You know, I've been around the internet for a long time in one way or another. It's been part of my life since i was very young, when my Dad used to Run the Star League BBS when I was very young (one of the first Sci-Fi websites and chat rooms) to my own jump into the online world at a nearby library...

Well last few days I've been kinda missing a few of my old hangouts online, places I enjoined going and talking with people, then it hit me, they are all gone. Every single place i used to hang out and meet new friends are gone, Sites that i put hundreds of hours into, and not even a whisper of them is left. It makes me feel old, outdated, yeah it was only 6-7 years ago but to the digital world that is a lifetime, and sadly all my old friends have died or moved on in that world.

What I wouldn't give to hang out in TheMFZ Forums again, or help the guys troll PDF over at The Forest Defense Initiative, work on my old sprite Sheets and build cool little animations even though i had no idea what I was doing. Maybe Even Finish my Comic i had going... Or go back and be famous again like when i had my first 15 minutes where I Made my first S3&K Pixel art and every single person on the forums begged me for one. Maybe hang out with my old Clan, I remember the day our Leader Died, he had been so sick for so long we all knew it would happen, I remember him first bringing me into the group, oh how much fun we all had just goofing off.

Nothing is left from back then sadly, I have no contact with my old friends, i have no files or folders, not a single image, all the sites are down and not a single archive program (not even the way back machine) has them listed.

Even my characters are dead, unused, undeveloped, forgotten by all but me.

So.. Heres to the past, Heres to John Prower, Jacob "Rider" Mclarin, Nazareth, and my Underground style sprites that will never go finished or fully realized. Know you aren't forgotten even if you are gone forever.