| Sean |
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| Starting Last Decade | Starting This Deade |
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| Rarely, if ever, had dates | Happily married |
| Lived in Tennessee with my parents | Own a house in San Diego |
| Made $9/hr as a part-time sysadmin | I could buy and sell '00 me several times over. |
| Fantasized about owning guns | Own more guns than most action movie characters |
| Watched my parents' 20" TV | Own two 52" LCD TV's |
| Owned a Vivitar camera taking 640x480 pics at best | Shoot a lot with a 10.2MP Sony Alpha A100 |
| Bought a 1996 Nissan Pathfinder in early '00 | Still driving it |
| Played a Playstation 1 | Own a PS3 and work for the company that makes them |
| KD, Shasta, and Annie were alive | The trio are all deceased now |
| Had never had sushi or Thai | Am a regular at a variety of restaurants |
| Had and loved my Nextel cellphone | Have inferior voice quality with Verizon, but a company-issued Blackberry for network |
| Had all of my weapons in one bedroom (swords, etc) | Have an armory, a workshop area, AND a garage |
| Had a big VHS collection | Went through DVD and moving to Blu-Ray |
| Shopped at Wal-Mart and malls | Actually don't shop much anymore at all |
| Wore shades indoors all the time | Wear military-grade fragmentation-proof goggles |
| Had a small personal website | Administer and mostly wrote thegunwiki.com, which is pretty popular |
| Texie |
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| Starting Last Decade | Starting This Deade |
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| Lived with my mom | Own a house |
| Didn't stray far from my comfort zone of the Ozarks | Made new friends |
| Never watched anime | Own rabbits |
| Didn't have a variety of foreign foods. | Like sushi, Thai, and can tell Mexican from Tex-Mex |
| Rarely had any dates | Got married |
| Didn't know much about computers or new electronic gadgets. | I have been exposed to HTML and computer languages |
| Didn't go to shooting ranges | Go shooting at the range |
| Didn't own any guns | Own guns |
| Never had my own video game console. | Own a PS3 with games. |
| Had a small TV with an antenna | Own 52" LCD TV with cable and Tivo |
| Had only made cheesecakes from a mix | Made my own cheesecake from scratch |
| Had a big VHS collection | Went through DVD and moving to Blu-Ray |
This also closes off 2009, so here are some things that stand out from the transition of years: