In 2005, I began a massive series of changes that would not slow down for years. It was a massive revolution in perspective, to begin to explore things that were interesting to me instead of those things that would earn me the most brownie points with the people around me. I changed careers. I changed genders. I began to explore my sexuality. I began to explore various hobbies that might interest me. Gaming of various sorts. I was starting to gain access to a large social network of people. I was discovering geeks, gamers, pagans, hippies, activists, and all sorts of other folks.
I was creating a whole new person from stardust. Now, four years later, the majority of things that are in my life that are important and significant have only been around for a year or two. The things that people know me for have only been around for as long as 4 years, at best. The person I was prior to 2005 had little to nothing in common with the person that I am today.
This has had some interesting results:
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