From: a_rod_777@yahoo.com   
      
   On Sunday, May 20, 2018 at 6:16:50 PM UTC-6, Eric Vinyard wrote:   
   > It's occurred to me many times over the years that I don't actually know any   
   of you all that well, despite our countless interactions, arguments, and   
   debates.   
   >    
   > There aren't many of us left here in this derelict newsgroup, but those of   
   us who are still around persevere for good reason. This place is important to   
   us. Pink Floyd is important to us.   
   >    
   > I understand if the rest of you don't chime in, but in hoping that you do,   
   I'll start.   
   >    
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   >    
   > My name is Eric. I became a dedicated Floyd fan somewhere around 2003 when I   
   discovered torrents for the first time, and realized it was possible to obtain   
   entire discographies. For whatever reason, Pink Floyd was my first collection.   
   I'd heard their    
   songs on the radio for my entire life, but that's about as far as it went.   
   >    
   > I can remember lying in bed that year, one of a handful of times in my life   
   I've had the flu, and listening, arbitrarily, to (I think) Momentary Lapse of   
   Reason and Dark Side of the Moon.   
   >    
   > Funny thing is that torrent had a live version of the last track of DSOTM,   
   so for a long time I didn't know that the album's track wasn't live. When I   
   finally corrected it by buying the album and ripping it, my brain expected the   
   live version - for a    
   while. Eventually, I got over that.   
   >    
   > Around 2004, I got an opportunity to partake in a mushroom experience with   
   my best friends. I specifically brought my copy of DSOTM with me and a CD   
   walkman. At a certain point during the party, everything became overwhelming,   
   so I curled up behind a    
   couch and put on the music and a pair of headphones.   
   >    
   > I've done shrooms plenty of times since then, but I've never experienced   
   what I went through that night again. Purple, glowing spirals - like a Winamp   
   visualization - gyrating, pulsing, moving. I saw them as clear as day.   
   "Closed-eye visuals", they're    
   called, apparently. Haven't had the pleasure since.   
   >    
   > One like spoke to me like nothing else ever had. All you touch and all you   
   see is all your life will ever be. Thank you, Roger.   
   >    
   > I'm not really anyone special, although I used to think that one day I was   
   going to be. I did a lot of theater in high school and figured I'd run off to   
   Hollywood and be a film star. Life got in the way, somehow, and I just petered   
   on as anyone would.   
   >    
   > I draw caricatures for a living, at parties. Wedding receptions, company   
   picnics, that sort of thing. Maybe that's why I think of people as cartoons.   
   >    
   > I spend a lot of my time working on video projects. I like to think of   
   myself as a filmmaker. Maybe I still have a window for fame. I don't want to   
   be famous, though. I just want people to like my shit.   
   >    
   > I have four major goals on my to-do list:   
   >    
   > 1. Make a feature-length film.   
   > 2. Write a novel.   
   > 3. Publish a graphic novel.   
   > 4. Have a major role in a movie or a stage play.   
   >    
   > Number four I can live without. It's the first three I really want.   
      
   I care   
      
   Nice to meet you Eric :)   
   You have had my bio for a long time now. If you haven't read it, then you are   
   welcome to.    
   https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/alt.music.pink-floyd/w9z   
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   I very much enjoyed hearing about you.    
   So it seems there was a point in time when you were capable of hearing the   
   "tolling of the iron Bell" so to speak?   
      
   "One like spoke to me like nothing else ever had. All you touch and all you   
   see is all your life will ever be. Thank you, Roger. "   
      
   And you were indeed capable of having dreams and hopes without having to over   
   analyze them to death with your limited modes of flawed human logic?   
      
   "I'm not really anyone special, although I used to think that one day I was   
   going to be."   
      
   Sounds like the machine hasn't gobbled up all of your light just yet. It's   
   never to late to remember what it's like to be child and re-connect with your   
   inner child / shadow self. Free to imagine and dream without the sharp edges   
   of society attempting to    
   shear your wings and keep you from anything that might actually allow you to   
   remember who your truly are. Exposing your secret self in the light is a big   
   step in re-establishing the connection. Face your fears and dare to keep   
   dreaming.   
      
   You are special man. More special then you will ever know.   
   I only wish I could get you to realize that.   
      
   Shine on You crazy Diamond   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)