Your 2013 retrospect

[EeveeElectro]

The first half of it was amazing. I got to go to Germany for study abroad, partied, Hung out with [user]Calibanbutcher[/user] while there, and had an amazing time. When I got back I was able to mesh my work schedule with a good friend much and hung out Downtown. I don't get to go as often as I'd like and its a great city. I also made some great new Friends here on the 'pist I'd never really talked to before.

Shout out to [user]Skarkrow[/user], [user]Colour Scientist[/user], [user]Imp Emissary[/user], [user]Beffudled Sheep[/user], and sorta kinda [user]EeveeElectro[/user].

You guys are all right.

SORTA KINDA?

SORTA KINDA??? That better be a joke mister! No one else would put up with you like I do

OT:

This year was... actually pretty excellent apart from a few issues. 2012 was literally the worst year of my life. 1/10 would not 2012 again, so this year has been such an improvement.

Good
- I found the strength to get out of a terrible, soul crushing "relationship" and discovered how unbelievably strong I am along the way.
- Came close to my work mates and can have a laugh with them which makes work somewhat enjoyable. Realised that people do actually like me because where I used to work was full of arseholes -.-
- Got to know a lot more Escapists better (T0ad, Skar, Daystar, Colour, Sass, Fiz, the rest of the Bros etc) and went to Escapism which was great seeing people in their sexy glory.
- Got into a relationship with a wonderful, caring man and I'm still trying to get accustomed to being treated like a princess. Got accepted as part of his family and spent a perfect Christmas with them all.
- Went to a few expos, worked on more cosplays for them which was fun because I love doing it. Made a few new friends at them. Bought awesome swag.
- Can't believe I nearly forgot but DOCTOR WHO EXPERIENCE OMG~ I nearly had an excitement wee! Definitely the best thing of the year.
- I got a huge jar filled with skittles which was the highlight of my life, pretty much. I don't even think having kids will compare.
- Improved my fashion sense, added a bit more cute Japanese style to it, dyed my hair red which gave me tons of confidence and apparently lost weight which I don't feel but people have commented on it so...
- Got more into baking and got pretty good at it. My last blog post was some of my baking treats but I'm sure that counts as advertising so I won't post it xD

Bad
- A bit of drama at the start with an exes bitchcunt friend and her stupid little followers. Has to happen to me at least once a year to me though~
- Diagnosed with bipolar, put on the wrong sort of meds and have struggled since because I don't want to jeopardise my job by taking some more and getting messed up again. (Might take a week or two off sick in the new year to try and help).
- Struggled emotionally a lot. It was unbearable at times and at points I just wanted to die. Struggled with my heart and love life which was the worst.
- Another ex still thought he could control and abuse me despite us not being together and left me with our shared bills.
I managed to get a bit of money off him though, after threatening police action.
The good outweigh the bad so I count my blessings. 2014 will be better because I'm going to get more help and be happy.

 

[Someone Depressing]

+Got a job
-Made redundant, along with about 10 other annoyed coworkers
+Got another job
+Made commitment to learn Japanese again
+Can speak broken Japanese. So far so good (maybe)
-Family still hates me
-Hallucinations from sleep deprivation and stress
+Got medication for above
+Betting back into drawing
+Helping friend with webcomic.
+Finished all Final Fantasy games up to 8. Best achievment that I actually care about.
+Dog had puppies, kept one. Gave one to niece. Gave one to niece's stepdad. Gave one to brother. Gave two to friends. I'm not interested in making money from my close friend pushing sacs with small animals in them out of her vagina, so I just gave them away for free.
-Said dog got blood poisoning, near death.
+Said dog recovered. Tears of joy.
-Learned that it's near impossible for humans to reproduce in space; last time they tried, a guy broke his penis, despite the fact that an erection has no bones in it. In other words, his sex was so bad, he did the impossible. Have little faith in the survival of humans.
+Indulged in redundant, puny, and pathetic childhood by watching Cartoon Network and Toonami shows on Netflix.

All in all, a shit but not as bad the rest of my life year.

 

[Euryalus]

The first half of it was amazing. I got to go to Germany for study abroad, partied, Hung out with [user]Calibanbutcher[/user] while there, and had an amazing time. When I got back I was able to mesh my work schedule with a good friend much and hung out Downtown. I don't get to go as often as I'd like and its a great city. I also made some great new Friends here on the 'pist I'd never really talked to before.

Shout out to [user]Skarkrow[/user], [user]Colour Scientist[/user], [user]Imp Emissary[/user], [user]Beffudled Sheep[/user], and sorta kinda [user]EeveeElectro[/user].

You guys are all right.

SORTA KINDA?

I meant I've known you since 2012 :/

 

[EeveeElectro]

The first half of it was amazing. I got to go to Germany for study abroad, partied, Hung out with [user]Calibanbutcher[/user] while there, and had an amazing time. When I got back I was able to mesh my work schedule with a good friend much and hung out Downtown. I don't get to go as often as I'd like and its a great city. I also made some great new Friends here on the 'pist I'd never really talked to before.

Shout out to [user]Skarkrow[/user], [user]Colour Scientist[/user], [user]Imp Emissary[/user], [user]Beffudled Sheep[/user], and sorta kinda [user]EeveeElectro[/user].

You guys are all right.

SORTA KINDA?

I meant I've known you since 2012 :/

Excuses! We barely spoke in 2012, not that I remember at least

 

[Euryalus]

The first half of it was amazing. I got to go to Germany for study abroad, partied, Hung out with [user]Calibanbutcher[/user] while there, and had an amazing time. When I got back I was able to mesh my work schedule with a good friend much and hung out Downtown. I don't get to go as often as I'd like and its a great city. I also made some great new Friends here on the 'pist I'd never really talked to before.

Shout out to [user]Skarkrow[/user], [user]Colour Scientist[/user], [user]Imp Emissary[/user], [user]Beffudled Sheep[/user], and sorta kinda [user]EeveeElectro[/user].

You guys are all right.

SORTA KINDA?

I meant I've known you since 2012 :/

Excuses! We barely spoke in 2012, not that I remember at least

Hence the sorta kinda!

[sub][sub][sub]And I remember [/sub][/sub][/sub]

 

[Shadow flame master]

BAD
-I found out that I'm jacking off way too much, so I'll try to fix that this year.
-I had a shitty GPA at the end of my Freshman year at college, but thankfully I wasn't put on academic probation.
-I think I'm starting to dislike a lot of the gaming community, or at least the part that speaks for what everyone wants in a video game.
-I found out that my hard-worked PSN account won't be able to upgrade to a master account despite that I'm 19 years old.
-The wired internet in my house is messed up so I can't really do anything with my Elite 360.

GOOD
-I fixed up my GPA but because it had to be averaged in, instead of that glorious 3.5, I got a still good 2.5-6 GPA.
-I have a new PSN account so I'll eventually get it to my liking.
-I have finally gotten the chance to play the first Kingdom Hearts game.
-Got some good use out of my 3DS.
-I was finally able to buy presents for everyone in my family this year, so I don't feel like I'm not loving them enough.
-I am now a blue belt in Tae Kwon Do

Overall, this year was pretty good, despite the fact that I started it off with a negative attitude.

 

[Madame_Lawliet]

THE GOOD:
- Finally left Facebook and Tumblr, preserving my ever dwindling grasp of sanity just a little bit longer.
- Passed ALL the math classes I needed for my Associates degree, including the one I failed a year back, as someone who's absolutely horrid at math, that is a HUGE accomplishment.
- Discovered Dangan Ronpa, Gorillaz, Horror movies, Watamote, Skullgirls, Attack on Titan, Conker's Bad Fur Day, and the splendor of Godzilla movies.
- Got a PS4, Kingdom Hearts III is a-happenin', and I generally just sat back and appreciated the last year I'm going to get where I don't really need to worry too much about money, work, or life for a long, long while.

THE BAD:
- I've spent most of this year in complete gender identity denial, later developing into depression, and know that eventually I'll have to A: become open about it and deal with all the frustrations and difficulties people in my position have to go through whilst risking being shunned and ostracized by my friends and/or family, or B: continue hiding it and risk slow derogation of my mental and psychological health into a swirling disphoric vortex, and I for the life of me can't figure out which one I dread more.
- I still don't have a job or any means of realistically getting one, atleast until finishing my Associates and even then it's sketchy.
- I'm still living with my parents in Utah, although that will likely change next year.
- I still don't have a girlfriend
- thesurvivor2299 was a hoax, I suppose that's what I deserve for getting my hopes up.
- Panty and Stocking still doesn't have a season 2.

Overall, a year that very clearly feels like the "calm before the storm" as it were, I think 2014 is going to be much more eventful, whether it ends up being good or bad... we'll just have to wait and see.

 

[MysticSlayer]

Good

Left a very difficult job (had to move). Even better, I left on very good terms with everyone, even to the point where multiple managers wanted me to get a promotion, and the move was the only thing that stopped it. Since the job was with a major retailer, that should be good when school slows down enough for me to handle another job at either that retailer (different store) or a different one.

I started getting back into anime, and I have found a couple of my favorite shows ever because of it.

Rune Factor 4 released.

I did well in all my classes and have maintained my 4.0 GPA. I also changed majors to something that should be much more enjoyable.

My dad got remarried, and my step-mom and her family are really nice and have been far more accepting of my brother and I than I could have ever imagined.

I got a chance to attend the Heat vs. Hawks game on December 23rd, and that was possibly the best game I've ever attended in any sport. Certainly the best outside of minor league baseball games.

Bad

Have been dreading the next semester ever since Christmas. Part of it is financial, but my music professor seems determined to get us to hate music (this is a general education elective, not a course specifically for music majors, but he forgot that).

My new family loves taking pictures, and I recently found out I am not very photogenic.

Because of the major change, I'm looking at an extra year of school.

BioShock Infinite was a huge disappoint. (sorry, couldn't resist)

Overall

It was a great year. It was a good year for me with gaming and entertainment in general. Work was good. In general, when I look at the bad things and compare them to the good things, which are sometimes connected, the good definitely outweighs the bad.

 

[Foolery]

Well, guess I'll start with the bad.

Bad
-Old friend from highschool got in a car wreck, busted his spine, died in the hospital a few days later.
-Getting incredibly tired of my job. Boss is on prescription medication most of the time and constantly fucks things up or alienates clients. I'm ready to go back to school and do something else.
-My cat, Ghost, went missing. It's quite likely my neighbour killed him and disposed of the body.

Good
-I'm going back to school, getting into a trade.
-I've got a decent amount of cash ready to pay for education.
-I found an abandoned kitten that is the same breed with similar markings as my lost cat. I named her 'CC' short for Carbon Copy.

All in all, things are looking up.

 

[Artina89]

Good:

- Went to see one of my best friends in Montreal, Canada, and had a wonderful time, and I am already making plans to do the same thing two years from now.

- Got a new job in the microbiology department of my work, a brilliant chance to expand my pool of knowledge by doing something new (I am originally a biochemist, and have a degree in biochemistry and chemistry) and the people that work in that department are really nice and laid back, in contrast with the people I currently work with.

- Recently got back in contact with one of my closest friends from university, and make plans to meet up with him and a couple of my other friends in a couple of weeks time

- Got a limited edition Pokemon Nintendo 3DS (the Xerneas and Yvetial one) in red (my brother got it in blue), I absolutely love it and got a bunch of games for it.

Spoiler

ain't it pretty?

- Just downloaded the first three seasons of Daria from iTunes and spent half the day watching it. Ah, the nostalgia.


Bad:

- My laboratory manager was diagnosed with cancer in the summer and as a result has had to take time off. Not only has the powers that be at my work not bothered to hire a locum lab manager, they insist that our operations manager (basically the guy that has to run the lab in the lab managers absence) is off site and nigh on unreachable a lot of the time.

- This upheaval has lead to a lot of my co-workers uglier sides to their personalities to surface (including mine regrettably), and will spend their time bitching about other co-workers, but not discussing the problem to anyone who can do anything about it, which is part of the reason why I requested the job transfer, as the microbiology people are more laid back and easy going.

- I haven't had time to meet up with friends from university, so I have felt a bit lonely these past couple of months, which has since been remedied.

All in all though, I hope 2014 is better for me. Work wise, things seem to be looking up.

 

[Eamar]

Bad first, as that seems a more optimistic way of doing things for some reason:

Bad:
[li]Had a really rough year with my bipolar disorder. Months of hallucinations and (literally) barely being able to function. Came unbelievably close to admitting myself to hospital, and looking back I probably should have. One term, I didn't get a single one of the eight essays I was set done (fortunately they don't count towards my degree at all). So yeah, in short: hell. [/li]

[li]Relatedly, had to quit two different medications due to truly horrendous side effects, and was unmedicated for several months. Big mistake.[/li]

[li]I'm still doing a university course I really shouldn't be doing and is about as far removed from what I actually want to be doing as possible.[/li]

[li]My workplace descended into truly unbelievable levels of straight out bullying by regional/visiting managers.[/li]

[li]I was slightly disappointed by The Desolation of Smaug.[/li]

Good:

[li]I eventually got referred back to a (really good) psychiatrist and started taking lithium, which seems to be working out well for me so far.[/li]

[li]I broke up with my boyfriend of two and a half years, who I was living with at the time. Yes, that's a good thing, because we really shouldn't have been together in the first place. We were both settling, and if we hadn't ended it when we did we could very well have ended up wasting several more years in a relationship neither of us was happy with. I felt an immediate sense of freedom and relief.[/li]

[li]I reconciled with my parents, who I had barely spoken to for the last three years, to the extent that I've been staying in their house for the last three weeks.[/li]

[li]I'm well into my final year on the course I don't like, and despite everything that's gone wrong I seem to be doing well.[/li]

[li]I quit my job, which was satisfying beyond words.[/li]

[li]I got to watch the Extended Edition "making of" documentaries for An Unexpected Journey. Awesome.[/li]

Very mixed year overall, and one I'm not sorry to see the back of. That said, things are looking up for this year. Fingers crossed!

 

[username sucks]

This year has been very... year. I don't know what else to say. Much of what happened is both good and bad.

Good
[li]Found Dark Souls, and fell in love with it.[/li]
[li]Made a friend that I can actually talk to. Right now he is the only friend I have that I talk to in real life.[/li]
[li]Made some friends on the Escapist[/li]
[li]I started writing more poetry, and I've been working on a story. I don't plan on ever sharing them with anyone, but I still count this as a victory.

Bad:
[li]Had to retake a class[/li]
[li]My mom and sister finally got over their differences and talk again... Bad because I'm still a minor living with my mom and all of my family seems to be bigoted and ignorant. Now I just have more family again.[/li]
[li]Oh yeah, my sister also had another baby that I will be expected to care for when she's out drinking or partying.[/li]
[li]Still can't get a job, not that I've been trying terribly hard.[/li]
[li]Almost killed myself on two different occasions due mostly to stress, though other things like my family added in.[/li]

Other:
I have resolved to leave all of my family as soon as I get my high school diploma. My mom wants to follow me and live with me wherever I go, and my dad will only let me access my college fund if I become an engineer of some sort. When I have what I need, I am going to take what I can carry and take a bus as far as I can get away from them, then cut all contact.

I have changed my entire philosophy about life, much of which came when I was looking through a noose. I can't exactly say what the philosophy is, but I look at everything much different now. I can no longer Understand why I thought what I did, or why I set my goals so high.

 

[DanielBrown]

The Good:
Beat my social phobia which has severely crippled me for the past eight years(as much as you can beat it at least)
Got my drivers license
Finally figured out what I wanted to do and got accepted into an apprenticeship school as a ground/concrete worker
Aquired some friends after spending three years by myself

The Bad:
Lost most of those friends after a falling out with one of them. Those left are more like internet acquaintances to me.
Still living at home, and will be stuck here for another year since what I get from the school won't even cover the rent of the smallest apartments avalible

At least my life is finally on the right track after way too much lost time thanks to my old social phobia.

 

[Imperioratorex Caprae]

Not much to report, life isn't easy still...

GOOD: Got an awesome rabbit we named Alexander the Great. He's a mix between a harlequin and Japanese lop ear, he's got orange fur trim in the summer, but is a mix of black and white like the traditional Harlequin. And he's so damn smart. He understands us and communicates through head nods and other non-bunny more human communication. And he's sooooooo cute.

BAD: Our outdoor Siamese cat Mr. Snowball has gone missing and presumed catnapped. I've been in shock since he disappeared and fearing the worst I searched the neighborhood for his body but no sign of him. And none of the neighbors who know him have seen him. We miss him terribly and its been about 3 weeks now... I am very very sad because he was a sweet cat and also very intelligent. *sniff*

 

[shrekfan246]

I'm still bummed that I'm still not in a relationship, but whatever.

It's k, if you're not in a relationship you don't have to deal with all of the baggage left behind after it ends.

...

>.>

OT: Well, it's been a year. That's for sure.

Good -
I'm not sure of the final total for 2013 specifically, but I'm roughly 75 pounds lighter than I was halfway through 2012.
Started collecting books so that I might expand my grasp of the English language (because ideally I'd like to be a writer).
Thanks to the work of Andy Shandy, I discovered DOLL$BOXX, Gacharic Spin, and Light Bringer. Seriously, I haven't been listening to anything else for, like, weeks. I think I have a problem.
Brother got married in a Harry Potter-themed wedding. That was pretty fun.

Bad -
Still a useless hobo. Hopefully I'll be able to go to college in 2014.
Still have feelings for a girl whom I haven't been with in years.
Still haven't prioritized actually focusing on reading and writing rather than playing video games and surfing the internet.

Other -
Watching anime and listening to Japanese bands has left me with a desire to learn Japanese.
I need to buy new clothes.
I'm still an incredibly bland person.
I got a 3DS, which I've been enjoying.

Overall -
Well, you should be able to tell from the above, but obviously I live the most high-octane, rip-roaring life of anyone on these forums and everyone else should aspire to have years as exciting as mine.