The where have you been thread?

Serious Paul · Post by **Serious Paul** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 8:10 pm

So it's been a while. So what have you been doing since 2005?

Caine Hazen · Post by **Caine Hazen** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 8:19 pm

Still sitting here in this cube.... right across from the one I was sittin gin in 2005...

Actually there was the whole buying a condo and moving stuff... but that's nothing really...

zemookie · Post by **zemookie** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 8:21 pm

Well since then....
I have gotten married to EvilDingDong (7/1/06)
ummm...well past....... Been working, studying towards a different career, learning to drive manual and doing the normal "improve self" stuff.

So yeah...didn't miss much

Daki · Post by **Daki** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 8:26 pm

Gunny and I were married.

I bounced around to a few jobs.

Started training in Krav Maga.

I think that covers the highlights.

Instant Cash · Post by **Instant Cash** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 8:36 pm

Hrm

Still at GE

Went to Europe last month.

Last year was...fairly uneventful.

Well except for the regular DJing for Bellydance events. That is newish.

Bishop · Post by **Bishop** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 8:37 pm

Deerrr..I work at a different restaurant now? I actually /haven't/ had a surgery in over a year now, which has been nice.

MooCow · Post by **MooCow** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 8:39 pm

Goat sex!

sinsual · Post by **sinsual** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 8:52 pm

Got married, been doing the recovery thing, in pain management therapy now. Building a 1962 Austin Healey Sprite since I really can't safely ride, gives me something to do instead of pining over not riding. Still haven't sent my Digital Rebel off to be repaired.

Ampere · Post by **Ampere** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 9:18 pm

Only moved across the country and back once since then.

4 jobs.

1 wife (still married).

I've met more Bulldrekkers in person after Bulldrek than during it's life-cycle.

FlameBlade · Post by **FlameBlade** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 9:23 pm

Moved to Maryland, got married.

Find out wife a lesbian, in process of separating.

Daki · Post by **Daki** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 9:41 pm

FlameBlade wrote:Find out wife a lesbian, in process of separating.

Wait, WHAT?!?

TLM · Post by **TLM** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 9:43 pm

Finally decided what the fuck I'm going to do with my life.

Fell out of love.

Fell back in love.

Thought seriously about marriage.

Worked.

Studied.

Mellowed out a bit.

Became less of a dick.

And that's about it.

FlameBlade · Post by **FlameBlade** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 9:49 pm

Daki wrote:
FlameBlade wrote:Find out wife a lesbian, in process of separating.
Wait, WHAT?!?

My reactions exactly. Explain more later.

Harley667 · Post by **Harley667** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 9:49 pm

Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right, stuck in the middle with...no one in particular.

Ampere · Post by **Ampere** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 9:50 pm

FlameBlade wrote:Moved to Maryland, got married.

Find out wife a lesbian, in process of separating.

whatWhatWHAT

FlameBlade · Post by **FlameBlade** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 9:55 pm

Ampere wrote:
FlameBlade wrote:Moved to Maryland, got married.

Find out wife a lesbian, in process of separating.
whatWhatWHAT

My reactions exactly. Explain more later.

Harley667 · Post by **Harley667** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 9:59 pm

And here was me about to go into an in depth explanation about what lesbians and marriage are.

Serious Paul · Post by **Serious Paul** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 10:02 pm

As long as we get the illustrated version, we're down...

WillyGilligan · Post by **WillyGilligan** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 10:08 pm

Been lurking around the other communities for a bit. Something about the comforting blue makes me want to post more, though.

Still have more kids than sense, still in the military till they kick me out or my kids don't need doctors. On the newish side, I've apparently decided that I really hate money and gotten into Warhammer.

JongWK · Post by **JongWK** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 10:15 pm

I left the magazine I was working for, and got a much better job in the travel industry. Gotta love outsourcing!

Ampere · Post by **Ampere** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 10:36 pm

Serious Paul wrote:As long as we get the illustrated version, we're down...

OOOOH!
I can do that!

Jestyr · Post by **Jestyr** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 10:55 pm

* Wrangled my way out of soul-destroying job.
* Went back to university to begin an MBA; had a blast. Transferred to an IT degree and hated it.
* Began a fun and lucrative career in information management.
* Said career was abruptly terminated by illness.
* Have been loafing about, trying to recover, for almost a year now. It's getting very old.
* Hoping to ramp up to fulltime work again, working from home, assuming my health continues to improve.

That's the short, short version. Though I don't think the long version is any more exciting, really.

Eliahad · Post by **Eliahad** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 11:19 pm

Um...I'm in a band. I'm recording. I'm teaching. I'm driving, a lot. I'm playing in bunch of orchestras. I quit one crap job that was slowly destroying me. Took a different crap job at much reduced hours and working at slowly destroying it. Need to see how the summers turn out before I can quit it completely. In the mean time, though, cello cello cello cello. And then after I quit the job...cello cello cello and more cello.

Liniah · Post by **Liniah** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 11:21 pm

FlameBlade wrote:Moved to Maryland, got married.

Find out wife a lesbian, in process of separating.

Woah.

Ryan Murphy · Post by **Ryan Murphy** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 11:25 pm

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 12:05 am

Still at university. Picked up another minor. Still going strong freelancing for SR. One of the dogs died. Brother's going back for another tour in Iraq.

sinsual · Post by **sinsual** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 12:14 am

Bishop wrote: I actually /haven't/ had a surgery in over a year now, which has been nice.

Amen for that, Next month marks the 1 year mark for my last actual surgery, but, December and February saw 2 emergancy nerve blocks done thru the front side of my neck next to my voicebox. The results of which just started to wear down, so when I go back on the 3rd I get to see if they are going to do another.

Flame, take your time, no rush. We are just letches thinking of the menage's that scenario evokes within our letcherous brains.

Serious Paul · Post by **Serious Paul** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 12:44 am

I still work in Civil Service, as a Civil Civil Servant. My servitude continues apace, but has shown, of recent, some progress.

I have stopped playing Shadowrun for a while, and picked up Dungeons and Dragons of all things.

I've moved around a little, and now I live in Grand Rapids, a city I've always loved. I now live with a woman I love more than anything. We have an amazing life, a great apartment and an all around good time.

Reika · Post by **Reika** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 1:50 am

Not much here beyond that life keeps shitting more and more.

MissTeja · Post by **MissTeja** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 2:07 am

Lived in London.
Lived in the States.
Lived in Prague.
Lived in Grand Rapids.
Got my Masters.
Moved to Lake Michigan.
Work as a Probation Officer.

Salvation122 · Post by **Salvation122** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 2:32 am

Went to college, mostly. Swapped majors from computer science to political science. Went through some pretty serious psych shit and almost flunked out twice. Worked at FedEx, worked in a warehouse, waited tables, and now I'm taking a semester off and working in inbound sales for a bug-control company saving enough to get the hell back and finish my degree.

Iantha · Post by **Iantha** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 3:28 am

Married Paul.

Holy Shit what did I just do to my life?!

Iantha · Post by **Iantha** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 3:28 am

Married Paul.

Holy Shit what did I just do to my life?!

MissTeja · Post by **MissTeja** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 3:32 am

So shocking, she had to repeat herself!!

Iantha · Post by **Iantha** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 3:38 am

MissTeja wrote:So shocking, she had to repeat herself!!

I know!

You know, it's funny because I have heard so much about Bulldrek from Paul, that sometimes I FEEL like I know what all you crazies are talking about, and I FEEL like the memories are mine...

It's fun to finally be able to browse through here and see what Paul has been talking about.

I hit these boards up a couple of times before they died when P and I first started dating but really, I haven't been subjected to the depravity that was BD.

Now I log in and see some references to a black van, and nekkidness... The ride should be fun, and I am looking forward to seeing how this goes.

I know I said it before 32, but thanks!

Daki · Post by **Daki** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 3:38 am

Addendum to what I've done since: shaved my head and am keeping it that way.

FlameBlade · Post by **FlameBlade** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 4:43 am

speaking of which, Daki, I just did that today.

Jeff Hauze · Post by **Jeff Hauze** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 5:05 am

That's something I've been seriously considering for a while, Daki. But people really need to have a head that is suited to being shaved. And I'm not sure I do.

Eliahad · Post by **Eliahad** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 5:06 am

FlameBlade wrote:speaking of which, Daki, I just did that today.

Hrk? Pictures please.

FlameBlade · Post by **FlameBlade** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 5:11 am

actually, just clipped it off. I considered it shaved, but there's fuzz.

Adam · Post by **Adam** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 6:40 am

Ruling the world. And the Inner Sphere. Mostly the Inner Sphere.

Szechuan · Post by **Szechuan** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 6:44 am

Wrapping up my honours thesis and graduating this spring.
Met a girl who isn't a head case. It's been a nice year and a half.
Am hoping/planning to attend graduate school in Chicago starting in 2008.
Still boxing, but motivational inconsistency hounds me at every turn.
Mohawk is still around.
Compensating for a lack of Adam by committing heinously homoerotic acts at the campus pub.

Edit: Currently fretting over seeing the database and all of the stupid shit I said so long ago.

Jeff Hauze · Post by **Jeff Hauze** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 6:48 am

Adam wrote:Ruling the world. And the Inner Sphere. Mostly the Inner Sphere.

Dude...your Inner Sphere needs a faster turn around time for new product. Your union workers suck.

Adam · Post by **Adam** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 7:03 am

No comment.

Jeff Hauze · Post by **Jeff Hauze** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 7:05 am

We still love you and your Golden Phallus though.

DV8 · Post by **DV8** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 7:06 am

Mostly his phallus, though, right?

Jeff Hauze · Post by **Jeff Hauze** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 7:10 am

Let's just remember who the gay model is here, Mr. Gay Model Man.

DV8 · Post by **DV8** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 8:02 am

What? You're too straight to obey the golden phallus?

Anguirel · Post by **Anguirel** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 8:24 am

Boring notes about my life below -- though honestly I don't think anyone can beat FlameBlade on this one.

Worked bullshit temp jobs in college town.
Moved home for a few weeks before travelling the country visiting friends and family (and looking for work)
Moved home again, worked at Target Halloween through Valentine's (more or less).
Moved to LA to live with friends there between the Game Developer's Convention and their wedding.
Found a job at Vivendi Universal Games in LA, continued living with said friends.
Friends moved back to New York, I stayed and continue to work at Vivendi Games. Currently have my name on a few shipped titles, mostly as QA, but 1 as a Scripter. Working on a few side projects to shop around as demos to get into a better position (though I can't say as my current one is bad -- it pretty much rules).

The Wolfen · Post by **The Wolfen** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 10:08 am

Hmmm. Still working the same IT job, though the company has moved offices to a place further away from where I live so I now take the train most of the way and walk the last 1.5 miles or so (with a wonderfull 1:3 or better hill near the end of the walk, my leg muscles love me!)

I started to learn to speak/write Japanese

My interest in manga and anime has reawakened, so my ISP must be wondering why I am suddenly using 90% of my monthly bandwith allowance every month.

My continued failure to learn how manage money has resulted in a room full of shiny things and a bank account full of less than nothing which I feel is an abomination against nature and that that account should be reset to exactly nothing to keep things neat.

I stopped playing Everquest 2

I restarted playing City of Heroes, Villains and Confused Pedestrians.

I still ocassionally play EvE Online.