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fenkashi
Dibs on Supreme Overlord
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*joins in on the Kaz hugs* I'm so glad you're in a happier place, and like weirdly proud xD Thanks for sharing with us!
@FFF: Good luck dear. That time in life is the worst, but somehow you'll get through it. I'm glad your personal life is more stable now, though. I'm sure that's a nice feeling. ^^
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Nausicaa_Cat
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Registration Date: 10.02.06
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Darlings! I'm sorry for my absence, I had a nightmare getting my laptop fixed and only got it back today.
I feel the same way as Kaz, that I grew up on here, that it's been a place for me to vent and seek comfort all throughout my teenage years. There were definitely points when my circumstances at home were....pretty dark. I think having a place like the Tavern has always comforted me in those times. Beyond that I just view all of you like my family. I honestly mean that. FFF, Kaz and Arren, I think we all joined around the same time - or at least it feels that way - and I've always sort of viewed you as my Tavern siblings :')
I'm in my final year of university now, thinking about things like my career etc. and it seems hilarious now that I joined here when I was what - twelve? I'm pretty sure for a good portion of time I typed Everything In Capital Letters Because I Thought it Was Neat. I probably splurged a good portion of my cringe-worthy weeaboo enthusiasm on here also. My writing was so terrible when I first joined the RP, and the coaching I got to improve it from you guys really meant a lot to me. I don't know, I honestly feel if I went back through the forum I could find a pretty solid record of my past decade of growth. That's a fairly amazing thing.
I love you guys.
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Saddletank
Miyazaki's Best Friend
Registration Date: 09.28.06
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We all love you too. Very much. Compared to how you were when you joined (hey, weren't we all like that once anyway?) these days you've matured into an amazingly intelligent person, wise beyond your years. Some of the solid and almost profound posts you've written here in some of our deeper debates truly amazed and impressed me. I think I've told you that in a private message but basically you're so epic I think you ought to be proud of being told that in public.
*huge hugs of support for your future*
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Isakaya High School Roleplaying Info
"An old man like me stands no chance fighting against a high school girl in her underwear" - Oshino Meme, Nekomonogatari (Kuro)
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husky51
The Old Guy
Registration Date: 03.17.08
Location: Southern California
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I guess it's my turn...
I joined on St Patrick's Day in 2008 when I was 61 and now I'm midway through 68...  lol I have come to know all of you in the Tavern and, likewise, think of you as my family. I remember Harmony-of-Mar, and many others thru the years. 'YAY, Kiki' joined a month after I did and I kind of think of her as a sibling even tho she was only 13 at the time. We learned about the Tavern together and , while she was having some home problems, I hope that they have worked out and that she will came back sometime to let us know how she is doing.
As for all the rest of us here now, I love you all. We have had many conversations together and I have tried to give advice based on my own experiences in life with no pressure to accept said advice, merely to give another option in life. I hope some of the advice or telling of my own life happenings have helped. I also know that, like family, we have had our differences but also, like family, we get over it and our bond is, if nothing else, even stronger. I'm the oldest active member in here, but not the longest and I thank you all for accepting me into the 'family'.
When I started I was still raising my family, at least my youngest son,
working hard and still dealing with my separation from married life. And to answer a question of my sister's one time, "Yes, Barbara, parenting is forever". She and her hubby, in dealing with his son, thought that at 18, high school over, college being paid for, that their parenting requirements were over and done with. Hahahaha, not on your life, little sister, lol.
My own daughter has become a member, albeit inactive, and I am now helping her when I can with her life and children. She is surviving and getting some help from unexpected sources (Princes and Princesses, even) so I hope it all works out in the end for them. I am now retired and fill my life with doing historical research in my part of Southern California, getting help through the Veterans Admin from my Navy days. I'm not rich, but I'm comfortable and that's good enough. I have some health problems, but I am receiving health care from the VA and, for the most part, at no cost to me.
Ok, this has lasted long enough, I found another picture of me back in my early days.
This is me at 14 yo... (See, I was too 14 at one time).
And this is me at 27 with my future bride at 18. Damn, look at that hair!!!  Happier times...
The bracelet on my right wrist was a POW bracelet with the name of a man who was a current POW/MIA (prisoner of war/missing in action) in Vietnam.
Love you all, Husky (The Old Guy) 
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Roarkiller
Your Daddy-O
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Arguably you still look the same with different-coloured hair. And less of it.
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Screw your opinions, they are not relevant ^^.
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husky51
The Old Guy
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Saddletank
Miyazaki's Best Friend
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All this talk of when people joined the Tavern made me get all nerdy and want to look it up. I spent ages going thru the first 32 pages of the 'highlight' thread and so now bring you...
...the Tavern registration date hall of fame.
Saviour - 24 Feb 2012
Calforsale - 19 Jan 2010
Yay! Kiki - 6 Apr 2008
Husky - 16 Mar 2008
Harmony of Mar - 10 Sep 2007
Kazegami - 19 Aug 2007
Frigidchill - 13 Aug 2007
Fenkashi - 12 Aug 2007
Mush - 29 Jul 2007
Farren - 18 Jul 2007
Ayami - 8 May 2007
Orphic Okapi - 8 Apr 2007
NC & FFF - 2 Oct 2006
Saddles - 28 Sep 2006
Chihiros Dream Boy - 29 Aug 2006
Miyrru - 16 Aug 2006
Arren - 15 Aug 2006
Loscil - 5 Aug 2006
Seiji - 29 Jul 2006
Roar - 6 Feb 2003
Just wondering what Roar did for 3 1/2 years!
Anyone want to add anyone else?
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"An old man like me stands no chance fighting against a high school girl in her underwear" - Oshino Meme, Nekomonogatari (Kuro)
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Roarkiller
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The old crowd consisted of other people. You may remember Jiji and dballred.
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Screw your opinions, they are not relevant ^^.
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Saddletank
Miyazaki's Best Friend
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A lot of people post here only on Ghibli subjects and don't socialise. I didn't include them.
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"An old man like me stands no chance fighting against a high school girl in her underwear" - Oshino Meme, Nekomonogatari (Kuro)
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husky51
The Old Guy
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saviour2012
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Registration Date: 02.24.12
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quote:
Originally posted by husky51
Saddles quote about Roar
"Just wondering what Roar did for 3 1/2 years! "
Guess he moderated himself for those years...
Brings to mind that etching of a violin maker sitting in the empty stone cell looking up at the barred window.... waiting for Ghibli fans to discover the site...
Brings up a question... How the heck did UO find him???
there was another site called something i dont remember properly wingsee or buta connection probably or some other place[online] where roar used to be
there is a page on the main site about the people who created this site
this kind of talk always makes me think why the hell we are not updating the main site its toooooooooooooooooooooooooooo old.
roar say something to uo man.
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Ask, think and learn. Because the more we know the more we grow.
Watching the wrong to happen is the same as commiting the wrong.
If it looks like things are forcing you to be creative, Then be creative.
its a uniquely Miyazaki film, one only he could make and its uniqueness places it beyond being easily critiqued.[About Porco Rosso]
taken from a quote of Saddletank and Orphic Okapi
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Saddletank
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Wingsee's site was shut down because it got inundated by spammers. I think the admin was a casual person without too much tech skill and didn't protect it properly, or didn't have time to. It was a fun place and I know a few people who are here were there as well.
I think a few of us came here when it closed, so that puts our friendships as even older. I was probably active on Wingsee's site for 2 to 3 years before coming here.
That site had exactly the same family atmosphere.
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"An old man like me stands no chance fighting against a high school girl in her underwear" - Oshino Meme, Nekomonogatari (Kuro)
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saviour2012
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quote:
Originally posted by Saddletank
Wingsee's site was shut down because it got inundated by spammers. I think the admin was a casual person without too much tech skill and didn't protect it properly, or didn't have time to. It was a fun place and I know a few people who are here were there as well.
I think a few of us came here when it closed, so that puts our friendships as even older. I was probably active on Wingsee's site for 2 to 3 years before coming here.
That site had exactly the same family atmosphere.
wingsee is still up but the forum is not.
you guys had internet in 2000, i got introduced to it at 2009[when i bought my pc], but had my personal connection on 2011 just sometime before i joined here.
being in a first world country sure has some benefits
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Watch everything but only take the good things from it
Ask, think and learn. Because the more we know the more we grow.
Watching the wrong to happen is the same as commiting the wrong.
If it looks like things are forcing you to be creative, Then be creative.
its a uniquely Miyazaki film, one only he could make and its uniqueness places it beyond being easily critiqued.[About Porco Rosso]
taken from a quote of Saddletank and Orphic Okapi
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Saddletank
Miyazaki's Best Friend
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When I say 'site' I meant 'forum'. I didn't use any other part of the site.
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"An old man like me stands no chance fighting against a high school girl in her underwear" - Oshino Meme, Nekomonogatari (Kuro)
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arren18
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Registration Date: 08.15.06
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There were quite a few others who were active around the time I joined, but they've been gone for so long now.
It's weird to think that for a lot of us, next year will be the tenth year here! And Roar already reached that milestone...
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Saddletank
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for a lot of us, next year will be the tenth year here!
The longevity of commitment by people to this site must be extremely rare on the internet, it could even be unique. I don't suppose anywhere on the web carries any kind of awards or data on things like this but it would be cool to know where the Tavern rates among forums with the longest active members.
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"An old man like me stands no chance fighting against a high school girl in her underwear" - Oshino Meme, Nekomonogatari (Kuro)
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fenkashi
Dibs on Supreme Overlord
Registration Date: 08.12.07
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Wow 10th year... when you put it like that.
I'm glad everyone who's still here stuck around <3
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arren18
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I expect on big forums that have been very active for a long time, there will be some seriously long-term members. On the other hand it's probably unusual for a small forum to be stubbornly kept alive for this long by a few old members. 
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Tea Master Tall
Totoro
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I haven't been very active at all on here. Life is busy. I'm a Junior in high school now and Math and Science are difficult areas for me. Lots of homework. I wish I could spend half the school day on practicing piano instead, so that maybe I could actually improve instead of feeling so disappointed with lessons. I involve myself in many extra curricular activities, because I feel like I have to make up for what I miss in school, but I am involved with way too much crap. I'm learning how to just barely keep commitments as opposed to actually learning important stuff. So I guess I'm frustrated. I know I need to do well in school in order to get to college where I will hopefully have more opportunities for real learning and growth, but it also feels pointless to do things in preparation for the future when I could be doing them now. After all, I can't be certain of my future- but school right now just seems like a chore that needs to be done to obtain meaningful education later rather than an effort towards meaningful education now. I guess I feel like Shizuku- more than anything I would like to say screw school and work on something I actually want to work on, but if I did that I think my life could end up being a lot harder in the long run. But, I don't know, maybe that wouldn't be such a bad thing. But the personally worse decision of going along with school normally, seems to be the best option for survival in this American society. So that's basically what I've been doing and then stressing over juggling all my commitments: Theater, Piano Lessons, Writing a Newsletter, Art class, naturally I procrastinate most on the subjects I am least interested in: Math/Science. I think I'll get by, but there are few things more unsatisfying than just getting by when I know I'm capable of so much more. I have so many advantages that really it's pretty selfish for me to complain about school, but I know that bad education effects many people and I want to make a difference with my talents and an actual positive impact on society just as much as any well-meaning person does. Anyway, I guess this turned into a vent, but I still feel pretty good most of the time. I ignore stuff too much to be stressed out all the time, lol. And aside from school my life's great.
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The Old Guy
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