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As of today, June 11th, 2006, I have reached the respectable checkpoint of 10,000 posts. -I created this account on January 16, 2005, because I wanted a mule for my guild. -The name came to me instantly: Thatlatu. -I had had a conversation a few days before with my girlfriend at the time in which I stated,
She replied,









And thus it was done.

I had originally begun with an account by the name of Mazutec. -I had just purchased a copy of the game Warlords Battlecry, and I needed a name. -I typed in the first thing that came to mind: "Azteca", but I wanted something better. -I deleted it and punched in "Mazai", but I didn't really like it. -I was eager to start, so I typed in "Mazutec" and started playing. -I was making an aol account later, and I needed a name. . . mazutec seemed better than guy275362, so I used mazutec. -So, on June 20, 2004, I finally decided to ask my sister to make me an account on that website she was so obsessed with, Gaia. -I had created a Yahoo! account, but I'd never used it before. -Gaia wouldn't let me join with my aol accounts, so she used my Yahoo!. -She then asked me for a name, and I thought for a few minutes, then decided that Mazutec was a name people would ask about, and it sounded like it meant something, so I told her to put that in. -When I'd finished making the account, I logged on, put on my shitty clothes, and told my sister that my avatar was ugly. -I sold my clothes, and she gave me 1.2k of cheap store items. -She later stole 1.4k from me, but I forgave her. . . after changing my password.
I soon found myself drawn to this strange world to which my sister had introduced me. -I managed to make friends here, then I managed to make friends IRL. -I bought a trading pass, later a vending pass, then a guild. . . The Ultimate Cat-Worshipper's Guild. -At 6:34 am, February 13, I finally reached 20,002g, and I went to the Gaian Guild Registry, and, full of excitement, I purchased a brand new guild: guild number three-thousand, four-hundred and fifty-three. -I invited every friend I had to join, and new topics were posted, my sister's friend made me a banner, my best friend at the time, a gaian with the name Mulit Man, became the co-owner. -We both came daily, making new threads, laughing in old threads, pushing people to join. . . it was really great.
Bleagwuh came along much later. . . it was at my 14th birthday party that I introduced him to gaia. -He quickly became a whore of my guild, and matched me in posts. -Many new members were frightened off by our dominance, but we took no notice. -After a while, Mulit Man left wordlessly, and for over a year I wondered what had become of him. -I decided the guild needed an upgrade, so I changed the title to, "The Completely Anonamous Guild of Music, Animals, Humour, and CHAOS!!!!" because I was bored. -Then, a bit later, sometime in march, I met someone named "elbeanothegreat" -We talked, I added her to my friendslist, and it was good. -She later invited me to a guild she was in called "Teh Official Pangolin Fanclub" (I had made this my main account by then), and I became active there. -The owner, CrystalTiger101 quickly grew fond of me, and the co-owner, meshuisbored, absoletely hated me. -For half a month, CT101 giggled at my antics, and meshu tried to get CT101 let him ban me. -Then, April 27, 2005, I got home late that day, and started posting, then I remembered that it was meshu's birthday. -As a mocking gift, I sent him 10 gold, but from that day on, we have been the best of friends. . . I didn't tell him that I was mocking him, in fact, I've told nobody until now, but I'm glad that I did that; meshu is truly a wonderful friend.
It wasn't until June of 2005 that things got really crazy. -Bored out of my mind with school being over, I posted endlessly in CT101's guild, and meshu got tired of all the necros, so he temporarily banned me from the guild so he could fix everything. -CT101 then banned him for banning me, and I got mad at CT101 for banning meshu. -I finally convinced meshu and CT101 to come to speaking terms again, and when everything was settled down, CT101 made me a proposal: Become the last person to post in every thread in TOPFC. -I agreed heartily, knowing that I could easily dominate the 7 pages. -Then, in July, when I was almost finished (I had 47 pages to go), he and the crew got fed up and banned me again. -Meshu had only just gotten his crew status back, but he risk inviting me back so I could at least explain my reasoning. . . I was banned again and meshu was made back to member status. -When bean found out a couple days later, she invited me back. -I then left a detailed message in the guild explaining that I would return again only with an invite and formal apology from CT101, and saying that meshu should not be all blamed for what he did; he was only being a friend, and a good one at that. -So, I returned to my guild, defeated, and looked around. -It was all but deserted. -I stopped coming online much, and started sleeping more, and going on very long walks. -Then, in August, I checked my pm's of my old account, Mazutec. -A crew member from the guild, Flink.Pamingo, had sent me a pm regarding my inactivity, and I decided, "Well, maybe I'll rejoin with my main account," and I did just that.
I later determined that the Spelling Nazis consisted mainly of Flink, Sun, Rose, Twilight, Fruit Salad, and a shitload of inactive members, and decided that, since it was more active than my guild, I'd start hanging out there.
That turned out to be one of the best decisions I've ever made.
A lo has happened in the 2 years I've been on gaia. . . but there are a few people I'd like to thank for being my friends.

MulitMan - For a time, you were the only real friend I had here, and you were always glad to chat with me. . . you may have forgotten me in the time that's past, but thank you.

Meshuisbored - We started out with an unmatched rivalry. -I was constantly taunting you, and you were constantly threatening to ban me, but in the end we became great friends. -Meshu, I will never forget you, no matter what happens.

evilcrazyc - We met in an RP, with incredible drama, we became one being as you resisted your wolf's nature and restrained yourself. -For so long, I stood and consoled you, I told you that the evils your body had commited were not those of your own mind, you rushed past me, leaping into the lake to drown yourself, I raced after you, cutting off my wings so that I could swim and diving in to pull you out, and we sat choking on the shore, our faces stained with tears, and as the RP settled down, and our minds returned to our bodies, we became such brilliant friends, but for only such a short time. -You have forgotten me, but I will NEVER forget you. -Thank you.

elbeanothegreat - I love you, bean, I have since the day I met you. -I have admired everything about you for so long, and I only wish that you'd come back to us, because we need you so much. -I realise that you will probably never read this, but you are the shining star that that has meant so much to me for such a long time. -You were the person who inspired me like no other. -When I wrote songs, you were on my mind, when I painted pictures, you were on my mind, when I cried, you were the one who kept me from falling down. -I hope that I will one day see you, so I can thank you for being a wonderful person.

bleagwuh - The last 2 years of my life, nearly everything that's happened to me can relate to you. -It was luck, no doubt, but I just wonder if it was good or bad. -You harrassed me when I was down, you harrassed me when I was up, and you introduced me to someone who introduced me to myself. -You have never done one thing in your life with the intention of helping me, but I feel you deserve my thanks, none the less.

Lets Do the Time-Warp - I've known you for nearly 2 weeks now, incredible how time flies by. -You made me realise in just a few days that I was not alone. . . far from it, in fact. -You were the first person to give me any solid evidence that my sorrow was vital, not overdramatic. -You inspired me to smile, and to figure out how to work a digital camera. -You don't come here much, so I'm not too sure you'll be reading this, but thank you, thank you so much for being.

And all my other friends, know that you have my thanks from helping me live and love; I wish that I could do something for all of you to show my appreciation, but I can do nothing but say thank you, thank you with all my heart.

P.S.
Thank you again to all of you who read all of that; you are a good friend.
A good friend with lots of free time. Discluding this sentence, this document has a total of 1707 words, 8632 characters (no spaces), 10309 characters (with spaces), 30 paragraphs, 145 lines, and four Microsoft Word pages. (for reference, Harry Potter 6 had roughly 150 times that. . . if all my posts were this long, I'd have written about 40 Harry Potter 6's by now)

Yay Lattu : D

I only wish I had people to blame for my insanity, or that my Gaian life was that interesting

The philosophy of life.

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I'm trying to find that again : P

I originally saw it in a catalog for t-shirts for liberals that my best friend Katy's mom got

*runs around naked saying, "I'm free, I'm free!"

Like my parents. : D

My dad's turning 40 in August. xp