21||0|2754|5|yes 0|0|0|||1||%93Where were you when the Symphony started%3F%94|pjmoyer||22:30:55|06/03/2011|[updated:LAST EDITED ON Jun-04-11 AT 08:35 PM (EDT)]Ten years ago%2C a new phase of Undocumented Features began. A part of the not-yet-solidified %22Future Imperfect%22 era%2C it was intended to chronicle the trials and triumphs of an unlikely heroine %96 up until the point where her co-star hit the scene and the planning stages like an atom bomb%2C and threw the whole thing out of whack. But%2C she persevered%2C content and sure in her own abilities%2C and as the light of her friend%27s star grew ever brighter%2C it only increased the brightness in her own life%2C propelling her to heights she couldn%27t have imagined that one late august day %28or in another sense%2C one early june evening%29 when the Rose Prince entered her life. %0D%0A%0D%0A%28Of course%2C the Prince in question hadn%27t imagined that such things would happen as a consequence of her presence %96 but such an occurrence was something that happened with frightful regularity in her life%2C so she really should have been expecting it.%29%0D%0A%0D%0AEver since then%2C there%27s been laughter%2C there%92s been tears%3B soaring heights%2C impossible lows%3B family lost and love found%3B worlds revolutionized dramatically and quietly%3B accompanied by a rocking soundtrack capable of making wild hearts soar and grown men weep. The kind of journey where the act of getting there is worth more than the actual arrival at the destination %96 though the arrival at the end is nothing to sneeze at%2C either%21 And thought it all%2C it%27s been an honor to watch%2C and participate%2C in that journey.%0D%0A%0D%0AHappy 10th Anniversary%2C Kaitlyn Yuriko Hutchins. Take the day off%2C have a cake and some nice wine with Juri. Congratulations%2C you%92ve earned it. %5E_%5E%0D%0A%0D%0AHere%92s looking forward to the next decade of SoS%21%0D%0A--- %5Bi%5DPhilip Jeremy Moyer%5B%2Fi%5D %286%2F3%2F2011%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Btable%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%223%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D2 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%0D%0A%5Btr%5D%5Btd width%3D%2265%22%5Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie.org%2F%7Eaerianne%2Ffoth.img%2Fgaia_ser_philip_saber.jpg%5B%2Ftd%5D%0D%0A%5Btd%5D%5Bfont color%3D%22%230000dd%22%5DPhilip J. Moyer%5B%2Ffont%5D%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%230000aa%22 size%3D-2%5DContributing Writer%2C Editor and Artist %28and Moderator%29 -- Eyrie Productions%2C Unlimited%5B%2Ffont%5D%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%230000aa%22 size%3D-2%5DCEO of MTS%2C High Poobah Of Artwork%2C and High Priest Of the Church Of Aerianne -- Magnetic Terrapin Studios%5B%2Ffont%5D%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%230044aa%22 size%3D-1%5D%5Bi%5D%22Insert Pithy Comment Here%22%5B%2Fi%5D%5B%2Ffont%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btd width%3D%2265%22%5Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie.org%2F%7Eaerianne%2Ffoth.img%2Fgaia_aeri_coat_sword.jpg%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%0D%0A%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%223%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D1 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%5B%2Ftable%5D 1|1|0|||1||RE%3A %93Where were you when the Symphony started%3F%94|The Traitor||07:12:16|06/04/2011|In 2001%2C I was in space having a conversation with an evil%2C mental computer system and occasionally looking at big black slabs of rock.%0D%0A%0D%0A%2Fobviousjoke%0D%0A%0D%0AI now have an image of us all being at the birthday party of a tiny ten-year-old Kaitlyn%2C possibly with her sat in front of an enormous tiger-striped cake. And this is adorable%2C and I would draw it were I actually able to draw. But I%27m not.%0D%0A%0D%0A---%0D%0A%22Yeah%2C I%27m definitely going to hell%2FBut I%27ll have all the best stories to tell%22 -- Frank Turner%2C The Ballad of Me and My Friends 2|1|0|||||RE%3A %93Where were you when the Symphony started%3F%94|Star Ranger4||12:54:51|06/04/2011|You know%2C I dont recall... but I%27m willing to bet that it was up in N. California%2C where I spent the last 10-12 years or so. if not%2C then was in final preps for the move up there.%0D%0A%0D%0ASince then while the location might have changed %28once%2C about a year ago now%29 most of the rest hasnt except for what my major time waster during the day is... all of which involve computers%2C usually games of one type or another. just which game and what type of game has changed. 3|1|0|||1||RE%3A %93Where were you when the Symphony started%3F%94|BobSchroeck||16:41:50|06/04/2011|Mm. I remember opening up the first Symphony installment%2C but... I can%27t remember any context. All I can say is that my wife and I had been living in our own house for almost exactly a year at that point -- and little else comes to mind%2C dammit.%0D%0A%0D%0A-- Bob%0D%0A-------------------%0D%0AMy race is pacifist and does not believe in war. We kill only out of personal spite. 4|1|0|||||RE%3A %93Where were you when the Symphony started%3F%94|CGWolfgang||18:08:41|06/04/2011|I was in college at a friends house getting ready for a shadowrun game. We had to threaten one of the guys with bodily harm if he didn%27t get off his computer because he was reading something. I bet everyone can guess what that was %3A%29.%0D%0A%0D%0AI can remember it so well because it was my introduction to UF. 5|1|0|||1||RE%3A %93Where were you when the Symphony started%3F%94|trigger||18:21:15|06/04/2011|[updated:LAST EDITED ON Jun-05-11 AT 12:21 PM (EDT)]%28edit%3A because I don%27t have the ability to time travel...yet%21 Thanks CP%21%29%0D%0A%0D%0AProbably planning my wedding. It was my last summer in Chicago and I was living with the grandmother and trying to convince the boss to let telecomute %28the first of my telecomuting gigs%2C actually%29. I know I was on the Forum %28or at least stalking around%29 since I found a post from 6%2F13%2F01. But at the time I had no idea that a decade long obsession had just been launched...%0D%0A%0D%0At.%0D%0Acan%27t believe how time has flown.%0D%0A%0D%0ATrigger Argee%0D%0Atrigger_argee%40hotmail.com%0D%0AManon%2C Maccadon%2C Orado%2C etc.%0D%0ADenton%2C never leave home without it.%0D%0A%0D%0A%22I hate to advocate drugs%2C alcohol%2C violence%2C or insanity to anyone%2C but they%27ve always worked for me.%22 - HST 7|2|5|||1||RE%3A %93Where were you when the Symphony started%3F%94|cyberpagan||10:34:29|06/05/2011|%3E I know I was %0D%0A%3Eon the Forum %28or at least stalking around%29 since I found a post from %0D%0A%3E6%2F13%2F11. %0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AI will assume you meant 6%2F13%2F01%2C since 6%2F13%2F11 is in the future. Of course%2C you could know the Doctor.....%0D%0A%0D%0A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%0D%0ARemember%2C two wrongs do not make a right%2C but three lefts do.%0D%0A%0D%0AI%27m really here%2C but I%27m not here%2C really.%0D%0A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%0D%0ARCW%23665 the other neighbor of the beast 6|1|0|||||RE%3A %93Where were you when the Symphony started%3F%94|drakensis||06:36:48|06/05/2011|I%27d finished university%2C gone through two jobs in a year and then started with my current employer. I%27d only been following Undocumented Features and it was very good news to discover that the pace of writing had hit a very fast pace. 8|1|0|||||RE%3A %93Where were you when the Symphony started%3F%94|Bushido||12:46:05|06/05/2011|I wasn%27t around for the start of the Symphony. I was introduced to fanfiction in the fall of 2001%2C my sophomore year of high school. I think it was a year or two after that when the same friend who got me hooked on fanfics told me about UF. I remember loading the stories with a 56K modem and saving them to the hard drive%2C then disconnecting so I wouldn%27t tie up the phone line. 9|2|8|||||RE%3A %93Where were you when the Symphony started%3F%94|CdrMike||15:41:47|06/05/2011|%3EI wasn%27t around for the start of the Symphony. I was introduced to %0D%0A%3Efanfiction in the fall of 2001%2C my sophomore year of high school. I %0D%0A%3Ethink it was a year or two after that when the same friend who got me %0D%0A%3Ehooked on fanfics told me about UF. I remember loading the stories %0D%0A%3Ewith a 56K modem and saving them to the hard drive%2C then disconnecting %0D%0A%3Eso I wouldn%27t tie up the phone line. %0D%0A%0D%0AThat was me during summer vacation of %2702. Had gone to my grandmother%27s apartment%2C in the internet boonies%2C with a laptop and AOL account in hand. Spent the summer chewing through the entirety of UF%2C from beginning to what was then the end. 12|2|8|||||RE%3A %EF%BF%BDWhere were you when the Symphony started%3F%EF%BF%BD|Droken||17:02:23|06/09/2011|My start took a bit longer%3A Fall of %2703 as a Junior in HS. A good friend of mine was laughing about something while looking at his TI-92 graphing calculator. I asked him what was so funny%2C and he handed me the UF core and symphony 1. 10|1|0|||1||RE%3A %93Where were you when the Symphony started%3F%94|Sofaspud||14:50:33|06/09/2011|I was working a mind-numbing%2C soul-crushing consulting gig %28to clarify%3A I was the consultant being hired out to various companies by my overseers%29 and during the off-peak times turned to the internet for amusement.%0D%0A%0D%0AJune 2001 was a pretty boring month as far as work went. My old calendar file from back then is mostly booked with %22P.D. time%22 which was our code for %22hanging around the office waiting for the sales guys to drum up more business%22. There%27s a couple other entries with project codes%2C the only one I recognize offhand is the dentist who liked living on the bleeding edge and was one of the few fun customers we had. %28Seriously%2C he had the niftiest tech%2C and would drop insane cash on the newest shiny every chance he got.%29%0D%0A%0D%0AAlso%3A holy crap%2C why do I even %2Ahave%2A old calendar files from back then cluttering up my HD%3F I%27m such a packrat.%0D%0A%0D%0A--sofaspud%0D%0A-- 11|2|10|||1||RE%3A %93Where were you when the Symphony started%3F%94|Gryphon||15:02:21|06/09/2011|%3Ethe only one I recognize offhand is the dentist who %0D%0A%3Eliked living on the bleeding edge and was one of the few fun customers %0D%0A%3Ewe had. %28Seriously%2C he had the niftiest tech%2C and would drop insane %0D%0A%3Ecash on the newest shiny every chance he got.%29 %0D%0A%0D%0AOoh%2C I bet he was one of those dentists who have a %5Bi%5Dlaser%5B%2Fi%5D. I%27ve been wanting to try one of those.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Admin%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 13|3|11|||1||RE%3A %93Where were you when the Symphony started%3F%94|The Traitor||05:41:55|06/10/2011|%3EOoh%2C I bet he was one of those dentists who have a %5Bi%5Dlaser%5B%2Fi%5D. I%27ve %0D%0A%3Ebeen wanting to try one of those.%0D%0A%0D%0AYeah%2C um%2C forgive me for saying this%2C but the only adequate response to seeing a dentist with a laser is AAAAAARGH%21%0D%0A%0D%0A---%0D%0A%22Yeah%2C I%27m definitely going to hell%2FBut I%27ll have all the best stories to tell%22 -- Frank Turner%2C The Ballad of Me and My Friends 15|4|13|||||RE%3A %93Where were you when the Symphony started%3F%94|StClair||20:49:00|06/10/2011|%22Is it safe%3F%22%0D%0A 18|5|15|||1||RE%3A %93Where were you when the Symphony started%3F%94|SpottedKitty||12:44:48|06/11/2011|%3E%22Is it safe%3F%22 %0D%0A%0D%0AI remember saying this the one time %28so far%29 I%27ve had a dental X-ray. The dentist%2C of course%2C was at the other end of the room standing behind a shielding panel...%0D%0A%0D%0A-- %0D%0AUnable to save the day%3A File is read-only. 16|4|13|||1||RE%3A %93Where were you when the Symphony started%3F%94|Mephron||21:53:05|06/10/2011|%3E%3EOoh%2C I bet he was one of those dentists who have a %5Bi%5Dlaser%5B%2Fi%5D. I%27ve %0D%0A%3E%3Ebeen wanting to try one of those.%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EYeah%2C um%2C forgive me for saying this%2C but the only adequate response %0D%0A%3Eto seeing a dentist with a laser is AAAAAARGH%21 %0D%0A%0D%0AA dentist I saw had one for her older patients who still had their own teeth and whose gums weren%27t up to the scraper on it%2C and said it worked rather well and no one complained except to say it made their mouth a little warm.%0D%0A%0D%0AMy response was%2C predicably%2C %22Wrrrrgl.%22%0D%0A%0D%0A%28...I didn%27t get the laser.%29%0D%0A%0D%0A--%0D%0AGeoff Depew - Darth Mephron%0D%0AHaberdasher to Androids%2C Dark Lord of Sith Tech Support.%0D%0A%22And Remember%21 Google is your Friend%21%21%22 17|5|16|||1||RE%3A %93Where were you when the Symphony started%3F%94|Gryphon||21:54:20|06/10/2011|%3E%3E%3EOoh%2C I bet he was one of those dentists who have a %5Bi%5Dlaser%5B%2Fi%5D. I%27ve %0D%0A%3E%3E%3Ebeen wanting to try one of those.%0D%0A%3E%3E%0D%0A%3E%3EYeah%2C um%2C forgive me for saying this%2C but the only adequate response %0D%0A%3E%3Eto seeing a dentist with a laser is AAAAAARGH%21 %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EA dentist I saw had one for her older patients who still had their own %0D%0A%3Eteeth and whose gums weren%27t up to the scraper on it%2C and said it %0D%0A%3Eworked rather well and no one complained except to say it made their %0D%0A%3Emouth a little warm. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EMy response was%2C predicably%2C %22Wrrrrgl.%22 %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E%28...I didn%27t get the laser.%29 %0D%0A%0D%0A%22This next test involves deadly lasers%2C and how dental patients react to being locked in a room with deadly lasers.%22%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Admin%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 14|1|0|||1||RE%3A %93Where were you when the Symphony started%3F%94|JeanneHedge||08:02:27|06/10/2011|Geez%2C that was 10 years%2C 3 jobs%2C 2 moves%2C and a multi-year term of unemployment ago. I don%27t think my brain can remember that far back...%0D%0A%0D%0AI %5Bi%5Ddo%5B%2Fi%5D remember where I first came across EPU stories though - the Core %28and a few other EPU stories%29 were on the compilation CD set for the old Venice FTP site.%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AJeanne%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Btable border%3D%220%22 cellspacing%3D%220%22 cellpadding%3D%220%22 width%3D%2280%25%22%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D%221%22 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd align%3D%22center%22 width%3D%2210%25%22%5Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.jhedge.com%2Fmisc%2Foldowl.jpg%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btd%5D%5Bfont size%3D2%5D%5Bb%5DJeanne Hedge%5B%2Fb%5D%0D%0A%5Blink%3Awww.jhedge.com%7Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.jhedge.com%5D%5B%2Ffont%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bi%5D%5Bfont size%3D1%5D%22Believe me%2C if I have to go the rest of my life without companionship%2C knowing myself won%27t be a problem.%22%0D%0A -- Gabrielle of Potadeia%5B%2Ffont%5D%0D%0A%5B%2Fi%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D%221%22 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%5B%2Ftable%5D 19|2|14|||1||RE%3A %93Where were you when the Symphony started%3F%94|Offsides||14:18:26|06/16/2011|%3EGeez%2C that was 10 years%2C 3 jobs%2C 2 moves%2C and a multi-year term of %0D%0A%3Eunemployment ago. I don%27t think my brain can remember that far back... %0D%0A%3E%0D%0AOnly %5Bi%5Dtwo%5B%2Fi%5D moves in ten years%3F Bah%21 I moved 5 times in 4 years during that span%2C went from a full-time job to unemployed to self-employed and back to a full time job%2C got married%2C bought a house and had a kid. If I can remember it%2C you can too %3AP%0D%0A%0D%0ASOS 1 came out just before I quit my job from a combination of burn-out and management suffering from rectal-cranial inversion %28I later found out the boss had surgery to remove a brain tumor%2C and he%27s feeling much better now...%29%2C and the quasi-steady stream of new Symphony pieces kept me sane while I looked for a job%2C found one%2C had it vaporize and then spend 2 years commuting between Philadelphia and Boston%28%21%29 before something saner materialized. The fact that it took the writing quality of UF to a whole new level didn%27t hurt one bit either...%0D%0A%0D%0AOffsides%0D%0A%0D%0AP.S. The next time I move it%27s gonna be in a box. Not my stuff%2C %5Bi%5Dme%5B%2Fi%5D.%0D%0A%0D%0A%26%2391%3B...%26%2393%3B in order to be a realist you must believe in miracles.%0D%0A -- David Ben Gurion%0D%0AEPU RCW %23%26pi%3B%0D%0A%23include %3Cstdsig.h%3E%0D%0A%0D%0A 20|1|0|||1||RE%3A %93Where were you when the Symphony started%3F%94|A Vile Gangster||21:16:08|08/02/2011|...I was back in the deep south after my first%28of very many%29 unsuccessful escape attempts. Eyrie wasn%27t new to me%3B I%27d been current on the material since %2797%28or was it %2798%3F%29. It was an awesome killer-of-time once it started and it introduced some of my favorite characters and settings in the UF continuum%28I%27m lookin%27 at you %2Actrl%2Bv%2A T%27skaia Vorokoshiga%27ar Ixtixtaaqitl%27t%27chl%27Vraihelt Ishkarat.%29%0D%0A%0D%0AI won%27t say it was the worst place I%27ve been in in my life%2C but-Chief%3F I don%27t know if I%27ve thanked you recently for doing what you do. Your little pocket universes often have had a coherency the one I%27m living in has not. So%2C thanks.%0D%0A%0D%0A----%0D%0ANow Playing%3A%0D%0ASwitchblade Symphony -- Bad Trash %28Serpentine Gallery%2C 1995%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bi%5D...%5B%2Fi%5D%0D%0A%0D%0A%3C THIS SPACE FOR RENT %3E 21|1|0|||1||RE%3A %93Where were you when the Symphony started%3F%94|Prince Charon||22:33:04|08/04/2011|I was where I am%2C in the same room of the same house%2C at the same desk by the same window %28ghods that%27s depressing%29. I%27m very sure that the computer has been changed several times%2C though%2C and the phone%2C and probably the chair%2C as well %28though not nearly as often as the computer%29.%0D%0A%0D%0A%93They planned their campaigns just as you might make a splendid piece of harness. It looks very well%3B and answers very well%3B until it gets broken%3B and then you are done for. Now I made my campaigns of ropes. If anything went wrong%2C I tied a knot%3B and went on.%94%0D%0A%09-- Arthur Wellesley%2C First Duke of Wellington