In Retrospect

I started this blog at 12. I am 20 now.

It is incredible that it has been well over four years since I have wrote a blog post. From time to time, I will remember my ramblings and will revisit this blog. For a while I had this blog set to private so that only those select individuals whom I gave access to could read the writing of a middle-school Jon, but I have since made it public for anyone to enjoy now. I am in college now, which is baffling in and of itself, but I am thankful for the few years that I wrote on this blog. Why? Because I am able to read and remember otherwise insignificant intricacies from a interesting period in my life. This blog never fails to make me smile and chuckle when I read old posts. From the grammatical errors to the topics I felt compelled to write about, I was a peculiar middle schooler. However, it was that middle schooler that was the predecessor to the man I am today. I had no idea what kind of impact those middle school years of innocent, exploratory growth would have on my future me.

So much has changed in my life since 2012 when I last published a blog entry that it would not be reasonable to document everything. I will note that my life now and my life when I was an avid blogger are vastly different. The person I am now is unrecognizable from the person I was then. I have grown. I have learned. I have loved. I have lost. I have discovered. I have done a lot to say the least. However, the one aspect that I cherish most about this blog is that it reminds me who I am at the core. I can see my personality clearly through the words in each post. While so many parts of me have changed, so much has remained the same. I will end this post here: on a note of reflection. A retrospective analyzation of my life has proved to be both enlightening and comical.

Could It Be Too Late?

It's true.

Two hundred and ninety one days ago, the writer in me died. Why? Lack of interest. Too busy. And so on. All pitiful excuses, I know. This could be the beginning of a new dawn, or the last hurrah before death. Who knows. I would love to pick-up from where I have left off, but it might be too late.

A ton has changed within the 291 days that have elapsed since my disappearance. I have arrived into a new, private, catholic, high school. Crazy right? Never did I think that I'd end up in a catholic, nevertheless a private high school, purely since I have been a public school kid all my life. However, when your school system is scraping rock bottom, curriculum-wise and financially, it's better to move somewhere else. I have also become a new person. It's weird, ever since I have arrived into this new school, it's like I went from being a low-life-loser, haha not really, more like a quieter, less outgoing person, to a loud-mouth extrovert!

With this coincidental "rebirth" post coming to a close, I look at my blog name: Life of a Kid Named Jon*. It was created by the sixth grader Jon, but I'm not that kid anymore. I'm a teenager now. Even though, I'm older now, and most certainly not a "kid" anymore, I'm going to keep the title. The name keeps the essence of what this blog is really about. An everday kid living in a small suburban town in Massachusetts. Living an exciting, crazy life.

**I just realized something weird. If you go to my post on 4/1/11, 291 days appears. Weirrrd. These aren't even the same dates...**

Place of the Week!

Last week's winner is,.......................................Ausserst, Austria! 
This week's winner is,.......................................IJzeren, Netherlands!

An Austrian lakeside town

A calm, cool, collective part of the Netherlands

Come back next week for a new place and a new winner!

Place of the Week!

It's that time of week again! So without a further a do, I give you the new Place of the Week,...........................................Ramatayim, Israel! Congratulations Ramatayim! You are this week's winner! Come back next week for a new place and a new winner!

DOUBLE: Place of the Week!

Well, well, well, it would appear that I have to post yet ANOTHER double POTW. C'mon that's sad. So far this year I've only posted 27 posts, that's depressing, really depressing. By this point last year I already had posted 61 posts. Anywhom, rather than me ramble on and say I'm going to post more I will just announce the first of two winners in this week double POTW........................................Encoge, Angola (as seen below)! Congrats Encoge! You are this week's winner!

And now for the second winner in this week's special double,.............................Karaart, Tajikistan! Congratulations Karaart (as seen below)! You are this week's winner! Come back next week for a new place and a new winner!

Place of the Week!

This week's Place of the Week winner in honor of the Survivor finale that just aired/is currently airing is,..............................................Arapal, Nicaragua! Congratulations Arapal! You are this week's winner! Come back next week for a new place and a new winner! And congratulations to Boston Rob for winning Survivor: Redemption Island, after 4 seasons and 117 days!

Place of the Week!

This week's place in honor of the Amazing Race finale that just aired tonight, the new winner is,......................................Vaquejador, Brazil! Congrats Vaquejador, you are this week's winner! Come back next week for a new place and a new winner!