2007 is now over. That means we're now more than 3 times closer to Back to the Future's future than Back to the Future's present!
Since I almost never have anything to write, I'm going to try something new: a fixed update schedule of one update per year. So, here's the most significant of what I did in 2007 :-)
Aged, until reaching 22 years and a bit.
Worked. 2007 was my first year as a fully employed person. I started working at Trolltech in December 2006. Working almost exclusively on Qtopia. Firstly working on writing automated tests for other people's code, then maintaining and developing the tools we use for automated testing, then becoming responsible for performance measurements and poking developers who make it worse.
Trolltech is a great place to work and I look forward to spending another year with the Trolls.
Moved out. I left my family's home and moved into a fairly nice rented place closer to work and the city. First I lived on my own for a couple of months, and now I'm living with a friend until the end of January. After that I'm not sure, but I think I'd like to go on living with a flatmate, though I don't have anyone lined up.
Of course there have been some interesting side effects from moving out.
My eating habits have been all over the place, probably since I sort of both enjoy and hate cooking, and because of that, I lost more than 10kg in the first two months. (Which is good, but it would be concerning if that trend continued for much longer.)
I actually have to pay significant rent and bills now, so I've been learning to be a bit more frugal. Money has instantly become more valuable to me, though I still can't bring myself to really care about it that much. My budgeting basically consists of keeping a vague figure in my head of how much money I can afford to waste at any given time.
I never watch the news on TV, opting for cartoons instead. Occasionally I have dinner consisting solely of dessert. Sometimes I eat cookies in bed and no-one tells me not to. It's pretty cool.
Learnt to drive. I left this a little late by many people's standards, but I really had no need or desire to do it in the past. I discovered I hate driving, since it means being in control of a multi-megagram hunk of metal travelling at high speeds at close proximity to similar death machines, sometimes piloted by people of questionable sensibilities.
I also Failed my driving test. I haven't driven in the several months since then, so I also Possibly forgot how to drive, but I have a feeling I could pick it up again quickly.