Miss You Guys!

[Isabella Parker]

I'm ashamed of how horrible my writing was. Just terrible.

Anyone around? Cause I miss you guys, and I'd love to join any new sites you guys have open

[Arden Patricks]

BECCA!

As you may or may not've seen, Nina and I come back here now and then to rp stuff for my book, and I try to visit often just so it doesn't get deleted. I know Jourdan (Shell) and Fabby (Rika Otonashi) create sites now and then though I'm not sure if they have one now. We're all on facebook, mostly. How've you been?

[Isabella Parker]

Sounds neat! I'm glad you come back. I'd hate to see the site deleted. Too many good memories!

I've been great! Life got a bit hectic for a while, in a good way, and caused me to fall away from RPing. I missed it. I haven't found very many sites that interest me, or stay alive for very long. And NONE with the kind of community that these sites had!

How've you been? Tell me about your book!

[Arden Patricks]

Indeed. For a while last October we thought it was going to be deleted (My sister misinformed me of Proboards policy.) so for a solid week I was on here every day trying to copy as many threads as possible over to documents so at least they'd exist somewhere. It was very stressful but I did get a pretty good chunk.

Yeah, that can happen. I feel like it's all younguns now and we'd be creepy old people on most sites. My littlest sister rps now but even she's finding it hard now that she's graduated. It's hard to find the time when you've got a job and family and such; and yeah, it's hard to compete with that sense of belonging we all had. It's like we all went to the same small-town high school or something, and even if we don't keep in touch we're still members of the same club and I think that sentence got a little jumbled.

I've been good. Busy adult-ing and the like. I'm still writing my book based on the Site's plot. It's probably going to be a quartet now, but I've finished the first part/book and I'm working on the second. I had some writer's block and editing issues and at one point my computer died and I couldn't afford a new one for nearly a year, so that's why it's taken me so long. And I'm a little superstitious about saying much more, but it's good. My head is exploding a little from all the characters I have to keep track of.

So I don't even know when I last talked to you, but I think you were still in high school. What have you been doing?

(edit: Totally just saw the pm you sent me. They changed the look of the site so much that it took me a while.)

[Isabella Parker]

I completely agree about it being hard now that we're older. It's a little far-fetched, but I wish we could all create a new site and gather there, at least, for old times sake D:
What was it that had us all so tightly knit? I've made acquaintances on other sites, don't get me wrong, just nothing like what we had here! (:

Have you published it? Because I'm picking up a copy if I have the opportunity! My hat off to you for even attempting to make a plot centered around most of these characters. They all ended up being complicated people with complicated pasts haha. I can't say I blame you with the superstitions, so I'll say no more.

Graduated high school a few years ago (a year early *she says with pride*).As far as college goes, I've changed my major a time or two, and a few issues have caused me to start later than I wanted, but I ended up majoring in Early Childhood Education. Unfortunately, I still have a lot of classes left before I get my degree. On the bright side though, I should end up graduating early in college too.

I've been married for two years now. He's in the military which can make life incredibly hard. I can't complain, though. We live comfortably and he's a great man with a big heart. Any hardship that comes with being with him is worth it. When he's home, it's great, yet, when he's gone, I'm independent enough that I manage fairly well on my own. I'll be honest with you, my independence is often what gets in the way of our relationship. All in all, we are extremely happy. We love each other; at the end of the day, I couldn't ask for more. He's my best friend. I feel like that's important in a relationship.



<3

No kids. I'd like to keep it that way until I've graduated and he's out of the military. I'd like to be prepared when we have offspring.


And yourself? (:

No problem! I thought I'd send you a message in case you received emails that someone messages you on here. I was worried I had waited too long, and that you guys wouldn't look at the site for a while.

[Arden Patricks]

Jourdan has tried a few times - to create a new site - but it never really takes off. I feel like a large part of it was Andy - he was the glue. And the fact that there were no rules, so we all just got to have fun. Or maybe we were all just at the right age/stage to bond so well? I know for me, it was the first time I ever had friends.

Haven't published yet, no. Trust me, I'd've told you. God, you should see my character profile binder - twenty-some characters and for each one I have everything from favorite food to greatest fear figured out. It helps me make them real so they don't sound the same. Mainly the plot focuses on Arden and Fitzy, of course, with Logan, Ian, Maddie, Chance, and Anjra all secondary characters. And I could talk about them for days so I'll shut up now.

*chuckles good-naturedly and nods in acknowledgement of pride* *nods understandingly at the major-changing* Not that I've done it myself, but my sister {Laura aka Dahlia} went from history teacher to criminal justice to social work to anthropology, so I can understand how it can take a while to settle. That sounds good though... fun *and* important.

And a sincere congratulations to you there. Not that I know firsthand, but I'm pretty sure you're right about the best friend bit. It's great that you have that. And pretty smart about the kids.

Well, I still live with my mom (she said self-deprecatingly). She and my dad divorced a few years back and she had no idea how to run a household, so Laura and I stuck around to help raise our other sisters. Now that the youngest is graduated though I'm looking into moving out. I've always been scared of change and slow to grow up, but I think I can handle it now. (And sometimes I feel more like my mom's mother than the other way around, so I think it will be good for both of us.)

Mostly I work (on book stuff) and then I go to work (processing mail) and then I come home and work (householdy stuff) or just melt into a puddle and browse the internet too long. I also have a niece who's my favorite person ever - she's two and a half and always saying cute things. My sister {Maria aka Laken} and brother-in-law and I have been talking about maybe moving in with them when they get a house, because I'm sort of like Ahri's second mother and also Maria and I like to bounce creative ideas off each other and the like. So that would be nice; I just have to learn to drive first and I'm terrified. But the last six months or so I've been trying to break out of ruts and just improve my life as much as possible - getting less anxious, meeting people, etc. It's funny how at twenty I looked back on sixteen and thought 'thank god that's over; everything is better now' and now at twenty-six I look at twenty the same way. I definitely don't get the people who say high school was the best part of their lives; that's so sad.

Anyway. Apologies for any oversharing; I'm told I have no filter.

(And I'm so glad I checked here when I did - I was having trouble writing one morning so I decided to organize my email account and bookmarks and so on, so I opened all the Sites to make sure they still existed.)

(edit: Dear-lord-in-heaven do I use a lot of smileys....)

[Isabella Parker]

I completely feel you in the friends department. The site was my only social scene, being painfully shy in middle jr. high and high school.

Glad to know I'm not the only one! I hate not knowing what I want, it drives me crazy to keep changing my mind. But it can't really be helped I guess. I've been told people don't know what they want in college, only what they don't want haha (:

I appreciate it! He keeps me ground. *All those cheesy love quotes inserted here*

That's great of you to want to help your family. Very sweet.

You can do it! Be Brave! Good for you for trying!

I was happy to be out of high school too. Even in these few short years, I feel so much better being out of there. I gained a little more confidence not being around such assholes (pardon my French). I don't think staying in school was helping me make any friends haha. Honestly, it's hard to find things in common with other people. Especially when I get along with people older than me. I only have one really good friend that shares my interests. And it took moving across America to find her haha.

Don't worry with oversharing. I tend to be a great listener anyway, or reader in this case

[Arden Patricks]

I'm sure it doesn't help that everyone is pushed to just go! Now! Hurry! If you wait you'll regret it so hurry up and decide what to do with the rest of your life! Ah!

Awww...

Lol, thank you. I appreciate it. And I am going to do it 'cause I'm awesome. *confident swaggery move*

Goodness... yes, yes, and yes. That's why I loved the site so much - we all had Harry Potter in common, and we all had the time/mindset to devote half our lives to writing fanfictioney nonsense. After that fizzled and we weren't all hanging out anymore, I think I fell into a bit of a rut, other than a couple of work friends (both nearly old enough to be my mom, so I hear you there). I actually googled 'how to meet people' early this summer and found a website devoted to it - you can start a group wherever you live to find people with your interests. I found another writer that way, who likes to host geekfests and board game nights, which is awesome. So thank god for the internet. I don't know how people managed without it.

Lol, that you are.

[Isabella Parker]

That pretty much sums up what I've been taught. My grandmother (she raised me) has good intentions when she pushes college, but she ends up making me feel all sdlhasfdh when I'm thinking about the rest of my life career wise. I'm trying, grandma! GOSH.

*Cheers and woots* Look at that confidence!

You know, I never thought about trying to meet people in real life using the internet. I don't know what that says about me, considering I spend most of my day online. Face to face conversation beats messaging any day. That's awesome that you found people! Proof that you're succeeding in branching out

Speaking of devoting our time to writing, I actually spend a lot more time trying to beef up plotters, apps, icons, etc., than I do actually writing on the newer sites. Not that I'm opposed to changing icons (I'm surprisingly fickle about that now).

[Arden Patricks]

Yeah, pretty much. I have a grandmother who likes to help my sister out all the time - paying for half her car, that sort of thing - because she's going to college, and apparently that's the only kind of goal or hard work that actually counts. Le sigh.

;D

I honestly didn't think of it either until I got desperate, and I think my therapist suggested looking for facebook groups. It's been good, but sort of overwhelming... like I have a social calendar now, and that's really weird. Today I'm going with Marcie and my niece to this chick's house to watch Japanese animated movies, so that's neat.

Pfft, I don't even know what half that stuff is. All the new sites look so complicated. What kind of ones are you on, though? Still Harry Potter?

(Sorry I didn't answer for ages - sometimes I turn my computer off for a day and then don't turn it on again.)

[Isabella Parker]

I think it was something ingrained in them too. It puts people that don't want to go to college between a rock and a hard place. A lot of jobs need a degree, but when you have more experience than a college undergrad, does that work in your favor? Will someone hire someone else with more experience or the undergrad with a very expensive piece of paper (that says they are supposed to be an expert) and no experience? Both have their pros and cons. I just have mixed feelings about going into debt to go to school to get a better job when I'm already going into debt doing adult things like buying a car or a house. At the end of the day, I need an engineering job or to be a doctor to try to get ahead. Butttt. I guess teaching America's youth will have to do haha. (Long rant. A lot of built up frustration. And a lot of pondering on what I'm doing with my life.)

Suddenly jumping into the social pool can be a little daunting. It does help that you can bring someone familiar with you, though. When I go with my husband to his military family days, I tend to cling to him for the first hour. I eventually pluck up the courage to randomly talk to someone. The first time I met my best friend, I spent the last five minutes of the social event actually talking to her and introducing myself. I have great timing. Any favorite anime movies? I've watched a few anime TV shows, but I'm just now getting into the manga scene.

I've tried several different genres: band/tour site, real life, supernatural (not the show), people with powers. I'm a fan of real life and supernatural. I haven't joined a HP site since I left you guys. Mostly because I can't imagine other people playing the characters that semi-belong to the people on here. And I would feel weird slapping my characters on a HP site without you guys.

No problem! Life happens.

[Arden Patricks]

Yeah, I hear you. It's all a bit of a mess.
But at least you'll be doing something worthwhile.

Yeah... I tend to cling a little too hard to the familiar, until everybody there has figured out that I'm not going to talk to them and so then I'm stuck just listening to other people talk. In this case, though, I already knew the couple whose house we went to, so that helped.

Anime/manga is more Marcie's thing than mine... she's pretty much into everything Asian, especially k-pop. We saw Ponyo, though, which is a very good movie if you haven't seen it. Like The Little Mermaid but with five-year-olds and a message about the environment. I did also like Howl's Moving Castle and Spirited Away though. Mostly I read young adult books - John Green, dystopias, that kind of thing. You?

Yeah, I can see that. Is it hard to find sites with adult characters or do you just rp as a teenager still? (I really know litte about the rp community.)

And sorry again. I hope you come back!

[Riley Pearson]

Hi you wonderful ladies!!!
We have another rp site starting up if you feel like joining : )
Here is le link: lovelikewinterxx.proboards.com/

[beccalecca]

NINA!!!! D:

[Jourdan]

Becca!

Please add me to FB! Jourdan Evanish

[Isabella Parker]

YOU. GUYS.

Just logged into another Proboards site and saw that they now have it to where you can see all the sites associated with your email?? How's life??
I sent you a friend request, Jourdan. With an awkward message trying to see if it was you lolol.

Anyways. Hope life is treating you guys well!