I'm quite a different person off the internet, where things can be held against me. I have a future to plan for, after all. "Now sir, we've reviewed your application in detail and we were all really on board until we researched you and found you were quite active on a psychiatric support forum back in '11..." Probably the main reason I avoid social networking at all costs, heh.

I understand what you're saying and yes, I think I am at that crossroads in life, I guess I hesitate a little because that road I find myself turning down seems awful lonely.

I'm not paranoid, despite how it sounds :P