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Tonamel
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 		GetMeOut is definitely a Sentry, since the Sentries all joined the forum in January, while the rest of us didn't come in until April.

PostPosted: Tue Jun 26, 2007 4:27 pm
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 		From my private message exchanges with GMO, all I can say is that he's one of the original Sentries. I mean for one thing, Why else would they talk about past interactions with him right at the beginning if he wasn't anyway.

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Taluria
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 		[OFF TOPIC] Sorry, I was on my Dad's computer earlier, and he hates it when I log in to forums. My computer crashed yesterday and we had to replace some things (Processor and motherboard mainly...). Thank goodness I had all my important stuff backed up on CDs and stuff. Very Happy

PostPosted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 12:46 am
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My computer crashed yesterday and we had to replace some things (Processor and motherboard mainly...).


Yikes. You got it back up very quickly though.

And thanks again for posting your PMs with GetMeOut.
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 8:34 am
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Taluria
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 		Yeah, my dad works on computers, fixing up incomplete ones and selling them, so we already had the parts. I was lucky. Very Happy

I've had a few more PMs with him, but they're mostly him apologizing for being obtuse about the whole Florida thing and expressing his sympathies about the whole situation with my G-pa. That and we discussed why it's bad to be addicted to caffiene, and if we ever find a book with all the answers we'll ever need, we'll tell each other. If anyone wants, I'll post that series of PMs.

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 		Taluria: if you don't mind posting what you have, it would be nice to see everything that GetMEOut has been saying in his PMs.
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 1:24 pm
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Taluria
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 		Okay, here goes, Sorry, long post. Shocked But anything to try and help out.

GetMEOut wrote:
I'm sorry to hear about your grampa, hon

(((HUGS)))


(also, v sorry if I upset you I'd be super pissed at myself if I did that. I really think you're awesome. You're my fav! )

K


Taluria wrote:
Thanks. Yeah, we just found out yesterday. They're looking at his options, and surgery is probably out of the question, since he has a low platelet count. So I'm probably gonna be up in Birmingham some time next week while they do chemo or whatever.

Nah, you basically told me that you were in that area, I should have thought about the possibility that you visited her. I'm just so sick of trying to act the peacemaker. Unfortunately, that's part of who I am.

Sidenote: (I'm fond of these, aren't I?) You're my fave too, and thanks for putting up with my nosiness and stuff.


GetMEOut wrote:
Well, what little comfort it may be, my thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.

And really, I could have been a touch less obtuse I was just still too weirded out to talk about it straight out. Sometimes I'm a stupid man and just need to get smacked in the face And I wouldn't worry about being a peacemaker. I'm not sure there's much peace to be had in a group Peace comes from within. Besides, it's just so much easier to make fun of people doing stupid things than it is to correct them, right?

I like your nosiness. And your, uhm, stuff. (wow, that sounds bad.) Check in from time to time and let me (us?) know how you're doing -

K


Taluria wrote:
Thanks again. I'll try to be on as much as possible. At least until I get a job. And you're right, it is so much easier to make fun of people, I just don't tend to actually let it get to verbal(typed) form.


Taluria wrote:
Another thing is that I just hate feeling useless. I mean, I know I can't do anything for him except pray and be supportive. I suck at coding and all this tech stuff, so I'm just trying to help out how ever I can. That feeling is just sapping at me from all sides these days. Sorry I just kinda blurted out that little bombshell, but I was about to snap at someone and wanted to explain why I was acting so stressed.

No matter how you act, Kevin, I think you're a pretty nice guy when you actually try.

And I have the worst case of insomnia right now. It's like my brain is afraid to sleep because it's afraid to dream.


GetMEOut wrote:
Oh, Tal. I'm sorry you're feeling useless. I feel pretty useless, too. There's always stuff I want to do, but can't for some reason or another. Or I just get stuck somewhere and don't have an answer for my seemingly nebulous question of "what next?" or even a direction to move in. I feel like I know where I eventually want to end up, but no clue how to get there, man. And I really don't know if there are any answers out there waiting for us to find them. I think the way the world works is that we're supposed to make our answers for ourselves, but seriously, that sucks, because I dunno about you, but I've never found an Answers for Dummies book

I wouldn't worry about the tech stuff - there are more of us around that can bobble around in that gobbleddy gook that you don't have to worry your pretty head about it, Tal. And sometimes, I think the best way to face a fear is to learn it. So if you're afraid of dreaming, learn about dreams. Read about why they happen, REM sleep versus that other acronym of sleep, symbolism, meaning. Know it, love it, understand it. Frogs aren't scary if you know right off that their skin doesn't ooze poison, right?

Find a little peace. It's there somewhere. Seek out something to smile or laugh at, Taluria, and find a few moments to rest and sleep. And I truly don't care if you want to keep sending me notes and letting off steam. I mean, if I'm really a nice guy, I should be using that skill once in a while, right?

Take care, chica. Give everyone a big hug!

K


Taluria wrote:
Thanks. It's nice to get an second opinion. I mean I hate to bug people in general, but it's been nice getting to know people on the board. I'm just feelinf sorry for myself, I think. I've actually been finding it's easier foer me to sleep during the day. (I think I need to get my internal clock checked.)

But I have been doing some research into dreams and stuff. It's just odd because I usually don't dream or forget them. Part of the problem probably just stems from my intake of caffiene. Caffiene+lack of sleep= really wonky dreams when you finally doze off.

Thanks for keeping my grandpa in your prayers, I'm not sure what religion some of the people on here are, or if some of them even have one, so it's kind of awkward to ask for prayers. The doctors decided to start chemo and radiation therapy some time in the next week or so.

If you ever find that book of answers, tell me, because it's nice to share.

Hugs for all is a good idea.
Holli


GetMEOut wrote:
Geez! Lay off the caffeine! It rots out your stomach, ya know. Makes it so you crap out your side instead of your butt (not that I don't have my own evil addiction to caffeine, but I strongly believe in the concept of dying young and staying pretty I do not recommend it for you, though, so don't get any crazy ideas, missy *old man fist shaking* You've gotta sell more paintings!)

And if you feel uncomfortable asking for prayers, ask for thoughts. Everyone has thoughts, regardless of what religious doctrine they follow. i mean, we're only using, what 10% of our brains at any given time? We've got shit loads of extra thinking space in there. Seems like it's fair to ask that we share a little of that from time to time for a greater good, right?

You'll be the first to hear of the Great Book when I stumble on it -

Hugs around -
K


Taluria wrote:
I'm trying to cut back, but caffiene withdrawal is hell, and I get the worst headaches. I'd hate to imagine what some people go through when they go through withdrawal for heavy drugs, you know?

Yeah, I'm the girl who asked her mom why Rapunzel didn't just cut off her hair and use it as a rope to get down from the tower. Fairy tales don't make sense some times. Also, that probably had nothing to do with what we're talking about You may call me Super Tangent!

Anyway, yeah, I'll probably do that.

If I find it too, I'll tell you. (Hey! I made a rhyme!)

Hugs and magical caffiene substitute,
Holli


GetMEOut wrote:
Hey, Tal -

Just wanted to check and see how you were holding up!

I still haven't found the magic rulebook, but I'm still hunting


Hope things are okay -

K


Taluria wrote:


I'm doing okay, but Mom's the most stressed of us all. She's totally on edge right now. I've been trying to get her to calm down, but she always seems to snap at me. I know it's her dad, but I can't stand seeing her like this.

On a lighter side, I got second piercings in my ears today. Pain is not my friend. I can't wait for them to heal up already. Owwie...

I've been reading some of Lovecraft's stuff in my free time. Freeeeaky. I'm glad nothing like that seems to go on down here. We don't even have any good ghost stories for my hometown.


GetMEOut wrote:
I'm glad you're doing well It's probably tough for your mom - she probably always takes care of everyone else. Maybe now she's feeling a bit split up and stretched thin, feeling a bit useless, maybe wanting someone to take care of her a bit, ya know? I remember when my dad's mom died. He was a wreck. I found it best to kinda lay low and not make any messes, and clean up any I found, just to keep things out of his way. Your mom will be okay, promise.

And if you think the EARS hurt... holy shit, man, don't even get me started. And it's weird. When you take 'em out, there's always this little ball of scar tissue under the skin. You can kinda roll it around under your fingers. Which is pretty gross. So like, don't do that. And don't let them get infected, because that's some seriously gross shit, too. Hopefully they're not buggin' you any more and are just twinkling away, jittering with your jawbone, right?

Lovecraft always bugged me - it always felt like a lot of words. A lot of buildup, a lot of talk, but never any action. I guess I've always wanted to see the bugger that's going to kill off the protagonist, and you never really got that, which is probably why I like a good slasher flick more than a warm fuzzy storybook. Plus, I couldn't ever figure out how to pronounce those names, which just irritated me.

Anyway, gotta finish some stuff up for tomorrow. See ya on the flipside -

K


Very Happy Okay, so maybe it was more than a few PMs...

ETA: The SO forum now says that the most users ever online was 101, yesterday at 2 something? Was anyone on that can verify that? Just wondering, because I've never seen more than five or six people in those forums at a time.

ETA2: I think these may actually be Kevin's PM interacting with me OOC

ETA3: The last two are new additions

PostPosted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 1:44 pm
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danteIL
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 		New exchange with GetMEOut:

I wrote:
Dude, I don't think going down there was stupid. In fact, I think it was probably the smartest thing that anybody could have done at this point -- get answers straight from the source. No, what was stupid was not getting any real information out of it, and then not sharing what meager information you did get when you got back. But you already knew that. I get that you were upset that she got upset, but dude, she has to know more than you think she does. These are her dreams, after all. These are her Craigslist postings. Even if she didn't send the packages, she still seems compelled to chop her dreams into little digestible bits and flood the internet with them, for some reason. I keep expecting her do to a Billy Ocean any day now..

D


Kevin wrote:
Dante wrote:

These are her dreams, after all. These are her Craigslist postings. Even if she didn't send the packages, she still seems compelled to chop her dreams into little digestible bits and flood the internet with them, for some reason. I keep expecting her do to a Billy Ocean any day now..


I don't think they're just hers, man. We've all done it. Stuck a little something of ourselves into them, a few toenail stars here, a finger there. Those things work their way in somehow. Maybe she's searching for the owners. Maybe myspace's awful CSS was too daunting to just blog them. Maybe she will name one of her kids Cruzby. Maybe she's just crazy.

Hell, maybe we all are.

K


Cruzby Smile


EDIT-

So I wrote him after we discovered the crap hidden on his site:
GetMEOut wrote:
Dante wrote:

Just wanted to send a quick note to say that even though I think you've been a jerk, I'm sorry that Chorazos and Co. has invaded your home turf. Know that we're all trying to figure out what's going on! If you discover anything freaky, you should share it this time rather than sitting on it for weeks. Just a suggestion.

And cute website.. "collective dickery", really?


Collective dickery is everywhere! At work, when your peers take extra long lunch breaks? Dickery. That guy on the street who felt the need to hock a loogie right into your path? Dickery. The dude who takes forever in the can, and/or is talking on his cell phone while taking a dump? Dickery. Collect 'em all together and you've got a Collective.

Plus, I just like the sound of the phrase

I'd share if I found anything - I think you guys pretty much have everything nailed, though. I kept moving further away from my computer last night, while BA's work kept rolling in. Just pacing. I think I need to get outside. Grab some fresh air.


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