Just a few days left, how was '08 for you?

For the past few years each year had been better than the last. Unfortunately this year was an exception. I give it a 5/10.

12/14/2008 7:36:14 PM

busy and stupid.

12/14/2008 7:45:32 PM

started out pretty bad...but has steadily gotten much better, and overall a pretty darn good year

12/14/2008 8:03:22 PM

Started out OK, got worse

12/14/2008 8:04:17 PM

it's been better than the couple of previous years, but there have been a few huge challenges along the way

12/14/2008 8:13:32 PM

awesome. finished my doctorate, got engaged , and have a great job. i also had some successful surgery on my nub to help with some pain and mobility issues.

12/14/2008 8:14:51 PM

this thread has already been done at least once..probably twice.

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[Edited on December 14, 2008 at 8:15 PM. Reason : but 2008 was the worst or second worst of my life. getting better towards the end though..]

12/14/2008 8:14:52 PM

^ but you've got a cute puppy dog

12/14/2008 8:25:50 PM

well she was definitely the highlight of the beginning

12/14/2008 8:27:04 PM

Good to bad to awful to worse to recovering to OK to bad to uncertain.

4/10.

We'll see if the rest of december sucks or ends up being better.

12/14/2008 8:33:40 PM

one of the best years i've had since 2004. 2005, 2006, and 2007 were terrrrrible.

it's nice to be happy again.

12/14/2008 8:46:08 PM

^ Oh look, its The Sassy Cass!

Mostly good.

Better than 2005-2007. 2004 was better.

12/14/2008 9:01:10 PM

0/10

12/14/2008 9:02:37 PM

a good portion of this year sucked...house was broken in to, dad diagnosed with prostate cancer, a shit ton of family drama (ohhhh the drama), and a good friend killed himself.

but there were really great moments too...my birthday was awesome, i LOVE my new job, finally went to NYC, justin and I got engaged , three of my friends are expecting, and the family drama is getting better by the day

as usual...can't appreciate the good without that bad. despite the suck, i wouldn't change 2008 one bit.

except for my friend...i wish he was still here.

12/14/2008 9:02:39 PM

started off very bad with me totaling my car, and taking 18 credit hours in my last semester of classes and aksnoopy getting evicted... in may it started getting better(moved)...end of june to end of august was pretty flat...not bad but not particularly great(had a shitty unpaid internship), beginning of sept for a week it went way crappy, and then from like sept 5---->now its been better(internship->job, graduation, new old car, etc)...i'd give this year a 7 or 7.5...i've learned more about myself and life this year than definitely any prior year, but you cant really quantify stuff like that into a 1-10 rating

12/14/2008 9:06:00 PM

pretty fuckin bad

12/14/2008 9:07:21 PM

had a happy healthy baby, best year of my life!

here's to next year being even better. the kid should get more and more fun to play with and I'll graduate and get a job and finally have some free time again.

12/14/2008 11:30:30 PM

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12/14/2008 11:35:23 PM

Quote :

"one of the best years i've had since 2004. 2005, 2006, and 2007 were terrrrrible. it's nice to be happy again."

Thats b/c I moved back to Raleigh

This year has had some of my life's biggest ups and downs! I had a bad ski accident and was laid off from my job. But I also took some awesome trips (CO & HI) and got a better job and moved back to NC. I also bought my first new car (finally a sports car!) in 9 years. I spent all summer unemployeed, which had pros and cons. Definitely a good year, better than 2007 I think.

[Edited on December 14, 2008 at 11:42 PM. Reason : k]

12/14/2008 11:38:19 PM

it was great... i got married, was hired at my current job, started as head coach of my wrestling team, and bought my house.

12/14/2008 11:42:14 PM

started off pretty weak, went to awesome for about a month over the summer, now its back to pretty weak. overall i'd say its been 5.75/10

don't see much changing for next year either.

12/15/2008 12:06:34 AM

It was pretty good, nothing spectacular happened. I made a few new friends and last week I put down the deposit on a house. I feel estranged from my family, something I'm not sure I want to go to trouble and heartache of fixing.

12/15/2008 10:27:19 AM

crappy, awesome, even awesomer, down in the shitter, back to awesome, then shitty, then flatlined at "not too bad" around september until now.

12/15/2008 10:34:53 AM

The last couple of months really started looking up so I'm cautiously optimistic about 2009.

12/15/2008 11:14:40 AM

shitty. very shitty. 1/10. but things are great now, and I anticipate they will continue to get better in 2009

12/15/2008 11:19:27 AM

worst year that i can remember. here's to 2009.

12/15/2008 11:20:46 AM

great year

12/15/2008 11:23:30 AM

worst year that i can remember. here's to 2009.


I am thankful for 2 things

1. the carolina panthers

2. the new lady friend i met over thanksgiving. hopefully a good december will preface a great 2009.

12/15/2008 12:30:55 PM

my wife gave birth to our first child

lost 2 jobs and about $10k in backpay

all in all, it was a pretty excellent year

12/15/2008 2:07:09 PM

good & bad

12/15/2008 2:09:44 PM

started off good, then went south - kinda like this:

12/15/2008 3:27:24 PM

Quote :

"Thats b/c I moved back to Raleigh "

yes, you along with 4 other really good friends

12/15/2008 6:32:41 PM

a rollercoaster of emotions, all in all, a 6.8 out of 10

12/15/2008 7:11:54 PM

very well may have been my most depressing year, overall

12/15/2008 7:13:20 PM

fair to middlin'

12/15/2008 8:17:11 PM

sucked, here's to a better year in 2009.

12/15/2008 8:40:05 PM

the first of the year sucked, it peaked in late summer at a pretty high note, then steeply dropped in september and has been plunging ever since

12/15/2008 8:44:34 PM

Damn. So many bad '08 experiences. I guess I wasn't the only one.

Time for an '09 turnaround ...

12/15/2008 10:22:19 PM

Nothing short of incredible

It started off kind of shitty - didn't get a job I realllllllllllly wanted, and broke up with my bf.
Then we got back together, took an epic (for us) road trip, had a good, but boring, rest of the year, and then got engaged.

But since I also recall a good many unpleasant/bad things, it's possible that my unreasonable happiness is tainting things again

12/15/2008 10:24:04 PM

good, got off probation from my job (a year probation). Also got a 10k raise after getting off probation.

12/15/2008 10:46:35 PM

Maybe not the best year of all time, but not bad and much better than 2007 overall. It's also gotten progressively better as the year has progressed, so I'm thankful.

12/16/2008 8:07:47 AM

i met the love of my life, doesn't get much better than that

some more interesting highlights:

- got an awesome raise in march
- dave moved to new bern for a job, so now we're 5 hours apart
- my sister screwed me over with her pos car
- i got an even awesomer raise in october
- was chosen to go on a 6-month field assignment with awesome per diem
- dave started his job hunt in charlotte
- i bought my very first car!

12/16/2008 8:12:44 AM

I guess like most of you guys, i have had some ups and downs this past year:

- Went to Colorado twice:
- Poster Presentation in Denver for the IETS and snowboarding with the brothers
- March: snowboarding with the brothers and had a blast with my best friend and love at Winter Park

- Spent a confusing semester saving as much money as I could and finishing up my Masters (thanks Dr. Advisor )

- Graduated with my Masters

- Spent an agonizing summer trying to find a job
- Found a job at UNC that paid the bills and only the bills

- Found a different job at NCSU (closer to home , paid a heela lot more , open opportunities for a PhD , nicer, more communicative boss , and better experiences )

- My grandfather was diagnosed with bone cancer and is in a lot of pain.
- Going to CO for Christmas to see the ENTIRE family! and we're going snowboarding
- Back in time to spend an awesome New Year with my love


I have to say that this past year was very interesting especially having my best friend with me the entire way and having his support. I couldn't have made it through the year without him. I hope that this coming year will open up more opportunity for experience and I'll be able to pass that darn biochem class in fall when I start my PhD... After that class its smooth sailing for my PhD with late nights in the lab...

12/16/2008 11:01:57 AM

Mine was going really well till someone was shot near my apt.

12/16/2008 11:06:02 AM

Romance-wise it sucked... took forever to get over my ex and now I've managed to only date losers the rest of the year.

Everything else has been awesome. Started grad school, lost 20lbs, my sis got engaged (which means I don't have to listen to her bitch anymore), and I've just been enjoying life...when I'm not stressing about the idiot I'm dating at the time, which has managed to suck a lot of joy out of things.

overall.... 6.0

[Edited on December 16, 2008 at 1:04 PM. Reason : sd]

12/16/2008 1:04:09 PM

^ Single, eh?

HAAAAAAAAYYYYY

12/16/2008 1:28:25 PM

Better than the last several years.

12/16/2008 1:37:08 PM

The year started out ok. I worked in DC for the summer which was pretty damn cool. Then the shit hit the fan right around when school started its been going down hill ever since.

12/16/2008 1:45:46 PM

The bad outweigh the goods

But I'll probably reconsider that statement tomorrow

12/16/2008 4:40:17 PM

the last couple of months have sucked

12/16/2008 4:54:15 PM