Words elude me right now. I have dear friends all throughout the area and when I saw the story my stomach sank and my heart stopped. What I felt when I was travelling was completely helpless.

Now that I am home, all I want to see is the person caught and punished for this. Those people at the marathon were innocent and did not deserve to have their lives shattered or lost.

My thoughts are with everyone in the Boston area right now...

Oh, there is so, so much music, I don't know where to begin. I do kind of think that Ronald Jenkees makes the happiest music I've ever heard. I mean, it often makes me cry tears of joy. Maybe I'm the only one that he does that to, but what have you.

I love music. If it was a person, I'd hug it, take it on a date, and go crazy with it. ;)

My tastes in music varies, based on my mood I guess...
Or anything that has guitar or drums in it :D

Some favorite stuff I love listening to:
- John Butler Trio
- Lifehouse
- Hans Zimmer
- Godsmack
- Linkin Park
- Gaelic Storm
- AC/DC
- Guns 'n Roses
- Three Dog Night
- Styx
- Foreigner
- Kiss
- Billy Joel
- George Harrison
- Van Halen
- Iron Maiden
- Parijat
- IZ
- Black Sabbath
- Immediate Music
- Queen
- Metallica
- STOMP
- Bon Jovi
- The Offspring
- Psychostick
- System of a Down/ Serj Tankian
- Bear McCreary
- John Williams
- Brian Tyler
- Enya
- Rammstein
- Two Steps From Hell
- World music: Bollywood, Celtic, German, Spamish guitar acoustics, African, Filipino, Polka

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One of these days I'm going to make good on my promise to my GW2 friends and roll a toon there, and it's nice to know that I'll be greeted by familiar Stonewall faces!

We hope to see you in-game soon! :cheer:

I nominate Colin Morgan for future companion! He first caught my eye back in Season 4 episode "Midnight" and then I got hooked on Merlin. He's dreamy! *swoon*

The Guild Wars 2 free trial weekend begins at 12:01 AM PDT on Friday, April 19, 2013 and ends at 11:59 PM PDT on Sunday, April 21, 2013

https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/try-guild-wars-2-for-free-this-weekend-april-19-21/

Thanks you and congratulations all around to our hard-working leadership!!

p.s.

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One of these days I'm going to make good on my promise to my GW2 friends and roll a toon there, and it's nice to know that I'll be greeted by familiar Stonewall faces!

This weekend is a GW2 free trial weekend. Maybe we'll catch you in game, Voleron. ;)

https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/try-guild-wars-2-for-free-this-weekend-april-19-21/

I can't wait til we can get another Ian Chesterton type companion.

Or another Brigadier Alastair Lethbridge-Stewart. :3

Fave bands... 311, Breaking Benjamin, Linkin Park, Imagine Dragons, Our Lady Peace, Rise Against, My Darkest Days, 30 Seconds to Mars... mostly rotate between Octane, Alt Nation, XM-U, and Lithium on XM.

I also like Techno/Trance/Dance music (BPM, Electric Area on XM).

Love me some R&B (Mary J and Aaliyah are faves).

I listen to Daft Punk's TRON Soundtrack a lot while working. LOTR Music is nice too... go Howard Shore!

I guess the only music I don't listen to is Country.

My tastes jump all over the place but Placebo is my favorite band. Whatever mood I may be in - Placebo is what I turn to. Here's a couple songs I like.

1. Twenty Years 2. Without you I'm nothing (Ft. David Bowie) 3. Pure Morning

Cher, can NOT forget her."Strong Enough" was one of my favorite songs at the club in the late 90's. ;)

P!ink - Glitter in the Air. Puts a smile on my face and her performance of the song at the 2010 Grammy's....Freaking Amazing.

There's 2 songs I listen too once in awhile. Sad, but it's how I feel.
Johnny Cash - Hurt
The Living - Stephen Merchant (by Natalie Merchant)

At least with a heavy to load out you can put all of your power into other systems, increasing speed and maneuverability

That's a shame that gay.com is just trying to become a browser based version of Grindr. I remember when people moved away from IRC to gay.com to chat and meet people. Sure, it was a meat market back in the day, but now it seems to have completely taken the social aspects away and getting to the point where it's pretty much about hooking up and getting off.

Oh dear god, this is a topic I could opine about for pages upon pages. So, instead of boring the shit out of everyone, here are some specific songs that carry specific, lifelong meanings for me.

"Landslide" by Fleetwood Mac, specifically the reunion tour version. This song was my Year 1 theme after coming out when I was 19. Despite how much I hate the show, I was pleasantly surprised to hear it got busted out as Santana's coming out song on Glee. (BTW, Jacien, I love how 'Bootylicious' uses Stevie Nicks' guitar riff from 'Edge of Seventeen'!)

"Battle with the Four Fiends" from Final Fantasy IV is my 'get amped up for a work out/fucking shit up' anthem. It's kind of ridiculous how that song can get me so psyched up after 20 years.

"Know Your Enemy" from Green Day will forever remind me of when I was the most angry and pissed off I've ever been. I had this on repeat after Prop 8 passed in California and it's my song for when I'm done with the idiots of the world.

On a slightly related note, I ended up singing "Will the Circle be Unbroken" from Bioshock Infinite last night in my room, spurred on by the Boston Marathon bombings. There's a sweet melancholy to that song, especially in its reworked version.

Hhmmm... That's a toughie because a lot of different songs make me happy for a lot of different reasons. Most of them are connected to one memory or another but I'll go ahead and say "Bootylicious" by Destiny's Child is my feel good song. Primarily because I feel that song was written about me ;) and for years my nickname was "Jelly" because my backside was flatteringly disproportionate to the rest of me and I always knew how to move it. When I hear it I just have to dance and I love doing cardio to it.

If I'm really in the mood to punish myself I listen to "Cry" by Faith Hill because it speaks to how callously my best friend (and admittedly first love) ended things between us when he found out I was gay. If I'm in the mood to be angry about it or something else I listen to "Walking on Broken Glass" by Annie Lennox with its slightly dissonant piano notes and eloquently worded lyrics.

Music is king. I have a wide array of what moves me, personally. I also make fairly regular podcast-style mixes that I share here. These may or may not be of your preference but feel free to download from here. :)

If any tune that hits home with me today, it's this suite (sorry for the ad):

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Thanks for sharing!

Sorry to hear you're stepping down, Hal! You know, you could always come back to STO *hint hint* :P

Congrats to you, Elquin! I've noticed the hard work that you've put in via the forums. Well deserved, I say!

My best to Vanguard,

~Andrew :cheer:

Thanks for your service to the community, Halish, and a big congrats to you, Elquin on the promotion!

One of these days I'm going to make good on my promise to my GW2 friends and roll a toon there, and it's nice to know that I'll be greeted by familiar Stonewall faces!

Cheers!
Dave.

As someone who's fallen victim to RL pulling me away from gaming in general, I want to say thanks to you both.

To Elquin - I've been in game more recently and I've noticed the leadership role you've taken on. Thanks for keeping SWVG going and for all you're going to to do.

To Halish - Thanks for getting us through waves of beta tests, unannounced stress tests, launch day (woot), and all the months afterwards. Not only did you provide leadership with in-game events, you helped establish an environment for us to enjoy the game as ourselves, reminding us why SWVG exists and keeping true to the spirit of what Nic has created with the StoneWall family of guilds.

Town hats off to you both!

Christopher/Kerstov

Very cool :D

Congrats Elquin! :woohoo: