15th November 2025, 7:38 AM
Hi J-Town!
I left without warning some time ago, but I do think about everyone in this community here during my daily life. Truth be told, the recent attack in Sydney is part of the reason I'm posting this. I'm not sure if it's international news, but it's the deadliest Australian mass killing in about a decade, and I was actually in that place a little while before the attack albeit a bit earlier in the day. It's the closest I've ever really come to any sort of tragedy, and it did put things in perspective a bit for me. Part of that is that I never said any sort of goodbye to the community here. Truthfully, this is the first real community I ever knew. You all played a big part in my childhood, and especially the years which followed as well. Thank you for that, it holds a lot of weight for me.
On a serious note though, I think I should clear up a few things first. To be completely transparent, for many years I had a bad habit of telling white lies regarding personal information. It's somewhat tough admitting this, even though it seems so insignificant at the same time. I guess that's because I didn't have the courage to tell the truth for a long time, despite having a presence here. Nevertheless, I want to clear some things up as I value this community highly and never had any malintent. I guess it's akin to tying up loose ends.
n the beginning, it was mainly in order to protect myself online, as for some of the years I frequented PR2 I was considerably young. I essentially made up these little stories that highly contradicted who I actually was. I was pretty naïve back then with no real understanding of the internet, so in my mind what I was doing was genius and allowed me to freely befriend anyone without consequence. If asked personal questions, I would draw from people, places, and things which I had no connection to whatsoever in an effort to be fanciful and interesting. How very!
This whole thing somewhat backfired as I eventually made proper friends and connections. It's certainly nothing criminal, but I do feel bad for keeping on these stories about being from places I'm not from and living a different, more interesting life than the one I actually lead. So, I thought I'd fix up the story. No lies.
My main account on PR2 was always geminij, and if you knew me at basically any point, you may have a completely different idea of who I am. In actuality, my name is Jack and I'm from Brisbane, Australia. White, brown hair, nothing special. I'm currently working on a Master of International Relations at the University of Sydney; for my bachelor's, I went to the University of Queensland. I think the field is right for me, but only time will tell. I've worked in retail/sales for a long while now, furniture and homemaking specifically. Of course to support myself while studying, but I also enjoy helping people along with their decorating, planning, et cetera. I'm definitely far removed from the more extreme, result-oriented ideologies of the industry; it's not my forever. I have a girlfriend of almost three years, too. She's great, and she could be the one, but I'll cross that bridge when I come to it!
So there you have it. Much love to those who've sent messages, I'm just fine. For now, I'll be around for a while like a true Villager, or whatever we're called.
~ gem
I left without warning some time ago, but I do think about everyone in this community here during my daily life. Truth be told, the recent attack in Sydney is part of the reason I'm posting this. I'm not sure if it's international news, but it's the deadliest Australian mass killing in about a decade, and I was actually in that place a little while before the attack albeit a bit earlier in the day. It's the closest I've ever really come to any sort of tragedy, and it did put things in perspective a bit for me. Part of that is that I never said any sort of goodbye to the community here. Truthfully, this is the first real community I ever knew. You all played a big part in my childhood, and especially the years which followed as well. Thank you for that, it holds a lot of weight for me.
On a serious note though, I think I should clear up a few things first. To be completely transparent, for many years I had a bad habit of telling white lies regarding personal information. It's somewhat tough admitting this, even though it seems so insignificant at the same time. I guess that's because I didn't have the courage to tell the truth for a long time, despite having a presence here. Nevertheless, I want to clear some things up as I value this community highly and never had any malintent. I guess it's akin to tying up loose ends.
n the beginning, it was mainly in order to protect myself online, as for some of the years I frequented PR2 I was considerably young. I essentially made up these little stories that highly contradicted who I actually was. I was pretty naïve back then with no real understanding of the internet, so in my mind what I was doing was genius and allowed me to freely befriend anyone without consequence. If asked personal questions, I would draw from people, places, and things which I had no connection to whatsoever in an effort to be fanciful and interesting. How very!
This whole thing somewhat backfired as I eventually made proper friends and connections. It's certainly nothing criminal, but I do feel bad for keeping on these stories about being from places I'm not from and living a different, more interesting life than the one I actually lead. So, I thought I'd fix up the story. No lies.
My main account on PR2 was always geminij, and if you knew me at basically any point, you may have a completely different idea of who I am. In actuality, my name is Jack and I'm from Brisbane, Australia. White, brown hair, nothing special. I'm currently working on a Master of International Relations at the University of Sydney; for my bachelor's, I went to the University of Queensland. I think the field is right for me, but only time will tell. I've worked in retail/sales for a long while now, furniture and homemaking specifically. Of course to support myself while studying, but I also enjoy helping people along with their decorating, planning, et cetera. I'm definitely far removed from the more extreme, result-oriented ideologies of the industry; it's not my forever. I have a girlfriend of almost three years, too. She's great, and she could be the one, but I'll cross that bridge when I come to it!
So there you have it. Much love to those who've sent messages, I'm just fine. For now, I'll be around for a while like a true Villager, or whatever we're called.
~ gem
