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My SO had a seizure and is in recovery, I was there when it happened but it just feels sort of surreal thinking back - I'm glad I had friends around there to help me.

I can't help but feel guilty for ever hour/day I don't visit, but I'm told he pretty much constantly has visitors so at least there's that. It really does give you some perspective experiencing something like that first-hand. I lived in this bubble where I'd take some precautions and assume "everything will work out". Major accidents and injury are for "other people", and there's no way it'll happen to me any time soon.

Of course, it sounds very melodramatic when I isolate it and put in in words, but in truth I'm happy most of the time. He's alive and recovering, and I'm perfectly healthy myself. He should be fully recovered by summer, and completely off meds in five years. All-in-all "everything will work out" seems like an appropriate mantra, except it doesn't always work out the way I hoped.

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Luwano 2012-11-29 01:36:53

This newspost is truely magical.

Also: Hello Havegum!

kisame 2013-01-26 18:09:46

Goodbye.

Havegum 2013-01-26 18:09:46

Cya

ZRDR 2013-02-06 15:55:21

I want a cheese burger.

ReNaeNae 2013-02-24 17:14:23

You've grown up and changed a lot since we first met... oh so long ago!! lol!! What do you miss most about those early ng days (if anything)? And what do you like best about the current ng?

Havegum 2013-02-24 17:14:23

I've noticed my personal growth myself. I think if I would ever "chat" with my old self, I'd probably find him too annoying to deal with more than a few minutes. I'm so grateful for you putting up with me!

Newgrounds has impacted my life very much. It started as some ruse of me wanting to make "kewl animootienz in FLASH!! xD". It got me into programming and animation, which in turn got me into drawing. Some point in this journey I got into typography, and later graphic design, which is what I hope to work with in the future.

When I got to Newgrounds, there was always this idea of submitting and contributing in the back of my mind. I think the time from just before I started hanging in the art forum, to when I stopped, has been the most active period of my life in terms of creating.

I miss the short time we used Skype the most. I must've been the most annoying little idiot with my squeaky voice and attention-whoring attitude, but I really enjoyed the time where everyone would join in the voice chat. I miss M-vero, Snowman, Ashman, and everyone else that were active at the time. I suppose I felt I could relate more to those at the time than I feel for the ones that are active now, but I guess that could be connected to me changing a lot since then.

I think me coming back (or wanting to) is a response to my realisation that I miss those times. I think I have a need to create, or doing creative work in general. When I was gone from Newgrounds I didn't really create anything for an extended period of time, I think I lacked the motivation to do anything and thus ended up doing nothing. Coming back could be because Newgrounds was really the only place I've created stuff for/to repeatedly. Other places it has been more sporadic and in form of single, isolated events, rather than constantly creating.

I like the casual feel of the site, while simultaneously encouraging creative work. I love the casual collabs you can join for fun. It's a different portal from anything else I've seen. It really allows "everything by everyone", which is definitely a positive thing. And even though you get annoying people like past-havegum, rockon12, lgnxhll, and icandraw; they might just grow up some day.

tl;dr:
I miss the old environment, users, and skype calls.
I love the casual and (sometimes) welcoming attitude when it comes to creative work.
I can also not thank you all enough for putting up with me for the duration!

Luis 2013-03-04 20:19:07

i remember back in the day i used to find you annoying, youre all grown up now. hmph!

Havegum 2013-03-04 20:19:07

That's nice to hear

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