X-Entertainment | Bye, 2007.

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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Here’s to still putting 2007 on everything I write until May.

Chestnuts roasted by Cotter @ 12/31/2007 4:42 PM

I will eat a Carvel Cookie Puss. It has been too long!

Chestnuts roasted by CCvanya89 @ 12/31/2007 4:45 PM

Happy New Year’s Eve everybody!
If I’m being honest, ’07 was probably an improvement over ’06, but that’s not saying all that much. That sounds soooo overdramatic, but it’s true.

Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 12/31/2007 4:50 PM

2007 was pretty happening. I got to play with the band more than ever this year, went back to school & got a career in audio engineering started. I opened for Quiet Riot in Kevin Dubrow’s last NJ show. My brother had a mild heart attack, & my dad had a very serious heart attack, but thankfully both have recovered. I lost over 50 lbs. I bought a Ghostbusters t-shirt. I’m broke, but that’s only temporary. I lost my godmother to cancer, but a trust she set up for me allowed me to go back to school… A lot of stuff happened, and I’m sure some more stuff will happen.

Enjoy the New Year, be safe.

Chestnuts roasted by Cigar @ 12/31/2007 5:01 PM

I will learn how to make truly incredible home made ice cream. I’ve had this ice cream maker for too damn long and I’ve only made a handful of decent batches. I will learn that if it kills me.

And I will work on my biceps. I’ve always wanted to have big arms, and I don’t see why I should wait any longer.

Chestnuts roasted by Chris @ 12/31/2007 5:04 PM

2007 was a pretty lousy year, save for helping coach the Baumholder Buccaneers to the Division III Football Championship.

As for resolutions, I hope I finally get into shape in 2008. I have others, but I think that one will be the hardest to achieve.

Chestnuts roasted by Erik Majorwitz @ 12/31/2007 5:07 PM

I’ll remember 2007 as “the year that everyone hated Halloween,” which is pretty depressing. I’m not just talking about XE, either, seems like no one wanted to go all-out-spooky this year. Hopefully next year will be better. We’re moving north, so bring on the legitimate Fall season!

Chestnuts roasted by Eddie Lightning Frog @ 12/31/2007 5:09 PM

Happy New Year, everybody.

2007 was pretty good to me. Lots of changes. Lost a ton of weight (well, no a literal ton – I wasn’t like a house or anything), got a new and improved job, started school again. 2008 is going to be a big one, though. I can feel it.

I don’t really do the resolution thing. But if I had one, I’d say it’s to start 2008 as drunk as possible.

Cheers!

Chestnuts roasted by Chris Martin @ 12/31/2007 5:15 PM

2007…wasn’t great. My disease worsened, and I spent way too much time in the hospital…I became depressed because of this, was put on anti-depressants and smoked too much weed for my liking. I became bitter, and had to work in retail since I couldn’t survive on 3 days substitute teaching per month, and couldn’t find a real teaching job anywhere.

2008 will be better. I am having surgery in Feb, and I hope it helps. I HAVE A NEW JOB that starts Jan 4th, and it is at an after school tutoring program, so I am back in the realm of education.

I want to get back in shape, and hit the gym. I already bought a membership. Aside from that, I want to read more books, do more writing and try to take a huge trip- preferably somewhere outside of Canada, and farther in the USA than Michigan.

Chestnuts roasted by Muppet Baby @ 12/31/2007 5:16 PM

I’ve been carrying a note in my wallet for 5 years that says if I build a time machine before the year 2009, to send Trevor back to tell me how I did it but for the life of me I can’t remember who Trevor is.

Chestnuts roasted by dohopoki @ 12/31/2007 5:38 PM

…maybe I meet Trevor this year

Chestnuts roasted by dohopoki @ 12/31/2007 5:44 PM

Doho, I have a cousin named Trevor, if that helps?

Chestnuts roasted by Guise @ 12/31/2007 5:45 PM

Is he good at following instructions?

Chestnuts roasted by dohopoki @ 12/31/2007 5:49 PM

He’s a Phys Ed and Maths teacher, so…I’m guessing his willpower, not to mention care about the fabric of reality, is all but dissolved now.

Chestnuts roasted by Guise @ 12/31/2007 5:51 PM

2007 sucked. It had minor highlights, but it was pretty well full of suck. I forsee much of the same in 2008 for me, mostly because my type of problems just never goddamn GO AWAY.

As far as futuristic thoughts, I’m patiently waiting for the year 2015 and my flying Delorean. Back to the Future II PROMISED ME I COULD HAVE A FLYING DELOREAN by then. The TV has never lied to me before.

And on an up note, Matt, may I once again tell you how awesomely awesome you are? I spent the last few absolutely dead days at work catching up on all the X-E I missed since the beginning of the summer. And you, my friend, rule as always. I loved every minute of what I read, and you are seriously such a talented writer. I just heart you right to death. Granted, I’ll probably be fired once they figure out I didn’t do anything but read X-E for two days, but it’ll be worth it.

Chestnuts roasted by Nicole @ 12/31/2007 5:53 PM

I’ve been reading this site forever, but I’ve never posted a comment before. I don’t have any great wisdom to offer or anything, but here’s to hoping that 2008 is a good year for everybody!

Chestnuts roasted by Elysia @ 12/31/2007 5:53 PM

Not much to say except I hope everyone has a happy new year. Looking forward to another great year of reading X-E.

Chestnuts roasted by Jon @ 12/31/2007 5:59 PM

Oh! My other goal for 2008 is to launch a new Halloween-themed website! I can’t say much more, but I need lots of people to hold me accountable for this, so I thought this was a good place to post it. haha

And it’d be nice to lose some of this junk in my trunk. And some of the junk in my house, too.

Chestnuts roasted by Special K @ 12/31/2007 6:06 PM

A lot of days, X-E was the best part of my 2007.

Thanks Matt, and everyone here.

Chestnuts roasted by Muppet Baby @ 12/31/2007 6:07 PM

All I set out to do was rewatch all of The X-Files, which I finished last night. Barring that, 2007 was totally so-so. I’ve had better and worse years.

Chestnuts roasted by Timmy @ 12/31/2007 6:09 PM

2007 was a rollercoaster for me too. It started out just fine. In May, my fiance finally got his Political Science degree. His parents asked us to come live with them in Texas, so we did.

Everything was downhill from there. His family decided they hated me, and I ended up wasting four months of my life living in a shitty little town with my dad and stepmother. I only saw my fiance once, maybe twice a month.

The year has ended on a pretty good note, though. In November, he moved back to Oklahoma and we got an apartment together. There have been some problems, but nothing compared to what the rest of the year was like.

Here’s hoping 2008 is a winner for everyone.

Chestnuts roasted by Annette @ 12/31/2007 6:11 PM

Well, I’ll post a highpoint of the year, because I want to go in to 2008 feeling super-merry about something.

I got a new flat with my brother, our old one was in a building where we were on the top floor (fifth), had a lift that worked only a quarter of the year and the only other means of ascent was an external, hole-riddled rusty fire escape. The insides had damp and mildew, the windows never closed and we were reguarly woken by police raid on either the hooker or the grower in the neighbouring building.

Even better, the new flat meets several criteria for protection from zombie invasion. We live above ground level, entrance via a rear courtyard which is gated to the street with sturdy metal gates. We have a view to the gates from our steps, and a view of the steps from two back windows. We have several lockable, sturdy doors between stairs and main area. We can get street access from front windows, but not so easy to climb in for the undead. Doctors office, for emergency medical supplies, is opposite as well as a dentist. It’s near a lot of food places, for restocking. There is a sport shop and a place that stocks swords and firearms nearby. Just in case, there’s also a lot of fall-back accomodation that is within wall-climbing distance.

That’s all I really look for in a new home. The rest of 2007, not so hot, secure from zombies = good.

Chestnuts roasted by Guise @ 12/31/2007 6:24 PM

OK, a NYE post, and all I’ve done all day is sit under the kotatsu and watch Evangelion, so maybe this is gonna come out more maudlin than I wish. Year’s been ups and downs, but a strange effect: when I came home from military training, my “need” to have 30 years worth of stuff (toys, comics etc) around me was BROKEN utterly. None of it mattered to have around. So I sold a bunch, but had some left I couldn’t ditch: old anime stuff, etc. Took it to a resale shop, and was talking with the dude about everything â€“ getting rid of it cause I’m having a girl, and she won’t want 30 year old collectibles when she’s 10. But wow, did it EVER make me feel old. And I’ve never felt old in my life. So, look out 2008, look out 30 years old. Here I come. Oh geez. (big sigh).

Chestnuts roasted by Terror Claws Cole @ 12/31/2007 6:34 PM

Best new year’s present: getting to leave work at 3 and not having to work tomorrow!

Reading back over my journal, 2007 was an interesting year for me. The first few months of the year were kind of crappy. I was depressed and feeling melancholic a lot. But then in May I met a girl who actually seems like she enjoys spending time with me. And the rest of the year gets better after that. So I really can’t complain. It was kind of a boring year, actually…first full year at my job, first full year out of college, etc. Not much happened except for the aforementioned girl.

Goals for 2008: Keep writing. Maybe actually write some short stories and submit them for publication. And my number one goal is to develop a relationship with this girl. We’ll see where it goes…

I’ll be around tonight…not going anywhere. I’m in the central time zone so I’ll be behind all you East Coast people. Anyone else in Central (or Mountain or the california time zone, whatever it’s called) hate watching the ball drop at 11pm? It’s so anti-climatic. Or maybe pre-climatic. I used to watch Conan’s central time zone countdown, but I guess there won’t be one this year due to the strike.

Anyway, for those of you that won’t be around tonight to ring it in, have a great 2008! Looking forward to another X-E year…

Chestnuts roasted by Cameron T. @ 12/31/2007 6:51 PM

2007 was utterly unmemorable for me. Nothing bad happened to me or anyone I know, but nothing great happened either. I guess unmemorable is better than a bad year.

My two big goals for 2008 are to FINALLY get my driver’s license and to get a permanant full-time job. Any job will do. And if I have to renew by learner’s permit for a 4th time I’m just gonna completely flip out. If I’m lucky, maybe I’ll move out.

Chestnuts roasted by JLAJRC @ 12/31/2007 6:53 PM

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