How ya doin'?

[RickZarber]

I don't get to talk to my online acquaintances much anymore. My PC won't get online, so I'm stuck using other people's computers whenever I can, which also means I can't Instant Message or join in the chats. So I'm a bit out of the loop right now.

So what I want to know is, how are you doing? What are you up to lately? Where are you in life right now?

Plus, I figure this is as good a way as any to get to know those members I don't know well yet. (I mean, really, who doesn't like to talk about themselves?) :p

I'll go ahead and start.

I'm busy working all the time trying to pay off my college debt so I can start thinking about paying for stuff like a car or a place to live. (Currently I'm living with my parents again and I have to rely on other people for transportation, which is frustrating in the extreem.) And mixed in with all of that, I have to decide when or if I'm ever going back to school. So my future is uncertain, but for the next year or two, my situation will probably be pretty stable; just working to the point where I can afford decisions.

In the meantime, I'm trying to focus my creative energies enough to get some progress done on any of my current projects. I've started two stories in the past year which haven't gotten past the first few chapters for each, and I still want to finish up the last 40 comics of JAQ. The biggest downside to working full time is that I never have the energy or free time for these things. Sprite comics alone take 6 or 7 hours each, and it's a pretty big deal now to commit that much time of one of my days off. I'd also really like to get back into filmmaking, but I have no idea how or when that could happen.

But yeah, I'd say my attitude towards life is cautiously optimistic right now.

Now it's youse guys' turn!

[Mirai Gen]

Sorry to be a buzzkill, but isn't this kind of the Introduction Thread material?

[Fifthfiend]

No worries I told him it was cool.

Besides it's not like anyone actually reads the introduction thread.

Oh me? Um... I'm moving soon! Nope, not telling where.

[Mirai Gen]

Fair enough.

So, moving along. I'm twenty years old and still nailing down a bit of my Junior College before I start going to a 4 year. I've written three books, one of which I threw out, and I'm currently trying to get published. I've started contacting agents to represent me, and with luck I'll be able to get these things in print.

I've also got a Tyranid obsession right now. I'll upload pictures soon. I also happen to break any damn technology I touch.

And I also have an Autobot tattoo on my shoulder.

[katsielyonz]

I'm 20 years old and about to graduate college with a Bachelors in Psychology. I'm then going to a Fine Arts College to get my MFA. I live with my roommate and boyfriend (We've been together for 6 years now), I play MTG FNM and DND on the weekend.

I write and draw in my spare time. Read webcomics. And pretend I have something useful and/or original for the world to see.

[notasfatasmike]

I'm kind of weird right now, to be honest. After about half a year in Austria I'm returning to the United States next week, and I don't really know how I feel about it. There are things I'm looking forward to and things that I will miss, and I don't really feel like I can weigh the two against each other and figure out whether I'm excited or disappointed.

I've also been watching a lot of David Lynch movies lately - that can't be helpful.

[Bobbey]

I'm 18 years old and I'm about to graduate from CEGEP to go to university soon...I'm just waiting for my acceptance letters, which I know wont be coming before april at least...I just hope I get accepted at McGill. I'm studying in music right now, so it's just normal for me to be a bit stressed out, with the auditions coming up and all (I just finished a recording today for my pre-audition at McGill...it took me six hours...so I'm really tired).
I'm at my parents house for vacation in Mont-Tremblant, which is a huge ski mountain up north of Montreal. I live in that city almost permanently, and I'm going back there tomorrow.

All is good in my life right now, and I can't wait to conquer the next big step that is university:).

[Krylo]

Oh me? Um... I'm moving soon! Nope, not telling where.
There's no need to be shy, sweetie.

He's moving in with me.

[katsielyonz]

There's no need to be shy, sweetie.

He's moving in with me.

Hehe. That's great.

[greed]

Going back to Uni after a year of hiatus, living out my life long dream of taking a gap year and doing jack shit. It was everything I had ever hoped for and so much more. Now to work my arse off for 20 or so years to accomplish another dream. Retire rich before 40.

[Funka Genocide]

I have exactly 363 days left in the Navy, am currently somehwere near Iraq and have been floating for the better part of a month straight. This year I'm getting a new apartment, new car and hopefully keeping the old girlfriend. Just waiting out my enlistment before I go to college.

I'm going to be the oldest freshman you'll ever meet, unless you meet someone older.

[Bells]

There's no need to be shy, sweetie.

He's moving in with me.

What scares me is that it makes so much god damn sense...

Really, call in Mesden, Flarecobra, Mirai and POS and you guys have a Sitcon ready to go... it would be like seinfeld + Friends + crack! With a occasional Snuff section...


As for me, currently im looking for a job as a Teacher of Portugues to English speaker and English to Portuguese speakers in a school that deals primarily with ofshore personal for Oil Platforms...

Also, im bored out of my mind, so im Writing a RPG System, making Fandubs (Check Sig) and Looking for modable or "creator" kinds of games to have fun with...

[Darth SS]

I'm 17, and I was just recently accepted into the University of Saskatchewan. I've now got to apply for scholarships and such, and ultimately come to grasp with the fact that I've grown up so much with are going somewhere else, and that I need to say goodbye.

[POS Industries]

Really, call in Mesden, Flarecobra, Mirai and POS and you guys have a Sitcon ready to go...

I'm not going to go so far as to say similar ideas haven't been suggested among some of us once or twice, because I'm trying not to lie so much. New year's resolutions and all, you know.

Anyway, I just turned 25 two days ago, I cut off the vast majority of my hair 4 days ago, and I just stopped giving a shit about anything 9132 days ago.

I'm currently squirreling money away for a move to LA, and will do so as soon as such a thing becomes feasible without having to nearly starve to death again. In the six and a half years since graduating high school, I've been having to put my career on hold in order to sort out everyone else's lives. Now that I've either fixed the problems of and/or completely alienated everyone that I know, it's time to get back to work! I've got enough connections out there to where I could probably get a decent enough voice acting career going, which beats the hell out of all the nothing I'm doing right now.

I hate to give up my title of "Least Hardest Working Man in Show Business", but everything has to end sometime.

EDIT: Oh yeah, and Blizzard released a new World of Warcraft patch tuesday that makes my computer crash, so I've been playing less of that lately.

[Sir Pinkleton]

I'm going to be the oldest freshman you'll ever meet, unless you meet someone older.

Well, my mom was about 40 or so when she finally went to college, is that close?

EDIT: Oh yeah, I've been buying comic books lately, something I thought was not possible (seeing as how it's so damn far away, but my firend introduced me). I'm also trying to get a job at the local albertsons, but seeing as how I just turned 16, and how busy I am, and also seeing as how it's not summer, I probably wont get it (or any job) any time soon.

EDIT2: and I'm having a wonderful time. (http://gmanwonderful.ytmnd.com/)

[Demetrius]

I am currently working third shift in the test lab at a large aerospace company and going out of my mind, not in a good way. I have an apartment up in Burlington, VT with 4 other friends and it kills me to go to work every night when they are all getting ready to go out. I'm working on a degree in electrical engineering, though I'd rather be in construction again, own my own restaurant or become a physical therapist. The problem with that is I have too many medical bills and they have ruined my credit and I can expect more medical problems in the next couple years (my job has great benefits, so sticking here makes the most sense). Other than that I never get enough sleep, not because I'm doing anything, but because I lay in bed staring at my ceiling. What else, oh every car I get my hands on invariably will die within a month despite an excellent history before I get it (I have 4 dead cars!). /rant

Other than that I'm playing some Anarchy Online, Counter Strike and working out.

[Long-Haired Narcissist]

Well, I'm 19. I want to go to the University of Memphis to major in Music Industry after I graduate in May. I might even be valedictorian (I'm at least ranked in the top 5 of my graduating class). Also, I took a weeklong stay in a hospital a month ago. Because of the meds I've had to take since then, I can't do the fun drugs. As a result of that, I could probably pass a drug test now so soon I'm going to start looking for a job again.

[Major Blood]

I'm 17, and I was just recently accepted into the University of THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE.

Fixed.

I'm 18 and i'm lazing about for a year before i go to the Art Institute of Vancouver in the Game Art & Design program. Every dollar i get that dosen't go to school(because the particular program i'm going into costs $30k) goes to fueling my gaming addiction.

[mauve]

I'm turning 21 in April, which still astounds even me. I expect gifts from each and every one of you.

Right now I'm a senior at ye olde university, but I'm thinking I'll end up sticking around a bit longer and going for a double major instead of graduating in June. There's only so much you can do with a degree in television production and electronic journalism, and if my health problems, God forbid, take a turn for the worse, I want a backup plan. I'm going for a minor or double major in English and Literature, and maybe later getting some teaching credentials. Then I've got plenty of bases covered. I can hear you mocking my choices in degrees. Stop it or I'll knock your teeth out with a camera tripod.

I'm still working in my job of All Mighty Goddess of the Library Checkout Desk and Video Reserve Area. Technically, I'm more of a nun or a minion than a goddess, but I can call myself whatever the heck I want. I like the job for the most part. My co-workers are all really nice, and every now and then something totally bizarre happens to keep the job from drifting into monotony. Libraries are funny places sometimes.


Other than that, let's see... I've got about thirty hours on Final Fantasy 12, and quite a few on Guitar Hero II. For whatever reason I never got around to finishing Dragon Quest 8 last year, despite how much I proclaimed its greatness, and every now and then I consider picking it up and trying to defeat Rhapthorne. Somehow Final Fantasy always ends up in the PS2 no matter what I originally intend on playing, though... Evil Squaresoft magic, perhaps?

Oh, and I've been watching a lot of Tom Baker-era Doctor Who episodes lately. I love them so very much. The campiness rules all.

[Lady Cygnet]

There's only so much you can do with a degree in television production and electronic journalism, and if my health problems, God forbid, take a turn for the worse, I want a backup plan. I'm going for a minor or double major in English and Literature, and maybe later getting some teaching credentials.

Oh, my...if you go for the English, get the teaching credentials while you are still in school. I have a BA in English, and I am currently in Ye Olde Unemployment line, deep in debt, and trying to get moved to help my sister with her situation. An English degree is good for writing, but...well, I'm sure you've heard the pros and cons before. Good luck!

As for me, as I said, I'm looking to move to help my sister. She and her kids are in a very bad situation, and she, my best friend, and I are planning to move in together to help her take care of her three children. As for the fine details...I'm 27, divorced, have a BA in English, an awesome cat named Sisko, and I have no living children. I'm kind of hoping that somewhere along the line, after I get moved and settled in with a new job, I'll be able to pursue grad school and become a counselor...I might even see about trying to have a family of my own again, eventually, if it is meant to be. For now, though, I'll be satisfied with getting a job and getting my sister and her family to a safe place.

[Melfice]

Well, I'm 20, turning 21 August 2nd.

I'll be having a job interview today, though that's a mere technicality, as I already have the job.
I quit college in December where I studied to get a teacher's degree in English.
I'd be teaching English to first, second and third years students at secondary school (which Americans would call High School).

Furthermore, I have rather big plans ahead. But those may come in action next year, the year after that, perhaps in three or four years. You get the point.

I've also just been sacked from the Ultima-Java gig. Don't ask, please.

[Crodevillian Team]

I live in Tokyo. I was born more than two decades ago, but less than five. I hate eating at places like Matsuya but it's just so cheap that I have no choice. I sometimes go to Club Atom in Shibuya on the weekends, or Club Vanilla in Roppongi on the weekdays. I don't like Roppongi. I like Family Mart. I want Mexican food.

[batgirl]

Well I'm turning 22 in less then 2 weeks and am currently a senior in College going for my BA in Comparative Literature. Right now I'm writing an honor's thesis about magicians and wizards in literature. Next year I'll either be going for my MS in high school education (teaching Physics...it's a long story) or be taking a year off to work and assess my situation. I currently work for Hunter EMS, which is an ambulance company near me. I'm an EMT Basic and I work there and for the ambulance company at my school Binghamton University, which is in upstate New York.

Currently I have just become single (yes boys, I'm back on the market) after breaking up with my boyfriend of almost 3 years. When not living at school I live at home on Long Island with my parents, 2 sisters and my dog. I play Lacrosse at school as well as Hockey (being the wonderful Canadian that I am) and have a very unhealthy obsession with video games, especially the Prince of Persia series and DDR.

[RaiRai]

How are you doing?

The question's a little broad, but I'll hit it. I'm alive, breathing and safe to say doin' alright. Apart from the occasional morning sickness, I'm in pretty good shape, apart from the filling I need to get replaced after I pop out the sprog.

What are you up to lately?

Lazing around. I've been a bum since I moved to the States in November, and I don't really care. I've been raiding on WoW (I have a Molten Core run today. Le sigh.) and playing on RaiRO. Otherwise 'real life' has been spent stressing over Greencards, deportation and babies.

Where are you in life right now?

Secure, for the most part. Living in Minnesota which may become Ohio by the end of this year. I'm preparing for probably the biggest change in my life with the baby on it's slow way, so trying to take things one step at a time.

[mammothtank]

Well let's see...

I just started my second semester of college, and it's going well so far; I just need to do my homework this time. ^^; I'm turning 19 at the beginning of next month, as well. I don't get to see my girlfriend often, but the time we do get together is cool, so it's alright for now. Physically, I'm in good health, though I could probably use more exercise. Overall and generically, I'd say I'm 'alright.'

[42PETUNIAS]

I'm pretty good overall. I'm in 10th grade, in a boarding school in southern Ontario. Right now it's pretty boring, mainly because all the classes are way easier than at my old school in Chicago (I'm from Toronto, moved to Chicago three years ago, then moved back this year, and started going to this boarding school,) But that should get better next year, when I have more freedom on what classes to take, letting me take harder courses.

I also can't find any nerdy stuff to do. I'd really like to get into warhammer or another tabletop game, but no one at the school really does that sort of thing.

I don't have much of an idea of what to do with my life, although recently I've considered looking at a career in medicine. I'm smart enough, but I'm not sure if I have the work ethic to get through all that.

Physically, I'm in decent shape in the general sense, but that should get better, as I've started to train for rowing in the spring.

[MasterOfMagic]

I'm currently at college dual majoring in Electronic Engineering and Computer Engineering. I was originally just going to get the Computer part, but then they said something about Robots, and well, I was all for that.

So far its been an easy ride, but has started to get hard this quarter, so yay for that. Up until now, the hardest part was staying awake in my A+ Cert classes, as there was just enough info in there that I knew already to make it boring. I still had to stay awake for the majority of it though, thus the difficulty. All the other classes have been hella interesting though, so no complaints.

I also have the unforunate fate to have something bad happen to me fairly regularly that I did not cause. Like, just a few months ago, my roommate decides he wants to key my car because our other roommate got him in trouble. Oh, he was a bright one. And just about a week ago: I'm in traffic - on my way back from a funeral - and some girl behind me thinks, "Hmmm, I wonder if cars really are solid...". As it turns out, they really are. I now have to find some place to get the bumper and muffler put back on the right way, and its looking like she doesn't have insurance, meaning I'll have to pay for it all.

Hmm...maybe its just the car that has bad luck...I'll have to look into that....