In honor of my 23rd birthday coming up in a few short weeks, I thought I would get nostalgic for a bit…<\/p>\n
Ten years ago, I turned 13. I finally noticed I had nothing in common with my current friends and felt I couldn’t be myself around them. I sought out new friends I could feel more comfortable with.<\/p>\n
I became better friends with Akua. I considered her my best friend until she moved away freshman year of HS. I met Meredithe in computer class and hung out with Rachelle in our awful technology class. Through them, I met other fantastic people who accepted me for the crazy person I am.<\/p>\n
Once I was no longer afraid to be myself, I learned who I really was. I was not an actress who dreamed of living in the city, but a computer geek who loved Sliders and The X-Files. I started my first website<\/a>, then I created another, and another, and another<\/a>. This is who I was<\/a>. I attended Space Camp. I started to actually care about my grades.<\/p>\n If those people hadn’t taken me in and included me in their social circle of wackiness, I don’t think I would have turned out the same.<\/p>\n 1998 was also the year I got my first period, everyone started calling me Lissy, I was supposed to go on my first date (never happened), I was way too excited about AOL 4.0<\/a>, I used the screen name: BTVSlider<\/a> (feel free to google it) and went by the name: Maggie Cooper. Maggie still gets junk mail.<\/p>\n