<p>So of course I have been thinking about this for a number of weeks. I actually came here in February 2004 under an old name - and was a frequent visitor from 2004 - 2005, and then left after a change in environments. I came back just to ask a few questions on the grad school forums - but inevitably rediscovered the old HS forum where I used to hang out - and from there I acclimatized myself to the 2007'ers here. Anyhow I could technically go inactive without making a thread about it - but eh - why not bring closure and provide another reason not to come? There isn't a change in environments that is coming to me anytime soon (that naturally tends to reduce interest in any "secondary communities"), so I guess I'll have to announce it this way. </p>
<p>Anyways - I am the type of person who likes to constantly looks back to see how other people reply to my posts. I wish I wasn't - but it's a pretty nasty tendency. It actually doesn't come in communities where I'm not acclimatized - where I'm so unknown that it doesn't matter what people think of me since they'll forget me anyways. But I'm too acclimatized here.</p>
<p>And the stress of checking for replies really cuts into my study time. I'll probably return occasionally later, once I de-climatized myself to this place. But there really isn't anything more to read here - sakky has to repeat the same points - and Ben Golub just graduated. There will be more interesting posters in the future, of course, but there should be more interesting pursuits as well. </p>
<p>I've collected a number of motivational quotes as well.</p>
<p>And I'm growing old. >:(</p>
<p>So, goodbye everyone. I'll just be reading lots of books. Gosh I missed out on so much. There's an interesting chapter in Apostol Volume 2 in Probability that I should have read by now. And I am not doing extra problems on my own. CCers are an interesting and nerdy bunch - but eh - it's not going to do me any more good to "hang out" here. </p>
<p>And some day I'll finally be able to just go 5 days straight without logging on or checking anything online. That will be so nice. I've learned a lot from CC - and while I made a fool out of myself on multiple occasions - those occasions are now amusing tome.:) I haven't been the most social or popular person - but I've made enough friends here such that all of my closest friends are CCers</p>
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So what then? I'll just be almost completely alone for some time - I crave solitude. I might just go on physicsforums or Art of Problem Solving from time to time, otherwise I'll just try to emulate the great Marie Curie.:)</p>
<p>And ChaosTheory - please periodically update me with your progress in self-study! </p>