Tuesday, July 6, 2004

Oh the old days!
For ONCE, this post is not some angsty, half-befuddling post. Very clear cut. Er.. kinda. (actually, now that I've written it, no. The end is creepy.)

I was going through my favorites, and I found some really old OB threads. How about this one (which leads to more OB threads...):
OtakuBoards.com - Who Remembers!?
and if you click on the link to the old "theOtaku," there's an advert. for a pink version of OB, which I think is v1.

And in that thread, I'm using a violet color as my font! This was before I found my current hex code. Oh the good old times!

Here's another old thread, which is about another old thread:
OtakuBoards.com - Digistory: Entrance of Nightmare
I never got to read that story, either.

For anyone who wants it, I also have Kuja's ban thread, but you'd have to request it from me.


It's all just so funny to me. I arrived in v4, and now that we're in v7, I feel very old. I mean, I remember some great threads. I remember all the things we used to talk about in the Digimon thread, especially Devidramon's Tamer rants. They were the greatest. *grin* I mean, I remember being a newbie, and not even having adequate post quality. Those were the good old days.

You know, I probably shouldn't say this on my myO, but I think I will, anyway. It's just that I miss all the good times I used to have. And yes, I have good times now, but somehow, they're different. Because, well, I feel like every OB member has a time when they peak. When they're truly noticed by many OBers - or when they have a lot of OB friends that talk to them on AIM. And yes, I've retained a very good amount of those friends, but I feel like I've already peaked - that my time in the sun is gone, and I'm just waiting now, until dusk. Which, in a way, is sad.

I feel like the runt of a pack now. Everyone is moving forward, and I'm struggling to keep up. To keep up with the new wave of OBers. Most will never know Sephiroth, or the whole stolen user name incidents with ProudClod. Most will never know the obsessions of Ginnylyn. Most will never know the old OBers the way I do.

I don't know what I am, if I'm stupid or not. But it seems like every other "oldie" is willing to embrace every "new generation" OBer. And it's not that I'm not willing to do the same, but moreso, I cling to the old times, and everything I once knew.

Maybe that's why I think about the old times so much. Maybe I'm afraid to move forward. Yeah, I think I am.