Trying to make some peace.

Look, I know I haven't been the most active, the most helpful, or heck, even the funniest person on this site, though it's not like I'd have a chance at the latter with a certain someone still lurking around here, but that's not the point of what I want to say. We just had one of our darker moments on this site happen over the past couple of days if you've been keeping up on it, and it has just hit its peak not more than a few hours ago: I'm not going to mention any details of it or take sides or anything like that. The point that I realized is that it's hard enough to have outsiders taking pot shots at our community and putting us in such a negative light: if we end up turning against each other so quickly, on matters outside what this site is even supposed to be about, we're going to end up losing meaning as to why we're still here and why newcomers should be here just as fast, and this group of people we've made might crumble upon itself, or change in a negative way.

I don't claim to have a perfect solution to help this, and I've definitely framed this in a pretty general, perhaps vague light, so let me say what I want to say here. Let this be kind of a shelter from storms, whether they be located here, on the Interwebs, or maybe in your own life. Feel free to vent, slam your hands on the keyboard as much your fury, annoyance, sadness, or other emotions require, do anything you feel, and I, along with any other member of this community willing to assist me, will be glad to listen in, try to offer solutions, or at the very least, attempt to make a particularly dark day of yours a little bit brighter.

This place is special to me. You all are special to me. I want to keep it that way, for all of us. :)

Signed, Not Monika