I'll start. So how have you guys been? Kind of ashamed of how silly or annoying you were half a decade ago? You're not alone. I don't understand how could you cope with me, guys. I'd have tried to start a rebellion and create a message board elsewhere >_>. (Wait, wasn't this what I did with GameFAQs?)
So a lot of time passed, and a lot of things changed in my life. From most significant to least, I've been into a stable relationship with an awesome girl for the past 4.5 years. I got tired of social games and casual shit and decided I wanted a serious relationship in my life, so I serendipitously created this online dating site profile, and quickly forgot about it because I had to go to Barcelona for a week to teach (which was part of my job). When I came back, I had a message from a girl a few years younger than I am that lived 20 minutes from home that just happened to be able to steal some neighbour's WiFi access (which lasted no more than three months) to get online and create her account to search for someone because she randomly decided to give that a try. We clicked. Have you ever felt you've met The Right One? I did when she asked me whether I preferred anal or vaginal. Jokes (or not) aside, we got lucky to find each other because there's no way in hell we'd have met elsewhere, as neither enjoy clubbing or dancing. So I got into a relationship with this asocial, geeky, hot, animal-loving (and vegetarian), environmentalist, atheist and litnerd girl who at times seems like a female version of me. We're stable though not getting married; you know the difference between a girlfriend and a wife is at least 20 Kg.
And as such we decided to buy an apartment and move out together. The apartment is under construction but it'll be finished before the end of the year. We plan on living there for a few years, but as as I can reliably telecommute (work from home) and we're sure we're staying in Spain we plan on renting it and moving to a small town in the mountains. That's the kind of thing we enjoy when we go out and when weather allows; we love natural, quiet places. I love to drive; I've got this car when it was out because it's Japanese, reliable, frugal, fun to drive, swift in old towns and big cities, roomy inside, and because this was relevant to my interests.
Professionally, I've been working as a software engineer for the internal computing department of a mid-size company all these years, and I got promoted into management as the CIO which means I get paid more to do simpler work. However, the economic, politic and to a large extent cultural situation in Spain is terrible, and if at any point in the short or mid term we can't make what we want to make, we'll be leaving this shithole and moving elsewhere, probably to Switzerland which I've been to a few times and I love.
Ideologically I have changed a lot. I'm still an environmentalist, I don't think humans deserve better rights than other highly-evolved, sentient species, and I'm still an atheist (at least until the stars are right and dead Cthulhu lives), but I changed two important things.
Politics-wise, I realized most of us don't live in a democracy, regardless of how much shitty politicians fill their stinking mouths with that word; I understood capitalism is evil even if I'm not directly affected by it; I like what this guy thinks; and I think bipartidist politicians and large corporation and bank owners should be afraid, very afraid, and made to pay for the crisis (them and them alone), perhaps getting lynched in the process — they fucked with everyone, now it's our turn. (I'd like to know what Nevan thinks here.)
Finally, I no longer care and think I should not care about what other people do with their lives, as long as it doesn't affect me. Not-caring is what makes people happier overall and is better for health, and putting all modesty aside I have to say I'm god-tier at not-caring. So regarding drugs, I don't do them, but I don't care for what others do as long as I'm not breathing that shit; if they're mostly inoffensive (I know I was partly misinformed OCB) then so be it; for the ones that are harmful, let them get naturally selected away, no fucks (and no funds!) given. Regarding sexuality, I was an idiot; whatever you feel like fucking or loving is alright, and homosexuality is alright, just I don't like people who feel superior due to one or another sexual orientation. (And hey, I encourage every guy to be gay; the more gay males there are, the more pussy available out there for me to bone.) Regarding feminism, I believe in equal rights, which is incompatible with forced equality, affirmative action, and all these so-called positive discrimination policies (as if discrimination could ever be positive), and I'm concerned for my own gender as well given men are subject to inequality, cultural prejudice and institutionalized discrimination too. That said, everyone needs to get laid more and stop caring. My ideal society is that of bonobos; you don't need to fight over stupid shit, worry or care as long as you're having fun and getting what you need.
And as for my free time... I have little as I prefer to go out with my girlfriend or simply fuck her until my dick is sore, but I love Elder Scrolls games. No time for anime and manga, and haven't watched TV regularly in years. Last movie I watched on the cinema was Avatar, fourth time, favourite movie ever. Read Wikipedia articles mostly. Thank goodness for my Galaxy Note 2, I do all kinds of things while commuting. Running Debian Sid or similar on all of my PCs at home and work. Fuck Microsoft and Apple. I'm a semi-regular redditor, my Reddit name is "A", followed by an underscore, then "for", then another underscore, then "Anonymous", thank you Google for not indexing it.
This is what I look like today.
I'd love to read about everyone else and feel free to comment on anything or ask myself absolutely anything.
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