EAB: The Years Gone By

[The Silent Orator]

So, for those of you who have been here for some significant amount of time, I just thought I'd make this topic for you guys.

Some of us have been a part of the EAB for many years (holy goodness, it's almost ten years for me) and a lot has happened to me in that time. I'm sure much has happened to all of you as well.

I figured this topic would be akin to a "then and now" type deal where we kinda just discuss how things have been over the past few years, how we've changed, if we're happy with it, and plans for the next few years!

Or at the very least, a topic just to discuss what's been going on and maybe see how you all have been doing.
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As for myself, I work full-time at a convenience store as a night shift manager. I graduated with my AA in music and attended Rutgers University to pursue my BA in English Education. Ultimately, paying rent became the highest priority over even education and I've dropped out.

I also am a volunteer brass instructor for a high school and a director of indoor percussion at that same school. In addition, I write the music and drill for their marching band (the little stuff they do for halftime shows), so I guess making a career of this if I get a few more schools commissioning me is not out of the question.

I still RP... and still with the same cast of rejects. Although, the years have matured and developed a lot of my characters past their flaws for the most part. I also have grown my cast of characters to the point that I've been perma-killing some of them just because they get put on a bus and forgotten. I actually have planned a reboot of my cast and right now only have about six new characters (and I plan on keeping it at that amount for now).

I actually live outside New Brunswick now. It's a slightly interesting feeling because every time I see the signs, I think of Spectral (and I really do miss him since he was somewhat of an influential person in my life and probably one of the biggest, if not only, reasons why I have such high standards for villains in fiction) and sometimes wonder what good ol' Specky is up to.

I still work on my little Fire Emblem fanfiction. It's been five years and I think it's almost at chapter 120 and over 500,000 words. It's actually gotten to the point that it's made some waves in the fandom, apparently. I didn't know this until recently when I randomly decided to google my fanfic and apparently people talk about it on message boards and/or make note of it in the authors' notes of their own works. I even have my own TVTropes page and my own facebook Fanpage.

So, I kinda feel honored, but at the same time I wonder if I deserve the praise since I still don't consider myself a good writer. (Echoes of things Ninmast and MarvinMan and all of them have said to me over the years always constantly drive me to believe I can do better than wherever I am now... even to this day, I constantly strive to improve.)

Speaking of MarvinMan, as much as we may have disliked the place... R.I.P. GAFF.

EDIT: Oh yeah, and I'm a brony. Rarity is my spirit animal.

[EJP]

I guess I might as well give an update of myself.

Jelly, my loveable cat who was basically a member here through my writings died last September. No one has any idea how much I miss her. My family is fine for the most part. OH! Remember the photos from that wedding I posted back in 2007? It was my uncle's wedding. Yeah, my uncle, despite being almost 60 years old, had 2 kids with his wife (who has finally been accepted as my aunt though I still call her by her first name). James (Jim) and Abagail (Abby). I'm their favorite cousin due to my mastery over Legos and since I enjoy hanging out with them more than talking to all the other "adults" at our family gatherings. I'm forbidden from buying them nerf guns or any toy weapons for the time being. They are currently only 4 years and 2 years old so there isn't much I can do besides warn their parents that they will soon know the names of all the pokemon. Let's see, my oldest Cousin who is almost 30 years old had a child just a little while ago. I really feel sorry for the kid since the baby is more mature mentally than his mother. As for the kid's father and everything else about that, I'm just going to label everything about it as drama by stupid people and move on. Speaking of stupid people, My sister, is no longer a slut. However she is now an even bigger bitch than ever before and is still as self centered as ever. Her current boyfriend who she has been with for 4 years now (I think) is someone I feel sorry for. With the economy still not so great, dating my sister should be financially impossible for him, more so since he is somewhat employed as a substitute teacher. He wants to marry my sister but both me and father keep telling him to run away why he still can.

As for myself, I finished college with an AA and BA in Criminal Justice. I had to write a killer 30+ page research proposal on the ego effect of serial killers. Got a perfect score on the proposal. Graduate college with over a 3.0 GPA. I currently don't have any college debts because I went to Brandman University (part of the Chapman University system) and due to my mom working for Chapman University my tuition was free. On the down side of life, I've been unemployed for the past 4 years. Not due to lack of trying. I'm looking into joining the Air Force but I seem to just keep hurting myself while training. I'm still a loner. Haven't been in a relationship in 2 years. Haven't talked to Kainus in approximately 3 years. Ketaro is the only EAB member I've talked to on a regular basis. Although less as of a late due to me making new online friends in Minecraft. I found a great server with great people. Ketaro even joined for awhile. On the server I'm the grave yard keeper and builder of rail ways. You know the gravestones game here on the EAB? Well I turned it into a minecraft joke that many people love and often laugh at. I am currently the only person on the server (who shows up regularly) who doesn't have a grave in the graveyard despite the fact that the man with 6 graves in the graveyard hates me. I don't grief, I just add you to my grave yard with a funny or embarrassing grave. The server is called Guard Break. Just google it to find the address if anyone is interested. Moving on, I also mastered Tekkit last December due to updating my game before Guard Break updated the server. However the Tekkit server I found has since gone offline. Let's see, I'm still a "pervert" in the sense that I still enjoy Hentai and talking about Hentai to many people I meet online. To think how much you can change one girl's life by getting her to google Fu-*EDITED BY: Ninmast!*. I haven't done any RPing in at least a year. I joined a website that Ketaro admined at and tried to start some RPs there but they never took off. Well... one of mine was going to but life got in the way and pretty much burnt me out creativity wise. Remember that research proposal I mentioned? Yeah, took some really creative writing to make my research proposal to stick to the very strict guidelines of that paper. Despite all my years of saying "don't drink all the hooch!" to the noobs of the EAB while pretending to be a drunkard in a humor RP, I actually stay away from alcohol. To be honest, I only really use alcohol in cooking or baking. Getting drunk has no purpose for me so I don't do it. Not to mention I've seen enough drunks and Women on Wine to realize alcohol is bad. Oh and if you missed, I bake and cook. I'm working on a refining a Whiskey Chicken recipe right now. That is pretty much everything worth knowing about myself. OH! I'm still haven't killed anyone. ;D

In closing, I'm not a Brony. If you are a Brony and not an animator of some kind or parent, I believe you should get your head examined for possible brain washing or other psychological issues. However if you watch the real Bitches of Bitchwood (aka The Real Housewives of where ever) or any of those New Jersey shows you should be quarantined from the rest of the world because something is clearly wrong with you while most Bronies are merely brain washed.

[The Silent Orator]

Sorry to hear about Jelly, EJP. I remember all the posts you used to make about her here (and the old EAB). Have you considered a career in maybe being a chef somewhere if you love cooking so much?

I'm actually also pretty interested in that paper you wrote, especially if you got a really good mark on it.

[Kainus Maximus]

…oh why not, I come lurk here once in awhile anyways.

Since leaving a number of years ago, a few critical events have occurred. I graduated from Cal State Fullerton with a BA in English with a focus on language and literature. I moved out and now live in Fullerton CA. I started dating an artist and we’ve been going out for nearly two years, though she goes to school in San Francisco 6 months out of the year, so it can be considered a long distance relationship. I’ve retired from pretty much all online forums, and had to have my arm twisted to get a facebook account, which is stagnating. I had a second job for awhile as a Grant Writer while I was working at Home Depot, but my boss was difficult to work with sometimes, I wasn't getting good experience, and I wasn't always paid on time, so I quit that and went back to cashiering at Home Depot for the time being. Still doing my usual hobbies like video games and table top games though at a reduced rate. However, I’ve joined a HEMA group (Historical European Martial Arts) about three years ago, and have been focusing on a lot of weapon training including Longsword (German Tradition), Kampfringen, Langes Messer, Arming Sword and Buckler, Pollaxe, Eskrima stick fighting, and a number of others. Let me tell you, going back and looking at old RPs, old characters, and the sword fighting topics that popped up here and there… very few, if any of us knew what we were talking about (myself included).

[This One]

Wow. I think I qualify. Okay.

I think I was just starting university when I left. As of Friday, I'll have my BS in Language and International Health with a concentration in Health Care Administration from Clemson University. I'm technically employed at Banker's Life and Casualty but I haven't begun working there. It was only ever a "just in case I don't get anything better" plan. But I've gotten something better: I've been accepted to the Masters of Health Administration program at Alabama Birmingham. I'm still holding out on giving them a yes or no for USC's (Carolina, not California) response. I've also gotten a job offer from Tennessee's state health department, so now it boils down to deciding between the instant gratification of a delicious paycheck or delaying gratification for a (hopefully) better-paid position in the future. Oh, adult decisions.

As for RPing, I ran an advanced-lit, historical Hetalia forum for about three years but have recently given it back to the original proprietor. I'm still a member for the time being, but the site is dying as the fandom does the same. And my literary skills have gotten so much better. I can't bring myself to read back through my EAB Mary Sues/Gary Stus just yet. Woes of an ex-Narutard.

Outside of roleplay, I became an accomplished marksman. (Markswoman? I'm still a lady - that hasn't changed.) I shot for our school's rifle team for two and a half years and competed in two NRA Intercollegiate Championships. This year, we took second in air rifle and fourth in smallbore (third overall). Not as well as we would have liked to have done, but better than last year. We took gold at sectionals, so I won't complain too much.

I also spent half a year living in Buenos Aires. It was quite the experience. I think the two biggest things I learned were how to tell the difference between a grope for rump and a grope for a wallet, and that you never say "Falklands" unless you're looking to start something. No, but really, it was amazing. I got to see a lot of really neat things, I worked at a medical home for impoverished Natives, and took some excursions to Iguazu and Uruguay. I could happily live in Uruguay. Y claro, soy fluidez en castellano ahora. Castellano rioplatense para ser exactos. Si necesitas unas traducciones, puedo ayudarte un chiquitito, pero si hay el eslang de México o de otra parte... Pues. Suerte. Chau.

School and rifle took up most of my time, so I don't have too much other news. I'm still attempting to teach myself Finnish. With no materials other than music, it's slow going. Voi vittu. I have a Tumblr, but I actively avoid the more extreme parts of that site - the weeaboos, the militant activists, you know. I attended my first con (cosplay-free). Despite the cool things in the dealer's area, the crowds made me extremely uncomfortable and I'm not sure I could do it again. Something about that kind of crowded area is just different than a mosh pit at a metal concert (which I thoroughly enjoy.)

And I might have met one of the other EAB members recently. And there might be more to the story than that, but I'm not telling.

[EJP]

The Silent Orator: Chef, yeah I've been thinking that I should have gone for that instead of law enforcement. However, It was studying law that drove me to cooking. Just got a real big desire for some chocolate chip oatmeal cookies one day and said to myself "Fuck it! I'll just go bake some". Since then I've made a number of things. Cooking for myself is rather common but I don't make complex things. Sort of experimenting with different recipes at the moment. Smokey Mountain Chipolet Chicken looks great but I don't have a grill and it takes at least 4 hours to make. As for the paper, it's less of a paper than a research proposal. Meaning I spend most of the time trying to convince the reader that this idea for research could be useful should it get approved. If I knew you in real life I'd be more than happy to print you a copy but I'm not about to post it on the internet.

Kainus: Damn... I'm jealous of you. Despite the fact that I've done quite a lot of home improvement projects as of late. Home Depot just keeps rejecting my job application. I'm starting to think that their and everyone else's online job personality test keeps flagging me as a psychopath or something. Because many places just keep rejecting me. Hell, when I took the one at Disney they rejected me the minute the test was over. Sure I'm a crazy person who has spent too much time studying murder, but it's not like I list that on the test.

Oh and Kainus, you should get off facebook. I'm still not on there and life has been grand without it.... well... for the most part.

This One: That is very impressive. Travels not really my thing. Once you've seen it rain fire, it's hard to be impressed by scenery. Aside from that, I couldn't help thinking to myself how perfect you'd be to hook up with my friend Lewie should you ever find yourself in northern Louisiana. You two could hunt wild pigs, rabbits, and beavers (They keep daming his creak) on his property. That is of course if you are into hunting. Despite his red neck ways, he is very tech smart. Aside from that, I'm glad you are alive, well, and seeming to do good in the world. Don't suppose you know if anyone has used the sounds from an MRI machines to make electronic music before? I had my head MRIed last week and I swear I had a "Tyres Moment" while in there.

Tyres Moment for those who don't know:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJ0zGZ2t7xE

[This One]

Hm, no, I can't say that I've heard of MRI sounds in electronica. But to be fair, my list of electronica is quite small, and I've only been inside an MRI scanner once that I can remember. Honestly, I don't quite remember how they sound other than lots of thudding. But hey, if I ever become the head of a hospital, I promise I'll order a sound board to go in the imaging wing.

It's also good to see you're still around. I think you might be giving me too much credit about doing good in the world, but I'm not going to look a gift horse in the mouth here. And I do hunt, but not frequently. I don't own a rifle, and I'm not sure how easy it would be to hunt with a 9mm. At least for someone of my meager echelon, I predict that there would be a big number of woodland creatures with graze wounds.

--EDIT:

I finalized my plans. I'm going to UAB for a Master of Public Health and then I'm shipping off with the Peace Corps for two years. So yeah, there's that.

[Son of Marth]

I have been a member of the EAB since like, 2003 or 2004? I can't even remember, I was really young. Not even a teenager yet. I had to lie about my age. I left in..... I forget. 07 or 08. I was going through a rough time, and I didn't want to be anymore of a jerk to my friends on here then I had already been.

To be truthful, I don't feel I have amazing stories to share like you guy's but I am proud of what I accomplished. I conquered what felt like demonic posession, I am a survivor of my mothers abusive ex-husband, and I have adjusted to functioning in society, a process which felt like it would never be completed.

Since then, I have changed a lot. I no longer rely on medications to deal with my various mental health disorders. Instead, I have turned to taking responsibility for my actions, and actually thinking before acting. I meditate daily, I sleep healthily and regularly, and research psychology for the simple sake of understanding myself. I have much to learn, but I am enjoying it.

I have since then found real reasons to have self esteem, rather than trying to make myself feel important on the internet by berating others who honestly have more skill than i pretended to have in whatever field I was trying to help with. I graduated highschool in 2010, and I went to college, but ended up withdrawing for the simple fact I didn't take to the enviroment. I'm going to try hands-on education instead.

I have taked up martial arts and music. I write lyrics, I tried learning bass, and I've performed death metal style vocals in various bands in my area. I have acted as a counselor to those younger then me, doing whatever I can to help them, giving advice when they need, just being a friend when they need one, basically being an older sibling to those who may need one.

I am probably immature for my age in many respects, but I'm content with where I am. I had a job babysitting for a while, and I actually excelled at it, which speaks to how much I've changed I think. I still roleplay on facebook, but the structure is virtually non-existant compared to how it was here. Its fun, but it annoys me at times. I tell the younger RPers how RP used to be like on forums, i tell them what the EAB was like and many of them were amazed that RP could be so structured.

To be truthful, I know how much I have changed since leaving the EAB, but I find difficulty in articulating it. I still miss the old days of this place, but nothing is intended to last forever, even though at one point it felt like it would. It'd be nice to have a reunion one day, with all the members, old and new.

PS: For those of you who really knew me, I pretty much hate ICP nowadays. Hows that for a change?

[Ninmast]

I predate just about everyone currently on the site except Kainus. I came here after roleplaying over e-mail with TrueBlue(c) on her invitation and met the old ones that have faded into legend, like Master Link, Moonbeam, Kagetsuki Noroi and Spectral. I remember when Kagetsuki first came to the forum, she was, like, twelve or thirteen.

Darn, that makes me feel old, as I was a college freshman when I first came here.

I'm still doing pretty much the same thing I've done for a long time. I work on computers for a living and my hobbies are still writing, roleplaying, reading and video games. I still play Yugioh and Magic. Though I am looking to going into property by acquiring some apartments to rent out.

[TrueBlue©]

Son of Marth: Holy shit dude, rock on. I find myself ragging on my facebook friends for the same stuff. "Back in MY day, we had RULES, DAMMIT, and we liked it that way, because it was BETTER!"

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I joined the old place in 2004. I was thirteen or fourteen.

It's really cool to see that some of us still kinda come back here and lurk a little. I'm glad I'm not the only one that misses it. A few months ago, I reread some of those old RP guides I wrote. Christ. Whaaaat a transphobic bitch. How does that even weasel its way into an RP guide? Half of me wants to go back and edit all that out, to spare someone else's eyes from the snark, but... the rest of me wants to just leave it, so if I ever start to feel smarter than everyone, that's there, in public, and I can go remember that I'm really, really fallible.

Some of you might remember me as kind of a bitchy God Warrior. Biggest news for me, I guess, is that I lost my faith a couple years ago. When you centered your whole life around something like that, and then it just... just crumbles, you're sort of left scrambling for something to hold on to. I held on to the Arts. I draw and paint and write and perform. That's my job, actually. I'm a street performer in Austin. Y'all should come visit me sometime, I'd let any of one you crash at my place.

I still roleplay plenty, I've got a really good group here in San Marcos. We just wrapped up a Dark Heresy campaign, and started a Deadlands game, and we've had a Changeling game going for a year and some now. Never freeform, though. I haven't played online in years.

Sometimes I think we should pick up posting here again. I know we won't, the EAB's golden age is long gone. Maybe it'd be better than thinking of new ways to be a smartass on facebook, though.

Oh, and apparently I'm asexual. Ha-ha. Irony.

[EJP]

TrueBlue- Wow... True loosing her faith. Thought I'd never see the day that would happen. I don't want to seem rude but why did you loose your faith? As for being a street performer, I wouldn't have thought you'd do that. Doesn't seem like you... well... your old you. What kind of performance do you do? Striptease? ;D JOKING! Anyway, I know someone in Austin. I wonder if he's seen your performance? As for being asexual, was that a joke or are you really asexual?

Ninmast: When are you going to get Minecraft for the PC? Been waiting for you to show up and weird the server up. Even though the server is already weird and has lots of weird people on it already who are more weird than you. Not to mention we have several Bridgets and a robot girl obsessed with butts who is in charge.

MINI UPDATE: I've signed up with the Air Force. Spent like an entire day filling out paper work. I've also taken the Air Force Officer Qualifying Test (AFOQT). While I'm still waiting to see what my scores are, I have faith that I didn't completely bomb the test even though I know for a fact I did awful on the 2nd math part. I just hope the personality test didn't screw me over. Anyway, no news on when I'll be shipped off but... I need to loose weight. Not A LOT of weight mine you. Yet still... dieting SUCKS! Apparently if you weigh over 202 lbs. and you're 6ft tall, you're too heavy for the Air Force. I'm not in that bad of shape, hell I almost have a 6 pack, but loosing weight is not easy. You lot have no idea how much I want to bake some sweets right now.

[Moonbeam]

Wow, guys. Coming back here to lurk from time to time is pretty much like going back to my past and being reminded of all my failures and shortcomings when I was thirteen, eh, hehehehe, but I'm sure glad y'all have gotten on so well. Blast from the past, indeed! Fuzzies all over!

I don't think I've actually kept in touch with any of you on FB except Flame (I think I have him and Silva on FB, but no one else, apparently >_>), so... I guess I -could- say a lot of things have changed since I first joined in days of legend (Ahahahahaha Nin, you silly feller). I still maintain that I miss Master Link, and he has a lot of explaining to do if I ever see him again.

Most importantly, (or really most interestingly), I ended up a writer after all. Despite my ambitions for a fashion-oriented career path--to which I still feel the occasional draw--I ended up taking a course in Mass Communications, and graduated 0.17 points short of first class honours. I'm still not sure whether to be proud or to hate myself for it, and it's been two years since I graduated. As my signature says, I'm currently a food writer (Managing editor, to be accurate), and in my free time, I barista and make fabulous latte art ferns. I'm also one of those really obnoxious hipster people who cooks good food, owns a DSLR camera and posts pictures of said food on Facebook--though in my own defense, it's my passion, my work and my hobby and I make no apologies for it.

In whatever free time I can manage to scrounge up, I cook, bake, read, write DIII fanfiction like the right fangirly nerd that I am, play DIII and The Sims III, occasionally MUD, watch Nigella Lawson make things awesome, and whatnot. I did try to take up guitaring for a while, but as it turns out, my short, stubby fingers are only good for the kitchen. I -can- chop things real quick, though, so yay for me!

I also doodle, still, yes, so my dA account is still fairly active. Lately I've just taken to doodling on my phone, which is particularly fun since I get to play with all that cool digital shading stuff.

...oh, and I finally did something about my low self esteem issues--really in the form of losing nineteen pounds and learning how to pluck my bloody eyebrows. Now I'm just that chick who really loves to cook, and then gets all pantsy and goes running afterwards, who works at that food magazine and restaurant, who seems to enjoy braiding her hair Katniss-style and gets mad when people are stupid.

Yep, that about sums me up.

Oh, also--EJP, I'm so sorry about Jelly. I confess I still think about her from time to time, and giggle at the concept of Peanut Butter (Flame's cat) and Jelly.

[TrueBlue©]

EJP: Ehhhhh losing my faith was a long time coming. I'd been slowly starting to question weird discrepancies in the bible for a while. The tipping point was one day when I just stopped and thought, Whoa, wait, God personally murdered a shit ton of people in the Old Testament. And babies. Bajillions of babies. That's not cool. And everything very dramatically shattered. Now I join weird cults for the lolz. Right now I'm a Thelemite, and also an Inquisitor of the Red Fork Empire. It's fun!

My act is a living statue, I go out Fridays and Saturdays. It is something I would have been way too scared to do a long time ago, but street performance is something I've always admired.

And on asexuality: Yeah, I was serious. Figured out I'm a lesbian, though. Veros would have a field day if he found out. In my defense, I genuinely didn't realize until recently. It was like, gee, I am super repelled by dicks and dude romance, but I really, really like pretty ladies? Like really. Oh.

How'd the Air Force stuff go? Hope all went well, dieting sucks ass.

Moon: Gurl I am totes adding you on FB.

[EJP]

True: I did not see that coming. I never would have thought you were into girls (not counting Ninmast). I accept you for who you are and have nothing bad to say.

IN OTHER NEWS! The Air Force... didn't want me. The AFOQT test went bad. I failed it by 20 points, all of which were in the two areas of the test I have no experience in, Navigation and Piloting. I passed in all categories but those two. So I thought I could just enlist. But they wouldn't even let me start testing or filling out paper work until my weight was down to 197 lb. and my weight doesn't get any lower than 198 lbs. without having a flu and loosing several pounds of muscle mass. So with that in mind I got pointed in the direction of some law enforcement job openings to see if it was possible to get my Law Enforcement career going. While at my very first employment test, I heard about the military cut backs and how one guy entire parachute regiment was disbanded because of them. Since then I've given up on the Air Force and have instead been trying to get my law enforcement career going. Which hasn't been easy as I suck at interviews and I'm not the fastest, strongest, smartest, or best at really anything besides taking a beating and endurance. So once again, I'm back to waiting for my life to begin. On the bright side of life, one orange county sheriff deputy accused me of being Batman (in a way) simply because I had to confess "What crimes I've committed but have not been arrested for" and listed "assault" in reference to the fights I was in during Middle School, High School, and Fencing in College (JOKINGLY). Because of that listing and explanation he asked me "Well how do we know you are not going around beating up people in ally ways at night?" While my response should have been "Because I'm a cheap bastard and gas is fucking expensive. Not to mention the "nearest" ally way from my house is several miles away." I just said "well you can check me for bruises if you want".

EDIT!: I almost forgot, mainly because I'd like to forget. My sister is getting married and she is control freaking like you wouldn't believe. The wedding is in March 2015 and its going to suck. It's a barbie/hokey wedding. I'd love to not be there but seeing as I have little to no money and no current legitimate excuse for not being there, I'm going to be bloody miserable. So I thought I'd be kind enough to write my dad's speech/toast for the wedding.

[(the former) Deadly Warrior]

Hey. Not sure how many of you remember me. I was here around 2002-03 when the Master Link Forums first became the EAB. I was one of the first few forum admins, along with Master Link, Smoke_Rulz and (I believe) Ace Whatever. I can't remember the last time I posted here. My post history says it was sometime in 2009. Christ, that was long ago.

It's pretty hard to summarize more than five years of experiences into a brief forum post. I finished my Bachelor's degree in June 2013 with a BAH in Political Studies from Queen's University in Canada. Became super interested in international affairs, and particularly international security issues. This led me to do an internship with a NATO-affiliated think-tank in Toronto that summer. Afterwards, I got a job in Hanoi, Vietnam, where I worked until May of this year. I'm currently living in Singapore doing a Master's degree in Strategic Studies (military stuff). I'll be here until June at least. My hope is to go into defence policy work back home in Canada, but who knows how that'll work out.

It's insane to think how long this place has been around, and how many of you I still recognize. I was 11 years-old when I first joined this community. Having a group of such supportive and encouraging friends - especially at such a young age - helped me deal with a lot shit I was going through back then. You guys pushed me keep writing my fanfiction and RPs, however ridiculous they were. It's crazy just how much of an impact the EAB has had on my life.

I hope all of you are doing well. Feel free to drop me a line - it'd be great to get back in contact.