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Things started to pick up for me in 2003.  2001 and 2002 were pretty rough on me, but by 2003 I got a job at a place I really liked.  Well, I really liked the job duties, I just didn't like some of the other people who worked there.  Which is strange because I worked at a church.  But I still liked what I did, too bad I was only able to work there three and a half years.  The job I got after that I'm still working in, but I'm really starting to hate it.  I forsee me quitting in the next six months or so.

Another good thing about 2003 is that is when I started writing for GamerDad.com!  It was a much different site back then, but it was nice to be reviewing games semi-professionally again.

I was still playing the heck out of  GC Animal Crossing in 2003.  That's one of the reasons why it's on my top five favorite games of all time list.  I know that 2003 is when the first WarioWare game came out on the GBA, and that was my Game of the Year in 2003.  There were a lot of other games I enjoyed around that time, but I can't remember if they came out in 2002 or 2003, and I'm too lazy to look right now.  --Cary

I hope you find a much better job, Cary! With nice people to boot.

Just heard an interview with some people who did work on that Animal Crossing game. It was on Nintendo Voice Chat this week. Interesting stuff. I'll have to play it sometime. 

I didn't listen to Get Rich or Die Trying as an album, but I remember how huge it was and my older brother had it. I liked some of the singles unironically at the time, though "In Da Club" got really tiring eventually and I can't really listen to his mumbling now. 

I probably played Madden 2004, again because of my older brother. I'm sure it was ok. Just like all the other ones.

I never read Davinci Code, but I liked the movie. Everyone else hated it. I remember it causing a big stir since Dan Brown wasn't being totally factual but there's a lot of conspiracies people will believe about the Catholic church. I have no idea what was in there that was and wasn't true cause I never looked into it, just remember it being somewhat controversial. 

Return of the King was my favorite of the trilogy, but I remember audible sighing and laughter when people in the theater kept thinking it was over and wasn't. 

I still buy CDs, I just wish there were still dedicated music stores like CD Warehouse. 

I heard the Eragon movie ruined the book for people. Your thought? 

Order of the Phoenix took me the longest to read of the books and I wasn't a fan of what character they killed at the time, but I thought the movie was one of the better ones, especially the ending fight scene. 

I might have to give Venture Bros. another chance.

I really liked Bad Santa as well, though it's funny in that "I'm going to hell for liking this" way. 

Yeah, I had a friend I hung oujt with back in 2003 and all he'd listen to was Get Rich or Die Trying.  It was fairly good stuff back then.  But it got old after a month of the same thing every weekend.

I'm pretty sure the stuff in Da Vinci code has been certified fiction. I forget what I read about it, but I believe it's based on a bunch of rumor and another person's fabrication. 

At the three hour mark in a film, I really start getting fidgety. I've heard that in operas of old, audiences would do all sorts of things during the performance. Having to sit still that long is tantamount to torture. 

I don't remember the Eragon movie ruining the book for me. I guess the spoiler must've been about the secret Murtagh carries. I thought the movie's handling of the relationship between Eragon and Saphira was really corny. The book did it much better I thought. 

Yeah, it's fiction, just recall people thinking otherwise for some reason.

I didn't mean ruining as in spoling, meant people thought the movie was awful and didn't do the book justice.

Yeah, people did think otherwise when it came out. Silly people. 

Oh right. Yeah, movie was kinda bad. I read the book because this High Schooler wrote it. Can you imagine first year in college talking to that guy. "Yeah, I just wrote a novel. Made the NYT bestseller list. Just got an option for the movie rights." Jerk. (secretly. Darn dude, so cool.)

Nothing makes me feel worse or more impressed than people who are younger and yet more successful than I am.

Oh 2003. I bought the last copy of Madden 2004 at Best Buy on the PS2. I had it in my hands right as I heard another customer ask about it. I think this was the year when you could import your NCAA Football rosters into Madden. Mike Vick was scary good in this game.

I liked Get Rich or Die Tryin'. I remember downloading a random 50 mixtape from a random European website, liked some songs, and then had the "hey I know him" moment when In Da Club hit the radio.

I didn't read Di Vinci Code until after the movie was released.  

Oh yeah, the NCAA to Madden connection is when I thought about playing them. I really wanted to take a player all the way through both games. Did you see that Mike Vick took over after Roethlisberger got hurt in Pittsburg?

I heard something about it and right after I read your reply last night I saw the spot on TV about the Ravens vs the Mike Vick led Steelers. 

This year marks a significant event in gaming for me: getting my first ever handheld on Christmas, the Gameboy Advance SP.

My childhood movie of this year is Finding Nemo. I loved it so much I never got tired in rewatching it and it's still among my favorites of Pixar. Though I should say my favorite of this year so far is the first part of Kill Bill.

I've been listening to the Finding Nemo soundtrack all week. I still haven't seen it. I'll get to it sometime. I've seen all the other Pixar films. Not sure how I missed that one.

I think I saw Kill Bill Vol. 2 in the theater before seeing Vol. 1. Then I saw Vol. 1 on DVD afterwards.