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Bye, 2007.

And so marks the last thread of 2007. Use it wisely. Personally, I was not a fan of 2007. I liked 2006 better, and I hope I'll like 2008 better. 2008 is a cool-sounding year. Sounds...futuristic.

Got a resolution? Share it. Got a POV on the year that was? Share it. Rather just comment on how the dead tree outside your house kind of looks like a giant monster paw? I don't mind. It's just a thread. But it's the last one with "2007" next to your comments. Is it hard to say goodbye to a number? Probably not. Maybe next year, though. Like I said, "2008" sounds cool. I will grow to love it.

Posted by Matt on 12/31/2007. E-mail me!

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Wow, first?

I guess we were lucky, the tree went out Thursday and the yard waste guys came and picked it up with in 10 minutes of being outside :-p

Chestnuts roasted by Jeffininer @ 12/31/2007 2:28 PM

Wow, second I think.
Mixed feelings about the year being over, another year over another year older.

Years just go by too quickly for my tastes.

Chestnuts roasted by Tresjolie9 @ 12/31/2007 2:30 PM

2008 does sound awfully futuristic. I want my damn rocket car!

2007 won’t be a very memorable year for me. I can’t think of a single thing that occurred in my life that was truly a stand-out moment.

2008 should be better. Like I posted at the end of a previous thread, I’m ready to stop wasting my life in Idaho and move back to Kansas. I’m going from over an hour for my commute to six minutes from my apartment to my new job. That’s a lot more time that I can dedicate to doing something I’ll actually remember. My New Year’s resolution is to start doing something with my life- every breath is one less until I take my last.

Chestnuts roasted by spaz307 @ 12/31/2007 2:32 PM

Well, 2007 was okay, I guess; a mixed bag really but nothing that would justify sticking a “Landmark” plaque on it.

The tree’s still up, never did get any ornaments on it. I’ll probably just unplug it and carry it back downstairs in one piece, garland and topper still attached. It’s nice to have a fake tree sometimes, makes the deconstruction of Christmas business less of a hassle.

As for resos for 2008 … I’m trying to a nicer person. I kinda came to the realization that “telling it like it is” is sometimes just “being a bitch for the sake of being a bitch” and really not all that helpful and/or funny. That, and to really, truly, no-exceptions stop smoking. Too many exceptions to the rule are the same as just simply being a cigarette leech on my friends.

Other than that, the usual lose weight/get fit/be healthy/get more sleep/stay in closer contact with my friends/recycle/save a tree/be a better human being resolutions will suffice, I think.

Chestnuts roasted by Lemur @ 12/31/2007 2:40 PM

new years resolutions in no particular order:

get hernia fixed.
quit smoking cigarettes.
stop being an asshole.

Chestnuts roasted by Andrew @ 12/31/2007 2:55 PM

2007 pretty much sucked for me, so I can’t say I was a really big fan of it either. I’m hoping and praying 2008 is much better. I’m not sure how that’s going to happen, but I’m gonna try.

Resolution #1 is to keep off the 20 pounds I just lost (and hopefully lose more in the process.)

#2 Find a new job. One where I don’t have to deal with people. Ok, let me rephrase that – something that isn’t retail.

#3 Get the guy I’m after. He knows I like him, and I’m sure he likes me, but certain circumstances keep us from dating, so I’m hoping to fix that.

Chestnuts roasted by Ryane @ 12/31/2007 3:01 PM

2008 is gonna rock. 07 sucked.

On that note i leave you to get ready to go out clubbing and see the new year in.

Happy New Year XE!

p.s. loved the advent this year Matt. Didn’t comment so much in the last week or two.

Chestnuts roasted by Dan @ 12/31/2007 3:03 PM

If I had to describe 2007, I think I would sum it up as “meh”. 2008 has got to be better!

I also wanted to express my gratitude for the Advent Calendar. SO GOOD! I love it. Especially James Lipton. Excuse me, *director* James Lipton. ROAR!

Chestnuts roasted by Randomness @ 12/31/2007 3:11 PM

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2007 started off terrible, had a wonderful wonderful middle that I shall forever sing about and charish. Then it ended in the worst way possible.

I’m ditching a couple of engagements on the grounds that I hate being around drunk people. Anyone partying sober with me tonight?

Chestnuts roasted by dohopoki @ 12/31/2007 3:26 PM

Wooo, new thread! Might as well post the tiny loot I got for the New Year here (my country is dominantly Ortodox Christian, so no Xmas celebration for another week). Anyway, I got: Movie Legends Starscream (which looks pathetic next to the Voyager Class Thundercracker my son got), a book of ancient Greek poetry, a BIG pack of basic LEGO bricks and another teddy bear for my ever growing collection… Not bad at all, for a no-holiday .

As for my New Year resolution, I’ll try to:
- Quit smoking; I’ve started when I was 16 (I’m 29 now) and I was always saying that I’d stop if smoking ever started bothering me… since I can barely run or swim without coughing up a lung afterwards, I’d say the time has come . Hope I’m strong enough for that.

- Also, I think it’s about time I finish school and get an University degree. Sure, it’s a fact that I’ve worked a bunch of odd jobs over the past six years to support my family, but now that the wife has a decent job, it’s time for me to finally get better education and a job that’s paid well enough… Oh, and

- I’ll try to become one of the regulars here on the blog .

Thanks once more for all the hard work, Matt, and happy New Year, everybody!

Chestnuts roasted by Papa_Taz @ 12/31/2007 3:29 PM

2007 = symultaneously the best and worst year of my life thus far:

Best because I found my soulmate (on New Year’s Eve, no less), worst because I almost lost my mom, best because I didn’t lose her, worst because I developed some health issues of my own (migraines), best because I’m financially better off than I’ve ever been before, worst because I’m still squandering my money left and right.

In 2008, I hope to get a better job, move on to the second phase of my schooling (hopefully getting enough financial aid to quit working and go to school full time) and I want to get married and buy a house. I don’t know how much of that will actually happen, but I have my fingers crossed. I think I’m just ready to be an adult (whilst keeping in touch with my inner child, of course).

Anyway, here’s to 2007: out with the old, in with the new!

Chestnuts roasted by Special K @ 12/31/2007 3:32 PM

2007 was the first full year I’ve been single in a while, so it definitely had it’s great times and it’s low times. It wasn’t an extremely eventful year, but it was still a really fun time.

I’ve grown closer to quite a few friends and have accomplished a lot with work.

In 2008, I plan to start taking classes again to get my degree in mathematics. It also may be the year I buy my first house. Of course that will all depend on my financial status vs the economy and any respectable projections for after the election.

My youngest brother also turns 21, and being quite successful with gambling (without it being a problem) and my family loving to travel, my dad, 2 younger brothers, and I (unknown still to my youngest brother) have a 5 day trip planned for Vegas. It’ll be our (except my dad) first time there and I’m quite excited to go.

I’m looking forward to a really fun year.

Chestnuts roasted by nork @ 12/31/2007 3:46 PM

well, 2007 wasn’t so bad for me.
It actually started out pretty terribly- I lost a job I loved, relationship issues…
But things happen for a reason they say- I got a better-paying contract job that I adore so much more, and the Rudy and I have gotten so much closer becuase of our issues.
And while this year wasn’t FUCKING AMAZING, it was tons better than 2006, so I can’t complain.

as for any resolutions:

-I want to spend more time with my dog. He’s a great beast and deserves so much more than what I have been giving him lately. More trips to the dog park, more wet food meals and more attention and training. Right noe, Cash is my behbey and fuck anyone who says otherwise.
-loosen up. Far too often I’m the girl in the corner, nursing her booze and glaring at those having a good time. And that’s not fun- for me or anyone I know. So I’m gonna doll it up, have a few too many drinks and try my hand at being the life of the party every once in a while. So what if I look like an ass? At least I’m doing it of my own accord.

And you know- exercise more, spend more tIme ouside, donate to good causes. same old shit.

Happy new year, one more round for everybody!

Chestnuts roasted by kittymao @ 12/31/2007 3:47 PM

My resolution is to become a killing machine.
Get back in shape, hone my knife throwing skills, see about some martial arts classes.

I guess I should also get a job…

Chestnuts roasted by Somethin' Funny @ 12/31/2007 3:51 PM

Did anyone hear about the New Years felching convention? At the stroke of midnight, it’s out with the owl, in with the newt.

I don’t really do New Years Resolutions as much as work on a To Do/Buy list with my brother for the last few years.

My main thing this year is to get back to writing, blogging or just LJing, because I managed to go down from 330+ in 2006 to 120+ in 2007.

Also, Special K, I’m really sorry but the soulmate at New Years Eve just reminded to much of an edition of The Now Show where they got the audience to write down the highlights of their year:

“Meeting the girl on new years eve that I intend to propse to.” See that’s sweet, isn’t it? And the second bit goes, “After the things she’s let me do to her, it would be rude not to.”

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/comedy/nowshow.shtml

Chestnuts roasted by Guise @ 12/31/2007 3:57 PM

Sorry for the too-soon of a post here, but all those “it’s” above should be “its”.

Anyway, just read the AC 29th entry. I can’t check to see what slot people fall under, but is Cher a little jealous of Special K? That’s excellent.

Chestnuts roasted by nork @ 12/31/2007 4:00 PM

All of them? :O

Chestnuts roasted by dohopoki @ 12/31/2007 4:02 PM

dohopoki: I’m with you. My friends are insisting I come to their party tonight and the fiance is excited about going, but I haven’t been in the party mood for months. Either way, I feel obligated to attend their party, so I guess I’ll make an appearance, have a couple of beers and creep off to the house to ring in the new year under a blanket while watching Willow. Or maybe I’ll get back in time to celebrate here on the blog! Is it sad that I’d rather be celebrating here than living it up at a party? haha

kittymao: Here here! I’m the wallflower, too, so I commend you on your goal to come out of your shell a bit. That was my goal for 2007 and, while I succeeded some, the majority of my moments are still spent in the corner with a drink. I wish you tons of luck even though I know you can do it!

Chestnuts roasted by Special K @ 12/31/2007 4:06 PM

2007 started off terrible, had a wonderful wonderful middle that I shall forever sing about and charish. Then it ended in the worst way possible.

That about sums up my year too. Well, I suppose mine didn’t start horribly, but I spent most of the first few months being a paranoid shut-in all the time. My summer was wonderful and I got to go camping for the first time, take a great vacation, see some awesome concerts, and visit a Kwik-E-Mart. Fall was fucked up, as I moved away to college, then my aunt passed away and I had to move back. And right in December, just when things were looking the brightest they had all year, my friend’s son passed away. This was heartbreaking in itself, and left me jobless on top of that.

So all in all 2007 was a really bumpy rollercoaster of a year. It had some bright spots, but overall I’ll be glad to see it go.

I don’t really make specific New Year’s resolutions, but I suppose my most recent conviction is to be more loving and appreciate people more. I would also like to exercise more – not for my weight, which I don’t really care about as long as I’m not too large to sit in chairs with arms or something – but because there are a lot of physical activities I really enjoy but have gotten too damn lazy to do. Yoga, dancing, canoeing, playing DDR, jumping on my trampoline… SO much fun. And yet I stay glued to the warm glow of my computer screen…

Chestnuts roasted by jazzy @ 12/31/2007 4:13 PM

Doho, I’ll be partying on here for a while, sure. Besides, being in the UK means I can feel like a Jetson for a few hours while speaking to you all from the year two-thousand and eiiiiiiight, while you all have to wait extra hours.

The sober thing, I can’t quite guarantee.

Chestnuts roasted by Guise @ 12/31/2007 4:17 PM

I don’t know how I feel about 2007. I went to Korea and Japan, which was amazing, but afterwards I kind of fell into a depression and have been stuck there since. Anything that involves me feeling emotions other than ‘content’ or ‘horny’ I don’t consider a good thing. I don’t even usually get excited about things that kick ass, let alone sad or sentimental. But when depressed, sad and sentimental is my middle name, and it blows. So I spent most of the year sad that my friends were all going off to different states and countries, and the rest absolutely bonkers for some chick I should just be glad I’m friends with.

Years from now I’ll look back and only see summertime walking the streets of south korea, and nights spent trying to get action and pieces of my collection in Tokyo, but for now fuck 2007, on with 2008.

Chestnuts roasted by Justin B @ 12/31/2007 4:22 PM

2007 was a pretty good year for me, I moved into a new position at work, doing something I like (IT) instead of something that bores the living piss out of me (electronics). I also started to learn to drive and started saving up for a place of my own. And in what may be an Xmas miracle, I made up with the brother I haven’t talked to for 20 years! Ok, it was his doing, but I didn’t slam the door in his face when he came around, like I may have done in my younger years hoho. Here’s to 2008 – may it bring me a girlfriend!

Chestnuts roasted by Jasper Crank @ 12/31/2007 4:23 PM

Jazzy, there’s a lot of simularities in our year in unfortunate ways.

As for the start of my year, golly damn thinking about it now it’s almost impossible to believe it all happened in one year. Sure enough it did, though. The emergency room visit, the wreck, the furnace and that perfect timing cold that ruined a week I had been planning on for 2 years.

Chestnuts roasted by dohopoki @ 12/31/2007 4:28 PM

Okay, 2007 just got a few bonus points because one of my Australian friends just mailed me a Christmas card with a handmade rainbow-striped beaded bracelet inside. Fuck yes.

Chestnuts roasted by jazzy @ 12/31/2007 4:30 PM

I was thinking about the futuristic sound/look of 2008 myself on Saturday. It also occurred to me that 2009 looks both futuristic and ominous. If I sat down to watch a movie and the numbers ’2009′ came up on the screen, I’d expect something very bad to happen next. Probably involving lasers and lots of dark smoke. And maybe robots. I’m going to enjoy the hell out of 2008 while I can because 2009 looks scary.

Chestnuts roasted by Chris @ 12/31/2007 4:40 PM

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