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Wild that we all sort of have our neurons fire and think of our childhood hangout place. Life has been very intense with extended family. The foreseen perils of growing old include the people being older than you becoming even older and their milestones are harrowing. I have reached a peak of employment that I didn’t think or map my way to but am extremely grateful for it. Lifetime ago young me was 100% in on being a doctor, and that was my heart and soul. Did the undergraduate, got into a prestigious university and then had everything go wrong! Health, mental health, academic bullying, the works! Yay! I failed out, and the prestigious university was an absolute nightmare on the road to leaving. Yeesh. I got burned out pretty bad and it was ugly. Thankful for my wife for being my support through the hardest part of my life. Took a long time to end up where I am now, almost a decade later, in a job that is the best I’ve had and supports my family in ways my imagined life as a doctor never could. 3 kids, all wonderful little monkeys and single digit age. Two are voracious readers like their mom and dad and the youngest is extremely keen to be joining his siblings in “big school” next year. Current job is one that lets me WFH and flex on/off extra time so I’ve been able to attend anything and everything regarding school activities and sports and performances without negatively affecting my career. I’m probably thinking about the OB because, after a decade of basically nothing, I’m finally in a mental space where I genuinely am writing again. Just for myself for now, but with plans to quietly publish on RR once I’ve reached an internal word count for my favourite story I started here on the forum. I think I need the public publishing as an exterior reason to keep writing until the story is done. I may be in a better place but life still is a frequent struggle and I need that push (the fear of letting down anonymous RR readers) to keep posting and ergo keep writing. Glad this space still exists. Happy to read we are all still moving on despite the horrors of the current real space and the horrors of the digital age. -
By Lady Asphyxia · Posted
I heard a rumour that MySpace is making a return and it made me think about the internet I loved growing up, so I decided to check in on the boards. Imagine my delight that things are still live! The tl;dr version of the last 20 years: Moved to Sydney, met my now husband Moved to the UK with him and my best friends Eloped to Scotland during the pandemic Eventually had a wedding reception in Australia Found a job I really love working on and in cities. Have started paint by numbers in the past few months, and now am looking to go to an actual class and learn how to paint things myself. No kids, and may not have any -- I really admire those who do but I must admit that the state of the world makes me very nervous to consider bringing kids into it. And financially I think we would struggle. I don't understand how people make it work! -
By Lady Asphyxia · Posted
I cannot believe this computer still has my login saved. Love this for me. I am not a massive boardgamer but my husband really does enjoy them. I find I enjoy party games (think the Resistance, Codenames, etc) that don't require ongoing thought. I can enjoy a round of Catan or Carcassone, but if you are looking for strategy games then I am not your girl. I have been really enjoying Wingspan, though, which my husband was given for his birthday. I really like the gentle nature of it. My husband is currently playing Gloomhaven with friends, has finished Pandemic Legacy, and will quite happily sit down for several hours to play Terraforming Mars. So that's probably my vibe if anyone has any good recommendations for other games to try? Also it's my husband's birthday in two weeks so if you have any suggestions for his present they would be very much appreciate! -
I keep forgetting to reply to this. I'm about to head to bed but here's a quick rundown! I moved to Colorado to be with my wife (10 years in September!) back in 2017. I inherited her two kids and now have one of my own who turned 5 last month. My friend and I who have been working together for the better part of the last couple of decades did a major relaunch of our site, The Spriters Resource, last August. I've been working in IT since December 2014. Not exactly new news but I'm still actually with the same company despite moving half way across the country. I think that covers the major stuff. Perhaps I'll eventually remember to expand on some of this but for now, I'm off to bed. It's great to still see familiar faces show up here though! -
I'm definitely... not the same Shinje that used to frequent this board. I went from Christianity to Atheism. I'll spare you the details on that to avoid any intense religious debates that could possibly flare up (although us last surviving members tend to be a lot more chill now, eh.) I am teaching myself to become an artist in a world where Gen AI is making that path more and more ridiculously difficult each day. I have inexplicably climbed the ladder in a line of work I considered temporary, from trolley collector to night shift supervisor, not the path I thought I would walk, career wise but it's cool, it's a job, it pays well. I met my partner, Jacob. We've been dating for around 4 years now, which makes me happy. I am finally comfortable being me, and that is really the biggest change in my life since OB. It's nice to see some other people have stumbled back into the boards with a quick update, I hope more people come back to share what they've been up to and how their lives have changed since being regular here. -
By Odin M Yggdrasi · Posted
A bit late, but my god I cannot believe this place is still here when most other sites are distant memories. I just happened to remember the name while talking to someone about old roleplays and how these days its become impossible to do long form story. -
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Sup! Long time since the last Board Games thread here 8D Go!
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I've been listening to big bang lately. Ugh... Their reunion is coming up
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