# Your Crowning Moment of Awesome for 2015 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 4, 2015, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-crowning-moment-of-awesome-for-2015/739365 "2015-12-04T00:00:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-crowning-moment-of-awesome-for-2015/739365/41 "2015-12-08T00:22:03Z")
I provided the voice of the plant in a local production of _Little Shop of Horrors_. It was really cool, though my throat was not happy with me at the end of each week. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-crowning-moment-of-awesome-for-2015/739365/42 "2015-12-08T00:23:04Z")
> [@pullin](#): > > Sorry, but I’ve only got kid awesome to report. > > Last week, my eldest walked up an aisle, thru a door and turned left for the first time in his career. And after the flight attendants closed that door, he got to say: “This is Captain pullinSon, welcoming you to United…” while taxiing away from the gate. > > He’s 26 years old. 🙂 Awesome! Didn’t he have to be a first officer, first, though? ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-crowning-moment-of-awesome-for-2015/739365/43 "2015-12-08T00:24:28Z")
Well, I did manage some snark awesome this year. Took Dad for an eye appointment. We are shown to a room and waited and waited and waited. We finally figured out this Dr had EVERYONE show up for say a 9am appointment and then he went through the list (which deserves a pit thread of its own). Anyway, time kept dragging by. An assistant poked her head in and asked if the Doctor had seen us? No. More time dragged by. Has the Doctor seen you yet? No. Dad was getting a bit peeved. I wasn’t terribly happy either once I had figured out how they ran this operation. So, assistant pops in for a third time. Has the Doctor seen you yet? No. Are you sure? Well, I guess if he was really really fast he might have been in here but I don’t think so. Okay. About a minute goes by and the assistant pops her head back in and says “that was pretty good”. ---
**Author:** ![cornflakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-crowning-moment-of-awesome-for-2015/739365/44 "2015-12-08T03:10:10Z")
About two months ago my eldest called me up and thanked me for not giving up on him when he was going through adolescence, owned his behavior at the time and admitted that, while he really didn’t want it to be seen as bringing up the past or avoiding responsibility, his mom’s behavior helped enable his aggression against me. It’s still hard for me to believe that he said it. Trust me, his mom and I worked long and hard on a very dysfunctional relationship that helped him get where he was, but after working for years and spending God knows how much to make things better this goes well beyond being a pretty sweet reward. And yes, after a rough time after leaving the nest, he seems be doing very well. I also lived half a continent away from home for 2-3 months, acting as a caregiver so that my sister could have a transplant. I’d rather not own that though. Honestly, it just taught me that I’d make a really crappy nurse. ---
**Author:** ![KRC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@KRC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KRC)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-crowning-moment-of-awesome-for-2015/739365/45 "2015-12-08T04:40:28Z")
I entered two paintings in an exhibition. Took them in and went home. A few hours later the phone rang and when I answered a woman yelled “You sold a painting!” It was a picture of a sunset in Elkhorn KY and as it was being hung someone saw it and bought it on the spot. I also sold a painting of bison to my brother-in-law and put two other paintings on display in an art cafe. ---
**Author:** ![pullin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-crowning-moment-of-awesome-for-2015/739365/46 "2015-12-08T10:36:20Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > Awesome! > > Didn’t he have to be a first officer, first, though? Thank you! (And to \*\*Congodwarf \*\*too) Yes, he’s been an FO for 3 years. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-crowning-moment-of-awesome-for-2015/739365/47 "2015-12-08T13:16:21Z")
Giving a reading of my fantasy story “George Washington and the Dragon” at a library in NH. My story had been accepted for publication (but not until the end of next year! grumble grumble) and the publisher invited a bunch of us up to a reading. I was invited, but not to read – only for moral support. Fortunately for me, not everyone showed up that night, so I got a reading spot. I read half the story (always leave them wantin’ more) more as a dramatic performance piece than a straight reading. as I left the podium, one of the other writers said “You didn’t have to show us up.” Wonderful, that was. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-crowning-moment-of-awesome-for-2015/739365/48 "2015-12-08T14:43:05Z")
> [@faithfool](#): > > Not nearly of the same magnitude, but I managed to speak at my husband’s memorial service three weeks ago for about a minute without literally falling apart. I had no idea if I could do it, but it was going to be my last chance to let everyone know just how special and loved he was to me. It broke my heart, yet I’m glad I did it. I don’t know if that counts as awesome, but if he’s watching from somewhere beyond the Stargate, I hope he thinks so. I’m sorry for your loss, **faithfool**. I can’t imagine losing my wife, and I doubt I would be able to keep it together for even a minute to speak on the occasion of her death. I loved my dad and all, but the loss of a spouse… I don’t know how I’d handle it. It definitely counts as awesome that you were able to do speak at his memorial, and I’m sure it meant a lot to everyone. ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-crowning-moment-of-awesome-for-2015/739365/49 "2015-12-08T22:33:40Z")
More of an ongoing one I guess: now down 50kg (110lbs) on my pre-surgery weight. 3 weeks into a ‘Couch-to-5k’ program (using the Zombies Run! app) and actually looking forward to getting out for some exercise. ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-crowning-moment-of-awesome-for-2015/739365/50 "2015-12-08T22:50:32Z")
I had virtually nothing to do with this event, other than contributing some DNA 33 years ago, but it was most definitely the most awesome moment of the year for me. My first grandchild, a boy, was born in January. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2015, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-crowning-moment-of-awesome-for-2015/739365/51 "2015-12-09T09:51:44Z")
> [@pullin](#): > > Sorry, but I’ve only got kid awesome to report. > > Last week, my eldest walked up an aisle, thru a door and turned left for the first time in his career. And after the flight attendants closed that door, he got to say: “This is Captain pullinSon, welcoming you to United…” while taxiing away from the gate. > > He’s 26 years old. 🙂 Is that the same DoperSon who once wasn’t allowed to rent a car on account of being too young, and it was in a location to which he’d flown the plane? ---
**Author:** ![pullin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2015, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-crowning-moment-of-awesome-for-2015/739365/52 "2015-12-09T10:19:32Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > Is that the same DoperSon who once wasn’t allowed to rent a car on account of being too young, and it was in a location to which he’d flown the plane? Same one, Nava. He’d arranged for his GF to ride as passenger to Durango while he was FO (Copilot). After arrival, the Hertz folks wouldn’t rent him a car because he was under 25. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2015, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-crowning-moment-of-awesome-for-2015/739365/53 "2015-12-09T15:26:26Z")
> [@Johnny\_Bravo](#): > > I provided the voice of the plant in a local production of _Little Shop of Horrors_. It was really cool, though my throat was not happy with me at the end of each week. OMG, I so wanted to see that! and now I’m kicking myself _again_ for not going. That is so cool. ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2015, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-crowning-moment-of-awesome-for-2015/739365/54 "2015-12-09T16:30:41Z")
> [@pullin](#): > > Last week, my eldest walked up an aisle, thru a door and turned left for the first time in his career. And after the flight attendants closed that door, he got to say: “This is Captain pullinSon, welcoming you to United…” while taxiing away from the gate. I’m actually smiling for real after reading this one. You brightened my day **pullin** , thank you. Mine: In January I completed the inaugural Star Wars Rebel Challenge (10K Saturday, Half-marathon Sunday) at Disneyland. I took my next-door neighbour with me for company, thereby making her dream of seeing Beverly Hills and Hollywood Boulevard come true. Last Friday my buddy and I went to a concert of our favourite band together. He won the Meet & Greet so we got an awesome photo with the band and I totally got to hug the lead singer. ---
**Author:** ![Wednesday\_Evening](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b2d939/32.png) [@Wednesday\_Evening](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wednesday_Evening)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2015, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-crowning-moment-of-awesome-for-2015/739365/55 "2015-12-09T17:11:21Z")
I’m not much of a traveler and large-scale undertakings make me very nervous, so I’m proud that my husband and I managed to move our family of four cross-country for his fall semester sabbatical at a New England University. This included a three-week cross-country trip during prime tourist season. The planning/execution was painful but the overall experience has been wonderful and I’m really glad we did it, even though it would have been so much easier just to stay put for his sabbatical. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2015, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-crowning-moment-of-awesome-for-2015/739365/56 "2015-12-09T17:31:17Z")
My husband accepted a job in a different state, so I submitted my resignation. It was not accepted. My great-grandboss suggested that I be asked to telecommute, because I was too valuable to lose. ---
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2015, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-crowning-moment-of-awesome-for-2015/739365/57 "2015-12-09T23:28:02Z")
Even though I am around 300 pounds, I trained for and completed two half marathons each in a little over 3 hours. ---
**Author:** ![phall0106](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phall0106/32/5934_2.png) [@phall0106](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phall0106)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-crowning-moment-of-awesome-for-2015/739365/58 "2015-12-10T00:40:05Z")
…aaaaannnndddd in today’s mail, I got a letter from the President, as in the President of the United States. I’m on the listserv for emails from the White House and awhile back, one of the emails was about college school loan debt where the President talked about his school debt and how long it took him to pay it off. Having school loan debt myself, I responded to that knowing of his situation made me feel not so alone. I sent the email and pretty much forgot about it, until today, when I came home and there was an overnight envelope from the White House containing his signed letter. Very awesome. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-crowning-moment-of-awesome-for-2015/739365.md?page=2)