2011: yay, nay, or gay?

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

I think this will be the 4th year in a row I've done since being here on EB.

How was your year.

This might be the first time that this might actually be a yay year.  I was genuinely surprised.

[MrAngryFace]

By most traditional metrics o life measurement I really have no room to complain. I get what I want when I want and all I need to do is not fuck around at work. Life is grand even tho I bitch a lot.

[ManaByte]

Started nay ended yay.

[Diunx]

yay, got a job passed calculus it was aight

[Phoenix Dark]

Definitely a yay 

[demi]

YAY, got a nice job - that's about it really.

[Shaka Khan]

It started out catastrophically nay, thanks to a gay 2010, but now it's slightly leaning towards the yay kind of gay.

[Joe Molotov]

2011 was a rebuilding year for the Joe Molotov franchise.

[cool breeze]

First half was really great.  Best time in years.  Hectic and stressful, but fun.  Second half started out with some odd health concerns.  It was still good, just a drop from the first half.  Overall 2011 was good.

The entire year went by so fast.  I can barely remember what happened in September, October, and November.

[Phoenix Dark]

I have a feeling 2012 will be bad though. Won't be herp derp end of the world Mayan bad, but bleh. My grandma's cancer came back, so we've been dealing with that. She's doing quite well but I just have a bad feeling about next year. Just hits me with a ton of bricks knowing I might not have any grandparents soon

[BobFromPikeCreek]

Half yay, half nay. More nay than yay I suppose.

[Human Snorenado]

Started gay, went to yay and now is nay.  A full spectrum!

[Trent Dole]

Wife votes 'Gay'.

[Mr. Gundam]

2011 was yay for me. 2012 should be yay with a bit of nay thrown in when Lil' Gundam does not let us sleep.

Two more months of freedom.

[Beezy]

eh...

Half yay, half nay. More nay than yay I suppose.

or this

[Flannel Boy]

Nay for the 16th year in a row. 

[BobFromPikeCreek]

Last year was the first yay in a loooong time. Hoping 2012 is more yayful.

[Phoenix Dark]

Nay for the 16th year in a row. 

The human equalivant of the 08 Detroit Lions  :'(

[chronovore]

It's been a YAY year. It started off NAY, as I'm pretty sure this is the year of My Big Middle Age Crisis. Somehow it got turned around into a Middle Age Opportunity, by an even bigger "crisis." It turns out most crises are opportunities when viewed from the proper angle.

2012 is going to be very challenging, but it will also be the year I get to do a job I'm even better at than the one I've been doing for years.

[pilonv1]

Started off totally nay gay. Then became just nay and stayed there until now. 2012 needs to be yay

[Himu]

This year sucked for me. Nay.

[Reb]

All my years are good.

Got a better paying job once again, bought a big house and to top it off, I discovered wittle baby fishies in my fish tank yesterday.

[Shaka Khan]

I can't describe how much I hate you every time this thread is made, Rebiak.

I hope those little fishies die.

[Reb]

Link me to the threads of previous years so I can relive the glory.

[Cerveza mas fina]

I had loads of sex in 2011.

2012 more of it.

[Shaka Khan]

Link me to the threads of previous years so I can relive the glory.

Last year's.

[Reb]

2009

2010

[Cerveza mas fina]

Arent you afraid the house prices will drop even further Rebiak?

[Shaka Khan]

2009

2010

Not only was it the worst year of my life, it but it was extremely terrible for the rest of the family. 2011 is definitely gonna be better, there is literally no way but up for us.

Edit: Unless I die, of course. Definitely the only possible way down.

Well I didn't die, so I guess it's a yay.

[Reb]

Arent you afraid the house prices will drop even further Rebiak?

Not really, I bought a house big enough to raise 3 children in, in a place I'm content living the rest of my life.
Also, I financed in a way that allows me to pay for it with half of my current pay, leaving me room to switch careers.

So basically, if the house prices, my career or my relationship goes to shit (or all of them at once), I'm still covered.

[Barry Egan]

Nay.  1000 times nay.

[Tucah]

Overall, 2011 was mostly yay. Graduated college, got a real job and started to get my future on track, although I went through a bunch of personal shit (but it's all fine now so the year was still pretty good).

[Cerveza mas fina]

Not really, I bought a house big enough to raise 3 children in, in a place I'm content living the rest of my life.
Also, I financed in a way that allows me to pay for it with half of my current pay, leaving me room to switch careers.

So basically, if the house prices, my career or my relationship goes to shit (or all of them at once), I'm still covered.

Very solid and dutch of you, maybe even old school dutch. One of the thing I admire the most about the low countries is the non flashyness of it all.

low lights include the earthquake, quitting booze, and a miscarriage

Damn. I had a dude threatening to kill me, but that was kind of my own doing.

[Reb]

Below sea level.

[Cerveza mas fina]

You didnt know this Borys?

[Cerveza mas fina]

Also:

Nether-lands

[cool breeze]

I already can't remember anything from 2010.  That's not a joke.  I've developed serious memory problems.

I'm hoping in 2011 will be as swift as 2010.  Here's hoping 2012 lives up to the hype.

you stupid fucking asshole

[Mr. Gundam]

I thought low as in low income, sorry.

Have you ever been to the Netherlands? 

[Madrun Badrun]

yay pretty much the whole time

[Himu]

Gives me hope for the future, biz. Been down on my luck, lately.

[Steve Youngblood]

Well, my wife became pregnant in January of this year, and since we hadn't planned on having a kid yet, it started out as a 'nay'. However, time went on, we came around to the idea, and our son was born, and not only is fatherhood not as awful as I initially dreaded, but I'd go so far as to say that I enjoy it. So, we'll call it a 'yay'.

[Himu]

I have a broken down vehicle in one of the biggest metropolitan cities in the country that utterly relies on vehicular transportation. I've been trying to get a professional full time job, but no avail and it has me utterly broken. Especially since my car is so unreliable, and I have to rely upon to get anywhere to appease potential employers. No reliable car, less opportunity for a job, but without a better job I can't get a better car. Meanwhile college loans are piling up and I have to work at a fucking grocery store just to help my mom out, while my dad travels around working his ass off while he has goddamn cancer.

2011 sucked.

[Himu]

Sounds like you need the promise of discipline, adventure, and steady pay checks twice a month. 

I told myself if I didn't have  a steady job by 2012 I would join the navy but I don't think they'll take me. I'm still overweight.

[Himu]

Well, my wife became pregnant in January of this year, and since we hadn't planned on having a kid yet, it started out as a 'nay'. However, time went on, we came around to the idea, and our son was born, and not only is fatherhood not as awful as I initially dreaded, but I'd go so far as to say that I enjoy it. So, we'll call it a 'yay'.

How long have you been married and what's it like being a father?

[Steve Youngblood]

How long have you been married and what's it like being a father?

Been married for... 17 months now. We've been together for closing in on five years now, and known each other longer than that.

Parenthood is an interesting change that I had thought was a few years away. It's certainly... something. It's not all sunshine and roses. The first month to month and a half -- while still rewarding -- lead to many days of walking about feeling like a zombie given the inexperience and anxiety of dealing with a baby that is completely reliant on you and also has no concept of your sleep schedule.

But, eventually you simultaneously get used to less sleep while the baby starts to develop something of a routine. And you forget that changing diapers once disgusted you, and the child starts to show signs of being a real human being with emotions other than incessant crying. It all comes together and starts to feel incredibly rewarding.

The obvious downside is that more responsibility means less time to do whatever you want. But, it's all worth it. Why that is can only be articulated poorly, but it is.

[Shadow Mod]

Last couple weeks have been surreal as fuck.

[Shadow Mod]

how so?

Finally got the nerve to end my long term relationship, now I'm talking with someone who's been trolling me on GAF for months. It's fucking strange.

[Himu]

boogie?

[Shadow Mod]

boogie?

timedog.

[pilonv1]

back at work today, and events have confirmed this is a total nay

[BobFromPikeCreek]

after further consideration, fuck even pretending. this year was a naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyy

[ZephyrFate]

the faggiest fucking year ever

[Shaka Khan]

I smell breakups and lots of drama.

[ZephyrFate]

the faggiest fucking year ever

Isn't that a yay for you?

no I mean it in the homophobic sense

[naff]

Fairly nay :'( Dad died, I dropped out of uni ('taking a break'), working in a kitchen, relatively poor compared to previous years working in IT though kitchen work is mindless and easy as well as physically tiring which is satisfying, a weird ongoing health issue with worrying symptoms (esophageal varices) and a yet to be solved mystery cause  which has forced me to stop drinking (too much  ) and my doctor also wants me to stop smoking and drinking coffee  my life without such vices is a little hard to comprehend. Got 2 months worth of nicotine patches I'm going to try after the New Year and I've finished my current pouch and am down to 2 coffees a day while working and 1 or none when I'm not. Still have the odd beer but haven't been drunk for a month or more.

On the upside lifes fairly easy, I've got a supportive partner and enough quality vidja backlogged to last till the apocalypse. I'm kind of looking forward to 2012 as a bum year filled with doing whatever!! Booked in for a holiday north of Auckland which will be HOT and full of golden sandy beaches.

[Eric P]

By most traditional metrics o life measurement I really have no room to complain. I get what I want when I want and all I need to do is not fuck around at work. Life is grand even tho I bitch a lot.

this, pretty much.

[naff]

Thanks Business. I plan on continuing IT but it's hard to find a good job and I'd already had three years experience working front of house and was interested in getting something in hospitality again but didn't want to deal with stupid customers anymore so I'm trying out kitchen life. Pay cut definitely sucks, but there's nothing quite like good, physical, fun work. Hope 2012 is smoother for you now you've found a career you enjoy, I toyed with the idea of trying officers training a few years back because they pay your way through uni if you get through, but I'm too lazy.

[chronovore]

Thanks Business. I plan on continuing IT but it's hard to find a good job and I'd already had three years experience working front of house and was interested in getting something in hospitality again but didn't want to deal with stupid customers anymore so I'm trying out kitchen life. Pay cut definitely sucks, but there's nothing quite like good, physical, fun work. Hope 2012 is smoother for you now you've found a career you enjoy, I toyed with the idea of trying officers training a few years back because they pay your way through uni if you get through, but I'm too lazy.

There have been a number of TV specials in Japan about salarymen who were laid off after the Japanese economic bubble burst. Some of them left the city to become farmers; apparently Japan's countryside has become tremendously depopulated due to young people moving to the cities, and the government has some kind of program which pays people who are willing to relocate to the "inaka" (rural areas).

What I noticed is that the photos they'd show of the salarymen working in the office were these pale, meek, stolid looking guys, and then they'd cut to these same guys in the present-day. They're thinner, skin like raisins, commonly missing a couple teeth which I'd consider necessary to my continued self-esteem... but their whole aspect is healthier, and they are full of (gap-toothed) smiles, nearly constantly. These guys are getting up at 04:30~05:00 every day, and busting their ass, but they look like they're going to outlive their co-workers who are still in the office.

The job I just left, I'd seen several people have nervous breakdowns, and many more times their number quit the company to "go somewhere better" which actually turned out to be the same or worse.

[CajoleJuice]

gay

so much homo

[T234]

Not really, I bought a house big enough to raise 3 children in, in a place I'm content living the rest of my life.
Also, I financed in a way that allows me to pay for it with half of my current pay, leaving me room to switch careers.

So basically, if the house prices, my career or my relationship goes to shit (or all of them at once), I'm still covered.

Very solid and dutch of you, maybe even old school dutch. One of the thing I admire the most about the low countries is the non flashyness of it all.

low lights include the earthquake, quitting booze, and a miscarriage

Damn. I had a dude threatening to kill me, but that was kind of my own doing.

Pshh. I've had so many guns pointed at me that I'm more disturbed when I stub my toe then when somebody threatens me.

Dcharlie, damn. If ever you should find yourself in America, lemme know, I'll get ya faded proper!

And this year blew hard, fucking cheap electronic ballasts that catch fire real easily, and moldy mid-fall rains suck dick.

By the end of next summer, things should be fucking EXCELLENT.