How's 2009 So Far?

[Mike Farley]

Sunday my friend got word that her National Guard unit is being deployed to Afghanistan. So I'm pretty much writing off 2009 as a loss.

 

[Holdfast]

Well, I'm glad it broke down this week rather than last week, put it that way. Last week it was subzero (celsius scale) all the time. This week it's a few degrees above.

I realise it's fairly obvious really, but had you noticed the damn boiler never breaks in June? Coldest week in 5 years? better book an engineer.

I did not appreciate the lulz.

 

[T'Bonz]

So far? Shitty.

So far, it has been the year of death.

 

[Amaris]

Yeah, 2009 is quickly sinking. The bottom's going to fall out anytime now.


J.

 

[Goji]

Woo, Brew and I are going to graduate from the same school at the same time. Whee!

I should be less impressed with this than I am.

Probably because I am, what, two-three years your senior? I should be done with this by now!

Meh, just numbers on a calendar.

On the other hand, I have recently come to the realization that I really have no idea what I'm going to do once I graduate, and that it is no longer acceptable to put off finding out, which means I am going to have a lot of work ahead of myself.

I now officially hate 2009.

 

[Zulu Romeo]

Workwise, 2009 has been the busiest yet.

Personally, I don't seem to have done much more than in 2008 (especially physically), but spiritually, mentally and internally I feel the best I've ever been.

 

[archeryguy1701]

I am at the end of my second week of Ultra marathon training and I have kept to it pretty close, so this is always a good thing. I have never been able to keep training for more than a day or two on my own, so lasting 14 days is always a good sign. 2009 seems to be a good athletic year for me.

 

[Vendor]

So far? Shitty.

I can relate there, old friend.

 

[Hitman]

So far, so good. I am going to be promoted to a lower paying position, but with better perks.

 

[WillsBabe]

I've not had any complaints so far. As of a couple of years back, I started setting myself the yearly task of doing things that I haven't done before, actively trying something new. So far this year I've done two completely new things - addressed a conference; and entered a national photography competition. Small things, really, but I'm sticking at it.

 

[Lord Garth]

2009 compared to 2008 for me (so far): The same but different.

 

[RandyS]

It's still too early in the game to say one way or the other.

 

[Michael Chris]

So far so good!

 

[Lookingglassman]

So far nothing special has happened. I am going to Disneyland in April and that is about it.

 

[mr.peany]

Is it 2010 yet?

 

[Zulu Romeo]

Is it 2010 yet?

It was 2010 laat night, at about 10 minutes past 8.

 

[Vic Sixx]

So far crappy. First my Dad died, not in '09 but on Dec. 27th. He was 88. And I'm having to put my autistic little sister in a state school, cuz I can't afford to take care of her and watch her 24/7. In the span of a couple of weeks, my family vanished completely. Hell of a year so far.

 

[TGTheodore]

Well, it just did a turn-around from a great beginning. Some stupid kids smashed two windows in my Honda Civic Friday night. (Older back-up car, but still ...)

And I don't have the money to fix them.

And rain is expected Wednesday.

Time get some Saran Wrap and duct tape ...

--Ted

 

[Lindley]

Interesting fact I am now in possession of: the cameras on the M25, which do indeed cover every inch of the road and have resolution easily high enough to read number plates, are not switched on as a matter of course. They are switched on if and when the police specifically ask for them to be. Apparently, the excuse is: the computer storage space isn't available for all the video they would generate left on all the time.

Haven't they ever heard of a circular buffer? Just overwrite the oldest stuff. Keep the most recent week or so at any given time.

 

[Warp Coil]

Hmm, first I ring in the new year with one of the worst colds I've had in recent memory. Then, last night, a pipe burst above my bedroom ceiling. The damage could have been much worse, but I now have a 4'x3' hole in my ceiling that needs to be repaired. Plus, I haven't even gotten the bill from the plumber, yet.

So yeah, 2009 is bad times.