Today I start my new job as a high school math teacher. It is a bit hard for me to accept the fact that ten years ago I was in high school myself. At the end of this year, it is technically my 10 year high school reunion. Weird. (It’s also a bit weird for me to get used to the start of the school year being in January here instead of September as well as the entire schooling system being much different but I’m sure I’ll get used to all of that, too.)
Look, I was doing horrible Facebook poses before Facebook even existed! Okay, you caught me… it was horrible MySpace pose. I’m so ashamed.
I was the same cheeky little bugger then, too. I haven’t changed too much except I had highlights in my hair and sometimes I wore a *little* makeup. By that, I mean a bit of lipgloss and some sparkly eyeliner. I still only own those two makeup products although I don’t really wear makeup much at all anymore. Oh, and I don’t have highlights anymore. My parents still beg me to get them back but I never really liked them anyway. The real reason? They’re too much work and I’m too lazy.
While I’m being all melancholy, here is a blog I wrote ten years ago. (Yes, I was blogging back then too. I’ve saved all the posts but I don’t have them here at caity.nu and you’ll see clearly why in a few short moments…)
midterms, anyone? [January 2002]
First of all, let me state that I’m going to kill my sister if she doesn’t turn off the crap SHE is playing on her radio… yep… my own sister is a bubble-gum-pop-freak.
:::pulls our hair:::
:::goes to find loudest rock music in collection:::
Well… midterms are over.
I guess that’s good.
My math midterm was so easy I wanted to pound the table in frustration…
umm… maybe I actually DID do that… heh.
My government midterm was not bad. I studied for it, and my teacher prepared us well for it… umm… if we did the work we did well… and I always do the work. I’m a good student. =)
My physics midterm was really awesome… did I ever mention how much I love physics? A LOT! I really like physics. Even if it is hard at times, too, I don’t care, because it is enjoyable, and the teacher makes it enjoyable, too.
Ummmm… those are all the midterms I had to take… (physics, math, and government) well, that’s all that was given for the classes I was in. (Those aren’t all the classes I take, believe me… but those are the only ones that give midterms!)
Today was the physics midterm. I can’t believe I actually went, though. Let me explain: I had a fever! What moron actually goes to take a midterm with a FEVER? uhh, let me answer: ME, that’s what moron! Oh, man! Besides the fact that I think I disturbed everyone else in the room with my coughing (lol), I think I did damn well…
I’ll let you all know how I did…
But I’m confident…
Gee, besides the fact of being sick and feeling like crap, a positive outlook on life for once!! =)
:pause:
UGH… it will probably change in 5 minutes anyway, why am I so excited?
How embarrassing. But probably hilarious.
How have you changed in the last 10 years?
10 years ago? I had a website, was one of those bubble-gum-pop freaks, wrote Nysnc fanfiction (on that website) and, actually some of those stores were *too* bad. Most were. lol. My husband and I had just started dating, school was just ending and I all of a sudden decided I didn’t want to go to college for graphic arts anymore, but I didn’t know what I wanted to do otherwise. I started working at the place I’m still working, and I think I’m the same person, essentially. I’ve learned a lot, lived a lot, and have setteled more into being more of the same person, but I think I’m still me. I don’t think I’ve really changed. I certainly haven’t changed my style. I still wear jeans, t-shirts, and a pony-tail. My clothes fit better (I used to wear a size XL t-shirt and 5 pants, when I was about 35 pounds thinner than I am now, and I still don’t wear an XL or a 5) but that’s about it. Odd. I’ve always thought we do the most changing between 17 and 27 but I don’t feel like I’ve changed, so much as grown into who I already was. How about you?
You’ve been blogging a long time! I had a fan fiction website about ten years ago, I was very proud of myself making the background in paint hahaha. Good luck with your job! I bet it’ll be great, and lots of fun to be back teaching. I’m glad I’m not the only one who doesn’t wear makeup lol. I don’t even do lip gloss, mostly because I’d rather spend that extra five minutes in the morning sipping tea and watching tv. Hope the move goes well too :)
In ’02, I was a junior in high school going crazy and writing about “chickens” (friends) in chemistry. :) Those were fun times. My hair was longer. I weighed perhaps 1-5 more pounds than I do now. I told everyone I was going to study aerospace engineering. I’m basically the same person, but now I’m not where I thought I would be 10 years ago. I should drudge up some old entries from ’02.
Thanks for sharing that, Caity. Too funny. I was blogging back then, too, but I don’t have any of the entries saved. They are LONG gone (thankfully!). I have Livejournal entries from late 2002 and on, though.
I was getting ready to graduate high school that year and I had just started dating my first serious boyfriend. I pretty much like all the same things that I do now. I was more active back then because of Color Guard.
The only thing that’s pretty much the same is that I don’t know what I want to do with my life.
10 years ago, I was 9 years old and still in primary school, being a total bookworm and listening to S Club 7. I was “working on a book” (I use that in a sarcastic way) about a girl who went on a school trip to France. My hair was still my natural colour, but not for much longer and I haven’t gone back to it since. Man, I feel so young compared to everyone else. But then I feel so old when I think that THAT WAS TEN YEARS AGO.
You look really pretty in that photo, by the way! If you think that’s embarassing, you should see some of my old Myspace photos….
I don’t know if I said this before, but congrats on the job! And I had a diaryland diary long ago and I recently stumbled across some of my old entries. You are very brave to share an old post. I don’t think I would ever share one of my very old posts. They were so bad!
Congratulations! I hope things go well with your new job ^_^. Looking forward to hearing stories about it.
Ten years ago… I would have been 13? Change wise, I haven’t much. I’m still the little punk who likes anime, gaming, computers, odd hair colors, that I’ve always been. However my mood and outlook on life has changed dramaticly. I’m no longer depressed, okay well I am depressed or have bouts of strong depression but it’s DIFFERENT because I no longer wish to kill myself and instead only wish to work through and make it go away while still being alive. Despite that depression I’m also HAPPY. I was not happy during my teenage years but was very troubled and angry even at 13. Now days I’m happy, bubbly, more social, no longer angry, and know that life is awesome.
Haha, I love that blog post from 10 years ago. That’s so cool that you have them. I started blogging 10 years ago too, but I don’t have any of the posts. Wish I had kept them. Oh well. Good luck with your new job!!
Hm…10 years ago would have made me 21. This would mean that I was attending college and hanging out with some former friends. :P I am also pretty sure that I was attempting to blog…thankfully, I have *hopefully* gotten much better at it.
Best of luck with your new job! :)
I wish I had kept my blogs from ten years ago, but I’d probably be mortified by what I wrote. I loved physics, too! My midterm in physics in junior year was to build a trebuchet. If you built a working one you automatically passed your midterm, and we got to have a (nongraded, just fun) competition to whose would go farthest. ALMOST WON. I can’t believe that was all 8-9 years ago. Crazy!
Ahh, you remind me too much of me. I think everyone wrote like that, maybe the best way to describe it would be “a little over-the-top”. I definitely blogged like that. Heck, though, ten years ago it would have been more atrocious than yours because I would have been eleven years old. I’m rather ashamed of what I’ve got written down from when I was 13; I don’t think I would be able to find it though. :P
But your photo is gorgeous, you don’t look like you’ve aged a day. <3
What a great post! I loved reading the Caity of ten years ago. I’ll have to think of writing a similar post about ten years ago… Thanks for sharing! Enjoy your new job and I’m glad you got your kitty back!
yay for blogging about midterms 10 years ago, lol
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I'm Caity! I am a New Yorker who married a Kiwi and recently moved across the world to New Zealand. I'm a math teacher who enjoys the outdoors, photography, video games, music, and general geekery.
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