Evanesce wrote:

I'm glad to see the blogs and chat and I hope that it will encourage people here to talk more on a personal levels. Help the shy one's make friends and maybe even help the lazy ones who don't like to PM don't mind opening up the chat room. I plan on spending most of my time when I'm browsing here on the chat as well... (which means 11pm until I go to bed Sunday through Thursday... Mark your calandars! Hah!)

I think right now, most people's blogs consist mostly of "this is my first post" and a few exploratory entries, trying to figure out what they want to say. I'm hoping that once people realy figure out what they want their blogs to say, and settle into their voices, there will be a lot more to comment on.

I've always wondered how people on the forum built personal friendships. I don't think of myself as shy, but I've also never just out of the blue PM'ed people, and it's been on only very seldom that people have out of the blue PM'ed me. maybe I just don't sound interesting or inviting when I type. But I do certainly wonder.

As for the chat, I've ducked in a few times and it was empty, but I guess I should stay in so when someone else comes by, then it *won't* be empty. I hope it takes off... I really enjoyed the #bpal IRC chats we used to get going. I'd love to see that become a regular thing.

On an unrelated note, I think I'm going to be the first to use the trackback function. I love trackback.