Mr. Christopher Michael Jones ([info]xblackheartedx) wrote,
@ 2009-01-02 01:47:00
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happy new year fuckers.
i m going to make an attempt at making a "new years post".



now, most of this year, i ve been saying to myslef.
wow. what a fucking WASTE of a year.

i ve said more than once, i think i COMPLETELY fucking wasted a year of my life.
i don't feel as if i accomplished anything, or was satisfied with ANYTHING i did this year.

in hindsight, i can't say thats completely true.
now don't get me wrong i ll get to my tiffs with this year.


but i want to take a second and look at the highlights of my year.

- for the first time made my way to SF, and went to macworld. a new experience, and a good one at that.

- Did the whole 48 hours thing. vegas. great experience, great end product.

- The Oregon Trip with my mom grandma and jerry. stayed for longer than expected.
although it may have been boring as fuck at times, i can't say i regret it.

- Did a little more photography than normal, and got "in-touch" with that a little.

- Comic con was nothing short of great, as usual. it always makes my year, and i can't ever imagine NOT going.
seeing fanboys was worth it, playing tetris on that gameboy. seeing mathew fox. all the usual great stuff.

- Started Skating ALOT more, i can say i almost got back to where i was as a kid. and that felt good.
learning mini-ramp, was a HUGE accomplishment for me this year. in less than i month, i was ripping that thing up. as apposed to being afraid to drop in the first time.

- the iphone. god i had been waiting so long. and just getting it was excellent. so usefull.

-the CRAC house. definently a positive for the year. becoming the common hang out. hopefully we are not wearing our welcome, which probably do at times, but either way, has been the relief to alot of stress this past year.

-ping.pong.room.

-friends. stephanie. and so on.

-not to forget all the little things, like disneyland. drivearounds. all the good movies. leaked movies. etc.


but one of the BIG things was starting my own "at home" business, on ebay. none the less, it turned into something i didn't expect.pretty much a full fledged job, bringing me more money than i think i've ever had. allowing me to live comfortably. bought a heat press later in the year, undeniably one of the "best" investments i made all year, and for a long time as well, it easily double my profits. but this whole thing is something i feel proud of myself for. its something i DO feel accomplished about.





but the year did not come without its downs.
and i ll be honest, i feel like i had a whole lot of downs.

really, for some reason it was just stressfull as fuck. i always found myself stressed out about SOMETHING.

there were definently long times of finding myself wondering about shit, and just thinking about my life.
about life in general. feeling lost. and confused. wondering where the FUCK i am headed.

there was always this longing feeling of "getting away" which is why i took the opportunities to travel.



at the beginning of this year. i had alot of "goals" i wanted to accomplish. and really.
i dont know that i did any of them, quite honestly, i think i started out the year in a slum. of being lazy.
and just not feeling up to anything, and i dont know that besides "work" that changed.

which led to the end of the year. me discussing with david, how i feel like i wasted this year.
accomplishing nothing. and i will look back and think, wow, what the FUCK did i do with this year?
i turned 23 this year. and i think that was a big part. i m getting older. and i felt like...dude really?
is this where i saw myself at this point? where the fuck did i go wrong? where SHOULD i be?

hands down my biggest regret of the year.
not going to hawaii for my birthday, and hesitating to buy that ticket, resulting in a doubling of price.300$ round trip is fuckin unbelievable at this point. and you better believe this trip this time around, is going to be amazing. i have so many plans, but nothing set in stone, no TRUE plan of action, i m just going to go, and just BE, and explore, the island, and myself, on so many different levels.

new years resolutions?
i don't think i m that type of person anymore.
i feel like they are silly. i don't even feel like i live my life like that.
setting these "standards" or "goals" on an arbitrary date based on a gregorian calender.
i don't think the NEW YEAR, (or any date at that) should be the reason to push ourselves.

but. needless to say.
on a some what "hypocritical" level to my previous statement.

on that note.
2009 is here.
and i have made a note for myself.
i think this will be a year of change.
a year of progression. accomplishment.

i m ready to do things. go places.
i don't feel like i have time to waste anymore.
and it took a year of wasted time to see that.
but i know thats not what i want anymore.
you only get one life, and this year. (and so on.) i plan on really living it.
and hopefully with others along the way.



2009.i've got big plans for you.



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[info]bonedadysragdol
2009-01-02 06:06 pm UTC (link)
Your post was awesome, nice and positive!

I think its awesome that the CRAC house has become the hang out.

:D

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[info]xblackheartedx
2009-01-03 08:50 am UTC (link)
thanks, i guess you could say it was 'positive'
it had its ups and down. but i do feel like it was a clear indication on my feelings of the year.
save for the fact that i could have elaborated on a few thoughs, but didnt because i, as well as many others will skip shit if its too long. and i thought maybe if it wasn't super long, people would read it.

not that that matters too much.
but still.


i m glad you like your house being the hang out. cuz i do too.
and even though, ray and you have teased me by saying you would make me pay rent,
point is, without that house, i think i would be in a different state right now.
a whole lot unhappier and and hell of alot more stressed out.

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[info]wordtowater
2009-01-02 06:25 pm UTC (link)
this was a good post chris. i think this year was a good one for you. maybe not in the ways you wanted or initially expected it to be. but an enlightening one nonetheless.

i remember when i first saw you using Numbers on your mac, and being impressed with your level of organization with the ebay stuff. and then when you started raking in the money these last couple months, i felt that again.

i went through that period, not too long ago, of being like "what the fuck am i doing, is this really where i thought id be at this age?"... and yeah, it sucks. but its also motivating to a certain degree. i see its having the same effect on you.

the type of fun i see myself wanting to have from here on out is unfortunately going to cost a bit of money in order to have it. traveling, doing new things, and whatnot. we should do some more of that this year for sure.

and yes, ping pong room. highlight for sure.

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[info]xblackheartedx
2009-01-03 08:57 am UTC (link)
thanks. i can say i think the year was better than i had led myself to believe.
but it definently has turned me in certain directioins. maybe not where i hope to be, but things could be worse right?

psh. fuckin numbers. i love numbers.
thanks for your being "impressed" it's good to know sometimes that other people don't think i m a waste of space, and that there is actually a portion of my life that i dont think alot of people really see or get. (the business side, i guess), and i guess thats due to the fact that most of the time, i can do whatever i want.

fuck being lost in that state though. i mean, its not anything NEW, i ve been thinking teh same shit since like 20.
but turning 23 it was like , fuck man. i ll be 24 next year. and i dunno, times a bitch in comparison of your life to others.

i agree. fun costs too much.
luckily this hawaii trip shouldnt totally break my bank too much.
i m going to lose money, no doubt, cuz i m going to close my shit down for a while.
but i think its a well deserved vacation i need, and i m HOPING that by the time i get back i will still have enough money to pay off all my debits. thats my GOAL. so i m still going to try and budget myself.
and do all the fun free shit. hiking, backpacking the big island, beach day...haha. and so on.

i think we have all hit that point where we can figure out sick shit to do, that we don't normally do.
we all have this longing for something more.



ping.pong.room.
honestly, i think that ping pong revived something in us that has been missing for a long time.
the weekly "ping pong" day. and more so a weekly hang out, to ping pong and watch south park. was something i ve missed ever since "the apartment" and chappelle's show.

i m glad to see it back.

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[info]lilsabrina
2009-01-02 09:33 pm UTC (link)
i like how you posted the hi lights first...or evan at all. i agree that there were some really good times that took place this year. But its all trampled on my the negative.

i liked talking to you a few times online lately. it has kept me in the loop a little on your life and i think its great what your doing with the ebay job and the traveling to hawaii and your crazy interest in space that makes my head hurt. i dunno, i always told dan that i thought you have so much going for you. you have so many talents and your very intelligent, id hate to see those wasted this year. and i cant do the same."a year of progression"....ill go with that,

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[info]xblackheartedx
2009-01-03 09:01 am UTC (link)
well to be honest, originally when i thought out this post in my head, it was like a while before new years, and i was like, i m just going to vent all my hatred for this year and thats it, how fucking terrible it was.

but then i started thinking about how the year is much longer than i think it is. and there actually ARE good things that happened too. that deserved to be mentioned.

i m glad you enjoy our conversations. lets be serious, who DOESNT like space?
thats flattering that you think i have a lot going for me, i wonder what you would think if i ever accomplished half the shit i always tell myself i m going to get done.

"year of progression". agreed.
hopefully we can look back onto now, 2010, and know we stuck to that.

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