thescruffypiratedotorg

Well, this is an interesting question. I think I have changed a lot. But at the same time I feel like I am exactly the same person. So, let's see. Here is a list of things that are different.

• I currently have a lot more facial hair than I did when I was a freshman.
• I've switched operating systems.
• I've started going bald.
• I am more comfortable farting around others. Now, I fart loud and clear for all to hear.
• I have become a lot more self-aware.
• I have become a lot more concerned with my affect on the world. I mean I would say that I cared about the environment before, but never really did anything about it. Now I am trying to clean up my act. At least when I'm not at home. I kind of relapse into my old self when I am at home.
• I have become more confident in being myself. But I've talked about that before.
• I don't spend as much money.
• I'm tired of school.
• I don't read books as much. Because now most of the reading I do is online.

Here is a list of things that are the same, but this list is a lot harder for me to put my finger on. So its short.

• I am still living at home.
• I am still a large Shakira fan.
• I am still the same weight.
• I still like to be the center of attention.
• I still need validation to feel self-worth. :(

I like to say that people don't really change. This lists don't really support that statement, do they? Though, I think that the most that has changed about me is how I interact with others, not as much who I am (whoever that is). Poppy has this thing that she says and it goes something like this– I'm probably going to butcher it, "I've spent my entire life up until now, becoming more like me." Like the moment that you feel the most yourself is always now, and the rest of the moments before it have all been leading to this you that you are now. I kind of feel that way. This me that I am now is more me, than the me I was when I started college. I just hadn't figured out how to be him yet.

10 August 2007 01:01am UTC • 612 views • 3 comments

Tagged with 30days30questions, life, change, comparisons

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3 comments

1. Dread Pirate Benjamin

   23 August 2007 06:53pm UTC

   See, I would have expected people to join in on the fun. Now one wants to do this for themselves?

2. Peon Peetie

   2 September 2007 02:57am UTC

   • i don't have my ponytail anymore
   • i feel a bit more realistic about life
   • i listen to a lot less hippy music
   • i tend to accept things that make me sad a little more rather than feeling like i need to change them
   • i try not to always have one foot in the door, and to always be present wherever i am, whenever i am
   • i don't play guitar as much, and that makes me sad
   • i'm not as observant as i used to be. that also makes me sad.
   --
   • i'm still a hopeless romantic
   • my top five artists hasn't really changed
   • i still don't like being the center of attention (which is, perhaps, one reason you and i get along so well, benj)
   • i still don't eat meat
   • i still can't stop thinking about things. this has always been a problem. i can't seem to turn that damn thing off
   • i stll have my little fuzz patch (only now i have a quasi-mustache too)
   • i still adore neil young
   • i still hate when people borrow something and ruin it or don't give it back

3. Dread Pirate Benjamin

   4 September 2007 09:29am UTC

   Change is hard.

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