2012 was a pivotal year in my life. The Avengers was released which inspired me to start reading comics, the world was supposed to end thanks to the end of a Maya calendar, and I graduated from high school. High school is a period of time that I would never want to relive. It doesn’t mean that it was terrible per se, but it’s a time that I’m glad is over and done with. I wanted to take some time to reflect on how far I have come and where I’m at now.

In high school, I was a nobody. To be fair, my high school was huge! I think my graduating class was at least 900? There were so many people whom I had never met until I heard their names read at graduation. I didn’t stand out much in high school. I was in band through my senior year and it was one of my fondest memories. I tried marching band, but it wasn’t for me. I still have my alto sax at my mom’s house and I’m not ready to part with it yet. I went to prom with my friends and we took so many pictures. There were fun moments in high school that aren’t on the top of my mind.

When I think back to high school, I think about how shy I was. I hung out with my friends, but I absolutely hated being forced to talk to someone I didn’t know. High school was a period of time when I was insecure about who I was as a person. I think that’s completely normal for this time of anyone’s life. When I graduated, I couldn’t have been more thrilled at moving forward with my life.

As far as who I am now, I’m someone who is way more outgoing than I ever thought I would be. I would consider myself bubbly and social at work. I like talking to new people I have never met. I still need my alone time as I do find that I need to recharge in between any social interaction. Writing Bizarre Brunette has allowed me a creative outlet to discuss my geeky interests. I write because I genuinely enjoy it and I want to share my interests with others. I have come a long way from where I used to be.

Thankfully, I haven’t heard that my high school is doing a ten-year reunion. If you couldn’t tell, I have no interest in going to a reunion. I have all the close friends I would need and I don’t need to revisit a time of my life that has passed.