On Dec. 10, 2008:

"i just read over all the comments that people have left me in the last 4 and some odd years. Wow. For some reason I never thought people read and understood, but you did. You all understand... I wish we could all get together in a coffee house or all-night truck stop and talk about life. maybe some of us would finally get it."

Here I am, 12 years after writing that post; 17 years from starting this blog; 39 minutes past my first deadline for a story I haven't started writing yet.

How am I still the same person as I was all those years ago?