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[BRANDON BOYD FROM INCUBUS]

created a message board slept with women posted off / hijacked a few accounts pretty remarkable year for me all around

[The Luscious Phil]

I guess technically, I had a pretty killer year. Although it started off real shitty with student teaching in Chicago and some medical issues. But after that it was all nice and smooth: - Graduated from NU (pulled my GPA up to an A- average after all was said and done) - Got a job teaching in the Marshall Islands working tax free - Paid off half of my student loans already - Learned to Scuba dive - Reread the Harry Potter Series - Rewatched the entire series of The West Wing - Lost 51 pounds - Talked to four pretty girls So yeah, totally expecting '09 to blow.

[M_Rots]

created a message board
compulsively masturbated while imagining that someday, somewhere, a woman might consent to sleep with me
posted off / hijacked a few accounts
annoyed everyone but people equally as inane as me
gave new meaning to "crass", "vulgar" and "congenitally retarded"
proved myself completely devoid of compassion, empathy or any of the basic characteristics which seperate humans from the average anteater
tried to rig a poll to screw brain_storm, but included an "other" category and failed on an epic level
didn't make a single post which said or did anything of substance for the board



pretty remarkable year for me all around

I'll say. You should be proud. It takes more than just talent to suck that hard and live.

[theremin]

made it to b

[M_Rots]

Got promoted at work on the basis of being white (welcome South) smoked a shit ton of weed Broke up with my fiancee, which turned out an enormous relief Allegedly posted a suicide note on the SOMB - didn't die, much to the annoyance of some Almost won Worst Poster of '08, losing out narrowly to "Other." Ended the year with three jobs. Didn't go to jail, unlike '07. Not great. Not awful. Same as it ever was.

[Duff.]

Madrox is SOMB Man of the Year.

[M_Rots]

Madrox is SOMB Man of the Year.

This explains SO MUCH.

[James D]

In order of importance

- Became a competent message board user
- Placed Deerhoof's - Offend Maggie as my #1 album of the year
- Watched a lot of football
- Learnt 'Hearts Alive' on guitar
- Had fun driving cars
- Completed my under-graduate degree

[sKinnY]

made some great new friends offline made some newer ones online purchased a watch that i've had my eye on for a long time started working with animals on a part time basis got engaged managed to get our rescue pooch Henry out of his fragile shell a bit more slowly learned the joys of wearing vests (thanks undo)

[theremin]

made some great new friends offline
made some newer ones online
started working with animals on a part time basis

Is these online animals?


if everyone is going to answer for serious:

Sold off an insane amount of stock from my store.
Took my first college class, got 104%
Had another great festival year.

[Kate]

Got promoted again. Eliminated all debt except my house and car payments. Took a trip to Puerto Rico with my friends and family to celebrate my 40th birthday. Broke 3 bones in three separate incidences. I'm very uncoordinated. All in all, it was a pretty good year.

[DrAftershave]

left warner bros. for good and focused on my music a liitle more than i have been over the last couple of years. drifted over into the editing world and worked on three shows that made it to television. actually started dating again. need to work on that some more next year because it's been a while since the wang got to throw up inside a vagina. successfully fought the urge to kill myself. looks like i got the demons to hold off another year.

[sKinnY]

oh and i forgot one....

I took on big business and won!

[Burz]

joined LOPP bought a drum kit taught my niece to play drums & guitar had a threesome with two 20-year old girls paid off all my debt managed to get all 6 Jay Reatard singles did a lot of drugs and didn't die

[no magnets]

- received a substantial promotion at work - made strides with some freelancing i've previously struggled with - removed myself (and was removed) from a few social situations that were dragging me down - satiated my desire to do more traveling - statute of limitations expired on something that'd weighed heavily on me (not exactly "accomplished" unless "legally getting away with it" counts)

[Tongue-Tied]

smoked a lot of pot failed 3 of my final 4 classes at Grand Valley State (parents then sent me home, decided not to pay anymore for that) got a job at target read "For Whom The Bell Tolls" got a 3.7 gpa this past semester listened to a shit ton of sweet music played a lot of call of duty: world at war.

[Meldrick Lewis]

Ha. Ha. Accomplished. Oh we kid. Though I did manage to hold onto a bottle of rum for an entire week before it was emptied.

[MattW]

Successes

- Made my boss a lot of money, that trickled down to me.
- Avoided many, many layoff axes.
- Bought a car.
- Gave a best man speech that went well.
- Finished the year +300 playing poker in casinos. I haven't busted online since my last deposit in July. Maybe I'm finally profitable...
- Taught Harvey how to wave, bow, and pretend to be my horse.
- Contested a traffic ticket against a no-show cop.

Failures

- Wanted to make an EP this year.
- Denied in a few job interviews.
- Didn't go to my Grandma's house this year.
- Harvey still can't catch a frisbee.
- Couldn't get a regular flag-football game off the ground.

- statute of limitations expired on something that'd weighed heavily on me (not exactly "accomplished" unless "legally getting away with it" counts)

Story?

[Agrimorfee]

In no particular order of importance--

Completed the rock opera parody Holidasia and other semi-hilarious works of "art", and started rewriting an early fiction story into a blog (links below)
Adjusted to living with a toddler who destroys valuable books, CDs and DVDs and electronic appliances when given an ample opportunity.
Pissed off some SOMBIEs by just being me.
Learned how to step back from SOMB when I really need to do so.
Voted for the first African American president of the U.S.

[Hero]

oh and i forgot one....

I took on big business and won!

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