WHAT DID YOU DO THIS YEAR?


So it dawned on me that we don't focus enough on our yearly achievements, and that to make a list of things we have gained/completed or achieved for this year would be a good upper and motivator for all.

This is what I did this year.

• Came home to all of my excellent friends and ate lots of candy!
• Moved into a big house in a beautiful suburb with and awesome housemate and finally got my own room!
• Stopped smoking weed regularly.
• Got a job at a company I have always wanted to work for and kept it past the probationary period! (my first time)
• Started SSFD back up, we wrote our best songs yet and began getting gigs
• Bought a laptop after years of wanton desire!
• Got access to the internet after years of wild desire!
• Bought a home studio, keyboards, mics etc.
• Persevered Jeff
• Made a WMWM website
• Studied under Rev.Ivan Stang
• Learnt to use programs like Ableton, and Reason.
• Got a decent haircut
• Threw (with the help of many) a successful Halloween party. (Not our best but successful nonetheless)
• Took Acid for the first time, saw the glitch the codes and the matrix, a very heavy trip.
• Went to loads of gigs. Incl. 360, Slightly Stoopid, The Porkers, Sebastian Bach, The Zoobombs!!!!, The Rolling Stones, We Love Sounds, (What was the one with Cut chemist and Mixcrapster Mike?), Saturate, Faster Cooler Pleasure Show.
• Met Hal and got extremely drug fucked for a good two months in classy (and not so classy) venues. Fun.
• Fixed my Mesa Boogie head
• Bought roller skates
• Broke my ankle on my birthday
• Had wild illicit sex with some gorgeous women
• Started a poker club/regular poker games
• the bit about the sex was a lie
• Except for the Bosnian..
  
• My mum got a boyfriend (blood achievement)
• Played Tennis with Dennis
• Ran a Market Stall and sold what shirts we could. (Now I'm left with dud sizes that I need to flog off on ebay)
• Bought a big TV and a Dreamcast and built a collection of games.
• Got a Credit Card
• Created alter ego Ivan Rencourt
• Bought a bunch of books on Amazon
• Updated heaps of my blog
• Gained non fat weight and lost Anemic status.
• Washed dishes
• Sung Reggaeton for the skanks in K-Town
• Phone Wars with Jeff (I have to admit my loss)
  

So not a wasted year then! 2006 has been the year of material posessions!

Its amazing how much we really do do when we sit down to think about it! I feel better already.

Wow that "So not a wasted year then! Its amazing how much we really do blah blah blah" line sounded like some cheesy Team Leader motivational statement. Im sorry about that. ..

Oh and the Soccer! Oh the Soccer. Not an achievement but an excellent part of the year.



Plans For Next year :

Record an SSFD E.P
Make a 5 track Mesa Cosa Demo
Visit my family more often
Spend more family time
Get a better job
Buy a Strat
Make a good SSFD and WMWM website
Continue electronic music venture with Austin
Find (or be found by) a girlfriend
Read More
Read my grandfathers book
Call mexico once a week
Sort out studies or travel.
DJ MORE.
Learn to play piano, read music, play guitar better.
Melbourne.
Pay Silvia her money!