Your Life's Highlights

[kouriichi]

When i was a kid, me and my mom used to play JRPG's all day and night. Such happy days of my youth, stuffing my face with taco's till i couldnt walk and telling my mom her turnips were wilting in Harvest Moon! And then after chatting up the local girls we'd save the game, and play some Okage: Shadow King.

And then there was my first love! I was 15 at the time. Cute girl, very british. Which was a bit of an oddity in Detroit. I was in this terrible garage band that was the biggest HIM rip-off of all time. She was probably our only fan, and thats only because her taste in music was worse than a deaf alligator in a burning building. We'd go on dates to see imported japanese movies played at the local theater. The japanese version of "Pulse"? Out of this world. I still get chills thinking about it.

Then there was hanging-out/being-babysat with my mom's friend Gooch. Awesome dood. He had the straightest hair youve ever seen, and it went past his knees. We would watch anime after, after anime. Im not sure an 8 year old should watch uncensored imports, but i didn't end up a murderer or rapist, so it must be ok.

When i think back on it, my life has actually had a lot of highlights. Ive been pretty lucky i guess.

 

[Daggedawg]

Meeting my girlfriend almost three years ago.

Getting a job in Japan so I can live close to her.

 

[Pinkamena]

I once got quints on 4chan. I hold it as the crowning achievment of my life.

 

[Beffudled Sheep_v1legacy]

In my mid teen years(15) I managed to resolve a dispute with a gang member without violence!

This may not seem very big to some people but back then I couldn't solve issues with anyone without violence.

Since then I've been finding non-violent solutions to all sorts of problems! My paranoia levels have decreased, I have a much sunnier (though still distempered) disposition and my body has never been in less pain!
I also don't go into 'fight or flight' mode whenever someone looks at me with a slightly annoyed expression

 

[The Night Angel]

My family moved to Spain when I was eight, so that has to be one. Saw the Red Hot Chilli Peppers live, that's another

 

[Starik20X6]

Here are a few that spring to mind:

- First kiss, with a girl I love.
- Being asked by the girl I lost my virginity to: "How did you get so good at this?"
- Finding out the girl I'd been crazy for for about a year was equally crazy for me.
- Getting my dream car [http://www.smartwsc.com/WebRoot/StoreES2/Shops/62093661/4D55/0206/0B02/B1CA/7C69/C0A8/29B9/14C0/2005-smart-.jpg].[footnote]Yeah my dream car is a Smart, what of it?[/footnote]
- Driving the real Batmobile. When I was younger we'd go on family trips to Warner Bros. Movie World all the time, and each time, my brother and I would dress as Batman and Robin. When the daily parade came around, the actual Batman and Robin spotted us and invited us in to ride along with them, and Robin let me drive it down the main street of the park.
- Seeing Daft Punk, Metallica, Gorillaz, Burt Bacharach, The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddess, Madness, Faith No More, The Black Keys, and Eels live.
- Seeing my models (LEGO, clay and CG) come to life through animation.


I'm also going to pre-emptively list my upcoming holiday to New York, Las Vegas and Los Angeles as a highlight.

 

[EHKOS]

I once trapped the Tank in a safe-room. I was playing with a friend who I admired and was really cool, and he congratulated me through the tears of laughter. I had never felt prouder.

 

[Linakrbcs]

Soooo many good times

Two world youth days. To stand amid a huge crowd of people who'd come from all corners of the world, to hear them sing and pray together. And suddenly, all the things that usually separate us, the barriers of language and culture and class, didn't matter anymore. It was as it should be, we were all brothers and sisters, united by a common faith. Say what you want about religion, the spirit at these events is unique and wonderful.

A week in Taize, the most peaceful place I've ever been to. Life there is slow and ordered, you live according to a firmly set schedule. But there is a kind of freedom to be found in not having to make choices, to be able to just float with the stream and rest from the complexity of the outside world for a little while. Like the world youth days, it's not a place where you can stay forever, but you can take a little of that spirit with you when you go back to the normal world.

Getting an abstract accepted to a big reasearch conference this summer was a pretty awesome moment.

There were a few moments when I was writing up my diploma thesis. It's the hardest thing I've done so far, but it was exhilerating at the same time, and there were a few moments when I was walking to uni in the early morning sun, drunk from lack of sleep, and epic music playing on my mp3 player, and I felt like I could run forever and take on anything.

 

[aegix drakan_v1legacy]

Asking out a friend I really liked and got a yes from her. ^_^
Making an RPG in 2 weeks for a contest and people actually liking it.
Going to the grand canyon and just...soaking in how powerful nature is.
Playing paintball for the first time.
Grad ski trip in high school. It's just about the ONLY good memory I have from that hellhole of a school.

Those are the moments that really stick out for me when I look back right now.

 

[EeveeElectro]

The expos I attend have been some of the best days ever.

My boyfriend is the best thing that ever happened to me. I've been treat so badly by all my past boyfriends, meeting someone I love so much and who does everything he can to show me how much he loves me is beautiful. I didn't think I'd ever be this happy and I hope everyone else gets the chance to feel this good :3

 

[Headsprouter]

I dunno. Not much interesting has happened in my life. But one thing that comes to mind is going to New York last year on a School trip. New York was cool, but the thing that made it so awesome was that it mostly consisted of the year (grade, etc) below mine, and they hadn't judged me, yet. It felt as if I actually wasn't an outcast for once. Girls actually bothered talking to me. That was cool. Yeah, the sooner I get out of school and get a clean slate, socially, life's going to get a lot better for me. I changed a lot since first year, people don't know the new me, and I can't let them see it because I'm all too aware that they are still judging me by the old.

Oh, and one time, a girl I had a massive crush on said she thought I was cute via the 21 questions Facebook app..

..hehe..we hadn't shared but a word, and since, have only shared about five. I got over her. Damn crushes. They're a waste of time.

 

[Casual Shinji]

Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuhhhhhhh.

...

Hmmm...

I'm still alive, and I don't live in Africa. That's pretty good, I guess.

I seriously can't think of anything other than maybe buying a really awesome game or DVD. Not that I consider myself to have a bad life, but I've never had any crowning achievements or memorable highpoints. My dad not dying of double pneumonia and meningitis maybe?

I've never been in love, I've never kissed a girl, I've never been abroad, and I've never been on a crazy night out with friends since I don't have them.

Maybe I can count making an account on the Escapist as one.

 

[CMDDarkblade]

Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuhhhhhhh.

...

Hmmm...

I'm still alive, and I don't live in Africa. That's pretty good, I guess.

I seriously can't think of anything other than maybe buying a really awesome game or DVD. Not that I consider myself to have a bad life, but I've never had any crowning achievements or memorable highpoints. My dad not dying of double pneumonia and meningitis maybe?

I've never been in love, I've never kissed a girl, I've never been abroad, and I've never been on a crazy night out with friends since I don't have them.

Maybe I can count making an account on the Escapist as one.

Well, looking at your deviant art account, your drawings are pretty good. Is there any art work you feel particularly proud of drawing?

 

[Casual Shinji]

Well, looking at your deviant art account, your drawings are pretty good. Is there any art work you feel particularly proud of drawing?

There are a few that I'm proud of, but that feeling generally fades pretty quickly. Especially in the face of me trying to draw something else and failing miserably.

 

[MrHide-Patten]

Well going to GDC last year in San Fran was pretty big, especially being in America it self which I could only describe as bizzaro world. People drive on the wrong side of the road, the buses use cables but the trams do not, all the money is the same colour and dollars are in bill form, and video games go for a cheap 60 bucks.

Also starting up my own independent games development studio (Dancing Dinosaur Games) and working to complete our first title. Not going to make us much, but it's to get us started, we all can't be Mojang.

Lastly being selected out of 60,000 to have my art featured at the Ian Potter centre in Melbourne several years ago. Makes me feel as though I've got some talent as an artist, to which ive only improved since going to a school for Video Game art, really felt like I met a group of people who only existed on the internet.