best and Worst of 2008

[DaemonSeid]

Ok...the year is winding down and it was a very eventful year.

Now is a good time to reflect.

Pick a category from food to movies to anything you can think of, even personal reflections and accomplishment and list the best and worst of 2008 and what it meant to you.


Best

Movie - Dark Knight

Fun I had - finally going to Disneyworld

World Event: Obama... nuff said

Family event - the birth of my god daughter


Worst

Movie - Speed racer

Month I had - Last month dealing with a lab partner in class who refused to co operate

Decision - cutting loose a long time associate because their legal troubles kept piling up...hardest thing I had to do.

[ThetaPrincess24]

Best:

Family time: cross country road trip

Personal triumph: quitting my previous job

Decision: Planning a trip to Los Angeles & Hollywood with my friend and getting tickets to the Price Is Right (for March 2009) & joining my church.

Day: December 5th--I met Mike Huckabee, shook his hand, and got him to autograph my book & karma came back to OJ Simpson.




Worst:

Month: October/November

Day: valentine's day--I was deathly ill with the flu and had to forego my Riverdance tickets

World Event: toss up--gas prices over $4 a gallon, financial industry bail out, recession.

[DaemonSeid]

Originally Posted by ThetaPrincess24

Best:

Family time: cross country road trip

Personal triumph: quitting my previous job

Decision: Planning a trip to Los Angeles & Hollywood with my friend and getting tickets to the Price Is Right (for March 2009) & joining my church.

Day: December 5th--I met Mike Huckabee, shook his hand, and got him to autograph my book & karma came back to OJ Simpson.




Worst:

Month: October/November

Day: valentine's day--I was deathly ill with the flu and had to forego my Riverdance tickets

World Event: toss up--gas prices over $4 a gallon, financial industry bail out, recession.

Let me know when the PIR show airs so we can see you win that new car!

[nikki1920]

Best:

Family time: having my family around for another year; taking lilnikki to UNC for the first time

Personal: getting a new(er) car. Yay Jeep!!

Decision: doing what works for me, truly regardless of what others think

Day: hasn't happened yet. Any day I wake up is good for me. November 5th, President-Elect Barack Obama!!

Worst:
world event: the $4/gallon gas prices. It cost me $67 to fill up my tank in August. Yesterday it cost me $27.
Family: the death of my child's father on May 31.

Personal: the funeral services for him in June; discovering the truth about his wife

[agzg]

Best:

Decision - Moving out to Chicago.

Accomplishment - Finishing my master's degree.

Family time - Driving home for Thanksgiving.

Personal - Finding out some very exciting news about a sibling-in-law.

Worst:

Event - Not finding a job (yet!).

Days - April 1, May 11, December 15.

I might have another best to add to it come Christmas Day but I'm trying really hard not to get overly excited about it in order to be let down if what I think is going to happen doesn't happen - but I'm not teeeeeellinggggg.

[LttleMsPrEp]

Best:

Movie- Dark Knight (epic)
Decision- transferring to my current school
Day- Voting on Election Day
Event- finally getting my car

Worst:

Decision- not dropping my class when I found out how big of a douchebag my TA is.
Event- the recession/ bailout

[ThetaDancer]

Best:
Movie---Milk; Slumdog Millionaire; Rachel Getting Married
World event--- Obama!
Personal---Skydiving! And two more semesters completed toward my Master's...only 1 left!
Trip---Vancouver

Worst:
Months---September-November were just awful for me
Personal---My grandpa passed away, I had to "break up" with a best friend which was an extremely hard decision, and my (now ex) boyfriend cheated on me...all pretty much at the same time
Current event---recession