Older cBers / Nostalgia Options

[*Kathleen*]

I recently took a look at my own member profile to notice that I've actually submitted about eighteen layouts (I was shocked, trust me). It's hilarious because I look back at my earliest ones (which were made pre-PhotoShop/Paint) and wow.. I'm certainly not a fabulous designer now, but it's interesting to see how far I've come. It's also fun to look back at ancient posts now and then to see how your ideas have changed and how you've grown as a person. I mean, it's been over two years for me, but people change even in a year.

Edit // I want this to be strictly about cB, and how you've noticed a change in yourself through the forums, whether it's with graphics/layouts or posts.

[*ECD & C0*]

I do that all the time and most of the time im like... wtf did I actually think that looked good wow... same things with posts on here even the ones from 3 months ago Im like crap why did I say that. haha

[Jeng]

i looked at mine and they were pretty much noobish from the day i started cb.but then my posts improvbed and everything..i used to type like this in posts...
liek actually words
lalalalalaal
this is annoying

[*Kathleen*]

^ Aww! I was shocked to see that I typed in complete sentences and exactly how I type now, starting with my initial post. Granted, the content of my posts and quality have improved immensely.

[Jeng]

actually i looked back and my posts werent spammish at all, i only posted in graphics help forum and all that. hehe but when i frist started off my posts were sentences then it gots down to
adsfdsf
asdfasdfdsfsdfsd
asdfadsfasd
asdfdsf

hehe

[*Shinji_Mimura*]

I remember when my posts weren't sarcastic or mean. Then again I was talking to completely different kind of people. Rawr.

[*I Shot JFK*]

I just like observing that, even with the insane amount of time i have spent on cb in the last year and a bit, my typing has not improved one iota.

except for that last paragraph, where i was paying attention.

[EddieV]

Yeah I have noticed a big change, I became arrogant.

[Rachel]

Well thank god I stopped dating Tom, all that lovey-dovey crap made me stupid! Haha I kid. Anyway, I think I leveled out a bit after I joined and have mostly stayed the same. Still, it is enjoyable to look at old posts and laugh.

[smoke]

Ha, Kethleen I think I told you lastnight how I think it's so funny to look at members first posts and see how stupid they acted. I did too... uber newbish, lol.

I guess how I've changed is I'm serious about cB and I actually enjoy coming here. I've gotten a lot more experienced.

[*theoutlaw*]

For me, I've developed better social skills. CB has helped me a lot, either by interaction or making graphics. I Kristina and Reili, they're such an awesome addition to design staff. wow, kathleen, i didn't think you used paint.. didn't you just use photoshop 6.0?

[oXMuhNirvanaXo]

Yeah I have noticed a big change, I became arrogant.

NEVER

Hahaha

Um, I looked back and It seems to look like I type alot more then I used to. Like other then one or 2 sentences I wright a good 3 or 4. Depends on my mood at the time. I relized that I got to know alot more people on createblog these past few months. I am very happy about that!

I also see that every time I go in to the createblog chat I know all the sn's by there real name. Hahaha.

[Nymphetamine]

Hmm . . . I haven't changed at all. Many people are different though, they're taking cB TOO seriously. So serious, that they're becoming quite boring.

[smoke]

Many people are different though, they're taking cB TOO seriously. So serious, that they're becoming quite boring.

I agree. And I hate it. Maybe we'll see a change soon.

[oXMuhNirvanaXo]

I agree. And I hate it. Maybe we'll see a change soon.

Yeah, maybe when pigs fly. People very up tight here and I dont think it will be changing anytime soon.

[technicolour]

^ There was a Pink Floyd cd/record showing a pig fly. My dad firmy believes that one day pigs will fly.

And you gotta be a bit uptight if you ever want to get anywhere. A bit. Not a lot. Like A LOT.

[Nymphetamine]

^ Some cBers are VERY uptight.

[*I Shot JFK*]

I have a feeling that CB getting better will have to come BEFORE the loss of the uptightness and seriousness.

just a little hunch

[Nymphetamine]

^ There won't even be a 'loss'. Most of you will remain uptight.

[*I Shot JFK*]

Oh sandra... sigh.

Personally, the whining about the uptightness is at least as tedious if not moreso than the actual uptightness. At least that has a purpose

[technicolour]

^ There won't even be a 'loss'. Most of you will remain uptight.

You, as in who?

[Nymphetamine]

Oh sandra... sigh.

Personally, the whining about the uptightness is at least as tedious if not moreso than the actual uptightness. At least that has a purpose

I think not.

You, as in who?

I was just stating in general. 'You' as in most of the active cB posters.

[*I Shot JFK*]

Oh honestly.

yes, fine, i apolgize to the world for our collective uptightness. Let's give it up now, and leave the rest to the people who want to exist seemingly to give the rest of us a pain in the ass!

Who's with me?

[Nymphetamine]

Right. Don't take it too personal James, I wasn't addressing only you.

[*I Shot JFK*]

If i were taking it personally, i would have been personal back

= )

[iDecay]

I remember looking at my old posts before I got my account unregistered. Oh man. I've changed a lot. I remember I started off with saying thibgs like "lolz" or something like that. Daah.

[Nymphetamine]

You're right. Pardon me James. I'm a little emotional, my boyfriend DUMPED me (I think). I'm sorry.

[me1issaaaa]

I remember your Johnny the Homicidal Maniac layouts and Happy Noodle Boy... oh, I was so into those back in the day. I drew HNB all over my binders and everything.

I think I've changed a lot. I'm pretty embarassed by my old grammar... ugh. It wasn't even that bad, really, but it definitely showed my freshman age at the time.

[jue]

I've improved on my typing. Alot. I think I used to type every sentence on a new line.
So everything would look like this.
And then this.
And then that.
And omgomgomgomg i'm so frackin k00l.

[pedophile]

My older posts were so embarrassing that I got my old account unregistered.

[yummy_delight]

I was lame.

I was a Xangan so I was all up in the Xanga showcase or asking for crap. I used Comic Sans for heaven's sake. That, my friend, is the sign of a true n00b.

Old me really sucks.

[*lolita kitty*]

Oh, I've defanitely changed alot since I first joined cb. I remember the days where I would post 5 times in a row, and the mods would have to pm me and tell me to stop. I also remember how I couldn't make a decent topic for the life of me. Seriously, about 90% of my topics always ended up getting closed. I regret the way I acted back then.

[Mr. Slowjamz]

cb has helped me alot , actually . i`ve been more social and much more open eversince i got in here as of 2 years ago .

[technicolour]

Well, I've become more comfortable with my addiction to photoshop.

[*lolita kitty*]

I've improved on my typing. Alot. I think I used to type every sentence on a new line.
So everything would look like this.
And then this.
And then that.
And omgomgomgomg i'm so frackin k00l.

I used to do that too.
But instead of starting
a new line every sentence,
I would start a new line
Every few words. And
it annoyed everyone but
I just couldn't stop!

[EddieV]

I enter CB a n00b, and I shall leave a Legend.

[Nymphetamine]

^ LMFAO! F-ck me before you leave though.

[*StanleyThePanda*]

My graphics have improved A LOT, and my posts have changed some.
I used to use exclamations a lot.

[nyctophiliac]

haha I do that all the time
I like to look at my old posts and see how dumb I was/still am
I haven't submitted any layouts or anything...so I guess I can't see how I changed with that

[parallel]

i looked at mine and they were pretty much noobish from the day i started cb.but then my posts improvbed and everything..i used to type like this in posts...
liek actually words
lalalalalaal
this is annoying

Hahha, same here.
When I come across my old posts I try and not read them, but then I do

[*Kathleen*]

I remember when my posts weren't sarcastic or mean. Then again I was talking to completely different kind of people. Rawr.

Awww!

I just like observing that, even with the insane amount of time i have spent on cb in the last year and a bit, my typing has not improved one iota.

except for that last paragraph, where i was paying attention.

HAHA. JAMES, I LOVE YOU.

Ha, Kethleen I think I told you lastnight how I think it's so funny to look at members first posts and see how stupid they acted. I did too... uber newbish, lol.

I guess how I've changed is I'm serious about cB and I actually enjoy coming here. I've gotten a lot more experienced.

Wait. Did you spell my name like that on purpose? And yes, that's what sparked this!

I remember your Johnny the Homicidal Maniac layouts and Happy Noodle Boy... oh, I was so into those back in the day. I drew HNB all over my binders and everything.

I think I've changed a lot. I'm pretty embarassed by my old grammar... ugh. It wasn't even that bad, really, but it definitely showed my freshman age at the time.

Yesssss! Hehe. The ones I made on Paint. THEY WILL MAKE A COMEBACK SOON! Trust me.

[*slammin shelby*]

My change?
I'm not a n00b.
Fo' realz, yo.

[Looow]

I think I'm the same pretty much. I was much nicer back then but now I just don't give a fcuk. I spam a lot more now. I don't take this place so seriously. I never HAD to take it seriously.

[*nightmare4taki*]

When I look at my earlier post CB seemed a lot more funner to me, even if I was an idiot the Christina Milian thread is still one of my favorite moments.

[no-name]

I was looking at some of my older post on my other account and i was really noobish. I also write in complete sentences now.

[*JanetteRonaldo*]

^haha. i still write the same.

[*This Confession*]

well I would have to go on to my older account to actually do this, but I suppose I could do it with this one.
You do see how far you've gone and how much your opinons may change. I don't exactly do it for createblog. I got on myspace every now and then and go to like my first comments ever on there and read them. Although Its rather sad since a ton of them got deleted.

[xquizit]

Gosh, I was such a dork back then. But I actually still kinda am. Except older.

I was on a lot more and much more helpful. But I had more free time back then.

// EDIT

I was a bit spammish. I played those forum games a lot. And gosh, I was so... friendly.

[juliar]

roxanne. damn, you're really old school :)

i definitely improved on my typing. thankfully, i never got to type n00bish at createblog because i noticed that everyone could type here.

and i didnt want to get..attacked.

plus, it's been fun on createblog. there was a period of time where i let it overtake my life, but i got over it and i'm good now.

[*My Cinderella.*]

My typing used to be herendous. (sp?) I used to type in sticky caps and didn't really spell the words correctly.

[datass]

My typing was different and I didn't use silly noobish words and my graphics improved...

[*Azarel*]

horrendous*

I miss old cB.

I used to be nicer during old school cB, and meaner during transition cB.

._.

[datass]

I used to hate replying to topics because I'm scared of being attacked Yeah I'm paranoid.

[ichigofan]

Looking back at my old posts I think that ive maintained the same point of views but I had more friends on cB back then nowadays I feel like i dont know anyone

[*Freaky Krazer*]

I was the most annoying, pain in the ass ever back then. gaaah I kinda am still annoying it's just.. gaah
btw this reminds me... of Latin prep for some reason <_<

[think!IMAGINARIL...]

i used to spam.. and i am VERY ashamed of that. i think that was back when Candice (CJ1) and Julia (Juliar) were mods. i think. and i think i was warned before..

but you can't really blame me 'cause i never found these forums until like a year after i joined..
but i don't spam anymore, i swear.

oh, and i used to type weird.

[*Kathleen*]

i used to spam.. and i am VERY ashamed of that. i think that was back when Candice (CJ1) and Julia (Juliar) were mods. i think. and i think i was warned before..

but you can't really blame me 'cause i never found these forums until like a year after i joined..
but i don't spam anymore, i swear.

oh, and i used to type weird.

JULIA AND CANDICE. Well Julia was here not too long ago. I haven't seen her back much, though. I didn't realize you were that old of a member until this post (then I looked at when you joined).

[*disco infiltrator*]

I miss Jackie. And Evey. And Kim Sr. and Kim Jr. and Nick and everybody and having phone parties and talking to everyone while I was in Nevada...hmmm let's find some old layouts of mine...

http://www.createblog.com/layouts/download.php?id=924
Everybody ever used that layout...I still see it on peoples' Xangas and I'm like, "OMG MY LAYOUT HOW COOL!!!"

http://www.createblog.com/layouts/download.php?id=676
I went through such a blend phase...mmmm Gregory...

http://www.createblog.com/layouts/download.php?id=635
That one's kind of neat...

I wish I still had all of my layouts from my subdomain. Man. I lost everything...:(

[happinessx]

Haha well I'm sorry if I'm an intruder into all these sad (and good?) memories, but maybe sometimes it's better to have been on cB for a bit longer than some of us. I mean I, for example, feel that sometimes I am a little behind because I just arrived at cB with all the inside jokes and so on. Maybe reliving some of the bad memories may not be a great idea, but I'm sure there are plenty of good memories as well.

I, for one, are jealous that you've all managed to maintain your various cB friendships for years! :]

Sorry for intruding, I joined only a month ago and I realise it doesnt make me a cB veteran quite yet..;D

[crazeegirl411]

I think the weird thing is, I didn't change THAT much. I have really changed outside the forums, but not the way I type or generally view life. The one thing that changed a lot was, I was sooo much more helpful and nice. Incidentally, I was viewing the first two pages of my posts and then I saw this thread. Most of the posts were in xanga help, back when I was the "expert" in xanga. I was so much nicer...to the point where it did seem kind of fake, but I was (and still am) still just being what I normally was.

And I was in eighth grade too O_o. That strikes me as surprising because I'm about to be a junior.

Oh and I was into the whole Blogring vs. Xangans thing, and I didn't really ever bash on blogring. I was trying to be neutral. And I kept on posting in February Xanga of the Month but I couldn't decide so I kept on just complimenting xanga sites. I think if it was the cB now, there would be a thread for discussion and a thread for voting.

Also I loved going to forum games. The idea of sandbox isn't so appealing to me anymore though. But that's how Jordan (Inc) and Ashley (azn kyootie) met and then...I met ashley so I knew Jordan and they were both cool and I loved talking to them.

And for layouts, I have only submitted two and only one got accepted. It's funny because the one that got denied was actually the one I liked more. That's why I never submitted the xanga layout I have now, which has been there for over a year. If anyone remembers that cool cool cool blend I made (really it's a cool blend), that's the one I made into a layout. Anyway, that xanga layout was called "transportation" and that was when I was kind of cool with everyone. So I posted my accepted layout in chat and everyone was like "sharie it's so cool I love it so much!" and blahblahblah.

Geez this makes me think of a lot of things I have had here. Which was a lot. It's about 3 months and it's my three year anniversary here. Pretty cool. Sometimes I wonder why and how I still come back here after three years.

[happinessx]

You'll get there. And welcome to CB.

Haha, thanks? :]
..I'm hoping I'll understand everything and everyone soon.
I won't bombard you with worthless newbie questions just here, my little 'intro' page is for all my anxious questions, I'll think I'll retreat there, haha...

Meanwhile, feel free to laugh at my rather...pompous (to say the least? lol) speech up there and I'll be leaving then. Have a great time...reliving old cB memories. :]]

[eternalyfe]

I haven't actually submitted any layouts here because I'm horrible with myspace/xanga coding. I prefer to do it all myself from scratch.

My very first post on cB was on Feb 4 2006. Apparently I took a long break from Feb 23 to July 29. Though I can't define my improvements inside of createblog, I can define my improvements along the times I've been a part of cB by outside projects I've done.

Arcadia
Around Feb 4th, I created a web site with a friend. I have created many others around that time, however, this is the only layout that I can take 100% credit for. This web site is called Arcadia. The layout was made in Photoshop 7. When I look at it now, I see how simple it is. Simple can sometimes work, but it's just a slob of colors and artistic cliche's.

Elysium
Then I moved on to Elysium with another friend. The site never actually went anywhere, but there was some content because I have a folder full of avatars that I remember putting up for Elysium. Again, it's too simple. I was more focused on softness than actual viewing pleasure. It's just too simple. Anyone could make something like this.

Eternalyfe
And then came Eternalyfe - my personal blog site which is actually on hiatus right now. I kept right along with the simplicity. I'm already bored of it. Plain white content boxes, easy to make. Bored.

And so I took a break, just kind of admired from afar. I was going through a graphic meltdown. I couldn't make anything that looked like I had actual talent. So I came back to Createblog to look around at some sites - see the new styles, take some pointers. (This was a bit before the opening of Unspoken - maybe 2-3 months ago.) I was itching to make another graphics site. Createblog inspired this. When a friend asked me to make one with her, I nearly died. It had been so long since I'd made a site with a friend, and none of us had touched PS for about 3 months. So it was time to start cracking the whip.

Unspoken Studios
So that's where the existence of U.S. came about. My graphics improved a TON. I'd still like to improve more, because I notice a lot of similar styles that I use and would like to stray away from similar layouts. But through Createblog, I can trace where my graphics have been.


As for my typing - nothing's changed. I never used "ong!!11" and "lawl" or anything like that. It's probably because I'm a 1/2 writer. (Meaning that I've written many stories, but never got them published.) So yeah. There's my cB history for you, in essay form. Haha.

[jennyjenny]

i hate dwelling on the past. i mean, who cares if you were noob back then.

i've been here for 2 years and a month, but i took breaks in between. i came back and now it's just kind of like there's nothing to really post in anymore. but we're not talking about cb, we're talking about me. so i guess i have changed a lot. i used to be really annoying but not on purpose, but now i don't even care if i'm annoying anymore. i remeber the old chat rooms though... that was nice

[Gypsy Eyes]

Haha I just looked at my first member pictures post and it was my awkward goth stage. Hahahaha...

But I think I have changed a lot. When I was a newbie, I was a total suck up, not going to lie about that. I'm not quite a immature as I used to be either but other than that personality wise I haven't.

Graphic wise I have though. I have gone through stages, first it was single pictures with slight effects, then it was blended movies, then it was vector outlines then it was places, then it was vectors now it's more collages. Haha it made me laugh.


HAHAH! MY FIRST LAYOUT!!
http://www.createblog.com/layouts/download.php?id=325

[smoke]

Haha well I'm sorry if I'm an intruder into all these sad (and good?) memories, but maybe sometimes it's better to have been on cB for a bit longer than some of us. I mean I, for example, feel that sometimes I am a little behind because I just arrived at cB with all the inside jokes and so on. Maybe reliving some of the bad memories may not be a great idea, but I'm sure there are plenty of good memories as well.

I, for one, are jealous that you've all managed to maintain your various cB friendships for years! :]

Sorry for intruding, I joined only a month ago and I realise it doesnt make me a cB veteran quite yet..;D

Ok it's ok. I remember when I first started cB! I felt the same way. Welcome!

[AngryBaby]

If i were taking it personally, i would have been personal back

= )

meh, your not that uptight. at least in comparison to nicki.