(Ok… I was planning something else for this day, but I just thought this would be more appropriate for the recent turn of events in the blogosphere)

Just for the record, I joined the ABC not because a Hitler forced me to. I am fairly new to the AB channel, so I don’t have the same impression and antagonism as other people towards Owen, and even if others find him a jerk, his efforts for wanting to forge this blogging community, is admirable nonetheless. Do note that the ABC is not under dictatorial leadership; basically everyone in the group can be leaders, as with the case of CCYoshi who spearheaded the idea of the “12 Days of Christmas” project.

I consider myself a neophyte in the blogosphere, and despite blogging for almost a year now, I felt I was distant from the rest of the bloggers. During my first few months in blogging, the people I’ve interacted with are mostly people from the same forums I actively participate in, my fellow fangirl and co-blogger Seleria, and only a measly number of other bloggers. Other than that, I’m all passive and too engrossed in my own blog to actively hop step jump! to other blogs lol.

Still, there’s that desire to become part of the anime blogging community, in the truest sense of the word. And it’s not until recently that I actually felt I belong to one. I owe much of that to joining the AB channel, which allowed me to interact with other bloggers and the rest of the people in the channel, beyond the confinement of the blog. The reason why I joined the ABC is in line with this same desire to become closer to the entire community, as it will prompt me to participate in ongoing discussions, rather than stay passive (and lonely lol). My lazy ass really needs some whipping, so that I’ll interact with other blogs more frequently.

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Ok, I’m gonna do a quickie post for this one, as I’m feeling the Christmas rush in the office, with the preparations we’re doing for our Christmas party tomorrow! I’m not gonna attend the said party for several reasons, but I’m actively partipating in some other way, preparing the props and the presentation for our little contest, editing photos for our memorabilia, etc. So with that, I don’t really think I have much creative juices brimming in me right now. Nevertheless, I don’t want to be late in the bandwagon of the Countdown to Christmas, so here goes~

EDIT (in sane mode, a day after posting this):

Obviously, I was really groggy when I posted this, that I wasn’t even able to give a proper introduction to this Christmas Countdown / “12 Days of Christmas” feature we have. This is a joint project of the ABC, a brainchild of CCYoshi. Together with other participants, JRoxas, CCYoshi, 0rion, Owen S, Quinn, Xerox, Michael Huang, DS, Nekoro, Martin, Nekoron, and CalAggie, we’re gonna do a series of retrospective posts, reflecting on whatever stuffs in 2007—manga, anime, games, the blogosphere in general, or even our own [otaku] lives for that matter.

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