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This is a thread for people who will not be or have not been on the site for a while, whether due to real life or to resist an internet addiction, the latter of which is encouraged within reason. Also, talk about the benefits/whatever of taking a day or a weekend off, or things to do when not online. TV Tropes ruining your life is nothing to be proud of.

Generally, expect the following from this thread:

  1. People announcing their departure or return.
  2. Moderators announcing a significant forum ban — not trolls or vandals, but someone people will notice and miss.
  3. Inquiries about an absent troper.
  4. Responses to inquiries about an absent troper.

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Not that I'm going anywhere, but this is a thread for people who will not be on the forums for a while, whether due to real life or to resist an internet addiction, the latter of which is encouraged within reason. Also, talk about the benefits/whatever of taking a day or a weekend off, or things to do when not online. TV Tropes ruining your life is nothing to be proud of.

Edited by GastonRabbit on Feb 10th 2023 at 3:48:36 AM

BlackHumor Since: Jan, 2001
#3751: May 15th 2011 at 1:37:55 PM

@Tzetze: So I gather you've gotten proficient in slugspeak?

juancarlos Faith in the self. Since: Mar, 2012
Faith in the self.
#3752: May 15th 2011 at 1:38:44 PM

Blam is pretty much our resident Eastern Animation fan. I'm mostly into New Wave frenchy stuff like Mitry and Chomet.

"My life is my own" | If you want to contact me privately, please ask first on the forum.
blamspam Since: Oct, 2010
#3753: May 15th 2011 at 1:40:19 PM

@Tzetzuo: That's a good thing!

^was Mitry the Fantasia-type guy? I like the latter, but I can't find any way to watch the Illusionist.

If you like Frenchy stuff, Rene Laloux is extraordinarily French.

edited 15th May '11 1:45:23 PM by blamspam

Zyxzy Embrace the mindscrew from Salem, OR Since: Jan, 2001
Tzetze DUMB from a converted church in Venice, Italy Since: Jan, 2001
DUMB
#3755: May 15th 2011 at 1:44:37 PM

Of course it's a good thing!

@Tzetze: So I gather you've gotten proficient in slugspeak?

Unfortunately the situation is a mite more complicated. The limacologist I summoned at great personal expense, before his untimely acidic demise, was not able to negotiate with her, and had the nerve to recommend that I give the files up for lost! Because of his incompetence! But, fortuitously, his Difference Engine was not destroyed along with him, and so I can talk to you now.

[1] This facsimile operated in part by synAC.
blamspam Since: Oct, 2010
#3756: May 15th 2011 at 1:48:22 PM

You didn't exactly pick the right one to make him less scared.

juancarlos Faith in the self. Since: Mar, 2012
Faith in the self.
#3757: May 15th 2011 at 1:48:42 PM

@Blam: Not really. Mitry was the dude who first started studying aesthetics in film. He only directed two films. Pacific 231 (Which was just a train ride from different angles) and Images pour Debussy. Which I haven't seen and know nothing about. tongue

If you like Frenchy stuff, Rene Laloux is extraordinarily French.

The name is so extraordinarily French it hurts...I like it.

edited 15th May '11 1:50:08 PM by juancarlos

"My life is my own" | If you want to contact me privately, please ask first on the forum.
Kino Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: Californicating
#3758: May 15th 2011 at 1:49:30 PM

Blam is back? How you been dude?

Zyxzy Embrace the mindscrew from Salem, OR Since: Jan, 2001
Embrace the mindscrew
#3759: May 15th 2011 at 1:52:17 PM

People keep saying it's scary but I don't see it.

What's the frequency Kenneth?|In case of war.
Haven Planescape Hijack Since: Jan, 2001
Planescape Hijack
#3760: May 15th 2011 at 1:52:58 PM

blamdaburst! Good to see you again.

Productivity is for people without internet connections. -Count Dorku
juancarlos Faith in the self. Since: Mar, 2012
Faith in the self.
#3761: May 15th 2011 at 1:53:10 PM

That's because you're disembodied Rei head, Zyxzy. Nothing can scare you. tongue

"My life is my own" | If you want to contact me privately, please ask first on the forum.
blamspam Since: Oct, 2010
#3762: May 15th 2011 at 1:53:38 PM

When I say extraordinarily French, I mean stereotypically pretentious-seeming and busty-woman-loving as well. Kinda polarizing. :p

I'm ready for school to get out, but satisfied otherwise, Kino.

Blackmoon Since: May, 2009
Teemo from Nottingham, UK (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: In another castle
#3765: May 15th 2011 at 4:10:15 PM

Our resident moonatic has returned unto us! waii

EnglishIvy Since: Aug, 2011
#3766: May 15th 2011 at 4:19:19 PM

It isn't nearly as profound since you're on #yackfest a lot, but welcome back, blam. tongue

AweStriker RM/8 from a moving point. Since: Jul, 2010
RM/8
#3767: May 15th 2011 at 5:10:08 PM

I will be leaving the fora, wiki, etc. etc. up to and including the entire internet for three months.

I expect to be back around early-to-mid-August.

"Only now, after being besieged by a flock of talking ponies, did he really understand what he'd lost. "
Deathonabun Bunny from the bedroom Since: Jan, 2001
Bunny
#3768: May 15th 2011 at 5:10:43 PM

Uh...wow.

Well, good luck with that.

We'll be waiting.

One of my few regrets about being born female is the inability to grow a handlebar mustache. -Landstander
Zyxzy Embrace the mindscrew from Salem, OR Since: Jan, 2001
juancarlos Faith in the self. Since: Mar, 2012
Faith in the self.
#3770: May 15th 2011 at 5:19:04 PM

Awe Striker: If it works, tell me your secret. grin

"My life is my own" | If you want to contact me privately, please ask first on the forum.
AweStriker RM/8 from a moving point. Since: Jul, 2010
RM/8
#3771: May 15th 2011 at 5:31:00 PM

Oops, did I stop at the internet? I meant to say "up to and including my computer, iPods, and video game consoles/handhelds/what-have-you".

You'd call me insane, would you? I assure you that I am not.

I'm going to miss Homestuck so much...

"Only now, after being besieged by a flock of talking ponies, did he really understand what he'd lost. "
Justice4243 Writer of horse words from Portland, OR, USA Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: Brony
Writer of horse words
#3772: May 15th 2011 at 7:16:03 PM

Yay BLAM is back! I can repost that thing I wrote last time she came back but left before she could read!:

I can only assume your Time Skip was due some Troper related Training from Hell to better prepare yourself for the harrowing task of working on pages.

The sort of thing that would look really awesome in movie trailer form…

...

“TV Tropes nearly killed me last time…this time…I’m ready.”

Months have past.

*Different scenes of BLAM reading a book next to a pile, picking a ‘B’ movie out of a stack of Netflix disks, having her face illuminated by nothing but computer light with dark circles under her eyes*

But now…

*Scene of someone stepping off a bus, camera pans up from his or her feet to first show a laptop bag, then pans to show the person is none other than BLAM*

She’s back.

…and I’ve got A LOT of pages to add

*Music kicks into “high gear” as BLAM types lightning fast at her computer, adjusts her classes, thumbs through a thesaurus and brings her pointer over the “save” button.*

“Moon Prism Power, BITCH.”

BLAMSPAM: Return of the Alligator.

Coming soon to a wiki near you.




Or, you know…the free time suction nature of the site made a hiatus a good idea…

Welcome back.

...I probably could have wrote up a new one, but I'm full of alcohol and cigar smoke at the moment. It's only by the mercy of a spell checker that the additions to this post don't look like something a semi-retarded person with lobster claws for hands typed up.

Good to have you back...again.

Justice is a joy to the godly, but it terrifies evildoers.Proverbs21:15 FimFiction account.
blamspam Since: Oct, 2010
#3773: May 15th 2011 at 7:26:08 PM

Oh goodness, Justice. Even better the 2nd time around! :P

Thanks for the warm welcome.

lee4hmz 486-powered rotating frosted cherry Pop-Tart from A shipwreck in the tidal Potomac (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Chocolate!
486-powered rotating frosted cherry Pop-Tart
#3774: May 15th 2011 at 7:30:07 PM

Little late to the party, but YAY BLAMMY'S BACK -hugs her-

online since 1993 | huge retrocomputing and TV nerd | lee4hmz.info (under construction) | heapershangout.com
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