It’s nice for me to find this after 3 years and see you looking back at it. It’s comforting to me to see you happy now. You are right that it’s an acceptance to just be.

Good for you nate

I can’t count the number of times I stood there holding those damn buttons in trying to set the clock.

Allow me to reiterate your message: ***left button slightly ahead of the right button***!!!

I am both surprised and not that this entry has maintained value three plus years later.

Short and sweet is that yes, I am in a better place. Fortunately all I really had to do was stay-the-course… literally moving helped a lot as well.

I’m happily in a relationship going on three years tomorrow, our anniversary. And employed at a good job that allows me a decent amount of freedom to pursue my own passions in programming (within reason of course).

Get that degree Austin, it doesn’t even matter if you don’t end up using it. I’m sure you’ve heard that before but it is so fucking true. It will open doors because it is proof to the world that you can stick to something to the end. Don’t worry about being important, just be. Cheesey yeah, but it’s worked for me…

That’s not to say I’m mr. slap happy jack, fuck no, I have my down days, I certainly get depressed still. I’m just not so worried about what I’m going to do anymore or where to go. I guess I’ve let go of trying to fight and just go with the flow more and more. I’ve stood up for what I feel more and take uncomfortable opportunities and challenges. I try to hold my head high even when my mind is cloudy and gray.

Hope some of that helps… good luck my friends.

Excuse me? How do you know the dirty homo’s could catch it? Their too busy playing grab a$$ with each other.