Sopranos -- What's changed in your life?

It seems a little weird, but I was in my second year of college when the show premiered on Jan. 10, 1999.

I remember writing an A&E centerpiece on the show for my college paper just after it started (although the number of HBO subscribers in Pullman, Wash., at the time had to be minimal).

So, what have you done in those 8 1/2 years?

I'll start:

Graduated from college
Got a job and then another
Nearly drowned (Edit: I guess death is implied)
Bought a house
Watched the finale.

 

I bought a pair of jeans and some socks.

 

Got married
Left job of 10+ years
Went back to college
Had child (well, wife did)
Got laid off from new job
Got divorced
Fell in love again
Bought HDTV
Still going back to college
Sopranos ended

 

High school senior, so:

Graduated from high school
Got first full-time journalism job
Graduated from college
Almost died from pancreatitis
Got engaged
Got good full-time daily job
To be continued ...

 

I've gone from 7.55 seconds to eight.

 

Glad to hear it. A man's got to have goals.

 

Started college as a pre-med major (haha, I just realized the irony there)
changed my major three times before deciding on a double major of journalism and advertising
got punked by Bob Knight in a press conference and got defended by Tony Kornheiser and Michael Wilbon
Took 6 1/2 years to graduate
Got my first gig
Got another gig
Got another gig
Fell in love
Got a new car
Bought a new TV
My dog died
My aunt died
Got dumped
Got shot down after a date
Had to work on a Sopranos Sunday
Went to the store, bought a bottle of Pinot Noir and some fixins
Went home, made some macaroni and gravy and poured a big fat glass of Pinot
Watched "The Blue Comet"
Started the finale four minutes late
Bit my nails and sat on the edge of my couch in the final scene
Flipped out when I thought my DVR screwed up
Came back to work
Finishing up B1 and B3

What a great 8 years.

 

My one butt cheek was numb from positioning on the couch on my 41st birthday: Jan. 10, 1999.

My other butt cheek is numb now. I re-positioned.

 

i was in 5th grade when the first episode aired. i recently finished my first year of college.

um...where do i start?

 

I lived in Mississippi when the show started. Then I moved to South Carolina, then North Carolina, then home to Georgia. Now I live in Alabama.

A few more episodes and I might have been able to cover the whole South.

 

I moved from SF to the East Bay with my girlfriend
She's now my wife and we have a 4 month old baby boy now
I moved from the East Bay to North Carolina
I'm no longer a marketing/editorial assistant for a now-defunct SF publisher or a production artist for a still-thriving SF design firm
My dad passed away
I have an extra cat, not an orange one
I quit thinking Oz was the best show on HBO

 

I was living in the NoVa condo when the Sopranos started, working a day gig in PR and living the big city bachelor life.
I have moved seven (!) times since then, with jobs at three dailies (one of them twice) and a weekly.
I have seen the last of my grandparents - my paternal grandmother - die.
I have reversed roles from child to parent after my mother's stroke in 2003.
I have gotten married.
I have turned 50.