Monday Morning Flashback

It’s been said before that history repeats itself. I’m going to prove that. Instead of coming up with some new, awesome content this morning, we’ll take a walk down memory lane and look back to some old-school blog posts of mine – one from each November going back as far as my blog goes. Enjoy the trip, and keep your hands and feet inside the web browser at all times. _(Oh, and don’t forget to vote for Doniree! Vote every day until Nov 6, 2009!)_

2008 – I expected this to happen, just not so quickly: Shortly after moving the suburbs, I went through a point when I felt completely disconnected from my friends. The good news is, looking back a year later, I can see I was totally over-reacting. My relationships with my city pals are just as good as they were before we moved – they’re different, don’t get me wrong, but they’re still strong. Lesson to be learned? Don’t be such a whiner.

2007 – eBay Annoyances: Actually, there were a bunch of blog posts in Nov 2007 about my new job, but I think that the eBay post is more interesting. Basically, I was going back and forth with an eBay seller who didn’t ship me some books…and decided to “out” them in my blog. This didn’t actually accomplish anything.

2006 – Gilmore Girls = downgrade: If I recall correctly, this was the beginning of the last season of Gilmore Girls…and clearly, I didn’t think it got off to a good start. And looking back three years later…I still agree. The last season of Gilmore Girls was full of fail.

2005 – I like taking pictures of things: This is not really an in-depth blog post (it’s mostly just a link to a Flickr set) but it’s an important one. It represents a trip that Carrie and I took together which ended up being the final catalyst for the two of us getting back together…which turned into getting married…and now we’re having twins.

2004 – Fine. Run away: Posted right after the 2004 Presidential election, it’s my response for everyone who was claiming they were going to move to Canada since George W. Bush had been re-elected President. Looking back, my predictions that everyone world-wide was going to be impacted when GWB started WWIII were a tad bit over-dramatic, but my core comment (which was “Don’t be such a cowardly wimp”), still stands.

2003 – Girly update: Carrie and I met in October of 2003. This post, from early November, is an “update” on how things were going. My favorite part is the last line: “I feel good about this, I think.”

2002 – Quickies: Some random update postings. I had just moved in with Sarah and Chris, and was out of work (but doing some side consulting). Also, there were a bunch of random girls I was involved with, but nothing really good. Nov 2002 was a pretty cruddy month for me.

And that’s as far back as my blog goes. Seven years worth of Novembers…and I have to say, things are sure looking up!