(EDIT: Does anyone like my new avatar and title? I just decided to make it and upload it earlier for the hell of it. I love coffee and I was hoping someone would comment on it, but no one has.)
Hello fellow AGNers. It's been a year since I first joined this wonderful place. I actually started visiting around December of 2000, and I saw how cool it was and decided to join in May of 2001. I was going to make a big post about it on the 25th (one year mark) but it quietly slipped my mind over the weekend.
Let me start out by telling everyone how I feel about this place. When I first joined I thought AGN was fun, new, exicting, and chock full of fellow gamers, but it wasn't until around August that I became fully comfortable with AGN, and realized it's more like a faceless family. I've come to love this place, and it's actually helped me out in several ways. Let me list what AGN has done for me, since listing is easier.
- learned to type faster
- learned about making games
- learned about Linux
- met some unforgetable characters: Toolie, Breaker, TSA, DC, WL, SB, Moocow, Queeny
- slowly learned to accept others how they are and to be more open-minded about things
- GD has expanded my knowledge of usefulless info further than I had hoped for (I'm not sure if this is a good thing)
- can share my ideas with other people
- my vocab is awesome
- been entertained for the past year straight
- given me hope when I'm sad
AGN has helped me with every aspect of my life, even my non-existing sex life. I've learned that there are plenty of other people out there than share a common sense of humor.
Unlike some other people on AGN, I'm glad to of spent the past year here, and I wouldn't change a thing. I feel like some of you are family, and I'd really like to attend the 3rd annual AGN convention (I'll be 18 by then.)
I know that this post isn't done, and I could ramble on for a few more paragraphs, but it's late and I need sleep. As a little present to all of you, I think I'll upload a theme I've been working on for the past couple days, as well as a few other things, but I may need some more webspace to get it all uploaded, so if someone could tell me where I can get a good 20 MB of free webspace I'd be happy. Well, goodnight everyone. I love this place, and it' has helped me out in more ways that I can count.