Welcome to Gaia! ::

I inspired this, I'll take a post. xD<33

I've been a part of the Simming community for years, since the Sims 1 site. I was a bit of a prommie there, and was one of the first to know about a new screenshot of TS2. I can't pinpoint specific examples, but things I have suggested have made it into the official TS2 games. I've talked to developers of the games as well. I've been out of touch with the site for nearly a year now, so don't ask me for updates on TS3 quite yet. I need to see if any of the old oldbies are still there. xD<3

I don't take any pride in what I've accomplished, as most of it could be done by absolutely anyone. It's not difficult at all to graduate magna c** laude in one's department or to be selected for a bunch of honor societies. What's difficult is trying to market oneself after graduation. So really, I've accomplished nothing special, if I've accomplished anything at all.

It's not exactly hard to graduate as long as one turns in his assignments. It's not like I had to study really hard or anything, so no, it's not a major accomplishment.

Something I am proud of? Winning the gold medal for singing in a CYO competition back in 7th grade. Grade school was absolutely dreadful, as I constantly was picked on and called fat, so winning that medal was a way I could show people I could amount to something. Also, being accepted for a scholarship to one of the top high schools in the state is another thing I'm proud of.
Random other things: One of the original members of this guild. The rest isn't Gaia-related, but here goes. Co-creator of "We Hate Kaiba! Corp.", Co-founder of KiHe-gumi, Founder of MC-gumi (those are all websites I made long ago), Creator of "Don't You Wish Your Yaoi Was Hot Like Mine?" group on Facebook, and Creator of "It's... Gravitation" group on Facebook. Yeah, I know, not all the noteworthy, but.. xP

In September, I participated in a counter-protest which I helped organize (I was like the pubicity person, helping to get the word out about it) along with a group of my friends. The turnout was so much better than we could've dreamed, and it really opened up my eyes.
A bit of backstory time now~ When I went to re-register for high school, I heard my old high school was going to run "The Laramie Project" so I did some research and found out that it was about the death of Matthew Shepard (You can read more about "The Laramie Project" here.) Through a friend, I heard that the Westboro Baptist Church was planning a protest at my old school because the play is about a gay man (Sidenote: The WBC are a notorious hate group in the US, to put it very lightly. One could very easily liken them to modern-day Nazis, only non-violent. They essentially share the same views. Thankfully though, the members seem to consist of Reverend Fred Phelps [the founder and owner of their website, GodHatesFags.com] and his family. All in all, about 20 members. Before I go on a rant, I'll stop talking about them), and, being the hate mongers they are, the WBC is against homosexuality (and Isreal, and Jews, and Iraq, and Obama, and everything that isn't exactly what they believe) and got the idea to spread their hate, whether or not their presence was welcome. My friend mentioned organizing a protest to protest their presence, and it all went from there. We set up a peaceful "silent" protest in support of the play and spreading love and acceptance to be held outside of my old school on September 24, the same day they were scheduled to hold their protest. To sum it up, 249 people came in support of our cause (283 if you count the students who weren't allowed in our protest but formed their own outside of the school as well), and only 6 people showed up from the WBC, including one child. We also set up a fund-raising site and raised $7700 for local LGBT support groups. Needless to say, it went very well for us, and nothing bad came of it. I'll skip on the little details to keep this from running longer than it has already, but I can give you links and such to news stories and YouTube videos of the protest.
This was a huge accomplishment to me, to be a part of something like this. I've always been in support of gay rights/equality for everyone, and being a participant in this and meeting so many others who shared my views was really something to me. I've never been in a protest before, and to see just how many people showed up and to know that I was partly responsible for getting the word out about it really made me feel like I had done something really worthwhile, allbeit small, but worthwhile nonetheless. I'll stop rambling now ^_^;;

I got my Eagle Scout. I am very proud of that. I had less than a week to finish my Eagle Project and It was done an hour before my 18th birthday.

I'm so jealous, that's really cool. 3nodding