I for one will be glad to see the back end of 2007
 

And I suspect I'm not alone in this!

So here's a place to vent your frustrations of the year, and then kiss it goodbye!

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I'll be glad to see the back end of 2007, because:

...I've spent the whole year "waiting", basically waiting for this year to be over so things can change. Just trying to make it through until things change. What a waste of a g*ddamn year.

...There weren't a lot of high highs, but there was an abundance of dragged-out little lows, peppered with brief highs that didn't come close to balancing things out, and a couple mega lows that spiced things up in entirely the wrong way. Overall, a slightly-less-than-Meh year.

...My old car died. While having a new car is nice and I really like it, it was not the circumstances under which I wanted to purchase a car, and the payment on it hurts. Hopefully next year my financial situation will improve to where I can just be happy I have a nice car and not be so stressed out about making the payments.

...My dog needed a $5000 back surgery. That sucked.

Good riddance to 2007!~

2007 has been a spectacular year and a whirlwing of change. Probably the most remarkable year of my life. An excellent followup to the ****storm of 2006. I am eager to see what I create in 2008.

an oddly familiar, yet wholely strange conglomeration of rapidly moving, disjointed sunrise/sunset cycles that seemed to fly past me like the blade of a propeller Im standing too close to

I cant say I'll miss it, cuz I think I already did

But Goonie, you did have a fabulous birthday party, you got to do a lot of Disneylanding/Swanking, we had a fun Hollywood Bowl season, you got to do a little Vegas.... ok so all of that wasn't like life-changing and momentous, but not every year can be. Overall, it was a meh year, not a wasted year!!

[bubble]It's like magic! 12 months go by... *hello!**hello!**hello!* and behold... another year is born.[/bubble] ;)

This year saw a lot of bad medical issues for my family -- surgeries, heart attacks, etc. but they're all still alive and doing well and that's what matters. It was certainly not an easy year - I changed jobs, and changed back to my old job when the new one sucked, I got strep throat twice, my student loan payments started kicking in to the maximum (they are just a little less than my rent payments.... for 30 years), and I turned into a gay senior citizen (over 30).

BUT... I did well enough to afford a Wii/Ps3/HDTV which allows me entertainment up the wazoo, I still have a good job (with a raise), a fabulous roommate (say cheese!), I got in a lot of Disneyland/Hollywood Bowl time, I have friends that were cool enough to show me a great time for ye olde birthday (and make a scrapbook and a Bjork White painting), I reached the one-year mark of no cigarettes, and the hickey on my neck (embarrassing as it is) still means I haven't lost my mojo.

Hey, that's all good stuff. It wasn't a year where I got a dog, or won the lottery, or found Prince Charming, or won a multi-million dollar case, but it isn't a year that I thought I didn't grow either.

I was very blessed this year (says the agnostic/atheist girl).

No major health issues for my immediate family.
I reconnected with a few old friends.
I have friends who love me and would do anything for me.
My team won the STANLEY FREEKING CUP (even though they are sucking now)
I had one of the best summers ever full of friends, the beach, concerts, WDW and Vegas.
I have a job that drives me nuts some days but keeps me housed, clothed and fed.
I'm gearing up to end the year on a very positive note with a few trips, a swanktacular NYE blow-out and several things to start 2008 off on a very good note.

Money is tight, life hits its bumps and sometimes you can't wait for the year to end so it can start over. Here's to a better 2008 Morri! :cheers: :cheers:

The downs:
* My dad's continued health problems. Though the net for the year is positive (see: "The Ups"), it's still unnerving to see him go through the rough patches and I'm sick of visiting the damned hospital.
* Seeing friends unhappy with each other, with themselves, with me. It's surely inevitable in any large group of friends, doesn't make it any less unpleasant
* A downturn in the overall culture at work.

The Ups:
* My dad's continued improving health. He's taking care of himself and he's bounced back better than could have been hoped.
* My awakened sense of myself as a creative person. I'm taking the first baby steps of what I hope is a long journey and it's exciting.
* The tightening of friendships afforded by said nascent journey.
* Bunny! Okay, technically we got her last year, but she's still awesome.
* Another blissful year of marriage.
* Any day now I'm going to be an uncle!
* Despite my disagreements with management's overall direction at work, I've been recognized for the work I've done.

Yup, it's official, for the 29th year running, the outgoing year was better than the previous. I plan on continuing the streak in '08.

Thanks, BTD! That's me, just waiting... :)

As long as I am still alive, it is a good year.

I can't say that this year was a good one for me (and if you think it was you obviously haven't read my livejournal). Still, when I look back & think about all that's happened, 2007 was just the foundation for the good things to build on in 2008.

:)

Morrigon, you are right, there are certain things about 2007 I will be happy to leave behind. For myself, I must remember the adage, "No matter where you go, there you are."

I whined and complained about a lot of things in 2007, at the end of the day, do they really much matter? Not really. I had to spend money I could ill afford, at the time, on functional things like my car, etc. But, I have a good job and there is not sign that it will end abruptly (unless I do something to really screw it up).

I've spent a lot of time this year dealing with the drama swirling around me, just because I happen to live with a person for whom there is nothing without the drama. I'm trying not to let myself get sucked into it, it will be baby steps and ultimately a good thing if I can learn and grow from the experience.

I've got some very lovely friends, I've got reasonably good health, I've got a reasonably good job, a roof over my head and a kitty I adore (who adores me when the mood strikes or she's hungry for food or attention).

I've been fortunate to have a hobby that might actually turn into a book and, dayum, I might actually have a real honest to goodness publisher interested. Well, in fact they are, whether or not they want to budget for this book is a whole other ball of wax. But, I never imagined that this dream could be a reality, maybe.

It's not so much 2007, but the last few years of hills and valleys that allows me to now feel much more philosophical about those hills and valleys. Bottom line, I'd like to know why time does increase in velocity as you age because as I've aged and grown a little wiser than I was in my 20's, I sometimes feel I can't keep up with myself on my 40+ year old knees no matter the wisdom! I feel like I am just getting started to know myself, know my friends and all of sudden it's December and I'm reflecting on another year gone and where'd it go?

What am I looking forward to in 2008? Another year of good or better health, more trips south (and elsewhere) for fun, frolic and adventure, more purging of stuff and more trips to my local museums, galleries and sites in the Bay Area. Getting to know a few more restaurants would be good, too. Most of all, more time to spend with friends and family I love.

For me, 2007 was the year of failure. One failure after another. I'd say things can't get worse in 2008, but that would just be a temptation for fate, who clearly has it in for me already. I will be happy to see this year go, but I have lost faith than anything better is waiting in the wings.

I can't believe I didn't mention this in the OP, but too late to edit it, so:

I will be glad to say goodbye to disease, which hit my family pretty hard this year. My aunt died of lung cancer, and her daughter was diagnosed with stage 4 lymphoma, the treatment for which was so bad that near the end she landed in the hospital because she was no longer able to eat. But her treatment should be concluded by now, so I'm glad to see the end of that. It was especially tough for her not being able to be there for her mom while trying to survive herself. Smoking is bad, mmmkay?

Based on the responses here, I guess I should state that the reason I posted this thread is to say goodbye to all the bad things the year brought me, and look forward to a better year in 2008. You could say I'm casting salty cookies into the waves.

I should also say that LoT has been a bright spot in my life this year, being the source of many of the good things that happened, and providing me a distraction from all the things that have served to drag me down mentally. Thanks, guys!

I seem to have better luck on odd numbered years.
Don't know why.
Even 2001... it was a good year until September and then it got better again in October...
:)

Pretty much no matter what the situation I am always pretty content with however I find myself.

So, 2007 continues a 33 year streak of pretty good years.

I haven't done a complete assessment yet, but I believe 2007 was a very good year for me. I still suffer some workplace malaise, but I've did quite a bit to combat that, been both more creative and hedonistic, and feel like I'm actually progressing on a lot of fronts.

But 2006 sucked, happy to have that one further behind me.

While the year was rough and filled with it's own issues, I gotta say that 2007 was great, not on account of itself, but in anticipation of what is now going to be in just a few weeks - finally finished with my stupid Bachelor's Degree!

So, when I say goodbye to 2007, I am really saying goodbye to all the angst over working with other undergrads. When I say goodbye to 2007, I'm saying goodbye to the things in my life that I don't need, from emotional baggage to unnecessary material trappings. I'm not saying goodbye to California, but I am saying HELLOOO to getting a start in life once again. Knowing all of this has kept me buoyant through the rough waves, ready for the next year.

2007 has been a great year for me, if we must measure it by the calendar.

It's ending on some pretty sucky notes, but that doesn't change that most of the year's been great. Even if I was living in a dream world that bore no resemblance to anyone else's reality.


Oh well.


Either things will get better in 2008, or I'll retreat from reality so that it will seem great to me.

2007 rocked.

Ironically.. My car is almost dead now... so good riddance! so much drama all over, causing me problems, loosing focus on everything... I hope 2008 is better.

2007 sucked utterly for me. It started with fraudulent activity on my bank account that took forever to resolve. And then went downhill. I spent hours on the phone with the providers of every. single. one. of the services I spend money to support, I lost my awesome job because of some creepy climber who got my boss (and so me) fired, the club I used to run had a major and public melt-down, my former best friend stabbed me in the back on my birthday, most of my family is either not talking to me or is dying, or both...2008 could not possibly be worse. Am I tempting fate by writing that? GoodBYE 2007.

Lizziebith wins.



((((((Hugs for LB)))))))



(Surprisingly, my year did not suck- it wasn't stellar, but it was okay. Now that I've typed that, it's gonna go south.)

I forgot to put that I'm enjoying the mental image of the door slamming on 2007's a$$.

Maybe even better, you can slam the door on a couple of it's fingers- the butt is too well padded.

I also am biding my time until year's end. Between dealing with that which was not gout after all, but was arthritis and getting laid off from a job I'd been at for almost 10 years that I dearly loved, and coping with the meds for that which was not gout but we still aren't sure what it is since I haven't had medical insurance since I got laid off in March and can't afford lots of tests, I've just about had it.
I did end up finding a new job, but it pays about $6 an hour less than my old one did and it took 8 freaking months to find it.
So yeah, I'm counting down the days now, hoping for a better 2008.

And thanks guys, for the private support, and "win" I'd rather not have. I didn't post much while all this was going on...in fact I deleted my old LJ and MySpace accounts, because privacy seemed to be called for. I've cried more in the last two months than I think I have in my whole life prior to this point. I told my mom last night that I think my coping mechanism finally "got broke". And I was just glad she took the call. I stupidly tend to forget to talk to friends about **** that's going on. I should have told you all. I'll try to not be such an idiot in the future...

On the plus side, this means you can continue to eat herring, mackerel, trout, and organ meats (liver, tripe) without fear of purines wreaking havoc. Hooray!

2007 for me started off with a huge hickup, more like there is life outside the storm.
Good things
-My daughter's birth and my wife coming through the pregnancy healthy.
My new job and promotion (with a raise just recently for my productivity and a decent review.)
For the most part, I have an excellent staff.


Bad things
Commute. One hour each way.
Broken windshield, third one. -Cha- Ching!!! Not a cheap one.
Tires are almost worn out.- Cha ching.
We lost two cats this year, in one week too old age.:(

Not too bad of a year:

Lost 47 pounds(3 more to go for my goal....but December is tough)

Made a trip to Disney World(1st time in over 10 years)

Watched my Son play some excellent Baseball(he also did well on his swimming team, got elected to the Student council, started his first year of band(tuba) and just joined the wrestling team). He also just surpassed me in shoe size.............it's exciting to watch him grow up but why does it have to go so fast? :(

Wife got promoted(but this isn't 100% good...I see less of her now).

My business has been pretty slow, which I guess would be the one low point this year....but I've never had two bad business years in a row so next year should be pretty good:)

2007, not the best year ever but all n all not too bad of a year:)

2007 has had its ups and downs for us.

- This is the first year that I ever achieved one of my New Year's resolutions, which was to support myself primarily through writing and playing music.

- This was the year that I finally started learning who I am, and learning to trust who I am, creatively.

- This was the year of many car repairs, as well as medical and dental bills.

- This was the year that Matthew and I both lost jobs that we adored.

- This was the year that we learned that we can bounce back from negatives such as those listed above and still be happy.

- This was the year that I wrote more than all the previous years combined.

- This was the year that we were too busy and/or broke to socialize as much as we would have liked.

- This was the year that I broke a personal record for number of gigs played. 113 of them, according to my calender. I also had the opportunity to play with a collection of new and wonderful musicians who each inspired me to play better than I thought I could.

So, looking back, I can't complain much. We are still poorer than we would prefer, we still plenty of issues to deal with - but - we also grew quite a bit, individually and as a couple. We learned that we are capable of much more than we thought possible. I see it as a stepping stone towards a much better year ahead.

You sound pretty rich to me, MBC.:)

Good year or bad year? I tend to think they're all good, but it's more my attitude than anything.

2007 was the year of the dog. First little Abe then lovely Thurston. It was also the year of Calliope - the best darned little girl I've ever met.

It was also the year I lost the love of my life, Dexter. I still miss him. He is irreplaceable.

Job wise, things are pretty wonderful (most of the time). I'm doing much more marketing and the company is growing by leaps and bounds. I still haven't had enough gumption to really look for "real" job, but maybe one day it will happen.

I've really been focusing on being more creative - making time for it has been a challenge, but I've been moderately successful. I'm almost done with my bathroom remodel, I've made quite a bit of jewelry and I've moved "creativity" up quite a few notched on my "things to do" list. It's not just a nice-to-do activity but a must-do one.

Health-wise things have been ok. Nothing major seems to be happening to my body, so that's good. I'm just getting old! I have lost about 20 pounds this year, so that is a good thing. Now, let's just lost 20 more!

I feel my friendships are more solid than ever and I'm less willing to put up with unhealthy or negative people. That has made a big difference in the time I have to spend doing other, more wonderful things.

I think I feel more centered, more comfortable with who I am and healthier than I have in a while. Now, if I would just completely quit smoking.

I have seen too much cancer among close friends this year. My fencing coach from college passed away on Monday from brain cancer. My former English teacher and now close friend has had a recurrence of her breast cancer. A good friend is dealing with a rare form of cancer.

2007 hasn't really been bad for us, but it has been supremely stressful and I'm not sad at all to see it go. With me focusing on my studies and not working money has been terribly (like payday loan store) tight. It's rare for us to go out to clubs, bars or even movies anymore as gas, groceries and keeping the power on take priority. Still, we're not homeless, we have food in the refrigerator, and I've now reached the official half-way point in school, so as stressful as it is it has all been for the best.

I've been playing quite a lot this year and thanks to the band we were able to enjoy a week in Hawai'i. I have two things that make me happiest: my wife and my sax. Having those two things along with sunny Hawai'i, Dole Whip, kalua pork and fruity luau drinks all in the same week made for one heck of a time.

I went back to Hemophilia camp (counselor) for the first time in eight years. I grew up there, but after seeing so many of my friends die due to AIDS/HIV it had reached a point where I needed a break, and as there were some political type things adding to the stress at the time I had to leave the Hemo community for a while. It was very bittersweet to go back. Bitter as, with the exception of one guy other than myself, everyone who was my age and in my cabin group growing up is gone, as are all of my favorite counselors and staff. It was very emotionally challenging to walk around seeing their ghosts everywhere, but I took solace in knowing that they'll never be forgotten. It was sweet, uplifting, and very bewildering, to see that the kids who had been my campers when I was on staff have now all grown up fit, healthy and most importantly AIDS-free. I was very caught off guard to see that guys who had been three feet tall and dimpled the last time I saw them are now towering over me and have six pack abs and are playing college sports. Cheers to modern medicine! :)

One thing that 2007 has brought that kind of freaks me out. With the exception of one couple, all of our friends have popped out little ones this year. There have been so many babies born this year that I've lost count. Sometimes it feels like we're the Last of the Mohicans or something. We both want to start having kids (not until school is finished, though) but it's scary to think that we'll be the last. And, I know this is terrible, but so far all the kids have been pretty adorable, so I'm worried that we're going to be the couple who gives birth to a cross-eyed little Sasquatch with buck teeth and a club foot. Ugh. Please let my kid be normal!


Yeah, it hasn't been bad, but I'm so ready for 2008. And I haven't even gotten into how this year treated my beloved Ducks! Blech!!

Is it too early to start singing Auld Lang Syne? :D

This was the year I got to know Mamma Silva and Dexter a lot better.

This was the year I turned 50 and milked it for all it was worth. I had dinner with stan4d_steph in Saratoga Springs. I ate lobster at the Bay of Fundy and oysters on Prince Edward Island. I met a distant cousin of Not Afraid's (and my first cousin) for lunch at Plymouth, Mass. I bought my younger daughter her first pair of Fluevogs in Toronto.

Tom gave me a very serious ring.

I watched my older daughter apply to college. I lost my beagle Suzy but found my two new baby beagles. I let my dream of moving to Madison, WI die. I published a book with Tom and began work on two other books with him.

2007 has been swell.

I won't list the bads of 2007. Luckily I am beginning to really see the good that can come in 2008.

Yes 2008 seems like it will be an improvement. I'm looking forward to it :)

I started digging...

What did you think you'd do this year? We can start a true resolution thread later, but for now, it makes for good comparison.

Now for more digging to see how my year went.

Heh - I did celebrate Columbus Day this year.

So, I'm in exactly the same place as last year. Crap.

I thought you were graduating?

I have absolutely no recollection what that thing out of my control was. So I don't know if it happened in 2007 or not.

But I'm still content.

Whew! I got out of that one!

Me too! At least since I had no aspirations for 2007 I can't be disappointed, right?!

Seems as though the car thing has been more of a theme than I could have ever imagined...

Well, here's to a new car ending old car woes! :cheers:

CP & GD - looks like you guys actually did pretty well, and GD - you've totally kept up with the soccer beyond a few months! (or so it seems)

As for everything else, I'm assuming I was so wrapped up in other things that I totally missed this thread, for surely I would have commented on:

Lemurs are, without a doubt, my favorite animals at the zoo, on TV, anywhere, everywhere. I fell in love with them after we covered lemurs in physical anthropology (my favorites are Sifakas) - and do embarrassingly goofy things when I see them.

Therefore, this is one of my favorite pictures ever, and I must LOLemur it.

You're welcome to it. Let me know if you'd like a bigger version. It should be arrangeable.

I should be fine with its current size. If my needs change, I'll inform you immediately.

Damn, I have a huge smile from that picture, and I'm rather sad I missed it on the first go-round.

I love lemurs too! I was lucky enough to hang out with one once...

Erica, you must post the LOLemur when you're done. :)


I tried sifting through last year's posts and it seems there wasn't much huge that happened to me on the board. Funny, I think it's the first year since 2001 that I couldn't fully document my life from internet postings...and before then, emails were my main reference source on my history.

Anyway - I choose to post only good things. There wasn't much bad this year anyway, so I don't feel the need to post them.

2007

-My husband, my bunny, and my homelife are all continuing to bring me all the happiness a girl could want.

- Our big trip to New York, Chicago, and a bit of Boston and Detroit. What an amazing experience. Those few days in each city changed my perspective forever. Air travel is one of the most wonderful conveniences of our age, and I'm blessed to be able to take advantage of it.

- My sister-in-law is about to give birth to the first baby in my immediate vicinity since my youngest brother was born in 1988. My nephew in Alaska is a source of joy for me but to have a baby this close....a baby I hope to babysit and get to know as she grows up....it's so thrilling.

- I helped open the new library, which was a crazy task, consuming me for months, and now has cemented my effect on my city for decades to come.

- I worked on being more creative, or rather, on being freer with creativity in all directions, and in being more honest about what I want out of it. It's the friendships that come out of taking risks of putting yourself out there that are the best.

- Our lives in general are even more rich and filled with fun than before, which I believe to be the case every year since meeting all you wonderful people. This lovely dream just goes on and on...

Heheh, and by contrast ... it's been the easiest year for me to document from the internet - because I've been more or less maintaining an el jay for just about 1 year, since Dec. 13, 2006. (I could never manage to sift through my message board posts - OMG, that would be a bear, and reveal only the bear that is my quasi-fictional internet persona).


Though it apparently bears no relation on how well I've treated others, I note that I pretty happy throughout 2007 - and was only depressed for a few weeks last winter, 2 weeks mid-June, and a horribly depressing week right after Thanksgiving (ugh, thanks!)


The rest of the year was lots of fun. We had some arranged swankings (1 or 2 at least) to pass the dead of winter (a tradition I hope we keep up with dead winter fast approaching), had some southwestern travels - Vegas a couple of times, my inaugural Sierra Park for the great camping trip, and the trek to the depths of the Grand Canyon which was the culmination of many years' desire on my part and was the last place I pledged taking zapppop to (and which kicked off a half-year coda as re-boyfriends which, though it ended poorly, made the 2nd half of my year quite fulfilling) - plus had a goodly amount of fun with friends of all stripes all year long.

Much as I think it's silly to measure such a fluid thing as time with the arbitrary slice of calendar year, the last 12 months were on the whole quite good. I hope that can be said of any 12-month period (heheh, less likely guaranteed if we slice it up by, say, 3 months' worth).


2008 is, by contrast, not looking good - at least to start. I'm switching jobs and not happy about it. I'm suddenly single again, and not happy about it. The situation with my condo and my mom is still naggingly fluid and unresolved. Then there's that dead of winter thing which I never really like.

But I trust the new year will, once it's done, provide another 12 month's average of good times and peaceful heart.


My best wishes for the coming year to all ye swankers on ze LoT. :cheers: :cheers:


:iSm:

Suckfest 2007 can draw to a close with fervent rapidity in my opinion. A year mired in crushing heartache, unpleasant surprises, half and mis-truths, pain (intentionally inflicted and otherwise), realizations of massive misconceptions and naivety on my part, resulting divisions (some imaginary, some not), career dissatisfaction, eye-opening awareness of a plethora of taradiddles that called to question years of pleasant comfortable certainties, panicked evacuations, subsequent fears, and ashy unpleasantness have made for an emotional wreckage that could have broken me completely in two.

Though discoveries of a Columbus nature in late Q407 have set my Santa Maria on a course that perhaps will someday give me pause in my aforementioned judgment. With a perspective that time alone can grace, perhaps 2007 will be viewed by future NirvanaMan as a year of great change and fortune. Perhaps a course correction was in fact necessary on several levels. Perhaps the career that lacks passion will lead to rewards richer than the treasures obvious of the new land. Perhaps a journey away from the tepid lakes and rivers of monotony towards the oceans deep will prove valuable in the monotony and comfort they vanquish. Perhaps I will learn that temporary pain and shock beats a lifetime lived in the dark. Perhaps enlightenment, personal salvation, and true happiness requires real communication between captains and crew alike. Perhaps I will have realized that the reward of occasional hedonistic indulgences should not be tainted with the disease of feigned moralities and judgment of the moment and convenience. Perhaps 2007 was in fact a good year after all.

Or maybe, just maybe, I will simply continue to enjoy fine b00bies and tacos and a spot of cognac and never give this a second thought.

Sounds like a porn convention. Who'd want that to end?

Will it be followed by Blowfest 2008? :evil:

Amen, amen, I say to you!

"Life," as Chaplin once said in an interview taken a year or two before his death at 85, "is marvelous."

Well, his life was marvelous, but I will mourn its passing just as much as he when my last days come. I only hope I am as old.

2007 was not a great year in many ways but it was a year of a few good decisions and I have made precious few in my life. It seems when life required me to turn left, I would turn right. And when life required me to turn right, I would pass out at the wheel like Crispen Glover in River's Edge.
But at least Crispen had that cool yarn hat. Life never gave me a hat that good.

When I reached the dreaded cardinal number that is the product of ten and four, I devised my own five year plan. I am pleased to say I am chugging ahead quite nicely. Slow and steady, as they say.

Though I have stopped all creative endenvours, maybe for good, I am at last on the right path. By the time I hit the mid-way mark I want to be Oregon, with a full teaching degree and in a house that I own with a dog and a rooster. Either that or a found bag of mafia money.

2007, as crummy as it was, was the first baby step.

You want to teach in Oregon? Don't teach in Portland, or you'll be authoring next year's "I for one will be glad..." thread.

Hehehehe ... Idon'tgetit.

For the most part 2007 sucked - mostly because I was hoping to die in a horrible plane crash on the way back from Walt Disney World. I guess we don't get everything we ask for...

Still haven't found my soul yet. Not really missing it too much and I'm adjusting well I think.

Good things -

- Awesome 10 day trip to Walt Disney World
- Awesome trip to Sequoia
- Bacon on Sequoia Trip
- Mutaytor
- Great Birthday at Goofy's Kitchen
- Gamble House Swanking
- All the babies

You know, Bornieo, that's a damn fine list of positives you have there. I'd have been a happy girl to achieve half of that list, excepting the fiery plane crash, of course.

Well, get thyself some corporate sponsorship if you are inclined to teach in the Big City, that's all I'm saying. Portland considers pencils a luxury. However, they are sales tax free!:snap:

Sh.t, that must've been some mind-blowing bacon!

No, he said he wants to BE Oregon. I applaud his ambition to become an actual state!

Someone pass Tref some bacon!

If you do become Oregon can you get everybody to start saying "Aloha" correctly? (Yes, I know the reasons why it is probably pronounced the way it is but it is still a minor annoyance.)

Portland likes to buy $20,000 pizza cutters for their school cafeterias after spending $200,000 on a consulting firm that told them to just use the $4.00 kind from KMart.....no money left for pencils after all that.

Thankfully my son is not in the Portland district(even though we live in Portland). He is in the Parkrose school dist.....when this area was incorporated into Portland 30 some years ago they retained their own School district--we just share Portland's fire, bus, police, and library system:)

I have reletives who live in that town.

True story: About fifteen years ago my best friend set me up with a friend of his wife. We went on a double date with them and had a good time so I asked her out again. After our second date I took her home and we shared a kiss at her door(she was little younger then me and still lived with her parents).

Next day my Mom calls me and asked about my date with Rene. Told her it went great and that I hoped to go out with her again real soon.....then it occured to me that I never told my mom her name....that's when she told me Rene was my second cousin.

There was no third date.......:eek:

Second cousin is legal, isn't it?

Yes, but it would be too weird

I, for one, will be glad to see some back end in year 2008.

rofl

Stop by sometime.


Or, how about this back end (not me, but not for the squeamish):

Owwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!

It's both legal and perfectly safe(making baby wise)......

But like Kevy says, a little too weird for my sensibilities.....and I imagine hers too.

But mother and daughter is totally hot.

You (and another who shall remain nameless unless he chooses to agree with you here) are SO wrong. WRONG!


However, if a brother and sister are locked away in the attic by their evil grandmother and emerge from puberty with a strong desire to sex each other up, that is totally hot. Thanks for all hot incest stories, V.C. Andrews!

Now you are the sick one.

Because I love sophisticated literature - beautiful stories about beautiful real people in very tragic (but still very realistic) situations? Are you some kind of book burning troglodyte!?

That besides, I prefer to think of myself as a "Regular Basis Sicko," thank you very much.

Sick.

Pot / Kettle!

Twins over mom/daughter. But I don't get the whole incest thing. Bleh. I think I threw up a little in my mouth.

So that's where you keep it.


Mom/daughter = hot
Bro/sis = unimaginably wrong.
Female twins or sisters (they don't HAVE to be twins) = hot

Why the difference? It's the male/female vs. female/female thing.

So where does that leave Father/son or brothers? Well, there is no such thing as male/male sex that turns me on, so I'm no judge of that.

Wait, what thread is this?

It's the thread about back ends. Or something.

It makes you throw up, but you have a preference. Hmmmm.

I think we can all agree: Hot chick on (non-related) hot chick: ALWAYS good.

If you disagree, then you are wrong.

Got it.

If you can make a mutant incest baby (bro/sis or mom/son or dad/daughter) or a sodomy baby [Thank you, Eric Powell!!!] (bro/bro or dad/son) = gross / unimaginably wrong, etc.

If you can rub two muffs together (sis/sis or mom/daughter) - hot. Because while those pairings result in tingly sensations (followed by post-traumatic awkwardness once the alcohol wears off), there are no It's Alive! babies, or meatsicle sword fights.

Yeah. Got it.

While the "authoritarian" thing can be fun... not when it involves one's own mother. So yes. Sister over mother. :p

Speaking as a gay man... Brother-cest is hot. (just not with mine. Ewww...) Father/Son.... NOT (Although there are guys who are in to that).

I know I'm happy to have less back end at the back end of 2007 than I did in 2006. :D

Good. Glad we got that cleared up :D

Truer words have never been spoken.

Paul Riser in an episode of Mad About You when asked why guys like lesbian porn:

"Because I agree with both of them."