[An article piece written for David Bowie.]

A fantastic interview. If there is anything more about the man I can truly admire, it's his intellect and his openness to all forms of innovation. I am still not able to grasp the concept of speaking of him in past tense. Perhaps it's the writer in me, or perhaps it is because I am a fan who is still hurting from the loss of him. Either way, I will definitely be holding a torch for him for the rest of my own days, and my future children will be taught about him too. Much like my parents introduced me to the early times of music before I was born, that made me love the craft even more today.

Such a fascinating man, I will miss him beyond words.

[An article piece written for David Bowie.]

Thank you very much for your kind words, lovelies. I am still not quite sure if I have

[An article piece written for David Bowie.]

I wasn't sure if there was a more appropriate place to put this, but I finally got to sit down last night and begin one of my first journalism pieces (which didn't get completed until 2AM this morning)

[Hiya]

Hiya all. I wasn't really sure if this was too self-absorbent to post here. I am a long-time member, but I sort of went missing a few years back, and haven't really been active since, apart from popping in a few times. So, I'm hoping that will change now.

So Hiya, I'm Lyric. I'm 29, but I'm an AB/Little (depending on my mood when I'm not up to playing "adult", I'm from Australia. I'm also asexual

[Chat Issues And Kicked?]

Thanks guys. Out of impatience (it's a bad trait to have, I know) I tried it again after posting this and I found myself in there and someone explained it to me. I think it may have been you, Alex. Thank you so much, and I apologize for the hassle. It sometimes can take me a little bit before I really know what I'm doing around forums. Lol. Thankfully I'm a fast learner though, so you won't have to run into my confusion too much.

[Chat Issues And Kicked?]

First of all, I should apologize; I know I'm certainly not an active member. Or at least haven't been in the past. The last few days though, I've been finding my comfortable footing a bit in chat however I'm still not all that familiar with everything just yet.

I was trying to get into the chat moments ago and I ended up getting a "chat server will restart in 15 minutes" message. I figured it might have been a temporary glitch, or my own connection, so I refreshed but still received the message. So I came to this section to see if maybe maintenance was being done, or there was a server error. I didn't find anything, so I tried again and even before it connected I had a "you have been kicked from the chatroom" message.

I haven't a clue what's going on right now, and I'm sort of lost. I hope I wasn't interrupting a mod chat or anything without knowing, if so, I do apologize as I'm not quite sure what just happened myself... Maybe someone could explain to me? Thank you in advance, and I'm truly sorry for any inconvenience this has caused anyone.

[Confused And Semi-New.]

I'm not "new" here, per say, but it seems since I've been gone there's been a lot of changes. I don't really know how to re-introdude myself because right now, because I'm a little lost.

When I first came here, I was relieved to find that what I've felt throughout my childhood up until now, was not "wrong" and I wasn't "screwed up" or whatever shrinks and others would like to say. I thought I could trust someone with telling them until they came here and attacked everyone, and constantly belittled me from that day forward. I then found out that I couldn't trust them at all for other reasons. I did leave for a time, and I started to hide my thoughts about ageplay again, thinking that their really WAS something wrong with me, I even tried telling my mom at one stage and it didn't go down so well. In 2008, I ran into my estranged father and when I casually mentioned AB's in conversation, he spat angry accusations and words about it. My dad has always frightened me, and we still no longer speak again, but I'm really confused and it made me question myself further. I WANT to feel comfortable and less like a "freak" or a "crazy person" again like I used to when I found I wasn't alone.

I'm terrified someone is going to find me here that I know, and I'm confused at what to do. It IS good to be back here, and I wish I could remember those I got close to, but I don't really know what to do. If they're right and I am some "loon", have I messed with my own mind by starting to hold myself back and now hiding it HAS turned me crazy...

Has anyone been through this before? I'm really confused and lost. I apologize if this was a bad introduction topic. I don't know what else to say.