Popular Post Dixon Hill 4,229 Posted May 13, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted May 13, 2015 I hate to add another semi-heavy thread to the forum, what with Steef's current situation, but I think I need to. There are some things happening involving my father, and my mother-in-law, and there's a possibility that I'm going to be away from here for a while. And I'm not certain exactly when or if I'll be back. I haven't even been a member here for two years yet. My postcount is shamefully not reflective of that, but I'm grateful for what it does show: that I was able to become part of this community. I never had much faith in this sort of thing, but my wife encouraged me to try it out as a way to connect with people who had the same passions. I guess it worked. It reminded me, in a way I never expected, of what I wanted to do with my life and why. It renewed a bit of the fire that had dimmed. And over the last six months or so, when I rightfully should have reigned in my omnipresence here in favor of giving full attention to the fact that I'm finally able to do that thing, I've stuck around. Maybe even dug myself in deeper than before. So maybe this'll be a comically unnecessary post and I'll continue to haunt the forum. Maybe. I'm grateful for all of this, and all of you. It's been an interesting ride so far. Like I said I didn't really believe I could or would get into the swing of the forum life and cultivating the strange sort of relationships that result. I'm glad I was wrong. I won't be apologizing for having occasionally unpopular and strong opinions. Isn't that the point of this place? And if I've said it once I've said it a thousand times: if you're not sure if I'm being serious, I'm not. So bear that in mind, and you'll know that I've got nothing but affection (even grudgingly) for you. Look at how long this bullshit is. No chance I stay away. Not Mr. Big, KK, Sharkissimo and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 1,931 Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Whatever is happening with your life right now, I hope things turn out for the best.But please keep posting as you can, I greatly appreciate your contributions to this forum and you are one of the members that make this place what it is.The best of things to you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,202 Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Sorry to hear about the situation Grey. I hope things work out for the best! You are one of the best members here, and it's been a pleasure getting to know you, discuss with you and occasionally spar with you, and I certainly hope your posting doesn't stop here. As I'm sure many others will agree, JWFan needs more posters like you. Again, best of luck with whatever is happening mate, just make sure you don't forget about us! Who else will righteously defend Whitacre in your absence?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLUMENKOHL 1,064 Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,476 Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Is it a game? When will you come back? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,095 Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 With Quint and Blume being virtually nonexistent, you are the light! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,519 Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 All the best TGP and hopefully things turn out alright.And hurry back. Things would be less interesting here if you didn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkissimo 1,971 Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Grey, you're one of the reasons I log in here obsessively everyday, even when at work. I've learnt so much about what it means to be a composer, to have an individual voice, to trust your artistic instincts. We've had laughs, banter, misunderstandings and rarely ever arguments. This is gonna sound sappy as fuck, but mate, even though I've never met you, you're like my brother from another mother. I hope you get to devote all the time you need to your wife and kids, and of course your work. When the time is right, you'll know how to communicate with us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,251 Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 So you will let whatever is happening in your life interfere with your presence here?That's sad, because I did have some hope for you. But I guess in the end your just another mediocre member that makes noise here for a year or two and then disappears.Sad...Anyway, i hope the affairs in your personal life will resolve themselves to your satisfaction and that you will oneday once again annoy the crap out of me with your ridiculous Zimmer love.Bye! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jilal 436 Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 TGP, I'm quite sure I'm not the only one here who really enjoys reading your posts. I hope all turns out well for you. All the best! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,484 Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 I second (the sentiments). Hope you won't become a hermit fixated on liturgic chants and esoteric synth noodlings with the word 'space' or 'cosmos' in the title! So we will miss you deeply here but on the other hand, a leave of absence always bears a chance of talking to real people instead of the spambots here... So take care, after all, i always wearily loved to click this 'last reply by' link TheGreyPilgrimYesterday, 09:37 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,391 Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Officially the second biggest attention seeker on JWFan (after Steef). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,251 Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Yes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,391 Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 You have earned your needy status though Steef. Look at that fucking post count. It's the stuff of dreams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,251 Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Thank you, thank you. Most kind.Its all about quality over quantity though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,391 Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 A bit of both hasn't done you any harm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muad'Dib 1,514 Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Farewell and adieu, to you fair Grey Pilgrim, but we hope in a short time to see you again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glóin the Dark 1,068 Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 On a friend's Facebook page, the other day, I saw a post by someone whose profile picture was that Carl Sagan photograph with a spiral galaxy in the background. I thought Ah, she knows The Grey Pilgrim too! Took me a good few seconds to realise my error. At least, I supposed it was an error; maybe I'll check back to see if that person looks like Leonard Bernstein now... So maybe this'll be a comically unnecessary post and I'll continue to haunt the forum. Here's to that outcome! As Mr. Bennett said, For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbours, and laugh at them in our turn? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uni 306 Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 You're one of two members around here who seem to take a lot of flak from the majority for speaking their honest views, yet continue to soldier on without wavering. That deserves and demands a great deal of respect, and you've certainly earned it from me. Sometimes it can be tough to tell when you're being serious and when you're not—especially at first—and we both know I fell into that particular trap awhile back (much to my shame-faced chagrin)!It was interesting to hear about your struggles to find your "voice" as a composer, and later gratifying to learn that you were getting closer to it. That's the most important thing; continuing that pursuit should be your primary objective. We, and this forum, should be an afterthought by comparison.I can tell you this, though: I've been around this place for nearly 15 years, and during that time I've had to take an occasional hiatus myself, sometimes for the better part of a year or so. There was always room for me when I got back, though, and the great thing about these boards is that you can pick up right where you left off and somehow it winds up feeling like you were never really away at all. Steef calls it "false familiarity," but I really don't think it's all that false. I believe if I were to sit down across a table from a lot of the folks here, we would fall into easy company right away.Do what you need to do, but come back around when you're done. We'll be waiting for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,391 Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Gay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Does this mean I cannot make fun of you're love of Eric Whitacre anymore?Hope you stick around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkissimo 1,971 Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Koray Savas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,229 Posted May 13, 2015 Author Share Posted May 13, 2015 Thanks guys. Hoping everything settles down without any incident, but eventually this stuff happens to everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,251 Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Good luck my Grey friend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 6,294 Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Good luck, TGP! Be back soon!Can't hold off this flood of infidels on my own forever, you know. Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,251 Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 I...must...break....you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,229 Posted May 15, 2015 Author Share Posted May 15, 2015 One (relatively) false alarm out of two. Family history on my father's side dictates that nothing even remotely resembling a cardiac issue be shrugged off without extreme scrutiny. But it'll take a bit longer to asses what's up with my mother-in-law's case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,251 Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 I bet this will turn out to be nothing but an attention hogging farce!At least I hope.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,202 Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Hope it turns out alright Grey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,229 Posted May 15, 2015 Author Share Posted May 15, 2015 I bet this will turn out to be nothing but an attention hogging farce!At least I hope....Right back at you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLUMENKOHL 1,064 Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 I think you're a dickhead. Just in general. Not for any particular thread you've posted. Dixon Hill 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedBard 71 Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 I haven't even been a member here for two years yet. My postcount is shamefully not reflective of that, but I'm grateful for what it does show: that I was able to become part of this community.Neither have I, but your postcount easily shames mine.At any rate, I'm glad to be able to share my views with you as you have with us for so long.May you find the solutions to your problems that you are having in life right now. We're still here, and when you return, you will be welcomed with open arms and plenty of GLOMPing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melange 446 Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 Grey, these posts must be ended with - "anyway, we delivered the bomb" Dixon Hill 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,391 Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 Indeed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,251 Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 No updates? All hot air, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,476 Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,229 Posted May 17, 2015 Author Share Posted May 17, 2015 The latest update is the only one I have to give. My father is ok, but mother-in-law remains under scrutiny and frankly each day seems to make things a bit less likely to wrap up so cleanly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,251 Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 Is it ebola? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,229 Posted May 17, 2015 Author Share Posted May 17, 2015 No. Sorry, I know you had high hopes for that to become a real population-thinner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,251 Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 Pity... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,391 Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 Presumably Grey's posting has reduced since making this thread then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,251 Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 I guess. We didn't have a weekly Nolan is the Messiah/Anti-Christ debate.I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,391 Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 The board just won't be the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,251 Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 Star Wars 7 should come soon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,229 Posted May 17, 2015 Author Share Posted May 17, 2015 The world could burn around me and I'd still post. If only I had Quintus' self-control when it comes to staying away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,251 Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 Self control?Screwed up priorities you mean! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,391 Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 The world could burn around me and I'd still post. If only I had Quintus' self-control when it comes to staying away.Sarcasm accepted, no self control here, just preoccupied with real life shit. Which unlike you has actually greatly impacted my JWFan participation!Self control?Screwed up priorities you mean!It was JWFan versus a hot brunette and the brunette won! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,251 Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 You betrayed us!You betrayed Williams! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,391 Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 No! I'm still here, just. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,251 Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 Yeah right! You are just going through the motions. Good luck with your new life! Don't let the door hit you on the way out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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