I'm glad you got it off your chest,
Boro, and I'm really sorry that people were hurt.
Having said that...HAH! My instincts were right!
I always thought you were close to me in age,
B. You struck me as the sort of person I'd have over for PS3 duels and beer.
*booty dance of victory ensues*
You know, I was 17, so precious and delicate and young, when I first joined here, and although I don't
think I actively misrepresented myself, I talked a lot of rot. And a lot of said rot came from anxiety at being in a room with grown-ups, so to speak. So I really couldn't judge.
Now, my entire life is on the internet. I have even managed to somehow make a living off it for the last two years. Yet I can still recall those days when the internet was a mysterious, mystifying entity - and how it was and wasn't real.
The thing is, some of my closest friendships today started on the internet. Some of the brightest episodes in my life involved people I met here, or elsewhere. I can't help but be grateful. And this is why I particularly hope that things will be put right with folks for whom this came as a shock, those that are close to you.
"It never goes away, but it all works out."
