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GOFiversary

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One year ago last week was my last midterm exam week of my high school life.  Being a senior who had already been accepted into my college of choice I obviously could not care less about the midterms, so I had a lot of free time on my hands that week.  One particularly boring day I was flipping through some channels on my TV when I came across something I hadn't seen in years, the first Land Before Time movie.  I sat there absolutely captivated by it, and my love for LBT was born again.

Over the course of the next week three important things happened.  First I downloaded and started watching the sequels, enjoying the nostalgia of the movies I had loved as a child as well as looking forward to the new ones that had been released in the time since.  Secondly I started writing TEB, a fanfic that gets neglected by me.  And finally, on February 5th, 2009, I stumbled across the Gang of Five and instantly joined.

Its been an increadible year here.  I havn't been as active I would have liked, I thought I would be at 1000 posts no problem by now, this place has still meant so much me.  I consider all of you my friends, and as simply a matter of who I am, I love my friends.  I considered spending some time thanking everybody for their friendship by name, but I'm not very good at such things and I'm too afraid of forgetting someone.  So simply I know I value all your friendship and support.  GOF is a special place to me, and it shall always remain so.


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Happy Anniversary! :celebrate Glad you've stuck with us for a year!


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Congrads on your anniversary.   :goodluck  :celebrate  :cheers


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You've been with us for one year? :D Gee I thought you were here a lot longer! Anyway, congratulations on your anniversary! :birthday

You're an awesome guy Raga, hope you stay many more years :)


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Yo!  Congrats on your anniversary :D!  You're a pretty cool dude indeed ;).


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Congratulations on your anniversary! :celebrate It's good to have you here.  :yes


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Congratulations raga :)
It has been a pleasure to have you with us and will continue to be a pleasure to have you with us in the year to come :yes


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Congrats on staying with us for a whole year raga! :celebrate :cheers It's been a pleasure having you on board. Here's to the years to come ;)


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If this keeps up, we're gonna need a new subforum for GOF anniversaries! :p

Seriously, though; congratulations, raga! :D One year, wow! I was also under the impression that you'd been here longer, despite the fact that my first visit to the GOF was chronologically earlier than your rediscovery of LBT. :blink:

By the way, how's The Eternal Bond going? I'm still up for the role of editor, just so you don't forget. ;)



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Thanks everybody!  Yes I have been here for a year but for me its actually felt a lot shorter then that, I guess thats just because 2009 was a really good year for me.  And as for TEB, I'm working on it but I procrastinate a lot so don't worry Pangaea, I haven't forgotten.


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Congrats raga! :) :celebrate I hope you have many more anniverseries here to come! :D