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03/20/10(Sat)18:12:31 No. 7986047 >>7985088 I used
to be like you, denying that I was a nerd, thinking I was cool because I
was out drinking with hot bitches every single night. (This is actually
what I'm doing tonight but it's the first weekend of spring). Then
I realized that fucking random sluts and getting drunk every night
wasn't fun anymore. I looked at my life and realized that if I died
tomorrow, a smattering of people might care, they might tell a couple
stories about how awesome I was or some awesome times we had together
for a few years, but eventually everyone would forget me. The only
positive impact I'd had on anyone's life was a good lay, or a great guy
to party with. I allowed myself to re-nerd. I started slow. I
played video games a little bit too much, I tried to revert from
extroverted ways to introverted ways. I started spending a lot of time
writing, staying up late hacking away on some project, playing call of
duty between marathon coding sessions. I started reconnecting with old
nerdy friends and making new nerdy friends. Eventually I was out or in
every single night working on awesome projects with awesome people and I
no longer felt like shit every morning. The people I'm close to
now will miss me when I'm gone, and the work I've done in the past
couple of years will outlive me and the people who enjoy it will
remember my name. I'd be lucky if the last five chicks I fucked before I
went back to being a "loser" would remember my name today.