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Well, I don't really post anymore, but I do lurk... sometimes . And maybe some people remember me from the good ole days and always wondered what I looked like...
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Ok, so really my wife just did a cool photoshop picture of me and this is a cool opportunity to brag, even if no one cares .
quote:Originally posted by rivka: I approve of the beard.
It's actually significantly bushier right now. Not for any real stylistic reasons... mostly because of laziness.
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quote:Originally posted by Armoth: I'm normally not into posting pics on the internet, but I kinda didn't think it through when I posted this video to hatrack a while back.
quote:Originally posted by Armoth: I'm normally not into posting pics on the internet, but I kinda didn't think it through when I posted this video to hatrack a while back.
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Me outside the Super Bowl. You may notice the photo comes from nfljapan.com; the photographers were adorably excited about how "big and awesome" everything was. They may have noticed me chuckling at their enthusiasm. I consider this photo their revenge. Posts: 3932 | Registered: Sep 1999
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T:man...that fighting style you are sporting is classic awesome! Were your teachers named Phineas or Thropmorton?
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So, next week I'm returning to the US after being overseas for a little more than a year. I've spent the past year living a pretty hectic life, and right now the memories are pretty blurred... sleeping outside on strange islands, so hot that you sweat lying still at 3 in the morning. Laying in a cramped rack on a ship, seasick, reading Heinlein. Long sleepy helicopter flights, short terrifying boat landings, the taste of sweat, vomit and seawater, the smell of burning refuse and water buffalo shit and cooked goat. And of course, stormy evenings holed up in Japan, lurking on Hatrack.
I've been trying to sort through my memories, meditating and reflecting on all that I've seen and accomplished this year, to prepare my for the transition and the stress that comes with readjusting to western civilization. To help with the blur, I've been looking through my friends online photo albums, picking out individual memories to focus on.
I think out of all the pictures of myself I've looked at so far, this one stands out as my favorite. Until this year, I never really understood why so many of my friends who are parents have such a deep love of children. But this year, in all the craziness and loneliness, the dearest friends I've made have been the kids I've met - many of whom I share no common language with. It doesn't matter to them, they give you 100% of their attention - with no motive more selfish than genuine curiosity. It's an infectious innocence, and I've begun to hope that one day I'll have children who will help remind me what it is to kind and loving and fearless on a daily basis.
I apologize for perhaps overusing this thread (I think I've posted more pictures than any other user), and for making a rather personal post. I'd like to see what the rest of you look like some day.
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Glad to see that you're coming home Dogbreath, and the memories held by that very sweet picture must be nice too! If you pass through the Phoenix Airport I would be happy to buy you your first beer and burger back stateside, well maybe some enchiladas instead, I happen to know the best place in all of Arizona.
I actually find it complicating to know what some the of the posters look like, Olivet for instance, how could I ever disagree with her now!
Edit to add. Here is an updated picture, showing just how pale and blonde I really am, hard to believe I've spent my entire life in the desert.
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Since I was 13, I've been part of an online community formed almost exclusively of people my age. (And one guy in his 30s, and one 50 year old) It was based on a gaming website, but we all talked on IRC, IMs, and video cams (via MSN, then Skype when it came around) - after I became an adult and started traveling in college, I went on to meet 6 of them. They were actually some of my closest friends in high school - and unlike most of my high school friends, I still keep in contact with all of them.
Hatrack seems to be a lot more formal than that, and I've never had the time to establish myself as anything more than an occasional poster. (despite knowing 2 Hatrackers irl) but I still think knowing what other posters look like adds a lot of dimension to conversation, even if I can't say I really "know" any of the posters here.
I think you and I are about evenly matched in paleness - I'm about as far white as you can get without being an albino.
Sadly no stops in Phoenix, I appreciate your offer though!
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Stick a pin in this I've been eating there my entire life and it is still the ultimate nice dinner when it comes to everyone in my family.
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I wrote a nice post responding to you, Dogbreath, about how we use to all meet up on Hatrack, and even had weddings between members and a convention.
It's lost now, so you'll have to take my word on how nice a post it was....lol...
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quote:Originally posted by Dogbreath: I think out of all the pictures of myself I've looked at so far, this one stands out as my favorite.
Awesome picture.
Hatrackers still do get together regularly. But for a variety of reasons, those arrangements (and many of the involved posters) don't happen here anymore -- they happen on the so-called spinoff forums.
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I've heard vague mutterings of these spinoff forums before, though I've yet to see / be invited to join any of them. Perhaps when I get back to Hawaii and have more consistent internet access I'll look them up. Posts: 2222 | Registered: Dec 2008
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That is a great picture, Dogbreath. Makes me smile just thinking about it. I'll echo AH's invite but for Chicago.
I can't imagine you would be met with anything other than delight on any of the spinoff forums that I know about.
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quote:Originally posted by rivka: Invitations? We were supposed to get invitations?
Darn.
Oops--sorry. Yours must have gotten lost in the mail!
In all seriousness, Dogbreath, invitations aren't needed. The two most active such communities are sakeriver and Galactic Cactus. Check them out, and if either seems like a place you'd like to spend more time, create an account and start posting.
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quote:Originally posted by kmbboots: I'll echo AH's invite but for Chicago.
I actually will be in Chicago the morning of January 3rd. Only for an hour and a half, though, so I won't even be able to leave the airport. You can blame the DoD for not scheduling flights with longer layovers.
This morning I recieved an official invitation from rivka via e-mail, so I'd feel like a hypocrite for not checking out the spinoff forums now. Posts: 2222 | Registered: Dec 2008
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Zach: You'll need to either change the access rights on those photos, or just right click o the photo, select properties, and get the actual photo url. (it'll end with ".jpg")
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Me and my dear wife Isabel, in a big rock festival called "Rock in Rio" (Because it's in Rio de Janeiro, of course ;-) )
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