What's this guy's story?

FireLance said:
I was there from Autumn 1990 to Spring 1993. Did we overlap any?
Yes! MSc student from Autumn 1991 to Spring 1992. Teacher from Autumn 1992 to Spring 1993. Even though I was teaching Psychology to non-psychologists, I'm pretty certain that you weren't one of my students because there were no Singaporeans in my class AFAIK. It's a shame we didn't meet at the time. ;)
 

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I'm 39 years old, white male Londoner - lived most of my life in London, England not Ontario, apart from three years at college in Oxford (Oxford Brookes University) getting my BA in Publishing and Computing. Since then I've worked as a number of things, but now in my 11th year working in IT in various roles, mainly systems analysis or business analysis. 2002 I started doing a MSc with the Open University (distance learning) in Computing.

Started gaming in 1977, so well before a lot of you were born, :eek: with OD&D(1974) - three books in a white box, which my brother got in September for his birthday. I played quite a lot of different systems round that time including Metamorphosis Alpha, Runequest2, Bunnies and Burrows, 1e AD&D, BD&D, and Traveller. By the early 80's I remember pretty much only playing RQ2, Call of Cthulhu, Toon, and some supers games. I pretty much dropped out of regular RPGing between about 1987 and 2003, but still played occasional games of CoC , CCG (Mythos, Illuminatii NWO) and tabletop wargames with minis and with games like Squad Leader.

2003 got back into playing D&D with 3e and have now started playing regularly again, sometimes with my brother, other times with another group where S'mon is the DM.

Been married for three years, but probably not much longer unless things improve a lot. No kids.

Main writing at the moment is either work stuff (reports, analysis docs, etc) or reviews, though I like to write RPG scenarios and may try submitting some for publication in the future. Also keen to try and write some fiction if I can find time.
 

51, a navy brat.

Got my smarts, my sense of humor, my temper, and my singing voice from my mom.

Got my height, my build, my looks, my clinical depression, my anxiety disorder, and my tendency to normal serum cholesterol, sound heart, and clear blood vessels despite my atrocious diet from my dad.

Tonsils removed at the age of two. Massive infection at the age of seven. Introduced to science fiction (Sioux Spaceman by Andre Norton) by my mom at the age of ten. Mom also bought be my first wargame. Were that not bad enough she risked arrest in 1959 California to teach me to read using phonics.

Been hospitalized for depression, an apparent heart attack (anxiety attacks can be tricksy things) and a "minor, transient, ischemic event" (a mild stroke).

Been homeless. (Disability auditions in these parts is tough.)

Blog, rile folks on ENWorld, put off things, comment on other blogs, and am now awaiting the start of a new undertaking. (Called Pajamas Media. You can ask a guy name of Roger L. Simon {Yes, that Roger L. "Scenes From a Mall" Simon.} about it.)

Expect to croak around 2034. Hope to get another go around, but with better mental health. A wife and family (with kids who all outlive their dad) would be nice.

Need to apply myself. Need to start serious exersizing (weight related high blood pressure aggravated by the anti-depressant {Heart attack or suicide, such a choice.}). (BTW, have you been to a YMCA recently? Don't know about other locations, but the Downtown San Diego Y was not what I expected.)

Like pizza, cheap beef, non-fat milk, 7-up, chicken noodle soup, clam chowder, dogs, cats, tasmanian devils, the Dave, Shelly, and Chainsaw show on KGB ("We had the letters first, the Russians can change."), kids, reading, pretty girls, pretty ladies, sunny days, the Moody Blues, the Beatles, the Who, Led Zeppelin, Gordon Lightfoot, Neil Diamond, The Monkees, Jethro Tull, Fleetwood Mac, Ludwig von Beethoven, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johann Bach, Johann Sebastian Bach, and John Denver.

I can only hope the people who foisted broccoli, asparagus, and brussel sprouts on the world had children just like them. I am convinced the kiwi fruit is New Zealand's way of getting back at America for light beer.

I do tend to go on at grea ... think I'll end it here before I do.
 
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Uzumaki said:
The animal I hate the most is people
...
I've never had a boyfriend,
...
I want to lose my virginity to David Bowie

I'm no psychologist, but I'm thinking maybe you're not mad at the world - you're just horny.
 

Altamont Ravenard said:
I'm a 29-year old french canadian male who spends waaaay too much time inside his own head.

I'm realizing that I've been a clown all my life.

I've never really felt part of anything, and as I grow older, I feel like I'm growing apart from society in general.

I have bad habits and no drive.

I have very few, but very good friends. I've had a girlfriend for 8 years this month.

I write pornographic short stories (for (little) money and just the hell of it).

I've been playing D&D since I was 10 and fiddling with the rules since I was 10 and a half.

My life has been remakably easy and uneventful.

When I die, at about 90, I'll have accomplished nothing.

And this is the most depressing post I've ever made, ever.

Have a nice day!

AR

You know, this thing reads like the autobiography of a confessed serial killer!

"He wa a loner, kept to himself. Wrote pornography, I believe. I never thought he'd be the kind of guy to murder all those people..."
 

Rel said:
...That's probably enough about me for now. Nobody wants to OD on Rel on a Tuesday night.

Edit: PS - I'm not mad at the world (at least not any appreciable percentage of it) but I AM horny.

der_kluge has reminded me of important information that I should have added to my story earlier in the thread.
 

diaglo said:
you need ABBA in the background. might i suggest Dancing Queen.

everything goes better with ABBA.

I could only wish it was ABBA. I could only wish.

"I can dance with you honey,
If you think it's funny,
but does your mother know that you're out?"

joe b.
 
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