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  • Artist Info: Greetings to whoever may happen to be reading this. I have been a Gaian now for 8 years.<br />
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    In September of 2007, my daughter showed me the site and I became addicted. Yes, addicted; not just a fan. I spent the better part of the first 6 years online from the time I woke up in the morning, until I went to bed, many times in the wee hours of the morning.<br />
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    I started my first guild within 3 weeks of being here and that guild is still in operation, it's just not owned by me any longer. It was my dream to gather together all Gaians who had dragon in their name. I found someone with the same dream as myself and we got the Blue Dragon guild started. The Blue Dragon has 20 Gaians as members; all of them having some form of the word dragon in their name.<br />
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    Another thing that began to happen a lot to some of my friends, was the event known as "hacking". It then became my desire to create a charity that would assist those who had lost their accounts or their items to hackers, to regain their dignity so they would not just leave Gaia. With the financial assistance of a few very dear friends, the The Phoenix Charity was created and is currently on the List of Charities if you would care to look us up. In order to keep the Charity funded however, one of my original guild members and supporters came up with the idea of having an auction to raise gold to fund the Charity. The Phoenix Charity Auction was soon up and running and brought in over 2 million gold for the Charity. Now to raise gold, we participate every year in The Gaian Sponsored Nudity Event.<br />
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    In 2009, during Gaia's Easter Event, I created the Pink Bunny Slipper Club of Gaia for anyone who managed to collect all 500 eggs and get themselves the slippers as a reward. We were in the Spotlight 4 times for our Giveaway Events and I created a Guild for our members. So if you own a pair of the slippers and would like to join the guild, send me a pm with your avi wearing the slippers and I'll send you an invitation.<br />
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    All of these endeavors are only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the things I have opened or started here on Gaia. There was the Dancing Dragon Tattoo Parlor, Gaians for Rush guild, The Bard's Game Item Emporium, and countless quest threads and temporary shops. I was asked by various friends to help them run their guilds, so there is also the Writer's Guild of Gaia, Dragons and other Fantastic Creatures Guild, THE Charity Event Guild, Outpost Gallifrey, a Doctor Who guild. So as you can see, when I say I was addicted to the site, you know what I mean. I am still very devoted to Gaia and to the close friendships I have made here over the last 8 years. I tried a couple of years ago, to pull myself out of Gaia to some extent, and gave away most of my items to my friends. Well, that didn't work too well, and I am still here.<br />
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    In 2012 I was gifted with a set of lion lines and opened my first breedables shop, The Serengeti Plains. Over the last few years, the lines have been upgraded and familiars have been added, so stop on by and take a look are our cute Leeuw.<br />
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    If you are reading this, and you decide to send me a friend request, you will find that I have them blocked. I have to get to know a person first before I will add them to my list. So if you really think you want to be my friend, look up my threads and come chat with me when I'm online. Send me a pm to say hello or comment here on my profile. My Ignore List is very long, so if you plan to spam my account or advertise offsite websites, you will be added to that list and reported.<br />
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    Please do not post links to Arena entries, requests for handouts, Post This On 10 Profile messages, or requests for donations on my Profile. Comments such as those will be deleted without being answered.<br />
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    I am a Catholic Christian and I would love to meet you if you feel impelled to meet me. Have a great time on Gaia and keep control of your life. Don't let Gaia take control of you like it did of me for 2 years.    <br />
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