what have you been doing for the past five years?

[Ufotofu]

Starting and finishing high school
Playing piano enough to become decent
Marching in band
Becoming an Eagle Scout
Having a fairly nice love life
Joining a indie-synth-pop band and winning local contests
Listening to a lot of music
Running long distances
Learning a lot about computers
Becoming far too good at Guitar Hero 2
Making many new friends
Discovering Underworld
Learning things.

[ReactorReactorReactor]

Let's see...


- Graduated from UCI with a bachelor's in Poli Sci
- Moved from So Cal to Boston to become a paralegal until I could afford law school; moved in with boyf of 4 years
- Discovered turntables, found a school where I could study audio engineering
- found my true calling (aforementioned audio engineering); got my degree in it
- met tons of incredible people in the local Boston scene I immersed myself in; almost all my closest and dearest friends live here
- started learning to play guitar on a midnight blue Les Paul knockoff named Cornelius
- obtained a pair of betta fish; one died, the other lives
- acquired 2 nephews and a sister-in-law
- lost my grandmother, the matriarch of the family
- Made a pilgrimage to CBGB in NY before they closed it down
- Saw the following bands live:
LCD Soundsystem
The Juan Maclean (opening for LCD)
Jamiroquai
Massive Attack
Ladytron
Zero 7
The Rapture
Moby
Sound Tribe Sector 9
The Orb
BT (got to meet him too!)
- took up organic gardening
- got a job working for my dream company
- about to celebrate 8 years with same boyf I moved to Boston with
- currently discussing possibly getting engaged with said boyfriend

Yeah. More has happened in the past 5 years than the preceding 20 combined. This is the most abridged version I could muster up. Now I just need to lose a few pounds and get a DJ residency.

[thee carp dreamer]

good grief.

erm...
fell in love. was in a long term relationship with the hottest girls in the world. got my heart broken. most important lesson of my life. whatever.
messed around with a lot of girls. hilarious.
did a year of charity work, collectively raised £667,000.
got fucking good a levels and got into economics at nottingham uni.
changed courses cos economics is a bit silly, so changed to mathematics.
got myself an awesome job in a financial advising firm on commission, earning fucking bucks.
most importantly, learnt how to dj and djed a load of house parties (one of which i recorded, a 7 hour set, and it's amazing) and got my music production to a level where i am somewhat satisfied.

more importantly, goals for the next five years:
create a shortform video
fall in love again, just cos i don't believe i can
get a serious full-time job.
buy "purple rain" by prince.
and that is all. xxx

[thee carp dreamer]

oh. and live:

2004/05/09 the orb live at bristol academy (with dj lx-p)
2005/04/27 lcd soundsystem, the juan maclean live at bristol academy
2005/09/02 the vienna food orchestra live at bristol
2005/10/02 rooster, bodyrockers live at rock city, nottingham
2005/10/03 2manydjs, soulwax nite versions, justice live at stealth, nottingham
2005/10/19 detonate: grandmaster flash, scratch perverts, freestylers, fabio & grooverider, dj zinc
& jenna g, dynamite mc, pendulum, transit mafia, jeru tha damaja, dj friction, the freestylers,
dj deekline live at rock city, nottingham
2005/10/26 mr scruff live at rock city, nottingham
2005/11/12 detonate: dj hype & rage, dillinja & fearless, mampi swift & ic3, total science & 2shy,
artificial intelligence & lowqui live at the ballroom, nottingham
2006/01/27 detonate: high contrast, bryan gee, cyantific live at stealth, nottingham
2006/02/11 detonate: pendulum, dj friction, mampi swift, dj zinc, craggz & parallel forces, phobia,
transit mafia, calmboy, mcs: fearless, ic3, $pyda, sp, verse, menace live at the ballroom, nottingham
2006/03/18 artful dodger, dave pierce live at the atrium, jubilee campus, nottingham
2006/06/05 scratch perverts live at the barracuda, newquay
2006/09/29 detonate: scratch perverts, dj friction live at stealth, nottingham
2006/11/03 kevin "bloody" wilson live at the royal concert hall, nottingham
2006/12/31 justice live at stealth, nottingham
2007/03/02 spectrum: clark & alvin ryan (drums), krafty kuts, atomic hooligan, aim (full live band),
b-boy j live at stealth, nottingham
2007/03/23 !!! live at the rescue rooms, nottingham (with blood red shoes)
2007/05/06 detonate indoor festival: goldie, scratch perverts, dillinja, the bug, andy c, rahzel,
supernatural live at rock city/stealth/rescue rooms, nottingham
2007/05/17 a-skillz live at dogma, nottingham
2007/06/01 elite force live at stealth, nottingham
2007/06/02 just jack live at sounds on the downs festival, university of nottingham campus
2007/06/02 altern8, utah saints, dreadzone sound system live at the marcus garvey ballroom, nottingham
2007/06/08 scratch perverts, goldie lookin chain soundsystem live at the hu-stu summer party, nottingham
2007/06/11 dj yoda live at newquay

[bryantm3]

i've been spinning my wheels pointlessly through middle and high school while inadvertantly alienating myself from other people cos i was on an antidepressant that turned me into an idiot plus the fact that i'm too shy, simultaneously taking care of my brother as if i were his parent, which threw me into this kind of mental breakdown/anxiety fit last week where i couldn't sleep more than 5 hours a night or less for days.
so what's new with you?

[jOHN rODRIGUEZ]

It gets easier bryant3 and the sleep thing is common from where you are through soph. year college level.

Keep looking straight ahead.

[bryantm3]

Originally Posted by jOHN rODRIGUEZ

It gets easier bryant3 and the sleep thing is common from where you are through soph. year college level.

Keep looking straight ahead.

yeah but i also had some spaz fits and i had to start taking anxiety pills. now i'm kind of better.

[industri_studios]

Wow - some eventful lives here... lesee...

Got married (on my 10th anniversary)
Won a national advertising/art award
Shared another couple
Placed third provincially for political cartooning
Self-published my first comic book
Got a regular (though infrequent) gig doing magazine illustrations
Switched gears (print to digital) in my job (designer)
Got a good job and moved to the "big city"
Watched my sister-in-law go through cancer (in her mid-20s)
... still watching ...
Discovered you can own more music than you can listen to in a lifetime
... accepted said fact and carried on ...
Became a pseudo-uncle (best friend's daughters)

Hmmm... in print it doens't look NEAR as depressing as it's seemed to live it at times...

[sloff]

Let's see, five years:

Fell in love for the first time in years, got heart broken. Learned a great deal about me and how to spot the evil ones.
Started DJing, radio show first. Standard show, then a specialty show on electronic music.
Managed to turn that into an occasional club gig.
Hurt a dear friend out of my own selfishness and short-sightedness. Lesson learned. Karma pays me back.
Graduated with my BFA (finally after 6 years).
Heart broken twice more (the karma).
Visited Montreal.
Visited Manchester, UK.
A few visits to NYC.
Quite a few more trips to Toronto.
Got to see Skinny Puppy reunited and fucking awesome as ever! Twice!
Met a girl, I've been seeing her for a year and a half, could be a good thing.
Got my first professional job.
Watched my pseudo niece and nephew grow up to be 8 and 6, wow they grow fast!
Oh and moved 4 times around Buffalo, eventually getting my own (no roomie) place in the nice artist neighborhood.

[King of Snake]

nice thread, hehe ok I'll share my incredibly exciting life experiences too..

in the past 5 years (or so) I...

-moved house 4 times, eventually ending up in the awesome city of Utrecht
-studied audiovisual design
-worked as a mailman for for a couple of years during school
-eventually got my bachelor's degree in AV design
-found a job as a designer making tv commercials, brandfilms and stuff like that.
-saw underworld live 7 times (woohoo!)
-discovered loads of cool new music (largely thanks to dirty)
-watched both my parents get remarried after divorce a couple years earlier
-helped my dad move to France (going over there again in a couple of weeks)
-watched my mother go trough cancer, thank god after all the treatments she seems to be ok now
-developed a nasty case of insomnia that still hits me from time to time
-visited fellow dirt Janie in London twice
-quit smoking
-became good friends with other fellow dirt Stimpee (living in the same city now)
-met up with quite a few other dirts over the years
-made plans to visit NYC and Boston in september to see more underworld