Welcome back, Olen!

So sorry to hear about the rubbish with the internet companies. Ugh. Just like the opposite gender - can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em.

Just post when you are able. You're always welcome anytime!

Wait a minute....the opposite sex...is it me or you?


WELCOME BACK OLEN !!!!!

Here, here . . . Welcome back, O!

Welcome Back Kotter!

Oh wait, it's Olen?

Great to have you back, Olen! I've been out of town for a few days myself and was delighted to see you back! Sorry for the troubles you've been having.

Ugh, I'm back. I was sick, my girlfriend WOULD NOT LEAVE ME ALONE -_-. Little piece of...meh, let's forget about that.

At this point, I'm at the drawing board, trying to come up with a viable plot for my improved and refined Oblivion fan fiction posted on both the Bethesda forums and this forum. Anybody got any ideas? By the way, everything is different, even the personality and stuffs...

Well I'm back (again). I've been very busy lately with my band 'Chains of Darkness' ™ as we've been on the road the last two month's touring across Norway (been playing at several pubs and the like) trying to get our music out to people so that it is recognized and hopefully lands us a record deal.

But now that we've finished I'm looking forward to continuing on my stories (yes MalX ther will be more Selina for you, and of course some more Telina for Minque...hopefully my reviewer count will increase as well *hintcoughhint*

WOO HOO !!!!!!!!! Glad to hear your music is doing so well too! And so good to see you back on here !!!

Yay! Our norwegian princess is back! I'm so glad to see you again and I'm happy for you about your band and stuff,

So any links to some youtube thingy so we can have a sample of your music???

For those of us in the States, I wish you a Happy Thanksgiving, and hope you have much to give thanks for. For everyone else, I wish you the latter part, and hope that your otherwise normal thursday is just awesome for some odd reason.

Thanks, BH!

And a Happy Turkey Day to all our fellow Americans!

And to everyone else around this blue globe, have a great and delightful Thursday!

May all of us have many blessings to be thankful for!

Thanks Black Hand !!! And ditto !!!

Hope today brings everyone peace, happiness, and laughter, (and some form of memorable love...er...did Foxy type that...?)

Eat, laugh, play. Crash on the couch (or recliner) and do it all again.

Hope everyone has a wonderful day.

Today's menu:

Slow-cooker turkey
Escalloped potatoes
Cornbread dressing
Green beans almondine
Cherry jello salad
Chess cake

Yum! I'm unrolling my map so I can fast travel to ETN right now!

Happy TG to all us yanks!

We have something called thanksgiving here, as well. However, I think it's celebrated a month earlier and only by a few people who're into agriculture and stuff.

For me, this was a really compassionate week. A very dear collegue of mine passed away while driving home from work, through the mountains over snowy roads. Probably his heart gave up. He did have some history of heart problems.

It's rather difficult because he was one of the nicest people I ever met. When we met early in the morning to enter work he'd always have a "A wonderful day to you" on his lips, and I never saw him angry or annoyed. And he had stories to tell...! He's done some very amazing things in his life and when he told of them every was hanging on his lips.

Also, he was the guy the younger collegues were asking for advice all the time because he was a real guru when it came to some specific topics.

Damn, I'll miss him. We will miss him.

Sorry for the loss of your friend, Stargelman.

Stargelman, my condolences to you as well.

Best wishes and condolences, Stargelman. Kind of reminds me of a Willa Cather story about a fellow who had heart disease, but who was a wonderful, caring individual. The key to the story was that although he had a "bad heart," he actually had a good heart- and that he understood his death would be part of the natural cycle of the seasons.

But that does not make it any easier for those who are left to mourn. Be well, my friend, and stop by any time for some virtual food and real comfort.

I am so sorry for your loss Stargelman. The workplace will not be the same when someone like that leaves it. I hope his spirit remains inside all of those who enjoyed him so much. Someone like that will live on in people's memories a lot longer than their time here.

Feast 2- All of the above items, plus:

Yeast rolls
Stuffed celery
Deviled eggs
Butter cake

I love chess pie and chess bars, never had a chess cake. For Thanksgiving dessert I had balls of peanut butter fudge dipped in chocolate. [MMMMMM]

Gonna sound crazy but I'm missing all the old forum members that have disappeared and the old RPs that we used to have. Missing A Mystery Unleashed and similar stuff as well as alot of people who no longer visit these forums. Missing the old fan fictions and missing a time when things were easier IRL. Very sad and depressed right now around the holidays.

Kiln, sorry to hear you're feeling kinda blue.

But it's normal to miss old friends and old activities (in this case, the RP's and fan-fics you used to read here). Especially when RL is kinda sucky, it's hard not to miss things and people you enjoyed in better times!

Hang in there, keep yourself open, and you'll make new friends, find new things to enjoy, and RL will get better. Someday. Eventually. Have faith in that much, at least.

In the meantime, keep us posted on how you're doing!

You are not alone in that, the holidays are known for causing stress and depression in a high percentage of the population. When things aren't feeling great IRL, it is natural to miss the past when things were so much easier and fun.

My wishes for you: that things will get better IRL. I really hope they do, and that you have a good friend to stand by your side through the rough patches.

I wouldn't say crazy, it's not unusual for me to find myself remembering forums which are long gone. The last hardcore remnants of oneI used to frequent which went years ago had lived on in IRC until a couple of months ago, I sort of miss the discussions. Indeed all the IRC channels I used to sit on are dead now, as are most of the old forums. Chorrol is the only one I still visit.


Things are certainly cold here, well snowy anyway. It's unusual to get this much ever, let alone in November. There's fallen trees and abandoned cars and even busses here and there and not a gritter in sight. Can't say it makes me relish the mile and a half walk into uni. I must be getting old now I can't see anything attractive in snow (well except light for photography but the day's are so short I'm never in the right place when it is light). Still on the plus side our downstairs neighbours have their heating up quite high.

No surprise to miss the missing.... Change may be inevitable, but we don't have to be happy about it.

We have lost or misplaced many of our old active members here, but there are some still around- and many new folks who keep things lively. So pull up a chair- the first pint is free and the fire is hot. There will always be a spot for Kiln the Wanderer.

The domain waiting4oblivion.com is about to expire. Should I renew it? What do y'all think?

Kind of ambivalent... A lot of folks don't even remember the good old W4O days, but it is a bit of nostalgia for us old fossils- um, long-time forum members.

If you guys have to pay a fee for it, I would say let it go. It will give us an excuse to have a bon voyage party.

Well it ain't much, was just wondering if it was anyone else...

I didn't know anything about it, I just went - that site is Awesome !!! Someone put a lot of work into that page! Whoever the web page designer is, they did an awesome job!

I guess it must be outdated. The link to the forums brought me to Chorrol.com, but the print was smaller and it showed me as not logged in on it (while I was on this Chorrol.com.

I guess the theme of it could be "Waiting for TESV, lol. Anyway, I won't vote because I don't know what your plans are for updating it if you keep it going.


PS: You should link to it in your comment so people can go check it out !!!

I don't really see any reason to keep it other than nostalgia, chorrol.com has everything it does (I think...). Really depends how much traffic it gets I suppose.

Actually, waiting4oblivion.com was the predecessor of chorrol.com. It's just around for nostalgic reasons. Right now, there's a majority who says let it go...

Speak for yourself doggie, I'm still in my prime...but yes there have been many a time when I miss the good old...er days

For some reason all of us seemed so much more active back then. Why I can even remember when Stargelman wasn't an old snore (sorry Stargel I couldn't resist)

Anywho, I'd love to keep it around just for the nostalgia some of us 'Old Brigade' folks have for it (see what you did Trey, now I'm doing it too). Of course you have to decide if it is worth it to continue paying for the domain, and Trey-doggie is right one should never pass up a party.

So I'll bring the cookies, hopefully Trey can bring the lemonade.

PS: Kiln, if it is any comfort to you I haven't given up my fanfic just yet (actually in a new writing mood again) hopefully it will help your mood if one of the...longstanding forum writers are still active (though I do think of myself as a second generation writer along with Cloudy. Yourself, Minque, trey, Alex and of course Override are the first gen writers and my inspiration to start fanfiction at all).

Awww Mr Oven! I'm still alive but not so active at the time being, reasons for that is : 1. My RL take incredibly much time for me, 2. My two kitties need me a lot as I need them and to take care of them..

and at last: I do have a bad conscience about not having updated my story for an huge amount of time...i'm so sorry about that. ALSO I have been very lazy in commenting on other amazing stories around here



I also think waiting4oblivion should stay out of nostalgic reasons, but my opinion is of less importance maybe since I've been quite absent lately

Then I am pleased to hear from you that you see me in the first generation writers..ahem...but today I'm nothing...

STILL....I do love you all, oldies and newbies

Aww thanks Minque...I must say though I am proud to see that I'm still somewhat active with my fanfics (considering myself as the first of the second generation writers) and it feels strange that it has been a little over five years since I started writing, though in hindsight I wince when I see the poor grammar that is rampant throughout the first chapters...though that will change once I can finish editing the chapters and send them to Alex.

PS. Planty if your still alive we'd love to hear from you...we do miss you you know

PPS: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2010-11-...-5-in-the-works


I suggest everyone read that...hmm I have a feeling that a name change will be needed again soon, and I can also sense a new influx of members...

Burn eeeeeeeeet.

Its funny that you posted this because I was looking at W4O like the two days before or something. It was nice to still be able to see the old site but to be honest, I don't go there often anymore...alot of the links don't work after this period of time or redirect to a forum page that no longer exists. The only way I'd say you should renew the site is if you like to return there and look over things the way they once were, otherwise I'd say let it go.

Let er diy, laddy, let er diy

Well Im sure a few of us pop in every now and then Kiln.. I know I do, just if to see whats up. If the last 5 years have taught me something is that RL is very busy and distracting.. that and gf's and bills and school and not having a computer because you dropped it down the steps...

Im sure if you hang around there will be a upsurge of people due to the announcement of TESV. I'm not sure if I have it in me to write anymore though. Has Dantrag been around lately?

Looks like it ought to be waiting5skyrim now...

That's certainly a possibility. The place might see another burst of life...

I'm glad to see all the old regulars around here and the new people as well, I dunno I just never realised how hard life can be when I was younger, things are just very difficult but they seem to be getting better. I hope that when the next ES game gets announced that the forum gets alot more active but we'll see I guess.

I don't think Dantrag stops by much anymore but I'm not for sure, he doesn't post much these days though.

I'm alive and well, and I hope everybody else is too. I still stop by from time to time, even if I don't post or even log in. Good to 'see' you guys!

CATAHOULA NEWS - DOG DAYS DIARY

Day 1. On The Eve Of The Surgery


That snowstorm spreading across the southeast - we've been snowed in for two days, and my puppy is due for surgery first thing tomorrow AM. - The Vet never called to confirm the surgery.

When they didn‘t call to confirm the surgery, I tried calling them (still during their regular hours of business) - and got a recorded message to call back during regular business hours.

Of course, by this I ASSUMED they were closed because of the snow/icy roads.

NOW: I am supposed to have her there before the vet's office opens for business in the morning - in other words, before they begin taking phone calls - (but surgery patients are accepted early). - which means no way to phone first and see if they will be open.

They have no web site, nor did they post a closing on the local media sites. - I spent hours that night searching for an email address, web site, reading local media lists of closings - home phone numbers of the Vet by name, etc. NOTHING.




Day 2. The Day Of The Surgery


The alarm goes off at 6 AM. I fumble for the remote and turn to the weather channel. It is 13 degrees out, guaranteed icy roads. I have no way to call the Vet and ask if they’ll be open.

Do I drag my little girl out on icy roads and skid my way down there only to find they are closed with a sign that says, "Are you a total idiot?"

- or do I risk missing the appointment and wait till office hours to call in and ask if they'll be open? This is what I do. It is 13 degrees out, I live in the boonies. I'm not driving on icy roads till I know they'll be there.

So I don't leave the house till I can get someone there on the phone. I call repeatedly (you know the drill, redial, send. redial, send. etc.) and keep getting their recorded message that says to call back during regular business hours - but they should have opened over 30 minutes ago !!!

Meanwhile, I was supposed to keep her from eating anything since 8 PM last night, no drinks past midnight. I had everything under control till I need to use the bathroom. It looks like Frosty the Snowman exploded in there. Dixie had shredded a full roll of toilet paper.

The living room also looks oddly white…almost as if it had snowed in there. The lazy boy easy chair is no longer overstuffed; a sad, pathetic skeleton frame of wood and metal covered with ragged blue cloth is all that is left of my husband‘s favorite easy chair.



***


Finally, someone answers at the Vet’s office - over 30 minutes after their regular business hours (during which whole time I kept getting the recording telling me to call back during regular business hours). They tell me, "bring her in" - so I do.

I stop trying to piece the chair together and grab Dixie. We head out the door.

So…then I am driving on icy streets, sliding and skidding. Halfway to the Vets office she takes a giant cow-sized hunky dunk all over the back CLOTH seat of my car. She proceeds to roll in it with each skidding of the car, walk through it then stand up all over the back of the seat, the doors, etc - all CLOTH.

The smell - you get the idea.

Her leash has been dragged through it as well. I go to get her out of the car at the vets, and her leash is covered in it. I have to touch it with my HANDS!

I go into the vets and happen to mention that she shredded toilet paper and one Lazy Boy chair - you guessed it. Surgery cancelled. GAAAAH !!!

So then, I have to drive back home - it has warmed up to 15 degrees now - Slide, skid, swerve, etc.

I get home and (once again have to touch the leash with my HAND) - she is so happy to be home, that she runs THROUGH the feces and jumps all over me.

Am I having a bad day? Should I have read my horoscope before leaving bed this morning?




The Aftermath


They have some TV show out (my husband watches it) that is about people who work in the crappiest professions - stinky, dirty, fish-gutty, dog-pooey, etc.

You know, careers where they do something disgusting every day and get paid for it.

I would love to contact one of them and have them clean my back seat - the back seat of my car, that is - out for me - I would be willing to pay just about anything to not have to do this myself.

No amount of big eyes and hints (or bribes) swayed my husband to volunteer his services.

My idea is to open all the windows and let the (now 20 degrees) cold air freeze the crap so it doesn't stink so bad. And throw clumping cat litter all over it. Then tomorrow, approach it with a 4" putty knife, several "Food City" plastic bags, etc.

Add another layer of clumping cat litter to absorb my puke, come back the next day : repeat.

If the time comes that I don't puke when I do it, then I need to bring a gallon jug of vinegar, a pound of Oxy-clean, a pound of Baking soda - dump them all in there and mix .

I considered going to one of those car washes you put the quarters in and spraying the living crap out of my back seat area with that high pressure hose.





Actions Taken


I dumped 34 pounds of Fresh Step (with anti-bacterial odor reducing carbon crystals) scoopable cat litter in my back seat and rolled all the windows down to air the car out.

So…I‘m looking out my window, and see my outdoor cats climbing into the back seat of my car! They obviously thought I had created a giant free-form litter box just for them!

Well, now my windows are only open a crack, still trying to freeze the stuff. So, er…anyone have any suggestions on how to clean it?










True story, happened today. So Dixie’s surgery has been rescheduled for this Friday, December 17.

*whisper*

Remember what Foxy told you about your self described production of the .... "World's biggest...."

I wonder...did that have anything to do with your getting covered in doggy doo-doo???

Uh...are you saying ... you did this to me? GAAAAAH !!!!

mALX, I feel terrible! Part of it is indeed over your misfortune. . . but I must confess that part of it is also over that fact that I am laughing my butt off at the morning you have had! Am I a bad person? I think perhaps it is your fault that I am laughing at your misfortune. After all, who else could describe her oderifically misadventures as well as you? I see indeed where Maxical gets her unique ability to, um. . . get into things.

They have some TV show out (my husb watches it) that is about people who work in the crappiest professions - stinky, dirty, fish-gutty, dog-pooey, etc. - careers where they do something disgusting every day and get paid for it.

I would love to contact one of them and have them clean my back seat - the back seat of my car, that is - out for me - I would be willing to pay just about anything to not have to do this myself.

No amount of big eyes and hints (or bribes, Foxy, lol) swayed my husb to volunteer his services.

My idea is to open all the windows and let the (now 20 degrees) freeze the crap so it doesn't stink so bad. Throw clumping cat litter all over it. Then tomorrow, approach it with a 4" putty knife, several "Food City" plastic bags, etc.

Add another layer of clumping cat litter to absorb my puke, come back the next day : repeat.

If the time comes that I don't puke when I do it, then I need to bring a gallon jug of vinegar, a pound of Oxy-clean, a pound of Baking soda - dump them all in there and mix .

I considered going to one of those car washes you put the quarters in and spraying the living crap out of my back seat area with that high pressure hose.


Anyone have any suggestions on how to clean it?

If you are friends with the fire department, get one of their protective suits with the mask and the breathing gear. Guaranteed to keep out all the stink.

Then get puh len tee of cleaning liquid AND a high pressure hose!

I dumped 34 pounds of Fresh Step (with anti-bacterial odor reducing carbon crystals) scoopable cat litter in my back seat and left the windows cracked.

I had the windows down, but my outdoor cats thought I had created a giant free-form litter box just for them.

That sounds like one of those days where the best option is to go back to bed with a cup of coffee (if only to pour it over yourself).

As far as cleaning goes the student in me would suggest fabreeze to kill the smell then put a blanket over the seats... what you can't see can't hurt you and all that.

Still on a more positive note I'm finished exams for this semester so can start feeling christmassy now