Game Get to know the writer.

[Caltin Vanagor]

You've seen "Get to know the character", now it's time to learn a little about the fingers above the keys, the people behind the icons.

1. Name: (If you don't want to give your actual name, nicknames are fine)
2. Age range: (not looking for exact age unless you want to give it out whatever makes you comfortable)
3. Occupation: (School if you don't have one)
4. Where do you live?: (Doesn't have to be specific, regions are fine)
5. Single? Involved? Engaged/Married?:
6. Hobbies other than writing:
7. Favorite Food:
8. Favorite thing to do on a day off:
9. What kind of care do you drive: (If any)
10. What brought you to writing?
11. What keeps you writing?
12. Favorite character: (yours)
13. Favorite character: (others)
14. Favorite character: (non-rp, can be anything from Star Wars, to Marvel, anime, whatever)
15. What keeps you writing on Chaos? (Edited because of some brilliant people with brilliant ideas!)

 

[Kimiko Taiyou]

1. Name: Call me Steph
2. Age range: 30s
3. Occupation: Military
4. Where do you live?: Currently, SE US
5. Single? Involved? Engaged/Married?: Engaged
6. Hobbies other than writing: Video games and anime!
7. Favorite Food: ...I like it all really
8. Favorite thing to do on a day off: Sleep
9. What kind of car do you drive: Brand new Nissan Titan
10. What brought you to writing? Wrote fanfiction for a bit, but found the site while deployed and fell in love with it
11. What keeps you writing? (you mean coming back?) The people, I love the interactions and friends I've made here
12. Favorite character: (yours) Kimiko here of course!
13. Favorite character: (others) Grr...such a hard one...
14. Favorite character: (non-rp, can be anything from Star Wars, to Marvel, anime, whatever) I'm in WAY too many fandoms for a questions like this!
15. What keeps you writing? It's the perfect escape from reality

 

[WolfMortum]

1. Name: Shon.
2. Age range: 32.
3. Occupation: Social Worker (Full-time Student).
4. Where do you live?: New Zealand.
5. Single? Involved? Engaged/Married?: Involved.
6. Hobbies other than writing: Gaming, Reading, Movies etc.
7. Favourite Food: Don't have a particular fav.
8. Favourite thing to do on a day off: Kick back and game or write.
9. What kind of car do you drive: Mitsubishi Outlander.
10. What brought you to writing?: Started at 14 on a live chat site.
11. What keeps you writing?: Good friends on Chaos.
12. Favourite character: Caedyn Arenais.
13. Favourite character: Grife, there's so many to choose from!
14. Favourite character: Qui-Gon Jinn (Fav Jedi).

 

[Teyla Sal-Soren]

1. Name: Amber
2. Age range: R 0 0 D ( 30 )
3. Occupation: Homeschool Mom (TA before the pandemic)
4. Where do you live?: California
5. Single? Involved? Engaged/Married?: Happily Married
6. Hobbies other than writing: Painting, Reading, Historical Research, Cooking, DIY Projects
7. Favorite Food: Filet Mignon
8. Favorite thing to do on a day off: Go out with the fam or friends
9. What kind of care do you drive: Chevy Traverse
10. What brought you to writing?: Escapism
11. What keeps you writing?: Escapism
12. Favorite character: (yours) I go through phases, but I probably write Teyla the most.
13. Favorite character: (others) This is hard, there are a lot of really good characters to choose from. Greyanna Elvanshalee , Merrick Sato, Kaden Farr , Araceli Thoris, Abel Denko , Ala, Romi Jade , Caedyn Arenais, Willow & Ivy , Kenara Dray, Athena , Dashara Horizon , Liam Wickens
14. Favorite character: (non-rp, can be anything from Star Wars, to Marvel, anime, whatever) Of all time? Again, how do you just choose one? @.@ Ughhh. Idk. Probably Daenerys Targaryen (pre-mad Queen), Bilbo Baggins, Luna Lovegood, Claire Fraser, Olenna Tyrell
15. What keeps you writing? See above

 

[Ryv]

1. Name: Nikoli
2. Age: 23
3. Occupation: Retail
4. Where do you live?: Florida
5. Single? Involved? Engaged/Married?: Involved, she might be the one, I dunno. I often think about proposing to her when I feel like we're financially ready for that sorta thing. I don't think we'd do a large wedding, just invite close friends somewhere nice, do the ceremony, and just hang out with the people closest to us.
6. Hobbies other than writing: Gaming, MTG, D&D, biking, swimming, and martial arts.
7. Favorite Food: None
8. Favorite thing to do on a day off: Chill with friends and play D&D.
9. What kind of car do you drive: Buick
10. What brought you to writing?: I started around four when I'd just fold a bunch of printer paper together, staple it, and write/illustrate little homemade comics. My grandmother keeps em all somewhere. Looking back? Not great content.
11. What keeps you writing?: I want to make a career out of it.
12. Favorite character: Ryv
13. Favorite character: Zaavik Perl | Enlil | Darth Empyrean | Rurik Fel | Loske Treicolt | Ripley Kühn
14. Favorite character: Hades from Lore Olympus. I relate to the abused older sibling trope.

 

[Darth Metus]

Name: (If you don't want to give your actual name, nicknames are fine) Guy

Age range: (not looking for exact age unless you want to give it out whatever makes you comfortable) 27

Occupation: (School if you don't have one) Consultant - Restaurant Industry

Where do you live?: (Doesn't have to be specific, regions are fine) FLO-RIDA

Single? Involved? Engaged/Married?: Single

Hobbies other than writing: Gaming, Cooking, Shitposting

Favorite Food: Steak - Medium Rare

Favorite thing to do on a day off: Nothing. No, literally, nothing.

What kind of care do you drive: (If any) Nissan Versa Note

What brought you to writing? When I was like 12 I tried to impress a girl by learning how to rp with her. Girl left, hobby stuck.

What keeps you writing? My friends' excitement when a post is dropped or when the story gets good.

Favorite character: (yours) Darth Metus
Favorite character: (others) Srina Talon , Teyla Sal-Soren , Serena Denko, Redd , Cordelia Malkavian , Rann Thress , Valencia Hadley

Favorite character: (non-rp, can be anything from Star Wars, to Marvel, anime, whatever) Madara Uchiha, Kaname Tousen, Kakarot, Cayde-6, and Ganondorf

 

[Zaavik Perl]

1. Name: Bryant
2. Age range: 24 on the 14th (send money)
3. Occupation: wageslave
4. Where do you live?: Oklahoma, partner
   
5. Single? Involved? Engaged/Married?: recently single (send lewds)
6. Hobbies other than writing: Music, Cooking, Blideo James
7. Favorite Food: Can't beat a good ol' BURGER
8. Favorite thing to do on a day off: jack shit, nothing, vegetable mode
9. What kind of car do you drive: 2006 Chevy Impala
10. What brought you to writing? I can't really pinpoint what drew me to it or why, but I did get my start on WoW RP
11. What keeps you writing? I want to make a career out of it. Also, the constant drive to improve so I can feel confident in something.
12. Favorite character: either Zaavik or Avernus (rip)
13. Favorite character: Irveric Tavlar, Ryv , Lyra 'Sybila' Voikryt , Darth Daiara , Aerarii Tithe
14. Favorite character: Guts from Berserk. Yeah, big surprise, huh?

 

[Junko Ike]

1. Jaime
2. Age range: 30
3. Occupation: History Teacher
4. Where do you live?: California
5. Single? Involved? Engaged/Married?: Single
6. Hobbies other than writing: Reading, gaming
7. Favorite Food: Pot Roast
8. Favorite thing to do on a day off: Watch copious amounts of shows.
9. What kind of care do you drive: 67 Mustang
10. What brought you to writing? Friends
11. What keeps you writing? I enjoy it
12. Favorite character: (yours) Matsu
13. Favorite character: (others) Maple Harte
14. Favorite character: (non-rp, can be anything from Star Wars, to Marvel, anime, whatever) Dream (The Sandman)
15. What keeps you writing? It is fun, relaxing and know some good people.

 

[Caltin Vanagor]

You've seen "Get to know the character", now it's time to learn a little about the fingers above the keys, the people behind the icons.

1. Name: JT
2. Age range: 47
3. Occupation: Lieutenant in the Sherriff's office
4. Where do you live?: Central Florida, US
5. Single? Involved? Engaged/Married?: Married
6. Hobbies other than writing: Working out, reading, playing pool, my puppies
7. Favorite Food: A nice piece of fish or chicken
8. Favorite thing to do on a day off: Do anything that gets me out of the house
9. What kind of car do you drive: Work- Ford F150 Raptor(police package), Home - Cadillac CTS
10. What brought you to writing? Boredom originally, then I started to look at high school writing assignments and realized they were all about the same person. Rest is history.
11. Favorite character: (yours) Kam Angellus
12. Favorite character: (others) too many to name
13. Favorite character: (non-rp) Iron Man and Batman, and many more
14. What keeps you writing? Great people to play with

 

[Enlil]

1. Name: Tom, Thomas, TP, Alky.
2. Age: 32
3. Occupation: Self Improvement specialist.
4. Where do you live?: Florida
5. Single? Involved? Engaged/Married?: Single.
6. Hobbies other than writing: Martial arts, reading, cooking and baking, exercise.
7. Favorite Food: Italian.
8. Favorite thing to do on a day off: Sweat out my rage and drop to the floor unconscious.
9. What kind of car do you drive: Jeep Grand Cherokee 2020
10. What brought you to writing?: Adventure. Escape. As a boy, my interest in writing began with Lewis. The enchantment of Narnia, a world away from the one we know. Magic, monsters, things we consider to be surreal or unrealistic. A place those things can exist called out to me. As time went on, I delved into Herbert, into Erikson. I played video games extensively as a young man, because characters like Serge and Tidus allowed me to sink into their roles. I could fight dragons. I could fall in love with characters who believed in something. I could do all the things that I couldn't do in this world. I wanted to make those stories. It was my dream.
11. What keeps you writing?: Some dreams die, but the magic behind them rarely does. Can't run from my problems anymore. Still can use the skills I've learned along the way.
12. Favorite character: Enlil. He is a powerful, self-respecting, positive character that was born from a dark time in my life. For me, he encapsulates the type of man who triumphs over adversity and doesn't let others talk down to him.
13. Favorite character: Ryv (very actually, this character is everything I believe a Jedi is, including human. | Yula Perl She represents a positive, if chaotic version of good that is worth putting faith in.
14. Favorite character: Itkovian, Anomander Rake, Trull Sengar, Brukhalian, and Karsa Orlang from the Malazan Book of the Fallen, Subaru Natsuki from Re:Zero, Trowa Barton from Gundam Wing, and Gilgamesh from Fate: Stay/Night and Fate: Grand Order.

 

[Annasari]

1. Name: Chloe
2. Age: 22
3. Occupation: Technology, tho not workin' atm.
4. Where do you live?: redneck country
5. Single? Involved? Engaged/Married?: do NOT slide in these DMs
6. Hobbies other than writing: I like games but don't get to play them too often these days. Art, reading, knitting.
7. Favorite Food: sushi
8. Favorite thing to do on a day off: Spend time with my dogs, sleep, big chill.
9. What kind of car do you drive: ngl dawg I avoid driving
10. What brought you to writing? Tbh encouragement from my teachers.
11. What keeps you writing? It's my outlet for a lot of things.
12. Favorite character: Ripley Kühn
13. Favorite character (others): There are a lot... but to name a few, Ryv Avernus Aerarii Tithe Enlil Daiya - always great reads from them
14. Favorite character (Outside Chaos): I really love Tyrion Lannister and Arya Stark from GOT, though both of them compete with Shinji from Evangelion.

 

[Okkeus Dainlei]

Alright y'all, I'll do one of these. Gives me a reason to procrastinate on posting...

1. Name: Y'all can just call me Okkeus. Not really interested in dropping my unique name, which will pretty much tell you where I live from a quick Google search. Also, real quick, it is pronounced Oh-Key-Us not Ah-Key-Us
2. Age range: Alright, I'll say it. I'm 16. Probably one of the youngest writers on the board right now
3. Occupation: School
4. Where do you live?: Middle of nowhere, Oregon. Also, why so many of y'all from Florida?
5. Single? Involved? Engaged/Married?: Single
6. Hobbies other than writing: Video games, model building, football, and wrestling
7. Favorite Food: I love me some fish
8. Favorite thing to do on a day off: A day off? What is that?
9. What kind of care do you drive: 2004 Chevy Suburban. It drifts and hauls ass, so I'm happy
10. What brought you to writing?: I love to think "What if I was in this universe? What would it be like?" That always provides many stories for me
11. What keeps you writing?: Same as above, active imagination that loves to explore
12. Favorite character: Okkeus Dainlei by far. He is very easy for me to write, partially becuase he is what I imagine myself as in the Star Wars universe
13. Favorite character: Just to name a few out of the many: Beltran Rarr , Darlyn Excron , Ryv , Robogeber
14. Favorite character: Y'all, there is way to many to list. I'll just pick a few out. Plus I won't list any Star Wars ones: Bumblebee from Transformers, Marty McFly from BTTF, Bandit from Smokey and the Bandit, Parzival from Ready Player One, and Fletcher from the Summoner book series

 

[Nova Casamyr]

1. Name: Jamie
2. Age range: early 30s
3. Occupation: Librarian/Tech Support
4. Where do you live?: Connecticut, USA
5. Single? Involved? Engaged/Married?: Married!
6. Hobbies other than writing: Writing music, video games
7. Favorite Food: All? Doesn't work? No? Fine... Sushi or tacos
8. Favorite thing to do on a day off: Chill on the couch in comfy pants
9. What kind of car do you drive: Toyota Corolla
10. What brought you to writing? I joined a Star Wars forum game back in 2003 and found that I enjoyed the writing aspect more than the gaming aspect.
11. What keeps you writing? Endless possibilities. The satisfaction of telling a good story. Collaborating with friends.
12. Favorite character: Of mine? This one, most definitely. Though I love them all.
13. Favorite character: Howwwww am I supposed to narrow this down? I'll always enjoy reading the stories from my friend's character Daiya . From a distance I've seen really great writing from Jacen Nimdok and their few alts. And I have to give some love to Jerec Asyr and his seemingly endless creativity.
14. Favorite character: More tough questions. There's no way I can give just one answer. For Star Wars: Zahn's original Thrawn iteration. Other sci-fi: Miller from The Expanse comes to mind right away. Fantasy: How could I not love Jack Sparrow? And anime: someday I will grow up to be Sailor Jupiter, I swear.
15. What keeps you on Chaos? I've made great friends here. Always hoping that means there are even more to be made in the future!

(I switched that last one since the question was asked twice.)

 

[Lirka Ka]

1. Name: Tis' I, Elf, the human goblin
2. Age range: 18
3. Occupation: I work in a cheese shop, like a champ
4. Where do you live?: Chicagoland, cold as hell
5. Single? Involved? Engaged/Married?: Singlest Pringle
6. Hobbies other than writing: I paint minis and do a lot of tabletop wargaming
7. Favorite Food: Gimme that Italian cuisine
8. Favorite thing to do on a day off: Be a lazy bum
9. What kind of care do you drive: (If any): human goblins don't leave the house much
10. What brought you to writing? Star Wars Rp is pretty epic, needed a new site
11. Favorite character: (yours): murder-elf named Lirka goes bonk bonk, hur hur fun
12. Favorite character: (others) Imma be honest I've never reallllly gotten to know a single character on Chaos well enough to have real investment, so nothing comes to mind
13. Favorite character: (non-rp, can be anything from Star Wars, to Marvel, anime, whatever): Asdrubael Vect from Warhammer 40K, hands down
14. What keeps you writing? Dunno, really. I've never really struck that writing gold yet so I think I'm just hunting for that still

 

[Cara Dorniarn]

1. Name: Annie, Cricket (Digivolution: Crick->Cricko->Cricklor->???)
2. Age range: Twenty-five next month!
3. Occupation: Insurance, illustration
4. Where do you live?: Kentucky, in the heart of central Appalachia
5. Single? Involved? Engaged/Married?: I've got a pretty amazing fella.
6. Hobbies other than writing: Reading comics, sampling music, watching old films, keeping up with scifi news, and D&D
7. Favorite Food: Hearty chicken stew (but teramisu for dessert!).
8. Favorite thing to do on a day off: Doodle ideas, play games, and chat with friends.
9. What kind of car do you drive?: A 2007 Pontiac Grand Prix named Betty.
10. What brought you to writing?: Had to write down the scenes in my head, even if just a few sentences.
11. What keeps you writing?: I can't illustrate everything I wish so having words to sketch with is a substitute.
12. Favorite character: (yours) Cara Dorniarn.
13. Favorite character: (others) The character that showed me I didn't need a thousand words to be compelling, Shira Varanin I love a lot of y'all but can't just tag half the site, ya know
14. Favorite character: Ellen Ripley.
15. What keeps you writing on Chaos?: The relationships I've made and the desire to help others here.

 

[Allyson Locke]

1. Name: Justine
2. Age range: 30s
3. Occupation: Content Producer/Narrative design for mobile games
4. Where do you live?: California
5. Single? Involved? Engaged/Married?: Involved with some qt nerd
6. Hobbies other than writing: Video games, 40k, audiobooks
7. Favorite Food: Rice
8. Favorite thing to do on a day off: Hangout with friends, play video games, write
9. What kind of car do you drive: 2010 Corolla
10. What brought you to writing? Liked it in school so I searched for a way to do it more.
11. What keeps you writing? It has its moments of fun
12. Favorite character: (mine) Allyson Locke
13. Favorite character: (others) Seniya Nehir , Amea Virou , Jyoti Nooran Loske Treicolt , Lok Xiangu Taeli Raaf , Ashin Cardé Varanin , Noelle Varanin , Sylvia Virtos Alina Tremiru , Vaylin Cara Dorniarn Zaavik Perl and so many others that if I keep going I'll end up just tagging the whole site.
14. Favorite character: (non rp) Flavor of the Month: Judy Alvarez ;3
15. What keeps you writing on Chaos? Hard question...but the people I've met and the way characters interact and seeing how they grow. Character relationships from romantic to friendship to even rivalries have always been my main interest - they make things interesting imo.

 

[Jacen Nimdok]

Alright now I'm obligated to fill this out lol

1. Name: Amanda
2. Age range: 21 (soon to be 22 next month)
3. Occupation: College Student
4. Where do you live?: Tucson, AZ, USA
5. Single? Involved? Engaged/Married?: Single
6. Hobbies other than writing: Lol uh... there's a recurring joke among people who know me that I have no other actual hobbies besides writing, except maybe reading books and listening to music.
7. Favorite Food: Idk, potato?
8. Favorite thing to do on a day off: Watch a movie
9. What kind of care do you drive: Back when I was still driving I had a pretty little blue Cruze, my mom has since taken it over.
10. What brought you to writing? I started out handwriting (as in, with pen/pencil on notebook paper) terrible fanfiction about video games when I was about 9-10 years old. It was a purely instinctual thing, I didn't know what I was doing, just that I needed to do it. I eventually discovered you could post fanfiction on the Internet, so I did that throughout my teen years and into my first couple years of college. By then I had decided that I wanted to actually become a novelist. I managed to write a novel, but it wasn't very good. I'm currently trying to write another one, hopefully it will be better. Anyway, Chaos is something I do for fun and because I feel like I need more experience under my belt, and also because it gives me ideas. I'm notoriously bad when it comes to ideas, but if you give me something worth writing about I can churn out some pretty good stuff.
11. What keeps you writing? A sense of obligation to the other writer(s). I don't like to leave people hanging lol. That and the validation aspect - knowing that people like your writing and enjoy writing with you has kept me going here.
12. Favorite character: Jacen Nimdok of course. He's the natural evolution of one of the very first characters I ever created, and he's the easiest to write. Most of the time, anyway.
13. Favorite character: AMCO used to be my all-time fave, but now he dead. (And I'll be the first to admit that my admiration for him was mostly due to long discussions I had with his writer about who he was supposed to be. In most of his actual threads, he came across as just another nasty Sith heavy, albeit a cowardly one in a nice suit.) I also like Laertia Io , she's very interesting and unique. Ryv is a complex and intriguing character, Auteme is cool too. Kyra Perl is very well written from a mechanics-of-writing perspective (meaning that her writer can convey emotion and drama via prose exceptionally well.) Cotan Sar'andor is a fuggin' trip, Desbre Gensan is a new face that definitely came to my attention immediately, Jorah zos Darnus I like because he's hardcore traditional and his naivete is depicted really well... uhhhh I can't think of any more off the top of my head.
14. Favorite character: Mr. Spock from Star Trek is the one I would pick if I had to pick just one. I also am quite fond of Special Agent Dale Cooper from Twin Peaks (in case that wasn't obvious), Rick from Casablanca, Allie Johnson and Mikey McGill from the Skinjacker trilogy (great books, highly recommend), Scarlett O'Hara, maaaaybe Dracula?
15. What keeps you writing? I remain here for the sole purpose of tormenting Maxirizuul to the end of his days. But actually, I do it because I can't stop writing or I will literally go insane. Seriously. Lord help anyone who gets between me and my keyboard.

 

[Boram Predor]

1. Name: James
2. Age Range: 22
3. Occupation: Barback/Full-Time Student
4. Where do you live?: Ottawa
5. Single? Involved? Engaged/Married?: Single
6. Hobbies other than writing: Film and Fashion
7. Favorite Food: Fish 'n Chips
8. Favorite thing to do on a day off: Hang out and Throw on a movie
9. What kind of care do you drive: Chev Cruze
10. What brought you to writing?: Smut with Zef Halo
11. What keeps you writing?: Smut with Zef Halo
12. Favorite character: Boram Predor
13. Favorite character: Lysle of the Hydian Way
14. Favorite character: Robert Baratheon

 

[Kaalia Pavanos]

1. Name: Marinus
2. Age range: 23
3. Occupation: Law student
4. Where do you live?: The Netherlands
5. Single? Involved? Engaged/Married?: Single
6. Hobbies other than writing: Video games, digital crate digging for music, Magic: the Gathering (Definitely a Spike, though a Johnny in EDH)
7. Favorite Food: Just good ol' french fries
8. Favorite thing to do on a day off: Play video games with friends, hang out with people in Discord calls
9. What kind of care do you drive: I don't even have a driver's license lol
10. What brought you to writing? Literally just being bored one day and Googling 'Star Wars RP'.
11. What keeps you writing? It's fun to see my character evolve and it's an outlet for my own feelings sometimes.
12. Favorite character (yours): Kaalia Pavanos (All-time), Sylvia Virtos (Currently)
13. Favorite character (others): Oh boy here we go Quinn Varanin | Ishana Pavanos | Wyatt Morga | AMCO | Jerec Asyr | Vaylin | Amea Virou | Darth Daiara | Zaavik Perl | Cara Dorniarn | Ingrid L'lerim (And more but I gotta stop somewhere)
14. Favorite character (non-rp): Sokka (ATLA), Dionysus (As portrayed in the video game Hades), Catra (She-Ra reboot)
15. What keeps you writing on Chaos? The friends I've made here and the amazing characters I get to write with.

 

[Alina Tremiru]

1. Name: Kyle
2. Age range: 26 (Less than a month to 27)
3. Occupation: Stay at home parental unit
4. Where do you live?: Maine der bub.
5. Single? Involved? Engaged/Married?: Married
6. Hobbies other than writing: Cooking, prepping dnd, videogames
7. Favorite Food: Cheesecake
8. Favorite thing to do on a day off: Sleep. Especially if the kiddo had nightmares the day prior.
9. What kind of care do you drive: Nissan Rogue
10. What brought you to writing? A lot of the time growing up I spent pretty alone. Writing helped me not to feel so alone, so I stuck with it.
11. What keeps you writing? It's a coping mechanism for me. Before loosing my son almost three years ago (Garrick. Wren's Twin) writing was just something to do. Now it helps. I can get out a lot of the terribleness I feel through writing when I feel I need to, and on the flip side it's also a place I can let myself relax and not be sad.
12. Favorite character: I suck at picking favorites, but my all time fav isn't from here. Daichi, my one armed half orc artificer from a West Marsh style server. DnD. Low Wis High Int is a fun way to play, and his character arch was something I wish I had a way to dive into more (If you don't know what a West Marsh is, it's a style of DnD where a bunch of DMs work together to create a world story that others can join in and opt out at their leisure. Great for if you just want to play and can't find a stable group, not so good for personal character arcs).
    
    If I have to pick from Chaos, it'd be Alina. Been a long time since I felt this drive to RP a character as I do now with her.
13. Favorite character: This is where the suck part comes in. I couldn't tell ya. All the characters I RP with have been my favorite for one reason or another.
14. Favorite character: This is still in that same boat of I've really no idea. Thinking about it brings up nothing as my mind jumps to about 100+ different characters all at once and I can't think clearly.
15. What keeps you writing on Chaos? This is an easy one. Friends. A lot of people were there with me when I first learned I was having twins and those same people helped when my wife and I lost Garrick. I take time off from here now and then for that same reason (It's not easy to remember the joy that was ripped away), but I always come back because of the people. So, thanks to those people who make this place awesome.