Since I Graduated High School…

For a while here, I was doing a series called Since the Last Time, which included some personal notes/accomplishments based on some event. Generally they were sports or pop culture events, but yesterday, June 7th, 2013, marked 10 years since I graduated high school. I figure that probably warrants a, “Since the last time” post.

So what has happened since  I graduated high school? Well, in popular culture (and off the top of my head): We saw the rise and fall of MySpace, the rise of Facebook and social media, we’ve seen just 2 US Presidents, lots of pop icons have passed away, including Michael Jackson, Heath Leger, and Steve Irwin, the war in Iraq got an official end date, the TV show Friends ended, the Yankees won the World Series once, the Giants won the Super Bowl twice, Star Wars was bought by Disney and renewed for 3 more movies, and much more.

Personally:

• I received my BS (’07) and MS (’09) from The University of Scranton. I now teach and work full time there 
• I’ve held 9 jobs (some concurrently)
• I’ve  gotten one book published and announced another one
• I was also published in an academic journal
• I started and subsequently redesigned this site 5 and a half times
• I learned CSS, WordPress, and a whole host of other technologies that got me to where I am today
• I’ve done several speaking events
• I’ve moved 9 times
• I became a PA resident
• I celebrated my 5-year college reunion
• I made the switch full-time to a Mac
• I spent 2 weeks in Ireland and have visited NY, PA, NJ, FL (Orlando), MA (Boston), CA (Anaheim, LA, Santa Monica, San Francisco), VA, MD, SC, GA
• I have driven from NY down to FL and up to MA, giving me most of the east coast by car.
• I’ve been to Disney Parks 7 times (11 total, number 12 planned for August)
• I have a very successful Freelancing career
• I started (and left) a company

Phew. I’ve had quite a busy ten years. Here’s to the next decade!