It's that fun time of year to reflect on your life and see what you've done. I've neglected blogging for awhile, and it's always a fun way to waste time while putting off actual work. I may not get a chance to touch this for awhile. Plus it makes me feel good to brag like this. 2011 was a well lived year with many many ups and many many downs. I hope your year went as well as mine.

I was my brother's Best Man.

I got on the honor's roll.

I wrote my first Ruby on Rails application.

I won a senior design competition.

I worked on projects for a professor.

I got a job out of college.

I got a job with "software engineering" in the title.

I got to live life outside of school, long enough to want to go back....then went back, and realized how much I hated being there.

I graduated!

I got to experience life outside a startup, the corporate world.

I got to work in the Biomedical Device industry.

I got my first code released and code reviewed.

I was an RA.

I got to meet people I'd never have met before.

I learned how to stop thinking about people's age.

I asked out a girl for the first time.

I went on my first date.

I had my first *real* relationship.

I fell mady in love.

I stopped being bitter, and was shown a better life.

I had my heart broken to pieces, and that better life taken away.

I stopped hating my parents, and learned to let them into my life.

I became closer to my brother. (I love you man!)

I became closer to my old roommates and friends (You guys rock!).

I learned to listen to my internal compass.

I learned how to disregard what everyone told me.

I learned to live with the consequences.

I learned to live alone.

I learned how to live with someone.

I learned how to reach out to friends.

I lost 20 pounds.

I ran 12 miles.

I got in the best shape of my life.

I learned how to shoot skeet.

I got my first car.

I learned how to drive manual.

I learned how to jump start a car (twice!).

I learned that life usually hits you in the face with some sort of car trouble.