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internisus · Posts: 961

It's not really meant to be a change in interest so much as, you know, a change in username.

Jeff Garneau · Posts: 1622

also now we have titles which is the best part.

emonaghan · Posts: 48

GrimSweeper wrote:

I don't really get this whole name change = IMPROVED! business.

Jeff Garneau aka General Sherman is still the hipster he was, probably even more so.

internisus aka Guardian FINAL still makes long posts deep-analysing game mechanics.

In short, I liked your old user name. :/

Don't worry Grim baby, I'm thinking of something other than Emo Naghan.

FortNinety · Posts: 4591

I thought about asking to have my name changed to fort90, but eh, I'm used to how it is now, and so are others. Plus when people actually do use numbers instead of words, it makes me a little extra happy, I don't know why.

dessgeega · Posts: 3317

internisus wrote:

It's not really meant to be a change in interest so much as, you know, a change in username.

i wanted your title to be "the guardian legend" but i didn't think of it until aderack's suggestion had already been approved.

kthorjensen · Posts: 104

My name is K. Thor Jensen and I am thirty and I live in Queens with my wife, our dog and our cat. Sometimes we babysit our nephew, too, and then I usually can't sleep. I wrote and drew this book and have an essay in this book and this is my band and this is me, a 14 year old girl. Oh, and I also run Portal of Evil and Lord I hope these links work. Also I like fuckin' (with people).

bort · Posts: 319

k thor forgive me for forgetting (ITS ME BORT) but are you the big guy or the little guy with the outfit

FortNinety · Posts: 4591

K Thor also drew a story for one of my comics. He depicted me getting it on in college, and my nipple getting bitten off!

kthorjensen · Posts: 104

Bort I am the big guy if by big you mean fat.

And how did I forget to mention this.

FortNinety · Posts: 4591

THOR WILL SCORE!

Mister Toups · Posts: 4943

Why has this been moved here again? I'm going to move it back unless someone can remind me why it's even here.

Psiga · Posts: 3990

I don't clearly recall. Not willing to read through the whole thing to jog my memory.

evnvnv · Posts: 333

wow... i just read this entire thread and it was really interesting.

everyone is so illustrious.

even though it seems the axe is in an 'irreverent' mood-swing state right now i'm going to go ahead and follow suit, because i am bored as shit and after reading about everyone's life i feel as though i've earned the right to talk about my own!

i missed this thread this summer because i was working in yosemite national park as a campground ranger, which is definitely the best job i've ever had, even though the job itself was kind of boring (telling people where stuff is, and how not to let bears eat their food)

I am now living in Taipei, studying chinese at the national taiwan normal university (it is called "normal university" because it used to be a teacher's school, which used to be called 'normal universities' for some reason).

The chain of events that led to me deciding to live in the woods and then move to china began from the moment that my band broke up. I was in a band in los angeles beginning from my jr. year of college through graduation in 05 and basically the summer after that. Being in a band in LA is great--you get to have a lot of fun, pretend that it is your job to do something really cool, get your band's (ludicrous) name in local alt weeklies that seem like a big deal because it is LA, and get your cd/record sold at the biggest record store in the world. Plus you hang out with cool people that do a lot of cool drugs.

Anyway, the band kind of fell apart and i realized that ... well... living in LA without being in a band is a lot less interesting. I worked at a movie theater and went to community college (studying chinese there, too). All of a sudden not only did i realize my connection to my social life had disappeared, but i was basically squandering my college education. I mean, i could have taken a class at a jr. college and worked at a movie theater right out of high school!

So around december of 05 i had a slight breakdown, which consisted mostly of getting super fed up with 'the scene' and recurring episodes of going out to shows and shit and then getting super pissed off and leaving without telling anyone where i was going. pretty mild i guess.

eventually i somehow misdirected most of my ill will towards the relationship i had been in for 3 years. i had always planned to do some travelling in asia after college, but i made the decision that unless i did it ASAP i would some how never be happy. the soonest i could do that would be the fall (these things take some time to plan) so i asked my sister if she could help get me a job in yosemite for the summer... so around june i left my girlfriend, left LA, and... the rest is history.

now, i love Taipei but i'm really feeling the vacuum of not having a really close group of friends to be around. i'm sure it will come with time, and besides i wanted to be alone, right? My original plan was to treat this move as 'immigration,' but i've already met several people who seem like they are stuck in the exact same kind of rut here that i was in in la, only they are english-teaching expats, not... la hipsters, i guess. I've realized that it is not one specific 'type' of living that i dislike, nor is it just a desire to 'keep moving,' but that i am motivated by this abstract 'grass is always greenerism' sensation makes me freak out whenever i see myself in a position that is too comfortable without being "good enough" for whatever it is that keeps telling me that i have to accomplish important things in life... i don't consider myself stupidly ambitious, but i think i tend to pick goals that are impractical and nebulous.

i used to want to be a famous dinosaur hunter, then a famous movie director, then i wanted to be a rock star, now i want to make a living reading/teaching/translating books in the classical version of a language whose modern incarnation i can barely speak. we'll see what happens.

as far as videogames / ic are concerned, i was always really into videogames and my first two were SMB3 and kickle cubicle. i went through a jrpg phase that i didn't realize was over until i forced myself to slog through tales of symphonia. As part of my anti-social winter i bought a PS2, and realized the power of shadow of the colossus. i traded in a bunch of stuff before i moved here and got a ds, I am in love with it but now i don't have any money to buy games! I'm also not sure when things get released here, i assume it is after japan but befor ethe us, because we get the japanese versions of most things (i think). Everyone in taipei loves the xbox360, though. DS games seem a bit pricey, too. I love videogames more than anyone I know in real life, but I've never had enough money to have a very extensive collection, plus I am pretty bad at them.

I consider myself both IC's second or third most talkative lurker, and also IC's number one most boring poster. I pride myself on the ability to kill threads and create responses which are either nonsensical or mundane. I really like this place though, though I probably spend too much time reading threads which I have nothing to contribute to, and then writing something anyway. I feel like I'm usually about 2 or 3 days behind the curve, being in a totally f'ed up time zone certainly doesn't help things either. Though it is the time zone of the uber cool whites-in-japan! So that makes me feel special.

The song that best describes me is "Levitz" by grandaddy.

I like shooting stars and girls that will talk to me about books. I am a gemini, and my favorite food is pizza.

Faithless · Posts: 370

I thought the axe got rid of stuff.

dmauro · Posts: 933

The song that best describes me is the talking heads' "psycho killer."

SJ · Posts: 414

Qu'est-ce que c'est?

Psiga · Posts: 3990

Faithless wrote:

I thought the axe got rid of stuff.

It got moved to the mod forum for some reason. I might've done it? I don't remember anymore. So it sat in there for months until we were like, "where the hell did this come from anyway?"

SO NOW IT'S BACK.

Mister Toups · Posts: 4943

I blame ghost week.

antitype · Posts: 1148

Well, I'm antitype, though most know me as Brian, 'cause that's my real name. I've used this alias for the last five or six years, I think, and as you might know it comes from Xenogears, which was for some time very important to me. It's not so important to me anymore, but I'm still drawn to it for stupidly nostalgic reasons (without reason). It was always a feeling (rather than intellectual) kind of thing anyway, as most things are with me. I keep the moniker now because I like what it seems to represent — something of myself, apart from myself; a symbolic avatar. That's me, trying to imbue my internet handle with some kind of profundity.

I don't think I'm as self-absorbed or illustrious as a lot of people here, but instead am rather self-doubting and aimless. A true navel-gazer! Alright, so I am just as self-absorbed as anyone else. I suppose I still hope to aspire to something, though I'm not so sure about the writing thing right now. Again, the self-doubting. My experience with TGQ was very disappointing, though mostly on my part. It's nice that I have something published, though, I guess!

Anyway, I have a shitty minimum-wage job and I'm hoping to have a car soon so I can start running deliveries to make some decent cash. This job is often so unbearable, though, that a couple of friends have asked me why I'm punishing myself, telling me I'm smart and should be doing something better. And I think I am capable of much better, yes, but I have myself stuck in this deep, deep rut and I guess I'm just not confident enough to do much about it. Or I'm just not as smart as I or others might think I am. I have plans to go to school this fall. I haven't been to school since 1999. I'm 26 years old and I have no idea what I'm going to do with my life. I've accomplished very little, though I feel my own experiences and my love of artistic things have given my life worth. I've never been in a band; I don't play guitar. I'm not a fucking rock star. I'm not famous, or even internet-famous. I've never been to Tokyo, either.

I did live in San Francisco for a little over a year, though. I miss it deeply.

I want to love people, but I often find myself disappointed and overwhelmed with disgust and/or mistrust. Maybe I would feel better about others if I felt better about myself. That's what they say.

This all sounds pretty dismal, but I do have a sense of humor! Being able to laugh at myself helps.

For example, when I switched schools halfway through the second grade, I told my new classmates that I was an alien. I think this says a lot about me.

I love the fall. Summer is nice (especially at night), but fall is sublime.

I like beautiful and serene sights, places, sounds, people.

It's been a year and a half since I fell in love with anyone, and that was only the second time. Don't see it happening again any time soon! Nevertheless, I am forever mesmerized by fair women with dark hair, particularly when they're interested in things (music, movies, books, perhaps videogames, life) enough to show me something new.

Tomorrow I might feel more fulfilled and optimistic than this post would lead you to believe. My life is like that.

mechanori wrote:

I really like IC. A lot. I wish we could all actually meet eachother.

After reading your post I think I would really get along with you, mechanori.

kthorjensen · Posts: 104

lol @ antitype's feelings

antitype · Posts: 1148

I guess some things never change.

glitch · Posts: 216

yawn @ kthorjensen's sense of humor

antitype i want to hug your avatar is that ok?

Ayumi · Posts: 53

Fucking ay, since no one here knows me I might as well give this a go.

My name is Marlene, I'm Cuban-American, born in Miami. I'm 5'4, 120 lbs. My measurements are 34, 25, 36. Blood type O. Hair colour is black and eye colour is brown. My favourite colour is pink.

My interests are video games (I've a total of 22 consoles, including handhelds), anime, manga, science fiction, D&D, and Magic: The Gathering.

I like to wear lots of skirts and I like wearing a lot of pink, I try very hard to take care of myself and look good. I love wearing make up and getting all pretty regularly. =^-^=

I make high pitched squeels when I'm poked or tickled, I'm extremely ticklish, I cry easily, I'm clumsy, and according to a lot of friends whom I interact with on a daily basis (weeaboos, obviously), I'm the very definition of "moe", although I don't think I am. o_O

I take my coral pink DS Lite with me everywhere I go (quite seriously, even at work I sneak off into the bathroom and play a round of Ouendan or some NSMB mini games).

Oh, and I'm a Mac user. Start flaming now. :(

the vinculum gate · Posts: 2868

hi girl on the internet

Mister Toups · Posts: 4943

tits or gtfo

Wilkes · Posts: 1603

glitch > ayumi

Ayumi · Posts: 53

Mister Toups wrote:

tits or gtfo

cock or gtfo :(

Mister Toups · Posts: 4943

man be careful what you wish for

glitch · Posts: 216

Wilkes wrote:

glitch > ayumi

meh, only in height.

B coma · Posts: 1455

lolz I am Cuban American 2.

I have a grandmother who was miss Cuba before she got the fuck out of there. I should probably ask her if she wants me to scan in the newspaper article before it deteriorates completely.

secondpillow · Posts: 144

Hi, Axe. I'm not exactly sure what Axe is supposed to be for. Can someone tell me?

My name is Jack.

My dream is to make an animated movie someday that will make people feel very weird about themselves, and maybe cry a little bit.

When I was a child I would recite memorized passages about the solar system to my teachers on the playground. I would also put traffic cones on my arms and pretend that they were guns, and climb the highest slide to avoid the mentally handicapped girl who pulled everyone's hair.

Loki Valhalla · Posts: 143

hi jack. the axe is where bad people go.

you're british, i assume, from your post. are my detective skills adequate?

Wilkes · Posts: 1603

glitch wrote:

Wilkes wrote:

glitch > ayumi

meh, only in height.

no one asked you

glitch · Posts: 216

Wilkes wrote:

glitch wrote:

Wilkes wrote:

glitch > ayumi

meh, only in height.

no one asked you

;_;
no one here ever asks me about my eye color or bloodtype *sniff*

Psiga · Posts: 3990

glitch wrote:

Wilkes wrote:

glitch wrote:

Wilkes wrote:

glitch > ayumi

meh, only in height.

no one asked you

;_;
no one here ever asks me about my eye color or bloodtype *sniff*

Black as coal, and L for 'Lava'.

Hrm. Greenish-Hazel and O?

Mister Toups · Posts: 4943

glitch wrote:

Wilkes wrote:

glitch wrote:

Wilkes wrote:

glitch > ayumi

meh, only in height.

no one asked you

;_;
no one here ever asks me about my eye color or bloodtype *sniff*

pix pls

also more chiptunes

secondpillow · Posts: 144

Loki Valhalla wrote:

you're british, i assume, from your post. are my detective skills adequate?

NO SIR

Not even the slightest bit of british in me, no sir.

Psiga · Posts: 3990

Presuming the image is you: Looks like a luchadore mask and wrestling pose, but colors and patterns that loud are not acceptable on the west coast. So some central-American influence with flamboyant, tacky colors and patterns. Still maintaining a tan, too. FLORIDA?

glitch · Posts: 216

Mister Toups wrote:

pix pls

hi boy on the internet

Wilkes · Posts: 1603

glitch wrote:

Mister Toups wrote:

pix pls

hi boy on the internet

yay irony; boo irony.

Rud13 · Posts: 3277

That's Toups. He doesn't do much anymore. Now i hate him for it. People used to hate him for doing too much.

I might speak to the axe in this topic soon.

Psiga · Posts: 3990

Rud13 wrote:

That's Toups. He doesn't do much anymore. Now i hate him for it. People used to hate him for doing too much.

I might speak to the axe in this topic soon.

I'm wondering if I should split all of the irrelevant convo before it's too laaaaaate.

WhateverI'mgoingtosleeeeeeeeeep.

glitch · Posts: 216

Wilkes wrote:

glitch wrote:

Mister Toups wrote:

pix pls

hi boy on the internet

yay irony; boo irony.

hi Wilkes

Wilkes · Posts: 1603

glitch wrote:

Wilkes wrote:

glitch wrote:

Mister Toups wrote:

pix pls

hi boy on the internet

yay irony; boo irony.

hi Wilkes

hi glitch thanks for not being ayumi I guess

Mister Toups · Posts: 4943

glitch wrote:

Mister Toups wrote:

pix pls

hi boy on the internet

is that a beanstalk growing out of your brick turtle shell or are you just happy to see me?

glitch · Posts: 216

Mister Toups wrote:

glitch wrote:

Mister Toups wrote:

pix pls

hi boy on the internet

is that a beanstalk growing out of your brick turtle shell or are you just happy to see me?

Toups i am always happy to see you though sorry but no boner maybe next incarnation k?

Shapermc · Posts: 2450

I don't like this thread. It should get axed.