Bees

Probably few if any have noticed that I have not posted much around here lately.

I have been at Google's social network site, Orkut. I wouldn't call it cheating exactly because I joined Orkut just prior to joining TFP. The friends I have made at Orkut have helped me through some tough times I have gone through recently. I have emerged from those times in fine shape and now I intend to spend more time back here.

Orkut is a wonderful place to meet up with friends online. To me it is also like a new version of the Old American West complete with raging battles between modern day cowboys and Indians and with tin-badge sherriffs chasing down outlaws. It is pretty much un-moderated just like the Old West was lawless. Actually North Americans are fairly rare on Orkut but the analogy still holds up in my mind.

Some of my friends and I created a little oasis in the dessert there. We started a forum of gentle souls called Storytellers § Poets and this will continue to be the primary place where I post my stories and prose. Of course I will still maintain my friendships at Orkut but I also want to improve my contributions here at TFP. My goal now is quality over quantity.

Now that I am in a better place I can really appreciate the calm maturity of TFP as contrasted by the juvenile chaos of Orkut.

Anyone want to give me a hug?

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Kajal Basu