Jumping Jehosaphat!!!

Wow...I'm just amazed at how time flies.

My gallery reached 10,000 hits. Which I personally think is pretty amazing. I think in November last year (2004)...I had 60 hits and my Armitage Nursery was the only cel I had scanned and posted from when I opened!(I think about 2002).

Not only that...but I am *finally* caught up with my cels. At least...with my *active* collection.

I still have all the items I bought in March. Golden Boy, Crimson Wolf, Jo Jo Bizarre Adventures, Gigantor, and about 10 cel boxes full of misc. pieces. But that is just too overwhelming at the momment.

Still...10,000 hits. In 9 months. Wow. That's the same amount of time as carrying an unborn child to term. And to think how much my gallery has grown in those 9 months!

I'm sure most of you remember when I first started adding. I met Jenn & Steph and joined Anime-beta (which I NEVER would have found otherwise!). Then I met some very special friends like Startyde and Blueblade. Over the past few months (and with much thanks to the Rubberslug chat)...I've really tried to reach out and socialize more. I've met just TONS of friendly and fun people! The list is just tooo long to mention everyone.

There are all the girls who are into hentai, too--YEAH! Thank you!!! Love you all!!! Amazing to meet some other souls who enjoy such B-film quality anime.

And then there are all the people who hold knowledge. You know who you guys are...people come to you with questions about framing, buying, storing, bagging, shipping, etc. You guys have been doing this for so long you're simply pros.

Then there are the people newer than me! (Quite a few, actually). People who have just opened a gallery. You watch over the next week or two as their collection (which had been in hiding until this momment) joins the family to share.

Then there are the different levels of income/spending people. People who can't pay more than $20 on a cel at a time...and people who don't hard blink at $2,000!!! And the rare ones who can shell out $20,000 for a piece they really like.

HOWEVER, what I really like about this community overall, is how we are all friendly. From the $20,000 to the $20 spenders...from the hentai lovers to the people who DON'T LOOK...from the newbies who thought putting a cel in the sunniest room in their house with thumbtacks was the BEST idea EVER!...to the those who pay to frame every piece they have!

I LOVE YOU ALL!

Thank you for enjoying my gallery!