Soldato
It's one of those GD threads that we get every year.
2017 and 2018 were my last decent years, with my sister getting married (I was the wedding DJ!), bits of clubbing here and there, house parties, going to Disney in Paris for my 40th. I also got poached by another department, so work was on the up as well and I'm still with them in 2023.
2019 to 2022 was a bad run, so it wasn't just lockdown-related. Lost Grandad and Dad, and upstairs/loft was gutted by flooding which was a house insurance job. Also I nearly lost my eyesight and needed 4 eye operations to restore what little sight I had left.
2023 started with bad news: although my eyesight is back to 2018 levels, the eye tissue is weakened and it's my only eye. Roller coasters was my main hobby from 2007 until the lockdowns and my surgeon advised not to go on them again because sudden head shakes have a chance of damaging my eye. So it's a risk that I can't really take, so I sold my GoPro and called it a day. The majority of 2023 has been bliss though. Clubbing was my other hobby and a lot of the 1990s franchises such as Cream, Ministry of Sound, Gatecrasher and Sundissential stepped back up this year. Trancecoda (not a 90s brand) is also a great gig to go to because of the production. So clubbing is life now, and also meeting with people that I've known from pre-COVID and connecting with them again. One weird turn in 2023 is that my ex-girlfriend from 1996 contacted my parents as she still had their landline number and their address! She said she wasn't working, just volunteered for the church and asked if I was working myself and married etc. I saw those as red flags so I didn't follow it up. All-in-all though, 2023 was superb and I already got gigs confirmed for 2024.
Best years:
2001 - the clubbing honeymoon / uni life was great
2023 - the clubbing renaissance
1995 - joined 6th form, good music (Britpop, indie and dance)
2006 - got addicted to World of Warcraft haha, got onto the property ladder
1999 - got my 1st PC, went online, best ever holiday, '99 eclipse, run up to the Millennium
Worst years:
1997 - the year where NOTHING happened. Sheer lack of content, void
2002 - graduated then was on jobseekers so no clubbing
2009 - bad run of luck with being laid off (liquidation), losing Gran and electrical appliance all giving up at the same time
2007 - bullying at work, which never got resolved and we then folded anyway (same workplace as 2009 above)
2021 - losing Dad and that final really long lockdown
2017 and 2018 were my last decent years, with my sister getting married (I was the wedding DJ!), bits of clubbing here and there, house parties, going to Disney in Paris for my 40th. I also got poached by another department, so work was on the up as well and I'm still with them in 2023.
2019 to 2022 was a bad run, so it wasn't just lockdown-related. Lost Grandad and Dad, and upstairs/loft was gutted by flooding which was a house insurance job. Also I nearly lost my eyesight and needed 4 eye operations to restore what little sight I had left.
2023 started with bad news: although my eyesight is back to 2018 levels, the eye tissue is weakened and it's my only eye. Roller coasters was my main hobby from 2007 until the lockdowns and my surgeon advised not to go on them again because sudden head shakes have a chance of damaging my eye. So it's a risk that I can't really take, so I sold my GoPro and called it a day. The majority of 2023 has been bliss though. Clubbing was my other hobby and a lot of the 1990s franchises such as Cream, Ministry of Sound, Gatecrasher and Sundissential stepped back up this year. Trancecoda (not a 90s brand) is also a great gig to go to because of the production. So clubbing is life now, and also meeting with people that I've known from pre-COVID and connecting with them again. One weird turn in 2023 is that my ex-girlfriend from 1996 contacted my parents as she still had their landline number and their address! She said she wasn't working, just volunteered for the church and asked if I was working myself and married etc. I saw those as red flags so I didn't follow it up. All-in-all though, 2023 was superb and I already got gigs confirmed for 2024.
Best years:
2001 - the clubbing honeymoon / uni life was great
2023 - the clubbing renaissance
1995 - joined 6th form, good music (Britpop, indie and dance)
2006 - got addicted to World of Warcraft haha, got onto the property ladder
1999 - got my 1st PC, went online, best ever holiday, '99 eclipse, run up to the Millennium
Worst years:
1997 - the year where NOTHING happened. Sheer lack of content, void
2002 - graduated then was on jobseekers so no clubbing
2009 - bad run of luck with being laid off (liquidation), losing Gran and electrical appliance all giving up at the same time
2007 - bullying at work, which never got resolved and we then folded anyway (same workplace as 2009 above)
2021 - losing Dad and that final really long lockdown
