Okay, since I've dropped the EFP bomb and haven't said much since then, I kinda need to explain my absence. Wall Of Text coming right up.
Basically, since TWWF ended, I found it hard to follow stuff that doesn't have any inherent motivation in it, and started to drop off things that took the most time to follow. Twitter was the first, and I still don't pay much attention to it - last time I tried to catch up after appearing on the forums, I got 300 messages in the feed the next day, and realized it's an uphill struggle. As for the chat - I had this work schedule that allowed me to participate in TWWF normally in the first place, and it has changed about a year ago - I currently work in daylight like a normal person, and actually have to work at work sometimes.
Basically, I come back home, have several hours to unwind, and catching up seems like a chore rather than relaxation (I'm really weird about how I rest, and I don't think that's normal г_г), so I usually shrug and go watch cat videos or play something. Endless introducing me to this game about space ninjas grinding for loot certainly didn't help.
Eventually it came to the point where being absent became the norm rather than something I feel guilty about, I became this guy whose trait is being away, and anything else would draw attention and disturb the status quo. Meanwhile, you guys have had a lot of stuff together, and I don't even know much about the Floating Castle. I don't seem to be good at stuff that's unrelated to the objective, since I didn't even mess around in the Coffee Room. Basically, I missed out on the shared information (also, like, whoa,
Tom and Dana got married a while ago - missing
that is one hell of a faux pas in my book), and feel somewhat alienated (and Twitter became next to impossible to read because you always reference stuff I'm unaware about) with no one to blame but myself.
Which I do, a lot. г_г Since I don't even delve into some new fiction much, I essentially spent post-TWWF period in stasis, while the world has moved on.
Basically, I've eventually realized just how low I've sunk, and am trying to come back little by little. Since I posted this a week later than I was going to (on that day I decided to clean my keyboard instead - it was, like, super gross, you guys), this is going to take a while. I am faster to respond if prodded, so if you have something interesting going on and I'm not around, that's not because I'm mad at you guys or anything.
That said, when I was checking the forum, I was surprised that the interactive adventures that were my last holding point on the forum stayed in pristine condition since I left - like, I just stopped coming at one point, and no one left a single post on any of the IA since then. Srsly guys, what's up with that? They were fun.
Also, I now use г_г instead of <_<. Patent pending.
Awesome! 
