It's done.

I've asked Bob to delete my account at RRF, and remove me from staff, permanently.

I'm sick of it all. Bob thinks I am "generally well liked and respected." Yeah, on what planet? No, I've made myself the outsider, the contrarian. Do I care if the people of RRF like me? Not really. But if they don't... why do I want to spend time with them? Why do I want to socialize or hang out with people who don't like me, and who I don't really like?

I owe Bob enough not to just go out in a ball of flames. So I phrased the most efficient explanation I could and posted it in the Special Announcements board, and then PM'ed him to ask to be deleted. He's tried to convince me otherwise, but I'm sticking to it.

I have asked to keep my "other" username, but he won't be making frequent appearances. In fact, "FHL" doesn't know anything about photography anyway. He's someone else, not even me, just a pen name. Safe. No-one.

But for ABC? ABC doesn't exist. ABC never existed.

To quote Spike Spiegel, "I'm just living a bad dream I can't wake up from." But now I have woken up; I've got better things to do. In the real world.

Shinohara, RRF!