What are you getting out of doing by being 'here'?

[Chesto]

I visit only one other forum, and not very often. I like it here. I'm starting to recognize some 'old' posters, and their traits. And am pleasantly surprised when one or more of them confound my 'expectations' of how they are going to repond to some thread or other.

 

But mainly... I creep in here to get away from:

-having to play, yet again, with the amusingly, hyperactive dog who refuses to accept that I am not the leader of the pack- that distinction belonging to my wife;

-having to do the usual mind-numbing house hold chores, repairs,hassles...;

-having to justifiy, yet again, my raison d'etre to said wife and , increasingly, to witty, brilliant ( don't take my word for it - look at his grades ) 18 year old son who is ,only now, starting to let on that he has seen through the old man for some time;

-having to accept that all the hard physical toil that I engaged in, in my carefree youth, has ruined my hands to the extent that I will never be able to play jigs and reels on my fiddle as fast as they should be;

-having to work on another 'art' work that will be appreciated by my kind family, but no one else;

-having to worry that the nearest farmer's spraying is going to threaten, once again, the 'organic' marque of the produce from my small holding;

-having to knuckle down and actually finish the novel that I've been sweating over for the past two+ years ( 100,000 words, after numerous edits, and still no end in sight );

-having to think about the imminent collapse of the world banking system, and the fact that all the old farts who used to bend my ear about ' the thirties' are now gone, and I wont be able to say 'Nyah! Look at Our Great Depression!

 

And many other things, probably too shameful to relate.

None of the former is in order of importance, of course.

 

What about you?

[jojo man]

Well my reason is pretty simple: My Job. I'm an IS contractor for Logan Aluminum and i'm(quite literally) stuck in a room for 12 hours every saturday and sunday with zero human contact(although sometimes thats a good thing). The Nexus is the only forum that i post on so this is the extent of my interaction with others for the weekend.

[Marcus Wolfe]

I do it to talk with people from round the world, but if it's to escape anything, it's reality. :biggrin:

[Chesto]

Jojo... I wont grass you up, man. But you're naughty. And on company time. Up the revolution!

 

Marcus... I play Oblivion to escape reality. Actually, I find quite a bit of reality on this site. Though I do tend to use the edit button like 'save' and 'load'.

[Sarya]

I don't believe it's "getting out of something", it's more "getting somewhere new". Travelling, not hiding.

[Chesto]

Sarya... quite right. Good positive attitude. Though if one starts as many dead-end threads as I do, one could hardly be said to be hiding.

[doomjockey]

If I'm escaping anything it's the droves of simple-minded who can only talk about parties and the latest line of brand name clothes.

 

Of course, the rest of the time I'm getting drunk with them :closedeyes:

 

(and me, can't forget me. i take these opportunities to plan my escape from the hateful doomjockey)

[Chesto]

Doom... I've tried 3 times to welcome you on the Newbies and have locked up each time. So... 4th time lucky: WELCOME to you and (whisper it) ' your friend'. BTW, like the threads. Going out to a swinging bash later, all dressed up like that?

[doomjockey]

Doom... I've tried 3 times to welcome you on the Newbies and have locked up each time. So... 4th time lucky: WELCOME to you and (whisper it) ' your friend'. BTW, like the threads. Going out to a swinging bash later, all dressed up like that?

 

 

Harhar, thank you.

 

(yessssss, this will do nicely)

 

And unfortunately so, though it's merely 11:44, I know I'll be drunk by at least 18:00 and singing showtunes shirtless on top of a moving car by 19:00 :closedeyes:

 

Then it gets really interesting

 

(oh grow up, you baby)

[Malchik]

Get out of? Writing my fantasy novel (I can only do this at antisocial hours), learning my lines for plays, trying to organise my new acting group (which has me tearing out my hair and I'd rather not be bald), updating my CD list.

 

Surprisingly I enjoy doing most of the above but in short bursts; so coming onto the forum is like a break.

 

One thing I don't use it for is to escape what I don't like doing. I prefer to get that all out of the way as quickly as possible. But then there is no one to nag me but myself.