What were you doing 5 years 6 months ago, as best as you can reconstruct?
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In my first 'high school end of year' holidays. Probably writing lists on how to be cooler for 8th grade... seriously.
May 18, 2010 04:18 by mithila -
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I have no friggin' idea.
May 18, 2010 01:42 by thedigitalghost -
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I chose a picture closest to the time. I believe it is from late October of that same year. I don't know about the exact date, but I know that I had just finished my divorce settlement and was gearing up for my first "orphan thanksgiving" away from my kids. That sucked about as much as one might imagine it would. I was, however, also prepping for a snowboard trip, so that made it a little better. Actually, no....nothing could have made that any better.
May 17, 2010 21:19 by edubya -
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It's sad to say that I have no idea what I was doing at this time. I know I was a sophomore in college and had just turned 21. i was not very interested at t his time in my life.
May 17, 2010 21:02 by thebradymachine -
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I was attending a National Honors Society banquet, according to a blog I've had since 2003.
May 17, 2010 18:48 by pensandpencilsgalore -
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At school during the day; at work at night.
May 17, 2010 18:02 by leopicado -
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I was a senior in high school and dedicated to playing college football my schedule:
0540 - up to help my dad with chores
0800 - breakfast
0830 - class all day
1600 - weight lifting
1730 - plyos or running
1900 - Home or girlfriends house
2200 - lights outI kept that schedule freshman year of HS to freshman year of college (and then I burnt out and started partying really hard but we don't talk about that too much :))
*NOW WITH A PICTURE :)
May 17, 2010 17:57 by superc0w-
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:)
May 17, 2010 21:44 by discomeg2.
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This one wasn't too hard for me, given that I often think about this time in my life as being transformational. I was three months away from filing for divorce to escape an incredibly unhappy marriage that I should have ended at least 2 years before. We had been in counseling, and he declared the problems were all mine and he left. Five years and six months ago was when I finally got the courage to tell him the problems were NOT all mine, and *I* left. Best decision I ever made.
May 17, 2010 17:33 by mandy716-
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You go, girl!
May 17, 2010 17:38 by saxchik. -
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good for you
May 17, 2010 23:26 by breanna.
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I would have been a freshman in high school! ahhhh I would have been on Christmas break or close to it and I would have been spending time with my family and friends!!
May 17, 2010 16:44 by jbrowne34 -
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I was waiting for WoW to come out if it hadn't already and I had just gotten my first cell-phone.
May 17, 2010 16:00 by faith -
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Pointe Hilton Tapatio Cliffs Resort. It took me ages to figure this out (I should keep a journal of some sort). 2 of my brothers, 3 of my sisters, their S.O's, the kids that belong to them and my parents. Great little place to visit. We stayed an extra day or two because our flight was oversold and then my husband drove back to the Bay Area with our 1 and (almost) 3 year old kids and I flew to Reno to meet a friend. Good times.
May 17, 2010 15:54 by zoe -
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Living in Mobile. Teaching pottery. I think...
May 17, 2010 15:32 by scootette -
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Well I was 8 inches shorter than I am now and would've been in California for the winter break. It would've been around 3:38, so my cousins and I would be at the beach. But on a larger scale, I would be relatively young; let's just say in school I wasn't working on geometry or thesis statements or anything like that. My sister would have just moved in with us a couple months ago, and I'd be sharing a room with her which I would find annoying then, but miss later on when she moved out. I'm pretty sure the only color I wore was purple back then.
May 17, 2010 14:42 by ltperson -
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I'd been married for about 5 months and was in the depths of depression. that month was the start of 14 months of intense marital misery. so glad that's over now!!! and gladderer still that we both stuck it out.
May 17, 2010 13:43 by breanna from iphone-
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Oh, wow. It is great that you did stick it out. Obviously I can't make any assumptions about anything but it's really interesting the way relationships seem to flow and change like that.
May 17, 2010 13:56 by rabbitdan.
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The Red Sox had just won their first world series in 86 years, George Bush 2 got reelected on my 22nd birthday soon after. My drink of choice was Grey Goose Martinis and I drove a baby blue Ford Echo. I was just about to meet a jerk I would date for two years. I had two jobs and went to college full-time. I kept a comic journal. Luckily, around this time I wrote in it the most. I didn't date it, but am guessing this is around the time I got fired from Borders in Downtown Boston. Right before Christmas. I got fired for calling out sick, but I was really just hungover. Life changing stuff right here. I'll explain the divorce thing another time.
May 17, 2010 13:42 by discomeg2-
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I like the way this is paced. Have you done any bigger stories?
May 17, 2010 13:57 by rabbitdan. -
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Love it. The hands are the best, I think. And Borders is lame anyway. But I'm sure you're over it by now!
May 17, 2010 14:00 by athanie. -
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@rabbitdan: I have like 5 of these books they cover my life from 21-26ish. I stopped recently for some reason. You can imagine what kind of things happened. They get better with time obviously.
May 17, 2010 14:16 by discomeg2. -
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@athanie: Borders sucks. I think I got "quired". Thanks, hands are very hard for me to draw for some reason.
May 17, 2010 14:23 by discomeg2. -
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@rabbitdan: http://meghanchiampa.com/comics.html Here's some I put on my website. I need to update it. I don't know if I showed you guys these before.
May 17, 2010 14:25 by discomeg2.
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From my LiveJournal, December 2nd, 2004:
*yawn*
I should have listened to myself this morning when I woke up. I was considering to skip my first class, because it started at 8:30 and ended at 10, and it's a class about Flash, and the teacher kind of only repeats what he said the last time.
So, I had told my parents I had to leave early, so I had to go cuz they get pretty angry when I'm skipping school. So, I took the bus, and we ended up in this stupid traffic-jam, with as result that the bus was like ONE FUCKING MINUTE too late at the train station, and I missed my train. I had to wait 30 minutes in the cold, and then the next one came -_-.
I decided not to go to class anymore, so now I'm here, sitting in this computer room.I think I'm just gonna translate some more stuff for JaME. I've translated like, 5 files yesterday night, and there are quite some easy ones, so I'll do those now.
I just wish I had some BIG headphones.
May 17, 2010 12:57 by mithredat-
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I like the last line.
May 17, 2010 13:13 by discomeg2. -
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I still don't have any BIG headphones though 8D
May 17, 2010 14:15 by mithredat. -
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@mithredat: me either. I like how you write.
May 17, 2010 21:21 by discomeg2. -
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Crap. What if you missed that bus so you could write that entry to share this post with us? !!!!?!?!
May 17, 2010 21:28 by discomeg2. -
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train rather...
May 17, 2010 21:28 by discomeg2.
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This mission was harder than I expected. After graduating from college in Madison, WI, I was working at punchstock.com and building pages like this:
http://web.archive.org/web/20041123042034/www.punchstock.com/store/I remember there was a lot of buzz about Search Engine Optimization and Podcasts at the time. This was before I used Twitter, Facebook or Flickr so there's not much to go on. What a difference 5 years, 6 months makes.
May 17, 2010 12:53 by bill-
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wild font.
May 17, 2010 21:22 by discomeg2.
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Ooops. Read the Tweak at 5-6 months, not 5 years, 6 months. In November 2004 my soon-to-be husband was doing his post-doc out in Washington State. This pic is from one of our many great vacations out there (July 2004).
May 17, 2010 12:50 by saxchik-
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Beautiful picture! You look like the same height difference as me and my love, I'm 5'5" and he's 6'4" :)
May 17, 2010 12:53 by shannonsfchef. -
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@shannonsfchef: I'm 5'5", he's 6'6". :)
May 17, 2010 13:37 by saxchik. -
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Cool haircut/color you had too!
May 17, 2010 13:48 by athanie. -
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Once I grew it out and let it go curly, I had to stop dying it red. Looked too clown-like. :)
May 17, 2010 14:50 by saxchik. -
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I also like the red.
May 17, 2010 21:23 by discomeg2.
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I had called off my wedding, moved back in with my parents, and was working baker shift at 4 am 45 miles away. It was the worst experience I have ever gone through, and the right decision. 5 years later and I have no regrets.
May 17, 2010 12:34 by shannonsfchef-
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Go you :) Sounds like an achievement to be proud of (and that was definitely not sarcastic!)
May 17, 2010 12:46 by mithredat. -
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@mithredat: I dodged one heck of a bullet, always go with your gut!
May 17, 2010 12:50 by shannonsfchef. -
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@shannonsfchef: Uh... maybe a should... never mind. =o)
May 17, 2010 18:03 by leopicado.
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I was thirteen. My best friend had just moved away to Germany and I was friendless as I started the eighth grade at a new school.
May 17, 2010 12:30 by sarastarrr -
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I was a senior in high school doing nothing interesting.
May 17, 2010 12:24 by jacosaurus -
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I was 17 and in my last year at 6th form college so I was probably just preparing for January exam A Levels, working in a supermarket or buying things for our trip to New York the week before Christmas. To be honest, I was probably just being excited about the trip!
May 17, 2010 12:19 by leah -
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I moved to my friend Chris's flat in Hove, next to Brighton on 13/11/2004. Happily this flat was located on the seafront quite close to the west pier. This may even have been the view from Chris's window. Anyway, I spent quite a lot of time watching birds over the pier that winter. They would fly round the pier in these massive flocks for hours. Very beautiful sight.
May 17, 2010 11:38 by rabbitdan-
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Sounds great... would love that (sea view!)
May 17, 2010 13:07 by stephie. -
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In the winter I think the sea has a different quality to it vs. in the summer, and this photo captures that. Very nice.
May 17, 2010 13:41 by athanie. -
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@stephie: It was pretty glorious. I fell in love with the sea when I lived there.
May 17, 2010 14:00 by rabbitdan. -
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@athanie: The way the sea changes is a thing of subtle wonder. It's something I want to continue striving to document. It's always interesting talking to wind surfers about the appearance of the sea. They tend to be good at reading it.
May 17, 2010 14:02 by rabbitdan. -
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A friend in Ohio lives in a small town on Lake Erie. During one winter visit, I stood on the shore snapping photo after photo (back in the good old 35mm days) because each second brought something more beautiful than the previous. I get mesmerized by big water.
May 25, 2010 11:07 by kellydna.
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Going by my blog, I was home sick: http://www.golb.org/index.php?itemid=446
I leave it up to your imagination to figure out what I was doing.May 17, 2010 09:23 by chaomancer -
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Now, if this mission had been for 5 years and *5* months ago (December 17, 2004), you would have heard me squealing with delight as I communed on that very day with the feral rabbit population on the University of Victoria (British Columbia) campus during a stop in that beautiful city. My parents and I went on a group vacation which culminated in a train ride aboard the Rocky Mountaineer through the Canadian Rockies.
http://homepage.mac.com/kellydna/canada2004/12.htmlMay 17, 2010 09:01 by kellydna-
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Thanks for the postcard! I was born in Minneapolis!
May 17, 2010 17:35 by mandy716.
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I was at college, either playing Rugby or get really drunk...or both.
May 17, 2010 08:44 by sayanythingbam -
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I was at my current job—writing, designing, and producing books for the First Rhymes and First Sounds series which contained such scintillating titles as Billy Goat Can Float, and Eva and Ethan. Film at 10.
May 17, 2010 08:28 by kellydna-
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OMG the goat here is freaking awesome.
May 17, 2010 08:34 by athanie. -
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@athanie: Thanks! It is my intention to show the contents of these books in my blog entry tonight, so you will be able to see more awesome goatness and I will show that I have versatility beyond It's a Baby Gazelle.
May 17, 2010 08:43 by kellydna. -
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I can't help but think the goat is saying something. He looks a bit pleased with himself here. I wonder if he's been testing out other things that can float?
May 17, 2010 11:47 by rabbitdan. -
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what's up with Eva? seems quite the bitch at such a young age.
May 17, 2010 13:48 by breanna. -
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@breanna: The "plot" of the story inside is that Eva paints Ethan with large ears.
May 17, 2010 13:51 by kellydna. -
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@rabbitdan: He's pleased with his purple coat.
May 17, 2010 13:51 by kellydna.
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I had transferred colleges, moved to California (Santa Cruz) the previous summer, and was neck-deep in digital media and film classes. I lived in a 7 bedroom house (pictured) with 10 other college students/recent graduates. “Dirty martini night” was an event that sometimes lead to our “postmodern art installations,” where we’d relocate the furniture and carpets from inside the house to the yard, rearrange it all, and take pictures. We thought it was pretty ingenious at the time.
May 17, 2010 08:24 by athanie-
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Where are the pictures?
May 17, 2010 11:40 by rabbitdan. -
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@rabbitdan: I only have a couple that are blurry, don't show off the furniture very well, and are not scanned in. The housemate (who I imagine had the best pictures) decided shortly thereafter that he'd rather live in a tent in the woods, behind the university (never saw him again--I hope he's not still living out there).
May 17, 2010 13:45 by athanie.
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Probably being as awesome as I am now!
May 17, 2010 08:17 by soarkaios-
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the awesomeness hasn't increased on over five years? bummer.
May 17, 2010 13:46 by breanna.
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This little guy was just 3 months old, and I would have just celebrated my 26th birthday (my first as both a wife and a mom)
May 17, 2010 08:09 by jenaissance from iphone-
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oh my gosh, what a cutie!!
May 17, 2010 18:22 by pensandpencilsgalore.
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Also in high school. Maybe. I didn't have very good attendance.
May 17, 2010 07:35 by kncvl from iphone -
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I was throwing a baby shower for my sister. I secretly flew my mom in from Florida. That (and hormones) made my sister cry. I still get teary-eyed every time I see this pic. I'm now the proud aunt of a very cute nephew!
May 17, 2010 06:07 by saxchik-
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Wow, he's 5 already? I thought he was just born ;)
May 17, 2010 07:43 by kellydna. -
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Ooops! Read the Tweak wrong. Thought it said 5-6 months ago. Must repost.
May 17, 2010 12:40 by saxchik.
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I was a very confused kid in high school. I had no idea who I was, honestly.
May 17, 2010 05:45 by jwl -
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Similar to right now I guess, working.
May 17, 2010 05:18 by stephie -
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At school.
May 17, 2010 05:15 by jackcomrie -
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I looked back to an email from 5 years 6 months ago ...
Your order for "The Simpsons: Complete Series 4 (4 Discs)" has been received.
Thank you for ordering with http://www.play.com.
Please check the following order Information:
Order Reference(s) : 35082xxxxItem : The Simpsons: Complete Series 4 (4 Discs)
Price : £14.99
Quantity : 1
Delivery Cost : Free
Payment : Credit CardSo ... I guess i was about to embark on an epic Simpsons-fest.
"Smithers, release the flying monkeys!"May 17, 2010 03:25 by demander-
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Great idea to look at an email.
May 17, 2010 12:15 by bill.
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I was a senior in high school, probably trying to decide on a college and studying way too hard.
May 17, 2010 00:49 by hardrockhippie
