I've had this blag since 2005

I'm procrastinating, which I'm sure surprises no one. I came here to find a post I wrote when I was in high school, which made me realize two things. One, I've had this blog for almost five years. Two, I was a lot more open then than I am now. I don't know why, but I think I came up with some theories as to why this is.

• I've experienced a lot since I was in high school.
  
• I am more aware that my feelings and thoughts are subjective.
• I actually don't know as much as I thought I did when I was younger.
• I cared less what other people thought about me then.
• I trusted people more.

In a lot of ways, thought I haven't changed at all. I can read a post from 2005 and, while I will laugh (sometimes more like scoff) at my naivete and simple writing, my opinions haven't changed a lot, as you can see here and here.

I originally posted what is below on March 20, 2005. I edited (in black) it to make it more accurate to today.

Ten Places I want to go Before I Die
1) Rome (and the rest on Italy) Venice, again, and Rome
2) Alaska
3) Seattle (again)
4) Washington D.C. (again, again)
5) England (almost...!) (again)
6) New Zealand Spain
7) Spain (again)
8) South America (Chile, Argentina)
9) Russia and Eastern Europe
10)India

Ten Things I want to Learn About
1) Greek Mythology
2) The History of Egypt
3) The History of Masons
4) Other Religions
5) Random Conspiracies (Lincoln, Kennedy, Hitler)
6) Psychology
7) Criminology
8) World Geography and culture
9) World Politics
10) the Enviornment

Ten instruments I want to be Able to Play
1) Guitar
2) Piano
3) Violin Harmonica
4) Bass (guitar) Violin
5)Percussion
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Ten Things I want to Memorize
1) pi (obviously not to all the digits)
2) 50 states and their capitals
3) J.R.R. Tolkiens "The road goes ever on and on..." poem Declaration of Independence
4) Abbott and Costello's "Who's on First?" Bill of Rights
5) Random facts that will someday be useful
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Ten Extreme Things I want to Do
1) Skydive
2) bungee Jump
3) White water Raft (again)
4) Fly a plane
5) Climb a mountain
6) Scuba dive
7) Road trip the U.S. Sleep in the car.
8) Take big chances
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Ten People I want to Meet
1) Yogi Berra Joe Mauer
2) Abbott Obama
3) Costello (I honestly don't know if these two are still alive...)
4) J.K. Rowling
5) Daniel Handler
6) My true love
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Ten People I wish I met (or want to meet again)
1) Abraham Lincoln
2) Babe Ruth
3) Jesus
4) J. R. R. Tolkien
5) Grandpa Huiras
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