Life updates

Hi guys long time no see. After seeing the news I thought I would come and see how the gang was doing and whilst here give you an update my life over the past few years.

Basically I'm engaged to be married to an awesome lady who happens to be my best friend. The few years since leaving school and my time on VR were tough but after getting through depression, heartache and all the usual crap life throws our way I finally got my sh*t together.
These days I'm a writer. I actually get paid to do it! I have an OK content writing job, would like something a tad more exciting but meh. I've also written two novels which the latest one coming close to topping Amazon USA's top fantasy list which was a bit of a shocker.
Anyway not much else to report really. Hope you are all OK.

#edited because I am actually really sh*te at writing on my kindle :/

It's humbling and wonderful to see so many people back here, out of great respect for the man who gave us all a place to come together in years gone by. I wish his family and friends my sincerest condolences and all the best.

To honour the topic; my own life thus far has been largely mundane, with the occasional cool thing happening every once in a while. I finished college in 2008, have been in and out of work ever since (recession & general lack of jobs in the region didn't help matters much). Been volunteering at my local charity shop since the latter end of 2009, had some fun times with a wonderful group of people, got me out and doing some work experience on my own merit, gradually building up motivation over time. Most recent job, doing data entry, was also my longest lasting to date, only ending a few weeks ago, though I'm determined to back into work as quickly as I can and have an interview on Tuesday, with another potentially in the pipeline.

Besides work, been following Spennymoor Town since 2007. After being egged on to join Myspace (remember that?) by a guy at college, got back in touch with a number of old school friends, one of which follows the aforementioned football club. Both of us still attend to this day. Since I started going the team has won their league four times (including last season, where they finally applied for and got promotion), had some above par FA Cup runs, and some huge journeys in the FA Vase, including a gruelling trip to Guernsey (one of the longest journeys in the history of English non-league football) and, ultimately, an incredible and unforgettable win at Wembley Stadium. Been a fantastic journey so far watching this small team gradually growing into something prominent.

Taste-wise, I'm developing an increasingly eclectic passion for music (though I still have my favourites of course), getting into some more niche video games I'd never have seen myself playing years prior, and most surprisingly I watch a lot less television/film nowadays and more on-demand stuff. Mostly anime series at the moment, including several series on Crunchyroll. My sensitivities seem to have matured somewhat as well, so I'm generally not inclined towards, say, more extreme or over-the-top series. Overall, I think it's this sort of sense of adventure in me needing to be sated, that feeling of wanting to explore and discover. Something I would really love to do in the physical sense, one day.

I haven't really kept in touch with Mega-Zine/VR folk all that much. I have a few people as friends on Facebook, including Sammy Tsang whom I sporadically have nostalgia-type chats with and some others, I'm also on the VR Veterans group, and I think I have at least a couple of folk on Steam as well. I'll be sure to revisit this community every odd occasion, if not on here then somewhere around. Once again, best wishes to you all.

Quote: Maeby, Aug 2014

Yes!

Though it was one chip, I recall. Straight off the plate. Dude's famous, he can buy his own f*cking chips

Oh, Emma Watson and the panther incident.

i found the Emma Watson story; it's mentioned on page 30 and page 31 of the Singledom thread that's in Rants.