I'm genuinely interested in what everyone from 404 is doing now in their life, and ive been meaning to start this topic here for a long ass time

Myself, I dropped out of highschool, did a shitload of drugs from the time I stopped coming here, drank my fucking face off daily, twacked out on speed, high as fuq, ETC. I worked at a pizza place as a fucking slave labourer for about a year. I finafuckingly cut it off with my ex girlfriend whom I dated for about 2 years(I believe when I still was around here). I moved into an apartment with my friend Sammy. I started dating a new girl, who coincidentally has the same name as the girl I dated for a long time before. We have a very positive, productive relationship, and without making this into a novel, we are very happy together.
http://hphotos-snc3.fbcdn.net/hs197.snc3/2...9_7319340_n.jpg
that's her. so fuck everyone who ever said i had a big nose lolo

I started playing guitar a year ago, pretty much dedicated myself to it and I can say that I'm pretty fuckin' decent now. I quit my job when I started reading about Internet Marketing, realizing people were making what I made in one grueling hour in pretty much seconds, from sitting at their computer, and out of impulse just quit my job. I fell hard as fuck on my face, trying to scam Google Adsense(rofl), and just not knowing enough, I just sat and absorbed as much knowledge as I could. It paid off, and I'm now making a very modest living on the internet, which if you guys remember me on here and aim and shit, was pretty much my dream, with how much I tried to get free shit on the internet.

I don't really do drugs or drink much anymore, as it doesn't interest me all too much,(and it hasn't for quiiite some time) I'm pretty much on the right track~. it's funny because I pretty much credit this board with making me be able to be socially acceptable, because I was a fucking nerd recluse back in the day when i started coming here, literally not a one friend in my life.

this is me nowadayz(also funny i remember the first picture I ever took of myself I took for this board, rofl. dragon shirt and big nose ahoy)
http://hphotos-snc3.fbcdn.net/hs203.snc3/2...0_2866792_n.jpg

SO WSUP WITH YALL
(btw add me on facebook if ya guys want http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=125...p;id=1257900062 )

While you are coping the need to use drugs, I, up here in Canada, also dropped out of high school to work part time at my city's headshop.

Since then, I had been promoted to full time, then to store manager, and now the owner has started to open more headshops across southern Ontario which I all run myself.

The title is district manager, but the owner does very little asside from pay the bills. I make orders, hire, fire, bring shipments, train the staff, talk to the police, deal with shitty customers.

Now we're also starting a side company to sell body jewelery.

It's really cool. Every day is 100% different than the day before.

I also went back part time to get my high school diploma.

Also, girlfriend and I at "Scenefest" in St. Catharines last year. We got a vendor booth: http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/7444/49...62850105562.jpg

lol

Well, hmm, i never actually stopped coming here. But yeah, dropped out of school, tons of drugs, etc. Was a bad addict for a number of years.

As of right now I roof, hot tar (5 years now). I smoke weed daily and take the path of least resistance as mush as possible. One day I'd like to marry a fat rich bitch and never work again. That is my dream.

My facebook http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000419426009

Completed high school only to end up working menial labor in a wood mill. Making finger joint boards. Hard work, but paid OK. Then quit that to move in with my grandparents near another wood mill. Ended up pulling green chain. HARD SUCK ASS work. Burned out of that real quick after about 100 12 hour shifts.
Ended up finding a really neat job selling long distance on the phone. Making twice as much as I did pulling wood(heh heh).
Now, I sit at a desk with a mini fridge full of beer. A bong(double perk), and call asking for donations.
Pretty cool job. I make a great deal of money, and have an excellent time!
We are getting strippers next friday for an office party! Can't wait!
Other than that. Getting married in the summer I hope. Been with her for 3 years now.

It seems like everyone here is doing pretty decently for themselves.

I'm in my last quarter of classes in college. I student teach in about a month, and will graduate in June. I've started the job search and will be a teacher not too long from now.

I dated a girl for about two years, and thought she might be the one. She was adamant about taking a break this past summer, which I thought was a bad idea and resisted. We had a great vacation to a friend's wedding together, so I thought all would be well, but she still wanted this break. I ended things with her then, but it seemed like we both still wanted to be together. I then found out she only wanted this break so she could get with someone else and not feel the guilt of being with me. I've never felt so hurt, and still find myself irrationally angry about it. Bitch.

From that, I started taking much better care of myself. I work out regularly and feel a lot better about who I am.

My friends have been great, and I know now who I'll still be close with once I'm out in the real world. I'm finally ready to get out there and do my thing.

And I guess since everyone's putting up pictures, this is my most recent one not in a uniform: http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-sn...7_6698605_n.jpg

I'm wanking.

Working for an amazing internet company. It's a great place to work. Love the people, company culture, etc. Promotions, making buttloads of cash, great benefits and all that. Exercising on the regular, finally. Snapped myself out of a downward spiral of raging alcoholism and self-loathing. Finally. I'm becoming the old social butterfly I used to be, lolol. Doing things, connecting with people. Feels great. Had a great girlfriend, screwed it up. Broke up about a year ago. Now realize that it is a valuable learning experience and am no longer full of anger towards myself. Have dated a few girls here recently, hasn't really gone anywhere, but that's quite alright. Started out the year super bummed about a painful occurence, but have turned it on it's head and taken the positive from it, and things are looking up. Nowhere to go but up. I feel pretty damned good. I have great friends, a fantastic job, people that love me, I live in an awesome city...finally seeing the goddamn light. Got a new house in a great neighborhood. Big front yard, side yard, huge backyard with a garden, mini basketball court, and a tire swing and regular swing hanging from the giant Live Oak. A good friend just one street over. Another plus, though I actually started getting sick(a simple cold, I think) earlier today, I haven't been sick in a while. I had been having health problems of various sorts pretty frequently there for a while. The old gentle, sweet, friendly, full of life and fun Mikey that everyone knew in my real life has returned after a long, long time being lost.


And, the most recent photo of me. http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v25/jach...rent=mememe.jpg

It's a crappy picture, but whatever.

Recently got back from seeing my lady in New York... I'd have moved out there by now, but there are problems. I'm completely broke and there is no work to be found. I need a few grand before I can move there and I can't seem to get any profitable income. I'm sure I'll find something after a while, even if it's just a shitty dishwashing job.

Once thats all taken care of I'll be living in upstate New York, ideally back in school. It'll be sad leaving my beloved Seattle, but I've been here long enough.

I'm in my junior year of college now, working on a degree in Information Science and Technology. I tried the whole computer science thing, but I had a rough time with some of the more advanced programming concepts and the math was kicking my ass too. So far the new program has been working out pretty well and I'm on track to graduate in December 2011 or maybe May 2012, depending on class availabilities.

Job wise, I'm working at Target and have been for two and a half years. It's a shit job with pretty shit pay and too much stress to be worth it.

I've undergone foot surgery twice now and I'll probably be having another soon.

Relationship-wise, I've gotten involved a few rather dysfunctional relationships over the last couple years, but nothing serious.

Internet-wise, I hang out over at LL quite a bit, but I don't really post much. Aside from that, I spend a bit of time playing eve online.

Oh and...

FUCK snow. I'm so over this faggoty ass bullfuck.

Just got 8 more inches of snow. Sweet. :\

I've been working overnight as a system administrator at a datacenter facility since this incarnation of 404 began. I live with my parents to avoid paying a buttload of NYC rent, so I can save up to run my own business at some point. It would probably have worked much better if photography wasn't such a damned expensive pursuit. I toggle back and forth between it and the tech stuff in regard to what interest I'm actively engaged in at the moment. I also work out fairly religiously, and sometimes I consider doing personal training. I'd have to do a lot of cutting so I didn't look as much like a fatass as I do, so potential clients would take me seriously I hate being tied into anything, and like keeping my options open. This holds equally true career-wise, as well as for relationships. Friends with benefits has strictly been the rule until I agreed to date an old flame I hooked up with again last month. I could actually maybe see myself settling with her at some point, but it probably won't last. I'm way too flighty.

I don't do shit. Whodathunkit.

Still dating the uh.. what'd you guys call him, dinosaur? old man? whatever. Still together, still happy.

I don't work as Zumiez tends to lay me off every year after the christmas season. They hired some lame ass temps over me who had already worked there a year. Cool. (They can pay them less, so whatever. Why the fuck did you give me a raise if you can't afford to keep paying me? Oh well.)

So I'm on my usual unemployment streak that goes for the first quarter of the year. Lazily searching craigslist for jobs. Found a smoke shop that is hiring so I hope I can be like rob.

Still not back in school. Want to be out of debt before I go back to school but I can't find a job that doesn't let me go after 2 months. I got fired from my last coffee shop job basically because I was discriminated against, both for being a male and for being gay. I don't have the money to sue them, unfortunately. I will one day either shit on their doorstep or spray paint on their building, though. I just gotta. My poop has DNA though so I dunno. Also I still like two people that work there and they would probably have to clean it up.

I am trying to pick up painting with watercolors. It's fun.

I started smoking pot frequently again. I stopped for quite a while and have found I like my thought process better when I smoke weed. I am more rational and less dramatic, it's nice. It's also fun. I honestly think it's healthy to be able to have another perspective. Drugs are good, everything in moderation.

HAH! Just got a couple of inches of rain here. No snow

Healll yeah, it snowed here! We took a break from work(an hour...) and just went and played in the snow. Snowball fights ensued.

This is Central Texas, so yes, it is a big deal!

I just laid down a big spool but my lame internet tethering dropped out. So in short...

Still work construction.
Living in a new place. It's fucking epic.
New girl in my life.
Going to New Zealand for a holiday in July jumping off and out of things, and snowboarding for a month.
Should have tattooed left leg sleeve finished by then and my southern cross on my right calf covered up. Both legs and both arms from elbow to shoulder should be covered by June next year.
Might have to head out west for work in a little bit, good money, enough for me to quit what I'm doing and finally study. I want to get into music / event management. I'm planning a boat cruise in December along the Brisbane river with a heap of local bands and free piss.
About to go by some groceries.
I'm still fucking awesome.

Agreed.

I drank myself out of a great college and am now back in Flint.
I'm moving to the west side of the state as soon as I can.
My mom just eloped.
My old man just got engaged and told me via text message. I live with him...fuckin harsh.
His fiance's son is moving in because he's getting booted from the Marines.
I occasionally drunken message Joff about being drunk. I think I use the phrases "gut full of piss" and "cook a feed" when messaging.
I found out I'm good at Unigraphics/SolidWorks/CATIA/SolidEdge/etc and have switched my major to CAD Operation.
I will, hopefully, be working for whirlpool this summer modeling up washer and dryer parts

It's true... you do.

Graduated school, got job with Qualcomm working on the Linux kernel(pretty much my dream). Living in San Diego. Don't really feel like typing any more, but yeah, life is good. Not sure why people live anywhere other than CA.

I can't stand hot weather. If not for that, California would be pretty chill. I fucking love the rain, though. Way too much to leave Washington. I also appreciate the diversity. California's climate seems kinda uniform*.

*uninformed opinion

California is fine, except for the people.

We should all move in together. Someone buy a house. <3

I can get a 6 bedroom place for about 12k rent-to-own. Who's with me?

I'm down.

That'd be like an hour and a half commute for you, wouldn't it?

False. My brother has snowboarded, longboarded, and surfed in Ca all in one day.

There's nowhere super cold in the summer, though. All of the mountains, which're the coolest places temperaturewise, are awesome and beautiful.




Anyway, I'm not doing shit. School, but with no goal in mind.

We just agreed to go back to fwb status tonight.

It's ok. Wanna cuddle?

if I had a job it would be. I'm on unemployment though lol

Last semester of my bachelor's degree at Rutgers. Start student teaching in the fall, and should come out with a Masters in Social Studies Education by 2011. Lost a bunch of weight in the last year. Still no girlfriend, because I'm a pussy.

Facebook. http://www.facebook.com/JonDavidLackey?ref=profile

Things are going fine.

moar like interested in men

m i rite

Might as well drop the lowercase speak for this one. I'm now a pro photographer. More on that later.

Let's see...when I first came to 404 (2003?) I was in college, journalism major, trying to figure out what the hell I wanted to do. Maybe be a columnist, video game writer, editor, something like that.

College went by insanely fast and before I knew it I was out the door in '06 with a bachelor's degree and getting married. Little did I know my degree would be completely useless and I wouldn't find a job in my field at all. Tried to find a journalism/magazine/newspaper job for months, got nothin'. Got insanely depressed and finally found a crappy job slinging beer for a distribution company, feeling useless.

At the time I happened to pick up a decent entry-level SLR camera and was shooting promo shots and live photos for a local metal magazine, and while it was nice, I was making dick for cash and it wasn't paying the bills. So, since I always enjoyed taking pictures of people, I decided to basically push myself into the modeling business in March 2007. Put out some casting calls, got a few local folks and had a great time. Got a small lighting kit, threw some sheets on a wall and started working my craft.

Fast-forward again to three years and around 1000 shoots later. I'm now one of the more highly regarded pro fashion/glamour/alternative photographers in the Pacific NW. I rent out a large studio, own tons of gear and am currently planning trips to Florida, Texas, LA and NYC to network and hit the bigger markets. I've got over 50-60 regular clients in the area, am published regularly in the city magazines and the local strip club magazine (yes Portland has a strip club magazine, I do promo shots for a couple clubs) and just got my fashion work featured in an art gallery featuring work from around the country.

I shoot a ton of stuff, lots of high and alternative fashion, mainstream men's magazine glamour, nude/erotic/adult work, horror-themed work whatever else you can think of really. I don't really want to toot my horn that much, but it is something I feel really proud of because I never really was able to find anything I was truly talented at until I started this and built my business on my own with no lessons, classes or anything. Just me, and lots of trial and error and a RIDICULOUS amount of hard work for not a lot of cash.

Check out my stuff at http://dangerninja.com for lulz. It's a pretty exciting time period for me and I feel like I'm only getting started. I hope it all works out. Anyway enough of that shit, Elias should post my old 'stache pictures or something. I think this is the first time I've really posted my work on 404, besides Roy (Morm) who already knows what I do.

I see your updates on myspace when I log in there every now and then. I'm glad you can make money doing something you love. Unfortunately i can't get sponsorship to drink beer.

Damn, we should've gotten a beer together when we had the chance so I could tell everybody I know you when I come across your stuff.

Well, i'm still gonna.

EDIT: So a lot of your job is looking at titties. That is pretty neat.

I don't use Myspace much anymore, nobody's on there. Mostly all Facebook/Twitter networking now.

I just go on there to update the page for my brothers band.

Take pictures of dicks.

I'd rather draw them.

Well? I'm waiting.

lol

hey look it's joff's dick

love the penis prawns

lol

Need to know if it was "accurate" if you catch my drift.

And my drift I mean foreskin

I still have 3 semesters left of college before I go out into the world. Or go to grad school. I'm afraid my life is pretty boring on paper.

Gettin' high on a yacht, call that seaweed.

yes very

Could be worse. Could be sucking some old guys dick in hopes that he'll pay you for it. Or if that's what you're secretly doing already my condolences.

i bet you do you dirty boy


it's just in how you tell it

try this

I still have 3 semesters left of college before I go out into the world! Or go to grad school!

Who the fuck cares how your life looks on paper?

fuck a resume