Odd and not entirely cheerful Observation

I've been noticing something lately.

When I started up with Flickr and Vox, things were cheerful for everyone involved. Maybe it just seemed that way to me because it was new and exciting. Or maybe things were really cheerful.

In any case, the present isn't as cheerful a place. Obviously there has been a lot of things going on the past year that made it hard to blog with a sincere, positive outlook. That's just me. I'm fine with that. But life is going to crap for a lot of people I know on the internets. Life is pretty tough all around. As a result my Vox neighborhood has all but stopped Voxing, and my Flickr friends have had fewer photos to inspire happiness.

The question I'm struggling with is this: Is life worse now, or am I just noticing it? Maybe life is more or less the same but I've become more pessimistic.

...

Nah. Life sucks.

Point being I'm just making an observation for later reference. So in a year or two from now I can say "Oh if only I knew..." or "It wasn't so bad after all".