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[Kelly A]

brett, on 29 September 2011 - 06:10 AM, said:

it will be sad to see this place go...i think most of the people i know are gone anyway. i remember jason, donna, kelly, eric, derrik, phlmth and sam...my memory is pretty faded. I hope everyone has a nice life.

Hi Brett!

It will be sad for me too.  I've never really been the facebook type of person... it seems too self-centered.  I like the "common watering hole" feeling of a message board.  I guess I'm obsolete now.

I was just thinking the other day about copying a Dropkick Murphys tape over to a CD way back when, and going to see them locally.

[Kelly A]

Joni Smeke, on 27 September 2011 - 02:01 AM, said:

Good luck!, I started working independently 2 years ago, and while I was happy with my job I had prior to that, I'm way happier now. I remember seeing a video you posted, I think it had something to do with a stabilizing mechanism rigged to a camera that allowed it to be put on a helicopter and record a pretty stable video. I remembered that a couple of months ago when I had to stabilize footage recorded from a helicopter in a TV program about the Mayan 2012 prophecies.

Christratton2007, on 27 September 2011 - 10:19 AM, said:

That's exciting - I always saw you as someone who had something like that in you, just waiting to emerge into the world. (Memo to Peanut Gallery: no bodily fluids references necessary, thanks. ) I will cross my fingers for you and your team - good luck!

Thanks! Obviously no guarantees, but it's something I have go go for.  It seems very promising.

[Leilani]

Sam, on 29 September 2011 - 07:42 PM, said:

Anything new around here?

Three older dudes decided that they just want be be buddies, but don't want to go on trips around the world together anymore!

[Driver Eight]

Leilani, on 29 September 2011 - 10:18 PM, said:

Three older dudes decided that they just want be be buddies, but don't want to go on trips around the world together anymore!

And some people took it hard when they said, "It's not you, it's us." Others were like, "OK, cool. See ya 'round."

Oh, and the first feak, originator of the flounce, stopped by.

[Red Frog]

I wasn't here as early as some folks, and I was here bit later, but Murmurs had a huge part in my life and my maturation.  I think I joined in my freshman year of college (before I even had a computer of my own), and Murmurs was there through graduation, looking for a job, ups and downs romantically and all of that.  I think when I started to travel for work, I definitely lost a bit of the sense of being super involved here, simply because it broke me of the habit of coming here everyday.  It was also sad to see some of the regulars fade out.  I never felt quite in with some of the senior members, but I came to find that was a nice little niche...sort of a comedy poster rather than someone who had life long friends (this was also the result of me at times getting too attached...so it was good to have some separation).  I'm definitely in that boat where REM defined my musical tastes and how I view the world, but more than that, Murmurs did.  It helped me grow up and stop taking myself so seriously, it helped me work out some late teenage angst and woe-is-me-no-ladies-like-me, it helped me find people to "talk" to when I didn't have a lot of people around offline or when I didn't want to go through that hassle, it helped me come up with tons of jokes about shemales.  I'll admit, I always wanted to meet some of the folks on here, and sometimes made plans to but I just couldn't follow through.  I'd still love to meet my Argentinean near twin (I still use a variation of the Zivaloof joke with my fiance), would definitely like to sit down and have a chat with the Woodman or Corpy or Lizish or really anyone who just wanted to talk music for a little while.  I think that will be the biggest thing I miss about Murmurs (and have missed for a while)...the community of like minded people who entertain threads about the Talking Heads, pinkness and what books they just read all at once.  It was nice to conversation bounce with you all.

Anyway, this seemed like as good a place as any for this.

[DrinkTheElixir]

Christratton2007, on 30 September 2011 - 05:18 AM, said:

And some people took it hard when they said, "It's not you, it's us." Others were like, "OK, cool. See ya 'round."

Oh, and the first feak, originator of the flounce, stopped by.

He wasn't the originator of the actual flounce though, was he? Just the word Feak (at least that is what I thought)  Which brings to mind my Quentin Crisp flounce photoshop - I had to dig deep to find this again!

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[Sam]

Leilani, on 29 September 2011 - 10:18 PM, said:

Three older dudes decided that they just want be be buddies, but don't want to go on trips around the world together anymore!

Ethan, Derek and Eric?  What about that timeshare they have in Mazatlan?

Oh yeah, where the hell is Biz?  She needs to pop in just so I can harass her one more time.

[Driver Eight]

Sam, on 30 September 2011 - 10:02 AM, said:

Ethan, Derek and Eric?  What about that timeshare they have in Mazatlan?

Oh yeah, where the hell is Biz?  She needs to pop in just so I can harass her one more time.

She did pop in, over in the massive "REM Call it a Day" thread. Popped on, chimed in, tuned out. Didn't interact. Probably needed you for that.

[Driver Eight]

DrinkTheElixir, on 30 September 2011 - 07:53 AM, said:

He wasn't the originator of the actual flounce though, was he? Just the word Feak (at least that is what I thought)  Which brings to mind my Quentin Crisp flounce photoshop - I had to dig deep to find this again!

Doubtless someone flounced before, and there have been epic exits since, but I think SS takes the gold medal for flourishing flounce among flounces.

[Driver Eight]

Red Frog, on 30 September 2011 - 07:38 AM, said:

Anyway, this seemed like as good a place as any for this.

Nice to see you, Froggy! You were always the funniest of the funny here. Some of the old gang stayed around here, and several of us have trickled back in. Kinda warming ourselves by the fire at the after-party.

[Leilani]

I want to hear more about your fiance Mr Frog!

And Sam, I never noticed how much bigger your left breast is compared to the right were before today - maybe it's just the horizontal stripes, of the fact I've had a few beers!!

[wagtail]

Oh cheer up folks, I heard a rumour REM were gonna play at this great new festival:

[fredrik]

wagtail, on 30 September 2011 - 11:29 PM, said:

Oh cheer up folks, I heard a rumour REM were gonna play at this great new festival:

Featuring Krs-1, apparently.

[Corpus]

Red Frog, on 30 September 2011 - 07:38 AM, said:

I wasn't here as early as some folks, and I was here bit later, but Murmurs had a huge part in my life and my maturation.  I think I joined in my freshman year of college (before I even had a computer of my own), and Murmurs was there through graduation, looking for a job, ups and downs romantically and all of that.  I think when I started to travel for work, I definitely lost a bit of the sense of being super involved here, simply because it broke me of the habit of coming here everyday.  It was also sad to see some of the regulars fade out.  I never felt quite in with some of the senior members, but I came to find that was a nice little niche...sort of a comedy poster rather than someone who had life long friends (this was also the result of me at times getting too attached...so it was good to have some separation).  I'm definitely in that boat where REM defined my musical tastes and how I view the world, but more than that, Murmurs did.  It helped me grow up and stop taking myself so seriously, it helped me work out some late teenage angst and woe-is-me-no-ladies-like-me, it helped me find people to "talk" to when I didn't have a lot of people around offline or when I didn't want to go through that hassle, it helped me come up with tons of jokes about shemales.  I'll admit, I always wanted to meet some of the folks on here, and sometimes made plans to but I just couldn't follow through.  I'd still love to meet my Argentinean near twin (I still use a variation of the Zivaloof joke with my fiance), would definitely like to sit down and have a chat with the Woodman or Corpy or Lizish or really anyone who just wanted to talk music for a little while.  I think that will be the biggest thing I miss about Murmurs (and have missed for a while)...the community of like minded people who entertain threads about the Talking Heads, pinkness and what books they just read all at once.  It was nice to conversation bounce with you all.

Anyway, this seemed like as good a place as any for this.

Good man, Frog.  We had some pretty funny threads.  You are a very funny and clever dude.  I never took this place seriously at all and was always surprised when others did.  It was fun and we move on.  Odd but it was a weird time for me too.  Seems to be a fairly common theme amongst many of us 'regulars' during the same time period.  Transition.  I appreciate many of the friends made, and the many, many of the great bands I've been turned on to by you, Jason, Lizish, Driver Nate and others.  I miss the comedy, but I really miss the music discovery and discussion.    

I've met several people on here and would certainly be up for another Athfest.  Need to get the Gigi out with the peeps.

[Red Frog]

Leilani, on 30 September 2011 - 07:49 PM, said:

I want to hear more about your fiance Mr Frog!

She prefers Frank Sinatra to REM, but is slowly coming around to indie, she's a music teacher so my off key warbling drives her nuts, she is just as judgmental of people as I am and she is my favorite person.  It's pretty great...but also the reason I don't have nearly as much time (or need) for dicking around on a messageboard.

[OldManRay]

Red Frog, on 03 October 2011 - 03:29 PM, said:

...but also the reason I don't have nearly as much time (or need) for dicking around on a messageboard.

My reason is a two year daughter.  Dicking around time in general is pretty much gone.  This site certainly kept me entertained for quite a while after I joined in 2005, and it's cool to see some of those I engaged with most posting in this thread.  It's nice to know folks are still alive and functioning sufficiently well to type a few coherent sentences.

[inspectorjason]

OldManRay, on 03 October 2011 - 04:32 PM, said:

It's nice to know folks are still alive and functioning sufficiently well to type a few coherent sentences.

The first thing that I noticed about Murmurs after returning was that it's not as difficult to type coherent sentences here. Murmurs.com has a built-in spell check now, just like Google Search.

I just read Nicholas Carr's book, The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains. The built-in spell check phenomenon is lovingly mentioned.

Of course, I never really had much of a brain in the first place, so I remain blissfully unaffected.

[Kelly A]

inspectorjason, on 03 October 2011 - 06:15 PM, said:

The first thing that I noticed about Murmurs after returning was that it's not as difficult to type coherent sentences here. Murmurs.com has a built-in spell check now, just like Google Search.

I just read Nicholas Carr's book, The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains. The built-in spell check phenomenon is lovingly mentioned.

Of course, I never really had much of a brain in the first place, so I remain blissfully unaffected.

Yeah, you always had such a problem with that.  Don't pull that "more incoherent than thou" crap with me!

[pebbles]

Of course, those of us who use cool browsers have had spell check for a while now...

(Just as well, since I never learned how to type properly.... )

[Driver Eight]

pebbles, on 08 October 2011 - 09:35 AM, said:

Of course, those of us who use cool browsers have had spell check for a while now...

(Just as well, since I never learned how to type properly.... )

My difficulty lies in execution: combination of awkward fingers - the Astaire and Rogers of the keyboard they ain't - and frequent brain cramps - I often think I've typed something when I have not, or type "to" when I know very well it's "two" or "too." All part of the gradual slide into senescence. ... At least I think it's gradual.