h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

It should be painfully apparent by now that I've been making myself rather scarce at h2g2 for quite a while now. My last journal entry was made more than 3 years ago, before h2g2 sold out to--er, I mean was incorporated into the BBC. Anyway, I'm just writing this "entry" to point out the following:

(a.) I Have for some time been and continue to be almost inactive on h2g2

and

(b.) I have not forgotten about h2g2 and its wonderful denizens. I come back to it 2 to 6 times a year to update my details, reply to any messages I get, and look around to see what's changed since the last time I logged in. I plan to continue this rather pathetic routine for at least the next year, and probably for as long as h2g2 exists.

So I just wanted to make the situation completely clear to everyone. I really would like to visit h2g2 more often. Frankly I think it took a turn for the worse after the BBC deal, but it's still a remarkable forum that I truly enjoy being part of. Unfortunately, I doubt I'll ever have enough time to be a regular again.

I joined when I was a bored high school kid with nothing to do but read Douglas Adams and surf the internet. I'm now about to graduate from college (that's "uni" to my British readers) and in the next year I plan to travel to opposite ends of the country, visit another country, be the editor for a magazine, volunteer in the national office of a group I belong to, transition from my current crappy job to a completely new crappy job, apply for grad school (and take the dreaded GRE test) and much, much more. Sadly, h2g2 doesn't fit into my schedule more than 2 to 6 times a year.

Please feel free to email me if you ever want to talk about anything. I have no time for online forums, but I always try to make time for real-life people.

-Mike