Happy new year

This year for me has partly been... well for the lack of a better expression like a roller-coaster but to really understand what my year has been like I have to go back to October 18th 2012.

In October of 2012 I had a cold, I know typical right, but one bedridden day I went on a little youtube browse and I ended up clicking on something I would never have even thought about, My little pony Friendship is magic.

I clicked on it completely by accident and the page and video had loaded before I could exit it, so I allowed it to play and when it was over, I looked in the comments and what I saw astounded me, there was a recurring word 'brony'. This confused me, so I googled it, as you do, and I discovered that it meant a fandom which includes full grown men liking the show, this didn't bother me much as I had always been quite open minded to other peoples opinions.

At first my love for the show was purely based on it's animation style, story and character's, but when February 2013 came around, I was hit by an emotional bomb shell, and so began my dive into a deep depression, over the course of the next few months until around June I was on the verge of ending it all three time, I had no assistance what so ever, I didn't want to be molly coddled like a child, so naturally I sought out my friends for help and one of them gave me a joint to help ease my nerves, I refused to take it, my sense of right and wrong made sure of that. So instead I found myself on yet another youtube browse.

Again my youtube browsing turned up on My little pony, and after watching the whole first season, I found myself finding a way to cope that didn't involve drugs or standing on the edge of a waterfall for hours at a time. I was ablaze with enjoyment watching each episode as if it were the last, and yet again I saw the word 'brony' now this when I asked a question to myself "Am I a brony?"

I certainly felt like one, so me being me I went onto the internet in search of others who where like myself, that was a horrible experience, I found myself in a chat website that was full of haters and needless to say they put me off chat rooms and other stuff that was brony related. So I continued to watch the show and up until October this year I never even gave a second thought to bronies.

Sometime in late October, I think the 25th, I decided to have another go at finding people like me and in my searches I found FimFiction.net, now me being an avid book worm I dove head first into this site reading cheesy romances and adventures, eventually on October 31st I started my own work of fiction. But even all of this made me question "Are there any people I know who could be bronies?" My first thought was yeah I might know one, as it turned out I did.

And that was the start of it, I began searching for more bronies, some of which I met myself, like the Glasgow bronies and some I met through him, like a couple of his friends. From there until the end of this year I have only attempted once, just after Christmas. But you guys, my fellow bronies and pegasisters kept me going and mostly sane, so I thank you partly for saving my mental health and for being my friends.

For auld lang syne, raise a glass of wine, whiskey or whatever your favorite drink is and remember what this year has been like for you and how you dealt with it.

I hope you have an eventful new year, may it be full of luck and prosperity.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acxnmaVTlZA Sorry if this is a bit hard to understand, it's the original version and that means is sang in the Scottish way.

Should old acquaintance be forgot,
and never brought to mind?
Should old acquaintance be forgot,
and old lang syne?

CHORUS:
For auld lang syne, my dear,
for auld lang syne,
we'll take a cup of kindness yet,
for auld lang syne.

And surely you’ll buy your pint cup!
and surely I’ll buy mine!
And we'll take a cup o’ kindness yet,
for auld lang syne.

CHORUS

We two have run about the slopes,
and picked the daisies fine;
But we’ve wandered many a weary foot,
since auld lang syne.

CHORUS

We two have paddled in the stream,
from morning sun till dine;
But seas between us broad have roared
since auld lang syne.

CHORUS

And there’s a hand my trusty friend!
And give me a hand o’ thine!
And we’ll take a right good-will draught,
for auld lang syne.

CHORUS