I had a really weird dream last night. Not only because it was about RPGWW (especially since I'm not even that active on here these days) but because it was about me making a thread on RPGWW. Yes, I am NOT kidding! So I'm going to make the thread I made in my dream. It was kind of weird, because I half remember it being like a bunch of posts on the computer, but on the other hand it seemed like we were all talking to each other like in a room and a table and stuff. I don't know. Maybe I was seeing a vision of the future. We weren't, like, old people or anything, though.
Anyway, the thread was about all the achievements/important life changes that have happened to us since we joined RPGWW. I know for one that I have changed a GREAT amount since I first joined RPGWW, but this forum has always been here, and while it's gone under a few small changes here and there, and the forumgoers have changed a bit, the activity has risen and fallen...it's still always been here, something solid in this ever-changing world to fall back on.
So that's why I'm inviting you, if you're so inclined, to take a trip back in time with me and just list some of the things that pop into your head that have happened to you since you joined RPGWW, and take a moment to visualize the scope of your life in relation to your relationship with RPGWW life. Maybe if we all do this some great revelation will be had and the purpose of me having this dream will become clear!
I think I joined this forum initially in 2000. Or 2001. I'm not really sure, and I can't remember. But here's what I can think of off the top of my head. None of them are in any specific order.
* My parents divorced and then later got remarried.
* I got my hand sliced by a chainsaw but managed to escape only with a scar.
* I studied abroad for a year in Japan.
* I lost my virginity.
* I graduated high school.
* I went to community college, a university, and then finally ended up back in Japan.
* I had a brief stint as a reporter.
* I wrote some novels.
* I won a SF literature contest.
* I got published.
* I translated over 500 chapters of manga...for fun.
* My heart was broken many times. (And I broke a few too.)
* I worked as a clerk, arcade attendant, event manager, tutor, teacher, orientation leader, and bartender.
* I sold almost everything I owned and was left with a big bag of clothes and a laptop.