04 Jan 2006, 3:33 pm
Cade wrote:
I believe I remember you too. I remember a couple of women there who were from the Netherlands, so I hope I'm not confusing you with someone else. Are you the person who had asked about getting your writings published when you first came to Aspergia?
Nope, not me
. I've done some writing, but nothing is even close to publishable, so I don't think I'd have asked about that. (Who knows, maybe in a manic fit I did.... 
).
I'm actually from the US, but have been living in the Netherlands since 2002.
04 Jan 2006, 4:14 pm
DivaD wrote:
to be honest i feel like this place is going much the same way 
I'm not sure what you mean. There are always going to be people who can't get along or are abrasive (I can be that) or are trolls, and I do see that here to a small extent. We had some big egos and big opinions at Aspergia, and sure there were clashes. We had attention-seekers and people who seemed angling for high drama. The mellower, more level-headed and grounded members balanced that out. But there were other specific and far more troubling problems at Aspergia relating to specific individuals who probably had no business being there in the first place, and that fortunately I have not seen here so far.
I think this site may be better equipped to deal with certain problems than Aspergia in a few ways too. Aspergia wasn't intended to handle a huge number of members. It didn't try to be elitist (although there were members who might have been), but it did try to be an AS-only club of sorts. Unfortunately that probably made it attractive to more destructive types who just wanted the thrill of crashing the party. And crash it they did.
04 Jan 2006, 4:21 pm
grayson wrote:
Cade wrote:
I believe I remember you too. I remember a couple of women there who were from the Netherlands, so I hope I'm not confusing you with someone else. Are you the person who had asked about getting your writings published when you first came to Aspergia?
Nope, not me
. I've done some writing, but nothing is even close to publishable, so I don't think I'd have asked about that. (Who knows, maybe in a manic fit I did.... ).I'm actually from the US, but have been living in the Netherlands since 2002.
OK, I do remember someone there who was US-born and lived in the netherlands. I believe I remember somone with "grayson" as part of their username - was that you? It's been awhile, so it's very likely I'm mixing memories of people together.
All I can recall about that other person who asked about publishing - she said she had so scientific research/writing and wanted to know if anyoen there could help her get it published. Or I think that is what is was about.
I remember I couldn't help her - and she did live in Europe somewhere.
Unfortunately I came in right before to the huge influx of new member. I got to seen the place seemingly change over night, which drove several older members away. I remember several of those older members, especially the ones the stuck it out til the end, but many who came nearer to the time I bailed I have less vivid memories of.
06 Jan 2006, 4:16 am
06 Jan 2006, 4:30 am
Cade wrote:
OK, I do remember someone there who was US-born and lived in the netherlands. I believe I remember somone with "grayson" as part of their username - was that you? It's been awhile, so it's very likely I'm mixing memories of people together.
That's me! I was "graysonmj" over there (or maybe it was "graysonm", I don't remember).
I remember you being one of the people I enjoyed reading. Kota was another one. And BeautifulDreamer. I haven't seen them here, or at least I haven't seen those usernames here. (I know there were several more people I enjoyed at Aspergia, but I can't remember the usernames right now; hope no one reading gets bummed that I didn't list them when they might well have been one of my "resonances" there
.) Oh - I've always enjoyed LonerMutant's posts too, and he's here as well, which is nice. Ozymandias is here too, and I saw Techno (TorleyWong) was a member here, but I don't think he's posted in a long while. I enjoyed both their posts at Aspergia too.
06 Jan 2006, 6:05 am
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12 Jun 2009, 5:15 pm
chamoisee wrote:
Aspergian Mutant and I both came here from there when they discontinued the forums.
That's a f*****g awesome name!
12 Jun 2009, 5:59 pm
