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It’s the last day of the year again and time to sum it up. 2008 was the year that I…

• had the lowest posting rate since I started this site. There are several reasons why, I guess, the rest of the summary might contain pointers.
• exercised regularly (or at least as regularly as my unpredictable schedule would let me), both stamina and strength.
• almost lost my father to a nasty case of cardiac arrest.
• took a photography course and learned a lot of things I’ve never really used later.
• played way too much EVE Online. When writing this summary, I’m browsing through the archives and there are too many entries mentioning the game.
• discovered a few new bands, like Rise Against, Biffy Clyro and The Script.
• went to quite a few weddings. Four, I think. Even crashed one.
• moved with the company to some nice offices right in the middle of downtown Oslo.
• finally converted the site to WordPress.
• tried to sell my Xbox 360 without much luck.
• turned 30. I probably should feel a hint of panic, but I’m not.
• completed my surround sound setup after years of buying speaker whenever my budget allowed it.
• enjoyed a lot of great Formula 1 and GP2 racing on the idiot box.
• added a few more one liners.
• quit my job. Yes, as of tomorrow, the first day of 2009, I’m unemployed. Probably the worst timing ever, but it had to be done.
• was really sick for a week.
• read through most of the Foundation-books by Isaac Asimov.
• created a WordPress plugin.
• developed a new theory for drinking alcohol: Switch to drinks and hard liquor after 2 or 3 beers and you’ll wake up fresh the day after. This has only failed once, but that was because people started to mix shots into the equation.
• Gine and I broke up.

As I’m finishing this entry, there are only about 7 hours left of 2008. I can’t say that I will miss it, it’s been a year with some of the best and worst days of my life. I’m welcoming 2009 with open arms – it has huge potential.

The entries on this site have changed over the years. In the beginning they were short, note-like ramblings, and often hard to understand unless you knew me well. Then they started to get longer and a lot of emotional beans were spilled. This was in particular when I dated Stine, we were on and off a lot and I sorted to writing to vent my frustration. Probably not the most masculine thing to do, male frustration should historically be vented by starting a war, but writing worked for me.

After I moved to Oslo and Stine finally left my life for the last time – and directly into the arms of her new boyfriend, I have later learned – I started to find my dates on the internet. This was back in the days when internet dating was not yet kosher so it didn’t really attract the most well balanced individuals. In the end, most of the girls I met turned out to be the kind of people who should perhaps spend more time in therapy than on internet dating sites. Don’t get me wrong, some were very nice, not that interesting, but nice.

Over the span of the last three years, there is of course a lot of personal stuff I have not shared with the world. Some of you might argue that that’s probably for the best, the world could not care less and some things should be left unsaid and unwritten. I totally agree with you, still I feel it’s time to return to the old days of just letting it all out.

I think I’ll keep you hanging there for a while.