2004

[peanut butter puddin surprise]

thumbs up or down?  what's your take on this tumultuous year?

for me...

-chris moved in
-baby on the way
-saw MMJ five times in two months
-met Mr. CC Baxter in person

just some of the highlights...bring on 2005!  :)

[whothrewthecake]

2004 was a great year - musically and personally  ;)

i'll follow your example
 - discovered MMJ
 - began to build my MMJ collection
 - went to NYC
 - found a Ronnie Hawkins and the Hawks record and peed myself

[peanut butter puddin surprise]

awesome!  glad to hear it!  do you have a bunch of live MMJ in your collection?  ;)

[dogandponyshow]

2004......

Kids are kicking butt in school
Business was much better than last year
Went to NYC for the first time and saw Guided by Voices, Ambulance, LTD and The Music
Had my 15 year wedding anniversary
Listened to MMJ Bonaroo disc fifty or so times

D/

[whothrewthecake]

awesome!  glad to hear it!  do you have a bunch of live MMJ in your collection?  ;)

you know it!  ;)
my dad got me acoustic citsouca on vinyl for christmas - love that red !!!

[whothrewthecake]

2004......

Kids are kicking butt in school
Business was much better than last year
Went to NYC for the first time and saw Guided by Voices, Ambulance, LTD and The Music
Had my 15 year wedding anniversary
Listened to MMJ Bonaroo disc fifty or so times

D/

i forgot to do this in the last entry!!
a HUGE congrats on your anniversary - that is so great.
p.s. this year was my first time to NYC as well - did you completely fall in love with it?

[dogandponyshow]

Thanks for your congrats....and regarding NYC...wanted to go back the next weekend.  It was more than even imagined.

D.

[EC]

Thumbs up.  For sure.  Waaahaaayyyhaaay better than '03.

-produced my first play that I didn't write
-turned 30
-went to Nashville for the first time (saw MMJ there), and met some special folks ;)
-produced a little film that won some awards
-had to close shop on an artists collective that I ran; move all of my apartment into storage; and leave for Europe all in one week

Yay!  
(How long until the baby, JC?)

[peanut butter puddin surprise]

feb 27th is the target date...(starts to fumble nervously and bite nails... :P)

[ben grimm]

2004 Thumbs up
-Met the love of my life and moved her in
-Finaly finished the studio and opened (only 4 months behind schedule)
-Turned 29 (ouch)
-Got promoted in my real job, my salary is almost acceptable
-Saw my best friend married and move to New York (6 months ago and still haven't heard from him!)
Thumbs down
-Bush re-elected
-Didn't get see mmj this year
-No Glastonbury ticket
-Saw my best friend married and move to New York
All in all it was a very good year.

[ben grimm]

Almost forgot, to cap it off Mrs Grim got us tickets for Willie Nelson for Xmas!

[SMc55]

This year my family and I moved to our new life.

Number 1 son continues to make me proud, making his way in the world in an honest, hard working, hard playing way.

My daughter has started college, taking a course she loves and making new friends.

Number 2 son is loving is new school.

I have a new job. Much less money but much less stress.

Missing old friends but keeping in touch and having plans to see them in the new year.

And I'm much closer to my lovely man and his beautiful sons.

Life is good  :D

[EC]

Woweee.  Everyone seems to have had some pretty big years.  

dith, glad to hear about the retreated stress factor.  That is so much more important.  Yay!

feb 27th is the target date...(starts to fumble nervously and bite nails... )

DUDE!!!  That's so exciting!  That's so soooooon!  Oh boy, that's just great.  Nothing like a sleeping baby to take all the bad things away.  Or a baby just looking at you.  That's pretty good.

Now, a colicky baby, jeez that can be...  ha ha, just kidding.

Almost forgot, to cap it off Mrs Grim got us tickets for Willie Nelson for Xmas!

Oh my god.  That is wicked!  Is he touring right now?  I have to check this.  He probably won't come to Toronto, though.  But maybe!

[Billy_Pilgrim]

It's been an up and down year for me...

Good:
Graduated from University
Had the best few weeks of my life with an amazingly close group of friends after university, May to early July.
Discovered MMJ.
Booked a trip to Mexico and USA for late January onwards. Cant wait for that!!!

Bad:
Lost a very close friend of mine to cancer, leaving a husband and 5 year-old child. Life can be a real bitch sometimes.
Had to endure a bad few months at a job I hated, but I've left now so that doesn't really count...

Looking forward to 2005. i think it's going to be a big year for me. I have to get myself a job (once I return from my trip) and find somewhere to live. I guess that's quite a major objective...

I'm also going to see Oasis in July. That should rock. I actually had a dream the other night about MMJ supporting Oasis at the gig. I think I may well wet myself should that happen. Fat chance though!

[Oz]

2004 was a weird year. Everything I build up in 2003 that I thought was going to last forever, fell apart and everything I thought I knew got flipped around this year. It all felt really weird and yet, in a strange way, not that bad at all. So I guess I could say I had quite a good year. :)

[SMc55]

So I guess I could say I had quite a good year. :)

That's really good to hear  :)