It's interesting to see how TV characters evolve over the years.

Right now watching the episode of Buffy where Wesley is first introduced. For those of you who don't watch Buffy (Granger, I'm looking in YOUR direction :P). Wesley starts off as a snivelling, wussy and annoying character. He's basically a strict servant of the Watcher's Counsel and nothing more. Over the season he's on the show, he does get a bit more likeable (but also does some bad things (esp when it comes to dealing with Faith) but for the most part, he's the same. When he's introduced on Angel he's more or less the same but begins a transformation which takes him to where he is now. He's a confident character who stands by his own convictions and such.

I like it when a TV show does this with a character. In real life people change and evolve. Personalities are NOT constant. The person you are today and the person you were five years ago can have very different ideas about right and wrong, what's important, etc. I know myself that five years ago I was all gung-ho on the idea of comp-sci. I thought it was by far the best choice for a degree. I liked English but it was a distant second to Comp-Sci.

When I got to Acadia, I A) was introduced to philosophy as more than just an idle thought thing (I had already done a fair bit of philosophy stuff on my own, which is why I was already an atheist at that point and also explained a number of my other beliefs), B) learned that comp-sci was way more tedious then I expected and C) learned that I liked English way more than I thought I did. And that's just a small portion of my intellectual beliefs that have changed.

I could go through how much of my 'self' has changed (and I'd wager some changes that I haven't realized) but that seems like it would take up several hundred pages and neither of us wants to have to deal with that right now. :P

Defunct Word of the Day: Comment
At least judging by the number of them I've gotten in the last week or so it seems to be defunct :P