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I think we can answer this with a fair degree of authority by now.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 2 January 2004 00:08 (twenty-one years ago)

huge fucking dud. worst year of my life.

― Broheems (diamond), Friday, 2 January 2004 00:08 (twenty-one years ago)

Agreed.

― Leee Smith (Leee), Friday, 2 January 2004 00:09 (twenty-one years ago)

the last week of it was great!

― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Friday, 2 January 2004 00:14 (twenty-one years ago)

Take away music and it's dud like a motherfucker

― nate detritus (natedetritus), Friday, 2 January 2004 00:43 (twenty-one years ago)

(Enh, actually, not even JAXX0RZ can keep it from being dud LAMF)

― nate detritus (natedetritus), Friday, 2 January 2004 00:44 (twenty-one years ago)

i'm sad that mr diamond and leee had such a crap year. i hope your 2004s are at least as fanfuckingtastic as my 2003 was. if it isn't, you really should demand your money back. (not from me tho)

― The Lady Ms Lurex (lucylurex), Friday, 2 January 2004 00:47 (twenty-one years ago)

easily the worst year of the last couple.

― fiddo centington (dubplatestyle), Friday, 2 January 2004 00:52 (twenty-one years ago)

(which especially hurts because for the first three or four months i never could have expected the final outcome.)

― fiddo centington (dubplatestyle), Friday, 2 January 2004 00:52 (twenty-one years ago)

Got my BA, was briefly and vaguely financially independent for about six months, was accepted into film school, celebrated second anniversary with girlfriend, bought the four Criterion DVDs that just went out of print, flew into London on December 30.

'Nuff said - Classic.

― Girolamo Savonarola, Friday, 2 January 2004 00:56 (twenty-one years ago)

(And if anyone complains that I'm being too cheery, I'll remind you all that I've given others more than a fair share of misery on this board this past year!)

Addendum: "absolutely great Baltimore FAP" should go after accepted into film school.

― Girolamo Savonarola, Friday, 2 January 2004 00:58 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm pretty sure 2003 was classic - the first three or four months were easily the best three or four months of my entire life, happy at work, living in a beautiful house in a lovely place, like everything was building up to something amazing that never quite happened.

But everything else was still kinda cool, even if it kinda slipped into routine. Still, there was Glastonbury, and multiple FAPs and a load of new friends, and a some great gigs and clubs, and the best British summer ever. But this is also the first year for ages like I'm in the same place as I was 12 months ago - the first few hours of 2004 have seen such an explosion of stuff happening that I don't even know where I'm going to be this time next WEEK. And nothing actually BAD happened.

I haven't seen daylight for the past few days. If I were a superstitious man I'd take it as an omen.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 2 January 2004 01:02 (twenty-one years ago)

Neither. A year is too big a thing to be either classic or dud. I've had some absolutely shit times but some great times too, and plenty of OK times.

― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Friday, 2 January 2004 01:03 (twenty-one years ago)

very good for music and social activity, not bad for job/career, pretty awful for love/sexlife, hmmmmm

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 2 January 2004 01:04 (twenty-one years ago)

actually, nick otm. i could probably call all of the last three years "dud" if i viewed them through the same lens, but even admist all the shit there were moments of great happiness. bliss, even.

― fiddo centington (dubplatestyle), Friday, 2 January 2004 01:05 (twenty-one years ago)

On the other hand, there was war, and terrorism, and Johnny Cash and Marc Vivien Foe dying, and DAVID FUCKING BLAINE in his box and the relentless overanalysis of everything that went with it.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 2 January 2004 01:06 (twenty-one years ago)

bought the four Criterion DVDs that just went out of print

Er, which were these again?

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 2 January 2004 01:06 (twenty-one years ago)

good point, matt.

― The Lady Ms Lurex (lucylurex), Friday, 2 January 2004 01:07 (twenty-one years ago)

Plus my cousin had a baby who I haven't ever seen. But then again last time I saw her she was, like, 12 years old

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 2 January 2004 01:07 (twenty-one years ago)

every year brings with it joy and tragedy. it just occurred to me that i might be having the best years of my life but i reject this notion and resolve to ensure this can not be considered the case even when i am old and melting.

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 2 January 2004 01:10 (twenty-one years ago)

Let's see... discovering that virtually everyone in my circle of friends were all pro-war and "just not sure" whether gays "really need" marriage status (and having what I had assumed I'd never allow to happen -- being told by a close friend they were worried about my soul going to Hell -- happened)... oh, all my friends were pro-war except for the one who got hit by a car in November and almost died... moving back in with the parents for a few months... no boyfriend (and just speculating based on the people I've been hanging around with lately, no prospects for a mile)...

Still, I keep seeing more and more interesting films, largely due to being asked by an online chat buddy to write for his great (I mean, aside from my contributions) website, which led later in the year to my first alternative press film writings.

We'll call it a draw.

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Friday, 2 January 2004 01:31 (twenty-one years ago)

Overall sort of a dud, but then again every year of the new century has been a dud. Much better than '01, most depressing year in memory.

― Gear! (Gear!), Friday, 2 January 2004 01:58 (twenty-one years ago)

not dud, but definitely more of a groundwork year rather than one in which all that much of worth happened (until the very end)

― the surface noise (electricsound), Friday, 2 January 2004 01:59 (twenty-one years ago)

ha yeah my 2001 sucked too, gear!

― The Lady Ms Lurex (lucylurex), Friday, 2 January 2004 02:05 (twenty-one years ago)

Er, which were these again?

Straw Dogs
Notorious
Spellbound
Rebecca

Technically went out of print on the 31st. Get a jumpin' to Deep Discount DVD or some such place soon, I advise. They probably still have stock left, but they can't get more now.

― Girolamo Savonarola, Friday, 2 January 2004 02:14 (twenty-one years ago)

Straw Dogs I'm flagrantly indifferent to, but the Hitchcock box sounds hyperworthy, yes.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 2 January 2004 02:21 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah, I just checked DDD, and they don't have the boxset anymore (just got it for the holidays, phew!), but the individual titles *appear* to still be available.

Either way, if you want them, don't wait.

― Girolamo Savonarola, Friday, 2 January 2004 02:22 (twenty-one years ago)

Hm hm hm.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 2 January 2004 02:25 (twenty-one years ago)

On the bright side, the Tati titles are going back in print this Tuesday, along with a new one for Jour de Fete in the near future.

< / Criterion digression>

― Girolamo Savonarola, Friday, 2 January 2004 02:28 (twenty-one years ago)

Up & down. Relationship was bad then good then indifferent then fell to pieces; found a new band (country covers, great fun & all in 2/4 which means playing AND drinking!); had to start a new filing-cabinet folder for job rejection letters but volunteer work keeps me busy & stimulated; my little brother is finally emerging from teendom as a HUMAN BEING which is novel & nice; grandmother had a stroke; good friend had a baby... I'd rate it B+ all told.

― petra jane (petra jane), Friday, 2 January 2004 02:50 (twenty-one years ago)

Um, all I'm hoping is that 2004 proves to be as providential to me as 2003 wasn't. Though on closer examination, there were a great many providential deeds and happenings that affected me quite positively throughout 2003, and perhaps the most negative of things that occurred to me that year were all a part of some master plan that will end up working out in my favor somehow, some way. The best thing about the past year was finding this place, filled with individuals who best mesh with me, even though your politics are decidedly different from mine and you don't share the same exact Extreme Fannishness that I have. And most of you know more about all manner of things than what I know. But here's to hoping that will all work out as well.

― Tenacious Dee (Dee the Lurker), Friday, 2 January 2004 08:55 (twenty-one years ago)

On reflection, 2003 sucked in the biggest way. Some good things happened, only to be followed by bad things & then yet more bad things. I thought the start of 2004 would be great, but we are still in limbo from 2003. :-(

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 2 January 2004 09:15 (twenty-one years ago)

I got the Hitchcock box set, but it was hardly enough to save 2003 from worst year ever status.

― Sean (Sean), Friday, 2 January 2004 09:27 (twenty-one years ago)

damn, i thought 2003 was pretty damn nice even though movies and music from 2003 wasnt very good. i just enjoyed myself i guess

i.e. classik

― todd swiss (eliti), Friday, 2 January 2004 09:34 (twenty-one years ago)

Dud in every sense of the word, except for music and (maybe) movies.

2004 looks to be better, personally, but with the re-election of Dubya, is looking like duds-ville once again.

― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Friday, 2 January 2004 09:37 (twenty-one years ago)

I've had more family bereavements so far in 2004 than the whole of 2003. Perhaps that means that last year wasn't so bad and that this year can only get better.

< /optimism >

― Markelby (Mark C), Friday, 2 January 2004 09:55 (twenty-one years ago)

:-( *hugs*

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 2 January 2004 09:58 (twenty-one years ago)

You around on MSN, Pinky?

― Markelby (Mark C), Friday, 2 January 2004 10:16 (twenty-one years ago)

msn doens't seem to be working for me at the mo, I'll see if I can re-install it.

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 2 January 2004 10:19 (twenty-one years ago)

huge fucking dud. worst year of my life

I could probably say the same for myself but will see if my head explodes before the final judgement is in...

― lucas (lucas), Friday, 2 January 2004 10:21 (twenty-one years ago)

Bit shit really. Not the worst year ever, but a good candidate for second place. Too much work, not enough fun. Behaved like a jerk to too many people. Drank myself ill.

― Ricardo (RickyT), Friday, 2 January 2004 10:21 (twenty-one years ago)

shitty and great year all @ once. hopefully 2004 will be better but i am phearing the worst (as always)

― nathalie (nathalie), Friday, 2 January 2004 10:39 (twenty-one years ago)

probably the worst year so far. Started out okay, got better and better and then DIVEBOMBED, a bit like the oblivion in alton towers. Except the divebomb bit wasn't the good bit.

glastonbury was fantastic though.

2004 has been decent so far - 364.5 days to go!

― ken c (ken c), Friday, 2 January 2004 11:05 (twenty-one years ago)

2003 was pretty rough in places, but still better than 2002. Fingers crossed for this year.

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Friday, 2 January 2004 11:07 (twenty-one years ago)

i had a really good year, one of the best so far. if 2004's as good i'll be v pleased.

― toby (tsg20), Friday, 2 January 2004 11:27 (twenty-one years ago)

huge great fupping

DUD

all in all im extremely glad to see the back of it. Living with Pinkpanther though is still as great as it ever was

― james (james), Friday, 2 January 2004 11:37 (twenty-one years ago)

awwwww *mwah*

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 2 January 2004 11:42 (twenty-one years ago)

mixed. met some great folks thru this board, got better at my chosen musical instrument. Didn't pay off my debts like i wanted to, still living in this godforsaken state, had a shit romantic life for the vast majority of the year. However, i started writing more, i got to interview and book Grant Hart to a show around here. Plenty good rock shows. finally got a digital camera and improved my photo skillz.

hmm. then again, i have yet to see a rock show that had as much effect on me as seeing Mission of Burma in detroit in Nov 2002.

however, this year has certain things in store which may prove it to be far greater than any in quite some time. We'll see. No doubt i'll be bitching about the rest of it on here & on livejournal.

― Kingfishee (Kingfish), Friday, 2 January 2004 15:31 (twenty-one years ago)

so, in summation,

1) career/romantic life/geographic settings = dud

2) music = good.

― Kingfishee (Kingfish), Friday, 2 January 2004 15:32 (twenty-one years ago)

All I can confidently say about 2003 is that it was a seriously fucked up year.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 2 January 2004 15:40 (twenty-one years ago)

DUD

This has been one helluva soul-crushing year. I'm ready for the aught-four. Divisible by 2!

― Dale the Titled (cprek), Friday, 2 January 2004 15:45 (twenty-one years ago)

Leap-year too.

― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Friday, 2 January 2004 15:47 (twenty-one years ago)

bonus

― Dale the Titled (cprek), Friday, 2 January 2004 15:48 (twenty-one years ago)

This year was ok. Social life's been a bit worse cos the club I used to go to is closed now, but then I guess the flipside is I was less tired all day every day cos I wasn't out all night every Saturday.

I've had more money this year, at least since the summer and I really did make the right decision by working so much, it was easy and it made me not broke in college all year.

I suppose the biggest thing this year was getting printed a good few times and getting paid for writing work, but I find it as infuriating as it is rewarding, I think that's just ambition or something which is good I suppose. I guess it would be lame to say "that'll do pig" very quickly.

Relationships etc have been a non starter again this year, but I don't let it bother me much. Perhaps a little more recently. I've made a good few new friends, or gotten to know friends of friends a bit more, which has been nice. At some point in the last 12 months it seems I'm only close friends with guys now, which is kind of a weird 03 thing for me. I think it's to do with more local pubbing and less far away clubbing.

Highlights: Glastonbury, most amazing day of my life on the Saturday, I have never had so much fun, I can't really explain it. The sense of being isolated from work and stress and authority and worry is amazing there. I almost had to check myself to see if it was real. Combination of drugs, weather, friends and Soulwax/jacques lu cont. The texts I sent have been shown to me and they were really great and nice.

Other highlights: becoming an Uncle, two (or maybe 3?) trips to London and some mad binges both times, tribal gathering in manchester (until circa 3am disaster), meeting Felix Da Housecat in Dublin, buying more clothes than in a few years, cos I could afford them.

04 needs the hedonism of 02 and the financial stability of 03 and a girlfriend to really be great. I'd take any 2 of the 3 though.

― Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 2 January 2004 15:57 (twenty-one years ago)

the best thing about last year was meeting Ronan, Gareth, Carsmile, Chris, Vicky, Pete, Tom, Starry, Lixi, Anna, Toby, Colette, Mark S, Mark H, Adam, Tracer, Anthony M, Tim H, Julio, Ned, Mary, Felicity, Aaron W, Mark P, Martin, Geeta, William, Jerry, Carey, Ed, Suzy, kate (and HSA), Mark C, Sarah, Ricky and all other ILXors i met for the first time

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 2 January 2004 16:02 (twenty-one years ago)

i'd better mention Jel too, sorry Jel!

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 2 January 2004 16:02 (twenty-one years ago)

hmm!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 2 January 2004 16:05 (twenty-one years ago)

you share the Sarah with Mark's girly ;)

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 2 January 2004 16:07 (twenty-one years ago)

Nicely got out of sweetie! ;-)

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 2 January 2004 16:09 (twenty-one years ago)

yep, now comes the tricky part (cis)

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 2 January 2004 16:10 (twenty-one years ago)

I can't help you there dude!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 2 January 2004 16:11 (twenty-one years ago)

First month: great! Meet first long-term g/f practically on the stroke of midnight; in a pretty good job and making new friends; parents finally seperate after years of bickering; slowly paying back student debts and thinking of moving out.

February: Bam! Lose my job and have to go from temp job to temp job for most of the year, always scraping the bottom of my overdraft; g/f depressed and has to leave her uni course only to come back to her estranged and forceful mother. Basically a great start and a shit middle and end.

Highlights: Meeting my girlfriend; seeing a lot more of London; playing a rave in Swindon; working the bar at Reading festival; decent christmas and new year; lots of great music/movies/drgs; lovely hot summer.

Lowlights: Running out of money after a shopping spree and then getting all the stuff I bought nicked only hours later; getting the sack from a job I liked; post-university comedown; friends moving away/losing touch; not being able to move out or even pay back my overdraft; still haven't learned to drive; the creeping awareness that all my peers are doing something better with themselves than I am; health scares in autumn.

― dog latin (dog latin), Friday, 2 January 2004 16:46 (twenty-one years ago)

is it just me or has some of the contact high from it being a new year worn off already?

― fiddo centington (dubplatestyle), Friday, 2 January 2004 16:47 (twenty-one years ago)

I've forgotten the boring bits, in the process of forgetting the crap bits. That leaves like 25-30 days that were any good.

― jel -- (jel), Friday, 2 January 2004 17:53 (twenty-one years ago)

I got married this year. That happened early in the year and was great, and in fact, a lot of things this year were genuinely good: quit my shitty job and went back to my old, fun, better paying job; made more inroads into getting my band off the ground again; travelled to London, Paris, and New York; got a decent car.... yet at the same time I'm filled with the feeling that the year as a whole sucked. I'm not sure why. We lost a few friends after getting married because of their own issues or something that we never sussed out; my best man decided to leave his wife and child this summer which shouldn't have wound up affecting me as much as it did, but it did; and it seemed that daily, the general news of the world was horrible, horrible, horrible. War, earthquakes, general death and misery. I could ignore it all but then I'd feel like I was in denial which I hate. I don't know. Personally things were okay, but I don't think that makes up for all the bad last year. DUD.

― anthony kyle monday (akmonday), Friday, 2 January 2004 18:06 (twenty-one years ago)

i detect a lot of 'half-empty'ness on this thread

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 2 January 2004 18:07 (twenty-one years ago)

2003-Easily the most INSANE year of my life. Good? Bad? Who knows.

Reminds me of what Kurt Vonnegut said when I saw him speak 10 years ago. He talked about why Hamlet was such a great piece of literature--you don't ever know whether what happens is good or bad. Just like life. You'll never be totally sure what the good and bad parts are of your life until you can sit back and look at the whole thing. All this to say that as long as you can turn your experiences into good and meaningful stories to tell yourself and other people, it's all good. I can't believe I just used that expression.

― cybele (cybele), Friday, 2 January 2004 18:25 (twenty-one years ago)

If I may elaborate, I would say I'm glad to see the back of last year because of a major thing I won't talk about on the internet. Also, my creative activity dried up almost completely - I painted only five or six paintings, and didn't feel like making music at all. I hated almost every minute of the summer - watching everything that was green die and become dust, I don't get why people would enjoy such depressing sights - but then I'm pessimistic. There were good points, like the snow and good times with friends, music and films. Overall, I just felt like the wheels had fallen off life. This year, I'm through with thinking about life in terms of years - and the bad things are almost resolved - so can only look forward now :)

― jel -- (jel), Friday, 2 January 2004 18:45 (twenty-one years ago)

If we're going month by month there's a high bit of dud, but if I have to look at where I was compared to where I ended up, I kind of have to say classic. And I think 2004 will be even more so unless the outside world can find away to crush my little solipsistic spirit.

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Friday, 2 January 2004 18:52 (twenty-one years ago)

2003 = total clud

― mark p (Mark P), Friday, 2 January 2004 18:53 (twenty-one years ago)

It was a very tough one for me. My last real relationship ended at the start of the year, and I've been single and celibate since. O was under threat of losing my job because of depression-related absences. I talked here about the actions of my ex-wife during the summer, and the finalising of the divorce settlement was very nasty a lot of the time. That led to selling my house and buying this new place, and I also talked here of the stresses connected with that, which have thrown me back into my worst depressive state since early in 2002.

On the other hand, I am now in my nice new flat, I am financially better off than since I was married, I am no longer in imminent danger of losing my job, I have been put in for a promotion, and there is a fabulous woman I'm totally crazy about who seems to like me about as much, so there are plenty of grounds for much more optimism about 2004.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Friday, 2 January 2004 19:14 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm voting dud.

― hstencil, Friday, 2 January 2004 19:48 (twenty-one years ago)

There were alot of lovely shiny moments amongst it all, but overall, the bad things just hurt too much, so: dud. I think Dee has a great way of looking at it though - i am hoping too that some of the things that affected me badly in 2003 turn out to be part of something good in the long run.

― Melly E (Melly E), Friday, 2 January 2004 21:03 (twenty-one years ago)

Hey! If it makes all you anti-2003 guys feel better, I'm in the process of fucking up 2004 before its even begun!

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Saturday, 3 January 2004 00:35 (twenty-one years ago)

have you come from the past in a time machine?

― kephm, Saturday, 3 January 2004 02:36 (twenty-one years ago)

Just below classic, nowhere near dud. Fucked political/global situation, realising that I don't have anything in common with most of my old friends any more, problems with some of my relatives escalating... but, on the other hand, falling back in love with music, meeting some lovely new people - including some ILXors (but not stevem, obv) - and getting some sense of what I'm going to be doing for the next few years. I think I'm more confortable with myself now than I've been for a while, so: must've been a pretty good year.

― cis (cis), Saturday, 3 January 2004 18:52 (twenty-one years ago)

eleven months pass...

― Frankenstein On Ice (blueski), Friday, 31 December 2004 13:49 (twenty years ago)

No one liked 2003 did they?

― dog latin (dog latin), Friday, 31 December 2004 13:53 (twenty years ago)

all the other 00s WERE better i think

― Frankenstein On Ice (blueski), Friday, 31 December 2004 13:57 (twenty years ago)

i mean really, that 'Kish Kash' thread was the best thing about '03 by miles!

― Frankenstein On Ice (blueski), Friday, 31 December 2004 13:59 (twenty years ago)

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