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*Note: Please don't complain about me talking about myself. That's what this post is for, and you don't have to read it. The purpose of it is "look at me, look at what I did" and I'm not hiding that fact. I just want to step back and lay out everything, and smile.



I have a very bad memory so my early days are rather patchy, especially since I had a lot of hiatuses here and there up until 2007. So my history after 2007 is more likely to be in the right order. xd Let me assure you one thing, however: what you see here may seem impossible to you, but while I don't remember everything, I assure you that everything I do put is true.

Basics about me:
Age: 20
Occupation: College student (majoring in French)
Status: Engaged
Forum of choice: Charity/Quests
Favorite item on Gaia: Chyaku Norisu Scarf
Worth as of 16 June 2009: 27,827,931

I started Gaia on May 22, 2004, originally under the username Airema. That account still exists, but I don't count May 22 as my Gaiaversary; instead I count June 24, the date Blaizekit was created, since I really didn't do much until this account was created. This account has always been named Blaizekit.

Blaizekit was originally a mule account, but I made it my main thanks to a bad breakup with my first boyfriend, who is no longer a member on Gaia.

However, as Airema I did manage to accomplish a lot of learning about Gaia and how to navigate, how to Marketplace, etc. I think I mostly did RP back in those days.

When I came back as Blaizekit, my friend Eric_Raine gave me a welcome-back gift; a letter from which I chose the Chyaku Norisu scarf, an item that would eventually have a lot of impact on my Gaian existence.

It was also during these early-Blaize days that I discovered the Charity/Quests forum and the nice people in it. I met Kitten of Aquitaine and chatted with her in a charity that became my home for awhile. When the charity faded, so did I.

I discovered a fascinating guild called the Chyaku Norisu Clan. They told the story of the Chyaku and offered its members a chance to be one. I was instantly intrigued by this. Unfortunately, the guild was mostly empty. I sent messages around to find out what I could do about it. In October 2006, ownership of the Chayku Norisu Clan was transferred over to me.

At first I did great things with it. I took the story and expanded it. I really poured my heart into it. But no one came, and I didn't know how to do anything about it. I faded again and hiatused.

September 2007 is when I really came back into the scene and I haven't left since then. I started using the Marketplace to my advantage and ruthlessly earned Gold the old-fashioned way. Why did this suddenly happen? Well as the leader of the CN clan, I became very attached to the name of CN and the item itself. Shortly after coming back to Gaia in '07, however, it was scammed away from me by someone on my friendlist from before. This hurt me badly, and I've never quite gotten over my dislike of scammers and hackers. Marketplace became my thing on Gaia for awhile.

I met up with some old RL friends (Queenie and Xi) in 2008 and I was more than happy to bring them back into Gaia with me. They were there when our group of friends originally got into it in 2004.

This was when things really changed for me. I re-discovered the Charity/Quest forum and started questing for Nitemare Scarf. While I was questing for this, I stumbled my way into a charity run by the lovely Orianna, and there I met my good Gaian friends, Moonie and Key. They are still my friends to this day!^^ That charity was on a bit of a hiatus so although I came seeking a donation, I didn't get one...but what I did get was much more valuable. wink Speaking of my Scarf quest, a meager 30-something pages into it quest, the Scarf was donated to me!! I was so shell-shocked and amazed that someone could be that generous. The donation inspired us all, and we decided to begin our own charity. And so DWAH was born, April 29, 2008. I invited Moonie and Key over to it and we haven't looked back. Without these loyal first members of DWAH, I'm not sure where we would be.



Over 3,500 pages later, and DWAH is still going.

In May of 2008 I was browsing through some old announcements looking for VO. Why? Because I was on a reminiscence kick that day and I wanted to see if I could find any announcements from the original Gaia founders. I did find a post by VO... and noticed that unlike Lanzer's signature that talked about upcoming features and stuff, he had just a single banner in his signature.



Curious as to what VO himself would link to in his signature, I clicked the banner and to my amazement it led to an ordinary thread here on Gaia- The Daffodil Movement, a thread set up by loyal Gaians in support of VO in 2006 when his father died from cancer.

Links led to other forms of the Movement that had popped up at that time, including the new Daffodil Movement for the year 2007. I followed all of them and posted everywhere. I didn't realize that Gaia had a cancer awareness movement. It was a cause that hit me hard, as my own mother died from cancer in May 2008.

As far as I could tell there was no new Daffodil Movement for 2008, and that upset me. So, one month late (TDM is usually held in April) I started my own Daffodil Movement 2008. Look!

It was very humble that year. I was upset, I was unorganized, and I didn't really know how to run a thread. A mere 11 names made it onto our Yellow Wall and only a few more than that ended up on the Supporters list. But it was heartfelt, and more importantly, it made sure that the Movement was kept alive every year since 2006.

It's still there....

In 2009, I was determined to make up for my lowly efforts from the previous year in TDM. For me, TDM 2k9 began in March. I spent weeks preparing; doing research, designing the thread, and spreading the word. I was determined to get our thread Spotlighted- I just knew it was destined to happen. What I consider my greatest achievement, TDM 2009 was organized down to every detail to be able to handle the flow of traffic expected from the Spotlight. I did this not even knowing for sure if it would happen or not!

Of course we were completely psyched and freaked out when it did happen!! Spotlight!!!

TDM 2009 practically exploded! We ended up with over 11,000 poll votes. The Daffodil Movement 2009.



Cancer awareness march! [x]
Virtual march sign in Towns. [x]

If all this sweetness wasn't sweet enough, I had commented on VO's profile telling him about the new Movement for this year and how we're keeping it up. I nearly died when a couple of days later, he....VO.... founder of Gaia, VO.... commented me back! (*insert fangirling: "VO knows I exist!OMG!!11!" ) lol. Bask in it...Bask!!

In 2009 I applied for modship, but I didn't pass due to lack of reporting. Rest assured though, I have not given up on that path yet.

Miscellaneous Niftacular Nifties

Over time, I've collected some miscellaneous screencaps of my time here on Gaia. I think all of them are after September '07 when I really came back.

Firstly... The name phase. Ever-ambitious, I've often looked for endeavors on Gaia that are cool to me. One thing I always thought was impossibly cool was an account named after a popular item. So for awhile I played the role of a few familiar names.

Infernal Spirit
Anima Adamantea
I don't have screencaps for the others so I can't prove them, but I was also Yemayas Pearl, Changeling Baby, and, the very hardest for me to let go of, Gogh Reed.
I speak of it in the past tense so they must be gone, but why? Well, what I did is that I changed the mules' names back to what they were before. And I did it because a part of my conscience said that it was unfair. Sure, a lot of people collect names and they never dressed them up and gave them personalities like I did. But theoretically, it's wrong, and just like when someone becomes a parent, I realized that if I ever wanted to become a mod, and a good one, I'd have to learn how to do the right thing. Theoretically, those names could go to people who genuinely wanted them, as their main.
The one exception to this is that I kept the account Sinister Scarf. He's my male alter-ego mule and I figure that just the one is good enough.

[NPC]ufo I saw in towns (I still have no idea what's going on here) [x]

I was the first person to ever sell Orindae 3rd Gen on the Marketplace! xd [x]

Obligatory Me vs. Landshark pic... this particular one was taken because that was when I was the only one close enough to hit him right then... [x]

Gaia's Spirit Week 2008 was so fun. I've never been group-hugged in Towns before. [x]

Sometime oh-not-so-long-ago, I was chosen to be a Beta Tester for zOMG. This is the Beta version of the Charity/Quest forum. I made a replica of DWAH in it. [x]

Snagged! I caught sight of DJ Helsing in zOMG and barely managed to screencap him. What was hilariously awesome to me was that he was wearing the same outfit he always wears in the convention announcements...except he was wearing armor. I thought that was too cute. Battle-ready Helsing!

Demon Wings|Angel Heart Charity made it onto THE list of Charities. [x]

In the Beta version of Gaia, people traded items freely because it was just an imitation Gaia... you weren't really giving your stuff away. This led to some incredible acts of giving. I gave Fuzia my Nitemare scarf but I didn't get any screenies of that...but what I did get was a screenie of Super-Key! (Said Key recently, "I am almost there myself! =D" wink [x]

The Green and Orange teams from Gaia Spirit Week (representing years 2004 and 2007) had an oddly friendly relationship with each other. [x]

I am in the lower left corner saying "spirit!" [x]
We rocked. Hard. [x]