Clearly I remember you from early AIM chatrooms (lololol) with people like The Tive, so from the way back. I think you've learned to control your spazziness a lot since then. I still think you're hilarious, and your twitter desires to be as many foursquare mayors always entertain. I can't honestly say my opinion has changed a whole lot since I've always thought you were awesome, but I can tell you've grown, which is even cooler.

Other than the fact that I don't feel like boning you anymore not much.

Some things have changed: as Paully says, you have indeed grown. As time goes by I've gotten to know you better and see more of you, and it's all been wonderful. I know better that you have a deeply thoughtful, generous side, and that social justice means a lot to you. I know how fiercely devoted you are to your friends and to anyone who's important to you, especially your mom (YOUR MOM). I know how much you love animals. I know the strength with which you handle adversity. And I've gone from "I like you" to "I love you" for these reasons.

And some things have not changed: you're still incredibly funny, and extremely passionate...just like my initial impression of you.

I ADDED A BONUS QUESTION GUYS FYI. Lettin you know.

I would say I'm a lot happier with who I am from four years ago. I've stopped worrying about what other people think so much, mainly because I've realized that I'm pretty awesome and a good person. Granted, as I've stopped worrying about what people think of me, it leads me to say and/or do stuff that occasionally makes me seem like more of an asshole than I actually am (who remembers my whole "no fat chicks" thing from OKC?) because I know that those who know me know I'm a good person despite whatever stupid shit falls out of my mouth. Not to mention the whole went back to school/graduated/grad school/lost 40 pounds stuff. So yeah, my opinion of myself is a lot better than it was four years ago. Granted, other people may have liked me better the way I was before - in fact I know this to be true in at least one case - but since I'm around me the most, my opinion wins.

Muppy - i DO remember those chatz and phone calls from back in the day. They were fun. Also that guy talking about his huge dong. I dunno. Anyway, when we intermet, I thought you were a funny party guy. YEAAHHHH. FOOTBALL. BEEEEEER. BOOOOBS. That kinda thing.

Now I know you've also got a heart o gold me matey and a serious drive to succeed as well. I'm happy for you for your accomplishments and see good things in your future in my crystal ball of internet.

I still kinda see you as fratty though BUT THATS NOT A BAD THING. Theres a guy at work who reminds me a lot of you and he's super fratty, but hes also really hilarious and awesome AND he's in our leadership program. He can just you know crush a beer can on his head is all.

TWIGBY TWIGBY TWIGBY, you are an asshole. I thought you were a fun nerd when we intermet and now I think you are an asshole.

JUST KIDDING.

I did think you were a fun nerd when we intermet. You were the first friend I had on Consumating, if you don't count that old creepy guy and also that weird drunk guy. I liked that you actually were nice to me in a scary place where most people were ignoring me. YOU ALLOWED ME TO FLOURISH.

THEN YOU CHOSE MARRY OVER ME AND IT ALL WENT DOWNHILL.

Now I stil consider you one of my e-bff's, even if you make me angry on pretty much an hourly basis. My opinion hasn't changed much of you in four years. You're still nerdy, BUT NOW YOU'VE GOT A LADY. I hope it will not hurt her too badly when you realize we are meant to be.

I only chose marry 'cos you chose DAS ARSLOCHAUFNAFHAJAJ OVER ME!

Also that's pretty much the reason why my answer was so short: liked you back then, still like you now!

-j. -- I can't say that my opinion of you has changed in 4 years, because I have always seen you as a friendly, caring, and compassionate person since we intermet. I can't even remember ever thinking you were a creeper, you were just the faceless gremlin I knew and loved from the start.

Now you secretly do have a face and I am a fan of it. I have come to learn things about you that never really CHANGED my opinion of you but certainly continue to add to the picture we've painted of you over da years. And what is that picture? Oh, just you in a field of dandelions riding around on a unicorn while an octopus named n8 eats a Canadian flag and shoots lazers out his eyes.

OLD MEME.

I DIDNT CHOOSE HIM OVER YOU.

I chose someone else over you

lol

So I honestly thought you were mean in 2006. And I was totally confused about whether you were a girl or a dude. And you were mean to me I think but I'M OVER IT NOW.

I seriously love you, you're hilarious and sweet and a really good friend. I get really angry when people say mean shit about GTI mostly because if I hadn't come here I wouldn't have been friends with you or got to know you at all. So they can suck a dick.

I said "she can suck a dick" when my mom mentioned one of my high school teachers the other day and without missing a beat my brother sang "SUCK A DICK UP LIKE A HICCUP" and my mom slapped HIM not me it was awesome.

I always thought of you as someone being young but, so intelligent and funny that those two strengths make up for the age difference btwn you and average Consumating folk. Which is why I followed your threads bc you were guaranteed to change the way I viewed something, by flipping the angle and pointing out something I didn't see, o by illuminating me to something entirely new to something I wouldn't have noticed if it weren't for a subject that you brought up in a thread. Seeing how others related to you and how they were attracted to your threads, humor, and insight pretty much reenforced my initial thoughts of you.

Twigs' answer is pretty funny.

As for me, I see how much of an asshole I can be when taken at face value. And, I understand that sometimes face value is as far as you get with some people. But, I think that if someone wants to judge me before they even get to know me...I can't do anything about that. So why stress over it? (Which is hit o miss bc, sometimes I replay interactions in my head...and, how I could have tweaked something to make the interaction turn towards the positive...but the past is the past...and I learn to live with it.)

I didn't know you in 2006, but when I joined Consumating in 2007 your karaoke thread made my life! I was like "omg karaoke nerds! this place is home!" You were very welcoming, and I always appreciated that. It was a very positive & memorable first impression.

I might have avoided you for a little while after that because I noticed you didn't mind not being liked by everyone. Your bluntness kinda scared me (I wasn't comfortable with confrontation, even though I had no reason to think you'd ever be all toughguy toward me). But like I said, I was one of those people who was always trying not to piss ANYone off so they would accept me, but you didn't need that kind of approval, and I took it as arrogance instead of what I see it as now: self confidence & self respect.

But then I started understanding your humor and saw you say some really insightful things and put all the pieces together and realized you're uniqueness. Ever since then, and more so on GTI, I consider you one of the most honest, intelligent, original-thinking, FUNSTARTERS on this site. I get so much entertainment from your never-ending energy. And when you're away for extended periods of time, I always notice.

As for how I've changed over the years, I think I'm less concerned with having everyone like me, and more appreciative of those who like me DESPITE my faults or misconceptions. I'm more interested in getting to know the people that initially turn me off instead of just writing them off as a jerk or a dumbass. I talk about my boobs & sex less, but I still love love love karaoke. The end!

Well, when I first met you on consumating, I was a little intimidated by you. Because you were always outspoken and the kind of person who always spoke your mind. I just assumed that you would think I was lame and annoying. So, it took me a long time to even try to get to know you.

Since then, I've learned that you are a kind and wonderful person. You are creative and intelligent. Even though we've never met in person, I would be very disappointed if we were no longer friends or if we stopped talking.

As for me, I have discovered that I am a better person than I thought. Honestly, before I joined Consumating, I didn't have a high opinion of myself. Meeting people like you has made me realize that there is a reason people like me. I've become much more social and outgoing. Thanks for your help in making me realize this. :)

I can't remember when I first inter-met you, but I assume it was around 2006. I thought you were a little obnoxious, but I didn't dislike you. my biggest complaint was that you always talked shit about hating the l.a./west coast. but I figured you were from florida, so you didn't know any better. the east coast, west coast battle raged on, even if only in my head.

but then I started participating in more of your convos, and suddenly I just started understanding and appreciating your sense of humor. fast forward to present day, and I'd say you've matured a lot but not in a boring "I'm a vegan and don't drink anymore" way. same bite, less drama.

I didnt know you in 2006. In fact, i dont think i got onto Consumating till near the end of 2006 or sometime in 2007. But even then I didnt know you very well till we came over here. We interacted here and there, but nothing that i remember specifically bad or good. BUT HERE you are hilarious and seriously the HAWTLINE was one of the best/most creative/most hilarious things ever to grace the internet. So high fives to that. I dunno what else to say that everyone else hasnt said, but this community is clearly better for having you around. And any one that thinks differently can eat an ass.

Jubi -- HELLO. WELL. In '06 or '07 or whatever, I first remember you as the girl who signed up for some fake consumeet in NYC that Hena and some others were planning, and I had no idea who you were and thought WHO IS THIS GIRL TRYING TO GET IN ON OUR FAKE CONSUMEET. And then you were friends with people I didn't necessarily care for, so I was wary of you for a long while.

After getting to know you over the past few years, though, I have come to find out what a hilarious, wonderful person you are, who cares sometimes way too much about people who don't deserve your awesomeness. I am proud to call you a friend and am glad I've had time to get to know you and love you. YEP.

Also, THE FACE.

Tee Icarus -- BLAST FROM DA PAST. Hi!. Aren't we the same age? haha.

To be really honest, although I remember liking you on Consumating, I don't remember much beyond that. And this is the first I've seen of you on GTI, at least in a long while, so I guess I can say that my opinion hasn't really changed, but hopefully we'll see more of you so we can create more innernet memories. YEP.

WHY DO I END EVERYTHING WITH "YEP."

Okay, that last sentence of the one you wrote for me made me laugh out loud repeatedly. (Photoshop time!)

Also, one other thing that has not changed since 2006:
i_heart_phro

celisse was, is, and always will be a bitch

@-j. That last sentence also made me kind of die. Of laughter.

Of course I didn't like you when we started - I was taking myself WAY too seriously and didn't understand how fun it is to just SHOUT AND SWEAR. Also I thought you were really young.

And now that I'm more mature, I've decided to be less mature on the internet. And you and I have lots of fun. AND BUTTS.

I think in 2006 I wasn't really aware of you. At first I kind of ignored any conversation in all caps, but sometime around the Patel days I realized there was some serious cleverness going on in there and I started to pay attention to who was who in the threads. But then I just figured that you were witty but mean and I assumed that you hated me after I spied on the early gti private posts and threatened to narc (which I never did, btw). Today I like you from afar - any friend of -j's is a friend of mine. And I find you really creative and wacky and cute. Secretly I wish we were friends.

I don't remember a lot of what I thought about you in the consu days. I remember at one point you said something about finding me intimidating? Which is always an odd thing to hear from anyone, but odder still because at a later point you definitely intimidated me, and I thought you were sort of a bully, partly because you often admitted to being a bully.

Now I think you've softened a bit - in a good way, as in you still have spunk and aren't afraid to speak your mind but it's not about purposefully being mean to people all of the time (I don't think?). Which is good, because you're fairly clever without having to resort to that. I still think you're a spazz, which is sometimes hilarious but sometimes gets to be a little much for me, but this I think I has toned down as well.

As for me, internet me, I feel like I've hardened. I know some people viewed me as something of a goody goody on consu, and rightfully so, and I definitely wanted to be everyone's friend or just hide from them. I don't care much anymore about winning people over, and I don't think I've lost any friends as a result. Also, I type in caps more, which might have something to do with you. Basically, I've found the internet to be more fun when it's less serious. The end.

Bizzy -- Much of the same to you! When you first joined I thought you were super talented and a sweetheart. I did kinda get that people-pleaser vibe from you later on, though, and that kinda stuff turns me off a little bit and makes me question the genuineness of the person, so I backed off.

In the several internet years I've known you, though, I still think you're a talented, wonderful person who in general is super friendly and great. I also think that you're very strong and you've definitely learned to stand on your own and not take any shit from people despite your friendly nature.

BASICALLY, I love you. kbye.

GAH, JAY. -- I seriously only ever remember thinking you were such a nice, genuine person. Like I said with Bizzy, sometimes people who are friendly to everyone kinda put me off, but I never got that vibe from you. I always have thought you were awesome.

In the past 4 years, that feeling has only grown. I'm so proud of you for taking your life by the balls and making changes that have benefitted you both physically and socially. You are an inspiration to us all. HEARTZ.

WORD NERDDDDDD -- Oh, man. You were one of the frontrunners in my battle against the west coast, because I thought the SF people were all pretentious buttheads, and I thought all the LA people were gothy weirdos. WAHAAHAHHA.

Saying that NOW makes me laugh because it has proven to be so untrue. I mean, you're a gothy weirdo, but it is so endearing to me now. I love you so, for your Maria stories and your exciting adventures with Marie and Oliver and fabulousness. You guys are my more sophisticated big sisters, I feel like. LUB.

Skanko, I don't remember knowing you at all on Consu. Like, at all. You or your ass just didn't register. We travelled in different internet circles, I guess.

Once we got to GTI, I still kinda ignored you cos I didn't really know you. I got to know you more when I got to know Julia more. Then that was that weird CelissexCarlo-make-fun-of-skanko-all-the-time period which you kinda took in stride and we both decided that you were cool.

And you ARE cool. You're just a good dude. You're fun and funny and you have a cheeto beard. What's not to love?

Hena was, is, and will always be: GO HE YO SO FA.

MACE -- Why did people think I was so young?! You're not THAT much older than me and I was 22 when I was on Consumating. SHEESH. Actually it was probably because I was always talking about how old everyone was. CH-CH-CH-CHANGES. Or something.

Yeah, I didn't like you either. But then on GTI you became so fun and I loved you. And then we were on each other's teams. And then you took me off my team and I was sad for a really long time. And then you put me back on your team and I was happy again. And now I love you and we are friends. SUCCESS.

DrMizSarah -- Hi. Yeah, on consu you were part of the faction of pretentious SF people that I just couldn't stand. That carried over onto here, and I do remember teamonly-gate '08 or '09 or '0something, which really bothered me for quite a while.

Today, I still don't really know what to think of you, though I do agree that -j. does know how to pick out fantastic people. I enjoy a few of your contributions and you do seem quite friendly, but I think we are just TWO SHIPZ IN DA INTERNET MIST, PASSING SILENTLY THRU THE FOG.

SEE U AT DA CROSS ROADS SO YOU WONT BE LONELY

Oh, erica. Hi. I don't remember being intimidated by you! But if I said it, it musta been true. You've always been another one of those people that I just kinda dont have much in common with, so we aren't really friendly? I guess? That was true on Consu and it's still true here, I think.

I do like that the few times we've bonded, it has usually been while discussing Project Runway. I wish I still watched so I could participate in your threads about it.

Also I a recurring theme I've noticed in this thread is that many of you felt you were more serious on Consu and have since let your guards down and have had more fun on the internet in the past years. I'M GLAD FOR THAT. The internet IS for fun. It is also for srs bzns but I find a lot more fun to laugh and shout and call people buttheads than to be serious all the time.

GROUP HUG.

Thank you buncha hunks for participating in this thread today. I'm sorry it took a while for me to get to everyone. I get distracted.

As for me, in the past 4 years, I feel I have toned down just a little. Personality-wise, I'm still the same as I've always been.. I'm just a lot less angry now than I was in the past -- in general, not just on the Internet. I'm still mean and a bit of a bully, but I control it a lot more than I used to. I've learned that while the majority of people I come across in life and on the internet are going to suck really bad, it's counterproductive to walk up to them and tell them they suck. I'll waste a lot more time by picking fights than by just ignoring them.

When I was four, there was a stupid kid in my class who would sit behind me and be really annoying all day every day. I would yell at him and call him names, and get in trouble for it. My teacher parents sat me down and actually performed a skit for me to teach me how to ignore people.

It didn't work. Ignoring is hard.

BUT I'm learning, and I'm glad most of you have noticed. I LAB U ALL. I'M GLAD WE'RE INNERNETZ FRANZ.

How funny. I remember you did something that pissed me off, and I have no idea what it is now, and I took you off my team, but then I miss you. I think it was when someone else was really active on the site, who I wasn't a big fan of, and I thought of as a bad influence on you, and you were getting meaner. Or something. Ah well, water long under the bridge.

DRAMA FREE in '10, YO.









...aaaaaaaaand butts.

Crossroads, heh.

Also, seriously? The last episode of Project Runway was maybe one of the best of all time, you should just watch that one out of the context of the rest of the season.

oh day i will crush up cheetos and fill a box with them and then mail them to you. maybe paste cheeto beards onto george michael and the olympic swim team.

and instead of Oh i meant One. its early.