As far as this game goes, I've been on here since the summer of 2006, when I entered my first year of high school. Most likely before that, even, because my middle school friend Joannaly played this game when I was still hanging out with her (we went to different high schools.), so it was probably earlier, 2005 even.
It's changed a world's worth since I was last on here. The game face, the shops, the economics of the game, the everything. The only thing that hasn't changed is the name. Change is good to some degree, but if I didn't know any better I'd say this site is something else entirely compared to the site I signed into in 2005. I don't have any friends on here. I don't go on very often. I'm averagely wealthy but because I spent real money on game items and got rich that way. The only reason I go on here ever anymore is because it's the last thing I can remember to do to keep myself occupied when there's nothing else to do. Yep, gaia is my fall back website, the website I go to when I have NOTHING better to do. Oh well. That's better than having nothing, right?
I'm an adult. I started signing on here when I was a child, a pre-teenager, before I knew friends or of hardship or of growth and change. Perhaps it is not only Gaia that has changed but myself that has changed. I see things differently. Words have double, triple meanings, phrases carry messages within them, a simple comment holds as much weight as a penalty or reward, depending on the receiver and the giver.
Until next time, my thoughts are put on hold.
Thank you.