I'll take my chances babe I'll risk it all. I'll win your heart or I'll take the fall.

-You'll Accompany Me, written by Bob Seger

For those of you that have been keeping up with my senior year exploits, y'all know that I've had my eye on this girl for a while. It's been rough going for a while, I'll be honest with you. I've asked her out twice on formal dates, and gotten an excuse both times a couple of hours before the date. Both excuses seemed plausible, and she really seemed disappointed that she couldn't make it. I've asked her to other less formal spur of the moments things as well, but she's always busy. What really makes this hard is that I know she really does have all of this stuff that she has to do, so I can't tell if she's brushing me off or if these are legit excuses.

I'm asking her to go to Taco Bell for that free taco (Muchas gracias Pagan!) tomorrow. I have a good feeling that she'll say yes. One of my strengths is my...

Heroscapers has become a shell of the great community it used to be. I don't spend much time here anymore, and when I do come I just poke around for five or ten minutes. Even with the short amount of time I'm here, I can see the slow decay of the site.

I first noticed it in the CoN section near the beginning of the year. As far back as I could remember, there had always been two games of CoN. Then came the day when there were only enough players for one. Not only that, but the people I had played with had all, for the most part, moved on. As if that wasn't bad enough, the new blood that was coming in didn't appeal to me. Sure, there are always the real hardcore CoNers that will be around until the end of time, but I found myself not wanting to play near as much as I had before because of the new guys.

I next noticed the decay of the site just reading over the new threads section. Posts were no longer thought out. Grammar seemed to be thrown to the...