Some Things I've Gained From Everything2 These Last Five Years

  • My writing is pretty much crap, but it can be improved with some work.
  • I don't know a god damn thing.
  • I have some illogical obsession with the northeast.
  • I have the full Fast Show collection now.
  • I've had some books sent to me by nice noders.
  • It was a good idea to quit my web journal
  • I used the Hacker Diet and lost 60-odd pounds.
  • I know more about small or mid-sized Midwestern towns than I ever thought I would.
  • I can make valuable contributions to group projects. Go me.
  • Falling asleep around noders is done at your own risk.
  • I got to see some wolves.
  • I learned to think in pipe link.
  • I am able to survive shitty jobs if I have a good distraction going.
  • I learned something I probably should have known.
  • I discovered the the useful phrase "I make unwarranted assumptions."
  • I grabbed a copy of This American River.
  • I met tons of noders, eaten their food, and slept on their floors.
  • I bought a bunch of CDs that I wouldn't have normally.
  • I learned how to smoke a pipe.
  • I gained a hero or two or three.
  • That little panic attack I get right before I post a w/u never really goes away.
  • I look at Holland a little bit differently than I did when I lived there.
  • I've read uncountable brilliant nodes, some lost and some re-found.

    To each and every one of you, thank you for the last five years. It wouldn't have been the same without you.