What was I doing 15 years ago today?
I saw this on another blog, and thought it might be fun! 15 years ago today would be June 26th, 2001. What was I doing then?
I would have been 19 years old, turning 20 in one month. I didn’t drink yet (not till 21). I was playing a lot of ultimate frisbee, and probably summer lague. I had just finished my second year of college and I am pretty sure I was taking summer classes. I was loving college and learning. I am pretty sure I was taking Arabic, Biblical Hebrew, and some history and terrorism classes. I was still doing EmuHQ.com but growing tired of it. I didn’t have a girlfriend and wasn’t very social. I didn’t have a job beyond EmuHQ. I hadn’t really traveled yet beyond a high school exchange with Germany. I had high-speed internet and I was probably still playing some counter strike. I didn’t know what I wanted to do long term, but I was loving running websites and making money from it. I was living in Fayetteville, Arkansas, at home, and about to move into Carlson Terrace with Joel.
In 3 months September 11th would happen. I remember watching it live because I happened to wake up early and turn on the news on my little 13 in VCR/TV (Carlson Terrace had free basic cable). I was prepping for class but ended up sitting down and watching it all unfold. Given I was studying security studies it was kinda like watching your subject happen. Especially given my interest in religion, security studies, and the middle east.
18 months later in December 2012 I took a month long trip to Turkey over Christmas break. I spent a lot of that time wandering, learning, and writing business ideas in my note book on that trip. It was an amazing trip. I then came home and launched a web hosting business after moving on from EmuHQ.
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