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2009-12-31: Closing up a Decade

Texie and I are closing off 2009 today, and we had a pretty good list of the major changes from 2000-2010 in our lives.

Sean
Starting Last DecadeStarting This Deade
Rarely, if ever, had datesHappily married
Lived in Tennessee with my parentsOwn a house in San Diego
Made $9/hr as a part-time sysadminI could buy and sell '00 me several times over.
Fantasized about owning gunsOwn more guns than most action movie characters
Watched my parents' 20" TVOwn two 52" LCD TV's
Owned a Vivitar camera taking 640x480 pics at bestShoot a lot with a 10.2MP Sony Alpha A100
Bought a 1996 Nissan Pathfinder in early '00Still driving it
Played a Playstation 1Own a PS3 and work for the company that makes them
KD, Shasta, and Annie were aliveThe trio are all deceased now
Had never had sushi or ThaiAm a regular at a variety of restaurants
Had and loved my Nextel cellphoneHave 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 collectionWent through DVD and moving to Blu-Ray
Shopped at Wal-Mart and mallsActually don't shop much anymore at all
Wore shades indoors all the timeWear military-grade fragmentation-proof goggles
Had a small personal websiteAdminister and mostly wrote thegunwiki.com, which is pretty popular

Texie
Starting Last DecadeStarting This Deade
Lived with my momOwn a house
Didn't stray far from my comfort zone of the OzarksMade new friends
Never watched animeOwn rabbits
Didn't have a variety of foreign foods.Like sushi, Thai, and can tell Mexican from Tex-Mex
Rarely had any datesGot 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 rangesGo shooting at the range
Didn't own any gunsOwn guns
Never had my own video game console.Own a PS3 with games.
Had a small TV with an antennaOwn 52" LCD TV with cable and Tivo
Had only made cheesecakes from a mixMade my own cheesecake from scratch
Had a big VHS collectionWent 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:
Us, Jan 2009 - Jan 2010
Owned a trailerOwn a house
Had DishTVHave Tivo
We drive the same cars