Reminiscing over old blogs

Ah, reminiscing. A word that provokes all kinds of emotions, including frustration at the difficulty of the spelling. I became sidetracked reading Josh's blog and desperate for a new post, I decided to go back and view the earliest post I could find. It was back in ye olde 2002. Consequently, I wanted to see what my posts were like back in the aforementioned Ages. This was back in a time where flaming on "The Warren" (our old forum) was rampant, when I'd dislocated my knee, when the indoor soccer team was in its infancy, when "Norwood Survivor" was on, when I was poor and when the term "dykhuis" was used. A long time ago.

It shouldn't have come as a surprise to me but my blog entries were as eloquent and witty as they are now (judge for yourself), just a lot briefer so the delivery is a bit better. My angry rants were sharp and concise, covering very random topics, from the "Horses' Birthday" to women's sanitary pad commercials (why don't they carry a Chux around if they're going to spill liquids everywhere?). It's full of one-liners that (at least) I find humourous. Stuff like "more riveting than in a metalwork class", "is it ironic to forget Remembrance Day? Or to enjoy a song called Music is Crap?" or "he's giving away shifts like some kind of warmed gateau". And one of my favourite posts, just this one line: "Cabbage managed to stick 11 pens into his hair today. That's a new record. I think he'll beat it by Friday." How did I get 96.1 as an ENTER again?

I traversed through to mid 2003, where the entries do more pondering (wonder what uni subjects are like, can't wait to get an xBox etc). I actually remember a bit about this tale when we were at Ben L's: "I had so much fun playing FIFA 2003 on xBox last night. I hadn't scored a goal at all, and was enduring some criticism, so when I finally got one (arguably a "bitch goal") I got up, did a small aeroplane and tried to slide across the carpet on my stomach. Dean was crying with laughter, and the other two both needed to pee with such laughter. And I made it a double not long after. I hope it's one of those great moments that I keep remembering for ages." Yesterday night was fucking hilarious too. I can't even remember a lot about it now, but I was laughing very hard. That was one of those times I should try to remember as well. Must blog more with stories, less when bored, although a few too many people from work read this...

Has anyone else done something like that?