give us all an update on your good selves...

[na§tee]

despite the super sad news, it's been a great comfort to see so many old faces in the past couple of days. nostalgia abound. so i want to ask: how have you been? what have you been doing? loads/shit all? elaborate!

share as little or as much as you want to... i'd love to hear. and loads of other people here too, i'm sure.

[Miho]

I'm doing fine. Been working. While I haven't been here in years, I've still been posting on other forums.

[A. Chimendez]

Working. Wife is due to birth our first child any day now.
It's a boy.

[Miho]

Congrats, man.

[M.C. Guevera]

Congrats!

[Kid Presentable]

Getting divorced. It's the bolts. (y)

[M.C. Guevera]

Oh crap. That sucks, man. (n)

I'm in college now majoring in digital design and animation.

[Pres Zount]

Getting divorced. It's the bolts. (y)

Oh man, that sucks. Maybe. I still remember your wedding photos.

For me, these past two or so years have been pretty annoying. Found a new job, lost a new job. Found a new partner, lost a new partner. Found a tumour, lost a tumour. Et cetera, et cetera.

2012 is looking better, thanks.

And you nastee?

[M.C. Guevera]

Oh man, that sucks. Maybe. I still remember your wedding photos.

For me, these past two or so years have been pretty annoying. Found a new job, lost a new job. Found a new partner, lost a new partner. Found a tumour, lost a tumour. Et cetera, et cetera.

2012 is looking better, thanks.

And you nastee?

Whoa.

[hpdrifter]

Well, I think around the last time I was consistently posting I had left my husband. I moved out and we were separated for three months at that time but I decided to try to work it out with him. We went to counseling, tried for about 7 months but it wasn't going to work so I decided to file for divorce. About two weeks after I filed I found out I was pregnant.

What happened after that is sort of a long story but ultimately my husband stepped it up and supported me and now I have a wonderful baby boy.

Anyway, life happens.

[scotty]

It's been an interesting few since I last posted regularly. The kids have grown and gone to school, the oldest is now at high school. My wife's business is going gangbusters, but the the people I worked for couldn't organise a wank in a porno theatre so I lost my job and am considering opening/buying a business. Trying sell our house which proving problematic but no biggie because it pretty nice, just a long way from anywhere. Got married to the Lovely Mazz after ten years and two kids, too. All in all lifes been pretty kind to us. Yes, life is good.

[Kid Presentable]

Oh man, that sucks. Maybe. I still remember your wedding photos.

For me, these past two or so years have been pretty annoying. Found a new job, lost a new job. Found a new partner, lost a new partner. Found a tumour, lost a tumour. Et cetera, et cetera.

2012 is looking better, thanks.

And you nastee?

Shit. You ok man?

[yeahwho]

Well, I think around the last time I was consistently posting I had left my husband. I moved out and we were separated for three months at that time but I decided to try to work it out with him. We went to counseling, tried for about 7 months but it wasn't going to work so I decided to file for divorce. About two weeks after I filed I found out I was pregnant.

What happened after that is sort of a long story but ultimately my husband stepped it up and supported me and now I have a wonderful baby boy.

Anyway, life happens.

That story starts bad, gets different, gets a little better, then worse again, then really good and finally at the end, fantastic!

Congratulations! You are going to be an awesome mom!

[Pres Zount]

Shit. You ok man?

On that front? Yep. All removed, all good.

What about you? Divorce is sort of like removing a tumour. Right? Unless you don't want it removed and don't consider it a tumour. In that case It's not, and I apologise.

[mikizee]

Bought a house, getting married.

Broke as fuck.

[Kid Presentable]

On that front? Yep. All removed, all good.

What about you? Divorce is sort of like removing a tumour. Right? Unless you don't want it removed and don't consider it a tumour. In that case It's not, and I apologise.
Sadly it is exactly like I imagine having a tumour removed to be. We were way too cruel to each other at the end, and I'll always regret that. So yeah, it's only a good thing.

I gotta say it's fucking good to see you again, man. To see all you guys.

MCA liked the boards.

[Bob]

pres zount, is it me or does your avatar show more that man's face than it did before?

my life is not nearly as interesting as your lives seem to be. no marriages, no divorces, no babies, no tumors. i'm still doing improv. i have two shows next week, none of them included with the cost of my classes! i'm there because i'm funny (ostensibly). this is easily the highlight of my career so far (can you call it a career if you never expect to make money from it? whatever i do it anyway)

i'm technically still doing stand up too, though i haven't been up in over a month because my job keeps me working late and saps my energy...but i still want to go back up eventually, so i consider stand up as an ongoing thing as well, even though i'm not sure when i'm gonna ever do it again

i'm also still technically a lawyer i guess but that was years ago and well behind me, i'm just making the life i can figure out to make

nothing interesting happening ladywise at the moment

that's about it i guess

how are you?

[Pres Zount]

Bought a house, getting married.

Broke as fuck.

Shit! Me too. Minus the house and marriage.


pres zount, is it me or does your avatar show more that man's face than it did before? It might... I couldn't find my old one, so I whipped this one up in a jiffy. It doesn't flip like the old one used too :<

i'm still doing improv...
i'm technically still doing stand up too
All news to me. Cool.

[ms.peachy]

Well, I think around the last time I was consistently posting I had left my husband. I moved out and we were separated for three months at that time but I decided to try to work it out with him. We went to counseling, tried for about 7 months but it wasn't going to work so I decided to file for divorce. About two weeks after I filed I found out I was pregnant.

What happened after that is sort of a long story but ultimately my husband stepped it up and supported me and now I have a wonderful baby boy.

Anyway, life happens.

Wow, that's quite a tale! Congrats on your lovely baby boy.

[Matt]

It's good to see you all. Really.

[ms.peachy]

Well I'm hardly unseen around here but for those who haven't been around for a while, here's the quick catch-up:

Moved to Shanghai at the end of April 2009 so just passed the 3-years-in-China mark, which is kind of shocking as in some ways it feels impossible that it's been so long, but yet other times I feel like we've been here forever. I've been able to find work here that I really enjoy and that's great, because I was really really crap at being a housewife. My totally awesome super amazing gorgeous daughter turns 6 next week and will start 'big kid school' in September. Mr.Peachy works very hard for long hours doing work that he does not especially enjoy with people that he does not especially like and that can be rather wearing on him as you might imagine, but otherwise we are all pretty healthy and doing well. For all of these things we are incredibly grateful and consider ourselves very fortunate, even Mr.P in the job he does not especially like, because we realize that there are so many people who do not have jobs at all or are otherwise struggling to make a living and take care of their families, so all of our complaints are minor. Living here presents a lot of challenges much of the time so for sure there are things that can make us crazy but it's an incredible adventure and we are lucky to be on it.

[sercomdj01]

Its nice to hear what's happening to you all, the good and the bad. I guess that's life?

I moved to liverpool, got a gf, we moved to sheffield together, split up; now i'm doing a PhD in Physics and I am pretty happy living in South Yorkshire. I am hoping to move abroad and be a researcher somewhere eventually.

Not as dramatic as some other stories, but i still feel young and like i'm starting out.

[Matt]

God, everyone's updates make me feel like I haven't done anything with my life.

I've joined a new band, playing bass now, and I've fallen in with a community of local musicians and artists. I finally feel I have a place in the world. It's a good feeling. It gets me away from the internet.

I dunno if I was still with my girlfriend when I was here last. If I was, we've been broken up for a while and I haven't had a partner since. I don't feel like I have time for relationships, I guess. I dunno. If the right girl comes along, cool.

All this and I still haven't finished college.

[Beckalina]

Hi everyone

Crazy shit in people's lives glad everyones ok.

I am pretty much still the same. Finished uni, got a boring job and all that blurgh.
Me and Freebz have been together 7 years now (y)

[Tzar]

Bought a house, getting married.

Broke as fuck.

congrats, brother. you're broke as fuck for all the good reasons.

[Funky Pepp]

This thread is a great - thanks for the idea (y)

I am pregnant with my second child at hte moment. I am very sad my kids will grow up without the opportunity of seeing the Beastie Boys live. My daughter started dancing to Root Down a few weeks ago, when they played it on the radio - so awesome. I had to at least order a T-Shirt for my daughter straight away yesterday - don't know, just had to do it, she'll like it...

And it's my husband's birthday today - not the happiest one of all times as we are both fans since the early 90s at least.

[HEIRESS]

I adore this thread!
Pres, dude! so glad you are ok!
Mikizee, congrats!
hp/ProfJ, BABIES!

This past fall I got married to the Italian stallion after 8 years of on and off (but mostly on) dating!
Then we came home from our honeymoon in Portland to find that some gigantic laboratory corporation bought out the small lab I had been working at for 7 years and were shutting us down.
My husband had just finished his Masters and the first job offer he got after I was laid off was in Ottawa, so we packed up and drove 4,500 km across country within two weeks of our wedding/honeymoon!
The lab closure sucked, but I atleast got 4 months of severance pay so I've been rocking out on that and am now on EI and looking for a new job/career.
Ottawa has been a positive move thus far, especially since it is less than 2 hours away from Montreal and we can go visit all our friends there anytime we want.

[Randetica]

as a loyal person i never stopped posting here, doesnt matter how dead this place was like just a few days ago
so if i ever had any updates then im sure i posted them already

[A. Chimendez]

Bought a house, getting married.

Broke as fuck.

(y)

[monkey]

wow, it's nice to read about what you guys have been up to! wow, im impressed with all of you.

my update... adult life happened - i was within one semester of finishing my masters when i got a great job opportunity that has changed my life. I am now considering getting a MBA and being a suit... weirdly enough. i moved around and made some giant life choices (regarding my former SO), now im moving into my very first manhattan apartment. so in conclusion: my career is going amazingly, i have an amazing, talented bunch of friends, and my romantic life is shit (but it doesnt feel so bad because of the first two). that's about it.

[TAL]

I've been unemployed for 3 years. So not much has changed.

[synch]

wow, it's nice to read about what you guys have been up to! wow, im impressed with all of you.

my update... adult life happened - i was within one semester of finishing my masters when i got a great job opportunity that has changed my life. I am now considering getting a MBA and being a suit... weirdly enough. i moved around and made some giant life choices (regarding my former SO), now im moving into my very first manhattan apartment. so in conclusion: my career is going amazingly, i have an amazing, talented bunch of friends, and my romantic life is shit (but it doesnt feel so bad because of the first two). that's about it.How Sex and the City of you!

[monkey]

How Sex and the City of you!

hahahahahahaha! thats what happens when you watch that shit too much as a teen - the lifestyle becomes comfortable! i'd like to think im less vapid than that but god knows that's probably not true. hahhahahahaa.

[Caribou]

Hey y'all. I'm glad to see you all on here again and see that you're (mostly) doing good.

My life is still pretty much the same. Still living in Leiden, still struggling at University and still working as a part-time barista. Last year has been a pretty tough one, as I lost 3 close family members (damned cancer!) and seen a fucked up side to my family which I wished I didn't have to witness.
Because of all this I haven't really been a happy bunny, and my mind wasn't focussed on studying, which means I have to stay for yet another year and get a massive fine for not finishing on time.
Anyhoo, I hope to finish some courses at the end of may and get my life back on track a little bit. I'm looking forward to the summer and the time I will be able to spend with my friends and family. That's all that matters, really.

[Yetra Flam]

A lot!
Quit drinking, and a recreational drug habit that was seeping into my everyday life.
Went back to school, have a new career as a trainer. Getting into boxing, want to train professional athletes, continue my education.
After my father died, his previous children who he never told me about got in contact with me. I'm an aunt, and a great aunt (!)
I have awesome people around me, much happier than my previous sour-ass self, although stressed out a lot.

[Dorothy Wood]

Great updates!

I don't have babies or much success, but ive managed to trick a man into dating me for almost 3 years now. I'm going to comedy writing school, finding out all the secrets. It's too early to tell where it will lead, but I'm doing alright...however, i don't really fit in with people yet. Like everyone's all "let's go to chipotle!" after class, and I just run away and go to a different chipotle by myself. Hah :/

My cat George has a genetic heart defect, so he will be going away soon. Been a bit depressed about that. He's on meds and doing well for the time being.

Otherwise, working on some secret projects so I can make a bunch of money and go to grad school for design management or something like that.

Oh yeah, and I'm running for president in 20 years, hope I can count on your vote!

[cosmo105]

Awesome thread idea.

Got married two weeks ago to the best dude in the universe. Wedding was beautiful, everything we could have ever hoped for. I'll post a pic or two in the family album. Married life is blissful. We leave early tomorrow morning to go on our honeymoon in Hawaii - so excited. Work is great, and some products that I developed won a pretty prestigious award so that feels awesome. I was planning on going to grad school this fall but with only a six month engagement was so busy with wedding planning I let my applications slide. I think I may have done it subconsciously knowing I wasn't really looking forward to leaving my job. I don't get paid a ton since it's a small company, but the level of satisfaction I get out of it is more than worthwhile. My bosses are great and I really truly love the company's mission, not to mention how fun my job can be (though not always of course). Very tough decision. My grandfather is getting very old and not doing so great, and it's been tough watching someone I love so very much, with such a huge heart and incredible life story, start to decline. I'm very, very glad that he was able to make it to the wedding. Overall, family is great and my nieces and nephews are ridiculously cute. For the last 10 months or so I've been the booker for what a lot of people call the best free comedy show in LA, and the time commitment was just too much for me, especially since I have no designs on being an entertainer, so I quit (very amicably) last weekend. Hope to get back into the vegan blogging scene since I've been really slacking on that for so long. Celebrated 8 years of veganism last month. FINALLY got much more active and lost a couple pounds, gotten really into cardio ballet stuff and am way more flexible. Running a lot too, did a bunch of 5ks in the last year and am thinking of training for a 10k soon. Very heavily involved in my industry and am about to go to a big conference for that. Traveling a lot for my work and having a lot of fun doing that and big sciencey things.

Still living in the same place, very happy with my friends, and overall, life is beautiful. Last night I watched Beastie videos at our favorite dive with Barb, went to a potluck, then danced all night at a latin soul dance club with good friends. I love this town.

[Yorkshire~Rose]

Me and Freebz have been together 7 years now (y)

Wowzers! (y)

So good to see everyone here again. So as for me, pretty much the same - happy and healthy. I got a promotion at work recently, Ava has just turned 6 (time certainly does fly) so she keeps me on my toes!

[roosta]

great to hear from everyone.

My life hasn't changed much - just the way I like it. same job, same everything.
Me and my girlfriend of 6 years broke up, then after 2 months got back together and have never been happier.

Really boring otherwise, but i'm alright with that.

Really sad that it took such a sad situation to bring people back, but its good to see everyone.

[Sluts_Anonymous]

i've cleaned up my act and have given some thought to joining a convent.

















fuck am i kidding... still a slut(y)

[DandyFop]

It is really neat to hear about everybody's lives...to those going through tough times, I'm sorry and I hope things look up soon.

I'm busy as fuck working a full time day job and doing comedy or writing. I recently have been in sort of a slump...a depression I haven't felt since before I started doing comedy. It's weird, it kind of takes over your life for a few years but then you realize you need more in order to feel fulfilled. Not too happy with myself healthwise, I want to lose weight and feel good but I love to eat and drink to excess when I'm depressed so, hopefully I'll start changing that.

Really my main goal right now is to get some sort of comedy writing job. My day job is cool but I go nuts because it's just not what I want to be doing with my life.

At the end of this month I'll be doing shows in my hometown with Kyle Kinane sooooo that's pretty damn cool.

No boyfriend. Everyone around me is falling in love. It's hard. Dating here sucks a big one.

[Parkey]

Well I'm getting married next month to the most wonderful person I could ever have hoped to meet. I've bought a house. Have a cat. Won a BAFTA (for Kinect Sports Season Two - I make video games as my proper job). Still write for music magazines (as my other job). All in all it's going well.

(y)

[Bob]

All in all it's going well.

(y)

to say the least! well done!

[Parkey]

to say the least! well done!

Cheers! I still haven't managed to quit smoking though...

[Freebasser]

You all make me so proud :')

I've managed to successfully carve myself out a career as a graphic designer. The only problem is that's it's at a very unsuccessful agency - ha!

However, I am in the process of applying for cushty design jobs down in London so that I can finally get a house/dog/radioactive supercomputer-driven hovercraft with the Beckster.

As she said earlier, we've been together for about 7 years now - thanks MCA!

What she doesn't know is that Pres Zount and I have been having an affair for nearly 10 years and that we're finally going to be eloping to Barbados to consummate our love.

I also play a millionaire at parties.





At least, I'd... like to :(

[avignon]

Moved to Amsterdam to live with some weird guy who posts on message boards.

[checkyourprez]

I have for most of my time here not really opened up from a personal standpoint for whatever reason. Here it goes..


The past few months has been extremely hard. My mother passed away in February after a year long battle with cancer. MCA passing away from the same disease makes it harder for me. He was my favorite musician in my favorite band. My mother in a lot of ways was my best friend and not having her around with so much of my life to go, and so many things I would have liked to share with her is quite saddening.

On top of this my girlfriend and I broke up on Friday as well. We were together for almost two and a half years. I had tried to break up her about a month ago, but she was going through some things of her own so to add on to that would have been too much for her. We both love each other, and shes a fantastic person and would be a great mother and wife, but I just never had that feeling I always thought you should have when you think about the person you are supposed to spend the rest of your life with. I not sure if I have made a huge mistake or its just the culmination of things that is giving me this feeling.

As it stands now I am admittedly depressed. She was with me almost every day and we were always texting and to not have that person there leaves me with a lonely feeling. She also really helped with everything with my mom, which I can't thank her enough for. Her family was great too which makes it harder for me. There was a dynamic with them that I did never shared with my family.


I have also started a new job that at the moment I am not super fond of, it is stressful and the learning curve is steep so I am hoping once I get more acclimated with it things will get better, but we'll see.


So at the moment yeah, I guess I could say I've been better..

[Caribou]

Whut Avignon, That's awesome!
Do you feel at home yet here in Dutchland?

@everyone: I'm so proud of you all. You've all become proper grown-ups. <3

edit: typed this before I saw the previous message.
I'm so sorry for your loss, checkyourprez. :( Cancer is such a cruel disease.
I wish I could say anything to make you feel better, but I don't think there are any right words for that kind of thing. All I can offer is my sympathy. MCA's death has also made me relive some sad moments of last year (2 funerals in a month), but I also know that things will get better. Be strong. <3

[tpk]

Awesome thread idea.

Got married two weeks ago to the best dude in the universe. Wedding was beautiful, everything we could have ever hoped for. I'll post a pic or two in the family album. Married life is blissful. We leave early tomorrow morning to go on our honeymoon in Hawaii - so excited. Work is great, and some products that I developed won a pretty prestigious award so that feels awesome. I was planning on going to grad school this fall but with only a six month engagement was so busy with wedding planning I let my applications slide. I think I may have done it subconsciously knowing I wasn't really looking forward to leaving my job. I don't get paid a ton since it's a small company, but the level of satisfaction I get out of it is more than worthwhile. My bosses are great and I really truly love the company's mission, not to mention how fun my job can be (though not always of course). Very tough decision. My grandfather is getting very old and not doing so great, and it's been tough watching someone I love so very much, with such a huge heart and incredible life story, start to decline. I'm very, very glad that he was able to make it to the wedding. Overall, family is great and my nieces and nephews are ridiculously cute. For the last 10 months or so I've been the booker for what a lot of people call the best free comedy show in LA, and the time commitment was just too much for me, especially since I have no designs on being an entertainer, so I quit (very amicably) last weekend. Hope to get back into the vegan blogging scene since I've been really slacking on that for so long. Celebrated 8 years of veganism last month. FINALLY got much more active and lost a couple pounds, gotten really into cardio ballet stuff and am way more flexible. Running a lot too, did a bunch of 5ks in the last year and am thinking of training for a 10k soon. Very heavily involved in my industry and am about to go to a big conference for that. Traveling a lot for my work and having a lot of fun doing that and big sciencey things.

Still living in the same place, very happy with my friends, and overall, life is beautiful. Last night I watched Beastie videos at our favorite dive with Barb, went to a potluck, then danced all night at a latin soul dance club with good friends. I love this town.congratulations on getting married. that's awesome!

[tpk]

i have nothing of super amazing quality to add to this thread. i was studying and working back in the days, now im just working. working as a software engineer, programming etc which is pretty interesting for me but very uninteresting for others. i try to make up for the dorkyness of dealing with fuckin computers by swearing a lot, smoking cigarettes and pretend im 21 when i go out at night which is probably the reason why im currently single.

[Randetica]

What she doesn't know is that Pres Zount and I have been having an affair for nearly 10 years and that we're finally going to be eloping to Barbados to consummate our love.



lol hot

[Micodin]

Friday started off with me having to put down my dog. She was 15 years old. I'm 38. She was a close to having a child as there ever will be for me. That brought me numb, then tears, then numb, then crying for hours. My heart aches.

Soon after I buried her. I started to get texts from all my friends and phone calls about Adam.

When it rains it pours.

I've been holed up in my apartment all weekend making beats.

Right now is the first beer I've had all weekend and I haven't smoked trees in a week.

I hope everyone is doing the best they can. I've read all your updates in this thread.

Peace be with you.

[little j]

hey y'all... updates... wow.

seth and i have been married for 3 years (last wednesday) and together for like eleven.

we still have a totally awesome dog and a townhouse and a completely amazing kid (amost 2) we're in the beginning stages of planning number two hopefully to get preggers towards the beginning of next year.

i'm paying off my CC debt and spending less, saving more, blah blah. its going well though and my 1st card (of 3) will be paid off on 5/14. the plan is to have all three paid off prior to baby number 2 making its entrance so i can quit work and be a stay at home mom. i'm so excited about that future it makes working so hard and not buying so much so worth while.

i have a great job i just started back working full time (was working part time since my kid was 4 months) i just love working for a small company that makes a quality product. its rad. plus i'm awesome at customer service for reals yo. plus i have only one crappy coworker and the rest are just lovely!

seth still works for the large builder and hates it but is so awesome at what he does. he maintains a fully shaved head to avoid the horrors of his past hair mistakes. our kid favors him, but has my eyes and my MIL's curly hair so thats pretty rad.

so yeah. we're still kicking a long.

its so great to see all the updates. i pop in from time to time but mostly lurk unless i have a cutesy pic to share.

[mikizee]

Friday started off with me having to put down my dog. She was 15 years old. I'm 38. She was a close to having a child as there ever will be for me. That brought me numb, then tears, then numb, then crying for hours. My heart aches.

Oh man that's terrible :(

[zippo]

aww, so much stuff going on at the same time, mca and this sudden total board flashback. its so crazy how it really is like "seeing everyone again".
we were here for quite some years huh? some reunion this is!
so ive been married for almost a year now, working and happy. its funny cuz i remember telling some people from here about how i was "going to a movie with this guy i met" alot of years back.
its great to hear about everyones good news, marriages, moves, changes, etc. sorry to hear about the bad news even though its refreshing to hear alot of positiveness in everyones lives.
so are we doing this all over again? hehe...

[The Notorious LOL]

I'm considerably more mellow, less caustic, and more forgiving. I still talk a lot of shit, but only when warranted.

I'm currently working full time and going to school part time. I'm studying sociology, mostly because its interesting to me. Doesn't hurt that my job pays for most of my credits, and learning stuff makes me happy. I like reading way more than I ever realized.

I also run. I'm just getting back into it after an extended hiatus due to a minor injury. I did a few 5Ks last spring. Trying to get back in shape. Doesn't take long to add pounds back on when you're used to offsetting your diet with 3 or 4 hours worth of running every week.

No significant other. I'm content with my situation as it is.

I'm pretty happy with my life now. I don't waste hours online, don't hate my job, love my friends, camp a lot, go on trips, etc.

hope all is well, jerks <3 ;)

[ProfJIM]

Nice to see you on, man.(y)

[na§tee]

my goodness, where to start?! babies, marriages, divorces, health, phds, foreign countries, crikey. it's been great reading all of these updates. thank you.

me, i don't know what's significant info or not. i'm living in bristol. i enjoy my job very much. i write about films and pervasive media and work with people much more clever than i. sometimes i get to meet some exciting people and play with interesting toys and technologgyyy and stuff. sometimes i run around the city being chased by zombies. i ride a bike to said job every day. i ride the same bike back. woah.

i live with a man who i've been with for almost three years now, he is short and beardy and extremely crafty and active and outdoorsy. which helps because sometimes i am incredibly lazy, so he certainly adds to the get up and go spirit around the house. ha. he is very DIY. last year we made 25 gallons of cider. that is a lot of fucking apples. we crushed every single one of those apples and hand pressed them. if you ever want some cider, you know who to call. nettle ale? elderflower champagne anyone? it's yours for 20p!

my dad died very suddenly in november 2010 aged 50. we all got through it, but the toughest part apart from all the emotional gubbins was/is being in charge of all of his affairs. since he was divorced and my brother is useless it was up to me to do all the extra stuff like organise council tax/insurance etc for his house, clear it of his possessions, try to sell it, sell the car, tell people he might not have been in contact with for years, etc etc etc. so that made me grow up quite a bit. but i've sold the house, and the car, and done pretty much everything now, so it's all good. look after your hearts, kids! and organise a will! and keep all your personal documents in one place! and why do you need so many flasks?!

i'm thinking of starting to train in massage and body work, not as a total career change, but because i've always been interested in it. if it works out maybe i'll practice a couple of evenings a week with clients. the big goal in the long run is to provide massage therapy for people with cancer. it'll take a while to get the qualification, and a lot of cash, but we'll see.

i'm looking to buy a house with the boyfriend, it's pretty scary, but a good development. we'll need a spare room for all the cider. you're all welcome to come and stay :)

[ToucanSpam]

Man, this is a cool thread, so nice to read everyone's stories. I wish it were under better circumstances.

I went through some pretty tough stuff the last two years. I finished grad school, ended a crazy relationship and moved home, only to go through a series of pretty shitty failures and meltdowns. I like to think I have matured a lot since ye old board days of '04 and such after going through these tough times and learning a little about the value of life. I'm a lot less angry and take the internet less seriously, so that's cool. I'm heading back to school in the fall to take a legal program, moving to a metro area, and I'm seeing a pretty sweet girl who melted my heart a little bit.

Life sure does like to beat you down now and then, but it seems to me that the worst things can bring you the best things, if you're paying attention.

[ms.peachy]

it seems to me that the worst things can bring you the best things, if you're paying attention.

Amen to that.

[Yeti]

My hair and beard are full of gray hairs. I am a producer of short form biography and history docs. I just finished a show on the Mother Maybelle & The Carter Sisters (old time country musicians). I am coming up on 12 years of marriage and my son will be 6 in August. We just added a new puppy to our family and his name is Winston Churchill.
I have to say that Adam Yauch's death caused me to reflect on the affect that the Beasties had on my life. In 1985 while in college I first heard their music and over the years they changed my view of art--photography, videograpy, etc. They really enhanced my creative thinking.
It is good to read about everyone's life. Best wishes now & always!

[yeahwho]

Man, this is a cool thread, so nice to read everyone's stories. I wish it were under better circumstances.

Amen to that.

This is really sad and wonderful all at once, like a virtual wake. The whole site, everybody is bringing a remembrence and personal story of how their lives have changed (or not). I think of all the crazy debates, great music and shitstorms that have happened here and all in all it's been a great run.

If it continues, I'm in.

[milleson]

Dang, it seems like ages since I've lurked 'round these parts.

I'm finally graduating with my PhD in August. I got back into riding motorcycles in 2010, and I just recently joined our local roller derby league. My kids are 12 and 9 now. I remember posting on the board when my daughter started kindergarten, and this fall she'll be in 7th grade.

For you cats going through divorce, or having recently gone through it, I promise shit will get better. I've been rid of my ex for two years now, and things are finally looking ok. I'm broke as shit, being in college and raising two kids, but I'm happy so it's worth it.

[gbsuey]

I'm always a bit hesitant to post in these kind of threads, only because i've never been a big-time poster here , and actually my life is very dull!! But it's an awesome thread so.....
I have been known to whine about my living situation fron time to time, still living in the same house as my ex.......but the house is on the market FINALLY and i'll be moving on soon. Still working the same crappy but easy jobs, when i decide what i want to really do i'll be picking up my pension. And actually i totally love all the people i work for so it's cool.

Really not much else, my kids are growing up too fast.

Are you still in Bristol, Nastee??

[Knuckles]

Congrats and way to go's to everyone with good updates.:) Condolences and positive vibes of encouragement to those with the not so good updates.:(


My life is so busy. work (kind of hate it but that's normal, right?) two boys (four and eight years of age: those of you with young boys can guess how many jokes about poop, pee and winkies (our family word for penis) I have to hear a day) a ten month old puppy named Lebowski (half golden retriever, half standard poodle and all dudeness) a house to remodel (wood floors, paint, curtains, kitchen counters... luckily my wife has done a lot of the work) I'm still trying to fit in time to finish my novel (It's been such a long process but I'm just a few chapters away finishing it. I can't wait to send it off and start the process of getting rejection letters!)

much love to you all!

[insertnamehere]

This was a good thread to come back to. It's been awhile and people's names/avatars have shuffled around, so it's helping me figure out who some of you are that I may not remember.

As for me, I dicked around in college for several years, switched to a pretty bullshit major so that I could actually graduate, had one horrible job right out of college that made me pretty severely depressed, took about a 50% pay cut to move to another job that's pretty mediocre but it's 100% remote so I can screw around on the internet and watch torrented shows all day. I'm poor, but poor is honestly an improvement over the first job. I don't have much in the way of a good education or marketable skills, so I've considered going back to school for a higher degree, but I don't know that I'm passionate enough about anything to make that kind of commitment. I'm renting a pretty run down house with a roommate and two cats (one mine, one his), my boyfriend may be moving in at the end of the summer, which is a big deal but I think it will be good.

tl;dr: career stuff-meh, financial situation-boo, life situation-pretty alright

[paul jones]

I've discovered drinking a lot of tea makes you go to the toilet a lot.The thing is tea is my favorite drink.

[Echewta]

Still at the same job doing events, volunteering as a fire fighter and making chocolates on the side. Los Angeles is where I dwell and I'd rather not move. The more I travel and see the world, the more I love this city. I'm dating a groovy chick. I was lucky enough to marry Cosmo to her new husband and seeing her rock the food science. I met Bob. I've enjoyed watching Barb and her L.A. adventures. The Kings rule and will win the Cup this year. I don't have babies. I found that wearing a fake mustache and a cheap sombrero means a good time running in the mud. I bought everyone sitting at the bar a shot last night and now I feel poor. I still eat pancakes.

[Gareth]

oh. hey guys.
moved to london almost exactly one year ago.
still a lawyer - it's been 5.5 years already. i'm bored of it though and want to do something else career-wise.
liking london but my visa is up next may and i don't think i want to stay here. there's a post somewhere about wanting to try the US which is totally serious but i guess the other options are australia or asia.
no girlfriend.

edit: god - the above sounds really fuckin boring. i do do shit. like, tonight i'll probs watch made in chelsea.

[Yetra Flam]

I miss it here you guys :(

[Bob]

I was lucky enough to marry Cosmo to her new husband

oh wow! i didn't even notice that that was you in the picture until now!

that must have been cool

[HEIRESS]

oh. hey guys.
moved to london almost exactly one year ago.
still a lawyer - it's been 5.5 years already. i'm bored of it though and want to do something else career-wise.
liking london but my visa is up next may and i don't think i want to stay here. there's a post somewhere about wanting to try the US which is totally serious but i guess the other options are australia or asia.
no girlfriend.

edit: god - the above sounds really fuckin boring. i do do shit. like, tonight i'll probs watch made in chelsea.

Why no Canada? show the rest of the commonwealth some love!

[Gareth]

Why no Canada? show the rest of the commonwealth some love!

and canada cos i luh me some poutine!

[gbsuey]

tonight i'll probs watch made in chelsea.

...seriously, nobody really watches that do they? A real show about actual w*nkers is one thing, but a show about posh w*nkers that have been told where to stand and what to say, NO WAY.

Sorry to spoil the flow of this lovely thread btw...

[rirv]

I went to university, then spent two years rowing pretty seriously, then trained to be a teacher for a year, then spent a year working in a school in my home city and then last September moved to the other end of the country (south coast-ish) to work in a very nice boarding school. I live in the school and the job is pretty much seven days a week at all hours but it is good fun. I also split up with my girlfriend of five-and-a-half-years just before Christmas. I have bought a yoga DVD. I have been trying as many different types of scotch as I can. I prefer Laphroaig. I have been buying furniture and ephemera from flea markets.

[Echewta]

Scotch is delicious. I'm currently digging Ardbeg Corryvreckan. But not on a couch that was from a fleamarket.

[rirv]

Scotch is delicious. I'm currently digging Ardbeg Corryvreckan. But not on a couch that was from a fleamarket.

A semi-colon would have worked better before the 'but'.

[Bitchamachacha]

Ummmmmmmmmmm..... I moved back to the city, had a shitty relationship, dated on and off and decided to enjoy being single for a while. So far I'm digging the fuck out of it. Next Tuesday I start a new sales job (Volkswagons & Acuras....vroom) and have been getting over some health things.

Aiedyn is 12 and dating an 11-year-old (grrrrrr). He braids his armpit hair because he has it. He also informed me last week he'd gotten his first butt zit. He recently filled his ipod with Blur, Beasties, Gorillaz and Nirvana. Plus he's still an honor student, though he stinks at the maths.

Long story short- my kid's hit puberty (n) and I'm aging somewhat gracefully. (y)

[thegoodmrbrodie!]

i reckon that nothing much big has changed in my life. but am not sure how much i shared on here in the first place. i'll share a few tidbits to keep things going nicely.

+ still work a shit job at a large multinational. but it is slightly better than before, and has 'analyst' in the job title. ie - marginally less embarrassing at family gatherings.

+ no kids. no wife. no pre-wife. have made a fair amount of new pals which is great fun.

+ still plodding along with my record label / gig promotion hobby. you can explore here (http://www.doubledotdash.org), if you want to know what is going down in reading/english underground music scene. plenty o' free downloads lying around if that is your bag. put out our first vinyl releases (a split 7" single, and 10" album) and have just released our first tapes. yes. audio cassette tapes. i'd release a laserdisc if i could. keep it archaic.

+ no-one has died for a long while. my grandfather is putting me to shame at the age of 88.

+ got hypnotised last year to help control my eating/weight issues. worked exceptionally well to start with, as i lost 4 stone (56 pounds / 25kg) in 4 months running up to christmas. a great christmas holiday in canada stopped me in my track, and i have put 1 stone on since. went back to see the hypnotoad recently, and it turns out that i might be a bit of a mentalist. we shall see.

+ i support reading football club, and we recently got promoted to the english premier league, and i am totally stoked.


good to hear from you all. i think getting married by echewta is possibly the raddest thing anyone from this place could ever achieve. congratulations to all involved. :)

[Caribou]

Hey there Brodieman!

So that hypnosis thing really works eh? I couldn't imagine that it would, but you don't seem like the person who would fall for bullshit scams. Maybe I should give it a go myself, because living at night, not having a bicycle and working in a place with free cake and frappuccinos have proved to not help with a healthy lifestyle. Well done you for losing so many pounds!

I often see your fb updates about awesome shows in Reading. Shame I don't live closer, because those doubledotdash gigs/events/things seem like my proverbial cup of tea. I'll check out some of the free downloads. (y)

Also I'd like to say that I still have (and cherish) the tape you made me all those years ago and that I have a constant view of a certain London tube map when sitting on my sofa. Thanks, dude. :)

PS: I think I might put too much emphasis on the anal bit of analyst, because it's making me giggle and think of Tobias Funke.

[kll]

I love hearing that all of you in L.A. LOVE L.A. because I am still trying to figure out how to LOVE L.A.

I am still with my bbmb boyfriend - we celebrated our 9-year anniversary in March. Like someone else said, Thanks MCA!

Just started a new job in the OC a week ago. If you visit Disneyland, we can grab coffee. Living in a SoCal beach city close to family and finally making a salary that reflects the pre-2009-ish depression. I was starting to lose faith in the companies of today, but someone finally stepped up and decided to not take advantage of the economy and pay me what I'm worth. It's in the travel industry, so if you want to take a motorcoach tour on Route 66 or through the New England fall leaves, we can get you out there.

My heart is heavy these past few days, but it has been great getting back in touch with all kinds of people - from the boards to real life randoms who remembered out of nowhere how much I loved the Beasties. The pug and puggle are still great too.

[tpk]

I love hearing that all of you in L.A. LOVE L.A. because I am still trying to figure out how to LOVE L.A.

I am still with my bbmb boyfriend - we celebrated our 9-year anniversary in March. Like someone else said, Thanks MCA!

Just started a new job in the OC a week ago. If you visit Disneyland, we can grab coffee. Living in a SoCal beach city close to family and finally making a salary that reflects the pre-2009-ish depression. I was starting to lose faith in the companies of today, but someone finally stepped up and decided to not take advantage of the economy and pay me what I'm worth. It's in the travel industry, so if you want to take a motorcoach tour on Route 66 or through the New England fall leaves, we can get you out there.

My heart is heavy these past few days, but it has been great getting back in touch with all kinds of people - from the boards to real life randoms who remembered out of nowhere how much I loved the Beasties. The pug and puggle are still great too.well considering you used to live above the clouds in a little cottage i can't say i'm surprised you're questioning LA.

[Matt]

...Also I'd like to say that I still have (and cherish) the tape you made me all those years ago...

Oh, shit.

This reminded me of something that I thought I forgot, so I went to my files.

Dug around for a bit.

And found a mixtape I was supposed to send you in like 2005. Still in the box, with your address on it.

so...um...sorry I never sent it! :(

[RobMoney$]

Met a great girl and fell in love.
After 39 years of living in various parts of the city, sold my place and bought a place in the suburbs. Well, it's not even suburbs really, more like the farmlands of S.Jersey. City living was getting to me too much. It was a much needed change.
Got married (again) to said girl last June and have never been happier.
Did not invite anyone from the BBMB. Sorry :)
Celebrated turning 40 recently.
Currently I am in the process of ditching my career as a chemical engineer and going into business for myself and opening a winery here. We got approved for the loan, just looking for the right deal on a property.
My daughter is getting ready to graduate HS next month and is getting ready for college. My son graduates next year and they are both National honors students and have transitioned well to our new home and their new school.
Life is good.

[trailerprincess]

Loving this thread. Hmmm, well, lots has changed and lots hasn't. On a negative tip, my dear dad died last year after a very brief battle with that bloody cancer bugger. It was very rough going for us all as it happened so quick and like nastee, lots of paperwork and crap to deal with (which is ongoing hahah - my dad was one disorganised chap!) For a while I wasn't sure my mum as going to make it but she went back to the motherland (spain) last summer and seemed to turn a corner and things are 'ok' now.

On the positive side, I became an aunt to a little girl called Katherine Delfina (my brother's little girl) and my sister had a little boy called Elias who is a little gem. They have bought so much love and laughter into our lives, it's been a real tonic. My dad would have loved them so much. I am glossing over the fact that I am the eldest and have yet to pop out a kid but as my mother reminds me every birthday, it's not too late to freeze my eggs (thanks mum!!!)

Am working now for a government pension scheme in London which is also 'ok' but am looking to go back to consulting, mostly for the moolah hahaha - have done my public servant bit and can cross that off my list.

Currently seeing a nice chap called Joerg (german and hilarious) but am not thinking anything long term but that's fine. Had a couple of terrible relationships last year so taking it slowly.

Last year also squeezed in two trips to India with work, a trip to LA and one to Switzerland. Am off to Argentina in 2 weeks time (completely unprepared as usual) and then probably a 'test' holiday to Cuba with my mum later this year. Looking forward to a break with lots of wine and steak and nice hotels.

Adios amoebas xxxx

[Helvete]

I'll read all the posts here later, I'm currently working, but it's good to see all these old faces in light of such sad times.

Me (damaja to you old folk), well I am on deployment in Afghanistan right at the moment, army is still going okay, but I'm thinking about when I will leave (within 2 years probably). I've met the most amazing woman I could ever hope to meet, and I'm probably going to ask her to marry me when I get back from Afghanistan (watch this space). Apart from being away and the love situation, I am the same old me! Life is good, I'm a very lucky guy!

[ma belle]

Hey blasts from the pasts all round. Nice to hear from you all.

I have two careers, I'm a film Editor, most of which you won't have seen, but I've assisted on a number which you may have, or can, such as Life In A Day (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaFVr_cJJIY). My other and more interesting career is as a hypnotist. I've been studying it for 14 years and had some amazing successes with it. There's some weird ass stuff going on out there, I tell you! I'm starting to train others this year, which will help me move away from commercial film industry altogether. I also am a musician. I was in punky mad bands once, like Unrest and Radio Mongolia, which you can find on Youtube, and more recently in a Ska band called The Amnesiacs, also on YT. I have a portable studio with me here, so am spending spare time while working on this film (Japan In A Day) to record a new set, and I'm ready to contact a few people about getting together to go out and rock it later in the year. What else? I've been in a fantastic relationship for 7 1/2 years and it's amazing how we love each other more and more as time goes by, and appreciating every last moment for what it is. Oh and I've been practising martial arts for most of my life - 30 years now, of which Aikido has been the last 14. Peace y'all. mb

[roosta]

it's really great to hear from everyone again.

[Yeti]

My other and more interesting career is as a hypnotist. I've been studying it for 14 years and had some amazing successes with it.

Can you make Echewta cluck like a chicken?

[skinnybutphat]

Good thread, it's good to see a bunch of the old timers are still alive.

I won $125K playing Fantasy Football & decided to become a day trader and lost $60k when the market crashed twice. I still owed the IRS $30k I didn't have. Now desperate because of my IRS debt, I considered a scheme I cooked up a long time ago but instead turned it into a screenplay. I made the mistake of writing it for the one person who quit comedy at the top of his game. I won another $100K playing fantasy football and paid off the IRS. I gave Travolta a happy ending while he ate a slider. Had son #2 and moved the family to the 'burbs. I quit smoking and got neutered. Life these days is challenging, but rewarding. Cherish your independence and free time.

[Miho]

Awesome to hear from many regulars.

[synch]

Decided to give a small update in a massive fit of procrastination.

Lost a job in advertising I started to hate, got a teaching job at a university, make more and work a day less, fixed up the house I bought just before losing the job (adore the kitchen and hardwood floor, still have a lot to do), had some health issues that were resolved more easily than they could have been (will have check-ups for the next decade), missus moved in, lost more people to illness in the past year than I should have, gave a lecture this morning about privacy and security and sported a beasties shirt I bought a little over a week ago, blasted Shadrach over the speakers for the first year students.

Utterly addicted to Community.

Can you make Echewta cluck like a chicken?You don't need a hypnotist for that. Heh.

[DIGI]

Hi. I got married last September. We bought a house in an old timey suburb of Pittsburgh. We adopted 2 lab/golden retriever mixes (Black and Gold, of course) named Riggs and Bailey. Holding down the same job surrounded by a bunch of cut throat bitches in the cellular/wireless industry, although my company just acquired 2 other companies, so hopefully I can move elsewhere soon. Quit smoking. Spend my Friday happy hours with cool neighbors at a local dive bar getting drunk and craving cigarettes (not so much anymore). Lately I've begun an operation of providing pot to cancer patients, one being a terminal Vietnam Marine vet with terminal shit and another being my sister, who was recently diagnosed with breast cancer. She's responding well to treament and has a great prognosis. She has a few marathons under her belt and just completed Pittsburgh's half marathon last Sunday while only being halfway through chemo treatments. Extremely proud of her. The wife and I will most likely start trying to have a baby like...........now.......probably now, so that's pretty big shit. Glad to see all of you.

[Echewta]

Its true. I just need a six pack of Zima and I'm clucking anyway.

[b i o n i c]

its really nice to see everyone back here!

i've been with my lady for a few years now and live together right outside the city. she has restored my faith in humanity. after having gotten out of a toxic relationship, i went wild for a bit and was put down, taken in and domesticated by this wonderful girl. she's the epitome of goodness... she's a librarian, reads a ton, loves the arts and fully supports me with my dreams. her family is really great and i actually enjoy seeing them... ive been able to enjoy spending time with mine too - which for me was never a thing.

also, my sister had a 3 year engagement and finally got married a few weeks ago - - in the process i have gotten to know her husbands family and have rediscovered the importance of close loving relationships with mine. i have to say, all these things have done wonders for my psyche and given me the bandwidth to grow into the adult i never thought i would be. a lot of anger and angst came directly from family issues (not my parents or siblings but the rest of them). the last few years have helped me move on.

i quit smoking, dramatically cut down on the beerz and now only have the occasional toke, last time a month ago and november before that. feeling better inside makes everything easier, putting less toxic shit in me does too - kind of creates this self-feeding cycle of healthy which has been great.

yauch's passing has really done a number on me for many reasons of the same i've seen here on many threads. its hit me much harder than i'd imagined it could. im still processing it and going through ups and downs about it. i cried a few times over the weekend, im not ashamed to admit it.

i hope that this community stays together still. this place has been an essential part of my life and a part of my growth. at various levels, i feel that i've learned a lot about myself through these boards. through reading about many of your lives, through meeting some of you in real life, through good things and bad.

i guess i'll take this opportunity to say thank all of you for being you. i always looked forward to coming here and i'd like to think a few of you liked me around. thank you for the goodness and good times and i'm truly sorry for any misunderstandings. rock on

peace(y)

[Documad]

I still can't be articulate and I don't want to cry now.

I just want to thank all of you who posted here regularly circa 2004-2006. I was pretty pooped out when I arrived. I have great friends in real life but they're not that interested in music or at least not anything I'd like. When I came here, I was way too old for this place, but I was exposed to people with good taste, interesting taste, or just a different take. I started going to more live music again and trying out new things. I also remembered a lot of music I'd set aside years before. It wasn't just the music where you influenced me, but I've kept up with the live music and the traveling to follow good music around. It's really enriched my life and the impetus for that is directly tied to me joining this place when TT5B came out.

(as for the rest, I love my job and I've been very fortunate re the people I have around me, so things are great)

[avignon]

Whut Avignon, That's awesome!
Do you feel at home yet here in Dutchland?
Short answer-no.

[Bitchamachacha]

Its true. I just need a six pack of Zima and I'm clucking anyway.


They still make Zima?

[Yetra Flam]

Oh yeah, I'm married now as well. But not for the same romantic reasons that normal people are. It's ok actually.

[Randetica]

Oh yeah, I'm married now as well. But not for the same romantic reasons that normal people are. It's ok actually.

to gareth?

[Yetra Flam]

Lol

[jennyb]

well crap. I just typed up a long blurb and it magically disappeared grrrr.... I really enjoyed reading through this thread and catching up with you all. This community is a special place for me as I've met so many special friends through it all, including my best friend and husband. Paulb and I got hitched 1/2/10 and a year later had a baby boy on 1/4/11. Last October resigned from my 14 yr career that I loved, sold a house I loved to pack up, leave Los Angeles and move home (northern WI) to be near family. Baby switched up priorities a whole bunch! Been loving the quality time with my Mother who turned 77 today. Yauch's passing has affirmed this huge decision, I know I'll look back on these times shared with her fondly. My son adores her, whereas he'd otherwise see her 1 or 2 times a year if we stayed in LA. Been undergoing an exhaustive job hunt in hopes of finding work in Chicago to maintain our city lifestyle to no avail. Finally landed a solid job but it's up north (much to Paul's chagrin). This is going to be good for us however and for our son. We're surrounded by family and love and the cost of living here is so cheap it just may allow us to follow some bands around. Too bad it won't be the Beastie Brothers. *sigh* Anyhow, so much major change around here and MCA's loss is pure icing on the cake... my thoughts are so scrambled and random these days. Guess I'll just stop there. Good to hear from you all and let's not be strangers, ok?

[Documad]

Holy shit, you left LA. Jenny and Paul, you need to move to Minneapolis!!!

[Pres Zount]

Oh yeah, I'm married now as well. But not for the same romantic reasons that normal people are. It's ok actually.

Woah! To the Mexican dude? I hope things are good for you.

[Bob]

whoa indeed! congratulations!...?

[Matt]

They still make Zima?

Strictly for Echewta.

[jennyb]

Holy shit, you left LA. Jenny and Paul, you need to move to Minneapolis!!!

I did send a few resumes to the cities... my problem is my old job let me 'be' Architect without actually being one. The plan now is to do whatever I got to do to get my licensure. I also landed a freelance gig up north here on a WINERY remodel and expansion... I'ma be a busy gurrrrrl. But hey, at least there's wine involved ;) We'll have to hit you up when we get over your way Doc! My sister lives there so it's inevitable. Can you say SHOWS?!

[DIGI]

They still make Zima?

It's kind of a mixture of Zima and Tequiza. It's called Bud Light Lime....and Echewta loves it.

[mikizee]

Oh yeah I'm now a Justice of the Peace, and will soon be a Special Justice, which means I'll be a judge in court. Purely for teh lulz.

[skinnybutphat]

Hi. I got married last September. We bought a house in an old timey suburb of Pittsburgh.

Congrats! Travel before you have kids.

[DIGI]

Thanks.

We were going to until our borough decided to kick us in the collective nuts with a 30 day notice to fix some retaining walls surrounding our house. $18,000 was the cheapest estimate. So long, dreams of experiencing different cultures! Maybe we can meet back up in 20 fucking years after our leec.....er......kids move out.

[Yetra Flam]

Woah! To the Mexican dude? I hope things are good for you.

Hehe no, another person

[Freebasser]

TurdBerglar?

[zippo]

who! and what do you mean it's not like the rest of marriages, like a no-no marriage for foreigners? haha

[camo]

Wow Zount :eek: - Glad you'r better now.

Mines simple, seeing as I've still been frequenting the board albeit in patchy periods.

I have the same job as an Art Director - directing fashion shoots. The recession saw to my jet setting ways so it's mostly done in studios now rather than on location. I still live in a place called Leeds.

I have a wonderful girlfriend, Hollie. I only own one Gecko again and I've just had the most amazing cheese and pickle sandwich.

Glad you're all doing great.

[mikizee]

I just had a ham, turkey and pastrami sandwich, and it was unfulfilling

so sad

[camo]

Hang in there man.

[Homsar]

I ride a bike.

[cookiepuss]

I'm trying to remember if I ever really told you enough about myself to warrant an update....

[tpk]

I'm trying to remember if I ever really told you enough about myself to warrant an update....

this qualifies as an update (y).

[abbott]

Monday I get to go into the public schools and teach 3rd graders about boomerangs. One of my favorite days of the year as I am a boomerang expert.

Also, last night was eating out with the family and the place was robbed at gunpiont and the robber got away with over $500. The gunman had his gun out and pointing toward my family about 15 feet away. No shit. Then we could not leave do to a lock down. The lady at the front is a hero for handing over the cash so fast with no fight and no shots. It all lasted about 2 minutes.

[ms.peachy]

Also, last night was eating out with the family and the place was robbed at gunpiont and the robber got away with over $500. The gunman had his gun out and pointing toward my family about 15 feet away. No shit. Then we could not leave do to a lock down. The lady at the front is a hero for handing over the cash so fast with no fight and no shots. It all lasted about 2 minutes.

:eek: Holy fucking shit, man! Glad that ended well.

[~Mae~]

Where to begin...

[Rock-A]

don't remember what my old username was..rock? rock1? who knows....

quit corporate world.
going to school full time.
work at a restaurant full time.
watch my sister beat cancer.
too selfish and fucked up to be there for her.
became a dick to women.
developed a big bottle of rum a day habit.
developed some other nasties.
met a girl.
chose the nasties and booze over her.
turned out to be a real piece of shit.
kicked all those.
concentrating on school.
concentrating on staying away from things that make me a bigger douche than i already am.
it'll all be ok...i think.

other than all that stupid bullshit...things are good.

[Mae]

don't remember what my old username was..rock? rock1? who knows....

quit corporate world.
going to school full time.
work at a restaurant full time.
watch my sister beat cancer.
too selfish and fucked up to be there for her.
became a dick to women.
developed a big bottle of rum a day habit.
developed some other nasties.
met a girl.
chose the nasties and booze over her.
turned out to be a real piece of shit.
kicked all those.
concentrating on school.
concentrating on staying away from things that make me a bigger douche than i already am.
it'll all be ok...i think.I remember you.

my life right now?
Teaching full time
working part time with juvenile delinquents
In school for my doctorate in education
Living with friends and having fun. Moving back into the city this summer.
dealt with my mom having breast cancer (she's good)
dealing with my best friend having 2 kinds of cancers (recovering from surgery now)
being awesome.

[Kid Presentable]

don't remember what my old username was..rock? rock1? who knows....

quit corporate world.
going to school full time.
work at a restaurant full time.
watch my sister beat cancer.
too selfish and fucked up to be there for her.
became a dick to women.
developed a big bottle of rum a day habit.
developed some other nasties.
met a girl.
chose the nasties and booze over her.
turned out to be a real piece of shit.
kicked all those.
concentrating on school.
concentrating on staying away from things that make me a bigger douche than i already am.
it'll all be ok...i think.

other than all that stupid bullshit...things are good.

Rock? Ruben10ff? Good to see you, man.

[Homsar]

A more serious update for me.

I stopped posting on here around 2006, I believe anyway. I had graduated and received my Bachelor's degree. Had a few fun relationships with a few women and one serious relationship that ended in September of 2008. I fell into a rather dark point after that and drank a bit. I met someone during the winter of 2008 and eventually we hooked up at the beginning of 2009. I moved to Michigan and enjoyed a wonderful relationship with her until about the summer when things got a bit weird. We got through them and moved to Grand Rapids where we both would attend school. I was going to work on my Master's degree. I was mentally abused and physically abused during the last four months of our relationship.

Well, long story short, I found myself on the floor with a knife held to my throat. My life almost came to an end that November Sunday. She suffers from Borderline Personality Disorder and has a long history of extremely violent behavior. Of course, I wasn't aware of this until later in our relationship. I took my two cats, 5% of all my belongings (includes clothes, DVDs, CDs and other odds and ends) and drove 15 hours back home. I lost most of my stuff (which included paintings and sculptures, cameras, clothes, movies, music, and sentimental things), but I cherished my life and the nine lives of my cats more.

After months of being physically and mentally abused, I was free; however, I still was a mess due to her violence. I was lost and confused. That was almost three years ago and I am still trying to heal. It took time, but I am beginning to get myself grounded again. I am currently going to Graduate school and will walk out of there in the beginning of 2014 with a Master's degree. I am back in my hometown, but hopefully not for long.

I am horribly suffering from severe depression, but I'm still moving on.

[tpk]

A more serious update for me.

I stopped posting on here around 2006, I believe anyway. I had graduated and received my Bachelor's degree. Had a few fun relationships with a few women and one serious relationship that ended in September of 2008. I fell into a rather dark point after that and drank a bit. I met someone during the winter of 2008 and eventually we hooked up at the beginning of 2009. I moved to Michigan and enjoyed a wonderful relationship with her until about the summer when things got a bit weird. We got through them and moved to Grand Rapids where we both would attend school. I was going to work on my Master's degree. I was mentally abused and physically abused during the last four months of our relationship.

Well, long story short, I found myself on the floor with a knife held to my throat. My life almost came to an end that November Sunday. She suffers from Borderline Personality Disorder and has a long history of extremely violent behavior. Of course, I wasn't aware of this until later in our relationship. I took my two cats, 5% of all my belongings (includes clothes, DVDs, CDs and other odds and ends) and drove 15 hours back home. I lost most of my stuff (which included paintings and sculptures, cameras, clothes, movies, music, and sentimental things), but I cherished my life and the nine lives of my cats more.

After months of being physically and mentally abused, I was free; however, I still was a mess due to her violence. I was lost and confused. That was almost three years ago and I am still trying to heal. It took time, but I am beginning to get myself grounded again. I am currently going to Graduate school and will walk out of there in the beginning of 2014 with a Master's degree. I am back in my hometown, but hopefully not for long.

I am horribly suffering from severe depression, but I'm still moving on.whoa. that is messed up, i'm glad you made it out okay at least. you seem to be on top of your current situation though which in my mind is the most important aspect of getting back into it.

keep on working on a return and what didn't kill you only made you stronger :)

[Mae]

A more serious update for me.

I stopped posting on here around 2006, I believe anyway. I had graduated and received my Bachelor's degree. Had a few fun relationships with a few women and one serious relationship that ended in September of 2008. I fell into a rather dark point after that and drank a bit. I met someone during the winter of 2008 and eventually we hooked up at the beginning of 2009. I moved to Michigan and enjoyed a wonderful relationship with her until about the summer when things got a bit weird. We got through them and moved to Grand Rapids where we both would attend school. I was going to work on my Master's degree. I was mentally abused and physically abused during the last four months of our relationship.

Well, long story short, I found myself on the floor with a knife held to my throat. My life almost came to an end that November Sunday. She suffers from Borderline Personality Disorder and has a long history of extremely violent behavior. Of course, I wasn't aware of this until later in our relationship. I took my two cats, 5% of all my belongings (includes clothes, DVDs, CDs and other odds and ends) and drove 15 hours back home. I lost most of my stuff (which included paintings and sculptures, cameras, clothes, movies, music, and sentimental things), but I cherished my life and the nine lives of my cats more.

After months of being physically and mentally abused, I was free; however, I still was a mess due to her violence. I was lost and confused. That was almost three years ago and I am still trying to heal. It took time, but I am beginning to get myself grounded again. I am currently going to Graduate school and will walk out of there in the beginning of 2014 with a Master's degree. I am back in my hometown, but hopefully not for long.

I am horribly suffering from severe depression, but I'm still moving on.

Wow.
You are pretty amazing for getting out of there.
Congratulations on getting your life back and making it an even better one without her in it. Healing takes time, but it does happen. :)
Much respect.

[KingPsyz]

Ummmmmmmmmmm..... I moved back to the city, had a shitty relationship, dated on and off and decided to enjoy being single for a while. So far I'm digging the fuck out of it. Next Tuesday I start a new sales job (Volkswagons & Acuras....vroom) and have been getting over some health things.

Aiedyn is 12 and dating an 11-year-old (grrrrrr). He braids his armpit hair because he has it. He also informed me last week he'd gotten his first butt zit. He recently filled his ipod with Blur, Beasties, Gorillaz and Nirvana. Plus he's still an honor student, though he stinks at the maths.

Long story short- my kid's hit puberty (n) and I'm aging somewhat gracefully. (y)

Does he still don the bucket from time to time?

[KingPsyz]

Nice catching up.

As for me, 7 years later still working for alruggs at the Toyota gig. Been with my girlfriend just a few more months than my time here.

We have a 4 year old who has taken to my love of rock and hip hop, super heroes, and video games. He's like a mini-me without the obesity...

I was diagnosed with diabeetus and fell off the vegan wagon, I have been pretty bad about diet but trying to set things in motion.

I have given up on writing and the whole zine thing since I met the Beasties a few years back at the $2Bill show here in Vegas. I may start again, but we'll see if anyone cares about the opinions of someone who stopped being relevent 10 years ago thinks.

I was in the process of starting a food truck but my financial partner flaked a bit and some of my contacts turned out to be fake as fuck, still got a menu and lots of ideas so it's not buried in the ground dead, but definately on ice.

I have bought a home (and about to loose it), and now my girlfriend has started buying a new custom home we got a great deal on (what I should have bought...)

Now a days I work, play with my kids, watch Fringe or Game of Thrones, play some Skyrim, and repeat.

Hoping once my bankruptcy is done and we move into the new place I can take some life back. Looking forward to taking the 11 year old to his first show, too bad it won't be the Beasties now... :(

Trying to also loose some serious weight this summer so I can take the little one to Disneyland for the first time.

[M|X|Y]

good luck homsar..

[Homsar]

good luck homsar..

Thanks. It seems things are going well for now, which is very nice. This town I live in drags me down though and I really need to move out soon.

[miss soul fire]

I'm married and have 4 kids.


Hell no. Still single and about to turn 34. Yes. Men still hate me. They don't want anything serious with me. I'm the devil apparently! Yay.

Anyway. Just decided to study to be a diplomat. My dream since I was a teen. Don't ask me why I've never tried. But it's gonna be hard. Years of studying though...Extremely hard exam.


Nice to see you all back here. I miss you guys. Hihi.:D

[miss soul fire]

A more serious update for me.

I stopped posting on here around 2006, I believe anyway. I had graduated and received my Bachelor's degree. Had a few fun relationships with a few women and one serious relationship that ended in September of 2008. I fell into a rather dark point after that and drank a bit. I met someone during the winter of 2008 and eventually we hooked up at the beginning of 2009. I moved to Michigan and enjoyed a wonderful relationship with her until about the summer when things got a bit weird. We got through them and moved to Grand Rapids where we both would attend school. I was going to work on my Master's degree. I was mentally abused and physically abused during the last four months of our relationship.

Well, long story short, I found myself on the floor with a knife held to my throat. My life almost came to an end that November Sunday. She suffers from Borderline Personality Disorder and has a long history of extremely violent behavior. Of course, I wasn't aware of this until later in our relationship. I took my two cats, 5% of all my belongings (includes clothes, DVDs, CDs and other odds and ends) and drove 15 hours back home. I lost most of my stuff (which included paintings and sculptures, cameras, clothes, movies, music, and sentimental things), but I cherished my life and the nine lives of my cats more.

After months of being physically and mentally abused, I was free; however, I still was a mess due to her violence. I was lost and confused. That was almost three years ago and I am still trying to heal. It took time, but I am beginning to get myself grounded again. I am currently going to Graduate school and will walk out of there in the beginning of 2014 with a Master's degree. I am back in my hometown, but hopefully not for long.

I am horribly suffering from severe depression, but I'm still moving on.

:(

[venusvenus123]

I am loving everyone's updates. Great thread idea Nastee.

The last major personal update I did on here was telling you all about being diagnosed with cystic fibrosis. I had been unwell for a while around 2009-11 and seemed to take ages to get my strength back but at the moment I am beginning to feel more like my old self again. I'm slightly wary of tempting fate but I want to be positive!

I'm adjusting pretty well to all the daily treatments I have to do and seeing them more as keeping on top of things rather than taking medicines because I'm sick. I stopped being frightened that I'm about to die any time soon.

Other than that my life is pretty good: with husband for 20+ years (we still like one another a fair bit:)) and our son is coming up to 12. My job in parliament is getting more interesting again now that I'm stronger.
and... I love my garden :cool:

We're going to California this August and will be meeting up with Echewta and Cosmo. YAY!

[Randetica]

im in lurve

[Helvete]

I'm married and have 4 kids.


Hell no. Still single and about to turn 34. Yes. Men still hate me. They don't want anything serious with me. I'm the devil apparently! Yay.

Anyway. Just decided to study to be a diplomat. My dream since I was a teen. Don't ask me why I've never tried. But it's gonna be hard. Years of studying though...Extremely hard exam.


Nice to see you all back here. I miss you guys. Hihi.:D

Men don't hate you, you're lovely! You must be doing something wrong.

[Homsar]

The men must be gay. There is no other explanation.