...a few things I like.

...h2g2 and me.

Fourteen years ago, I was an obsessive Researcher.

I could and would spend hours, even days on the guides pages.

Writing articles.

Joining clubs (I was an Editor, ACE, Angel and Guru).

And most importantly to me, talking to people in a way that eluded me in real life.

People have always petrified and perplexed me.

They led me to abandon this site, one I loved, because I couldn't cope with real life's painful dramas spilling over here.

I left here, left school and went to university.

I studied design and became a jeweller and metalsmith.

I even got first class honours and a masters...

...and just as I was starting to feel happy...

...feel settled...

...I faltered.

I left uni and I sank.

I stopped communicating with my friends.

I stopped advancing and began to retreat.

Worst, I stopped being able to design.

I came back here...

...after so long away.

Because I hoped against hope to be able to reconnect with old friends.

To find a way to regain my confidence with people.

To research again.

To write and design again.

Making makes me happy.

I want to be happy more than anything else.

I'm still working on that.

If anyone remembers me, say hello.

I miss my old friends...

...but new friends are just as nice.