Dec 31 2008

2008… you motherfucker!

Published by admin at 10:51 am under Whatever

2008 wasn’t ALL bad, but it was far from great. These are the personally significant events that I can remember from the past 12 months:

  • Aunt Ronnie died.
    Ronnie was sick for a long time and her maker called on April 1. She was actually my great aunt and she was 96.
  • I met a bunch of local-ish Korean Adoptees through “Katch” by way of Facebook.
    Generally speaking I like the people I’ve met through this oddly-named organization, but I’m pretty sure that at least two of the “leaders” of the group absolutely can’t stand me! But these girls keep inviting me to shit because it is… and probably will always be… a very small operation. Hilarious!
  • My brother Pat and I took our Dad on the first annual Reliving-Our-Childhood fishing trip.
    The venue was Edgerton, WI (which will probably change in the future) and the occasion was Dad’s birthday (that part will stay the same). It was a lot of fun but we couldn’t catch a single fish that weighed more than my hairy ballsack.
  • I met Kyle Orton at a Play for Life fundraiser.
    But I chickened out on asking him to autograph my chest. 
  • I sunk like $50,000 into a car I hardly ever drive just so I can keep driving it.
    Yeah I know, I’m super smart. And it was closer to $2.000.
  • I bought an iPhone and started a mildly successful iPhone website, and then another site that I’m hoping will do just as well.
    And then another, but just for SEO reasons.
  • I had three visitors from Korea: Suzanne, Grace, and then Lee
    Lee and I got fucked up with Clayton while the Bears won on MNF. 
  • My partners and I pulled the plug on Naperthrill.com.
    I still believe the site could have made it if we had the time and money to make it happen. Unfortunately seven years of being broke and usually busy is a recipe for failure.
  • Pat got engaged to Heather.
    Are his-and-hers Bears jerseys inappropriate gifts for your brother’s wedding?
  • I went to Pat & Heather’s Halloween party dressed as an iPhone Douchebag
    And while talking to Pat during a smoke break I stopped in mid-sentence to hurl on the sidewalk. 
  • I donated any hope of getting a Christmas present to charity in accordance with family wishes.
    I really don’t mind, but it would have been nice to have been asked instead of told about the plan.
And here’s what DIDN’T happen in 2008:
  • I didn’t get laid
    But I jerked off like 20 million times 
  • I didn’t go to the gym more than four times…
    …despite paying for it month after month after month
  • I didn’t win any $$$ in any of my three fantasy football leagues
    Hmm, maybe 3 FANTASY FOOTBALL LEAGUES is why I didn’t get laid
  • I didn’t get kicked in the balls
    A little over 13 hours still remains in 2008 and I’m supposed to be “cruising for chicks” tonight with Mark (a “Katch” friend), so there’s still hope

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