A few of you might know, but most of you don't, I'm coming out of a period of time that most people would find trying. It is during these sorts of phases in one's life that time seems to drag on, each day stretching out so that, in retrospect, you wonder how you ever mananged to maintain some semblance of sanity. I know the first time I went through this, I felt that way.

So, here I am, three years later going through this again, and I'm thinking to myself, "Hey, that wasn't so bad." What's the difference from then and now? This place. As weird as it may seem, this (and FanFiction.net) are the only real differences in my life during these (virtually) identical periods of my life. So, here goes:

Thank you, Paisley Rose, for engaging me nearly daily in raucous, raunchy conversation. You've given me an outlet I don't think I would've ever found (Hurts Like Hell)

Thank you, outinarizona, for helping me keep on my toes both in your beta work and in my beta work for you.

Thank you, jollyjack, for entertaining me. I actually spent 3 hours straight to catch up completely on Sequential Art. Not to mention, Chloe, The Men from the Ministry, A Tip o' the Hat, Sky, and many others.

Thank you, Pika and Ashe for taking the fandom to a weekly comic strip. It's a pity that it is a fandom and you can't print it out. It's just too funny and good to let it go into oblivion. I promise you that when you decide to finish off your respective strips (NEVER! ! ! !) that I will burn them all onto a CD and wipe out my local Staples of their ink in the print job I will have done!

And thank you countless others that I've visited, commented and enjoyed. You've made the days slip by for me to say, "Where did the time go?"