User blog:Ckohrs0221/The Circle of Life

''A king's time as ruler rises and sets like the sun. One day, Simba, the sun will set on my time here, and will rise with you as the new king.''


 * Mufasa, The Lion King

There are a lot of quotes about life, and growing up, and moving on that I probably could have chosen... but the fact of the matter is, I always here Mufasa's voice from the Lion King when I think about these sorts of things. I'm just a 90s Disney kid at heart, what can I say?

But as much as I wish I could freeze time in say, 1999, I really can't, and lately my life has been proving that more and more. To use the phrases "stressful" and "challenging" aren't extraordinarily adequate, but for now they'll do. It's been a season of change, for the last year and a half of my life after graduating college.

But I'm getting now to a point in my life where... I really want to try and fully do the "adult" thing. Trust me, I know probably as much as most of you (but less than say, Bond or Jisk?) when it comes to this. I've been wanting to move out of my house... but I can't, because I don't make enough to pay rent for an apartment. I'd love to get a full-time job (and I'm in the process of applying for one) but... those are hard to come by, and unfortunately I didn't really graduate with a degree that's helping me to secure a full-time position. I have skills... my degree just doesn't say so on paper, really. There's this... meme that I see crop up on facebook from time to time about adult life being the main quest of your video game, but not feeling prepared/advanced enough for it, and as a result you end up bumming around doing side quests until you feel ready to take on the main quest. This, my friends, could not be truer. Only... I'm getting a bit sick of the side quests, and I think at this point that being a Crat on DARP has become one of those side quests.

So, in my efforts to fully pursue that adulting main quest... I need to move on from the side quests. And one of those side quests that I'm moving on from is my Crat-ship here on DARP.

So, now that I'm sure you're all freaking out, please do me a favor, and take a breath? No seriously. Take a breath.

Ready? Here's what's going to happen:


 * I will step down from Crat at the end of this IC term. So yes, I will finish out the tournament.
 * Hopefully the election to find my replacement will take place over the IC summer. At that time, I will still retain my Bcrat status so I can take the IC summer weeks to train my successor.
 * At the start of the next IC term, I will remove my rights down to RB status. I figure I can still help take care of trolls, and I do enjoy GMing, and can probably do that from time to time on an as-needed basis.
 * I will not be leaving DARP. I do not believe DARP as a whole is a side-quest, merely my responsibilities as Crat, were the side-quest.

I have so loved being your AI head. It's been great fun coming up with all kinds of stories to tell with you all, and I'm ridiculously excited to see what the next AI head concocts.