"Your one year later"

[darkkeeperjr]

You just got married or got that new job. you lost your rent in a crap game or your girl just left you.

How do you feel?what are your plans for the future? well put em down in a post. what ever you going throught now plus you plans for later. talk about how you going to move out the getto or how you going to get that new car.

Slowly the thread starts to get pushed to the back pages.then a year from now one of the cleverest of us will remember to pull it up. then you and all your friends can sit back and see where you were and where you at. how funny will it be to find out that you and that bit** got back together? or that you finally stopped mixing crack and heron together?

did that girlfriend last? was that new car a lemon? was the new job too hard for you. You'll find out ONE YEAR LATER!

[Will]

Well, at the moment I am a student about to enter into my last year of A-levels before University. So in a years time I see myself hopefully studying in a city like Edinburgh or possibly York doing a joint honours in Archeology/Ancient History should I get the grades! :)

Relatively recently I have gained a girlfriend, in a years time I don't see why we wouldn't be together, she lives in Scotland and I live down in Yorkshire (Hopefully baffling the US residents with less knowledge of the UK :p) so hopefully in a years time we will be in a situation where we can see each other more, particularly if I am in Edinburgh.

Other than that I of course want lots of money, many many friends, a golden toilet and perhaps some sort of magical pike. :)

[Bakema NL]

This is an easy one, I can stick with the reason this board is around.....comics. This month exactly marks my return to comics one year ago. I started buying comics again one year ago after a 5 1/2 year hiatus and all I can say is I FRIGGIN' LIKE IT AGAIN, things are great, there's cool, interesting stuff around and I'm having a ball with it. And the addition of the internet is just great, it's fun to read interviews, to interact with other people into the same hobby, especially from abroad, easy to look up information, just great.
Only plans for the future is getting more comics, lol. I have to complete some series and backtrack some others. Having fun is the main goal.

[darkkeeperjr]

let's keep it up

[darkkeeperjr]

Well by this time next year i should be married and renting or paying for a house. Ive been going to a couple of interviews so i hope to have a new job then also. if i have a kid this time next year :eek: ,you can be sure it wasn't planned. :D

[darkkeeperjr]

My girl thinks the same as above

[darkkeeperjr]

Well I got married.no kid yet* cross fingers* still got that same damn dead end job.

dang one guy that haven't written since last year and another who's banned.

[Jack Zodiac]

Quick, retcon my post in:




This place sucks. I'm leaving. One year from now, I plan on posting again.

And here I am!

[Doug Strange]

This thread would've been fascinating!

[TheTen-EyedMan]

I'm currently finishing my first story arc for Detective Comics and negotiating with George Clooney to play my character, Stephen Richard Crane in Shattered Dreams, my screenplay based on Norman Mailer's American Dream.

[howyadoin]

A year ago I thought I had a very financially lucrative 2006 ahead of me.

Didn't quite work out that way.

[StoneGold]

I've been replaced by a buxom lipstick lesbian.

[TheTen-EyedMan]

I've been replaced by a buxom lipstick lesbian.

But can Devin Grayson do your job?

[darkkeeperjr]

It's back! the one year later thread.A little late,but who's keeping track?

Well i got the house and still got the same job.Nobody has of yet,wanted to take me to jerry springer to do an DNA test.So no kids yet.(whew) This time next year,I'm planning on having some sort of business or retail store. unless I choose the go to school route,then i guess it'll be a change of jobs.


What about you? Where do you see your self next year about this time?

[Shellhead]

I guess I didn't notice this thread last year or the year before. I don't remember where my head was at in 2005, but if I had posted here a year ago, I would have said that I was planning to get an apartment with my girlfriend in the spring and see if we could stand to live together. Also, I would have guessed that things would continue to go okay at work and I would keep making steady payments on my debt management plan.

It took her until July to move in, but so far, so good. Actually, the first few weeks involved some major highs and lows, but things are good now. My situation at work has improved, though the company itself hasn't been doing great in recent months. And the debt management plan has been going well, as I have successfully survived the first 30 months of a 60-month plan.

Next year about this time, I expect that we will be engaged, but with no immediate plans to get married. My job may get shaky if sales don't rebound, but I feel that I will be one of the last people to go if things get really bad. And assuming I'm still on the job, I expect that I will stay on track with the debt management plan, although things may get rough as our cars continue to age.

[StoneGold]

I've been replaced by a buxom lipstick lesbian.

Heh, I was funny a little less than a year ago. Topical, too.

[Schornforce]

A year ago, I was pretty much doing what I'm doing now. I guess I'm drawing more, which is a good thing. So.... yay!

Other than that, I've made a few new friends and bought a ton of useless crap that entertains me and/or fuels my ever-hungering gargantuan ego.

[darkkeeperjr]

A year ago, I was pretty much doing what I'm doing now. I guess I'm drawing more, which is a good thing. So.... yay!

Other than that, I've made a few new friends and bought a ton of useless crap that entertains me and/or fuels my ever-hungering gargantuan ego.
Cool! Where do you see yourself next year at this time?

[darkkeeperjr]

last chance for this year!!! Where do you see your self this time next year?

[Schornforce]

Cool! Where do you see yourself next year at this time?

Most likely same old same old, but I'd like to have my life on a better track, of course. :)

[Ben Morgan]

I see myself living in Los Angeles by this time next year

[Serik]

Still a loser ;)

[Ben Morgan]

Hey, who you callin a loser? Oh wait....you were referring to yourself. Nevermind, then

[BoosterBronze]

This time last year I was an ummarried part-time teacher, part time videographer, part time security guard living in shitty apartment in sunny Palm Springs and 40 lbs overweight.

Now I'm a married full time teacher livign in a lovely house in Central California, with a beutiful wife and am 20 lbs overweight

Next year I'd like to be a the same job with a pay raise, same wife, hopefully same house, but less overweight.

[Serik]

Hey, who you callin a loser? Oh wait....you were referring to yourself. Nevermind, then

haha miscommunications are always fun

[Nikita]

One year later...doing about the same. Single again (shocker). Still losing hair. (by next year I'll have a wig) Still trying to figure out what the heck to do with the rest of my life. (artist or astronaut? Can't decide) Less tempermental overall then last year (I hope?) Etc, etc, etc...

[F.D.]

One year later... still alive, I hope so... :confused:

[darkkeeperjr]

It's back! One Year Later! Still got the wife,house and same old job. I've been studying for the A+ certification and hope to be making twice as much as I'm making now.still no kids yet.(yeah)

So! how are you doing one year later? How did your best laid plans go? What are you planning on doing this year a little different than last? Jot what you're planning on doing this year and let's see where we go from here!

[Ben Morgan]

I see myself living in Los Angeles by this time next year
Well, looks like I'm still stuck in San Diego.

[mattx110]

I'm more homeless than last year.

Happy about being in NY for the new year, rather than happy about being in London for it.

I have no idea where I'll be in a year. Kinda excited about that.

[i_mmmchocolate]

I wish I had participated in this thread in '06 and '07. Oh well.

One year later. Well, I got my MLS. This time last year I was in the middle of classes. Now, I'm job-hunting for a full-time position...somewhere, anywhere...hopefully before January '09.

Other than that, still chasing dreams.

EDIT: I've done a bit more traveling this year--- that's worth mentioning. Hopefully much more in the coming six months.

[Shellhead]

I guess I didn't notice this thread last year or the year before. I don't remember where my head was at in 2005, but if I had posted here a year ago, I would have said that I was planning to get an apartment with my girlfriend in the spring and see if we could stand to live together. Also, I would have guessed that things would continue to go okay at work and I would keep making steady payments on my debt management plan.

It took her until July to move in, but so far, so good. Actually, the first few weeks involved some major highs and lows, but things are good now. My situation at work has improved, though the company itself hasn't been doing great in recent months. And the debt management plan has been going well, as I have successfully survived the first 30 months of a 60-month plan.

Next year about this time, I expect that we will be engaged, but with no immediate plans to get married. My job may get shaky if sales don't rebound, but I feel that I will be one of the last people to go if things get really bad. And assuming I'm still on the job, I expect that I will stay on track with the debt management plan, although things may get rough as our cars continue to age.

Wow, it seems like it was just a couple of months ago that I last posted to this thread, but it's been about a year. Times really flies when you get older.

Update: The girlfriend and I have been together for over five years now, though I am waiting at least a few more months before popping the question. This last year together has been the best year of our relationship.

My job got scary when our sales tanked and our CEO was forced to resign, but things have gotten better since then. I got the biggest raise of my life and a promotion, but it could all fall apart by next summer if we don't keep things going okay. I have survived the first 42 months of that debt management plan now, and only have 18 months to go. We saved enough money for my girlfriend to replace her 12 year old car, but my 10 year old car will need to stay tough for another year or two.

Overall, a good year.

[Ben Morgan]

So, in a year, I'll probably be in my 2nd year of college. Probably still living in the same house, and that's about it

[StoneGold]

Heh, I was funny a little less than a year ago. Topical, too.

OK, it doesn't really say here, but a year ago I was living in Los Angeles, working at a much lower paying job that I was a few weeks away from being fired from. Now I get paid $22,000 a year more than I did a year ago and am with an amazing girl in Orange County. Although I may be moving more into San Diego County, assuming the whole economy doesn't fall apart.

[Davideaux]

Soon we'll be having a child. In a year that kid will be almost 1 and hopefully I'll be a year closer to finishing my degree.

[darkkeeperjr]

Bumping it up so others may get a chance to see this thread and hopefully respond.

[Bouncing Boy]

I wish I had seen this in previous years. It's been just over a year since I started working at Wells Fargo, and I just a couple minutes ago had my yearly review and got my yearly raise. It's not a huge raise because I haven't been strong in sales. I'm hoping in the next year I'll still be working here and will have gotten good enough sales to get a bonus or two and a bigger raise. I also hope to audition, and get in more plays this year.

[MacQuarrie]

I missed the previous years as well.

One year ago, I was in the process of buying a rental property and making a half-hearted effort to find a better job.

Today, I have 24 days left at my job before I'm terminated as part of a corporate restructuring. I spent 9 months and thousands of dollars on the rehab of the rental property, but it's finally fully occupied. Now if I can just keep making the mortgage....

[darkkeeperjr]

Man! not a damn thing changed. Still got the same job,wife and house. I'm currently enrolled in classes to prepare me for the A+ certification test. I hope to take late this year and have a different job by march or April.

A lot of small changes in health and wealth and so forth. mostly for the better. well enough about me. What say you? meet those goals? living out your car? moved to a new city or back to your mom's basement?

Where do you see yourself next year at this time? What say you?

[Shellhead]

Wow, it seems like it was just a couple of months ago that I last posted to this thread, but it's been about a year. Times really flies when you get older.

Update: The girlfriend and I have been together for over five years now, though I am waiting at least a few more months before popping the question. This last year together has been the best year of our relationship.

My job got scary when our sales tanked and our CEO was forced to resign, but things have gotten better since then. I got the biggest raise of my life and a promotion, but it could all fall apart by next summer if we don't keep things going okay. I have survived the first 42 months of that debt management plan now, and only have 18 months to go. We saved enough money for my girlfriend to replace her 12 year old car, but my 10 year old car will need to stay tough for another year or two.

Overall, a good year.

Just weeks after I posted the above, my dad died of lung cancer, after 50 years of heavy smoking. We thought that the chemo was really working, but he took a serious turn for the worse near the end. He shouldn't have stopped chemo when he did, but he was worried about leaving behind huge medical bills for my mom. So he stopped chemo early and told everyone that he was feeling better.

I'm still with Amy, and it's been over six years now. She still hasn't replaced her car (long story) and it's ready to die any week now, but there is some money ready for her to replace it when she's ready. She is finally in her last year of college, but it's the toughest.

I haven't proposed yet, because the last 12 months were just brutal for me in terms of stress. After my dad died, I was sick on and off for the next six months, with four colds and two cases of the flu. The fourth cold was so mild that it was over in a week, and since then my health has been fine. Our cat died in June, and we're still sad about that. So maybe I will propose early next year.

Seven payments left in my debt management plan. Then I start saving up for a downpayment on a house. I'm confident that the housing market will still be down for at least two more years.

Work has been an ongoing source of stress. Our first CEO got forced out last year, then our second CEO got recruited away this year. For two tough weeks, I was the acting CEO, with all the responsibility but no pay increase. Our third CEO started last month, and he will probably be the best that we've had. However, there is a distinct possibility that the company could broke next summer, no matter what he does.

One year from now is a tough call: I hope to be engaged, still working for the same company, and healthy. But I could end up unemployed and desperate, like so many other people right now. I'm working hard to make a difference, and maybe that will be enough.

[howyadoin]

I'm just rolling with the punches at this point.

[vcassel]

right now i'm a student in my first year of a computer animation bfa. a year from now i'll be eligible to apply to companies like ilm, pixar, and dreamworks for their paid internships. demo reel willing i'd really like to get an internship at ilm in san francisco, seeing as that's where i'd really like to move to after school. i'd also be happy taking the ilm internship in singapore if possible because i've never been out of the country besides going to the bahamas.

[dupont2005]

a year from now i hope to be as well off as i was a year ago. seems unlikely:frown:

[Ontir]

[...]or that you finally stopped mixing crack and heron together?

I think, if one is going to eat Heron, a good wine would probably go with, far better than crack. That may just be me, though.

[MacQuarrie]

Just about a year ago, I got laid off. I've been getting by on freelance work and extended unemployment benefits, but it's tight. My bride works two jobs and is carrying most of the load now.

The biggest obstacle I've run into is the lack of a degree; I can't get past the HR goons to show my portfolio to anyone, so I get no responses to the hundreds of resumes I keep sending out.

So now I'm back in school, finally taking all that general ed crap I skipped three decades ago. By this time next year, I should have my AA degree and be working on my BA. I should also have a vocational certificate in digital animation.

[cactusmaac]

I changed jobs about fourteen months ago. I was working for a small family firm of chartered accountants and moved to a much bigger place in Leeds with five times the staff. Basically for more money and because I felt my skills were stagnating.

I found it pretty tough and demanding to adapt initially, to the point I was regularly working early mornings, evenings and weekends. But I've been getting a lot better and might even get enough billable work done to hit my bonus target. It might be worth the extra grey hairs I've accumulated.

I like the people I'm working with and will see if I can stay on for another year. I am tempted to try my luck working in London once the recession winds down. Most of my family and friends are there and I reckon it would be easier to do more of the business advisory work I like doing rather than assembly-line compliance.

[Chris N]

I haven't the slightest idea where I will be one year from today. Wishing I were still in school, I imagine.

[Winslow]

One year ago I was starting my new career as a high school math teacher. This year I am in my second year, and things are going much better.

Next year I anticipate I will still be teaching. The question is where. There are some policy issues at my school that I have to decide if I can stomach. I am attached to the kids though, so leaving will be tough if I elect to do that.

[i_mmmchocolate]

One year ago today, Ray and I went on our first date.

re my post last year on this thread: I'm still on the job-hunt, which is tough, but I guess not too surprising given the overall state of the economy. On the other hand, I have some very good leads and the Washington DC area is in pretty good shape compared to other parts of the country. It'll be great to have a full-time job (or, at the very least, a couple decent-paying jobs) before January '10.

[darkkeeperjr]

It's back! Last year at this time you told us where you were going to be and what you may be doing. well pick up where you left off and tell us where you at.

Now is also a good time to hop on and tell us what plans you making for next year.

[Shellhead]

Just weeks after I posted the above, my dad died of lung cancer, after 50 years of heavy smoking. We thought that the chemo was really working, but he took a serious turn for the worse near the end. He shouldn't have stopped chemo when he did, but he was worried about leaving behind huge medical bills for my mom. So he stopped chemo early and told everyone that he was feeling better.

I'm still with Amy, and it's been over six years now. She still hasn't replaced her car (long story) and it's ready to die any week now, but there is some money ready for her to replace it when she's ready. She is finally in her last year of college, but it's the toughest.

I haven't proposed yet, because the last 12 months were just brutal for me in terms of stress. After my dad died, I was sick on and off for the next six months, with four colds and two cases of the flu. The fourth cold was so mild that it was over in a week, and since then my health has been fine. Our cat died in June, and we're still sad about that. So maybe I will propose early next year.

Seven payments left in my debt management plan. Then I start saving up for a downpayment on a house. I'm confident that the housing market will still be down for at least two more years.

Work has been an ongoing source of stress. Our first CEO got forced out last year, then our second CEO got recruited away this year. For two tough weeks, I was the acting CEO, with all the responsibility but no pay increase. Our third CEO started last month, and he will probably be the best that we've had. However, there is a distinct possibility that the company could go broke next summer, no matter what he does.

One year from now is a tough call: I hope to be engaged, still working for the same company, and healthy. But I could end up unemployed and desperate, like so many other people right now. I'm working hard to make a difference, and maybe that will be enough.

My mom seems to be in the early stages of Alzheimer's. My dad talked about it before he died, but nobody else really noticed anything until this year. She visited with me for a couple of weeks in September, and had obvious and sometimes significant lapses in memory each day. For one thing, she kept washing my dishes without using any soap. I kept telling her to just relax and let me do the cleaning because she is on vacation. Still, her attitude is very upbeat, and she still seems very intelligent aside from the memory lapses. No fumbling for lost words or forgetting faces yet. My sister and her fiance moved in with my mom recently, so she can watch over Mom.

Amy and I are still together. We finally replaced her old car, and then I got a newer car, too. She won't finish getting her undergrad degree until the spring, due to one final change in major. She is no longer planning on law school but does want to get a master's degree. I proposed to her last winter and she turned me down and moved out, but our relationship is otherwise strong. She doesn't want to get engaged in name only, she wants us to set a real date when the time is right. And she wants to completely finish her education before then. I got a new cat last winter, but he hasn't fully warmed up to Amy yet, because he is pretty skittish. During my recent trip to visit old friends in Indy, he finally allowed Amy to pet him.

I completed the debt management plan last June, and have nearly finished paying a personal debt to a close friend. In December, I will begin saving up downpayment money so I can buy a house next October or November. I expect that will still be a good time to buy, in terms of low interest rates and plenty of foreclosures on the market.

Work has been decent. The third CEO has indeed been our best, and I get along with him really well. He's a science-fiction fan, though his preference is for the old-school hard sci-fi stuff, like Asimov and Clarke. The company had a good year, though we will fall a little bit shy of budget in terms of gross revenue. The bottom line might actually beat the budget.

A year from now, I hope to still be with the same girlfriend and job, and closing a deal on a house. If life doesn't throw me an extreme curve ball, I think that all those things will happen. I hope that my mom continues to remain happy even as her condition progresses, and I hope that my sister can take good care of her.