FA+
Shop
A look back at the past decade...
6 years ago
Well, a new decade is coming up. I'm amazed at how this decade of the 2010s (also known online as "the New Tens") went by fairly quickly compared to past decades. Again, it all comes from getting older. I've seen quite a few changes happen during this decade, not just to me, but to other people I know, places and other things as well. Let's look back at some of the noticeable things that happened with me through this past decade...
2010
Not much, except that I graduate college the first time with a Liberal Art Studies degree and start getting in some retail work. Oh, and I started the decade with a stomach bug, but luckily those go away really quickly, compared to the common cold!
I get to go to Six Flags New England for the very first time!
I begin to get more serious with model railroading; instead of just using roadbed-track on a grass mat and often changing the track plans to my liking and moving around buildings, I begin to try out nailing down track and doing permanent landscaping, on a 4x8 layout.
2011
Not a lot of good stuff this year, though. Especially near the end when I made one bad decision that got me grounded for what my dad said was an indeterminate amount of time. I really changed since then, and got more honest and well-meaning and much less of a risk-taker.
Oh, and I began helping out with some minor assistance with the Brockton Rox baseball team.
2012
My hometown of Brockton MA gets their first countdown pedestrian signals, and as the decade goes on they start to appear at more and more intersections across the city, especially now that they've gotten really popular with busy and/or dangerous intersections (I'm especially glad Belmont St. now has them at several intersections, including behind my old high school!)
I go to Six Flags New England for the second time, and haven't again since... but we'll see when I go back! (More on why in a bit.)
I raise three Monarch butterflies from eggs I find in the milkweed in our old garden.
I finally achieve a dream I've had since my teenage years: I become a performer for K-O the Kangaroo, mascot of the Brockton Rox! The staff is really impressed with how good I am, especially with the kids, and my family and friends are all proud of me.
2013
I begin doing Big Bad Wolf vlogs about Disney-related records, and as the years go on I also cover Disney-related cassettes and other wolf-related read-alongs!
I get the Spencer's Wile E. Coyote footed hoodie pajama suit, and it makes a great body costume to go with my Wile E. Coyote latex mask!
I start to really get into vinyl records, just in time for their comeback!
My paternal grandmother dies.
I partake in my first big mascot event, when K-O the Kangaroo visits Gilette Stadium for a New England Revolutions mascot night!
The first Rox season where I play K-O for all the games, and the last season with the old ownership.
I attend Boston Comic Con (now Fan Expo Boston) for the very first time, and have been going every year since!
My brother gets struck down with seizures and is unable to drive for a long time, making it a big strain on the whole family.
The first Downtown Fest in Brockton that I attend as K-O.
I start a job-training program in Boston, marking it the first time I am able to travel to the big city by train all by myself. A BIG step up for me!
2014
I start a maintenance associate job at Sprawlmart.
I get my first "Smart" device, an Apple iPod Touch 5G! Yeah, it took me that long to get one, but getting that job was a big help in being able to afford it.
I build my second model railroad layout of this decade, a 9x8 L-shape, and I start using DCC model train operation.
The Brockton Rox gets their current K-O the Kangaroo suit as part of the new ownership, and I am the first performer to work in it (since I'd be the go-to guy for off-season gigs.)
I start working on an improved cosplay of the Disney Big Bad Wolf, using a modified Disney Store Halloween costume that soon becomes the norm for the Wolf's body when I dress up as him.
I attend my first furry convention, the Maltese Fur Con in Boston! The con does not survive to happen a second year, unfortunately.
We adopt our current rescue dog, Sweetie.
2015
I attend the first Anthro New England, held in Cambridge MA, and have been going to said furry con ever since!
I attend Anime Boston for the first time, and have been going every year since!
I mourn the demise of the first fire alarms I ever heard in my life, when my first elementary school's original fire alarm system starts failing and has to be replaced.
I get fired from Sprawlmart, but re-hired by the Rox (taking advantage of my unfortunate situation!)
My family and I go on vacation to Old Orchard Beach, Maine!
I hit it off with a girl who knows my brother, and by the end of the decade we become good friends.
Rubies Costumes comes out with that neat full-head latex Scooby-Doo mask, and of course I buy one!
My final retail job, a seasonal position as a sales associate at Kohl's. I decide at that point that since I'm into computers, I will go back to college and get an I.T. degree!
2016
I finally get my first Smartphone, after making do with a flip-phone for quite some time.
I buy my current quad-core Mac Mini, which quickly becomes my main computer of choice!
I foray into fursuit construction, building a fursuit head of the Disney Big Bad Wolf, complete with movable jaw! Not bad for my first effort.
I go to DrawnCon in the new fursuit head, and start wearing it to every convention I go to since!
I start playing Pokémon GO! when it comes out.
I finally get my driver's license! I was in no hurry when I turned 16 back in 2004, but when my brother started having seizures and couldn't drive anymore, this prompted me to go for my license myself, and when I did, it was a BIG help for the family, because now I could drive my brother around instead of my parents having to do it all the time.
I start going back to college to go for a Computer Information Degree in User Support.
I go to my first furmeet, at King Richard's Faire.
2017
I begin having the Big Bad Wolf often rant about certain Disney topics on my YouTube channel, such as those live-action remakes.
Fan Expo Boston Comic Con moves from the World Seaport Trade Center to the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. It is that year I get to meet Jess Harnell and Jim Cummings!
My brother stays in a hospital for a couple weeks and has his final seizure to date.
We move out of the house I grew up in, and move onto a nicer and quieter side street.
2018
I am diagnosed with instigmatism and get prescription eyeglasses.
Because of moving to a new house, I build a new 11x8 L-shaped model railroad layout, my biggest and best to date!
Anthro New England moves to the Park Plaza Hotel in downtown Boston, making for a much easier commute!
I get a guest-spot on a college radio show, in character as the Big Bad Wolf!
The second Rox season where I am K-O for all the games, due to the smaller staff on hand and because I live much closer to the stadium now.
I build actual fursuit footpaws for my Big Bad Wolf cosplay!
I upload my 1,000th YouTube video!
One of my good male friends moves away to North Carolina, but we stay in touch online.
The "This is Life with Lisa Ling" episode about furries comes out, and me and my parents really enjoy it.
2019
The first year I stay overnight at a furry convention, with that year's Anthro New England, but just for one night to get a bit of experience, which proves to be successful.
K-O the Kangaroo visits Fenway Park in Boston for Wally the Green Monster's birthday!
The third Rox season where I am K-O for all the games, again due to the smaller staff.
I get my own first vehicle; a 2004 Jeep Liberty my mom handed down to me after she buys a new car. Then I also start driving on the highways!
I build my second fursuit, the new fursona that me and
blueeyedwolf co-developed: Zak Wolf!
I wrap up my final semester of classes for that I.T. degree, making the Dean's List each semester!
And there you have it. Quite a few accomplishments for me, both furry and non-furry. It will be interesting to see what the New 20s brings. In fact, that's what Anthro New England 2020's theme is going to be: The Roaring 20s! I already got pin-striped suspenders and a wide-brimmed matching fedora for Zak to wear at times to go with the con's theme. It'll also be the first convention I go to as Zak Wolf, and for that one I'm going to stay over two nights instead of one. Plus, now that I have completed my college Associate's Degree for Computer Information: User Support, that should make it easier for me to get a decent computer job that will provide me with an even better source of income, and life should get a whole lot better for me, along with my brother and parents. Then I can even start going to out-of-state furry conventions as well! Let's hope these goals do come into fruition soon!
2010
Not much, except that I graduate college the first time with a Liberal Art Studies degree and start getting in some retail work. Oh, and I started the decade with a stomach bug, but luckily those go away really quickly, compared to the common cold!
I get to go to Six Flags New England for the very first time!
I begin to get more serious with model railroading; instead of just using roadbed-track on a grass mat and often changing the track plans to my liking and moving around buildings, I begin to try out nailing down track and doing permanent landscaping, on a 4x8 layout.
2011
Not a lot of good stuff this year, though. Especially near the end when I made one bad decision that got me grounded for what my dad said was an indeterminate amount of time. I really changed since then, and got more honest and well-meaning and much less of a risk-taker.
Oh, and I began helping out with some minor assistance with the Brockton Rox baseball team.
2012
My hometown of Brockton MA gets their first countdown pedestrian signals, and as the decade goes on they start to appear at more and more intersections across the city, especially now that they've gotten really popular with busy and/or dangerous intersections (I'm especially glad Belmont St. now has them at several intersections, including behind my old high school!)
I go to Six Flags New England for the second time, and haven't again since... but we'll see when I go back! (More on why in a bit.)
I raise three Monarch butterflies from eggs I find in the milkweed in our old garden.
I finally achieve a dream I've had since my teenage years: I become a performer for K-O the Kangaroo, mascot of the Brockton Rox! The staff is really impressed with how good I am, especially with the kids, and my family and friends are all proud of me.
2013
I begin doing Big Bad Wolf vlogs about Disney-related records, and as the years go on I also cover Disney-related cassettes and other wolf-related read-alongs!
I get the Spencer's Wile E. Coyote footed hoodie pajama suit, and it makes a great body costume to go with my Wile E. Coyote latex mask!
I start to really get into vinyl records, just in time for their comeback!
My paternal grandmother dies.
I partake in my first big mascot event, when K-O the Kangaroo visits Gilette Stadium for a New England Revolutions mascot night!
The first Rox season where I play K-O for all the games, and the last season with the old ownership.
I attend Boston Comic Con (now Fan Expo Boston) for the very first time, and have been going every year since!
My brother gets struck down with seizures and is unable to drive for a long time, making it a big strain on the whole family.
The first Downtown Fest in Brockton that I attend as K-O.
I start a job-training program in Boston, marking it the first time I am able to travel to the big city by train all by myself. A BIG step up for me!
2014
I start a maintenance associate job at Sprawlmart.
I get my first "Smart" device, an Apple iPod Touch 5G! Yeah, it took me that long to get one, but getting that job was a big help in being able to afford it.
I build my second model railroad layout of this decade, a 9x8 L-shape, and I start using DCC model train operation.
The Brockton Rox gets their current K-O the Kangaroo suit as part of the new ownership, and I am the first performer to work in it (since I'd be the go-to guy for off-season gigs.)
I start working on an improved cosplay of the Disney Big Bad Wolf, using a modified Disney Store Halloween costume that soon becomes the norm for the Wolf's body when I dress up as him.
I attend my first furry convention, the Maltese Fur Con in Boston! The con does not survive to happen a second year, unfortunately.
We adopt our current rescue dog, Sweetie.
2015
I attend the first Anthro New England, held in Cambridge MA, and have been going to said furry con ever since!
I attend Anime Boston for the first time, and have been going every year since!
I mourn the demise of the first fire alarms I ever heard in my life, when my first elementary school's original fire alarm system starts failing and has to be replaced.
I get fired from Sprawlmart, but re-hired by the Rox (taking advantage of my unfortunate situation!)
My family and I go on vacation to Old Orchard Beach, Maine!
I hit it off with a girl who knows my brother, and by the end of the decade we become good friends.
Rubies Costumes comes out with that neat full-head latex Scooby-Doo mask, and of course I buy one!
My final retail job, a seasonal position as a sales associate at Kohl's. I decide at that point that since I'm into computers, I will go back to college and get an I.T. degree!
2016
I finally get my first Smartphone, after making do with a flip-phone for quite some time.
I buy my current quad-core Mac Mini, which quickly becomes my main computer of choice!
I foray into fursuit construction, building a fursuit head of the Disney Big Bad Wolf, complete with movable jaw! Not bad for my first effort.
I go to DrawnCon in the new fursuit head, and start wearing it to every convention I go to since!
I start playing Pokémon GO! when it comes out.
I finally get my driver's license! I was in no hurry when I turned 16 back in 2004, but when my brother started having seizures and couldn't drive anymore, this prompted me to go for my license myself, and when I did, it was a BIG help for the family, because now I could drive my brother around instead of my parents having to do it all the time.
I start going back to college to go for a Computer Information Degree in User Support.
I go to my first furmeet, at King Richard's Faire.
2017
I begin having the Big Bad Wolf often rant about certain Disney topics on my YouTube channel, such as those live-action remakes.
Fan Expo Boston Comic Con moves from the World Seaport Trade Center to the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. It is that year I get to meet Jess Harnell and Jim Cummings!
My brother stays in a hospital for a couple weeks and has his final seizure to date.
We move out of the house I grew up in, and move onto a nicer and quieter side street.
2018
I am diagnosed with instigmatism and get prescription eyeglasses.
Because of moving to a new house, I build a new 11x8 L-shaped model railroad layout, my biggest and best to date!
Anthro New England moves to the Park Plaza Hotel in downtown Boston, making for a much easier commute!
I get a guest-spot on a college radio show, in character as the Big Bad Wolf!
The second Rox season where I am K-O for all the games, due to the smaller staff on hand and because I live much closer to the stadium now.
I build actual fursuit footpaws for my Big Bad Wolf cosplay!
I upload my 1,000th YouTube video!
One of my good male friends moves away to North Carolina, but we stay in touch online.
The "This is Life with Lisa Ling" episode about furries comes out, and me and my parents really enjoy it.
2019
The first year I stay overnight at a furry convention, with that year's Anthro New England, but just for one night to get a bit of experience, which proves to be successful.
K-O the Kangaroo visits Fenway Park in Boston for Wally the Green Monster's birthday!
The third Rox season where I am K-O for all the games, again due to the smaller staff.
I get my own first vehicle; a 2004 Jeep Liberty my mom handed down to me after she buys a new car. Then I also start driving on the highways!
I build my second fursuit, the new fursona that me and
blueeyedwolf co-developed: Zak Wolf!I wrap up my final semester of classes for that I.T. degree, making the Dean's List each semester!
And there you have it. Quite a few accomplishments for me, both furry and non-furry. It will be interesting to see what the New 20s brings. In fact, that's what Anthro New England 2020's theme is going to be: The Roaring 20s! I already got pin-striped suspenders and a wide-brimmed matching fedora for Zak to wear at times to go with the con's theme. It'll also be the first convention I go to as Zak Wolf, and for that one I'm going to stay over two nights instead of one. Plus, now that I have completed my college Associate's Degree for Computer Information: User Support, that should make it easier for me to get a decent computer job that will provide me with an even better source of income, and life should get a whole lot better for me, along with my brother and parents. Then I can even start going to out-of-state furry conventions as well! Let's hope these goals do come into fruition soon!
BlueEyedWolf
~blueeyedwolf
Wow, just wow !
