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What's the deal with your nickname? How did you get it? If your nickname is self-explanatory, then tell everyone when you first started using the internet, and what was the first thing that made you say "wow, this isn't just a place for freaks after all?" Was it a website? Was it an email from a long-lost friend? Go on, spill it.

I started using the Internet in May 1997. I never thought of the internet as a place for freaks. I've always thought of it as a new world to explore. As soon as I got online, the first thing I did was sign up for a free email account (did it compulsively), then sign up for an account at GeoCities and finally learn HTML (in that order). I've always been passionate about the web, but I didn't get to meet people who are as passionate as me about the web until I arrived here in Bloggerville in February 2000. I like it here, and I plan to stay for a little bit longer :)