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Thursday, December 31, 2009

Flat, like the old days

[mood: retrospective] [listening to: appropriate music!]

December 31, 2009. The ending of a month, year, decade. Ten years is a long time. And for us, these ten years were probably the most important years of our lives that will no doubt have a profound impact on our futures.

Come in the DeLorean with me and travel back to ten years ago: George Bush was just elected, we were still in 3rd grade, and Gladiator recently came out. Now think about all that happened between then and now. When you consider all that we went through during this decade, it's kinda startling, isn't it? We essentially grew up; our experiences during these years will never go away and will always be with us. In times of distress and duress, when we are the most lost and confused, we will instinctively recall experiences from our past to help us guide our present and ultimately impact our future.

And make no mistake about it, many of the experiences we recall will be from this decade. There will always be something in the future to remind us about where we were on September 11th or the rigorous work of Kemps Landing and IB or the joy we got from snickering in the back of Mrs. Earles' class. In the infamous (paraphrased) words of Mr. McGrath, if we don't learn from our mistakes of the past, we are doomed to repeat them. So let us learn, and let us also repeat, but only the good parts.

And I hope you will agree with me when I say that one of the good parts of the majority of this last decade has been Hublog. Started on March 11th, 2004, as a parody of the trite nature people's Xanga's, Hublog has officially been here for more than half of the decade, and I am humbled by that. I have always said that Hublog would not be here if it weren't for you; that it's a site driven by the people. So that's why I mean it more than ever when I say thank you, the readers, for being here and behind the site for such a long time, and for indulging a little boy's dream of making websites. Hublog has been a greater success than it ever could have been in my wildest dreams, and neither I nor the site could have made it so far without your constant readership, support, and presence.

However, while it's important think about the past, it is just as important not dwell in it, and as we look forward to a new decade, so does Hublog. Don't worry, we aren't going anywhere. As I have said many times before, Hublog becomes what the community needs it to be. So keeping that in mind, look for changes coming soon. Many of us have moved on to college, have drastically different social lives, and have changed in so many different ways. Taking that into account, Hublog is also changing to better suit our needs as a community.

And with that purposefully ambiguous ending to this post, I wish everyone a Happy New Year and Decade. May our next ten be as good as our last. And no matter where our lives carry us, I hope that you will always think of Hublog as a place for friends to come together and realize that yes, the world still is flat, and there really is no distance between anyone. We just had to fold the map.

Colloquy on Flat, like the old days