LongGone

It's been 121 days since I met someone who changed my world. Compared to that, nothing else matters, nor will I explain further.

You are SO lucky you have Matt.

I second the motion.

Same advice I give when asked. The problem is.... I tell everyone I don't give a flying **** what other people think, and I don't. But nothing sucks worse than being ignored. I get lots of replies for what I think are weak stories and almost no replies for what I think are masterpieces. You have to be psychologically ready for it. Not everyone is. I hate it. But I keep writing. Sometimes I write and never post it because some things are so personal I'm not willing to risk rejection. Other times I post with much fanfare. And a few times, I've quietly had my stuff posted to see if anyone even notices. It's not an experiment for the faint of heart. I've never looked at a story counter. I'm confident I'd give up on the spot. I believe most authors fall somewhere in the middle.

If they'll let YOU in that proves they have absolutely NO STANDARDS at all. Damn. Didn't Groucho Marx say he wouldn't want to be in any club that would have him as a member? Welcome, Paulie. Now, there's the door. Vamoose

Gee, and I thought the one in the middle looked gay. J/K

Thanks for posting that. If you help one person, you've done more than most people.

Mine has been various forms of a raccoon since I was saddled with the raccoon moniker accidentally. (See post elsewhere). I wasn't very happy but have grown to accept the various versions of this name thrown at my with relatively good humour -- at least as far as any rodent can expect to have good humour. I found this new Warrior Raccoon a few months ago and decided it was a better image than the cute furry critter I use elsewhere.

Probably yes. Wow. Deep question. But it didn't take me more than 1 second to decide.

Who are you?

Or without MUCH fear. At least in one case, Me.

I dislike it. Especially as a newcomer, I see old posts, trying to figure out who's who and have very little luck sometimes. It's something the mods should do via a request from the member. (There ARE good reasons sometimes why a name should be changed). My two pence/cents/etc.

I am sad I didn't find this thread sooner. Quite a few of the photos are "no longer available" But, after nearly an hour of paging through all 49 pages of posts, do you know what makes me interested in this thread***? There's all these people who all have their own look from all walks of life. Everyone is just "regular people" -- and I mean that in a nice way. I think there is still this common misconception in the straight world at large that gay people have a certain "look" about them. And it's just not true. There are hot people, average people, effeminate looking people, butch looking people, odd looking people, and everything in the middle and going to the extremes on both ends. The point is, you are who you are. Gays, straights, and everyone else come from all walks of life and come in all shapes, sizes, and colours*. I wish people would understand that and I get frustrated that there is so much hate in the world (and not just against sexual orientation). Where's my picture? Hell no. I read terms of service here and it said no patently offensive posts, and I can assure you my picture would crack your monitor so fast, you'd be running to lawyer to file suit for redress. A few of you that I know from other boards have seen my photo (e-mail) and once you get to know me -- that means we're on a first name basis -- and if you ask nicely, I might email it to you. But you have to sign a release form for any damage caused to your eyes, monitor, or psyche first. I am a very camera shy raccoon** I apologize for this random and disjointed post. * Except Mauve. Don't ask. You don't want to know. ** And besides, I'm afraid someone might recognize me and that would be bad. *** I mean aside from the fact that there were a few photos that made me go "Wow, I wish I had HIS phone number!" And of course the obligatory "this makes me feel so old" bit as well.

Lucky me. I feel special. I think I need a shower.

No, but thanks for asking. I hope you found that helpful }:>

Congrats on this. Everyone deserves happiness and not everyone gets it. I'm glad it was you.

I hereby second the motion. WAIT FOR ME!!!! I've only been here a few days, but I would like to nominate this as the MOST BORING THREAD EVER. Is that presumptuous of me?

I've met nobody. And I'm very leery of meeting anyone. There are a few I'd like to meet but my last attempt to meet my readers didn't pan out well. Risky business, anyway.

You have earned a reprieve. I've always wanted my own personal stalker.

I must throw a comment in. Nothing turns me off more romantically than a smoker. If I met the PERFECT person (and I recently have) and he/she/it smoked, there would be NO INTEREST from me. None. It's the smell. However, I do respect people's desires to smoke*. If you want to, I'm not going to judge you in public; but I'm not going to date you either. I can't. Everyone has something that repulses them and this one's a huge one. I only mention this, not to stir debate, but because most of my friends feel the same way. * I have friends that smoke.

It's posts like this that piss me off. My first day here, and my secret plot has already been foiled. Espionage is so damned hard without having your secrets blabbed. I have hired the death ninja to snuff out the counter-spy... I just met NaperVic, and now I must kill him. PS: I got the Avatar figured out -- thanks Graeme.

Hello I'm WriteByMyself. I'm an author who is currently at AwesomeDude, DaBeagle, and CodeysWorld. I already know quite a few of you here -- I recognize some names. Most of my stories are here: http://awesomedude.com/wbms/ My sorry-ass web page is here: http://writebymyself.tripod.com/ (yeah, I know, it's tres lame) I like to write though most of what I write, I don't bother to post. I am a perfectionist and much of what I write doesn't meet my own requirements for seeing the light of day. I figured since this is the place to say "HI" that I should say "HI," so: HI. That was very exciting. Please, hold your applause until the end. As you can see, I have an odd sense of humour, but those who know me will attest to that. And the rest of you lot will figure it out. I'm still playing with getting the settings here right. ::rolls eyes:: And that concludes my second random post. Future posts will be made, but a small charge of