May I say, holy crap. As I've missed a lot I will make this an immensely long post to make up for some of that time.
I see him lurking. I command him to appear to us and impart some wisdom.
And tell us what what he has been up to.
Or at least tell us what a bunch of goofy bastards we all are.
I don't know about ALL... I always found you to be a little too serious for your own good.
Stop it.
There are days I turn into an INFP and other days I'm an INTJ.
So I think I'm a perfect X on the T/F axis and the P/J axis.
I declare my type to be INXX.
There.
If that doesn't bring him out of retirement then nothing will.
I told you she was tricksy precious...
Well I'm head over heels for Socionics. It's far superior to this Mbti nonsense.
Seriously, I really miss Decaf. When I first started posting here, I felt like he was a part of the soul of this place. At that time I had just learned that I was an INTP and through his posts, he helped me understand a lot about what that meant.
It really does mean a lot to me that something I said actually helped someone understand themselves better. I hope I can make that into my
I threaten to er, walk around in a ninja costume till he shows up.
You don't need a costume to be a ninja my young padawan
Yep, to San Francisco, but I've been unable to find work. That means I may be going right back up to Portland, likely with many compelling stories to chill to heart and freeze the blood. Or at least to cause awkwardness and courtesy chuckles.
um, Decaf... I think I might be an ESFJ now... Help!
That should do it.
"ESFJs are people persons - they love people... People like to be around ESFJs" I was gonna play along and offer some bad advice, but after reading that I was left speechless. Um, no.
You know, I'm beginning to
see a
trend. Very sneaky, folks. Tricking him out of lurkdom.
Its a conspiracy I tells ya!
Decaf, I have no idea how you did it, but everyone seems to be in awe of you here!
And I wouldn't mind seeing you (back) either, after seeing some of your posts!
There's a simple answer to that. They're delusional. I would need to captain a starship to be worthy of such praise.
He's probably laughing maniacally behind his screen right about now.
"The secret to keep people's affection is to give them some time to miss you"
I propose we create a group whose sole purpose is to be visible enough for Decaf to see it should he log back in), but for him to not be able to read the posts made by the group (which does nothing but talk about Decaf). Eventually, he will want to come back on and try to find out what is going on.... we must maintain complete secrecy for as long as possible. The password to view the posts is... *whisper whisper DECAF whisper whisper*
We will succeed
You called me a WHAT?!?
I was surfing the internet, and saw this guy's avatar, and thought how appropriat it was for this thread.
I summon Decaf!
http://forums.taleworlds.net/index.php?action=profile;u=42832
... can I steal that?
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OK, here's the Christmas Letter portion...
I'm in San Fran. Its beautiful and magnificent and brutally expensive. I have no job and am forced to mooch off my girlfriend to the detriment of our relationship. I always feel like I should be doing something to solve the problem, and thus have little patience for some of my own sanity savers, like forum reading. I am tired most of the time, but as things have started to come to a head with our savings running out, I feel some relief in the fact that some dramatic change is inevitable.
I'm learning how to cook, which is great because I used to consider Top Ramen and Paneer from a packet to be a suitable dinner. Some of my meals have been downright tasty <gasp!> and even more surprising... attractively served! <double gasp!>
Over time it has become clearer to me that "plugging away" is getting me no where, so I signed on today with the intent of actually posting and trying to get to know the new folks on the forum. And then I found this atrocity. Geez people, get a grip on yourselves
I miss you all. Its nice to be home.
