Where the hell have I been?

You're probably not even asking, but I'll tell you anyway.

About 5 years ago, I tried to come back and hang with the 2o2p crowd, but I just didn't end up making the time. WoW primarily had my attention, and the console titles that came out only held my attention for short periods of time. Since the WoW community here on 2o2p was waning, and was likely on a different server/faction than I was playing, I slumped back into my WoW rut. And that's pretty much where I stayed.

Since my divorce in 2006, I've been packing on weight. Not that I was ever thin, but food was a big comfort thing for me, and it filled the void when either stress or depression reared their ugly heads. Which they did a lot. Eventually, I got up to 360 pounds, and I wasn't feeling great. My weight was causing back issues, which took me out of work for a few months, and that caused more depression, and even more weight gain. As a matter of fact, my family even had an innervention with me about my eating and how they feared for my health. I've got an entirely different blog about my quest to get in shape, so I won't put all the details here. I will say that I've since sound success, and I've lost over 100 pounds since April.

This lifestyle change has really made me reflect and think about what I really value, and what makes me happy. I miss the folks here. A lot of great nights yelling at people through my headset. Heck, there are even people here that held my hand as I took some of my first steps into WoW. The forums themselves were a hangout for me, and I recall having a great time getting to know everyone. I even attended the first 2o2p LAN in Chicago.

I hope to find some of the folks I miss, if they're still around, and I hope to meet some new folks to share verbal abuse with. Trash talk and immaturity is really at its best when it comes from people that are old enough to be exprienced at it.

See you online!

Lee