2013 - how was it for you?
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Soldato
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2012 was beset with money issues, boiler going, lost 2 computers, 1 monitor + other electrical appliances. 2013 was a more stable year, achieved a lifetime achievement of meeting my German penfriend of 7.5 years who I originally met in vanilla WoW.
Bit early for one of these threads, why not have it at 23:59:59 on December 31st? /#quicktrigger.... 
Anyway, 2013 has essentially been a bore, if anything kinda crappy, 2014 should be far more interesting, if not for the Referendum, but for the many thousands of Eastern Europeans piling into our cities, should be fun.
Anyway, 2013 has essentially been a bore, if anything kinda crappy, 2014 should be far more interesting, if not for the Referendum, but for the many thousands of Eastern Europeans piling into our cities, should be fun.
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Rather enjoyed it, first year at uni so feeling a little skint but well worth it. Girlfriend is happy, love her to bits, family are happy and smiling. Download tickets for summer, this summer was brilliant, slight taster five weeks living with the girlfriend not as bad as I was expecting So all in all good 
So all in all good
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Amazing.
Left a job I had been at for 6 years, and was kind of coming to a dead end.
Moved to Canada.
Seen some amazing things and been to some amazing places.
The only thing I don't like is that we've decided to move back next year.
Left a job I had been at for 6 years, and was kind of coming to a dead end.
Moved to Canada.
Seen some amazing things and been to some amazing places.
The only thing I don't like is that we've decided to move back next year.
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Soldato
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Pros:
Graduated, got a job with great prospects, doing well for myself
Cons:
Death and love
kd
Graduated, got a job with great prospects, doing well for myself
Cons:
Death and love
kd
Soldato
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Started off great with a nice payrise, quickly followed by the birth of child no2 who took no time in absorbing said payrise and returning zero sleep since!
Became a Dad for the first time (just a couple weeks ago)
Everything else this year is irrelevant
Good stuff, must be very exciting
Soldato
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Watching my child develop into a bi-lingual speaker. Got a new job at work, better boss, more money. Rediscovered my passion for programming. Paid off my Hitachi finance for my OCUK desktop. Finally after three years. Moved from flat to house in same area for comparitively cheap money.
Was let go from my job, evicted from my late father's house due to a paperwork screw up, taken to court and forced to pay the Council's legal fees and been stuck on jobseekers for 6 months because nobody will hire me.
Didn't die though, so pretty good year I think.
Didn't die though, so pretty good year I think.
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As per thread title! I'm entitled to get away with this because we are effectively 51/52nds through 2013 and more importantly because I said so. In your post, you are allowed unlimited pros and only a couple of negatives, if you must, because I can't stand whiners and again, it'd my thread, hurrr!
Was a decent but relatively uneventful year for me, no big life changes. Became more competent at work, had a huge rise and fall in terms of fitness, had lots of good times and have lived in two houses with good friends. Not bad, although not one to look back on with misty eyes perhaps!
How was your year?
****ing **** year for me
Bad year to be honest..
Lost my Job, Lost my long term girlfriend, Waiting on test results for cancer again
Good bits though.. Found a lovely new girl, Had 3 months working away was some fun to be had, Finally got cleared for testicular cancer now.
All in all though im not dead.. So why complain eh
Seeing this thread next year id love to see what iv managed to knock off my bad list and replace it with good news. Fingers crossed for 2014 eh
Lost my Job, Lost my long term girlfriend, Waiting on test results for cancer again
Good bits though.. Found a lovely new girl, Had 3 months working away was some fun to be had, Finally got cleared for testicular cancer now.
All in all though im not dead.. So why complain eh
Seeing this thread next year id love to see what iv managed to knock off my bad list and replace it with good news. Fingers crossed for 2014 eh
Bit of a mixed year for myself.
Split up with the gf at the start of the year and pretty much swore myself off of women for the whole year. Had a lot of free time due to resitting two uni modules so I rode my bicycle a lot, earned a reasonable amount of cash and thus have purchased lots of nice things lately and enjoyed 3 holidays. Finally passed the two modules and got onto my final year although still with a small amount of squeaky bum time.
Currently back at Uni, working harder than before and think I'm getting where I need to be. Smartening myself up and just generally trying harder.
Really hope 2014 is going to be a good one!
Split up with the gf at the start of the year and pretty much swore myself off of women for the whole year. Had a lot of free time due to resitting two uni modules so I rode my bicycle a lot, earned a reasonable amount of cash and thus have purchased lots of nice things lately and enjoyed 3 holidays. Finally passed the two modules and got onto my final year although still with a small amount of squeaky bum time.
Currently back at Uni, working harder than before and think I'm getting where I need to be. Smartening myself up and just generally trying harder.
Really hope 2014 is going to be a good one!
Polished off my second year of university quite well, got to quite a good place physically. Worked hard over summer and earned some money. Started 3rd year of uni, project is going okay, found a bit of motivation for the first time in my life. Finished off a tonne of coursework before christmas, and just got home for christmas break. So all in all not too bad.
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A great year because the show is about a high school kid who’s also a powerful vampire. The world in Strike the Blood is a world of magic and demons. They don’t live in secret though, so that’s pretty interesting. The main characters all live on a man-made island crafted by the government to contain and research these demon creatures.
The show has some really nice colors and an attractive art style to boot. The music is pretty pleasant as well. I was surprised with the first episode of this show – it was definitely better than expected. It’s interesting on its own but it also reveals just enough mystery to keep you guessing and curious about what’s to come. It seems very well done and I’m looking forward to seeing more and figuring out what’s going on.
The opening sequence to this episode was a huge surprise. I thought the show looked cool just from the animation but then I was just like, what? I was under the impression that this was just a normal high school type anime, but I was very wrong it seems. Anyway, the show has spirit warriors and youmu. The spirit warriors are responsible for containing and defeating youmu, but the main spirit warrior girl is having issues with hunting and battling them.
The main character is half youmu and as a result, he is immortal. The other main character is the last of a spirit warrior clan with the ability to control blood and form it into weapons. The show is pretty entertaining and the interactions between the two main characters are often hilarious. I feel like Strike the Blood piqued my initial interests more, but since this show was funnier, I imagine I’ll be more entertained with it as the show progresses.
The story centers on two girls from an idol group, similar to AKB48. These two members end up getting involved in a pro wrestling league for women. So basically the show is filled with busty girls in revealing bikinis rolling around in a ring together. The main girl ends up converting to an idol to being a full-time pro wrestler in order to beat the girl who humiliated her and her idols friends.
Do not, I repeat – do not watch this show with anyone you would be embarrassed around. The gratuitous shots and noises are abundantly frequent in this show. It’s ridiculous and the story just seems like an excuse to have these pro wrestling girls wiggle their ample jigglies about.
This is a very colorful show with a striking style that immediately stands out. It’s magnificent. The show is about a handful of guys in a glasses club. They are very passionate about glasses and are striving to create a genuine pair of x-ray glasses (in the first episode at least). The things they do don’t sound that exciting when described, but the animation style and the timing of everything really makes this show stand out.
You really have to see this show to fully experience it. The trailer does not do it justice at all. I haven’t seen a show quite like this in a long time. It’s incredibly unique and highly stylized. I can’t remember the last time I laughed so much during an anime. I really like all the transitions and visual representations that occur during the show. I’m not really sure where the story is going to go here, but it’s so funny that I don’t really care.
This show takes place in a MMO, kind of like Sword Art Online I guess. Actually, yeah – it’s a lot like that since the characters in the game are stuck there and unable to log out. A small party is formed and the characters try and figure out what’s going on.
The show is a little silly and kind of funny, but I didn’t find myself caring much about what was going on in the show. See Koichi’s thoughts down below for more details. This show just didn’t stick out to me at all.
A bunch of people are stuck inside of an MMORPG. That’s like every WoW players’ dream, right? And, before you say “omg, this is just Sword Art Online” let me stop you there… Okay, fine, the basic premise is the same, and I have no idea where the story is going to go after the first episode, but I can say there’s definitely a difference.
SAO was about relationships and romance. Log Horizon seems to be more about action. If you loved SAO you may or may not like Log Horizon. If you didn’t like SAO you might like Log Horizon a lot more. The world in this one feels a lot more mysterious and has a lot more potential for exploration which makes it more interesting to me, though just barely not enough to keep me watching.
The show has some really nice colors and an attractive art style to boot. The music is pretty pleasant as well. I was surprised with the first episode of this show – it was definitely better than expected. It’s interesting on its own but it also reveals just enough mystery to keep you guessing and curious about what’s to come. It seems very well done and I’m looking forward to seeing more and figuring out what’s going on.
The opening sequence to this episode was a huge surprise. I thought the show looked cool just from the animation but then I was just like, what? I was under the impression that this was just a normal high school type anime, but I was very wrong it seems. Anyway, the show has spirit warriors and youmu. The spirit warriors are responsible for containing and defeating youmu, but the main spirit warrior girl is having issues with hunting and battling them.
The main character is half youmu and as a result, he is immortal. The other main character is the last of a spirit warrior clan with the ability to control blood and form it into weapons. The show is pretty entertaining and the interactions between the two main characters are often hilarious. I feel like Strike the Blood piqued my initial interests more, but since this show was funnier, I imagine I’ll be more entertained with it as the show progresses.
The story centers on two girls from an idol group, similar to AKB48. These two members end up getting involved in a pro wrestling league for women. So basically the show is filled with busty girls in revealing bikinis rolling around in a ring together. The main girl ends up converting to an idol to being a full-time pro wrestler in order to beat the girl who humiliated her and her idols friends.
Do not, I repeat – do not watch this show with anyone you would be embarrassed around. The gratuitous shots and noises are abundantly frequent in this show. It’s ridiculous and the story just seems like an excuse to have these pro wrestling girls wiggle their ample jigglies about.
This is a very colorful show with a striking style that immediately stands out. It’s magnificent. The show is about a handful of guys in a glasses club. They are very passionate about glasses and are striving to create a genuine pair of x-ray glasses (in the first episode at least). The things they do don’t sound that exciting when described, but the animation style and the timing of everything really makes this show stand out.
You really have to see this show to fully experience it. The trailer does not do it justice at all. I haven’t seen a show quite like this in a long time. It’s incredibly unique and highly stylized. I can’t remember the last time I laughed so much during an anime. I really like all the transitions and visual representations that occur during the show. I’m not really sure where the story is going to go here, but it’s so funny that I don’t really care.
This show takes place in a MMO, kind of like Sword Art Online I guess. Actually, yeah – it’s a lot like that since the characters in the game are stuck there and unable to log out. A small party is formed and the characters try and figure out what’s going on.
The show is a little silly and kind of funny, but I didn’t find myself caring much about what was going on in the show. See Koichi’s thoughts down below for more details. This show just didn’t stick out to me at all.
A bunch of people are stuck inside of an MMORPG. That’s like every WoW players’ dream, right? And, before you say “omg, this is just Sword Art Online” let me stop you there… Okay, fine, the basic premise is the same, and I have no idea where the story is going to go after the first episode, but I can say there’s definitely a difference.
SAO was about relationships and romance. Log Horizon seems to be more about action. If you loved SAO you may or may not like Log Horizon. If you didn’t like SAO you might like Log Horizon a lot more. The world in this one feels a lot more mysterious and has a lot more potential for exploration which makes it more interesting to me, though just barely not enough to keep me watching.