Manoa

Thanks LJ! I'll be sure that TJ sees your kind words. I can't say what may happen, but I'm all for helping with the extension of olive branches.

P.S. In my opinion, that piece of TJ turned out absolutely magnificent. You did a wonderful job melding TJ the character with TJ the person. And the colors are quite striking.

Not really...more along the lines of trying to give those involved some insight into the type of person he is to help them understand how the miscommucation happened in the first place.

I make no excuses for that final post that got deleted...

Hi all, been quite awhile since I've come into this forum...but I wanted to post to give a little insight on this topic.

I've known TJ for years and have had the pleasure (yes, pleasure) of meeting him a number of times at various COH related events. He's a good guy and a real gentleman...but he can also be a bit of a curmudgeon and set in his ways. He recognizes this within himself tries his best to understand the other perspective...if he's not getting it or seeing the other person's viewpoint, he will say as such. So he oftentimes posts from the "I don't see your point, convince me" perspective. If he still isn't convinced, he'll say as such to see if there is something else the person can offer to change his viewpoint. Not to be a jerk, but in a true attempt to understand what the person is trying to get at.

He's also the type of person who when truly awestruck and grateful for something as nice and awesome as LJ did for him, he wants to do it proper-like. For him, a simple "thank you" was just not sufficient to really express how he felt about the piece...and he wanted to hold off on extending his thanks until he could do things right in an extended post that would put into words his true thoughts and feelings. I don't know where lormsby on DA got the idea that TJ is holding any sort of animosity towards LJ...as I understand it, TJ was indeed grateful for the gift and was saddened that things turned into a flame-fest before he could extend his proper thanks.

The first sentence that Thorn wrote really hits the nail on the head when it comes to TJ's personality. He does not like drama and will not deal with it in any way, shape or form and will walk away from it to keep the drama from getting worse. He doesn't want to add fuel to the flames and will say his peace and move on.

The second sentence is partially right regarding the principle of it all...I haven't chatted about him about this thread specifically, so I don't know if he views it as being called out (though speculating on his personality and given the nature of LJ's generosity, I doubt he sees it as being "called out"). I do know, however, that he's walked away from the art forums as a whole because of the thread in question and moderator actions within that thread (which I will not go into any further detail because of the forum rules). So he's promised himself he will not post here anymore...and will likely not post in this thread because of principle (just not because it's a call-out thread; rather, he's not posting on the art forums at all anymore).

I know this is coming across like a friend sticking up for a friend...partially true, but please do realize that I do not stick-up for friends blindly. TJ is only human and is a man of faults (like all people)...and I have called him out on some of his faults in the past. TJ is indeed a great guy and I'm really saddened that there was a lot of miscommunication and misunderstanding (on both sides) and that everyone here hasn't had the opportunity to get acquainted with the TJ I know and admire.

I'm going to try my best to sweet-talk TJ to set aside the principle of it all and come here to post (if for no other reason than to post once to extend his thanks).

What I would *give* for a Rainbow Drive-In loco moco right now... *drool*

OMG, I would *love* to see this! David, what would I have to bribe Sexy Jay with to see pāʻū added to the game?


We have a couple in Sacramento as well and they too are nowhere near as good as the L&Ls I ate at in Hawaiʻi. The one closest to my home is complete junk...they hardly put any salt in their kālua.

Mahalo = Thank you

or

Mahalo nui loa = Thank you very much

Damn straight!!



P.S. And remember, chocolate chip pancakes are srs bsns! Don't even attempt to eye Manoa's chocolate chip pancakes, or she'll have to threaten you like she did Bacon Lord Bob at last year's HeroCon!