2008: A Personal Summary
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- jamble0
* carried on freelancing, it's alright.
* getting ready to be a dad in feb 09, hugely excited
- dyspl0
worst year I ever had.
missed the job I've always dreamed about,
missed another great job.
my gf moved 10000km away from me for 8month. (should be back in 2month)oh, and most part of the year without any money.
- nadanada0
- got a lot of new clients
- found out most of them were idiots
- dealt with them anyway, little piece of soul died
- got paid, though
- ate too much korean bbq
- drank too much stella
- dated too many idiots
- loved every minute (mostly)
- magnificent_ruin0
fulfilled last year's new year's resolution of living through the year (if I make it through the next few hours)
- good luck!Point5
- god bless memagnificent_ruin
- HAHA, yes, god bless youPoint5
- benfal990
- visited Paris with gf
- dump gf
- sold the house
- made money by selling the house
- moving in apartement by myself
- keep repeating myself "do I took the right decision?"
- spend a lot of time on QBN since november after a couple years of hiatus
- keep asking myself "where am i going now?"HAPPY NEW YEAR!
- Point50
- began hating shitty job even more
- got job offer in Seattle
- job offer fell thru thanks to speculative economy
- still at shitty job
- Point50
- rims got stolen
- shaved my beard
- mountain biked the best a rookie mountain biker could
- bought a re-furbished iMac
- my baby girl (3rd child) was born
- took off 3 months from the gym to take on more freelance work... hence, got fat and lazy
- dropped iPhone in toilet; forced to purchase 3G
- started drinking lattes
- was in Carson City, NV for Halloween, saw a kid trick-or-treating in black face... I LOL'd
- gave up eating land-roaming animals for almost 5 months now
- grew a beard
- locustsloth0
Found a freelance client
Wife got sicker
Started working at home exclusively
Found QBN
Decreased my role at the studio i worked at
Increased my role in my clients productions
Ended up making 50% more per hour with client than with studio- how's yr wife now, locustsloth? Ok I hopemagnificent_ruin
- how is your wife? i'm late to the party as usual7point34
- Ow Lotus, whats wrong with your wife?tank02
- Nairn0
After nearly 3 years of paddling and 18 months of pure protracted fuck up, I finally kicked myself up the arse.
New place, new friends, new direction, new hope.
All in time for the Mighty Credit Crunch. Ah, so fuck, it'll all come good.
Eventually.
- MikeJ0
take more risks
- flavorful0
I can't even write anything, I keep babbling for paragraphs - so I'll try and condense and keep it short and sweet (for me).
Though I won't talk about it, I have recognized the defining moment of my year ... which probably turns out to be my life. And to be brutally honest, I still feel awful about, haha. So thanks for making me think about this bLaw, haha.
2008 nonetheless was absolutely bad ass, and 2009 looks to follow suit; albeit with a new cast of characters in some respects (and hopefully some familiar faces eventually, haha).
Almost forgot I spent an entire week in teh hospital when I walked into the ER with a burst appendix and described the pain as a "6" on teh 1-10 scale. Then proceeded to laugh my staples out the first nite. Good Lord, that initial entire day was hilarious from start to finish outside of the almost crippling pain and if I was born even a few decades earlier, eventual death, haha.
- You left out that you've nailed the proper spelling of my name.blaw
- monospaced0
voted Bush out of office
- tank020
- Taking care of my mom in her final months
- My mom died
- Quit my job
- Started my own business- so sad to see her go. thank you again for sharing her memory with us.7point34
- stay strong tank:)3point14159
- _me_0
do better today than i did yesterday----- but not as good as i'm gonna do tomorrow................
- 7point340
got banned from qbn
finished half of my new website (my god how i drag my ass on personal work)
did some nice freelance work
flew on a plane for the first time. (got the window seat. very nice)
got engaged.- +1 on point 5 - 7.34_me_
- you mean him?
http://www.qbn.com/P…7point34 - i mean thanks :)7point34
- : )_me_
- sputnik20
- kick-started business
- baby turned into toddler
- found a balance
- became comfortable and accepting of self and others
- learned a lot about culture and politics
- learned that you people smell of tinned meat
- learned to love you for it
- blaw0
Renovated an old building into an office space;
Hired another full-time designer and a part-time office manager;
^ That took most of the year's efforts.Highlight: Took a day off, arose early, arrived back late, and the only time spent off of my motorcycle was while I was sitting in a tattoo chair. Insignificant in the grand scheme of things, but a very entertaining bit of downtime.
- spork0
wrote down my dream job in jan 2008
got dream job in march 2008
still have my dream job heading into 2009failed in making more personal non-commercial work
- skt0
moved across the world again (this time thankfully not for a girl although i did persuade one to come with me).
bought my first car (even though i don't actually own it).
got my work published for the first time (well, first time in a proper design book, not a 1001 websites rubbish).
cooked my own christmas dinner for the first time (which turned out pretty well considering i was drunk, ok so the girlfriend did most of it)and to top it all off, i got a ffffound invite.
not a bad year.