Sad Face :(

[Kyrinn the Black]

MY life in general is going to crap, that's why I haven't had the ambition to paricipate lately.

I was starting to get into Phantasy Star Universe with Loveless last month but my xbox 360 tanked on me leaving me unable to play with him. I biught the game for the PS2 but the members of this association have left an impossibly high standard to live up to, and as a result, I only found 2 people to associate with (Sky and Eclipse) and they're absolutely never online. To correct my 360 woes I tried to push through a couple of projects at work so I could get a nice bonus but my help dissolved and despite working 16-18 hour days I just wasnt able to get it done by myself. Since I'm on salary I got exactly nothing (no overtime or anything) for my effort since I failed.

We had a couple of things going for us at work but the company has gotten hammered lately and most everything has fallen through. The work I can do doesn't really pay the bills so I'm pretty powerless to save anyone, but I still do what I can. I only have 3 people left that work for me, 1 is skilled but unreliable, 1 is reliable but unskilled, and 1 id both skilled and reliable but the company director keeps him to busy to do anything I need done.

My Mom went to Florida for the Holidays (I'm in MI) leaving me with the inlaws to spend time with. I have a comedians relationship with my inlaws so the notion is less than palatable to me.

Looking for a creative outlet I went to the local hobby shop to buy some plastic sheeting and tubing to make some warhammer models with only to find the shop shut down. An extsneive search of the city turned up nothing.

I can't seem to write much less sit still with all the crap that went wrong. Normaly I hate sympathy but I wrote this without another outlet available so don't feel compelled to respond. I probably owe anyone reading this an apology, and I really am sorry but I had to spew this somewhere and this was the only place I had left.

Again, sorry for wasting your time.

[Nikkii O'seth]

Things will get better I'm sure, and I still peek in on the ps2 every so often.

[Kyrinn the Black]

Well I'm starting to claw my way back to my feet. I handled a couple of "sensitive" issues at work so the director handed me a fat bonus. I'm hoping things will level off before Feb. and I'll be back to normal.

[Nikkii O'seth]

Thats great news to hear kyrinn nice to see you made it through.

[Phelan]

Good to hear Kyrinn

[Kyrinn the Black]

Well things didn't level off. It looks like the company I work for is in serious trouble despite all my efforts. I've been putting my personnal life on the back burner for a long time to try and get things going. Looks like it was all for nothing. I guess it leaves me with more time to put in here. I'm thinking about dusting some old projects off, this site being one of them. I'll try and get some of the ideas I had in a more completed state and post them here by the end of the month.

[Nikkii O'seth]

Will be waiting to see them.

[Phelan]

Sorry to hear that Kyrinn, but we will be eagerly waiting to see your stuff

[Elindar]

It is with a heavy heart that I read this. I have gone through a similar situation watching a company I worked for that was more than just good to me, go by the wayside. It was very sad as well, it was a partnership of brothers where one was good at the product side and the other was a great businessman. The second brother contracted cancer and as his health diminished so did the firm.

Anyway, even though don't poke my head in as much here...Rhabuka and I send our best!


On the other side of RP... After being a raid leader on the horde side in WoW I am leaving that game...We have both participated in beta for LOTRO and are planning to make Middle Earth our homes.

I know the best RPers here were villains, to put it lightly <winks at Nikki> but you guys have always been the folks we thought about and gave me especially insanity...when 40 people would follow me into a Dragon's lair and then bitch about the loot...

Anyway, The Pillagers of Pipeweed (this is the guild I am forming in LOTRO) will be low stress...Moderate to High RP...

pillagersofpipe.proboards100.com/index.cgi

still setting up the boards today

[Kyrinn the Black]

Didn't really mean to fall off of the face of the earth like that. Not too long after my last post here I came down with Rheumatoid Arthritis and everything went down hill from there. I'll spare the boring details but my health has sense been diminishing pretty extensively still. A recent chest X-ray and MRI (or something like it) turned up abnormalities in my lungs and near my heart. I'm currently awaiting a call from a Pulminologist (one of 3 doctors I see regularly now) who is trying to get me in for a Biopsy this week or next. I'm hoping for anything but Lymphoma

While I've been out sick the company I worked for went under and it's sort of hard finding a job in my current condition so I've had a lot of time on my hands recently. My old boss bought me a new laptop right before he went under so I could at least stay productive while I'm down and out. We're currently working on a handful of creative projects together which if nothing else gives me something else to focus on.

With the new computer I started looking at some of the games I missed out on like WoW. I haven't tried LOTR but I plan on giving it a look soon. If any of you are playing anything let me know. It doesnt look like I'm going to get any better any time soon but I want to rejoin the ranks the living (or unliving in the case of the undead I suppose).

[Phelan]

Gaien and I made the switch to LOTRO just last week and it is awesome! Sorry to hear about your recent medical problems. Hope everything goes well for you.

[Elindar]

That does sound like ALOT of turmoil. Luckily you have always struck me as a strong person with the will to persevere. I will cross all my digits that the biopsy comes back negative (meaning no lymphoma). I hope to see you in Middle Earth...it is very fleshed out and Turbine is an incredibly dynamic developer....

Rhabuka and My thoughts are with ya bud!

[Nikkii O'seth]

I'm still playing lineage 2 and I hope for the best for you.