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Post by Jedi Knight Fett on Jan 28, 2024 12:53:19 GMT -5
Hey guys I am back. Completely forgot about this place for 2 years. Cause I lost my password and it slowly slipped my mind. Well I guessed it correctly today. So hey. I hope you guys don’t take this the wrong way, but I am impressed that this place is still going. When I last tried to log in probably late 2021 I didn’t think this place had another year left in it. I am glad to be proven wrong. Although I haven’t ever spent that much time here and prefer the Jedi Council forums. This place does have a special place in my heart and means a lot to me and I am glad you guys at least some of you are still here to keep it going. It reminds me of my humble begins when I couldn’t spell for shit on starwars.com (although my spelling isn’t that much better lol).
Anyway I hope you’re all doing well.
Also Newan I saw your post about you getting back into school after Covid screwed everything up. I was in a similar boat. I should have graduated 2 years ago, but Covid happened and some other bad stuff in late 2019 threw me off. In my last semester now. Majoring in project management and history. Wish you all the best my friend.
Also Panda I get that. When I logged back in I thought my last post would have been from late 2022 or early 2023 not May of 2021.
Anyway weather this is one of my last posts here or I stick around I just want to know I appreciate you guys. Without you guys putting up with my shitty grammar I wouldn’t be where I am today. I still stick by the fact that forums such as this and Jedi Council forums have improved my grammar more than any university or K-12 class ever did.
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Post by Maverick-Jedi-Valen on Jan 30, 2024 15:21:39 GMT -5
Hey guys I am back. Completely forgot about this place for 2 years. Cause I lost my password and it slowly slipped my mind. Well I guessed it correctly today. So hey. I hope you guys don’t take this the wrong way, but I am impressed that this place is still going. When I last tried to log in probably late 2021 I didn’t think this place had another year left in it. I am glad to be proven wrong. Although I haven’t ever spent that much time here and prefer the Jedi Council forums. This place does have a special place in my heart and means a lot to me and I am glad you guys at least some of you are still here to keep it going. It reminds me of my humble begins when I couldn’t spell for shit on starwars.com (although my spelling isn’t that much better lol). Anyway I hope you’re all doing well. Also Newan I saw your post about you getting back into school after Covid screwed everything up. I was in a similar boat. I should have graduated 2 years ago, but Covid happened and some other bad stuff in late 2019 threw me off. In my last semester now. Majoring in project management and history. Wish you all the best my friend. Also Panda I get that. When I logged back in I thought my last post would have been from late 2022 or early 2023 not May of 2021. Anyway weather this is one of my last posts here or I stick around I just want to know I appreciate you guys. Without you guys putting up with my shitty grammar I wouldn’t be where I am today. I still stick by the fact that forums such as this and Jedi Council forums have improved my grammar more than any university or K-12 class ever did. Welcome back man and same here. My grammar and punctuation today are about 80% thanks to this place  God knows what kind of moron I seemed like when I started lol Also glad you're at journey's end with studying. Hope it takes you far |
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Post by Echani on Feb 1, 2024 1:53:20 GMT -5
Sister is doing better and is home! It's actually really weird the ear/nose/throat specialist said it would at least be 3 weeks before the trach could come out, which meant she would need a feeding tube in her stomach as the food bag wasn't optimal long term, and it could've meant even longer recovery time. She miraculously recovered over night even though she has scar damage from thrasing around while intubated. It was really scary and for the most part its over now. She has a bandaid over the trach wound, and it is healing super fast, been home a week. No signs of delirium or anything bad. She has had very intense nightmares though, and hallucinated a majority of what she remembers at the hospital. She was there from my birthday the 29th to the like the 24th of jan. She is on pain meds and definitely is shaken up but she's definitely okay now. It was a BIG sign of relief just to see her get moved out of the ICU units originally. I'm moving into my first apartment by myself, really anxious about the whole ordeal. I've been living at home, not saving money but I do pay a small amount in rent. I feel stuck here and I'm not sure really what to do, now I'm getting an apartment and have full rent/utilities/groceries to worry about now. I'm definitely blessed to be able to move out so late, unfortunately I am going to be very broke. Fortunately, I can doordash on the side to make some extra money. It didn't help that my radiator blew on the highway and my car was smoking like a fog machine, just dropped 1k to get that fixed on top of new tires, but that's just standard maintenance The only other place I can go right now is my grandma's....so kind of sucks. I've been trying to make things work, they haven't, now it's like my family wants me to move out and is definitely pushing me since I can't stay with them lol. I would stay with my grandma but I just feel kind of like, lame for that since I'm 24. Wish me luck, and hope I don't get evicted. I've wanted to be independent for years, I just never got financially where I wanted to be. I've got a grand in my bank and move out in 60 days. Rent is 1,200 a month. Family member is cosigning, so that makes it more stressful in a sense but also doable I guess, on paper or whatever. I probably sound like a bum typing all this, but it is what is I just have to work with it. I'm just going to try to save up a little bit and see what options I can look into for a better long-term career potentially or something. |
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Post by Maverick-Jedi-Valen on Feb 7, 2024 15:08:57 GMT -5
Sister is doing better and is home! It's actually really weird the ear/nose/throat specialist said it would at least be 3 weeks before the trach could come out, which meant she would need a feeding tube in her stomach as the food bag wasn't optimal long term, and it could've meant even longer recovery time. She miraculously recovered over night even though she has scar damage from thrasing around while intubated. It was really scary and for the most part its over now. She has a bandaid over the trach wound, and it is healing super fast, been home a week. No signs of delirium or anything bad. She has had very intense nightmares though, and hallucinated a majority of what she remembers at the hospital. She was there from my birthday the 29th to the like the 24th of jan. She is on pain meds and definitely is shaken up but she's definitely okay now. It was a BIG sign of relief just to see her get moved out of the ICU units originally. I'm moving into my first apartment by myself, really anxious about the whole ordeal. I've been living at home, not saving money but I do pay a small amount in rent. I feel stuck here and I'm not sure really what to do, now I'm getting an apartment and have full rent/utilities/groceries to worry about now. I'm definitely blessed to be able to move out so late, unfortunately I am going to be very broke. Fortunately, I can doordash on the side to make some extra money. It didn't help that my radiator blew on the highway and my car was smoking like a fog machine, just dropped 1k to get that fixed on top of new tires, but that's just standard maintenance The only other place I can go right now is my grandma's....so kind of sucks. I've been trying to make things work, they haven't, now it's like my family wants me to move out and is definitely pushing me since I can't stay with them lol. I would stay with my grandma but I just feel kind of like, lame for that since I'm 24. Wish me luck, and hope I don't get evicted. I've wanted to be independent for years, I just never got financially where I wanted to be. I've got a grand in my bank and move out in 60 days. Rent is 1,200 a month. Family member is cosigning, so that makes it more stressful in a sense but also doable I guess, on paper or whatever. I probably sound like a bum typing all this, but it is what is I just have to work with it. I'm just going to try to save up a little bit and see what options I can look into for a better long-term career potentially or something. That's great she's going to be alright man. Just a shame it's not the end of your problems. Might be worth looking into working towards a good job, but honestly there's no shame in staying with a grandparent. Times are tough and more people our age stay with family as the costs are too steep. Once you find a job with potential, you can make those baby steps towards an improved situation |
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Post by Echani on Feb 9, 2024 21:24:34 GMT -5
Yeah I'll definitely have to look around. Going to see if Home Depot would give me a weekend shift at least two for 8 hours. If not ill be looking into doing doordash or something on the weekends. I already signed the lease or I would have considered it. I don't consider anyone living with their family in this economy lame, but family has high expectations so I'm going to try to make it work. Personally if I have kids, they can move out whenever if finances provide it, as long as they can be independent in other ways and still grow I wouldn't mind it. Still, I definitely have a lot of personal inflection and growing to do as a person as tough as things have been, if I try to approach things with a different mindset I should avail. In my earlier twenties I was very impatient and angry, now I'm moreso understanding and try to make the best of every situation. I think everything is going to come with experience, I'm behind forsure but I think it didn't matter when I left if I can stick to good goals and try to make it work. If not well...I definitely won't have internet connection to update you I'm thinking of doing cybersecurity. It's an online degree with a 6 month certificate that can make upwards of 60k a year, but I'm sure it is competitive. I thought about becoming a park ranger but that requires a degree, is low paying, and highly competitive. Wish I could just do something actually amazing like create a product, or patent just for the fun or creativeness of it all. I feel like real world jobs are just not very soul quenching you know, they are very practical without an abundance of flavor or artistic touch. Not that I'm some entrepreneur type that listens to andrew tate and wants to sell you a pen, but just in the freedom of my own way type of thing. I think it'd be fun. |
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Post by Maverick-Jedi-Valen on Feb 22, 2024 14:57:00 GMT -5
Anyone hear the news of the battlefront rereleases?
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Post by Echani on Feb 23, 2024 19:19:31 GMT -5
Anyone hear the news of the battlefront rereleases? I did a little bit, is it just a re-release or are they doing anything to it? I know a lot of games servers from earlier days have closed down, but battlefront 2 is currently playable with multiplayer on steam/pc, so I guess it's only beneficial for consoles unless they gave it quality of life updates. I'm not sure the current capacity on the servers or if those could be updated/outdated within itself, which could be another thing but idk how that works so. |
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Post by Newan on Feb 23, 2024 22:56:40 GMT -5
Anyone hear the news of the battlefront rereleases? I did a little bit, is it just a re-release or are they doing anything to it? I know a lot of games servers from earlier days have closed down, but battlefront 2 is currently playable with multiplayer on steam/pc, so I guess it's only beneficial for consoles unless they gave it quality of life updates. I'm not sure the current capacity on the servers or if those could be updated/outdated within itself, which could be another thing but idk how that works so. It will be online again on consoles which is huge, Battlefront 2 only had 5 years to live on Xbox back in the day because they shut down OG Xbox servers in 2010 on Xbox 360. They are also adding the “DLC” content to Battlefront 2 which had Ventress, Kit Fisto and like 4-5 more maps. I actually can’t wait to play it, gonna be a blast. |
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Post by Maverick-Jedi-Valen on Mar 1, 2024 17:24:37 GMT -5
I did a little bit, is it just a re-release or are they doing anything to it? I know a lot of games servers from earlier days have closed down, but battlefront 2 is currently playable with multiplayer on steam/pc, so I guess it's only beneficial for consoles unless they gave it quality of life updates. I'm not sure the current capacity on the servers or if those could be updated/outdated within itself, which could be another thing but idk how that works so. It will be online again on consoles which is huge, Battlefront 2 only had 5 years to live on Xbox back in the day because they shut down OG Xbox servers in 2010 on Xbox 360. They are also adding the “DLC” content to Battlefront 2 which had Ventress, Kit Fisto and like 4-5 more maps. I actually can’t wait to play it, gonna be a blast. I think they're just adding the content you could only get with the xbox version I think? Either way, it's an awesome development. Maybe EA will learn something from it and know what to actually do with a battlefront 3 lol |
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Post by Maverick-Jedi-Valen on Mar 11, 2024 17:56:17 GMT -5
Has anyone ever gone back to rewatching those old TOR timeline videos? Some details are incorrect, but minor, otherwise they're still just such an epic watch. Can't believe how old they are |
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Post by Echani on Mar 17, 2024 12:09:33 GMT -5
Has anyone ever gone back to rewatching those old TOR timeline videos? Some details are incorrect, but minor, otherwise they're still just such an epic watch. Can't believe how old they are Like the MMO ones? Those were always something else. Super fast paced cinematic scenes, I remember re-watching a bunch of them awhile back. |
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Post by Echani on Mar 17, 2024 12:11:21 GMT -5
Next friday I'm posting my first album with my friends, so far we have about seventeen tracks. I'm super excited but I don't expect anything out of it but a few views. Still was super fun though. I'm using a studio edition mastering software that's really good. Mixing songs can be frustrating though, as I'm new it can take me a few hours to make one song. Here's my latest song I worked on, a lot better than previous Intro Song |
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Post by Echani on Mar 22, 2024 0:16:48 GMT -5
Here's the full album Soundcloud- Rapid 99 really excited to share has been a dream to make music since I was young. |
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Post by red on Apr 15, 2024 22:52:26 GMT -5
So good to see and hear from you all. I'm listening to the album echani and damn its fun and reminiscent of a lot of the music I was listening to in early high school, especially tailor on wax with the intro. Super great to see some rough-around-the-edges art sometimes. Something I've continually been realizing intellectually is that it really is so important to cultivate a sense of satisfaction with imperfection in art. Too much negativity comes out when I'm creating. Seriously fun to listen to, and its not something many people can commit to. For me I try to paint as much as I can, and to cultivate a more poised way of making finished pieces, working towards an end rather than just doodling a million different ideas on the same page. Anyway right now I'm still chilling in Canada, living somehow on an old hippie commune that has changed into a yoga retreat centre. I'm one of the cooks, and I feel so lucky to be working here. Such a great integration of my life's passions, gardening, vegan cooking with fresh and simple ingredients, yoga, and just enjoyment of the natural world. The importance of community cannot be clearer to me right now. Scared for the path the world is taking but still grateful that by and large people are kind and looking to make positive changes in the world. Key to it all is giving people back power to make change and see that we all create the field that is our economic sphere, our social activities can have such potential and activity when directed properly. Best, Andy AKA Wampa BTW I'll start posting some art soon but for now here's me and some friends soundcloud lol enjoy if you dare  soundcloud.com/gtownposse/sets/g-town-posse-vol-iii?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing |
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Post by Maverick-Jedi-Valen on Apr 18, 2024 15:17:30 GMT -5
Glad you're doing pretty swell there Wampa, sounds like a very chill and relaxed place. Ironic as usually the cooking job world is brutally stressful lol
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Post by Echani on Apr 18, 2024 21:17:23 GMT -5
So good to see and hear from you all. I'm listening to the album echani and damn its fun and reminiscent of a lot of the music I was listening to in early high school, especially tailor on wax with the intro. Super great to see some rough-around-the-edges art sometimes. Something I've continually been realizing intellectually is that it really is so important to cultivate a sense of satisfaction with imperfection in art. Too much negativity comes out when I'm creating. Seriously fun to listen to, and its not something many people can commit to. For me I try to paint as much as I can, and to cultivate a more poised way of making finished pieces, working towards an end rather than just doodling a million different ideas on the same page. Anyway right now I'm still chilling in Canada, living somehow on an old hippie commune that has changed into a yoga retreat centre. I'm one of the cooks, and I feel so lucky to be working here. Such a great integration of my life's passions, gardening, vegan cooking with fresh and simple ingredients, yoga, and just enjoyment of the natural world. The importance of community cannot be clearer to me right now. Scared for the path the world is taking but still grateful that by and large people are kind and looking to make positive changes in the world. Key to it all is giving people back power to make change and see that we all create the field that is our economic sphere, our social activities can have such potential and activity when directed properly. Best, Andy AKA Wampa BTW I'll start posting some art soon but for now here's me and some friends soundcloud lol enjoy if you dare soundcloud.com/gtownposse/sets/g-town-posse-vol-iii?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharingI appreciate you listening to the album, it was really experimental for me but I wanted to put something out there to get my foot in the door. It definitely was a learning experience, we managed to get a 1,300 views on one song. A lot of my audio sounded different in each song due to me really trying to see what clicked. Now with the second one I'm planning longer verses, two verses, and I really need to start coming up with catchy hooks since I didn't have many hooks. A lot of work to do but it definitely a process. My focus is definitely to create a more refined piece, this one I recently made underworld I used a higher pitch voice and the same presets I used on the song with the most views. I still have to download a lot of plugins, and mess around with them a lot. For me it's hard to be negative even though I know it's not a 100% sound because I think it's about putting the imperfections out there so you can find the right one. Still out of a lot of songs, there is a few I think are way better than the rest. I appreciate that you listened to it, that's super dope, and I'm glad it reminded you of some old school music. A lot of my homies go absolutely crazy with the effects on fl, their tracks sounds like they came out the gates of hell, and yeah I'm definitely stumped when I see everything they put into it. That's pretty cool experience you got going. I definitely enjoy being out nature, often times life and common comforts can turn me away from enjoying the outdoors more, and appreciating it. That's always an excuse though. I really want to create my own tent out of the things around me, and go diy camping more. It's definitely a process, I can't imagine winter camping in Canada or Europe (I assume it's very cold there) but some people do that sort of thing. Do you ever meditate? I think I successfully did it for the first time a few weeks ago. It's hard for me to be present, mindful, and enjoy the moment for what it is at times. Distractions often get in the way. I always worry that few bad people can make drastic changes in the world and it takes a lot of people to reverse that change. Sometimes I wonder what the common person has against true evil, which with enough power could destroy every semblance of hope. I often think about the good, but at what evils did they become good? Ghandi, Paul Revere, MLK, soldiers of ww2, all had to fight against what I would say is evil. I think that the imbalance is almost necessary because it forces to people to act where they otherwise wouldn't. I almost think if everything was good we would have more evil, more innocence of wrong. More bystanders. History would repeat itself. In a way though, it already does. The world is definitely a very fragile place, and one of my fears is definitely nuclear technology. I feel like that clock starts and never stops. I often wonder what the world will be like when we are long gone, if people will still be connected or if reality will be something so bizarre that everyone is disconnected, in a dystopian type of way. That's why it's important to be in the moment, as life is worth cherishing. 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Post by Echani on May 4, 2024 15:37:59 GMT -5
Happy May 4th everyone. I successfully paid rent, my power bill, and was able to get a large amount of groceries this month. So far everything is working out. I ended up getting some "Blue Milk" Star Wars vanilla milk from the store. I'll let you guys know how it is. Aayla Secura must've been exhausted after all those batches.
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Post by Maverick-Jedi-Valen on May 21, 2024 16:10:49 GMT -5
A belated may the 4th be with you guys. Been out of action a while as I had an awful chest infection. First time I ever had a week off work sick. Fortunately I'm on the mend and I can happily say I did indeed watch TPM in cinemas for the first time. I couldn't have been happier and on revenge of the 5th too lol
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Post by Jedi Knight Fett on May 29, 2024 17:55:44 GMT -5
Very belated may 4th.
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Post by Echani on Jun 6, 2024 7:13:32 GMT -5
my friend just came over. we were going to hang out with my friend. as soon as we got to the car he stopped breathing, involuntarily. I don't want to go into detail. I tried to give him cpr/mouth to mouth. I watched his lips turn blue and his eyes roll back. everything happened so quick. ambulance arrived. by the time i got to hospital he was going in and out. He passed away. He was my best friend. i feel so numb and in disbelief. everyone told me i did a good job but i feel like i couldn't save my friend.
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Post by Newan on Jun 18, 2024 0:30:24 GMT -5
my friend just came over. we were going to hang out with my friend. as soon as we got to the car he stopped breathing, involuntarily. I don't want to go into detail. I tried to give him cpr/mouth to mouth. I watched his lips turn blue and his eyes roll back. everything happened so quick. ambulance arrived. by the time i got to hospital he was going in and out. He passed away. He was my best friend. i feel so numb and in disbelief. everyone told me i did a good job but i feel like i couldn't save my friend. Oh my god, that’s terrible. Hopefully you are doing ok after that traumatic experience. Feel bad for his family. Hopefully this isn’t poor timing, but do they still teach mouth to mouth where you are at? In Canada they don’t, it’s considered really ineffective compared to chest compressions. |
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Post by Newan on Jun 18, 2024 0:31:55 GMT -5
Hey everyone, been away for a while. Life has been so busy. On the plus side though Canada hasn’t had many forest fires like last year so we aren’t getting smoked out this summer so far. That’s been very nice, also been getting plenty of rain where I’m at.
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Post by Newan on Jun 18, 2024 0:35:13 GMT -5
A belated may the 4th be with you guys. Been out of action a while as I had an awful chest infection. First time I ever had a week off work sick. Fortunately I'm on the mend and I can happily say I did indeed watch TPM in cinemas for the first time. I couldn't have been happier and on revenge of the 5th too lol I got to see it as well!! Never did go to the 3D event. It was great to see, got to go with my father and girlfriend. I’ll admit I can understand how the like 25-30 year old fans who watched ANH as kids may have been disappointed with TPM in 1999, but seeing it now was awesome. My first movie in theatres was ROTS. That will be the one I’m looking forward to going back and seeing the most… 2030 lol. Although I’ll of course go see AOTC as well. Apparently TPM did really good money for a rerelease, put it back in the top 50 highest grossing all time or something like that. |
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Post by Newan on Jun 18, 2024 0:36:28 GMT -5
  That’s a nostalgia trip
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Post by Maverick-Jedi-Valen on Jun 18, 2024 8:35:40 GMT -5
Hey everyone, been away for a while. Life has been so busy. On the plus side though Canada hasn’t had many forest fires like last year so we aren’t getting smoked out this summer so far. That’s been very nice, also been getting plenty of rain where I’m at. I actually just got back from North America as I flew for the first time to go to Disney world. Probably should have gone when it's not june, but I had a blast anyway lol |
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Post by Echani on Jun 18, 2024 17:05:11 GMT -5
my friend just came over. we were going to hang out with my friend. as soon as we got to the car he stopped breathing, involuntarily. I don't want to go into detail. I tried to give him cpr/mouth to mouth. I watched his lips turn blue and his eyes roll back. everything happened so quick. ambulance arrived. by the time i got to hospital he was going in and out. He passed away. He was my best friend. i feel so numb and in disbelief. everyone told me i did a good job but i feel like i couldn't save my friend. Oh my god, that’s terrible. Hopefully you are doing ok after that traumatic experience. Feel bad for his family. Hopefully this isn’t poor timing, but do they still teach mouth to mouth where you are at? In Canada they don’t, it’s considered really ineffective compared to chest compressions. I had the lady on the 911 call teach me, honestly we learned in health class when I was really young. I barely remember because I never thought I'd need it? Never really thought of it. There was two other people helping me from my neighborhood. I feel a decent bit better now. Yeah I feel terrible for them. I hung out with his little brother and girlfriend and his other best friend the other day and we went to stars and strikes. It's really strange still, hard to believe, and feels really weird without him here. He just helped me move all my stuff into my new place, and helped me change the coolant liquid in my car. Dude was super dope. |
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Post by Maverick-Jedi-Valen on Aug 6, 2024 15:42:22 GMT -5
Hmm, am I the only one left?  |
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Post by Maverick-Jedi-Valen on Aug 25, 2024 16:53:34 GMT -5
Well for what it's worth, I'll still be on here, checking around for anyone visiting again. Maybe I'll be lucky and get to chat to one of you guys again, maybe even go to somewhere we're more active to message on like discord or something |
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Post by Echani on Sept 1, 2024 23:07:02 GMT -5
Well I was telling my friend about my homie who passed...and he passed away a month n 3 days later from a motorcycle accident. Time sucks right now. Hope you are doing good Maverick-Jedi-Valen I just went to my first concert in the city, Ken Karson. Was a lot of fun. Saw some friends there too I didn't expect. |
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Post by Echani on Sept 1, 2024 23:07:24 GMT -5
Hmm, am I the only one left? i hope i didnt scare everyone away lol |
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God knows what kind of moron I seemed like when I started lol Also glad you're at journey's end with studying. Hope it takes you far
