Year in Review 2008

I've had the day to relax here. I haven't had to really go anywhere or do anything and for that I'm thankful even though I'm having to fight the boredom a little bit. I wanted to take time to write an 08 review as I normally do just to mark mainly for my own records. 
I brought 2008 in with my parents here at my grandma's place. I can't remember exactly why I ended up here with my parents. I guess I didn't have all that many close friends that I could call upon like I do now. I wasn't playing in the band yet, music still hadn't happened for a long time but I remember when 2008 came in I got this incredible sense that I was going to seek out peace and work on myself more in 2008. I won a skate deck on my birthday at broken city with trevor. It was a great time just listening to bands. A week or so after that was when I ended up going to a traced image show and meeting Dave there who had also brought Tim. This is what really kicked off the band stuff and is a big reason why I am as good as friends with those two guys as I am today. I wonder how much different 2008 would have been had I not gone to that show and met Tim that night. 
The next few months cruised by as we were getting ready to play our first sets of shows as Angels Breaking Silence. Lots of time was put into the band this year. 
At work I had many weeks off here and there because of lack of work and poor scheduling. I honestly don't know if I have experienced a harder financial shortfall as I did this year but i've been learning that you have to learn how to live without money before you can learn to live with money. I'm hoping 2009 to be a drastic change in that area of my life. 
Summer came and went and I met some new amazing people and had some really memorable nights at the Blackfoot Diner and a couple really great trips to Central Alberta. We played a lot of shows in the summer, seemed like we were always preparing for the next gig that was only a couple weeks away. 
There was of course Softball in the summer time and of course the basketball seasons. I think that is still by far one of my most favorite ways to get active, playing basketball with people that are quickly becoming really good friends. 
And of course, this year I moved into this basement suite. I don't regret that decision at all, it was a move for the better, even though living on your own does have its moments when you get bored and want something to do, but its given me a little more motivation to organize friends and events the odd time. This is something I did a lot in high school and maybe its just that part of me coming out again. It only takes one person to change an evening to make it something memorable. 
Thanks friends, new and old, for giving me a 2008 worth remembering. I am more at peace with myself and I'm that much closer to being a person that will change the world for the better. 2009 is off to an interesting start already and more changes will be coming. Its all part of the adventure that is life. May you all have an 09 to remember!