RIP: The Forbidden Forum (2003-2009)

Anyone who has clicked that little link over there to the right of these words will know by now: the Forbidden Forum is dead. The forum's host, RapidForum, announced months ago that they would be shutting down so this does not come as surprise. On their site right now is the following message (translated from German courtesy of everyone's favorite omnipotent god, Google):

RapidForum.com says Goodbye ...

As announced a few months ago, has now Rapid Forum closed its doors.
At the same time are also RapidChat.de and RapidTec.de no longer online.

The past years have all involved brought valuable experience.

We would like to again thank all customers for the long-term confidence in
our service and wish to thank everyone for the future.

So it's over. The forum is gone for good, leaving in its wake a ton of memories. Who can forget the awesome jokes thread, "He said, she said" that SomethingNeo started? Or the indescrible "Words" thread by Shadow? Or the time that troll pretended he was a Holywood agent who was interested in buying the rights to my stories and actually thought any of us would believe him? Or the time in mid-2004 when I went flame-crazy with a bunch of conservative jerks who thought the war in Iraq was a good idea? Or the time that asshole I knew in real life posted pictures of me? Or the time Dolemite started posting hot pictures, forever igniting the Porn Posting Fun category? Or my competitions with Spencer in that same category? Or...

...well, I could go on for quite a bit but instead I'll quit while I'm ahead! :P

I've been receiving a lot of e-mail lately from people asking what I plan to do now that the forum is gone. My answer? Nothing.

As far as I'm concerned the forum ran its course. It was fun while it lasted, sure, but if there's one thing I've learned in this short life of mine it's this: all good things come to an end. When you deny that or refuse to accept that the results end up being like the Godfather III or the Star Wars prequels. They're redundant and lame and not worthy of the original. I will not be starting a new forum.

I'm still here, after all. You can still e-mail me or communicate by posting to these blog entries. Or, if you want to mix it up with some perverted writers like myself (:P) you can check out the SOL.net group over at Google Groups. Or, if your interest in the forum was primarily about the hot pictures and such, there's this thing called "the internet" you can use to find more... :P

Anyway... God bless the Forum. May she rest in peace.

-shannon-

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A New Story (sort of!)

As you might already know, I'm an irregular member of the SOL.net discussion group over at Google Groups. Recently one of my fave authors ever, Rache, posted a topic there called "Add-a-Scene". In it she asked the group's members to add a scene to a little story she was writing.

I did add to it and it was fun (until someone ruined my contribution! Grrr). I thought it was such a good idea, though, that I created my own thread called "add-a-scene II". Since then I've been adding to this little story a lot... basically I just wait for someone to update the story (even if it's just with a sentence!) and then I go crazy writing additions to it (it's amazing how many words I can write when I don't care about little things like "spelling" and "grammar"!).

The story is called "Carefree Again" and it's about a 34-year-old woman who wakes up one morning as a 13-year-old child. So far her boyfriend (David) and her daughter, and son (16-year-old Jessie and 13-year-old George) have made appearances in this sordid little tale. But it's just getting warmed up! :P

Anyway, I'm having a lot of fun working on this little "story in progress". I was hoping that some fans of my site might show an interest, too, and add a word or two to this story. Check out the thread and if it interests you at all, definitely add something! It's sort of a round-robin/community work hybrid and it's fun and cool (I hope!).

Comments appreciated!

-shannon-

P.S. On an unrelated topic, I've been trying to get an invitation code for Demonid.com since the Pirate Bay was sold... and no luck! Grrr... if you can send me a code I'll thank you with a reasonable suggestion of your choice! (i.e. uploaded files, a personal story, etc.). Thanks in advance!!!! //UPDATE!!! Thanks to everyone who sent me an invitation! I already joined the site thanks to "Rain" so the rest of the codes have been deleted/ignored... but thanks for thinking of me!