Decade: 2001

Since December, 31^st 2010 marks the end of a decade (2001-2010) I thought I would remember this time span with a series of blogs highlighting a few things that remind me of each year of the Decade. To keep it simple, I will mention a song, a video game, a news story, and a personal even that remind me of each year.  I hope you find this an interesting look back.

2001


Song: Butterfly – Crazytown – not the most popular song of the year, but whenever I hear it I always think back to around this time, just reminds me of this year.

Video Game: Madden 2002 – this is for the memories I have playing with friends, so of the inside jokes of which we still bring up today. Also I loved the franchise mode and the whole game seemed like a huge upgrade from what I used to play on the N64. I will admit Super Smash Brothers Melee got some consideration here but it came out late in the year. And yes Madden 2002 was released in 2001.




News Story: 9/11… yeah pretty much sums it up as this was one of the most memorable events in my entire life. I remember I was taking the ISTEP standardized testing in the school library at the time, So I didn’t even hear that it had happened until about 3 hours after the fact after we finished the days testing. Crazy stuff, I also remember getting home that night and NOTHING being on TV but coverage of the event.

Personal Event: This was the last year I tried out for the basketball team (and didn’t make it like always), I ran conditioning for it after school during the fall and would have to say it ended up getting me in the best shape I was in high school (though still not that impressive), but despite being cut I was asked to be the video guy for the team, filming all of the games. It wasn’t that great of a job, but it was interesting going to all of the basketball games in 2001-2002