You wake up two years ago...
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First of all, let me simply say...HELL YEAH!!! Hmm where do I start? I guess I'd start doing some stuff that I really enjoy earlier than I did the first time around (chess team, going out for school plays, etc), I'd know for sure that I was going to develop feelings for a friend and let her know about it this time before it's too late, and if I played my cards right with her I wouldn't get involved with my most recent girlfriend, which would save me a lot of stress. Finally, I'd be a little more timely with my college applications instead of rushing at the last minute.
dang...Jan 09 was already two years ago?
well Jan 06 would be awesome, my life could be something totally different, totally better
Jan 08 would be too late to stop my life from tanking but a good chance for me to relive the more awesome parts...with less mistakes
09...actually this would be where the mistakes started happening so it'd be awesome for me to fix them (but the end is still inevitable)...and nvm Jan 08 would suck kinda
Jan 10er, 2010..well I could relive one (or a few) of the most awesome and intense moments of my life EVER
but it would be too late to reverse the events that would soon follow...bleh (altho I'd take that if purely for the feeling, altho I couldn't stop anything or change anything)
well Jan 06 would be awesome, my life could be something totally different, totally better
Jan 08 would be too late to stop my life from tanking but a good chance for me to relive the more awesome parts...with less mistakes
09...actually this would be where the mistakes started happening so it'd be awesome for me to fix them (but the end is still inevitable)...and nvm Jan 08 would suck kinda
Jan 10er, 2010..well I could relive one (or a few) of the most awesome and intense moments of my life EVER
but it would be too late to reverse the events that would soon follow...bleh (altho I'd take that if purely for the feeling, altho I couldn't stop anything or change anything)
Two years, that would be just the right amount of time!
What wouldn't I change? First thing I'd do is quit WoW, it took another year and a half to do it and I'd probably make an extra couple hundred bucks by doing so. I'd apply myself at school, and not try to live on campus. I'd deliver a 'why you suck' speech to the guy who was my best friend at the time, a good nine months earlier. Then I'd start hanging out with the people I hang out with now.
And lastly, I'd have asked her out back in October '09 when we first met.
What wouldn't I change? First thing I'd do is quit WoW, it took another year and a half to do it and I'd probably make an extra couple hundred bucks by doing so. I'd apply myself at school, and not try to live on campus. I'd deliver a 'why you suck' speech to the guy who was my best friend at the time, a good nine months earlier. Then I'd start hanging out with the people I hang out with now.
And lastly, I'd have asked her out back in October '09 when we first met.
Wow, in the year before/of my first serious relationship... wow.
Even assuming I could change that, I don't think I would. It was a mess of heartache and mistaken feelings and more than a fair share of stupidity but you learn from everything. What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger.
Besides, if I screwed up that one relationship I would have screwed up a whole chain of important lessons. Amazing how one person can set off that reaction; I've never looked back on it to see how much the past two years of my life have hinged on a spontaneous decision to keep in touch with a person I knew for all of an hour
Even assuming I could change that, I don't think I would. It was a mess of heartache and mistaken feelings and more than a fair share of stupidity but you learn from everything. What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger.
Besides, if I screwed up that one relationship I would have screwed up a whole chain of important lessons. Amazing how one person can set off that reaction; I've never looked back on it to see how much the past two years of my life have hinged on a spontaneous decision to keep in touch with a person I knew for all of an hour
I'll expand mine a bit down here, just for kicks.
I would give a nice long 'fuck you' speech to the manipulative ***** I was chasing at the time, and add in some for all of my former 'friends' that went along wit her. After that I would try to get my friend out of the relationship he was in then before it turned out badly and try to reach out to my current friends. Next, I would track down my current girlfriend who I didn't know at that time and help her out with the hard time she was going through in her life.
After all that boring-ass relationship stuff was done I'd go about making a ton of money, followed by becoming famous. I would make an internet blog and, little bits at a time, reveal all the things I remembered from the future I came from. Stocks, movies, games, politics, disasters, everything. I would develop a devout following and hire some Scientologist leaders to help write a bible that would earn us all a ton of cash. Then I would sit around milking my fame until I got bored and wallowing in a lot of money which I would donate towards charities for things that were about to happen.
...what? You guys are just dreaming small... ^__^
I would give a nice long 'fuck you' speech to the manipulative ***** I was chasing at the time, and add in some for all of my former 'friends' that went along wit her. After that I would try to get my friend out of the relationship he was in then before it turned out badly and try to reach out to my current friends. Next, I would track down my current girlfriend who I didn't know at that time and help her out with the hard time she was going through in her life.
After all that boring-ass relationship stuff was done I'd go about making a ton of money, followed by becoming famous. I would make an internet blog and, little bits at a time, reveal all the things I remembered from the future I came from. Stocks, movies, games, politics, disasters, everything. I would develop a devout following and hire some Scientologist leaders to help write a bible that would earn us all a ton of cash. Then I would sit around milking my fame until I got bored and wallowing in a lot of money which I would donate towards charities for things that were about to happen.
...what? You guys are just dreaming small... ^__^
I would prevent myself from screwing up a certain exam and essay that killed my grade in my college english class.
Get really fucking angry that I couldn't start over about 6 months earlier so I could make my entire high school age less awkward as opposed from post-Christmas Break onwards.
Then I guess I'd work out or something. Also go around impressing my friends with my intimate knowledge of everything going to happen. Oh, and clue my buddy in that his girlfriend is a total whore.
Then I guess I'd work out or something. Also go around impressing my friends with my intimate knowledge of everything going to happen. Oh, and clue my buddy in that his girlfriend is a total whore.
Well, I could really do myself a big favour as it goes. I'm not quite sure what I'd do instead but I'd make sure I didn't move to where I live now.
January 18th, 2009
I'm back in Calgary, working at Wal-Mart, and broke. I have just discovered the Escapist two weeks ago and have probably just finished watching every Zero Punctuation video. I regularly play My City on Facebook and watch an ass-ton of movies in my spare time (I watched over 10 per week around this time). This is only a couple of weeks before I lose the Internet for two and a half months. One of our roommates just moved out (and he took his PS3 with him) and it'll be another month and a half before three more move in (with their Xbox 360).
What I'd do
- First, I'd demand everyone living with us to get a job in 30 days or they get kicked out. I payed about 80% of the rent from here to our eviction and I won't be doing that again.
- Second, I'd save much more money than I did; I was well enough off to survive until I moved to Saskatoon but I could've had a lot more.
- Third, I don't know if this is just before or just after my brother's old friend robbed me blind but if it hasn't happened yet I'd jump him the minute he stepped through our door.
- Fourth, I'd start looking for other places to live in Calgary or Saskatoon just in case history is changed (which it most likely will be) and we get evicted sooner.
- Fifth, I won't lend my Meet Market DVD to my roommate's then girlfriend, ***** never gave it back.
- Sixth, I'd find a better place to store my porn and my electronics; both get nicked between our eviction and the date we are able to come back and get our stuff.
- Seventh, I'd buy a new towel. I found out a couple of weeks from this date that my much filthier roommate has been using both of my towels.
- Eighth, I'd make my Escapist account then instead of waiting until May. I had no idea what I was missing.
- Other than this, I'd go about my usual routine. Life wasn't too bad up there, though I wouldn't do it again if I had the choice.
I'm back in Calgary, working at Wal-Mart, and broke. I have just discovered the Escapist two weeks ago and have probably just finished watching every Zero Punctuation video. I regularly play My City on Facebook and watch an ass-ton of movies in my spare time (I watched over 10 per week around this time). This is only a couple of weeks before I lose the Internet for two and a half months. One of our roommates just moved out (and he took his PS3 with him) and it'll be another month and a half before three more move in (with their Xbox 360).
What I'd do
- First, I'd demand everyone living with us to get a job in 30 days or they get kicked out. I payed about 80% of the rent from here to our eviction and I won't be doing that again.
- Second, I'd save much more money than I did; I was well enough off to survive until I moved to Saskatoon but I could've had a lot more.
- Third, I don't know if this is just before or just after my brother's old friend robbed me blind but if it hasn't happened yet I'd jump him the minute he stepped through our door.
- Fourth, I'd start looking for other places to live in Calgary or Saskatoon just in case history is changed (which it most likely will be) and we get evicted sooner.
- Fifth, I won't lend my Meet Market DVD to my roommate's then girlfriend, ***** never gave it back.
- Sixth, I'd find a better place to store my porn and my electronics; both get nicked between our eviction and the date we are able to come back and get our stuff.
- Seventh, I'd buy a new towel. I found out a couple of weeks from this date that my much filthier roommate has been using both of my towels.
- Eighth, I'd make my Escapist account then instead of waiting until May. I had no idea what I was missing.
- Other than this, I'd go about my usual routine. Life wasn't too bad up there, though I wouldn't do it again if I had the choice.
I would do everything the exact same way because I'm perfectly happy with who I am today, and I would not be who I am today without the stuff leading up to it.
Go and meet my current love interest earlier, warn myself of what NOT to do and brace myself for what's coming.
I'd probably take the opportunity to not mess things up as badly as I did the first time around. The past two years have been a string of catastrophic failures with members of the opposite sex (each of which has been the result of mistakes made glaringly obvious in hindsight), so it'd be nice to be able to go through that sequence again and maybe make one or two things work out.
Other than that, though, it would kind of suck. Two years ago, I was a little bit fucked up and creeped most people out. I've cleared my head a bit, stopped trying too hard, and get on better with people, so it would kind of suck to be dropped back into a low point in my life. Also, it would just be DULL most of the time. It's all stuff that I've done before, already learned, etc., so going back through it all again would be mind-numbing. That said, I do regret not setting aside more time to learn things (those two years might be great for starting to teach myself to code earlier), so at least there's that.
Basically, it would be an odd mix of boring, troubling, and frustrating to be dropped back into my life circa 2009, but it'd be nice to have a second chance at everything I've done since then.
Other than that, though, it would kind of suck. Two years ago, I was a little bit fucked up and creeped most people out. I've cleared my head a bit, stopped trying too hard, and get on better with people, so it would kind of suck to be dropped back into a low point in my life. Also, it would just be DULL most of the time. It's all stuff that I've done before, already learned, etc., so going back through it all again would be mind-numbing. That said, I do regret not setting aside more time to learn things (those two years might be great for starting to teach myself to code earlier), so at least there's that.
Basically, it would be an odd mix of boring, troubling, and frustrating to be dropped back into my life circa 2009, but it'd be nice to have a second chance at everything I've done since then.