Because I saw fit to look back at my LJ history a little.
Well, as the title of this entry suggests, I looked into my archive to see how my style has changed, how my entry lengths have varied, how the subject matter has changed, and how much better I am at German now than I was then.
Wow.
First of all, I was very immature. I complained about things that were trivial. After reading (scanning is more like it), I realized that the problem I had with my mother (this is 6 years ago, mind you, nothing recent) was all me. I was immature and unable or unwilling to see that she was not doing what she did for the sole purpose of "ruining my life/ pissing me off". I was really a bastard to my mother. I acted more like an early teen than a young man.
When I first started this journal, I used the rich text and messed with text color and size. Annoying now that I look at it now. I also had lines that end all my entries, like stay sic fuckers \m/ and other dumb things. At one point, I even resorted to not using capital letters and separating my sentences by using ellipses "..." Example: this is how i'd write my sentences...can you see how annoying this would be to others?...i can't believe i wrote like that and thought it actually looked good...
Now to the humorous aspect of my retrospective urge today. I started taking German classes shortly after I started this journal. I read what I wrote and saw the worst grammar and spelling mistakes! I saw sentences that didn't make sense; I couldn't even figure out what I was trying to say. People say it's good to laugh at yourself. Well I had a good laugh! I also saw how much I've improved, not just with German, but with my writing and how much more mature I've become
Wow.
First of all, I was very immature. I complained about things that were trivial. After reading (scanning is more like it), I realized that the problem I had with my mother (this is 6 years ago, mind you, nothing recent) was all me. I was immature and unable or unwilling to see that she was not doing what she did for the sole purpose of "ruining my life/ pissing me off". I was really a bastard to my mother. I acted more like an early teen than a young man.
When I first started this journal, I used the rich text and messed with text color and size. Annoying now that I look at it now. I also had lines that end all my entries, like stay sic fuckers \m/ and other dumb things. At one point, I even resorted to not using capital letters and separating my sentences by using ellipses "..." Example: this is how i'd write my sentences...can you see how annoying this would be to others?...i can't believe i wrote like that and thought it actually looked good...
Now to the humorous aspect of my retrospective urge today. I started taking German classes shortly after I started this journal. I read what I wrote and saw the worst grammar and spelling mistakes! I saw sentences that didn't make sense; I couldn't even figure out what I was trying to say. People say it's good to laugh at yourself. Well I had a good laugh! I also saw how much I've improved, not just with German, but with my writing and how much more mature I've become