The next chapter for me.

[Henhouse]

So, I've been meaning to type up this thread for several days now but I just haven't gotten around to it. As many of you probably don't know, I will be starting university this fall, in actually less than a week (yes, I'm actually not in my mid-twenties). So my absence the past week, or lack of work has been due to a lot of packing, and spending time with friends before I leave.

So what does this mean for Smolderforge? Well, Smolderforge will continued to be run. I do not foresee any serious problems with me going away that would make me unable to continue running the server at this time. There has been times before where I've had to stop working on SF while I go on a trip, or away for up to 1 week before. Or, recently a 3-week trip with limited access. I managed to pull that off every time and the server continued to run on its feet just fine. So I do not see any serious problems as I don't have to be online 24/7 for the server to run.

Moving in will be a little hard. I've actually never moved houses in my entire life, grew up in the same one I'm sitting in right now. So packing to MOVE is completely new to me and feels really weird, and depressing too. I have a feeling I'm going to be a bit homesick for a while too and not want to work or be online much.


Speaking of moving in though, I was in the area yesterday and had brought my Student ID with me and we were right near my college so we decided to pull in and walk around. Luckily my ID was working on all the doors so I was able to go into the buildings including my residence hall and my very own room -- before I even moved in! The RAs were already there a week early getting ready and so I was able to meet mine and speak with him as well which was nice so now I know what all to expect. The only concern I have is, my room is a LOT smaller than I had anticipated. I paid a little extra to get a single-room. I'm bringing 3 computers with me because, yes I use that many (2 desktops, 1 laptop). So imagine having a roommate being like WTFMAN and touching my stuff... Would be pretty bad. So I got a single room on the top floor since the roof curves down and causes you not to have as much space....
Well... It's a LOT less space than I thought.

So I took pictures and I'm going to post them so you can see BEFORE and AFTER pictures once I've finally moved in. I ALSO thought it would really fun to post pictures of my current room setup and old pictures on these forums still from 2009 so you can see the change-over-time. :P thought it would be pretty cool to those who are interested to see what Henhouse's setup looks like haha.


So here we are, lets start in 2009

2009:
http://www.smolderforge.com/forums/down ... &mode=view

2010: (I had JUST got that iMac btw, it was Jan)
http://www.smolderforge.com/forums/down ... &mode=view

To those wondering where the hell I had the Henhouse picture made, some guy in 2009 drew that and posted it on the forums after seeing me appear in-game. View thread of that here.

2011 Present Home:

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2011 Dorm-room BEFORE:

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^ apparently that's my bend-over closet...

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^ not me, that's my friend lol. I was the one taking the photos.

But small room isn't it? :/ Can't wait to post pictures after we've crammed everything inside it.

2011 Dorm-room AFTER:

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[Scruffee]

That's a big step, Hen. Good luck to you! I hope you enjoy living in the closet that is your new room. :D

[Xaru]

I'm in the process of moving now, it sucks. I wish you the best of luck at university!

By the way, your friend is hot.

[Lucifer579]

If living the life of a student is even half the fun of how we have it in Sweden.
You will have a FUCKING great time Henry. Taking my studies to the next level at a University was the best decision of my life so far :)

Have fun meeting new friends and drinking beer. Maybe some studying too, when you have time for that ;)

[Riski]

Pssh, your room has a sink and what looks like a bathroom directly connected to it? I don't have a sink :( I have to go downstairs to wash my ramen bowl, and I have to share a bathroom with 12 other people. I hate you Henry T.T

[Henhouse]

Pssh, your room has a sink and what looks like a bathroom directly connected to it? I don't have a sink :( I have to go downstairs to wash my ramen bowl, and I have to share a bathroom with 12 other people. I hate you Henry T.T

Really? I'm surprised UNCC does that I thought it'd be a little more modern. Hmm. These are the standard dorms too since I didn't get into the really nice one I wanted to get into.

Speaking of which, when do you actually move-in? Or have you already?!

[Aegrotatio]

Best of luck to you Henhouse! Will you still find time to work on SF during the weekends and what?

[Peekaboo]

Well it's small indeed, that table has quite a Fisher-Price touch =p
But well, I've seen even smaller dorms, being half that size with only a table and a bed, the cupboard probably was... ahr I have no idea, I should have brought a magnifiyng glass.
On top of that, the size doesn't matter if you have your rigs erected! The room is big enough to at least hold a ~23" screen (Macs don't count, they suck!), might get a bit close with a Laptop aswell though. ;]

[Henhouse]

Sorry I've been really inactive past few days, I've been getting ready. In less than 12 hours I'll be on the road heading out anyway, all day tomorrow (20th) I'll probably be unavailable as I'll be moving in and getting all my information, books, packages, postal box, etc.

[Riski]

I can't finish packing, there's too much stuff to take that I can't keep track of it all >.>