The play is at one of the local(ish) Community Theaters in the area.
There are SEVERAL small-to-tiny Community groups, and a couple of 'large(er)' groups, I work with the larger ones when I have time.
(Time, yeah, right. What's that?!?!) ;P
OR, I MAKE time if they are doing a show I REALLY wanna be in! :D
Every once in a while, the University's Opera director does a show that needs more folks than he has students, and he opens it up to the public.
I've been in a few of those.
OR, he'll offer me a part.
Which is when I KNOW that he needs/wants me to pull some kind of hard-to-do Techie magic for him. ;P
Anyone else still around?
Still here!
But the thread got moved to my 'inactive' side, and it didn't show the new posts
I presume Pat is still slammed with RL.
(I know the feeling)
How's everyone doing?
Have a great week all!
Apparently, when a thread get moved to your 'Inactive' list, posting in the CHAT thread of that thread does not return it to your active list?
I'm still here. Hoping for a return to a semblance of normalcy soon.
Yes. That includes living vicariously through my toon in THIS thread! :)
Hope everyone is well?
Have to post IC for it to become active once more.
I texted with Pat a few weeks ago, he is super busy at the moment. It's one of those snowball issues where once it's so far gone it's just so far gone that it's hard to get back. I know, I have had the same problem all of November in my games.
I think he will pop back up for air once he gets a break.
Yes. That includes living vicariously through my toon in THIS thread! :)
I'm with you. PbPs are pretty much the only creative outlet I have left these days.
Same.
I figured he was 'just' busy. Like the rest of us. ;P
I'm just glad that he's OK.
I hope that EVERYONE is OK(?!?)
Don't realize how much I like these threads til their inactive. :(
Happy December everyone!
(End of the Calendar year. SO close, yet SO far away,...) ;P
Happy December everyone!
(End of the Calendar year. SO close, yet SO far away,...) ;P
To you as well.
I was texting with a certain Dungeon Monkey who might come out of hiding soon, at least I hope he will!
Holes can be nice.
(especially nice, cozy Hobbit-holes!) ;)
But emerging from them is even better! :D
Hello all.
So, there really isn't a way to say this, except... sorry.
Maybe sorry doesn't cover it.
I haven't been active since the end of the summer.
This isn't the first time I've dropped off the map. As you well know.
I think it is a thing in my brain.
I get swept up in real life. Forces beyond my control consume me, and I get behind. My ADHD gets the better of me and my procrastination gets into a feedback loop and suddenly ... a month goes by. I'm embarrassed, then mortified. I don't want to visit because I am so embarrassed, and it gets worse the longer it goes. Meanwhile, life continues to pull at me relentlessly with its various emergencies, and suddenly it is Fall. Then Halloween. Then Thanksgiving. Then Christmas.
So Merry Hallothanksgivingmas everyone, from your inconstant Dungeon Monkey. I have finally decided to pluck up my courage and return to the boards to see if perhaps I can pick up the pieces and restart the games. Because, believe it or not, I miss them dearly. They are never far from my thoughts.
A quick synopsis of my recent life: I have gone through some good and bad things. I have had some health scares. Nothing too horrible, but things I need to work on. I have lost 50 pounds. I quit social media. I have had a financial scare. another thing that I have been working on, which has cut into my free time. I am about to start a new job. This will hopefully help with the previous issue. I have been working on reorganizing certain things in my life, and this game, and the others I am involved in are a part of that.
So, I am asking who is still here, and who is still willing to continue. I know that you have no reason to trust in my constancy, and I can't guarantee I will be constant. However, I do love creating world for you all to play in, and I think you all like to play in them. It may take a bit to get to where you are going, but we've been this far, and I'd love to see where we can go in 2025 and beyond.
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My Dude,
"Sorry" Isn't even needed. Is all good.
Believe me, I've been watching, and it seems like RL has been Combo-Sucker-Punching us all recently.
(SOme more than others it seems!) O_O
Sorry to hear about the problems.
I sincerely hope there were more 'good' than 'bad',
(Congrats on the -50lbs! And hopefully congrats on the new job?!)
Hey, I LOVE playing in your sandboxes, if you can put up with me dropping in and out every other day/week due to my 'issues', I'll happily stay!
Heck, I think we were all just waiting for you to get through whatever life was tossing at you and come back! :)
(It's always worth the wait!) ;)
Welcome back Sir Dungeon Monkey!
Like i Said in Opaline Tide thread, still here good to go :-)
I'm still around. Welcome to the "lost 50 pounds" club.
Excellent!
Folks I am here. I am just again trying to juggle many things and carve time out as I can. I will update as time permits:)
YES!
Silver Rose is Back in the Saddle agaaaaaaiiiin!! ;P
</end #badsinging here> ;)
Welp, it's getting late here.
So I'll just go ahead and say,...
"MERRY CHRISTMAS ADVENTURERS!" ;D
Time to fire up the Santa trackers!
(NORAD & NASA)
Nighters all!
We have, and I’m trying to stay engaged this time. Life is being hard. I’m just transitioning into a new job, and the holiday season has been busy, but I want to say Happy New Year everyone!
Happy New Year :-)
Hey all!
Happy (almost) post-holly-days to all!
I hope they were good for everyone?
Sorry I've been silent.
Finally 'recovered' (such as it is) enough to actually travel to Oklahoma and see my side of the family. :)
bad news- their wireless interwebs stinks. :(
I'm back now!
Im tired form long drive. I'll get back up to speed asap!
See ya!
And yes, HAPPY NEW YEAR! ;D
Hi Again!
Sorry folks, the new year has begun with a bang as my new job has taken my stress level up to 11. However, I have a long weekend coming up, and I hope that I can find time to post during this period.
I am trying, honest! :O
Hang in there! ;)
Hang in there! ;)
Linked
Hang in there! ;)Linked
THAT'S ME!
Lately, whenever anyone asks me "How are you doing?"
I respond, "Hanging in there. Like a kitty in a tree!"
And that's the pic I'm thinking of when I say it!
(ONE of the pics, anyway) ;)
Hang in there! ;)Linked
I had this poster on my wall (though with a different cat) as a kid.
Sadly I don't think any of those kitties are hanging in there anymore.
I mean, there could be taxidermy involved...
Sadly I don't think any of those kitties are hanging in there anymore.I mean, there could be taxidermy involved...
I FEEL like i've been through a taxidermy process sometimes.
I mean, I've had enough 'procedures' involving surgery-stuff.>_<
(At this point, if I NEVER have another surgery, it will be too soon!)
;P
Hey there!
Hope everyone is doing well?
Or, at least as well as can be? :)
I'm just gonna leave this here,...
A reminder of who Justin based on.
If you've read this book, you will get every line of the song! ;P
Be well all. Can't wait to get the gang back together! :D
OK. Well, a bit of explanation is in order….
Well, a lot of explanation is in order.
So, as you might have noticed, I have been missing for about two months. On top of another long stretch where I was just getting back to posting. I had just gotten a new job, and things were looking up. My life was settling down, and I finally had a great job working … in the federal government >.<
Yes folks, I am a probationary federal employee. Huzzah. So as well as learning a completely new and fast-paced job (with a five-day in office schedule), I have to worry constantly that I will be fired as a cost-saving measure. So, honestly, my heart hasn’t been into gaming.
However, I would like to get back to it. It seems like the worst of the culling is done. My department saves the Army a lot of money, so if there is any shred of common sense left in the upper echelons I should be safe. I miss our games together. I’m not sure who is still around, but let’s do a mic check. I’ll check in to see and try to post up in the next few days. I’ll ease out anyone who has wandered off.
I’m sorry folks, but it has been a very bad start to 2025. In a lot of ways.
This winter kind of f~#&ed me up, but I'm still here.
Present.
Hey we had a Snow-pocalypse (Snow-mageddon?) in SOUTH Louisiana.
Yes. It has been a weird , hard 2025 already. In a lot of ways.
Glad to hear you are OK!
One cranky, crazy old wizard, reporting for duty!
I'm here!
OK. It looks like we are only missing Guy/Karrin at this point. I do hope he checks in. If not, I’ll McGuyver some effect to have Karrin put in stasis or something.
I’m still working on getting bandwidth folks. It’s not easy, but i will carve it out.
Hey hey! The gang's (Almost all) here! ;)
I also hope he checks in!
ALL good Monkey! I'm just tickled to see you again! :)
YAY!
:)
So, again folks, my apologies. I am trying my best to keep up, but life is being a difficult one. A combo punch of professional and personal crises have kept me busy these past 10 days. I finally have a few moments, and I will be updating. Stay tuned
RL seems to be having a heyday with a lot of us lately. ;P
I sincerely hope that you're Crises are not TOO bad? :)
Best wishes and prayers for you and all.
So, in the interest of staying on top of things, I want to let you all know that life just gave me another kick in the scrotum today. The paralegal who was mentoring me ( and basically the backbone of our team which was running on 2 paralegals out of a normal three with me being one. ) has taken the Deferred Resignation program and will be leaving. One of the fun features of the program is that the billet of the person who leaves disappears. So, lil’ ol’ me, with a hefty two months in the job, will be the entire paralegal staff for five lawyers and 40-odd cases.
So, what does this mean for gaming? Honestly, I don’t know. I just want to let you know if I suddenly disappear again, this is the most likely cause. I will try to at least post up if I find myself overwhelmed.
Oh Good Grief!
That sounds,... terrible. (At least paperwork-wise?!?)
Hang in there!
Best wishes, prayers, positive thoughts, ALL the good things!
PS- They ARE looking at hiring MORE paras, RIGHT?!? O_O
So, in the interest of staying on top of things, I want to let you all know that life just gave me another kick in the scrotum today. The paralegal who was mentoring me ( and basically the backbone of our team which was running on 2 paralegals out of a normal three with me being one. ) has taken the Deferred Resignation program and will be leaving. One of the fun features of the program is that the billet of the person who leaves disappears. So, lil’ ol’ me, with a hefty two months in the job, will be the entire paralegal staff for five lawyers and 40-odd cases.
So, what does this mean for gaming? Honestly, I don’t know. I just want to let you know if I suddenly disappear again, this is the most likely cause. I will try to at least post up if I find myself overwhelmed.
Damn...