Didn't accept the post till early on the 30th, oh well...:|

Hello all, many of you can likely guess what this contains...at least those who have had the misfortune to learn the ways of my mind.

This day, the 29th of August, the first day of Thoth, an Egyptian God...holds something for me and my prescence here on Gamespot. A year ago this day, a n00b was born, wandering onto Gamespot, seeking perhaps a way to spend a bit of his time...

He drifted across a number of boards, rarely speaking, just watching to see what forums really were. He had once participated in such a thing, long before Gamespot had formed, and a friend had found him even back then, so he pondered what kind of people might come to this place of wild activity.

He settled into a union, making it his own, finding his place within it, and making the first of what would be many friends. As time passed on, the union split, and he was thrust into the limelight as leader. Over time he joined more unions, some he is still a part of, and gained rank in others.

Time changes all things, and time brought me to see the bugs of Glitchspot, and the horrible people who lurk in some of it's corridors. Some are older people, predators, looking to take advantage of young and foolish members in horrid ways, others merely asses and trolls whom I have no use for.

But time also brought me to find friends the like of which I have not had the blessing to meet in my life. Because of them I will never be able to truely hate Gamespot, and because of them I am still here. I would like to thank my friends for this friendship, from some of the oldest and dearest like David, to the newest as of this point of my writing on the 25th, veni-vidi-vici.

All of you, my friends, are dear to me. Despite how I may tease you, or how I may appear to act, I do truly care about you, despite my hardened heart, and I wish you all only the best. I would also like to thank you all for befriending me, it is a pleasure, and an honor, to know you all. :)

Time again is changing my life, and shaping it with no reguard for any wishes of mine or yours. College is swinging, and though I am doing well at this moment, it will swing all the harder soon enough. Already lacking much time to spare for Gamespot at some points, I am now officially stepping down from my leader positions. (though will remain the leader of one until I can find a person willing to even post :|) I am sorry in truth, for I had plans for both of them, but I am also relieved to be able to remove a burden that was threatening to break this camel's back.

I welcome my leaders to remove me from officiatorial positions, as I will not be acceptionally productive as of this moment. If you choose to leave me be, I will be around a small amount, and I will be back someday in a slightly larger small amount for a short while.

For my friends, this merely means that I will still be only spottily going to blogs. I will do my best, serving my own curiosity, to get around to you all, but sometimes I may not comment quickly, or at all. But remember, I am here for you if you need me, you all are now the reason I am here, the only reason.

A year has passed, and much has changed, but some things are still the same, I guess this is common in all lives, but having good friends, perhaps that is not something to complain about not changing. :)

-Your Friend, John

Changes come so fast these days,
and time slips by like rain,
I must hold tight to my dear friends,
or they may just do the same.