I feel like I don't belong in the current year. 2020 was 5 years ago and I cannot even process this information. It seems like it was just last year.

I often wish I were living in the past decade or two, perhaps due to the fact that I was comforable in those years. I am familiar with the world of back then. Things change too quickly. I wasn't done enjoying dubstep, let's play videos on YouTube and the iPod before things moved on. I wasn't done living in a skeuomorphic and tactile digital environment. I wasn't done discovering new shows on cable television. I wasn't done discovering new Flash games online. I wasn't done living a life where you could go completely offline when exiting your house without others trying to convince you to get a cellphone. I wasn't done living in the past before the past left the station.

I am not ready to give up on software ownership. I am not ready to give up on physical media. I am not ready to give up on magazines. I am not ready to deal with modern electronics which are not repair friendly. I am not ready to face the present! I just want to go back! But unless if I can get my hands on a time machine (I heard there was one in Costco, but I have yet to find it), I will be stuck here forever.

I know the past 1½ decade had its flaws and was by no means perfect, but know that this is just my own experience and I just let my mind wonder and ramble extremely late into the night.

Thanks for reading my 4 AM post. I should get some sleep.