Though I don’t have any readers out there that I’m aware of, I’d nonetheless like to introduce two new authors to this… thing.  Justin and Jordan, hailing from opposite ends of the Earth, will be contributing posts here.  I hope that we will build something nice, something musical and something fun.

And I guess technically I’m new here too since I decided to change the username from “dcamp” to “derek”.  Lowercase is still hip though, all you pro-capitalization zealots can just eat me, aight?  Interestingly enough, I seem to do this to myself a lot.  Here is an excerpt from a previous… thing:

World of Warcraft has consumed my spare time, as I imagined it would. I started a new character, this time with a more creative name (albiet unoriginal) and the knowledge on how to slam through the early ranks like a pro. My original character’s name was Dcamp, which made sense since my handle has always been dcampitate, so why not simplify it to something more like a name? Well, because Dcamp is a stupid name for a role-playing character, that’s why! Dcampitate isn’t all that much better either, not if you want the immersive environment of a MMORPG. My new guy is much better, but I’m not going to tell you his name because then you’ll think I’ve gotten so nerdy, I’ve actually gone insane (and you’d be right). But the interesting thing is how much more removed I feel from this character, now that no part of his name resembles mine. People used to type, “hey dcamp, you’re an idiot” and I’d know they were talking to me. I have a few other variations on nicknames that I would respond to, but those names are all taken or not allowed, so instead I’ll have to respond to this new one. That I’m still not going to tell you.

But that’s ancient history, I don’t play that new character anymore (who was named after a Babylon 5 character) nor do I play Warcraft at all (abandoning my main character who was named after someone in Star Trek, see how awesome I am with the naming of things?).