Topic: The re-introduction thread (Read 180002 times)

ChaoSera · « **Reply #100 on:** 02 Oct 2013, 14:53 »

I'm all for that, but if I recall correctly, we are split up all over Germany. I don't have the money to travel very far.

Patrick · « **Reply #101 on:** 02 Oct 2013, 16:40 »

I don't remember if I took this thread seriously the last time I posted in here, so:

I'm Patrick! I'm almost 25 and I live just 30min west (traffic allowing on I580) of Oakland, California.

I used to look like this:

Nowadays, I look more like this:

nekowafer · « **Reply #102 on:** 02 Oct 2013, 17:08 »

Who knew such a cute little girl could grow up into such a handsome man?

Method of Madness · « **Reply #103 on:** 02 Oct 2013, 17:12 »

I...did not know this thread existed, but I just read through the whole thing.

Hey folks, Method here, or Eric if you prefer. 26, first year (of three) law student in New Hampshire (lived in New Jersey my whole life until August). Dating an amazing girl named Sarah despite living almost 500 km away while I'm at school (although we were together a year already when I moved, the long distance was hard at first, but we're making it work and growing stronger). Yeah, I'm an American who prefers metric, it's weird. According to my profile I joined late 2010 but I didn't really start posting (or even coming here at all) until early 2011, and I became a mod a little less than a year after that (January 2012, I think). I love it here, and I love you guys. This is me a week or so ago. My classmate's cat is not impressed.

Also I met Elijah Wood once. Really nice guy. Apparently we have similar eyes, I don't know. Blue is blue to me.

I may have forgotten some things.

Eris · « **Reply #104 on:** 02 Oct 2013, 18:06 »

Quote from: Gareth on 01 Oct 2013, 23:50

So you're really hot then?

I don't really get what you meant by this. It is Winter in June here. It actually wasn't as cold this year as it was when I went to Melbourne for my birthday last year, but I still bought a fuzzy coat because I Do What I Want.

At the moment it's a very warm Spring, so I am quite warm right now, yes.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #105 on:** 02 Oct 2013, 18:24 »

Eris · « **Reply #106 on:** 02 Oct 2013, 18:36 »

I get that it was supposed to be a joke, yes, but it wasn't a very good one.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #107 on:** 02 Oct 2013, 19:05 »

I don't think Gareth was joking.

Carl-E · « **Reply #108 on:** 03 Oct 2013, 01:02 »

Gareth is never joking.

At least, not about being hot.

So... my real first name is Carl. The E has nothing to do with anything (although Carl-A through Carl-D might have something to say about that

)

I'm a former math professor who, by being bad at academic politics has lost a ridiculous number of teaching positions. I'm currently working three part time jobs, including teaching online, working at a beer distributor and freelance writing of high school math materials. I've survived being hit by a car (two years ago December 3rd), and hitting a bear (the bear survived, too, but the car didn't).

I'm married with two daughters who are your age, 20 and 23. The younger one was hit with thyroid cancer at 16, and was left with a rare neurological disorder and massive internal paralysis. The older suffers from PTSD and depression after being attacked in her dorm room in her first semester of college (the same year as her sister getting ill). She now works full time doing online tech support, and has abandoned her music.

I've been here since August '09, (just before all of the stuff above happened) and remember seeing many of you from the old days, though I was a n00b and I'm sure you never noticed. I mostly lived "upstairs" and rarely wandered into the lower regions of the forum, but grew braver over time.

This is me; I like to eat and drink.

Sometimes, I dress like my dog

Avatars I've used; you may recognize these. You may not.

I don't change them very often... four avatars in four years isn't bad, though. But I think I'll stick with this one, it suits me.

ChaoSera · « **Reply #109 on:** 03 Oct 2013, 05:01 »

Holy crap Carl, you look just like my uncle. This is kinda weird.

Carl-E · « **Reply #110 on:** 03 Oct 2013, 05:51 »

Not really. There's a really strong family resemblance, I have third cousins (we share a great-great grandparent) who look exactly like me.

And there's still a a lot of my family that's back in Germany

Jimmy the Squid · « **Reply #111 on:** 03 Oct 2013, 06:20 »

Ok, It seems like I'm back here for a little while at least.

I'm Jimmy the Squid. I joined the forums back in 2005/2006 but ended up disappearing during the Great Leaving a few years ago. I initially came back because I knew Kat (Papersatan) and Stephen (Ackblom) were still here and I needed relationship advice and couldn't ask my other forum peeps as all the Australians get their hair cut by my partner. Given that so many people are coming back now that is kind of backfiring on me. Damn you secrets!

Anyway, I live in Sydney, Australia. I'm about to turn 27 in like, two weeks. I have several psychology degrees and I work in mental health, basically as a social worker for the severely mentally ill. I'm hoping to go back to uni next year to do a master's degree but I don't think I'll get in. I have a bunch of piercings, full sleeve X-Men tattoos (nearly finished) and severe clinical depression. I sing in Sydney's most underground black metal band. I think that's about all you need to know as a starting off point. There's no point revealing everything straight away, or there's no mystique.

Here is a picture of my face. It's not a very nice face but it serves its purpose for now.

Thrillho · « **Reply #112 on:** 03 Oct 2013, 09:40 »

Quote from: Eris on 02 Oct 2013, 18:36

I get that it was supposed to be a joke, yes, but it wasn't a very good one.

Let me try again.

You are an attractive person. Any references to temperature were metaphorical.

Edit: fuck decorum, you are gorgeous, and I was attempting to draw attention to that. Sorry for any offence caused.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #113 on:** 03 Oct 2013, 10:02 »

Jimmy, you kind of look like Penn.

Jimmy the Squid · « **Reply #114 on:** 03 Oct 2013, 16:03 »

I am aware of this. Though most people don't see it until I'm wearing my glasses and my hair is tied back so good work on knowing magicians!

Carl-E · « **Reply #115 on:** 03 Oct 2013, 19:29 »

Quote from: Jimmy the Squid on 03 Oct 2013, 06:20

Here is a picture of my face. It's not a very nice face

Au contraire, mon frere.

Lines · « **Reply #116 on:** 03 Oct 2013, 19:56 »

Jimmy does a nice mean face. There is a pic somewhere...

Meh. I don't know where the big one is, so here's the tiny icon gif I made a loooooooooong time ago:

tragic_pizza · « **Reply #117 on:** 04 Oct 2013, 11:48 »

Hello, I am John.

Joined late-ish 2006, and am an old fart. Still keep up a bit with Jens and the old crew on FaceBook...

I promise I am less of a jerk than I used to be. Also, Jimmy the Squid is a god.

Lines · « **Reply #118 on:** 04 Oct 2013, 14:10 »

Hi, John! You haven't posted in forever, I thought you'd left us...

pwhodges · « **Reply #119 on:** 04 Oct 2013, 15:58 »

Have you actually been lurking all that time?

tragic_pizza · « **Reply #120 on:** 04 Oct 2013, 17:47 »

I haven't lurked really, though I guess I have popped in once or twice and looked around.

Or maybe I just pooped in... can't recall...

Life got in the way and all...

Blue Kitty · « **Reply #121 on:** 04 Oct 2013, 19:04 »

Quote from: Carl-E on 03 Oct 2013, 01:02

row of avatars

How quaint, there was a time that I changed my avatar every month. I was thinking about doing what Paul does, but then I lost most of them.

celticgeek · « **Reply #122 on:** 04 Oct 2013, 22:34 »

Welcome back, tragic-pizza!

Kugai · « **Reply #123 on:** 05 Oct 2013, 00:26 »

Greetings and salutaitions one and all from your friendly neighbourhood Kiwi Kugai.

My real name is James (duh) and I live down here in Middle Earth - better known as Wellington, New Zealand in the wonderful Hutt Valley.

I'm 51 currently and have been since May (hehe). Love Cats, but I don't have one at the moment having recently - five months or so ago - lost my boy Garfield (he went missing). Spent nearly 20 odd years as my mothers caregiver up until around '08 - part time between '90 and '02, then full time after that until she went into a home towards the end of '07 - beginning of '08 when she finally had to go into a Home. She passed away three years later.

For the past three or so years I've had eyesight issues, and flirted with being declared Legally Blind for a while, but things are somewhat stable, but I still have enough of a problem with it that I've been on what is called the Invalids Benefit for the last three years and am under regular Hospital Care for it. And to top it all off, it looks like I may be developing Cataracts - Oh joy!

Asthmatic, but I've had that since puberty, and it's well under control.

Live on my own, but have a great circle of friends and, despite the eyesight issues, have worked part time as counter staff at a now defunct local bookshop, doing about two - three hours a day there, which enabled me to earn a little extra cash-in-the-hand. Miss the job - don't miss the boss.

Get out a bit, and enjoy walking as an exercise - which is why I'm looking forward to summer finally kicking in properly down here.

That's about all the general info. Did, I think, Post a fairly recent Pic of me here at one stage, but I'll Post it again if it's no longer floating around or has vanished into the void.

CardinalFang · « **Reply #124 on:** 05 Oct 2013, 08:12 »

Wow a lot of familiar faces showing up here.

Yes, I'm still lurking about.
My typical forum behavior which is taking so long to decide whether or not to say something, then taking even longer to decide how to say it and then finally giving up and not posting after several days have gone by and the thread as moved on to another subject continues unabated. As a matter of fact it is facilitated by the fact that more often than not I am checking the forum on my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk at work and I'm not completely familiar with it so I am loathe to attempt to post something plus I don't want to take the time to type something out while at work.
Also I like run-on sentences.
So there.
Fun Fact - Tapatalk (at least Tapatalk HD) does not hide things behind a spoiler tag. It shows the spoiler tag and then shows whatever it was that was behind it.

I may post more often now that IRC seems to be in a permanent lull. I have to get my bare minimum of social interaction somewhere!

Method of Madness · « **Reply #125 on:** 05 Oct 2013, 08:16 »

Yeah, it doesn't on regular Tapatalk either (at least the one I have).

Redball · « **Reply #126 on:** 05 Oct 2013, 13:43 »

Quote from: tragic_pizza on 04 Oct 2013, 11:48

Joined late-ish 2006, and am an old fart.

Welcome back! And a couple of us who think we're old might be curious about the age of your Venerable Flatulence.

tragic_pizza · « **Reply #127 on:** 05 Oct 2013, 18:20 »

Quote from: Redball on 05 Oct 2013, 13:43

Quote from: tragic_pizza on 04 Oct 2013, 11:48
Joined late-ish 2006, and am an old fart.
Welcome back! And a couple of us who think we're old might be curious about the age of your Venerable Flatulence.

51.

FIFTY FREAKIN ONE.

ouch.

bainidhe_dub · « **Reply #128 on:** 05 Oct 2013, 20:12 »

I feel like I've posted in here before but I just looked and no. So, hi. I'm Bain or Rosie. I'm 27, live in Maryland near Washington DC, married to a boy named Robert, and have a large dog named Patrick. No kids (yet). I've been around here since 2007 but mostly only in Chatter/Relate and their precursors, and a lot of the time I type things but then decide not to hit Post. I work in a building management office and I complain about my dumb coworker a lot. That's good for now, I guess, so here's a picture of me at work.

(click to show/hide)

P.S. Hi tragicpizza! I see your posts on FB and I've been trying to remember who you were here.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #129 on:** 05 Oct 2013, 20:16 »

I like your glasses.

tragic_pizza · « **Reply #130 on:** 05 Oct 2013, 20:22 »

I think I remember you, Rosie. Hai.

Carl-E · « **Reply #131 on:** 05 Oct 2013, 20:24 »

Quote from: tragic_pizza on 05 Oct 2013, 18:20

Quote from: Redball on 05 Oct 2013, 13:43
Quote from: tragic_pizza on 04 Oct 2013, 11:48
Joined late-ish 2006, and am an old fart.
Welcome back! And a couple of us who think we're old might be curious about the age of your Venerable Flatulence.

51.

FIFTY FREAKIN ONE.

ouch.

That's...

that's MY age.

(and Kugai's.)

Fuck, man. I thought you meant it when you said you were an old fart.

I consider 50's to be middle aged, but that's mainly because most of my family seems to live into their 90's.

tragic_pizza · « **Reply #132 on:** 05 Oct 2013, 21:21 »

From your mouth to God's ear, Carl. I *like* living.

Carl-E · « **Reply #133 on:** 05 Oct 2013, 21:25 »

OK, I hearby claim you as "family".

Someone cue up the Donna Summers, willya?

Kugai · « **Reply #134 on:** 05 Oct 2013, 21:40 »

@ Carl-E

Yes, yes it is.

jwhouk · « **Reply #135 on:** 06 Oct 2013, 09:59 »

Hi. I'm 46 today. Thanks.

Lines · « **Reply #136 on:** 06 Oct 2013, 12:36 »

Happy birthday!

tragic_pizza · « **Reply #137 on:** 06 Oct 2013, 13:19 »

Family it is!

And happy freakin birthday, jwhouk!

Method of Madness · « **Reply #138 on:** 06 Oct 2013, 14:16 »

Happy birthday!

Metope · « **Reply #139 on:** 06 Oct 2013, 15:56 »

Happy birthday! My dad turns 56 tomorrow, I don't know what to get him. I won't see him until Christmas anyway so I have a while to think.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #140 on:** 06 Oct 2013, 16:17 »

Metope · « **Reply #141 on:** 06 Oct 2013, 16:19 »

Haha! I'll post that on his facebook page in the morning, thanks!

Thomas Edison · « **Reply #142 on:** 06 Oct 2013, 18:35 »

I am Ryan. I am from the south coast of England. I am the human on the left.

I joined the forum in 2007 when I was a sixteen year old high schooler.

I am now a twenty two year old ex-cinematography student currently helping my ma' run her first aid company.

I haven't been entirely active the last few years due to life things happening but now there is less life things and more internet things, so I guess I am back.

I like tattoos and stories and games and food and American football and the consumption of alcohol and the collapse of governments and stuff.

I do not like electrocuting elephants.

Lines · « **Reply #143 on:** 06 Oct 2013, 18:47 »

Welcome back, Ryan!

Redball · « **Reply #144 on:** 07 Oct 2013, 13:23 »

Quote from: jwhouk on 06 Oct 2013, 09:59

Hi. I'm 46 today. Thanks.

Hope it was a good one. Did you celebrate?

Redball · « **Reply #145 on:** 07 Oct 2013, 13:29 »

Quote from: tragic_pizza on 05 Oct 2013, 18:20

51.
FIFTY FREAKIN ONE.

You're maybe taking it too hard?
At 76, I seem to be falling in love for the second time in four months, so life is yet pretty good.

Zingoleb · « **Reply #146 on:** 08 Oct 2013, 00:34 »

hi. i'm unicorn, real name unicorn. i've been here forever and have never been quite sure why, up to and including right now. my music is in my signature and i've been working at that for years and am finally in the process of recording things that i wrote years ago and have been writing tons of stuff all the time lately.

uh, i guess people are posting pictures so here is me right now i am very sleepy i have a massive hand and i accidentally swallowed my lip ring again

snalin · « **Reply #147 on:** 08 Oct 2013, 00:35 »

Quote from: Redball on 07 Oct 2013, 13:29

Quote from: tragic_pizza on 05 Oct 2013, 18:20
51.
FIFTY FREAKIN ONE.

You're maybe taking it too hard?
At 76, I seem to be falling in love for the second time in four months, so life is yet pretty good.

You've come out on the other side. Probably immortal by now.

Grognard · « **Reply #148 on:** 08 Oct 2013, 11:36 »

YAY!
I'm in the Younger Crowd on the Forum group!!!!

It's so nice to be able to call someone else "You Grumpy Old Fart".

Not to 40 and loving it!

LoL :b

TRVA123 · « **Reply #149 on:** 08 Oct 2013, 13:48 »

Hi, I'm TRVA! sometimes known as Alison.

I usually lurk around in relate, chatter, and discuss. I made my account when the forum signup was fixed, right around the big Dora/Marten breakup, but I'd been lurking around the forum for a long time before that.

I live in the chicago area and I'm 25!

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