*confetti and noisemakers* Well, today marks the day I first signed up to Fimfiction.

So here I am.  It’s sure been quite a year.  What do I even mean by that?

Well let's see.  I'd say I've changed a lot in a year, as anyone who knows me could agree with.  And if you know me, you've probably been one of the ones who changed me.  Even in the littlest way.  Shush, I can't be specific.  Deal.  ...I love you...

If I'd have thought of it earlier, I'd have drawn everyone I've met this year together in one picture with me hugging all of you.  But as it turns out, I only JUST got that idea.  Like just now.  So yeah, ain't happening.  Not this year, at least.

So instead, let me just give a pathetically general shout out to everyone I've met this year in no particular order.  If I miss anyone let me just say now that I am terribly sorry.  Sorry, there's a LOT of you...

Dreamwings, who sort of introduced me to the group that brought me most of my friends

LuminousRabbit, who shares my love of Watership Down

Sandalwood, man of a thousand names but only twenty faces

EternalShadow54, who's very easy to talk to

KaraC, who's been far more patient than I deserve

Belove and Weatherstorm, who make very pretty mares

DancesWithBagelz, who also participates in many different art forms

The Sentient Mind of the Writer's Group, who sometimes communicates with me

F. Venka, who goes along with my jokes

Spaced, who likes oranges, apparently

TyrellTheDragon, or is he Chaotic now?

CVBrony, whose name is waaaay too hard to spell

Tornado Firehooves, who also likes G1

Moonshadow204, who draws real naaice

CosmicAfro, who has a wicked hairdo

TheGLQwardvark, who has a wicked name

Regidar, whose sense of humor and musical interests sometimes overlap with mine

The Sentient Mind of Author's Support, who likes to yell at me when I least suspect it

Violet Lenoir, who sounds classy

Tricondon, whose name does not mean what you think it means

Raryn, who is probably not a real badger

Cid Gaius, who sounds regal when you think about it

Tytyvm, whose name I've never tried to pronounce out loud

Hipster Pony Raven Horn, who has squid treats

Not Worthy, who plays games with our minds

Yokal, who's me from the future, where we've become an awesome visual artist

ManlyDerp, whose hilarity amazes comedy itself

Midnight_Quill, who likes to write late at night, apparently

JJGingerHooves, who pulls off a bowtie very well

MercTheJerk, who can always make me laugh

midnighttowboy, who may or may not make labyrinths

Sasha Nein, who's totally not violent at all

TypewriterError, who wields the most powerful of Spoons

DarkPhoenix, who LOVES puns to death

8-Bit Bacon, who could NEVER annoy me.  NO MATTER WHAT.

damandan28, who totally doesn't have 27 other damandans running around...

Samaru163, who likes to rhyme

Earl Grey, who takes his tea with a side of humor

Calligraphy, who cloned my voice

Setokaiva, who laughs at my jokes

TheGriffonGeneral, who has a story for that

Sulliman, who's got a wicked color scheme

Meester, who has a thing for dictionaries

arandompenguin, who's really a ninja

Peregrine Caged, who knows what I'm about to say

SunnyDaze, who does not in fact need shades

Bronymaster, who dabbles in everything, because dabble is a fun word

And finally Sorrow872, who knows I typed all of this while beating my keyboard black and blue and knows why I'm making this face now

But seriously though.  I appreciate every single person I've met here, and you all know who you are.  I've said this all before, if I could.

I know not all the people I want to see this are here, or have access to this.  Which is really sad, but I do my best.