<span style="font-weight: bold">((NOTE:  This whole post is OOC.))</span><br/><br/>Okay, people, I so shouldn't be doing this now, since I have to get to work in only a few hours (and should be asleep), but I was getting so antsy being away from here for so long that I thought I'd better make a posting and let everyone know what's up.<br/><br/>I'm not about to disclose the details of my personal life, mind you, but I was ungodly cram-packed unbe-friggin-lievably loaded with shit to get done.  Not only that, but I had two holidays to recover from.  I thought everyone else might be experiencing some holiday hell of their own, so I figured it wouldn't be necessary to post for just a couple days.<br/><br/>Then, of course, all hell breaks loose.  I'm not in the most secure position in life socially, medically, or financially, and as a result of past procrastination I had to basically complete everything that will set my life up for the next six months - in just a week.  Every day that passed had me up early and in bed late, with no time to spare to scarcely check my email or even hold a decent conversation.  I'm sleep-deprived, stressed, and gaining weight (and not from voring stuff, which is the biggest bummer).  Add to that a recovery from a liquor-saturated New Year, and you'll see what I'm getting at.<br/><br/>Every day I was away from the Portal I got antsier and antsier.  But if I stayed up late to post, I'd inevitably be late for an essential meeting the following day, and ruin months of effort and planning in a certain direction.  I was distraught that life had stolen me away from my pride and joy, which is this thread.<br/><br/>But now, the clouds have lifted, the seas have parted, the tall balding fat man in the front row has collapsed, and now I can once again feel the sunshine, walk on dry land, and see the movie screen.  Let's REALLY get this party started again!  Time to make 2007 the Year of the Voar!<br/><br/>I absolutely need to sleep now.  But first thing I'll do when I get home from work today is make my post.  I'll spend all day at work crafting it, too.  Expect it up around<a class="postlink" href="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=1&amp;day=8&amp;year=2007&amp;hour=1&amp;min=0&amp;sec=0&amp;p1=0">1:00 AM GMT</a>, (everyone here runs on Greenwich Mean Time, right?) and any one of you has permission to devour me if I do not hold to that schedule.<br/><br/><span style="font-weight: bold">((NOTE:  OOC ends here.  Welcome to 2007!))</span>