I'd gladly join a lifers club. It would be fun, though most of my fictions are barely over school age.

And age is just a number, I think of it like having a lot of experience to write amazing stories with.

haha lol, then I am a toddler and my stories as well are the same age as my son. I only started in 2016 February I believe, but I had read some stories on Dokuga earlier. Never knew about a single spark, what a pity...
I was skimming through the masterpieces of the fandom, some author notes mentioned this site so when I found Dokuga, I fell in love and stayed since then... it's like my home.
so yes I am glad to be part of this community.
edit: I looked at my profile and I posted my first work in 2017 February so yes, very young stories! I was a reader from 2016, it seems so long ago...
waves to everyone!

Natalia wrote:
haha lol, then I am a toddler and my stories as well are the same age as my son. I only started in 2016 February I believe, but I had read some stories on Dokuga earlier. Never knew about a single spark, what a pity...
I was skimming through the masterpieces of the fandom, some author notes mentioned this site so when I found Dokuga, I fell in love and stayed since then... it's like my home.
so yes I am glad to be part of this community.
edit: I looked at my profile and I posted my first work in 2017 February so yes, very young stories! I was a reader from 2016, it seems so long ago...
waves to everyone!
I still occasionally browse the spark archives but I don't often do much searching there myself. I really would have liked to have been around during the spark days.

Knight of Disorder wrote:
Natalia wrote:
haha lol, then I am a toddler and my stories as well are the same age as my son. I only started in 2016 February I believe, but I had read some stories on Dokuga earlier. Never knew about a single spark, what a pity...
I was skimming through the masterpieces of the fandom, some author notes mentioned this site so when I found Dokuga, I fell in love and stayed since then... it's like my home.
so yes I am glad to be part of this community.
edit: I looked at my profile and I posted my first work in 2017 February so yes, very young stories! I was a reader from 2016, it seems so long ago...
waves to everyone!
I still occasionally browse the spark archives but I don't often do much searching there myself. I really would have liked to have been around during the spark days.

yes, me too! I bet it would have been amazing! so many amazing authors and good fics there...
unfortunately, I don't do much searching there myself, only if some recommendations or searching for a fic thread comes out.

Natalia wrote:

yes, me too! I bet it would have been amazing! so many amazing authors and good fics there...
unfortunately, I don't do much searching there myself, only if some recommendations or searching for a fic thread comes out.
Yeah, I've been stalking the looking for fic threads for a while. Not a whole lot of them recently.

To live in the modern age... all our works will be preserved somewhere as long as the internet exists, and as we sit in retirement homes in our old age we will prepare to leave this world knowing that no matter what we did in this life we at least contributed to our ship and fandom with our original works and plot.

Now think about that.

Actually I think about that too much. What will retirement homes and be like when our generation gets to that age. Will the classic TV channels be marathoning anime and as we talk about how music the kids listen to know a days is horrible as Slipknot and Britney Spears play over the loud speakers and we spend a fortune getting our 3DSes repaired to play to steal try to catch all the Pokemon while discussing how back in our day you had to pay to watch Netflix on a TV instead of having it beamed into your brain.

TamashaToko wrote:
To live in the modern age... all our works will be preserved somewhere as long as the internet exists, and as we sit in retirement homes in our old age we will prepare to leave this world knowing that no matter what we did in this life we at least contributed to our ship and fandom with our original works and plot.

Now think about that.

Actually I think about that too much. What will retirement homes and be like when our generation gets to that age. Will the classic TV channels be marathoning anime and as we talk about how music the kids listen to know a days is horrible as Slipknot and Britney Spears play over the loud speakers and we spend a fortune getting our 3DSes repaired to play to steal try to catch all the Pokemon while discussing how back in our day you had to pay to watch Netflix on a TV instead of having it beamed into your brain.
I have a feeling they won't be that different. Lots of boring things, I'd prefer not to live in a nursing home if at all possible.

I however will continue to write on and off until I can't anymore.

TamashaToko wrote:
To live in the modern age... all our works will be preserved somewhere as long as the internet exists, and as we sit in retirement homes in our old age we will prepare to leave this world knowing that no matter what we did in this life we at least contributed to our ship and fandom with our original works and plot.

Now think about that.

Actually I think about that too much. What will retirement homes and be like when our generation gets to that age. Will the classic TV channels be marathoning anime and as we talk about how music the kids listen to know a days is horrible as Slipknot and Britney Spears play over the loud speakers and we spend a fortune getting our 3DSes repaired to play to steal try to catch all the Pokemon while discussing how back in our day you had to pay to watch Netflix on a TV instead of having it beamed into your brain.

hahah that made me laugh so hard! I was thinking about glasses with hologram instead! maybe even virtual games like sword art online where you can be young again! sometimes I think in a few years my son will go to the disco on the moon or mars:

Natalia wrote:

hahah that made me laugh so hard! I was thinking about glasses with hologram instead! maybe even virtual games like sword art online where you can be young again! sometimes I think in a few years my son will go to the disco on the moon or mars:

I'm waiting on full dive. I'm a geek and the idea of playing games and watching TV as a part of the action itself is like the holy grail.

yes me too, but I hope it won't be in a retirement house but in my own:) i would definitely play something like sword art even though I never played rpg? those online games. i only play brain teasers like hidden objects madjong... but who doesn't want to feel himself an elf or mage or youkai?

Natalia wrote:
yes me too, but I hope it won't be in a retirement house but in my own:) i would definitely play something like sword art even though I never played rpg? those online games. i only play brain teasers like hidden objects madjong... but who doesn't want to feel himself an elf or mage or youkai?
Hopefully it won't end up just like SAO and end up with all of us stuck in a game. Though.... can't say that I'd mind if I was in my 80's. Got bad arthritis now and I'm not even 30. It'd be cool as hell.

Hello all!

I've been a site-member for 5 years now, but this is my first time being on the forums. I'm mostly a reader/lurker. I think I remember a Single Spark but I was in high school at the time. Now I'm an old married lady with children but I still gravitate back here to occupy my time when I'm not doing old lady things like baking cookies and reading.

Sara wrote:
Hello all!

I've been a site-member for 5 years now, but this is my first time being on the forums. I'm mostly a reader/lurker. I think I remember a Single Spark but I was in high school at the time. Now I'm an old married lady with children but I still gravitate back here to occupy my time when I'm not doing old lady things like baking cookies and reading.
The forums are a great place when you can't find something to read right that moment. I'm not an old man yet but with a 15 month old, holy hell time flies, I read mostly after he's gone to bed.

o/ Hope to see you around the forums more often. There's a great bunch of people on here.

Sara wrote:
I'm not TRULY too old but I definitely feel my mortality more these days. I'll be 30 this October. My girls are 3 (almost 4) and just turned 5. Time seems to fly once you have little ones. I'm lucky that they tend to entertain each other and they get along well for the most part. It's hard to parent when you're disabled (I was recently diagnosed with connective tissue disease and lupus). I think there are many stories that I've read multiple times. There are some very talented writers here that I find very engaging. Since I don't get around much these authors and stories are how I "travel". It's nice to find a community I can interact with since I'm limited in what I can physically accomplish these days.

Ah, I'll be 28 in Sept. Hope you can deal with those issues with treatment. I know they can be hell on the body and make it hard to do a lot of things. The worst I've got to deal with is some arthritis in my knees and lower back. As long as you can spend time with and have fun with your kids though.

The forums are a great place when you can't find something to read right that moment. I'm not an old man yet but with a 15 month old, holy hell time flies, I read mostly after he's gone to bed.

o/ Hope to see you around the forums more often. There's a great bunch of people on here.

I'm not TRULY too old but I definitely feel my mortality more these days. I'll be 30 this October. My girls are 3 (almost 4) and just turned 5. Time seems to fly once you have little ones. I'm lucky that they tend to entertain each other and they get along well for the most part. It's hard to parent when you're disabled (I was recently diagnosed with connective tissue disease and lupus). I think there are many stories that I've read multiple times. There are some very talented writers here that I find very engaging. Since I don't get around much these authors and stories are how I "travel". It's nice to find a community I can interact with since I'm limited in what I can physically accomplish these days.

Right now we're focusing on symptom management. It turns out I'm allergic to almost everything they usually prescribe including the anti-malarials - who knew? I'm also very adept at falling down the stairs. I blame a love of nylon character socks... Ahem. I have two very energetic little redheads who remind me of Shippo with their impishness. I'm also lucky enough to live less than 5 minutes from my parents and grandparents so they spend a lot of time with them when I can't function.

Sara wrote:
Right now we're focusing on symptom management. It turns out I'm allergic to almost everything they usually prescribe including the anti-malarials - who knew? I'm also very adept at falling down the stairs. I blame a love of nylon character socks... Ahem. I have two very energetic little redheads who remind me of Shippo with their impishness. I'm also lucky enough to live less than 5 minutes from my parents and grandparents so they spend a lot of time with them when I can't function.

It's good that you live close to family. As for the stairs, replace them with a slide. The girls will have fun going down, though going back up might be an issue.

That allergy thing has to suck.

Hahaha! The dog would love a slide! Not so much for the cat or the husband.

I've learned to adapt to most of what happens to me. It does suck, but dwelling causes issues as well. I just eat my feelings in the form of cookies.

I love cookies, rarely make or buy them cause I'd eat them all. I'm a fat kid on the inside and I'm trying not to be a fat kid on the outside anymore.

The struggle is real! I have never been "tiny" but I was a nice average sized girl before I couldn't be active anymore. They say "never trust a skinny chef" so I tell people I'm just very trustworthy I did manage to lose some weight this year. I'll attribute that to the steps...

My wife and I both have weight issues. We've taken to a diet of protein and vegetables with very few carbs and low fat. Mine aren't as bad, as I've been in shape several times in my life but the struggle is real. Never thought I'd say that phrase.

It doesn't help that I love cooking and and love steak and cake and all sorts of other things that are terrible for you. I hate cutting the fat off my steaks, all that flavor.

My hubby has a sensory disorder and doesn't really eat anything but pasta and potatoes (no meat, veg, etc) so dinnertime at our house is... interesting. My kids are picky eaters too so on the whole, we don't have a very great diet. I hope they grow up to be more like me in that aspect. I'm a total foodie. I've even eaten emu before. O_O

Never had Emu myself, though gator, snake, raccoon, and opossum. I live in the southern united states and there are a lot of weird things people around here eat. My son doesn't like green beans or peas. Other than that he'll eat just about anything.

I actually got to try it at Cabela's (which is kind of like this oddball hunting and fishing store and stuffed critter museum all in one). It tasted like corned beef. I'm actually in the upper Midwest (though I don't know how they decided Ohio was WEST )

I'm already tired of the ice and freezing cold. No snow to speak of. Only freezing rain ;_;

My wife used to live in Ohio, seven or so years ago. She talked about how it snowed all the time. Might just be how the weather is going. We got a few cold snaps this year, sleet and ice sheets for days.

I might have to see if I can get some Emu, that sounds pretty good. How was Cabela's? I've heard good things about them but haven't ever lived near one.