LoBD

Jib: Goodnight, brother

Jib: Hello brother; I hope you are well. I am going through a difficult time at the moment; I would like to tell you this simply so I don't feel stupid for not keeping up the facade. For some reason I feel obligated to keep it up, for the well-being of others; but maybe by expressing pain and not running away from things...maybe that is healthier not just for a person, but everyone around him. Keep the light shining bright in your heart; life is a gift, indeed. Masters of the universe. These are the threads of hope by which we hang so painfully onto existence, and the ones we scale triumphantly to glory. Take care, and thanks again, big brother. Time for chicken and dumplings.

Mvushaji:

Jib: Snap snap. That's how I am -- I also feel weird about how, sometimes late at night, my mind gets so messed up and I feel like my personality's dead. Makes you wonder about personality and memory; but snap snap. I hope you are well too...I'm still feeling really bad about what happened. It does give me hope, though, that you'll get a great pat on the back soon, after life has seemed to punch you in the mouth almost relentlessly by now. Let me know how things are going!

Jib: Will do. And I asked my mom how old my brother'd be, and she said 26.

Tru_Calling: Hello, kinda realli miss talkin to you alot. Hope all is well with you.

Jib: on now

kHAN:

Jib: HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hope you're having a great day; drop me a PM or something if you want whenever you've got time to let me know how you are, and if you've been up to anything new lately, all right? Take care, and again, have a great day brother

Tru_Calling: Anytime! Wish i could get in on that whole ice cream n vodka thing....

Tru_Calling: Hello there. Long time no see, Hope alls well with you.

Jib: Always good to hear from you...makes me feel strangely better. Thanks again for being good company.

Jib: Hey! We must talk again soon...I've just been so busy with so much stuff, I'm losing track of time. I'm still here though!

Jib: And thanks for the comment on my picture XD

Jib: "I'll see you tomorrow, as the steel crow flies." And hello!

MissKittie: Hello there!! Thanx for popping my s-box cherry!! lol And I am good thanx for asking, and how are you?

Jib: You are superfly TNT, undoubtedly. Thank you for your kind words, as always...and don't bust too many rhymes, remember what happened last time? The guy's head just blew up. Superfly TNT skills need to be kept in check! Take care brother.

Jib: As romantic as death is, I've always found it difficult to see it as something beautiful, or in some cases, anything but horrifying. Still trying to figure that one out.

omnicron: Chuck Norris is so strong he just blew a 5 line hole in my sbox before I deleted it. ;-)

Chuck_Norris: HAY WHAT IS UP MY NIGGA!?

Jib: Ah, I saw that; I really don't think you pissed him off, though. "Different strokes for different folks," you know? People in the past have gotten annoyed with me for talking formally, but I spend so much time alone -- and writing -- that *not* using contractions is normal for me. Constructing essays, journals, sermons and whatever -- doesn't matter what it is, or if I'm sharing it with someone or not -- it's just easier for me to write formally, because that's what comes most naturally to me based on what I've read, blah blah blah. If I try to write any other way, I get writer's block; so just go with the flow, and whoever accepts it accepts it, yeah? So long as you aren't hurting anyone, there's no reason to feel ashamed. And if someone doesn't like the way you talk/write/whatever, they're entitled to their own opinion; so like water off the back of a duck, let it slide, and that way no one gets upset and everyone can keep going about his business. As for "keeping," I know what you mean, but try to keep from looking at it as a failure; look at it as something you're working toward. "All stability of character rests on contemplation of changeless unity"; what is there to keep, anyway, but trust and faith, which are of themselves inexpressible, intangible abstractions? And yet, isn't the body made mostly of empty space? And therein lies the contradiction that is the beauty of existence: "My cup overfloweth," and "The usefulness of a cup is its emptiness." To grasp the ungraspable, to secure the insecurable; no wonder "keeping" is a failure you see in yourself. It's a failure I see in myself as well, but it's an archetypal failure of humanity; not one that can't become a success eventually, though. Ah...I'm rambling...but yes, keep in mind you're not alone, as many other people -- bereaved, lonely, and soon to be -- are familiar with feeling like a pool of rust. Perhaps many more will identify with that feeling, and may be brought together, by the dark cloud that seems to be descending over the world in modern times.

Jib: Like super mario bros. Trust me, that's how it is. I never got why Luigi could jump higher than Mario, though. >_>

ElanSurtax: Hehe, alright, sowwry about that. My Sbox was just looking kind of wimpy was all. :]

Jib: Thanks for the comment! XD Made my day

Jib: Hey, what's wrong? Drop me a PM soon if you're up to it. Take care, ok?

mzell: I have no idea what you're talking about.

mzell: We haven't seen him for a year.

leel: Thanks

Chuck_Norris: I don't know what to put in act 4, what do you suggest?

Jib: As always, thank you for the thoughtful words. That was an incredible story, and that gave me such powerful images -- mainly, it's so powerful to see, once again, just how interconnected we all are. It's a strange feeling, but it's good -- very good, and very true...that's the best word I can think of to describe it. In any case, thank you so much.

Chuck_Norris: Take out the nuts square not part..

Chuck_Norris: Did you see the pic?

Jib: It's pretty awful, isn't it? -_- >_> I just like, "It tastes good."

mzell: Sometimes even veterans need a quick slap to get them back on track.

Ozean: That means quality over quantity.

omnicron: I'm fine, gotta heal up a bit... As always, still breathing.

Jib: I really hope it continues to do so. But then again, everything is cyclical, so I suppose learning how to tread water is most important. Thank you for the kind regards...and yeah, about your journal entry I commented on, you should post it in the forums. They've been pretty dead lately, and it would be fun to digress for a while, yeah? Thanks again...and how about you?

omnicron: Glad to be back, going to take some getting used to

leel: Welcome back