I think back to 2007 and how amazing spending my summer days on GR was.

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  1. xlink

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    i really miss the golden age of message boards and signature making. im honestly happy to have grown up with it. as soon as i used to get off of school it was onto gamerenders for the drama and to up my design skills. damn.
     
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    Growing up is nice. I lived a pretty spartan life back in the day. Now I have FAR more resources to live off of. It's quite nice.

    Definitely school -> GR for me back in the day.
     
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    I'm going through the mid-life crisis years.

    It's great.

    2 Years in Canada ruined me. Think i'm going to move to Australia next year and avoid reality for a while more.

    GR was full of wonderful memories but also a metric **** ton of cringeworthy things I'd rather forget.
     
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    Lets get back to that!!! :omg:
     
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    If there's anything I know about Canada it's that it'll do that to you.

    I have a Canadian friend who apologized to me for apologizing too much.
     
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    It was definitely a unique experience. I have popped back in here once every few months to see if anyone was back. Happy to still see xlink poking his head around. Reading some of my older posts, I sound like a terrible noobcake. A lot has changed in 10 years :) (minus the noob status)
     
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    People learn and grow. Systems change.

    I'm doing my best to keep running faster and faster just to keep pace with the rate of change in the world. I like to think of myself as a quick learner but I find my motivation ot learn new systems just for their own sake is diminishing... which I find hard to believe.
     
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    GR never dies
     
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    GR is like a Phoenix.
     
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    A slightly weak dying Phoenix, but a Phoenix all the same.
     
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    I agree, I loved getting off of school and then coming and posting here. Hell even visiting here during school. Definitely a bunch of cringeworthy stuff too, as madmav said.

    Now it's all about real life, unfortunately.
     
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    I am liking real-life lately though, as terrible as it can be, what with all the responsibilities and stuff that accompany it.
     
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    It definitely has its pros and its cons. I'm not sure if I liked it more when I was working and had money rolling in, or now that I'm in school again. I definitely miss the money but being in school, while it involves 2-3x the amount of time and work, isn't nearly as soul sucking as being at work.
     

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