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Let me guess the drunk boxing took place the same night that you started the singing thread

Tell me now if i have to champion for you. I'll start banging out pushups on the reg.

I didn't go to my first Bonnaroo until I was in my 30s. Personally I don't think I could have handled going to such an event when I was in my 20s. It would have been too much for me to handle due to my many vices and weakness that I am still trying to overcome to this day.

Growing up in an area afflicted with urban decay, I was subjected to many things at a young age. Needless to say, I lived a fast life and grew up through applying trial and error to learn the ways of the world. There were many temptations thrown at me from "party favors" to loose women to gambling to even petty robberies and other silly crimes. Unfortunately, I succumbed to many of these societal ills and my life quickly spiraled out of control in my late teens. By 18, I had various juvenile offenses under my belt that I wasn't too proud of but it was the only way I knew how to live.

By 21, I was really playing with fire especially that any wrong move I made I could be tried and put away as an adult. It was a very tumultuous few years. During that time, I had accumulated huge gambling debts that I was running from not to mention the nasty habit of things I was putting into my system on a daily basis. I had truly become a bottom feeder and had no way out.

Then at 22, I had a spiritual epiphany. I started having random visions of my future on a semi-regular basis. It was a future filled with heartbreak and desolation. This wasn't the glorified life I had one dreamed of by any stretch of the imagination. So at that point in time, I took control of my life and made big changes that shaped my life as I know it now. An alternate future, a trail blazed because I didn't want to go down the road of my nightmare.

I started reading countless works of literature from Og Mandino and John Wooden to Ayn Rand and Noam Chomsky. I started communicating with people who were once in my position and gave them life advice from a experience perspective. I even created a semi-religion at one point and passed out mass literary pamphlets on it to gain the support of followers. I realized I had the gift of communication with others. Not only could I speak well but I could read people's body language and could relate to just about anyone. This led to various well-paying sales jobs that gave me disposable income I could never imagine in a million years. Then it all started to crumble again.

This new lifestyle led to even more temptations than ever before. But it was much more dangerous because instead of being around a bleek urban environment I was around rich and powerful people in suburban sprawl areas. Because these people worked legitimate jobs and had influence, their vices were socially acceptable to a degree. Thus I tricked myself into believing that it was ok to fall to these temptations. So I did; in a major way.

And then I bottomed out. I'll spare you the exact details, but let's just say I went bankrupt and found myself in various rehab situations. But the worst part, I partook in white collar crimes to feed my need for power and the trappings that went along with it. It wasn't a pretty sight. Then it hit me, I actually wanted my old life, as a teenager, back. As bad as that life was, I at least had more control of the situation.

Since then I have gotten my life back in order. I am much more humble these days. But I know the bottom can fall out at any point in time so I take less things for granted. With that said, I finally thought I could handle Bonnaroo. I felt my life was relatively on track and I knew I was mature enough to handle it. I was right, it was an absolute blast and I was able to deal with temptations in stride. Now there is no looking back.

By the way, I suggest you get an RV if you go to Bonnaroo. Old timers like us need our rest. You'll thank me for this.

Take care.

thats what wolf's up against

Just watch out for the guy smashing bottles over his own head. Don't fight that guy.

Really? Because there's about 27 posts in this thread about how he is "that bad". Read the past 2-3 pages for some of the fun stuff he's done.

i must have missed this earlier

i remember his psychotic rant against me a while back, but it wasnt me. i never met an inforoo'er till this year. and lono met me at Radiohead so he knows what i look like and can verify it wasnt me.

how dare you claim i cried!

Hehe

I usually psychically assault people.

I had no idea any of this had happened. I just read the last 5-6 pages of the thread and still have no clue what really happened except that emoney got banned.

Sometimes I think people take what happens on this board way too seriously. If someone is making racial slurs, homophobic slurs, or threatening people then I understand. But a poster being a smartass is not a serious crime evidently because it is often celebrated on this board by the masses.

Making fun off people's musical taste is not serious either. Perfect example is Phi being made fun of for liking Skrillex, but instead of him getting mad he embraces it and rubs our faces in the fact that Skrillex won a grammy and is widely popular.

I have not been on the board a long time, but I can't remember reading a post that offended me or a post that I thought would offend someone else. Maybe I just happened to miss some of those post.

Also, there are rules set in the Inforoo Guidelines thread. I guess if anyone breaks these rules they are subject to being banned?
-No ticket selling will be tolerated, we do not want to get shut down by the promoters of the event
-No flaming, obscenity, or otherwise being rude, this is YOUR scene, keep it clean!
-Please post in the appropriate sections of the message board, inappropriate posts will be moved or removed
-Please, No Drukq talk on Inforoo™. Click link for more on Drukq talk on the board >> Drukq Talk discussion of other illegal activities is also not allowed.
-Use of the Inforoo™ trademark without permission will not be tolerated. For example no one may create a new website, chat room, or other entity and call it Inforoo™ or a derivative thereof without permission
-Each individual on this earth is permitted one and only one account on this board for their lifetime. Exceptions may be made for "exigent" circumstances such as lost passwords. Exceptions will never be made in the case of banned members. (This one has been on the books for a while, just making it official)

With the exception of the TM and Ticket Selling rule every single one of these rules is broke every single day on this board. And the Ticket Selling rule will start to be broken everyday as the festival gets closer. If breaking any of those rules make a poster subject to being banned then I think the Mods let a lot of stuff slide under the rug (which is not a bad thing).

That being said I have no clue what the whole emoney situation is so it is hard to have a firm opinion on the matter, but from what we know I dont think it was just. It seems the mods know more than we do so it could have been the right decision.

Yeah he has been putting together a file on you

This why I only friend people from inforoo I have met personally, with only a few exceptions like Dave MAynar, and mc.

He tried to friend me, but I keep my facebook pretty private to non friends, and like I said I do not friend inforoo people unless I know who they are. I got burned by emoney posting pictures off my profile on here. I am pretty sure I responded to his friend request by asking who he was on here and never got a answer so I did not do it.