The "I'm Not Dead!" Thread (member updates)

[ItsGotSugar]

Yes, "the other Vi fan" is still alive!    I haven't visited since September 2011 and a LOT has changed for me since then.

Two years ago I got tired of living with my mom and moved south to another city, where I stayed with my grandparents until I found an apartment. But things didn't go as I planned. I was lonely and miserable a lot of the time, working lousy retail jobs. My salvation, apart from my dog being with me, came from discovering My Little Pony. I never watched the old versions but FIM is just magical. I was totally wrapped up in it for the better part of seven months. Finally, last Christmas I got fed up and quit my job. I moved out less than two months later and went back up north to stay with my brother.

Around the same time I got involved in the Daria fandom as well. I discovered the show in the summer of '11 but was never an active member. Now I'm all over their message board and writing quite a bit of fanfiction. They still have a very robust online community, and I'm heading down to Iowa this weekend for the Midwest Dariacon. Should be a blast! 

I'm working a much better job now as a hotel clerk, and Daria and MLP are pretty much my main focus. It's been a long time since I watched Samurai Pizza Cats, though the memories and  my favorite character were never far from my mind. I'm watching an episode right now and it's as funny as ever.

So that's my story for the last two years. I feel bad about not getting back here sooner, especially with it being so slow now. So this thread is for everybody else who hasn't been on recently to tell us what's going on in your life, too. 

[Violet]

We're glad to have you back

[ItsGotSugar]

We're glad to have you back

Thank you! Good to see you as well.

I feel a story coming on about all this, a Vi story.

[sans soul]

I feel a story coming on about all this, a Vi story.

I like this.

Welcome back. Also Dariacon? xD I didn't know there were that many fans. That was indeed a great show... hehe.

[ItsGotSugar]

I feel a story coming on about all this, a Vi story.

I like this.

Welcome back. Also Dariacon? xD I didn't know there were that many fans. That was indeed a great show... hehe.

Well, that one won't be a true convention so much as a gathering of friends.  The eastern one will be bigger. It'll never be something like a BronyCon, but ultimately that fandom is defined by its longevity more than its numbers.

[Crow]

Yep, not dead at all, least I hope it continues that way; anything can happen out in this damn country.

Keep it real, all.

~BurkeWorld

[sans soul]

Well, that one won't be a true convention so much as a gathering of friends.  The eastern one will be bigger.

So I randomly came across this today and thought of you. http://faultyframe.deviantart.com/art/Jane-Lane-Trent-Lane-Daria-cosplay-389698452

[Cloud-Boy]

Well, How convenient. Behold, I have returned from my 9 month pilgrimage to the far off mysterious land of Mexico.... and I was reminded why I left in the first place. so yeah....'MERICA!

 All is going well with me, I guess. 1st Civ Div is treating me well, and I even got good news, and my discharge from the military was upgraded to Honorable from the OTH discharge I had and even got my rank back plus a lot of juicy back-pay. Common sense and justice prevailed on that one, score one for the Enlisted side of the house. But yeah, not going back to that clown show again.

On more forum related topics, got my dvd set of KNT in the Mail today (more or less the reason I remembered this place existed), and while I may say that I feel cheated at the quality of the translations at times, I feel like I have obtained closure on the fact that I wanted to know what really went on in that show, after all these years. Hopefully now that I'm back in a first world country and my interest in the shows has been re ignited, I'll drop by more often.

And Burke, Have a nice plate of that Mongolian Stir fry stuff they serve in DFAC 6 on Fridays for me. Unless it burned to the ground....like most things in Leatherneck and Bastion tend to do.

[Crow]

Ha, 1st Civ Div... You're new MOS is 0069 TV Remote Control Operator based out of Camp Couch. I'm jealous. I was supposed to get promoted to Cpl in October, but they floored my pro/con down 30 points, so I'm extremely pissed. I was a rocking a 4.5/4.5 and everything.

Ah well, life is a b****, then we go to Afghanistan. DFAC 6 is still around, but it's tiny, I work over at Yurista, so I eat at DFAC 5 with all the officers and such, right next to the MEF compound. LSA 6 sucks ass, too, haha, the AC is broken some times and the door locks are screwed up. Good times.

Aster got our box set of DVD's few days ago, can't wait to go home and watch it.

~Burkey

[Cloud-Boy]

Hey, I did my 9 years. I rate to lounge around in my underwear all day living off beer and pizza for a week or so before diving head first into the job market. also, Pro/Cons above 4.0 ain't bad, regardless of what you think. Many a times, they are base on who's kissed up to Staff Sergeant or LT more. I have combat Vs on my Nam and more on the job experience that you can't possibly fathom, and yet my average never went up past 4.3 4.3. The way it works is like this
3.9 or lower= S***bag...or NJP'd grunt Lance Corporal.
4.0-4.4= Avarage
4.5-4.6= Above avarage
4.7-4.9= the lovechild of the forbidden love affair between Chesty Puller and General Mattis.
5.0= Unicorn, will (or should) never happen.
That's your period of instruction for today, you may write that in your training jacket as counseling training. It should show up on MOL under education.
now, get back to work.

[Crow]

I'm at 4.5/4.5 average in grade right now, so I'll take that.

I'm, in a way, wish I could see combat, but I'm so POG I'll never see that type of action, nor get any combat devices on any of my ribbons.. I dunno, but I do what I have to do for mission accomplishment out here; besides, I'm one of the more important guys out here; I control the AC and power. >=7

At ease, you've earned it. Salty Lances for life, I suppose.

~Burkey

[Cloud-Boy]

You'll never be as POG as an Admin or Bulk Fuel Marine. And especially those darn Water Dogs, so you can rest easy. Freakin idiots make Sergeant in 2 years and correct people for having their hands in their pockets. I wish I could go back to 'Stan, But a winding down war and Demilin Patrol Bases and such is not worth 4 more years in that clown show as it transitions into Peace tie, even if I got Staff if I went back.

[Daisensei]

I'm not sure if this thread is the proper place to posting this but I did it anyway. It has been such a long time since I left this forums. It's not likely my interest for KNT vanished at all, but now I'm spending most of my spare time with other hobbies (reading mangas and doing programming in some obscure ancient computer). Nevertheless it's really nice to see that Edoropolis Emporium is still active and some known members are still posting.

I can assure that I had good times posting and doing a lot of work for fandom. I remember all this and am proud of the things made by a small number of loyal fans. I'm not making any promises that I'll return sooner or later because I'm unsure if this really would happen. I'm here simply to a brief visiting and to say 'hello' .

Have a nice day, friends.

[felineki]

Good to hear from you, Daisensei. And happy birthday, by the way!

[MitchZer0]

I never really died, and probably never will.

I became a hop of an irc channel, and got Animal Crossing New Leaf. Also some Autistic kid is trying to get others to kill me, but that's a completely different and unrelated story, lets leave it at that

As for KNT, yeah I'm still into it, though I sorta am wanting to get into Neon Genesis Evangelion, but DVDs of the Television series are hard to come by (I've seen volumes 3, 7 and 9 lying around, but I sorta want to watch it from the beginning)

[ItsGotSugar]

I've been renting a room from a woman since October. Both are nice, and it's next to a lake.    In other news, I gave a speech to the faculty at a transitional special ed school and obtained the SPC DVD set, which I am watching now!   My quest to recover all my childhood favorites on physical media (including Garfield & Friends, Sonic SatAM, DBZ original dub) is coming full circle.


BTW sans soul, I love those pictures. Best Daria cosplayers I've seen so far! I think they're from Russia.

[KageReneko]

I'm still alive although I'm having a bad time right now... My wife and I aren't living together anymore, I lost my job and I'm living with my mom again after 9 years of independence...

I'm waiting for a break in order to put myself together and start again...

[Crow]

Damn, Kage, hope things work out for you. Be strong, brother.

~Burkey

[KageReneko]

Thank you Burke... I just hope to get a good plan soon; i'll keep you all informed...

[spartacat]

The one advantage of keeping the same username for 17 years... I can at least pretend I'm memorable.

Up until very recently, I was the News Director and Morning News Anchor for a group of radio stations in BC.

Now I am a political communications specialist (ie: spin doctor) working in the Canadian Government.

  Living the dream