I have turned the Enneagram Tribe from a moderated tribe to a public tribe, so you can now join without having to send a request to me.

I've been off the Internet completely over the past month, but I'm back, and I'm very, very slowly digging thru my backlog of emails and messages. I've just been through a life crisis, and I'm currently grieving and sorting through the resulting insights and implications. As a result, I won't be online nearly as much as I used to be; I need to re-balance my life, and pay attention to the parts of my life that I have neglected. This Enneagram Two has (once again) been tripped up by issues of pride and entitlement, and is currentlyh learning a (very painful but necessary) lesson in humility.

I am just getting so sick and tired of all these useless and annoying social networking software services: Friendster, Orkut, Multiply, MySpace, etc. So don't expect to see me on them very much anymore (although I may still drop into the Gay Bloggers Tribe on tribe.net, which I still think is one of the better services).

You can still reach me via one of the only two internet services which I think are good enough to pay for: flickr.com (photos) and last.fm (music). My user name on both services is Quiplash; feel free to look me up, see my photos and hear my music, and say hello.

--Ryan (Quiplash).

P.S. If someone wishes to take over as moderator/host(ess) I'd be grateful, thanks :-)