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"Maybe after I've settled in a bit, I may return with good stuff again."[note: the quote function was not working at the time of this post]

That's the spirit. Hope is there, you can smell it, like an aroma of eucalyptus trees blowing off in the distance. You can hear it, like the howling of a wolf. You can sense it, like the boy on "Sixth Sense," who could "...see dead people."

Okay, well maybe the last example doesn't fly too well -- or at all -- but, I am trying to add a level of comedy here.;)

I hope I am encouraging, most of all.

What comes around goes around.

I think that things somehow got hectic for all of the community. I don't know why, but I don't seem to find time to log in as much as I used to. Not considering that now I am temporarily using Hawkeye's laptop, after having screwed up mine by pouring coke on it :(

The incentive at rating and posting is admittedly very inviting, null :P I guess it will definitely work with guys, but I don't know about girls though... we're too keen on maintaining a diet ;)

Also, thanks for the nice words Orchid. I know I wish I could be here more often, and I wish we all could talk and write about the old good topics we somehow managed to bring up in the past. Probably all of this discussing, writing and reading during these last years sort of exhausted all the questions that could come up to mind to people of our age. Maybe now that we are growing up and getting older we'll find new topics to discuss with each other... or this is what I am hoping anyway.

In any case, so far it seems that Null's plan is working quite a bit. Today when I logged in I had 18 new topics to read plus 6 journals. Unfortunately not all of them were rated though, but that's okay. I am trying to look quickly through them in order to dedicate the little time I have to those which could interest me the most.

Let's try to bring life back to the community. I say such things to myself first and foremost, but I hope that they will be of advice also to the other members. Let's come up with new ideas, discussions, topics, rants... Anything that could tear away the cobwebs from the corners of this community!

Un bacio è un'apostrofo rosa scritto tra le parole "ti amo".

In any case, so far it seems that Null's plan is working quite a bit.

Considering the last week's posts-per-user statistics, that statement'd be even more true if my plan included kidnapping smashedmotif and tying him in front of a keyboard :-P but of course I'm happy about every user who contributes/d something!

By the way, the chocolate I send is of good quality and suitable for hoarding. I know that you girls love to hoard all kinds of things, so maybe that's a little extra bit of incentive. (Though, why anybody would want to acquire chocolate and then keep it locked away for several months is beyond me.) Or if that's still not good enough I can also send Swiss low-fat curd cheese or carrots.

"God is dead." - Nietzsche, 1882 "Nietzsche is dead." - God, 1900

This post was edited by null on Mar 26, 2007.

Considering the last week's posts-per-user statistics

It's only because I've seemingly found a home away from home here at NAO.

I love to type here and don't even mind that I've given more info about me in such a sort time, when otherwise I'd remain anonymous for the sake of fear of the unknown. Or something.:)

What comes around goes around.

Let's come up with new ideas, discussions, topics, rants...

This is a great idea. Out with the old and in with the new.

What comes around goes around.

"It's no secret that there's not much happening on NAO these days, even though plenty of users log in every day."[note: the quote function was not working during this post]:

It's a good thing you mentioned this, Null, I thought it was just me.

As a newcomer to this community, I was hoping that overnight I'd suddenly be able to post at least 4 posts. As it was, days passed and I was still at a 2-post limit.

The more I read, the more I wanted to reply to posts and rate posts. Having a limit didn't help and frustration surged -- not really -- and I was suddenly finding my self pondering if it was even worth it.

Even, as I was sort of dismayed about not being able to post as much as I felt I needed to, I equated the acquirement of a high rating on this page as earning a high level of an online-multiplayer-role playing game.(see my stats under highscores, here, as "Signy7"; note my agility score)

On NAO, questions came to mind,"What role was I playing?" What 'monsters' did I have to slay?" Instead of slaying monsters and building up an armory and bank, I had to build up my acceptance, just so I could write.

Now, no one can stop me from writing per se, but as for the writing on this page, I had to "gain the respect" of fellow NAO-ians. Or is that NAO-atians. Maybe it is NAO-innians.

To be sure, I want to write and have others read the writings. I want to reply and be replied to. Also, I want to rate and rate others. But, if it isn't appealing to anyone, I don't want to waste my time in doing so. Therefore, I charge all of us to get in here and tap away at our key boards.

"Charge!"

"Oops, I forgot to lace my lace my boot."

[stoops to lace his boot, glancing up to see fellow writers charging off as a band of warriors]

"Hey, wait up, fellow writers, my boot is unlaced!"

What comes around goes around.

As it was, days passed and I was still at a 2-post limit.

Unfortunately this limit is necessary to keep the occasional troll from crapping all over the place. The idea is that once other users rate your posts, your rank increases and you get to write more posts - a measure for the site to know how much 'trust' it can put in you. In reality you didn't rank up fast enough because people weren't rating (they do now, hooray!). Until your rank is high enough, I'll just have to temporarily increase your post limit on a daily basis :-)

"God is dead." - Nietzsche, 1882 "Nietzsche is dead." - God, 1900

"...temporarily increase your post limit on a daily basis(null)..."

I'll make ya' proud, you'll see. Yep' ya' kun truss me, yes siree, Bob! [continues to babble in the background about not letting others down, while in the meantime everyone has returned to their own lives]

What comes around goes around.

Chocolate, eh?

Nothing like a bit of bribery.

Like a lot of other people I left due to lack of time, inclination and...well, thats basically it. But of course if such a tasty prize is up for grabs then I guess I can make my particularly odd yet scathing brand of sarcasm availiable for general consumption again. ;)

Sir Deimos, Beater of Ass.

my particularly odd yet scathing brand of sarcasm

Whee! :-)

"God is dead." - Nietzsche, 1882 "Nietzsche is dead." - God, 1900

This post was edited by null on Mar 26, 2007.