The Double-O's. Take a look back through the swirling mists of time.

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1. What's the biggest change in your life since 1/1/00? What parts of your life haven't changed at all?

Change: I left the cult I grew up in. I see the world in a whole new light now.

Same: Still need to lose weight.

2. What are your top three accomplishments since 1/1/00?

1. Leaving the cult
2. Getting married
3. Buying a home

3. What are your top three disappointments since 1/1/00?

1. Losing my family because of the cult (though they have now also left and we are on speaking terms again)
2. Being medically discharged from the Army
3. My behavior from 2002-2005

4. On a scale of 1 to 10, how would you rate your personal experience since 1/1/00? In other words, how did the decade treat you?

5

I'm gonna say that I broke even. This was by far the most difficult 10 years of my life but that has been offset by the past 4 years I've had with my wife and with my family coming back to me.

5. What was your biggest fork in the road since 1/1/00? Knowing what you know now, would you have chosen the other path if you could go back now?

I keep coming back to this.

I made a decision in 2002 to leave the Jehovah's Witnesses. It was extremely difficult as I knew I would lose everything I had in my life. When I left I literally had no friends and no family.

I lost my job because I could no longer function, after moving out of my apartment I lived in my car for a few weeks, and at one point even tried to take my own life. I was in seriously bad shape.

That said... I came through it and am a better person for it. I would not change my decision.

6. Compared to your expectations on 1/1/00, how is your life different on 12/31/09 than you expected? How is it exactly as you expected?

My life is completely different. In 1/1/00 I was looking forward to being made a Ministerial Servant (think Deacon in a church), I had a girlfriend who I thought I would be married to. I had a great job I expected to still be at.

I could not imagine having the life I have now back in 1/1/00. The only constant in my life from then to now have been the Chiefs and online forums.

7. What are your three strongest memories of the 00's? Three best memories?

1. Being sworn into the Army
2. Getting married
3. The night I told my family I was no longer a JW

8. What is your prediction of your life on 12/31/19 (ten years from now)? What will be the same and what will be different?

I will still be busy online and will still have a passion for motorcycles and riding with B.A.C.A. I'll still be married to my wife but I hope we have a little one running around the house.

Hopefully in 10 years I will have moved away from Wichita and will live somewhere a little more interesting... near a beach.

9. What are the three most important events in the outside world since 1/1/00?

1. 9/11
2. the internet and computing in general
3. wars in Iraq & Afghanistan