How Was 2009 For You?
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Topic: How Was 2009 For You?
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Subject: How Was 2009 For You?
Date Posted: December 29 2009 at 18:08
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By the way you can take the question to be about music, prog music, or your life in general if you want. May odd acquaintance be forgot and never brought to life...  ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: December 29 2009 at 19:10
As you said, "2010 is on notice." 
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Posted By: SaltyJon
Date Posted: December 29 2009 at 19:15
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I'll let you know once it's over.
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Posted By: June
Date Posted: December 29 2009 at 19:17
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Ermm... right down the middle, I guess.
Got a job closer to home recently, good, which meant losing some great collegues, less good. My dad had a stroke, bad, but it made me closer to my family.
Times were kinda hard financially, but I started a couple of interesting projects that don't require money.
I kinda made getting better in my mind and body (yeah, a cheesy thing to say, I know) a focus too, so I guess it's good, but it came at the price of ending an 8-year relationship.
Certainly an interesting year that might lead to an even more interesting 2010.
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Posted By: progkidjoel
Date Posted: December 29 2009 at 19:17
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Wasn't freaking awful, but could've been a lot better so I voted other. ------------- 
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: December 29 2009 at 19:18
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difficult, really hoping '10 will bring some breakthroughs
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Posted By: Any Colour You Like
Date Posted: December 29 2009 at 20:00
| Other: Moments of awesome, combined with truly sh*t. |
Posted By: JJLehto
Date Posted: December 30 2009 at 02:30
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Well can't say best of my life because, well how can I know if it was the best year? So I voted not too shabby. Hate to get all sappy and real...but honestly I had a f*cking great year! Why? Nothing great, or even out of the ordinary happened. But, I have a family and friends who love me. We have all been of fine health. We have money, a house, food, all the essentials and some fun stuff. Sh*t happened, but NOTHING that has happened to me comes close to being a major problem...there are people who are living in extreme poverty, little food, shelter, war torn areas. People living under opressive governments. People who struggle every day. My year has been great. And I try to never forget it... |
Posted By: mrcozdude
Date Posted: December 30 2009 at 02:33
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I went for other because my life sucks all the time.
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Posted By: topofsm
Date Posted: December 30 2009 at 02:41
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I want to say that it sucked, but really I can't. I became a stronger leader this year and have shown myself what I'm capable of. I've had bad moments, but it's all been in the sacrifice for personal growth. Hopefully next year I can still improve upon myself to live better. Isn't that what we're all aiming for?
I voted fourth option. Maybe I should have done the third, but I've had some huge crap to deal with. If I had to pick a great year so far for myself 2007 would have been it. ------------- 
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Posted By: Marty McFly
Date Posted: December 30 2009 at 02:57
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Best Year Of My Life 1)found my girl 2)found this site 3)made my final exams (high school) 4)entered university studies 5)found so many great albums and finally get some knowledge in music ------------- There's a point where "avant-garde" and "experimental" becomes "terrible" and "pointless," -Andyman1125 on Lulu  Even my |
Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: December 30 2009 at 06:12
 It's been a so-so year for me, better than a few of the recent years. |
Marty McFly wrote:Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: December 30 2009 at 06:23
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Considerably awful, I need to improve on all levels.
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Posted By: Mind_Drive
Date Posted: December 30 2009 at 10:28
it wasn´t exactly the best year (wich was 2006 ) but the second best i´d say  i discovered prog in it´s whole, learned to know the most awesome person in my life und made my A-levels. it was great! ------------- It's just a ride... <3 |
Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: December 30 2009 at 10:33
| 2009 saw the birth of my second child, so it was a great year just for that. |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: December 30 2009 at 10:48
I can say the same thing, but 2009 would've been a lot nicer if she'd come out with a few bags full of money.  ------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
Posted By: TGM: Orb
Date Posted: December 30 2009 at 11:01
| Savagely mixed. |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: December 30 2009 at 11:06
| I can't remember. |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: December 30 2009 at 11:45
What was the middle part? Not to be too much of a bummer, but I had one of the worst years I can recall. Let's see: hospitalized twice, pay cut due to lack of projects, old dog died, flooded out of house, truck transmission and engine had to be replaced due to flood damage. Oh crap, is that a plague of locusts I see approaching from the distance? These frogs and bloody waters are about to drive me nuts. Once I lose my sense of humor about life all is truly lost. On the bright side I was promoted to the crossover team.  I still have my health, my wife, my cat, and I did pull out my truck from the waters at the last moment, my CD and music DVD collection came out mostly unscathed.------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: UndercoverBoy
Date Posted: December 30 2009 at 12:06
Not Too Shabby. One thing I really liked about this year was exploring more Prog, and finding this site. However, it's still not over, and something very good might happen today.
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Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: December 30 2009 at 12:08
Fair enough. |
Posted By: Marty McFly
Date Posted: December 30 2009 at 13:46
Last day of this year and I see this ad: But thank you for clappie, I'm very happy about this year to be honest. The best in my life, everything I wanted has came through. ------------- There's a point where "avant-garde" and "experimental" becomes "terrible" and "pointless," -Andyman1125 on Lulu Even my |
Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: December 30 2009 at 13:53
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Not too shabby - not great, but certainly not god awful. Actually, New Year's Eve bores me somewhat these days - one year really is like another. The above post was my attempt to get on TV in Grumpy Old Men ------------- Enhance your life. Get down to www.lazland.org Now also broadcasting on www.progzilla.com Every Saturday, 4.00 p.m. UK time! |
Posted By: SaltyJon
Date Posted: December 30 2009 at 14:00
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I'm going with not too shabby overall, because nothing horrible has happened and some good has happened. I'm hoping to make next year the start of an awesome decade though.
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Posted By: Pekka
Date Posted: December 30 2009 at 17:07
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So far it's been pretty great, we'll see what the last day brings... ------------- http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=42652" rel="nofollow - It's on PA! 
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Posted By: valravennz
Date Posted: December 30 2009 at 17:27
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Could have been better - on the health front - but really not a lot to complain about. Here's looking at 2010! ------------- 
"Music is the Wine that fills the cup of Silence" - Robert Fripp |
Posted By: Negoba
Date Posted: December 30 2009 at 18:12
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Not too shabby. Started a new musical project. Kids doing well in school. A few very cool trips (Steve Vai retreat being up there for all time best vacations). Finding a philosophical / religious home - sort of.
2010 could be phenomenal. ------------- You are quite a fine person, and I am very fond of you. But you are only quite a little fellow, in a wide world, after all. |
Posted By: JJLehto
Date Posted: December 30 2009 at 18:17
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Alot people have said "mixed" or "some awesome, some sh*t" Isn't that how every year goes? At least for me.. As I said...considering the conditions that so many millions have to live in, and the conditions and struggles that so many face...I had a great year. No matter what has happened, it is not nearly as bad as what so many face with. So I had a great year |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: December 30 2009 at 18:48
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Definitely not too shabby, though it wasn't an easy year - with having to cope with my move to another country, not having a job, dealing with all the immigration c**p, bouts of homesickness, things to take care of back in Italy, and so on and so forth. There have been some difficult moments, but as a whole I can't complain too much, especially about the final months of the year. I have started teaching Italian again, and today I even got an offer from another school (same organization though). My health is still good (hopefully it will be for a long, long time), and I'm becoming an even better cook than I was in the past. And - last but not least - a few days ago Micky and I celebrated one year of successfully putting up with each other! Edit: And let's not forget the start of my career as an 800-word-plus reviewer ! |
Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: December 30 2009 at 18:49
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Considering all the new crap I've been dealing with, surprisingly OK. I think being mostly mentally stable after quitting depression meds I've been on for 2+ years (at least) is a pretty solid thing. I'm not satisfied by a long shot, though. ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: jammun
Date Posted: December 30 2009 at 19:09
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2009? It's been up and down. I took a nice solo road trip to Wyoming to hang out with old high school/college friends I had not seen in 20 years. We drank too much beer. I saw incredibly desolate areas of the American west. I met a guy who said, "If you move to Weiser, you'd better bring your own job." He ain't kidding. That's the up. The down? My work sucks. The company I work for laid off 40% of us in May. I dodged the layoff, but I'm not sure that's a good thing. I get to do the work of three people now, in what is an essentially empty building.
Other up. Was introduced to some great music and my family is, for the time being, doing all right.
Or as ol' David Byrne sez,
Some good points, some bad points
Sometimes it all works out, sometimes I'm a little freaked out...
------------- Can you tell me where we're headin'? Lincoln County Road or Armageddon. |
Posted By: Henry Plainview
Date Posted: December 31 2009 at 23:37
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I'm still a failure, so....yeah. ------------- if you own a sodastream i hate you |
Posted By: MovingPictures07
Date Posted: January 01 2010 at 00:07
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"Not too shabby" is pretty descriptive.
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: January 01 2010 at 05:44
Uhmm, I think you forgot, forgot to mention Memphis... |
Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: January 01 2010 at 06:44
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Definitely not too shabby! I have experienced a handful of excellent concerts in 2009 as well, including;
AC/DC
Faust
Anekdoten
The Mothers of Invention (The Grande Mothers)
Jean-Michel Jarre
Panzerpappa
Zappa Plays Zappa
Gong
Amon Düül II
Steve Gadd & friends
Yes
Magma
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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: January 01 2010 at 19:51
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Goddamn new years and all this reflection....especially bad with this whole new decade thing.
I find it difficult to evaluate years as a whole. Often I bias them with what happened at the end of the year, for better or worse. Usually worse, but this last half of the year as been quite odd indeed. Some horrible times, further drifting apart from people I wish wouldn't go so far away, no personal goals accomplished, and I'm still unprepared for this whole adult life stuff everyone is talking about. However, odd good things happened with new people and various bits of potential (which is hard to judge overall and something I wish I could ignore more in year evaluations) for good in the future. First half much worse in some ways. Not really better in any way, at least from what I can remember. If only I could not let all this constant failure to define my outlook on life.
2009 really just made my utopias farther away and much more unrealistic so I gotta say f**k you to 2009 overall. Where to put this in the ranks of the past couple of years is uncertain and certainly nothing I'm in the condition to answer now. At least 2010 was brought in with a bang.
Not sure what to answer in the choices above. Maybe I"ll just vote other to save myself the thinking. ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: jammun
Date Posted: January 02 2010 at 20:20
I'm checking it out, I got it figured out... ------------- Can you tell me where we're headin'? Lincoln County Road or Armageddon. |
Posted By: The Pessimist
Date Posted: January 02 2010 at 20:48
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It was sh*t and it was good at the same time. On the sh*t side: 1. I got expelled from my previous grammar school for not being smart enough (oh that's a kick in the balls, trust me) 2. I got my heart broken several times by the same woman 3. I've fallen prisoner to my car insurance company and am now mostly skint 90% of the time On the good side: 1. I lost my virginity to an absolute goddess 2. I've met countless people, most of which fantastic, through my new college 3. I passed my driving test 4. I have a job 5. I turned 18 But the good far outweighs the bad, so I think I'm gonna go with it was good, with room for improvement. ------------- "Market value is irrelevant to intrinsic value." Arnold Schoenberg |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: January 02 2010 at 21:23
Well, if you got it figured out, you got it figured out, explain it to me. I have found myself a city, found myself a city to live in. I am surrounded by injuns from the Asia. I have nowhere else to go.  Well we know where we're going but we don't know where we've been. What's that road we're on? Excuse me I think I smell home cookin'. ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: jammun
Date Posted: January 02 2010 at 22:13
If in doubt...
Pack up your money, pick up your tent,
You ain't goin' nowhere.
I still say there needs to be a place on the site for lyrics.
(Light bulb goes on). er I get it, this is it.
------------- Can you tell me where we're headin'? Lincoln County Road or Armageddon. |
Posted By: Jimbo
Date Posted: January 03 2010 at 03:31
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2009 was completely uneventful for me. Nothing really happened in my personal life, I applied to Uni, but didn't get in (yay!), lost a couple of friends (temporarily) as they moved elsewhere, but didn't gain any new... The only thing worth mentioning was losing ~15 kgs of weight. That was nice. Uhm, yeah, not a whole lot to cheer about. No major ups, no major downs. ------------- 
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Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: January 03 2010 at 13:33
Impressive! |
Posted By: aapatsos
Date Posted: January 04 2010 at 14:59
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one of the best years ever
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Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: January 04 2010 at 15:02
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^ Did you invent a ground-breaking new substance or something?
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Posted By: FusionKing
Date Posted: January 05 2010 at 06:53
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I chose 'Other'. My year has been respectably crap but not freaking awful.
You don't have a "2009 was filled with a respectable level of crap for me" option.
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