I was looking back about 10 years ago to see what the world was like. In 2002, things were not much different than 2012 in many ways, but I do see a few differences. Back in 2002, laptops and cell phones were not that common, and not everyone text messaged. The internet was confined only to a computer and it seems like the internet at home was just starting to become a common place. It seems like everyone had dial-up if you were in the country, while the people in town and in business had high speed. High speed internet was getting more common about 2005 or 2006 where it was assumed you had it and you were very "hick" when you had dial-up internet. Now I don't hear of dial-up internet and desktop computers are starting to get replaced by laptops and these iPad things. I have a feeling that the corporate office is going to be a thing of the past as telecommunting is going to be a norm in the next 5-10 years. I can see in 2020, we are going to see telecommunting and 2002 will appear so "old school."
2002 people were a lot weirder - teenagers and college students seem to be a lot more cleaner now than they were in 2002. I don't remember the pop culture in 2002, but I remember there was a lot of creepy kids wearing all black and a bunch of teenage sluts with their belly button showing off and buttcrack showing. I was only in the 6th grade and I seemed to be pretty clean for a 6th grader. I was interested in the computer, and I seem to like to do music at that age. I was starting to become a member of the band and the choir and I was involved in church activities.
I remember kids in 6th grade were starting to go along with the slutty fads that were popular - I was starting to see hair dye and I was starting to see even little wannabe goth/emo kids when I was younger. The wannabes were starting to come out when I was even in the first, second grade.
I was having a huge crush on a girl in the 6th grade and that was all that I was talking about. Her name was Sara and she had red hair, and she was sort of tomboyish. There were a lot of girls that were having crushes on me even though I was all "Sara" minded. I think it was an Ashley that was having a crush on me, who was a dark brunette with brown eyes and there was a Megan that had a crush on me She was chasing me around and hanging me around at grandmas house. There was a Brittany that did have a crush on me in the 5th grade.
I was different back then and it seems like the girls liked me back then. But that was the old days and now 10 years had passed. Now we are in a different era, and it seems like things had fallen apart back then. Or maybe?
Every time in your life has it's good times and every time has it's bad times. There is probably something about my college years I am going to look back at - I think it was a quiet time, but it was a time I spent a lot of time with family, especially mom. I was starting to get closer to my mom and dad, more than I used to be. I am also learning a lot of interesting things and I was experiencing many more things than I had in high school.
High school for me was a head up your butt joyride - I was unsure of what I was going to do and I had my head up my butt. Then college was a time for me to get my head screwed on and catch up some of the things that I missed from high school since I was so head up my butt.
Eventually, I am going to get into my first job status and I am going to finally start growing up. I am going to be in a different world. This summer might be a climax but it seems like things are going up. It looks like there might be some good times for me again after this fall and it is going to be a lot like 6th grade again
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