Why is it that my two most recent Friday's Features wind up on holidays? :P Anyway, this is, again, not like my normal writing. It's more like a... "holy crap, where did 2009 go?"
I don't want this to be a rehash of the whole year, because let's face it, there's enough of that going on in the media. But let's go through what happened at a rather pleasant site in 2009! (These won't really be in chronological order, but that's okay.)
A year after its beginning, GLaDOS's Lament sadly came to an end (although, GLaDOS is Still Alive...). Reogan has said that he will continue the Lament when he plays Portal II, but for now, it's over. :( We miss you, GLaDOS!
This blog also gained a new author in September--me! I do enjoy posting, even though I don't do it all that regularly (something I'm working on). For those of you who were wondering where my username came from, go here.
Song of the Day came and went. It was supposed to be a daily post but took over three months--not a problem, though! Granted, I'm not exactly one to talk, since I'm not the world's most regular poster... meh. That's okay. (Reogan, don't be mad that I stole your word!)
With the combined efforts of Reogan, Met, Figroth, and myself, this blog now has a post on every day of the week! There's Lament of the Winged, Tuesday Tales, Joco Stories, Thursday Thoughts, Friday's Feature, God Dreamt, Pokemon and the Golden Apocalypse, and Figroth's drawings of the various G. A. characters. Way to be productive, everyone! Whoo!
I'm sure there was more that occured here during 2009, but this is the major stuff. Happy 2010, everyone!
EDIT: Since I forgot about our other admin and feel 100% terrible about it, here's to Met: may he keep sanity among those of us at RPS, and props to him for bringing music here through Song of the Week! Whoo!
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Let's see if we can manage to post regularly all year. If everyone posts as is now the fashion, we'll have 417 more posts at years end!
To a great 2010!
Amen, Reogan!
I feel undervalued... More on that later, thanks for almost ignoring the "hidden" admin...
I didn't mean to ignore anyone! You don't have any regular posts, so that's why I didn't say anything. Frankly, I think you're a better admin than Reogan, since you're not the one constantly threatening to kick me off the blog. I'm sorry if you feel undervalued!
He does have a weekly feature, but it's on hiatus. The day is filled by my extra writings now, but he'll have it back when the time comes.
Okay, got it.
I read this again; can you just reserve me the posting rights for all the announcements please? I love writing them and I hate getting this side note at the end. I also hate to say this, but how are you qualified at all to comment on 2009 on RPS when you've only been here so long and you didn't even know who I was until about a month before you wrote this? Just let me do the announcements please...
I will never surrender my right to review the blog, especially at the death of a year.
Sorry that was mainly directed at Elphaba. Yes I don't really mind your reviews that much because you've been here the whole time.
It occurred on a Friday. I thought you all wanted me to post on Fridays, so I wrote on New Year's. If I'm mistaken, I apologize. And Reogan helped me a lot with what went on.
Obviously, I don't know everything, but that doesn't make me unimportant (which, frankly, is how I feel right now). Also, why are you the only one that gets "announcement" posts? I hardly see that as fair. Just a thought.
As long as it isn't a Thought.
I know. I'm not funny.
Elphaba:
"It occurred on a Friday. I thought you all wanted me to post on Fridays, so I wrote on New Year's. If I'm mistaken, I apologize. And Reogan helped me a lot with what went on."
As far as I know you becoming a part of this blog was all Reogan. The only time I became involved was when I noticed all the weird comments coming from outsiders so I decided to orchestrate a conspiracy that resulted in you becoming more of an insider. Posting on Fridays was pretty much all Reogan and I didn't have any problem with it.
"Obviously, I don't know everything, but that doesn't make me unimportant (which, frankly, is how I feel right now)."
Get used to it; that's how I feel all the time.
"Also, why are you the only one that gets "announcement" posts? I hardly see that as fair. Just a thought."
Reogan can do them as well. It's an admin thing coming from people who've been there since the beginning. I'll let you do them as long as you consult with us first. If Reogan wants to take me on with this point please do so in private.
Reogan:
"As long as it isn't a Thought.
I know. I'm not funny."
Yes I love you; you're hilarious. Thanks ner vod.
"Get used to it; that's how I feel all the time."
Gee, thanks so much for the compassion. /sarcasm.
"Reogan can do them as well. It's an admin thing coming from people who've been there since the beginning. I'll let you do them as long as you consult with us first."
I reiterate, I don't know everything that happened on this blog! I know that! All I was trying to do was celebrate the new year, and you have to make some huge stink about it! You're being really exclusionary and hurtful. You constantly second-guess my motives, and I absolutely cannot figure out why!
If this keeps up, I'm done. I cannot take the fact that you don't trust me for some reason, and I don't want to be in an environment where I don't feel that I have the same rights as other people.
Do I detect communist sympathies?
"Gee, thanks so much for the compassion. /sarcasm."
Hey, I related to your situation. I know what it's like to feel unimportant and I hate dealing with it.
"I reiterate, I don't know everything that happened on this blog! I know that!"
I didn't say you thought you did.
"All I was trying to do was celebrate the new year, and you have to make some huge stink about it!"
You'll find that I fight every battle; probably may biggest weakness. However, I'm not a fan of death by a thousand papercuts so I'll attack each papercut ardently before it begins to overwhelm me. What you have written here isn't such a bad thing, but I realize that it isn't advisable for future reference because it's hard for you to adequately sum up events from the beginning. I want to ensure that announcements are cleared with the admins (that means both have to know); that's all.
"You're being really exclusionary and hurtful."
I'm quite possibly overly sensitive, but I'm just trying to clarify a point here; general announcements should only be written with the consent of both admins.
"You constantly second-guess my motives, and I absolutely cannot figure out why!"
I second-guess everyones motives; even my own. It's a double-edged sword and it keeps me on my toes.
"If this keeps up, I'm done."
The decision to leave is completely up to you, but I have a feeling you'll stay. However, if you do leave, please send me a formal letter of reasons so we can keep going back and forth about the subject.
"I cannot take the fact that you don't trust me for some reason, and I don't want to be in an environment where I don't feel that I have the same rights as other people."
You have the exact same rights as every human. There's a difference between rights and opportunities. You have a right to life, however you don't have a right to work or a right to be educated; you have an opportunity (I think this is what Reogan was getting at when he mentioned Communist sympathies). Only our Creator is capable of giving us rights and he has given us life, liberty (free will, although I'd love to have a discussion on predestination; the entire scale of the concept outweighs human comprehension), and the pursuit of happiness (and for those readers who deny the existence of a Creator: Does something come from nothing? The only answer is non-linear existence by an ultimate and absolute entity; God). I do trust you to a degree. There are very few people who I trust absolutely so please don't be disappointed if you don't fall in that category. You say you trust me, but I doubt that it is absolute ; I have a similar situation. My line of questioning doesn't mean I don't trust you. I trust Reogan a lot (to say the least) and I've had my fair share of debates and issues with him. I don't see how this demonstrates I don't trust you. If I didn't trust you I'd eradicate your existence from this blog like the spam comments that show up occasionally.
I await your response...
Ugh, I apologize for blowing up like that. I was tired and cranky, and while I realize that that isn't an excuse, it's the best I can do. No, I'm not leaving--I enjoy it too much here.
One thing, though...
"However, if you do leave, please send me a formal letter of reasons so we can keep going back and forth about the subject."
No. That will drive me crazy. If I ever did leave, that would fully not happen. Just so you know.
I'd hound you nonetheless.
I have no doubt you would.
"I decided to orchestrate a conspiracy that resulted in you becoming more of an insider."
I hate to open up an old wound and pour copious amounts of salt into it, but I have to ask: what in the world made you think that that stupid conspiracy was a good idea? You can just reply via e-mail if you'd like.
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