Homegames - still play almost every week for over 2 years now. We used to play all kinds of games other than poker, now it's mostly dealers choice single-rebuy sng's... over 30 variants.

Started to play playmoney on PokerRoom when it was still the only site that had official linux support.
A friend from the homegame who won a couple of live tournaments, staked me into a 200NL cashgame, and I walked away with a 200$ profit. Played 200 NL every weekend for a summer and crossbooked with the other guy... wasn't a good deal for me. Ended the summer with a marginal profit and decided to play myself up to a reasonable bankroll online so I don't have to play scared money.
Minimum deposit on PartyPoker almost 2 years ago. The only good thing since then was that I never went broke. Other than that it has been a roller coaster ride, and I'm back at down to 5NL once again.