So I'm approaching my 20s now...
Aug 19, 2022 4:27:06 GMT -5
Post by eocaridin on Aug 19, 2022 4:27:06 GMT -5
What's good bitches its ya boy ImpGentleman11203
So as of this writing it's exactly 135 days away from the year 2023. then 12 days following new years; my birthday...more specifically my 20th birthday. It's funny to think when I was a little kid I would actively look forward to every birthday, counting down the days until it came. Now? I'm still counting down the days but with a little less excitement and a lot more dread LOL. Dont get me wrong, I'm legitimately excited to start a new chapter in my life as an "official" adult. I told myself I would do everything I possibly can to experience as much as humanly possible in the next 10 years and I can't wait to get those plans in motion. BUT as the countdown to the big two-zero bomb slowly inches toward detonation I can't help but take some of this time to kinda reminisce a lil bit at my tens and teens and all the shit I was into throughout the years...which brings me back (once again) to this community. The enigma that is the Doom community. Filled primarily with Gen X and Millennial mfs approaching their 40s and 50s still playing a game thats old enough to have graduated college and started a fucken family at this point. And yet that SOMEHOW my retarded 14 year old ass happened to stumble upon all the way back in yee-old 2017. It's the only community I've kept up with (whether actively or just lurking) for this long...5 fucking years ago y'all...deadass a quarter of my entire lifespan thus far. Crazy to think ain't it? At that time 20 seemed like so far in the future, and here it is slowly but surely making its way onto my doorstep...and my mind literally cannot grasp that still lmao.
Regardless I have a lot of fond memories with this game and community. Whether it was the friends I've made, grinding the everloving fuck out of my speedruns, making extremely edgy maps, or doing and saying incredibly cringy shit on these forums (lmao sorry) -- it's been a good run thus far. So much so that I actually want to become an active contributor again soon with mapmaking. Looking back at my old maps I'm not gonna lie some of them were starting to look really clean lowkey...
So anyways what's new with my many-alter-ego-having ass? Well the biggest change so far is that I actually go outside, shower, and have a social life now...turns out grass actually feels quite nice to the touch. I also have a proper car (its a gmc acadia...the most soccer mom lookin thing you'll ever see but i love it) as well as a decent job now. I work as a bartender in a nice lil hidden joint downtown. I love it honestly...the view, the fatass fucken tips from oil-rich boomers, and most importantly the 1 or 2 (give or take) cocktails that i may or may not down over the course of my shift all make it a super cool and chill job for me. It's a breath of fresh air compared to all the other shitty under-the-table jobs I've been working for the past 7 years. I've also started going to the gym these past couple months as I'm tired of being a lil skinny bitch and wanna see how a sexy ass six pack and perky man tits would look on me. Well see how that goes ig lol....oh yeah and there was also a brief period in 2021 where i was homeless so that was...nice i guess LMAO.
sooooooooooooooooo yeah y'all im excited but terrified of the future that lies ahead...but honestly fuck it i know it'll be a good decade for me as long as I keep my mindset straight. The plan is to eventually save up to move abroad (im thinking Amsterdam, before it goes under water anyways...havent decided 100% though) and go to "uni". I wanna study astrophysics and all that space shit.
to be real I have no idea where I was originally going with this post, kinda just be letting my fingers type away and shit lol. but i hope everyone here is still kickin and also hoping the next 10 years is just as badass for y'all as I plan to make it for myself! cheers y'all!
So as of this writing it's exactly 135 days away from the year 2023. then 12 days following new years; my birthday...more specifically my 20th birthday. It's funny to think when I was a little kid I would actively look forward to every birthday, counting down the days until it came. Now? I'm still counting down the days but with a little less excitement and a lot more dread LOL. Dont get me wrong, I'm legitimately excited to start a new chapter in my life as an "official" adult. I told myself I would do everything I possibly can to experience as much as humanly possible in the next 10 years and I can't wait to get those plans in motion. BUT as the countdown to the big two-zero bomb slowly inches toward detonation I can't help but take some of this time to kinda reminisce a lil bit at my tens and teens and all the shit I was into throughout the years...which brings me back (once again) to this community. The enigma that is the Doom community. Filled primarily with Gen X and Millennial mfs approaching their 40s and 50s still playing a game thats old enough to have graduated college and started a fucken family at this point. And yet that SOMEHOW my retarded 14 year old ass happened to stumble upon all the way back in yee-old 2017. It's the only community I've kept up with (whether actively or just lurking) for this long...5 fucking years ago y'all...deadass a quarter of my entire lifespan thus far. Crazy to think ain't it? At that time 20 seemed like so far in the future, and here it is slowly but surely making its way onto my doorstep...and my mind literally cannot grasp that still lmao.
Regardless I have a lot of fond memories with this game and community. Whether it was the friends I've made, grinding the everloving fuck out of my speedruns, making extremely edgy maps, or doing and saying incredibly cringy shit on these forums (lmao sorry) -- it's been a good run thus far. So much so that I actually want to become an active contributor again soon with mapmaking. Looking back at my old maps I'm not gonna lie some of them were starting to look really clean lowkey...
So anyways what's new with my many-alter-ego-having ass? Well the biggest change so far is that I actually go outside, shower, and have a social life now...turns out grass actually feels quite nice to the touch. I also have a proper car (its a gmc acadia...the most soccer mom lookin thing you'll ever see but i love it) as well as a decent job now. I work as a bartender in a nice lil hidden joint downtown. I love it honestly...the view, the fatass fucken tips from oil-rich boomers, and most importantly the 1 or 2 (give or take) cocktails that i may or may not down over the course of my shift all make it a super cool and chill job for me. It's a breath of fresh air compared to all the other shitty under-the-table jobs I've been working for the past 7 years. I've also started going to the gym these past couple months as I'm tired of being a lil skinny bitch and wanna see how a sexy ass six pack and perky man tits would look on me. Well see how that goes ig lol....oh yeah and there was also a brief period in 2021 where i was homeless so that was...nice i guess LMAO.
sooooooooooooooooo yeah y'all im excited but terrified of the future that lies ahead...but honestly fuck it i know it'll be a good decade for me as long as I keep my mindset straight. The plan is to eventually save up to move abroad (im thinking Amsterdam, before it goes under water anyways...havent decided 100% though) and go to "uni". I wanna study astrophysics and all that space shit.
to be real I have no idea where I was originally going with this post, kinda just be letting my fingers type away and shit lol. but i hope everyone here is still kickin and also hoping the next 10 years is just as badass for y'all as I plan to make it for myself! cheers y'all!
