So I went on to Cleveland, and I ended up insane

Ran into someone from my past on AIM this afternoon. He was largely responsible for me regaining my sense of self and backbone and getting the hell out of Ohello, never to return. Things weren't amicable between us for a while, for lots of reasons. But that is in the past, water under the bridge (or is it over the dam?), and it's rather healing to be able to make peace with my personal history.