Wow. Some really bad years. Too few really good ones.
Here’s wishing you all a better year in 2006! Happy New Year! 
I Almost feel guilty for having a good year now… :eek:
LOL. No, no. I am pretty sure I speak for all of us who had bad years that we are thrilled for those who had good ones!
Overall, I’d say a pretty good year. On the bad side: No job, sister went nuts (lots of problems).
Now on the bright side:
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[li] Started a band and got to play alongside one of my favorite bands when they came through Atlanta (Streetlight Manifest). We have fans, and people actually come out to our shows. I never thought something like this would happen to me when I started playing guitar.[/li][li] Moved to a new school my junior year(2004), and right around January of 2005 (one semester into it), I gained many new friends and really formed a niche for myself at school. Now I have lots of groups of friends and have had more fun than I EVER would have had before.[/li][li] I got to go on many adventures and trips with friends: Spring Break with some friends was great, Ski Trip with a whole other group of friends, and then I went to a ska festival in Tennesee with a group of people I had never met before… and then became friends with them![/li][li] And most of all: I’ve been in what has so far (in my short life experience) been the best relationship I’ve ever had. I love this girl, and my relationship with her has been the BEST thing that could ever come out of 2005, especially in conjunction with the successful band thing.[/li][/ul]
In all, a pretty good year!
Yeah, ummm… 2005- Don’t let the door hit you…and everything.
Add one vote for piss poor year.
A very forgettable year.
2005 started off awesomely for me in Israel. Then it got worse, and then worse, and then worse. I joined the military and it really went downhill from there. I got out of that mess and fulfilled my promise to myself by getting myself back in school. My emotional state stayed pretty bad but I felt great for taking a stuffed-to-the-brim courseload (18 units) and getting A’s in all but one class (and a B in the other). I’m down 15 pounds from the start of the year (the good part about joining the military) but could stand to lose 15 more. I’ve been dating a wonderful, amazing, beautiful girl for two weeks now and between school and her life has never been better. But for most of the year I felt pretty damn shitty. I had a lot of really, really lonely times from February through most of December. I gained contact with a lot of old friends really fast and then lost contact with all of them and then some; but, oddly, I’m finding now that I don’t miss them. Most of them were the people I used to get high with. It would seem weird now because I have no desire to get high and most of them still do. I thought about two (now clean) friends earlier today who would be worth getting in touch with, but honestly I probably won’t.
I’d say: great beginning, bad year, awesome end.
Sounds like 2005 was pretty bad for a lot of people. I’m deeply sorry for all the losses the Doper community has experienced, and here’s to a better 2006.
I guess I’m in the lucky minority that can count 2005 to one of my best years.
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In April, I met the love of my life. We’ve never been away from eachother for more than three days since. She’s a keeper for sure.
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I started my university education and it’s given a lot of intellectual stimulation.
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I moved in to a terrific apartment together with my brother and his girlfriend. We have all sorts of movies, books, video games and musical instruments.
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The summer was spent by me and my girlfriend going from town to town and discovering new things all the time. We were never at one place for longer than a week at the time.
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Made new friends this autumn.
So, yes. Despite some sicknessess and trouble with my family, it’s been a super year. I’m not expecting 2006 to top this, I just want to ride the wave!
While I can’t compare to some of the others who have posted in this thread, count me among the thumbs-down crowd on 2005.
Today is a milestone for me because it’s the end of the most extraordinary year I’ve ever had.
I remember a Peanuts strip from long ago. It showed Snoopy walking over bare ground and pondering, “Today is the last day of the year. What have I accomplished with my life?”
Every December 31 since then, that question comes back to haunt me. Usually, the answer every year is “not much.”
But I bid a dazed farewell to 2005 as the year my life suddenly exploded into far-reaching radical change. I literally remade myself over, through and through, almost from scratch. I have never had a year like 2005 in my life. The change is still ongoing, it began at the start of 2005 and has continued since then without a break. This is one year when I can really say I’ve come a long way and accomplished a lot. Today is one December 31 when I can look back on the past year and keep getting my mind blown by all the transformation that swept me away like a whirlwind. I feel I’m a better person for it.
Good and bad? Heh. I have fathomed the depths of horrible pain and leapt to the heights of ecstasy. All I can say is, 2005 was very far out of the ordinary and terribly exciting.
It’s been pretty good for me. Not too much excitement but I don’t care too much for excitement anyway.
I learned to breastfeed successfully. I managed to hold on to The Man of My Dreams another year. Nobody close to me got hurt or died this year.
I watched my baby turn into a toddler. She learned to stand and crawl, then walk. She’s saying a few words. So that’s good.
The older daughter has been rather pleasant. Thank goodness she’s over the angsty goth-y stage this year!
I had a disappointment or two. Found a house and lost it in a matter of weeks, but I didn’t actually LOSE anything because I only thought I had it. Our car died but we replaced it with a nicer one.
So yeah…good.