Topic: So thinking back.. since I first started posting here at the pub.
It has been a loooong time. I barely even remember myself as a new poster here. Was young, mildly retarded (guess that part hasn't changed! 
), and pretty opinionated about the world in general. I remember arguing to no end about the rules here, and everywhere, and being just angsty in general.
The pub has been a weirder, bigger part of my life than I'd have ever expected, truth be told. I'd become closer to some friends, closer to people I met here, maybe even learned a bit or two about human interaction. The weird little things that I don't really think about, the tiny details that contribute to the reason that I still check this site on a daily basis.
But me, where I was before. A fuckhead hot-headed kid in high school with no ambition or desire to better his station in life. Never drank, never smoked, was shy and generally introverted about my emotions and feelings.
Now, I've moved out of state to go to school, and am using that ambition and drive to hopefully set myself up with a decent future. I smoke, drink, still stay away from hard drugs, but am much more capable of handling negative emotion and situations (the nicotine "helps" that, heh). I try not to get down and pissed off about the things in life that I cannot control, and try to do my best in every situation I encounter. I'm still a bit lazy, from time to time, but I feel like I'm doing decently well for myself, or at least am along the path of being able to do well for myself. I feel generally a much more mature, confident, outgoing person than I used to be.
Just interesting to reflect, and think retrospectively about how much has changed since I started posting here. How many people have come and gone, how many still linger and lurk. How everyone's gotten older and wiser, and how some things just stay the same.
Don't really much know the point or purpose of the thread here.. just kinda thinking, and felt like typing it out.
