Well hey guys. Yeah its me. I took some time to myself to think. And trust me I thought. I have no idea what everyone else's bio's look like because its 4:30 in the morning and I've been unable to sleep for a few weeks now. But I'm gonna put my bio here here then break the news.

TKD. Wow I got that name a while ago. Back on Neopets, the first real good friend I ever made online. Went by Muez, good guy, cool guild. I'd been on Neopets for about a year and that was the first activity on the internet. I was about eleven. Before I met Muez I was a huge n00b. I was always begging, always being obnoxious. But one day I was looking for a new guild to terrorize and snag a newb pack from, and along he comes and recruits me to be his second in command. Just outta the blue. He literally dumped so much responsibility on me at once that within a few days I had completely dumped chatspeak and honestly was a completely different person. I worked like a maniac for that guild and it made me better for it. This went on for maybe a month or two. Then one day he just disappeared. Gone. It was like his work was done and he had moved on. Or maybe he just fell off a cliff, who knows. After that I tried to keep it going but after a while everyone bailed. Thus ended The Black Cold guild.

So again, I dawdled on Neopets for a while, hopping from guild to guild quickly becoming a top member in every guild I joined before realizing there was something missing and dumping all the Member of the Month prizes I got back into the guilds I got them. I never had money on Neo. I always either invested it into a guild give away or gave it to some buddy. I never really had any interest in earning rewards or collecting cool items. Still doesn't really appeal to me so much.

Then Shadow came. Now you say what you want, I have no idea what the deal with this letter is but I have always, and will always trust and have good relationship with Shadow. She did the same thing as Muez had done. Swooped out of no where, with an invite about 4 posts long I might add, and asked me to be a part of something big. It was the most unique offer I'd ever received so I said yes, of course. Boy did she ever straighten me out. She taught me everything about running a guild. She taught me good recruiting techniques, a good work ethic, and opened my mind to all sorts of theories, ideas, creeds, etc. It was amazing. I remember within a couple months we had about 40 good members, a few on everyday but most came one pretty frequently. So we decided to organize ourselves into houses. We had a contest on what we would name them and decided upon fantastic mythical creatures. I myself entered Dragon and Phoenix into the poll, both houses that have lasted a while. And life was good. Until the end of my school year when I screwed life up, got grounded and disappeared for months. My experience in the 'SilverShadows' as a ShadowShade, a term I still quite enjoy.

So I came back at the end of the summer to find the original 'SilverShadows' disbanded. I never really got the same story about why twice though. So I did what seemed obvious to me at the time. Join a new guild and make it unique and just be my usual TKD self. Wouldn't you know it though. As I was posting a guild wanted ad, Shadow was busy spreading her insane maneater posts around. And she found me. Again. Honestly, it was one of my best days ever. I remember it really well because I remember meeting new buddies like Juli, and finding older buddies still around from the 'SilverShadows'. Now though it was technically 'The SilverShadows', but whatever. I also remember almost right afterward snatching up a nice new position of house leader, even though half of the people had just met me. It really humbled me though. I've always acted like I've got an ego the size of Jupiter, but being humble is one thing I struggle with and am constantly reminding myself to be. Honestly, does the president get elected if half the population doesn't know who they even are? It was really one of those moments that endear you to people.

Oh I could go on about this section but I'm stopping there. though there are plenty of stories and jokes left to mention. (Norman of Blanketland, the Werenoob, sewer lairs, muffins, etc.)

Then I went and got myself grounded again for two weeks, only to come back and find Shadow gone, people upset and Juli in charge. I was torn. Stay with the TSS? or go with Shadow? I had strong ties to both. So I left the guild, but didn't choose. I thought. I decided to keep a healthy relationship with Shadow, and reentered the guild. This is where my much abbreviated history kinda ends, because many of you here already know what I and who I was when we moved off Neopets. Even though some of you weren't there, I'm sure others who were can fill you in on our adventures in Excoboards.

Its really more of a history than a bio but I can't describe myself well, so it'll have to do. Now for the news.

Again I'm torn. I've felt this way for a while. Part of me feels this great loyalty to you all, which is most certainly earned, but I also feel that I've done my part, and I honestly can't do this anymore. Like I said, I haven't been sleeping well and its now 5:20 in the morning. But I decided, I would've decided a while ago but I promised Blizzie I'd mull it over some more. I'm sorry to say this, but I'm done. I'm 'retiring' for good. And I'm hanging up the jersey number. And by that I mean my nickname of TKD. My real name is Brendan.

Now I certainly wanna stay in touch so if you wanna email me it's tkdguy0202@aim.com. That's also my MSN and AIM.

Now I mentioned that I do not really like collecting much online. As a parting gift I'm gonna give one of the council all my remaining cash and any items of worth in my inventory. to fund guild related activities. I'll be honest, it's not much. I have about 7000 gold and who knows how much in items, but it's my final contribution, so one of you council members send me an email and we'll set up a trade.

This is my big goodbye speech. So farewell, adios, zaijian, au revoir, and peace. Brendan out.