Holy poop, my account is still active!

[illuminatus]

Wow y'all, I haven't been on here in quite some time, which is pathetic on my part, as everyone here at CS was a big part of my life, and then I just kind of dropped off the face of the earth, so my bad. I was honestly afraid my account might not be active anymore. Anyway, let's see, in the time since I posted last, I've:

Dropped out of Georgia Tech (I plan to go back, for a different degree, so spare me the riot act)

Gone back to my old crappy job, don't make much, but I have job security, and I have fun at work, it's a placeholder until I get the job I want

Ridden my motorcycle a lot (although it's currently inoperative)

Spent a lot of time on local motorcycle forums

Turned 21 and drank way too much (I think my friends called a couple of you on my birthday, I left my phone out so that I wouldn't make drunk dials.. they did it for me, so sorry to anyone who got woken up)

Started and stopped smoking cigarettes... Smoked 4 or 5 (butts, not packs) a day for about 8 months... didn't think much of it, until I started going through close to a pack any night that I went out drinking. Didn't care for that too much. Woke up one morning (4 days ago now) and said "Man, I'm sick of my chest hurting, sore throats, getting winded so easily, etc.. I quit"... I haven't had a craving since, but I have had a dream every night since then that I smoked one, and felt really guilty when I woke up, so I guess subconsciously, I do still want em. I feel better about myself already though.

Gotten out of cigars, as of about 3 or 4 months ago. Many of you will remember my well stocked humi.. well, I'm an idiot. The A/C went out in my house for about a week.. I thought nothing of it, just dealt with it... Well, it prompted a beetle outbreak (I assume it was the cause, as I normally keep the humi in a stable, cool spot in my room). I normally check it about once a week, to keep an eye on the beads, and when I looked in one day (I'd been out of town for 3 weeks)... everything was destroyed, in BOTH of my humis... There wasn't a salvageable stick in the bunch... I was devastated. There's years of cigar smoking history in that humi. Bombs from you FOGs, trades, passes, splits, things that I was looking forward to in years coming.. hell, there was a stick in there that I've had since I was 18, and was saving until I graduated college (which won't be for 4 more years now... ) So I cleaned everything out real well, saved the humidity beads (Thanks again, Viper!), and both hygros, and am thinking I'll get back into it slowly, so I decided it's time to become a contributing member here again, despite the fact I've forgotten most of the little I knew to begin with. Oh well, no time like the present to start learning again.

I moved into a new house, in Smyrna, GA, so away from downtown (had to move out of the fraternity house after I dropped out of school), but still only 15 minutes away, so I go visit often. Really liking living in a bigger house, bigger rooms, a real yard, etc, but I miss my puppy (left him with the fraternity). I'm working on projects around here, building a new shed, setting up a home theater for my roommate (He likes to have nice things, but is a technidiot, so I set things up for him.. you should see him poking at the iphone he bought yesterday... ). I'll post pics of those projects.

I spend a lot of time working on/improving my motorcycle, then finding ways to screw it up (no more wrecks though, so that's good).

Anyway, that's a long recap of my life. I'll have to get skype setup again (and get a damn mic this time, cuz typing to you guys sucks! lol), so I can get back in touch with you guys. I'm off work Friday, think I'm gonna go pick up a stick or two, and just relax on the new porch, and look out at the yard... I'll be sure to post a review of my phillies!

How's everyone here? New grandkids/cars/motorcycles/walk in humis/wives/kids/etc?

Dave still making everyone drool over his pictures? The floydPs still running things? Ron and Carlos still.... doing whatever it is that they do around here?

[havana_lover]

Wow, well Im new..

Thanks for the update brother, sorry to hear about the beetle out break. That really sucks..

[68TriShield]

Hi Nick,I was wondering where you've been Pretty much the same around here,just more members...

[illuminatus]

Glad to hear things are good.. I'm gonna reinstall skype later tonight, so if you see me on, hit me with an invite to the chat, would ya?

[oddball]

Welcome back, Oompa Loompa! Missed the funny posts.
Sounds like you were just living life.
Sorry about the cigars...

[688sonarmen]

Welcome back man,sorry to hear about the humi. But the good news is you can fill it up with some Pepins!

[Papichulo]

Seemed llike you been gone for over a year. How long were you gone? Anyway, it is good to see you rationalize and regulate your life. Enough partying and time for getting serious with life eh?

[illuminatus]

Yeah, it's time to start acting like an adult... damn..

[Blaylock]

Glad to see you posting again, Nick!





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[Papichulo]

Originally Posted by illuminatus

Yeah, it's time to start acting like an adult... damn..

I am not lecturing you. It took me until six years ago to become one. I just did not realize I had kids and beding single for so long decided to try the marriage thing again for the last time (Second and last). I love college and bars. However, I just herf in bars and spend time with the family.

[The Professor]

welcome back, bro!!! be sure to update your addy with Anita. other than that, things are basically the same: some of the greatest people in the world hanging out on the forum.

[DriftyGypsy]

Originally Posted by illuminatus

Yeah, it's time to start acting like an adult... damn..

Heck, son I am 57 years old and hate acting like an adult... welcome back

[fireman43]

Welcome back Nick! I was wondering what had happened to the resident Oompa. Good to see ya back around bro!

[Papichulo]

Originally Posted by DriftyGypsy

Heck, son I am 57 years old and hate acting like an adult... welcome back

[Blueface]

WOW!!!
What rock did you crawl out of?

Glad to hear you are OK.
Boy has it been a while since you been on.
Coming back to South Florida any time soon?