Update · 5:53pm March 10th
Heya.
You might've noticed a few things. I took down a few blogposts and the like. They're gone forever, and were deleted in a sort of manic episode I was having regarding privacy. I wish I could get them back, but I'm unsure whether or not that's possible (probably not). I don't know if there were any seeds of wisdom contained within but a lot of milestone dates are unfortunately gone. Follower milestones primarily and the like. Cest la vie. I still kept up a few. My final blog post, my 'goodbye' to Coffeebean (his mom is on Instagram, go check her out at bricksandkitties, there's some touching stuff on there and she's still maintaining and adding to his Lego collection in his memory, I'd recommend you follow her) and the first time I hit 100 followers - which, to any of you who have been following me from the very beginning who are still active here (which some of you are unfortunately not) thank so very much. I can't really compound my gratitude into words.
There are a couple of people I could single out for sticking with me throughout this whole period. But you know who you are. 
Anyhow, I don't want this blog to be the official I'm back! blog, because I don't want to make any absolute promises. Right now my current trajectory is a positive one, so I wanted to let you all in on that. I've been very stagnant in my life, but this year is the year I begin making a concerted effort to fix things. For one, I actually got assessed for several mental conditions, which has helped to give some clues as to why I am the way I am with regards to my habits and mindset. This came about as the result of a pretty serious breakdown towards the end of 2021, which ended up putting a serious strain on the relationship between me and my family. I won't elaborate on that particular subject but I'm trying to get better is the long and short of it.
During my absent period (2021 - 2025) I was sort of despondent from the site. I didn't keep track of anyone, or follow up on any news, or kept up with any stories. I communicated with a few people on discord but that's about it. This lead to me missing some pretty serious developments with other people that I very much regret. I also tried to take on commissions, see if other people's ideas were what I needed to get back into things (alongside cash) but got nowhere on that front. At a certain point I stopped taking any money and just wrote to see whether or not I was even still capable, but no matter what, I simply couldn't do what was asked of me. When I failed, I tended to just ghost the other person, more out of shame than anything else. All these things? I would like to change. I want to talk more, read more, write more. My main hope is to pump my creative muscles once again, rediscover my 'style' and 'voice', then see if I can't transition into writing something that could, hopefully, appear on shop shelves one day. And, even if I reached that point, I would never abandon this place. It's here where I found out I loved writing, and here where I made lots of friends that I still talk to this very day.
I have concepts and ideas, as always, and when I feel myself capable of creating again, I will see about taking on requests and commissions -- though there is no timeframe for that. I'm hoping to get back into the swing of things by late April or May at the latest. Until then, if you want to get in touch, I've left a couple options on my user page.
And thank you for reading. I hope you all, sincerely, have a great day.
Welcome back dude, I wish you well the best on your treatment, recovery, and personal growth. I also have my own episodes between 2021-2024 which I have done and said things that I truly regret and which I could take back. Fim has been refuge, the good as well as the bad times, and a great source artistic and literary inspiration for me, and discovered a love of writing that I never suspected I ever had. I hope you manage to find yourself dude and find a sense of fulfilments in your growth.
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Thank you.
Welcome back! I'm glad that you're in a better spot now. Here's hoping it keeps going on. There's cookies and punch by the door.
I wish I could get back the things I've deleted over the years. But I guess that's just a part of life... People before the digital age didn't even have what we do.
Insert a gif of Luna going "did I miss anything?" or whatever.
I haven't been here for a while too but your name kinda got remembered by my brain when I decided to check my feed today. Good to hear you're fine after all these years.
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Thank you both. Your sentiments are highly appreciated.
I love this so very much!
Glad you're planning to return, and best of luck with your goals!