So... It's my hatchday. I'm now well and truly out of my 20s. I am no longer a young man. It was a decade that held many accomplishments. I joined the Army and went to war. And came back. I got my bachelor's degree. I got a series of ever more important jobs in the tech industry. I became an important staff member of a major furry convention. I found many friends and went many places. I don't have to look back on those years with regret, though I will ever regret many small events in that time.

Life has been good to me. Yet I still hunger for more. I've only really had a single boyfriend, and that was after I turned 30. I have no one to share my life with, though there is still time. I want more schooling and I would love to pursue advanced degrees. I'm being pulled towards science, though I doubt I'll ever be able to call myself a scientist at this point. The writing of Christopher Hitchens and Richard Dawkins and, above all, Charles Darwin have left a strong impression upon me.

I don't want to be satisfied with my life. And while I may regret aspects of my life, I don't want to regret never having lived at all. May the future be bright for us all.