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Post by Joukai on Jul 7, 2013 2:38:32 GMT -5
Hello there, this is Joukai.
How long has it been? At least two years since I've logged on.
Today I was reminded of you guys, out of nowhere. I was cleaning glass at my job and it just kind of hit me.
How old was I when this all began? I think I was fourteen? I'm twenty now. That's six years. Six years.
Wow.
We've been through a lot, haven't we? I know I have. You guys saw me through middle school and high school and now I'm in college. I know a lot of you have similar stories.
We've been through highs and lows. We've fallen away from each other. We've even lost some people. We've seen celebrations and mournings and so many things.
Even if we never get back together, you guys will always be with me. How could you ever leave me, really? We may never speak again but I won't ever forget you all.
I'm still here, I'm still Joukai. Everywhere I go on the internet, I'm Joukai. So if you happen to see this name, or see Joe (Joella) Kaizler or something, that's me.
I miss you all, more than I think I can ever really say. You crazy, awesome, people I've never met in real life have made a permanent place in my heart and my memories and I don't think I can ever express how much love and thanks I have for that.
I love you, so, so much.
-Joukai
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Post by Joukai on Jul 7, 2013 2:38:54 GMT -5
Now excuse me while I go cry :C
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Themistocles
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All human actions have one or more of these five causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason
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Post by Themistocles on Sept 13, 2013 20:50:50 GMT -5
Aw! Thanks for the lovely message, Joukai! Although you've taken a break for a while, I see that you haven't lost your knack at writing!
I too miss the friendships and community that we once had on this site. It got me through middle-school and some of high school, talking and writing with people that I've never actually met in real life, but couldn't possibly BE more real. Even if we never get back together again (which I hope that we do), it was a great run.
Thanks for the wonderful memories. I will cherish them for a lifetime.
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Post by Joukai on Jul 6, 2014 2:14:06 GMT -5
It's been almost a year since this thread was started and since I last visited. It's 12am and here I am again and I'm not going to lie, I sometimes come here hoping for a message from some long lost friends.
I know there are other sites still going, but I guess I come back here because this is where the road stopped for me, and I'm hoping that maybe I'll come back and find some ghosts waiting for me.
There are some of you that I can still keep in touch with, and that makes me happy, even though I'm busy as hell.
And then there are some of you who disappeared (I am looking at you, Talon) and I don't think I'll ever see you again and damn, that makes me sad, you know?
I'm 21 now. I'm starting my bachelor's soon. I'm going to be an English Professor one day. I have a manuscript in the works. I might move to England to get my PhD. I have a stable job. Still no boyfriend, but I am so happy with where I am at.
And still, everything we've gone through is in the back of my mind.
I guess I keep coming back because I hope that you little ghosts, you long lost friends, will feel the same tug in you memories and come back into these dusty old halls to let me know you're still alive and doing well.
Here I am, this is the end of my road and of yours, but maybe we can turn back and watch it fade together.
(May I remind you it is midnight and I am feeling poetic and sappy as shit, so sorry for the hella cheesy post.)
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Post by Joukai on Jul 27, 2015 0:30:42 GMT -5
I guess it's time for my yearly reminder that this thing exists.
Well, I'm 22.
I'm attending the 3rd best University in the United States for an English Literature Degree. I made honours. I'm moving out on my own and taking my first ever vacation in October.
I got a story published at my old school, and now I'm tasked with writing a play that will be preformed at my university.
I think my parents are going to divorce and I can't stand living with them; I'm kicking my biological mom out of my life and changing my middle name.
Life is crazy and awesome and horrible and more than I could ever hope for.
For the first time in a very long time I can say I'm happy. Like, not just happy in the moment, but truly joyful deep down inside.
I hope life is treating you well.
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Jun 17, 2021 4:33:08 GMT -5
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Post by Joukai on Jun 17, 2021 4:33:08 GMT -5
Hey. Wow. It's uhhhh been a hot moment, hasn't it?
I guess there's no point going on about all that's changed. It's wild I still think about this place and everyone. You guys honestly... You shaped my life. And I do still miss you all.
It's weird. I'm not the person I was back then, but also I wouldn't be who I am without this place.
If anyone stumbles across this, I hope you're doing alright.
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