How was 2004 for you?

[Wain]

@Speel

I didn't know you were a vocalist!  What's your tessitura? (tenor, Baritone, counter-tenor, etc...)??


Let's see...
Good things this year ummmm.....Got out of horrific apartment with terribly annoying drunkard roommates, moved into nice place w/ boyfriend.

I'm the only person in my school to get through all music theory and musicianship classes with straight A's

I've had more than enough singing jobs and people are starting to know me around the area.

...bad stuff:  I spent six months living with horrific drunkard roommates in a disgusting apartment...

Music theory has sucked all time away from everything else in life...

Almost all of the work I've had has been singing Italin art songs...I hate singing in Italian.


There, that about sums it up.  :-D

[Bobsonsirjonny]

2004 was mostly {bleep}ing {bleep}. There were some good moments. But on the whole it was {bleep}ing {bleep}. In fact I'm writing off the last 6 years as {bleep}ing {bleep}.

2005 will be the year :-D I mean I just met Jo.. I hit 25 this Tuesday.. stuff apparently sorts itself out when you hit 25. Im down to my fighting weight 231lbs when I was 330lbs. Ive gone self employed - earning {bleep} all at the moment but it will pick up.

Also speaking to Jo's grandmother who is in her late 70's, and of German birth it kinda puts things into perspective. She has had some of the most abhorant and truely disgusting things done to her, by german, british, american and russian soldiers - yet she has an amazing outlook on life.

[PMC]

@Wain,

Some of my favorite people in the world have been drunkards! I wish you a very prosperous and peaceful 2005.

@Cecilia,

As I said, I sincerely hope your 2005 proves you wrong, you've been a most entertaining poster here and I never tire of reading what you have to say.

A.org would be a much poorer place without you.

[T_Bone]

Bobsonsirjonny wrote:
2004 was mostly {bleep}ing {bleep}. There were some good moments. But on the whole it was {bleep}ing {bleep}. In fact I'm writing off the last 6 years as {bleep}ing {bleep}.

Me too! The last 6 years sucked! 6 years exactly!

Something happened to the universe 6 years ago, and this branch of existance we currently expierence as "reality" is the WRONG one. The correct "right" universe is located on a tangent that branched off from a series of events sometime around February 1998 and exists parallel to this false reality that has befallen us.

Current hardships can be brushed off as unimportant seeing as they are happening in the wrong universe, and therefore arn't "real."

Well, this theory has gotten me through the past 6 crappy years anyway. ;-)
(now we just have to figure out how to leave this fake reality for the real one existing somewhere parallel to us, any ideas? :-))

Who needs antidepressants when you've got theoretical physics?
(or would this be better described as "Denial?")

[Cyberus]

smithy wrote:
This thread is all about your year.

We're reaching the end of of 2004.  A new year is usually the time that people stop and reflect upon their lives, review the past year, decide what went well and what didn't, and make plans about the shape of their lives over the next year.

So I'd thought it be a nice idea if we all shared our year!

Thanks for asking this question.

My one word answer would be, 'Crap'.
My financial situation has worsened, along with my state of mind, I've suffered as a result of illness and death in my family. I've struggled to find my 'way'....

But on Christmas day I cried, and took a good hard look at my life. Despite the fact that I have two university degrees, I have been unable to find a decent job. I have decided to abandon my pursuit of money (I still have a lot of debt from university and haven't felt like I've had a 'home' in years) and concentrate on my dreams....

I've wanted to be a writer for years and I am going to pursue that wholeheartedly. To do some high-powered job might bring me nice clothes, a nice car and other material trappings, but I believe my destiny, if there is such a thing, is to write.

I should be going to France in February on a work placement, and I'll see how that goes. If not, I'll scrape the money together to travel, as I'm truly happy when I'm travelling, and I find it hard to be happy at any other time.
I've got friends in Poland, Lithuania and Estonia that I could visit. I have always dreamed of seeing the USA. I'd love to see Sarajevo as well. I'd like to return to Berlin and maybe spend a bit of time in Paris. I learned Russian at university, so I could always go to Russia for the hell of it. I find the joy of exploring new cultures takes my mind off everything else...

Oh, the other thing, is I want to just say {bleep} it and get off my arse and do some of things I love...
I'd like to have singing lessons, learn to dance properly (possibly Salsa if I can persuade one of the girls I know to come with me , and all manner of other things I can't think of right now.

I hope all of you have a wonderful 2005.

[Speelgoedmannetje]

Wain wrote:
@Speel

I didn't know you were a vocalist!  What's your tessitura? (tenor, Baritone, counter-tenor, etc...)??

Bass, and probably I can do tenor (or even counter-tenor) too :crazy:
But I'm just beginning, began this year actually :-)

I'm the only person in my school to get through all music theory and musicianship classes with straight A's

I've had more than enough singing jobs and people are starting to know me around the area.

Congrats!! :pint: :pint: :pint:

Almost all of the work I've had has been singing Italin art songs...I hate singing in Italian.
 

My tongue gets into a knot when trying to sing Italian :lol:

[Robert17]

I mean I just met Jo..

Hey hey :-)  I just met a great gal too, anyone else get loved up over the holiday season?

Robert

[dezignersrepublic]

2004 was a great year for me:

- I bought my first house.
- my wife is pregnant expecting our fist child (due any day between now and mid January).
- promotion at work.
- a trip to syria which was a fantastic experience and really opened my eyes (in a good way :-D ) to what's important in life.


Here's hoping that 2005 brings happiness to all!!!  :-D

[Speelgoedmannetje]

cecilia wrote:

Speelgoedmannetje wrote:
And I'm trying to become a good singer (classical)

you are certainly a genius at wearing hats!
 :-D

heh, thanks :-)

(or is it kinda a metaphor :inquisitive:)

[HopperJF]

2004 was just plain awful as was 2003, so here is to a good 2005.