahah you noticed too? ;)

[Jordan]

I moved country, got myself a propper job and my own place.

Fucking scared me doing it too! But i got on my own feet and proved myself that i could actually do something.

Still... I miss sitting at home doing nothing and playing computer games all day :p

[ReZourceman]

Erm, it wasnt amazing.

[will']

I have to say this year has been very good. A brief summary of some of the things I've done:

Graduated from Uni
Got to the finals of the West Midlands business awards
Moved to London
Got a great job

I think those are all the key things, the things behind them have taken up a lot (most) of my time this year. Best thing is I've enjoyed pretty much the whole of the year, not ever felt down inthe dumps. If 2008 is this good I'll be very happy indeed!

[Wesley]

Realised so much this year that I want to put a gun to my own head.

[darksnowman]

Erm, it wasnt amazing.

Almost: it was half amazing. But that leaves the other half that was shocking.

[conzer16]

Erm, it wasnt amazing.

Yeh, it wasn't overly brilliant. I had a good year. Made some great friends, had some amazing trips away and found out I'm going to live in New Zealand. 2008 promises to be better for me tho.

[Slaggis]

It was terrible. Hopefully next year will be a large improvement!

- Assulted
- Missed English GCSE
- All the crap with being threatened
- Mums car crash
- My dog getting hit by a car
- Old mate dying in a car accident

Only good thing was a trip to Paris in July, that was mighty fun.

[Platty]

It's been an up and down year for me really. But here it is in a nutshell:

- One of my best friends died in March which I still can't believe.

- Then my cousin who was also my Godfather got killed in a motorbike crash.

- My sister got married in May and I walked her down the aisle.

- I got back with my girlfriend after splitting up nearly 2 years ago and it's been great ever since.

- I turned 24.

- I got promoted at work.

[Gizmo]

Distinctly average. Nothing particularly amazing happened for me, but nothing particularly bad in the grand scheme of things happened either, and nobody close died like alot of people have had happen..

[MoogleViper]

Did my GCSE results. Not bad but could have been a lot better. It just reflects how little work I did.

Enrolled at 6th form and I can't be bothered with it anymore.

Did my cbt. I love riding bikes. Hoping to get a pit bike/crosser soon.

Got myself a gf :D

Been to see The Verve. They were awesome.

[Brian Mcoy]

Mcoy did nothing, Mcoy tried to learn to speak properly but he failed

[gaggle64]

- Finally driven to distraction by flatmates, but have own sweet pad now (need job now)

-Moving upwards and onwards at my course, really getting into things now

-... not a lot else really. I need to start finding new avenues of various types next year.

[Roostophe]

- Went to Villa Park TWICE in one year.
- Applauded the Squad of '82 who paraded the European Cup, then watched the Squad of '07 thump Sheffield United 3-0
- Witnessed Villa beat Italian Champions Internazionale Milano 3-0. And saw players like Figo, Adriano, Materazzi and Ibrahimovic lose to our lads.

- Got Xbox Live, and a Wii

- Started watching WWE again

- Turned 18, on the same day I practically became an anime fan

[Dante]

Nothing much happened to me this year but i have made new friends on here and started talking more.

[Oxigen_Waste]

ahah you noticed too? ;)

You'de have to be blind to not see that (like many of my classmates, lol), but hell, at least I'll try! Let's see how it flows... :blank:

[ipaul]

Well the year started with the very fun new years party I had.

January was pretty average and I can't remember much happening.

Although In February I managed to acquire apendicitus 2 WEEKS before my ski trip and thus couldnt get the insurance to ski. Still went and had a great time though =D.

Went to a few good birthday parties in March and bought an awesome shirt that month =P

April not much happend.

May was the run up to GCSE's so alot of revision was done in this time. Also went away camping with my friends for a few days as a break from revision which was good fun.

June was the month I finally finished my GCSE's and relaxed =). The exams were quite tiring but it turned out I had not messed any of them up which was good. Also had some good times on the beach in this month.

July was fucking terrible. So bored all of the time and the weather was complete crap.

August was very good, got my GCSE results back and they turned out very nice and then on the same day had my birthday party which was quite fun, though being the host I made sure I didn't get drunk like the majority of other people. Also had a nice little holiday in The Bahamas, even if it did get a bit boring.

September I had a brief visit to Miami where I got a new bass and started 6th form. Which I later left because I hated it so much.

October - miserable.

November - Started at a different college which has since been better and alot more fun. Also started the IB course rather than standard a levels and it is fun but alot of work! =P

December- Going well so far. Can't wait till christmas and the new years party I'm sure I will have.

So my year has been pretty eventful overall. I think it's been a good year, heres hoping 2008 is even better. (the summer can't possibly be any worse next year can it?) Also somewhere along the line I seemed to acquire a slight musical ear in that I can figure out songs on the bass without looking at tabs now =D (yeah i'm pretty bored right now)

[Fierce_LiNk]

I liked iPaul's way of breaking the year down.

January - Still hadn't recovered from a rough Christmas. In January, found out my woman-friend of 3 years had been having it off with someone else. 4 or so days before my birthday as well, so that was very shit.

February - My first valentines day in years that I was single. Generally an unhappy month where everything was getting to me. Fell out with people from home, some of which I haven't spoken to since then.

March - I found my second gear, and was getting back on track with the womanfriend. I put in a lot of effort for her birthday, and thought things were getting better.

April - Disaster. Things went from bad to worse. The ex left the house and I haven't spoken to her since. Spent from now until July living by myself. Money became a huge issue as bills were mounting up, and I started a school placement, totally unprepared and off guard. Luckily, I had made some new friends around this time, and they pulled me through.

May - All the problems were mounting up. Money was terrible, I was finding it hard to afford getting to placement and buying simple things like food. Placement was difficult because I was tired and unhappy. I found companionship with a ladyfriend, and it got a bit intimate.

June - Last month of placement, which didn't go too well. There were doubts over whether or not I'd make it through to the next year of my course. At this point, I was down and out, looking for any way to escape the hell I had found myself in. This and January were the lowest points of my life.

July - Started some counciling to get my life back on track. Also started a summer job. Met some friends, they really cheered me up and made my summer memorable. My ladyfriend at this point had to leave for home, and we've hardly kept in contact since. I made a special friend in the form of my housemate, and she's one of my best friends now.

August - Lost my job, but found another one a week later. Met some lovely people, including a lady called Rosie who I had a thing for. Heheheh.

September - Started uni again, and found it hard trying to keep up with friends. As a result of this, people have fallen out with me and it's still doing my head in.

October - My parents made a surprise visit down to see me, which was lovely because I haven't seen them since easter. That cheered me up. I found myself falling for a girl called Laura, and the situation is very complicated because one of my mates liked her as well, although they never had a thing. Ahhhh.

November - I've been eating well, and making sure I was doing ok. I lost my job at the callcentre because they went into liquidation, and my friends who I had fallen out with have been arseholes to me. Hardly talked to them, and when I try to smooth things over, things get worse. The laura thing is a no-go as well, because she doesn't see me in that way.

December - So here we are. The end of the year.

It's been a topsy turvy year. Everytime I slide a piece into place, the puzzle resets into a whole new problem. I can't wait for this year to be over, as I need a new start.

[AshMat]

I'm sure there's something actually worth mentioning but i can't think.
Anyone care to help me remember?

[Strider]

Well the stuff i did and realised this year was:

- I could have worked harder on my GCSE's.
- I've realised how much more work i need to do for A levels and such.
- I've realised what i want to do and where i want to go after 6th form.
- Turned 17 and have started learning to drive, which i now know wasn't really worth looking forward to.
- Saw the Foo Fighters
- I've made some closer friends
- I've noticed im abit more confident.

[Supergrunch]

This was a long and strange year... At the start, I was working horribly hard for a load of January exams, practically all my A levels. ...that was softened by getting an offer from Cambridge. Then I had to finish my chemistry coursework, which I am convinced will the most horrible piece of work I'll ever have to do. By the time I handed it in, it was 92 pages long.

Once that was finished, the pressure sort of... went. I had a grand total of two modules to study for in the summer, and didn't need much in either, but I still found it hard to relax. Revision was kind of frustrating, because I had a really long period where I felt I ought to be working but without much to do. Anyway, it all ended up well.

So, after a long summer, I went to Cambridge. The work's totally different to school work - far harder, and lots more of it, but much more interesting. The place is also great, I really love it there, and can't wait to go back. Magdalene is definitely the best college. :heh:

And one more thing: 2007 is the year I took up go (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_%28board_game%29). I love this game for it's depth and wonder, and I can't wait to get better at it.

[ipaul]

December - So here we are. The end of the year.
Is that a subtle Bloc Party reference?

I'm sure there's something actually worth mentioning but i can't think.
Anyone care to help me remember?

Didn't you have sex and then your mum found out about it...:wtf:

[Zell]

I can't think of much right now... I got my driving license and got great AS results. Also turned 18.

[Tellyn]

Didn't you have sex and then your mum found out about it...:wtf:

He also discovered a different route to walk home.

[Eenuh]

Trying to remember what happened but everything seems a bit blurry at the moment. Been a year of ups and downs though.

- worst thing was my grandmother passing away in June, right during my exams. She had been sick for a while and lots of things happened to her, so it was a lot to handle. =(
- school was awfully difficult and stressful, but I passed all my classes and even ended up being the best or second best in my grade (teacher wasn't sure when he told me which one of both it was) :heh:
- had a great trip to the States again to see my boy and we went to Seaworld; even though it rained all day there it still was great fun


And those are the only things I can think of right now... More stuff happened but maybe I've forgotten what or I'm just too tired/sick to remember.

[Stefkov]

Memoris eh...
In no order whatsoever I found out I did worse that I thought in some parts of my exams and better in others.
Went to London twice in 2 weeks and had great times both times.
Got depressed in the holidays watching Eureka 7.
That is all I remember. Those happened not long ago aswell, I've totally forgotten about the start of the year.

[The Bard]

Having sex. The only memorable part of any year.

[The fish]

January was the usual post Christmas boredom, plus my first AS exams! However, I got my Wii, which was cool!

February is a month I have no memory of anything unusual or odd happening.

March was pretty good, I got my January AS results back, and went on a short holiday to Scotland - as such, I'm now in love with Edinburgh.

April was a little dull.

May was the run up to AS's, and the beginning of them. However, I went to two unbelievably awesome parties.

June saw the last of my AS's!

July was cool - birthday and summer hols!

August boring for the most part, but I saw more of my friends than I usually do during holidays. I also went to Italy, which was awesome, as always. :awesome:

September was the usual back-to-school thing, but I started my A-level year!

October can be summed up with two words: "UCAS" and "Iceland". :D

November - I (finally) started driving lessons, and started becoming closer friends with people who were just acquaintances before. I also got in touch with a few people from my primary school, which was fun - some great memories came back to me, such as Legoland!

December- Going well so far. I still need to do most of my Christmas shopping, and there is the Christmas ball coming up in a few days! Woo!

A pretty good year for me, really.

[Shorty]

Uni:
The beginning of the year was a couple of exams, the first at uni, and they went pretty well. But I think things went downhill from there. The more comfortable I got at uni and at home, the more I tended to skip lectures. I got a mix of only-just-firsts and 2,i grades, not bad but could've been better. In May I took my end of year exams and that was a pretty stressful time. Not helped by the fact I had to go all the way to Don Valley Stadium on the tram to take them. My 2nd year started in October and I am now taking Japanese, which is probably thet best part of Uni now. I am starting to think my course on the whole may have been a mistake, but I can't really afford to drop out or change course now so I'll just have to see it through.

Home Life:
Aaah memories. I lived with a large group of friends last year, we often visited the nearby Dev Cat for house ciders, played some poker, had barbeques outside on wood we found... well anywhere really. Pity the fool who leaves his fence posts loose. Then, ultimately, one by one, everyone left the accomodation, it was quite sad to see all the rooms empty out, as I was one of the last to go. Now I live in a flat with jayseven and it's quite cold and smells funny.

Games and Entertainment:
No movies really stand out to me this year, except perhaps Ratatouille, which I didn't go to see for my sake, obviously. But it was so typically perfect in that Disney Pixar uber-budget kind of way that it was impossible to dislike. Also went to see Bill Bailey last month, very awesome. In Anime, Death Note came it it's awesome end, Naruto and Bleach finally came out of filler. Gamingwise I got an xbox 360 elite, and best moments of that have been making great vids on skate., completing Halo 3 on Legendary in split-screen co-op and the awesome Gears of War.

And most importantly, girls:
This year I started to fancy a really good friend of mine, ended up admitting it on May 25, had first kiss on the empty Devonshire Green skatepark, quite drunk, that night. Then went through a long wait where she said she wasn't quite ready for a new relationship. July 10, she says she's ready, and I had probably the best summer of my life, never been happier, still together :) There are too many memories of that summer to list here, but the best would probably be walking out to sea in Cleethorpes or hanging out in trees on the hottest day of the summer.

And other things:
Well, I suppose I became an admin here eh. I decided to try and change a few things, tighten up on some rules, was praised for some things and slated for others. Also started the staff N-E quiz, which, in case anyone reads this far and cares, isn't completely dead just yet ;) Had to ban a lot of idiots but ultimately if I wasn't enjoying being here with all you forumites I would've just disappeared some time ago. What else? Well, I guess I got a car and recently turned 21, but that was too recent to be a memory :heh:

[AshMat]

iPaul and Tellyn made good points. But fuck that.
This year was the year of the EPIC THREAD. There is no need for anymore excitement.

[bluey]

I liked iPaul's way of breaking the year down.

what an awful thing to do fierce_link! you copy cat!! .......:blank:
well for MY post i shall be stealing shorty's idea :yay: haha....

uni/work
i graduated my graphic design and illustration course this year (got me a 2:2...somehow O_o) quit my job of 3 years working weekends at gamestation, worked in a tchibo coffee shop pretty much full time for 3 months, then wandered into a christmas job at game, where i'm now working odd days in the week... *real* job wise: i applied for the JET programme last year, and got my rejection letter through in january ~ a good start to finding a teaching job in japan, i thought ^_^ so after i graduated i applied to loads of places and lined up a load of interviews...i accepted my job offer from NOVA - but then withdrew it when i found out how much financial trouble the company was in. my next interview with ecc was successful and i accepted a place with them ^__^ i should be off in february or march.

home life
not so much tough as tiring, my mum was diagnosed with cancer in 2005, beat it in late 2006 and has since had a big operation this year... and needs another fairly big operation to fix the problems caused by the OTHER big operation... but she's doing really well! my mum is tough ^__^ nothing much changes at home, which i like... :smile:

games and entertainment
well, umm... i finally completed zelda tp :yay: and discovered phoenix wright! i liked ratatouille as well! but i'll admit that i went to see that for my benefit ^_^i dont watch a lot of anime, but i discovered some new series "densha otoko" "moyashimon" and "denno coil" are very good :smile: i went to but one gig this year ~ to see nizlopi play in stratford and it was AAWWWEESOMEEE!

and most importantly, girls! guys!!
hmm... i met this guy... :heh:
a friend introduced me and jamba in june, we got on really well as friends ~ talking on msn most nights and 5-hour skype phonecalls BEFORE we were going out is pretty impressive, eh? ^^ i went to his birthday house party (any house party where we all get drunk, play excite truck and kororinpa and then watch finding nemo is TOTALLY ok with me :yay:) our friends assumed we were going out but we both separately insisted we were "just good friends".. and we really were! until a few weeks later when i went to visit and everything just... clicked. :smile:
ju ftw!! <3

other stuff
well, i have to admit, i joined n-e with the intention of stalking jamba ^____^ ("aww~" right? ....no? w..what do you mean "creepy"??!) but found instead (well, as-well-as; i still stalk jamba..) somewhere really cool to chat and learn about games i havent played yet so i can blag gaming knowledge to customers at work! :yay: yay for n-e! :yay:

:heart:

[uəʌəsʎɐɾ]

Also went to see Bill Bailey last month, very awesome.

Month, you nub. [stealth edit ~shorty]

My stupid motherfucking year.
To sum it up; I broke up with my stupid ******* girlfriend. That totally marked teh downfall in my year. I went to italy over easter with her and her family, and had a brilliant holiday, we did lots of funz, then it just... trailed off. I blame her. So summer was cope-able because I was back in brighton with my mates, she was on holiday to brazil for 3 weeks, and I actually had a freaking job; painting a school with three good friends. Helped pass the time. Me and my ex actually got back together for... shit, I have no idea how long it was. Three days? A week? Two? I really don't know, but we got back together shortly before I came back to the uni flat. We spent one night together here, then walking her back to the station... Well I can show you the spot where I turned my back on her, the lamppost I punched and the last time I saw her.

Since then I've smoked more, left the house less, drank alone lots, eaten unhealthily and sparsely, talked to nobody, made no new friends, had crushes on three girls who all have boyfriends and don't even know who i am anyway. I got lazier. I cried. I got depressed.

As I was starting to not wake up to the thought of her absence, I went back on msn and forgot to block her... Ok so this 'year' is being taken up too much with this girl. BAH.

Uni's fine. I'm ALONE AND EMO. I hate all girls. I dress like an idiot. I have no real commitments, and no real ideas for what to do in the future - the one idea I do quite like is going to another part of the country and doing another university course, just for shits and giggles.

But back to this year... uh... I've pretty much hated it. I suppose having the best three years of my life in the previous 3, it was about due to have my worst, right?

And it's not even over yet! an xmas with a family I constantly forget to keep in touch with, three weeks with my friends who will be covert spies for the enemy that is the Ex; my fragmented circles of friends of which I seem to be the only common element, thus making any potentially awesome nights (xmas eve; new year's eve; my birthday) a massive headache of a conflict. NO FUN TO BE FOUND.

Bring on the next yea-- oh wait, yeah, more exams and essays and isolation.

Erm. Yeah. I don't know.

[Gizmo]

Month, you nub.

My stupid motherfucking year.
To sum it up; I broke up with my stupid ******* girlfriend. That totally marked teh downfall in my year. I went to italy over easter with her and her family, and had a brilliant holiday, we did lots of funz, then it just... trailed off. I blame her. So summer was cope-able because I was back in brighton with my mates, she was on holiday to brazil for 3 weeks, and I actually had a freaking job; painting a school with three good friends. Helped pass the time. Me and my ex actually got back together for... shit, I have no idea how long it was. Three days? A week? Two? I really don't know, but we got back together shortly before I came back to the uni flat. We spent one night together here, then walking her back to the station... Well I can show you the spot where I turned my back on her, the lamppost I punched and the last time I saw her.

Since then I've smoked more, left the house less, drank alone lots, eaten unhealthily and sparsely, talked to nobody, made no new friends, had crushes on three girls who all have boyfriends and don't even know who i am anyway. I got lazier. I cried. I got depressed.

As I was starting to not wake up to the thought of her absence, I went back on msn and forgot to block her... Ok so this 'year' is being taken up too much with this girl. BAH.

Uni's fine. I'm ALONE AND EMO. I hate all girls. I dress like an idiot. I have no real commitments, and no real ideas for what to do in the future - the one idea I do quite like is going to another part of the country and doing another university course, just for shits and giggles.

But back to this year... uh... I've pretty much hated it. I suppose having the best three years of my life in the previous 3, it was about due to have my worst, right?

And it's not even over yet! an xmas with a family I constantly forget to keep in touch with, three weeks with my friends who will be covert spies for the enemy that is the Ex; my fragmented circles of friends of which I seem to be the only common element, thus making any potentially awesome nights (xmas eve; new year's eve; my birthday) a massive headache of a conflict. NO FUN TO BE FOUND.

Bring on the next yea-- oh wait, yeah, more exams and essays and isolation.

Erm. Yeah. I don't know.

Someone needs a hug.

[Mascot1063]

I finally met a sweet girlfriend

I finally made it into a very awesome art school

I got my Wii and Mario Galaxy ;-;

[MoogleViper]

My cousin got pregnant... again. This is her third.

My great nana died.

erm... what else? I'm sure something happened to my arms but I can't quite recall.