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So, as you all probably noticed (or are noticing now, if you didn't care), it's been quite some time since Lent ended and I was free to post here again. Well, here's the thing: I gave up Poly for Lent for a number of reasons, but basically they boiled down to
A. Like many people who participate in online discussions, I found myself turning into a totally different person--specifically, a person who happens to be a wee bit of a douchebag--online. I got involved in arguments I didn't even care about, acted glib and snotty in them, kicked people when they were down, yadda yadda. This doesn't bother most people, but I'm not most people, I'm Elok. I take everything too seriously. More importantly, however,
B. I spent a lot of time on here. Massive, kind of depressing amounts of time. On careful analysis, I think this is because I basically have no real social life. I have my wife, two old friends from college and Poly as a social crutch so I can fulfill the urge to converse without the awkwardness and fear of real interaction (yes, Al, I'm an aspie). That needs to change.
To that end (among other, equally important goals, like becoming actually independent and trying something new), I'm flying down to Peru tomorrow to teach ESL. Oh, and while I'm announcing big developments in Elok's life out of the blue, my wife is pregnant, the kid's due in January. Anyway, more importantly from your perspective, I'm going to be largely absent from Poly for the foreseeable future, at least until I get my **** together. Or some semblance of ****-togetherness, anyway. I want to check back in from time to time, but mostly I'll be trying to be human.
Yeah, this sounds a lot like one of those leaving-forever posts, but I figured it'd be a really dick move to just scram and not say anything after close to eight years hanging out here, and that outweighed the ridiculousness factor. Besides, I'm not throwing a hissy-fit and I don't think it'll be forever or even "forever," so hopefully that makes it better. I have no idea where I'll be a year, or even six months, from now, but when/if I get back to America-land or other inhabited parts it'd be cool to actually meet up with some of you gentlemen. IIRC a lot of great people on here actually live in the MD area.
My wife speculates that I just can't handle talking to you anymore since she started playing Civ--it's too painful. Little does she know we never talk/ed about Civ on here, but there's her theory.
TLDR summary: Elok going to be gone a while. Going to Peru to get groove back/get groove in first place/find out what "groove" is. Shelok pregnant. You guys cool. Bye-bye, good luck.
Actually, before I go, are there any big developments I need to know about? Did Guy see Machete like I recommended, and like it? Has HC done that "pan far" thing yet? Did Asher and BK finally kiss? I'll check tomorrow AM, the plane doesn't leave till evening.
A. Like many people who participate in online discussions, I found myself turning into a totally different person--specifically, a person who happens to be a wee bit of a douchebag--online. I got involved in arguments I didn't even care about, acted glib and snotty in them, kicked people when they were down, yadda yadda. This doesn't bother most people, but I'm not most people, I'm Elok. I take everything too seriously. More importantly, however,
B. I spent a lot of time on here. Massive, kind of depressing amounts of time. On careful analysis, I think this is because I basically have no real social life. I have my wife, two old friends from college and Poly as a social crutch so I can fulfill the urge to converse without the awkwardness and fear of real interaction (yes, Al, I'm an aspie). That needs to change.
To that end (among other, equally important goals, like becoming actually independent and trying something new), I'm flying down to Peru tomorrow to teach ESL. Oh, and while I'm announcing big developments in Elok's life out of the blue, my wife is pregnant, the kid's due in January. Anyway, more importantly from your perspective, I'm going to be largely absent from Poly for the foreseeable future, at least until I get my **** together. Or some semblance of ****-togetherness, anyway. I want to check back in from time to time, but mostly I'll be trying to be human.
Yeah, this sounds a lot like one of those leaving-forever posts, but I figured it'd be a really dick move to just scram and not say anything after close to eight years hanging out here, and that outweighed the ridiculousness factor. Besides, I'm not throwing a hissy-fit and I don't think it'll be forever or even "forever," so hopefully that makes it better. I have no idea where I'll be a year, or even six months, from now, but when/if I get back to America-land or other inhabited parts it'd be cool to actually meet up with some of you gentlemen. IIRC a lot of great people on here actually live in the MD area.
My wife speculates that I just can't handle talking to you anymore since she started playing Civ--it's too painful. Little does she know we never talk/ed about Civ on here, but there's her theory.
TLDR summary: Elok going to be gone a while. Going to Peru to get groove back/get groove in first place/find out what "groove" is. Shelok pregnant. You guys cool. Bye-bye, good luck.
Actually, before I go, are there any big developments I need to know about? Did Guy see Machete like I recommended, and like it? Has HC done that "pan far" thing yet? Did Asher and BK finally kiss? I'll check tomorrow AM, the plane doesn't leave till evening.
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