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[Loud Whispers]

What was will be

[A Thing]

hak hak hak

[VolcanoQueen]

Spoiler: bleh (click to show/hide)

First things first, have you actually started to be productive for more than 5 seconds at a time? If not, then DO THAT.

Also, have you started making the game you wanted to make?

Finally, have you started feeling better about yourself and the world in general? I don't blame you if you're still feeling like crap, but do try to be a bit more optimistic.

I guess that's it, future me. Have a nice 2019, I guess.

[Rolan7]

Circumstances are cyclical

Spoiler: Dear Mr Henshaw (click to show/hide)

Oh hey, I didn't see you there.  (Slowbeef has been doing that a lot...)
Shadow of Mordor is pretty fun.  Just started it after Christmas.  Um.

Did he ever apologize, or did I just let it go?  Or uh, are we somehow, still not speaking?  Is that better?  The Christmas season sure went better, though that's hardly a fair data point.  But the nightmares did stop, though.
How are things with him?  I assume still just...  rather awkward friends, and occasional shoulders to cry on.  Or maybe you finally moved on completely, like he seems to have...  Nah, I bet he still rants about that nerdy stuff that makes us smile, and in turn listens to our problems
How is she?  Is the new job everything we hoped?  Is she always far away, only sometimes, or what?  You should go to the grand canyon with her, or at least DC for her birthday this time.
Is he still coughing?  I think he stopped noticing, and it can't be good.  He should really see a doctor, but I know he hasn't.
I assume gma remains unchanged, though it's good to be near her again.  I hope we helped with her Christmas village again, heh.

Uh, that's all other people.  Avoiding the issue, maybe, but really they're at the top of my mind with this holiday season.  I hope it went so uncharacteristically well, again.
I guess...  I hope money's still okay, but more than that, I hope there's a cool project in the works.  Hopefully a couple particularly neat things completed.  We won't live forever, and it's never too early to work on a legacy.

And tangentially related, I hope somehow you've met a new romantic someone.  But it's still cool if you haven't, because we've seen how that noise can screw up aspirations, or even entire lives.
(Hopefully you've been hooking up a little, though, or at least tried and rejected it)

Spoiler: But the past refused to change (click to show/hide)

Oh and I hope the Nine Princes In Amber NWoD campaign goes better than our Pirate one-off
It's probably starting in a month, I guess, but [Sebastion] has a character sheet ready already.  Need to see that tomorrow.  Nng, nervous!

[Sergarr]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

If you don't make that AI, at least you should've learned by now how to program all that cool networking tree/jungle-like stuff.

[Baffler]

Baffler,

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

I'm writing this having just caught up to Kill Six Billion Demons' most current posting (Seeker of Thrones 9-102 at the time of writing.) It's good but I can already tell by the timestamps that waiting will be frustrating. I've also been putting off finishing those world building notes on religion for X's D&D campaign because I cannot for the life of me figure out how to square everything away with the evil ones, cooked an absolutely wonderful flank steak yesterday, and this is the coldest day of the year so far with a low of -21°F after factoring in wind, ~-1°F otherwise. Anyway, I hope that I can safely congratulate you on your graduation, and on having successfully completed the certification courses you have scheduled for this summer. I hope also that your more personal endeavors have been successful, and I'll leave it at that because this isn't exactly a private medium. Also, as is tradition:

Four rabbis had a tradition of spending a day each week golfing and discussing theology between holes. Very often they would argue, with three of them taking one side and eventually arguing the fourth one down.

One day, though, the fourth rabbi simply would not budge on his point - he swore he was right and that the other three were misguided. Exasperated by the stubbornness of the others, he fell to his knees.

"Oh, Lord, give me a sign to show that I am right and that these other three are wrong."

Just as he finished, four storm clouds blew in over the golf course. Three all merged into a single larger cloud, but the fourth blasted through the larger cloud, dissipating it.

As smug as the fourth rabbi was, the other three insisted that this was nothing that couldn't be explained by natural phenomena and that he was still wrong. Again, he fell to his knees.

"Oh, Lord, please give another sign to show that I am right on this."

As he was finishing his prayer, a single storm cloud blew in and sent a fork of lightning down on four trees standing on a nearby hill. Three of the trees were destroyed and the fourth remained intact. Again, though, the three rabbis argued that it was a hot summer day and the occasional freak lightning storm didn't signify anything.

"Oh, Lord," he began again before being cut off by a billowing voice from the clouds.

"HE'S RIGHT!" the voice boomed.

One of the three rabbis simply shrugged at this. "Alright. So now it's three to two."

[CABL]

CABL,

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

"Did you stop being a lazy piece of shit?"

"Did you go on a diet and succeeded this time?"

"Have you completed your enormous gaming backlog?"

"Have you found yourself some job?"

"Have you ran some RTDs this year?"

"HAVE YOU DONE ANYTHING GOOD IN TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHTEEN?!"

[Xantalos]

Spoiler: Oi (click to show/hide)

So. Me. How’s karate going? That program ever end up getting set up, and if so, how’s that going?

School’s a thing. Proceeding amicably, presumably? Hopefully? Eh?

Yer still talking with your friends hopefully? Be a shame if you lost those particular connections. You know the ones.

Oh, and From a Dead World and Respect Your Elders better be going strong still, I swear to our overself.

Any other significant developments in your/our life? Hopefully positive ones.

Oh, and did you ever figure out if the mental influence noted in the closing period of 2017 was caused by outside interference? Or rather, directly by outside interference. It’d confirm some of our worse case scenarios if it turns out to be so.

[Rose]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

• Did you end up saving up enough for a plane ticket?
• Did you get armok Vision actually playable?
• What about your own game? You need to work on something.

[Arx]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Hey Arx. Still alive?
Graduated your bachelor's?
The Hearth still alive?
Rich and famous?
Painting much?
Surviving your family?
Still play Duelyst?
Still got that resSub?
Got your driver's?
You're even more of an antique now, by the bye.
Oh, and are you still inexplicably some kind of weird community manager?

[Imic]

Spoiler: Dear future E. (click to show/hide)

Finish the Evil Scheme. Just finish it, for god's sake. Do you still have your job? Liz should have sacked you by now, I'll be surprised if you're still there. Got any better at showering? Also, did you move back into the place yet? If not, It's bout time you did. You can rent it out for as long as you want, but you're going to need somewhere to actually live at some point. That's about it. Happy new year.

[penguinofhonor]

Spoiler: dear 2019 penguin (click to show/hide)

What’s up! 2017 was a pretty stressful year but a big one, and 2018 is looking to be pretty similar. Hopefully you’ve handled it well.

Currently I’m in the process of applying and interviewing for a new job. One that will make going back to college a lot easier. So hopefully that worked out and you’re back in school or going back soon. Not sure how likely that is, since I’m pretty sure every single one of these I’ve written has had a “go back to school” bit, but hey, it’s still a goal.

I’m getting a little tired of my current job, so I’m thinking about getting a new one even if the above-mentioned one doesn’t work out. So hopefully you’ve either done that, or our current job has gotten a little more enjoyable.

How did the weddings go? They’re far off enough for me that I’m really not sure what to expect. Hopefully everything goes well.

I’m going to try to read more books in 2018 than I did last year. And played some more video games. Not a huge priority, of course.

Have you seen any of Star Trek: Discovery yet? 2017 me was asking about it, because 2016 me asked her. Maybe you finally found a way to watch it? If not, I don’t blame you. CBS is making it as difficult as possible.

Have we made any improvements to the house? Roommate B just ordered a new TV, and roommate C is talking big about getting a new fridge, and we still have to fix the wall in the bathroom (and the ceiling fan in the living room). Hopefully most of that has been done, and not too much else has gotten to the point where it needs fixed or replaced.

How did the garden go this year? I’m planning on expanding it again this year, but tackling it a little more efficiently so it’s not so much work. I guess you know how well that turned out. Is the mulberry bush still around? I’m worried about that thing. And hopefully you managed insects a bit better than last year… my poor squash.
How’s the car doing? Right now it’s gotten a couple dings, and the radio thing is running slower than it did when it was new, but overall the car is still working despite me being really lazy about maintenance. Were you better about that this year? Did you get that oil change when the car said to or did you wait a month?

Overall the world seems slightly shittier than it did this time last year, but also there seems to be more chance for improvement. Hopefully that’s what’s happened.

Some games I’ve been playing:
Cattails
Concrete Jungle
Crypt of the NecroDancer

Some songs I’ve been listening to a lot lately:
“Don’t Cry” by J Dilla
“Hard to Please” by The Weepies
“Spaceship” by Kesha
“Mr. Blue Sky” by Electric Light Orchestra (you can blame Guardians of the Galaxy 2 for this one)

Good luck in 2019!

[Toady One]

By request of the OP, we are opening the time capsule in time for the holidays.  Enjoy!

[WealthyRadish]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Finish the degree. Check
Finish the mod.*stifles cough*
Finish the books (and more, obviously). Check

Even if you don't, remember the postcard. You lucky dog! The postcard remains true as ever.

[Tack]

[-spoiler=Tack, 2019]
No grey plastic. No silver surfers.
No base black and half-shrug. No half-assed half-sprayed.
Tabletop quality, everything.
365 days, that’s almost one model every two days. You got this.
you’re fucked[/spoiler-]

Well. Nope.