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who_la_hoop, who gave me year 2000.
Work
This was the year I graduated from university (June) and got my First Real Job at the tender age of barely-22 (October). Said Real Job was at the community college I had attended for two years before university, and consisted mainly in supervising the student employees, which I used to be one of. There have been a few games of musical chairs in the meantime, as well as an eight-month stint in 2006 when I didn't work here because I was, you know, in Canada. Given that, I consider myself fortunate to now be back in the exact same position that I started in 7+ years ago -- well, "exact" except for the fact that my gross income has increased 70% since then. (*boggle*)
Love life
I'd characterize this as "the good year" for the most part. The year of "we are soulmates and wow that means power". Seriously deep moving experiences. Real belief. A year I actually thought I was kind of attractive :P . But then there was also figuring out the fact thatenotsola and I are so not suited for poly/open type relationship, which we both felt pressure to do because so many of the people we knew inclined that way (there's more to it than that, but it's not suitable for discussion on this journal).
Miscellaneous
I had been living in my own apartment (with a now very, very-ex boyfriend) in Sacramento when I went to university, and I moved back in with my parents that fall (which positioned me to get aforementioned job at the college I had gone to). I'm still there. Why? Because that 170% of Oct 2000's salary that I now get is still not enough to be able to afford to move out (unless I want to give up having savings and a 403b, which I don't consider acceptable). The San Francisco Bay area is the most fucking expensive place in the world. </frustrated hyperbole>
Got in a car accident in February, which really burned my butt because it was one month before the 3-year limit on when my previous accident from March 1997 would have stopped affecting my insurance rate. I learned my lesson, though; I haven't gotten in another accident since then, especially not one committed the same way (both of those were following too closely behind someone in the rain).
Was that the first year I actually got a computer that had a Pentium CPU in it? LOL. I can't remember. Either that or the previous Christmas, which is as good as 2000. My household has never been one for the cutting edge, because it's too expensive. I didn't even own a CD player until, um. 1994? Don't talk to me about when we finally bought DVD players.
who_la_hoop, who gave me year 2000. Work
This was the year I graduated from university (June) and got my First Real Job at the tender age of barely-22 (October). Said Real Job was at the community college I had attended for two years before university, and consisted mainly in supervising the student employees, which I used to be one of. There have been a few games of musical chairs in the meantime, as well as an eight-month stint in 2006 when I didn't work here because I was, you know, in Canada. Given that, I consider myself fortunate to now be back in the exact same position that I started in 7+ years ago -- well, "exact" except for the fact that my gross income has increased 70% since then. (*boggle*)
Love life
I'd characterize this as "the good year" for the most part. The year of "we are soulmates and wow that means power". Seriously deep moving experiences. Real belief. A year I actually thought I was kind of attractive :P . But then there was also figuring out the fact that
enotsola and I are so not suited for poly/open type relationship, which we both felt pressure to do because so many of the people we knew inclined that way (there's more to it than that, but it's not suitable for discussion on this journal).Miscellaneous
I had been living in my own apartment (with a now very, very-ex boyfriend) in Sacramento when I went to university, and I moved back in with my parents that fall (which positioned me to get aforementioned job at the college I had gone to). I'm still there. Why? Because that 170% of Oct 2000's salary that I now get is still not enough to be able to afford to move out (unless I want to give up having savings and a 403b, which I don't consider acceptable). The San Francisco Bay area is the most fucking expensive place in the world. </frustrated hyperbole>
Got in a car accident in February, which really burned my butt because it was one month before the 3-year limit on when my previous accident from March 1997 would have stopped affecting my insurance rate. I learned my lesson, though; I haven't gotten in another accident since then, especially not one committed the same way (both of those were following too closely behind someone in the rain).
Was that the first year I actually got a computer that had a Pentium CPU in it? LOL. I can't remember. Either that or the previous Christmas, which is as good as 2000. My household has never been one for the cutting edge, because it's too expensive. I didn't even own a CD player until, um. 1994? Don't talk to me about when we finally bought DVD players.
