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Since this thread is so me-centric, I'm sticking it in the off-topic section, though it does pertain in some way to the Dink Network. But it's mostly about me, which I'm sure excites you. 
If it wasn't already apparent, Dukie's untimely passing immediately spurred me to renew my interest in the community I adore so much but had neglected for so long. Having abandoned this website almost as soon as I made my ascension to the throne, I feel an overwhelming sense of guilt and a debt of sorts to you, my fellow Dinkers. I feel compelled to establish myself again somehow.
Am I able to provide an adequate excuse for my negligence? Well... no, not really. I won't go into great detail, but my power over this place has been harebrained and disorganized from day one, and this played a significant role in pushing me away from the place. Things are so ridiculous now that I can honestly say I've lost my passwords to virtually everything - save for my own Dink Network account, which I spent the better part of an hour struggling to remember the password to so that I could make a few posts back in April. (Striker is probably grinding his teeth right now.) I will either have to get back in touch with redink1 to sort out my pathetic inability to access any of the "webmaster-y" stuff, or do an enormous amount of digging through my hard drives.
My abandonment of this place can further be attributed to romantic endeavors (my current relationship being amazing), being inebriated, trying to solidify friendships with people in real life, work, pursuing and sort of wasting an education, cats, going to other websites to spread my bad humor and pseudo-intellectual remarks, and last but not least, my puzzling living situation, which itself is probably worthy of an enormous amount of text.
I currently have no world-shattering plans or ideas for the Dink Network. My short-term aspirations are, basically, to reinstate all of my King-like abilities, make greater contributions to site updates and forum activity, stir up the community in positive ways, and do other meaningful things that I've yet to conceptualize. In other words, I want the community to at least not have to wonder whatever happened to its designated leader.
Do not expect sweeping changes anytime soon. The agreement several years ago was that I would look over the day-to-day workings of the site while redink1 remained in the background willing to add or adjust site features as desire or necessity mandated. This obviously did not come to fruition, and apparently even redink1 has distanced himself quite a bit - whether this was in any way influenced by me or not, I have no clue, though I do know that he has had several developments in his life outside of the Dink Network also. He's the man to go to if we want to make substantial changes to this place, but he remains busy with other things. I also don't know what we'd do with this place anyway (suggestions, anyone?). It would be incredible if I could take over the reigns of website development, but that would require a substantial skill-developing effort on my end that I will probably not have the time for in the foreseeable future.
Things may pick up a bit when I finally attain a new job and settle down with my significant other. I am in a very lame scenario right now, and a computer with internet access is not frequently available to me. You'll see me week after week, but not day after day.
Any questions or comments?
(Public note to Striker: Those messages you sent through Facebook IM to me in January and February? I swear I only saw those for the first time just yesterday. I have no idea how that is.)
If it wasn't already apparent, Dukie's untimely passing immediately spurred me to renew my interest in the community I adore so much but had neglected for so long. Having abandoned this website almost as soon as I made my ascension to the throne, I feel an overwhelming sense of guilt and a debt of sorts to you, my fellow Dinkers. I feel compelled to establish myself again somehow.
Am I able to provide an adequate excuse for my negligence? Well... no, not really. I won't go into great detail, but my power over this place has been harebrained and disorganized from day one, and this played a significant role in pushing me away from the place. Things are so ridiculous now that I can honestly say I've lost my passwords to virtually everything - save for my own Dink Network account, which I spent the better part of an hour struggling to remember the password to so that I could make a few posts back in April. (Striker is probably grinding his teeth right now.) I will either have to get back in touch with redink1 to sort out my pathetic inability to access any of the "webmaster-y" stuff, or do an enormous amount of digging through my hard drives.
My abandonment of this place can further be attributed to romantic endeavors (my current relationship being amazing), being inebriated, trying to solidify friendships with people in real life, work, pursuing and sort of wasting an education, cats, going to other websites to spread my bad humor and pseudo-intellectual remarks, and last but not least, my puzzling living situation, which itself is probably worthy of an enormous amount of text.
I currently have no world-shattering plans or ideas for the Dink Network. My short-term aspirations are, basically, to reinstate all of my King-like abilities, make greater contributions to site updates and forum activity, stir up the community in positive ways, and do other meaningful things that I've yet to conceptualize. In other words, I want the community to at least not have to wonder whatever happened to its designated leader.
Do not expect sweeping changes anytime soon. The agreement several years ago was that I would look over the day-to-day workings of the site while redink1 remained in the background willing to add or adjust site features as desire or necessity mandated. This obviously did not come to fruition, and apparently even redink1 has distanced himself quite a bit - whether this was in any way influenced by me or not, I have no clue, though I do know that he has had several developments in his life outside of the Dink Network also. He's the man to go to if we want to make substantial changes to this place, but he remains busy with other things. I also don't know what we'd do with this place anyway (suggestions, anyone?). It would be incredible if I could take over the reigns of website development, but that would require a substantial skill-developing effort on my end that I will probably not have the time for in the foreseeable future.
Things may pick up a bit when I finally attain a new job and settle down with my significant other. I am in a very lame scenario right now, and a computer with internet access is not frequently available to me. You'll see me week after week, but not day after day.
Any questions or comments?
(Public note to Striker: Those messages you sent through Facebook IM to me in January and February? I swear I only saw those for the first time just yesterday. I have no idea how that is.)
