Real life circumstances have been piling up so that I can't devote the time to moderating the Artisan Crafts gallery anymore. You don't know how much time it takes to be a GM until you actually become one and it isn't fair or right for me to stay on the CR team anymore. I might like to come back one day if $Moonbeam13 and the community would have me back because although it can be very time consuming, there is a great deal of satisfaction in moderating a gallery. I knew something wasn't right about six months ago when I realized that I wasn't being active in making art of my own, but when I lost my job and injured my foot, that set me back even more in having the right state of mind to devoting my time. And, six months ago I didn't mind at all not having the time to create my own art because being a Gallery Moderator requires dealing with a huge community, which is an art in itself and is gratifying because not only do you learn to deal with all sorts of people, but it can carry over into your personal life as well, so it became a useful learning tool, both online and offline.

Now I shall tell you a secret and I think it's kinda funny. When `Myana announced that she was going to have a baby and wanted a partner to help with all the tasks, I was a little hesitant in applying because at that time I'd been a member of dA for only about 18 months. I was shocked when I was made a GM in May of 2008 because I truly thought that only people who'd been members for at least two years could apply. I never said a word and when my two-year anniversary came up last December, I still didn't say anything about it because I thought maybe I'd be kicked from the CR team, silly me. Anyway, I've been a GM for a year and a half now and it's time for someone else to step aboard and whoever that person will be, he or she will be only the fourth GM ever of the Artisan Crafts gallery. `dedredhed was the very first Artisan Crafts GM, `Myana was the second, and I was the third. And by the way, `Myana's little boy just turned one year old exactly two weeks ago, how time has flown since she first announced that she was expecting a baby! If he isn't already walking, he surely will be soon... so would everyone please pester `Myana for pictures of her little boy? It's been ages since we've seen any!

Also, if you play the MMORPG Rohan: Blood Feud, you might find me there as one of my low-level characters, either LollyLuLeLo or KittenOfWoe, both not bad names for assassins, don't you think? I know for a fact that someone there has a dA account because now and then I see a char named DeviantArt. I'm dying to know who that is!