yesterday my account turned 6 I demand your birthday salutations! FEED MY EGO. reflections contained below. [spoiler] man oh man, in my years here I've grown up a lot. I came here a scrappy 15 year old with something to prove. My mom had pulled me out of speech and debate for a year so I was determined to keep my debate skills sharp. As you can imagine, I was really well loved around here. After the great purge, which overlapped a personal tragedy, I grew up a little. I realized I had an obligation to not be as much of a tool. I had to care about how other people felt leaving an interaction here. A few users Sherpa'd me through this transition. Chiefly Xronad. After all he did to help me grow up and not be a tool I was determined to do the same. honestly I feel like I've failed in that goal. I'm more jaded than I was. Another personal tragedy broke me a little. Still working on that. Brief history aside. This place holds many great memories for me. It was my first real community anywhere, live or online. I am kinda sad that many of y'all will not know it how it was. Believe it or not, the faceless people on this forum taught me more about how to treat people than people in real life did. I will not elaborate how at this moment.[/spoiler]