[Groop] Top Posters of 2003

[Chad Riden]

>  Chris Schechner, Kaytee Sumida, Seth (GrooPunk), Azamin Zainol 
> Abidin, and Chad Riden were all next in line (in roughly that order). 

Well, I (for one) have never been so ashamed of myself.

Once again, I am deeply disturbed that I didn't show better in this 
years Grand International Championship Groop Emailing Frenzy Nonsense. 
Last year I read the final results in absolute shock and horror. I made 
a solemn pledge to the worldwide masses of Groo Zealots (that would be 
YOU fine people) that I would step up my efforts to send pointless 
messages to the Groop at regularly random intervals, regardless of 
their lack of content, until either I move up to a ranking position on 
the esteemed list of mendicants.. or even *I* became sick of deleting 
my stupid emails. Clearly, I have failed. I failed you people, I failed 
myself.

I think I know where I went wrong, though.. honestly, I did become sick 
of deleting my own dumb emails. They just started getting on my nerves. 
My inbox was FLOODED with inane crap from myself. I was over it, so I 
emailed myself asking me to stop sending so much pointless drivel, but 
I'm such a jerk, I just fired back some smarty pants remark about how 
my delete key works, and I should feel free to use it. Well, that just 
made it worse. I got mad and replied with some heated comments about my 
lack of wit that, frankly, I wish I could take back. I reported myself 
to my ISP for sending harassing emails, but they weren't helpful at 
all.. they didn't do anything to stop me. About halfway thru the year, 
I set up a filter in my email client that automatically deleted 
anything from me.

I thought if I ignored myself, I would just go away.. but I didn't.  
Here we are back where we started.


>  I hope no one made any silly resolutions just because it's the 
> beginning of a new year. 

I hate to crush your hopes and dreams so cold-heartedly, but I have 
some silly resolutions to make:

I resolve to:
- put a little more time and effort into the things that, ultimately, 
really don't matter.
- eradicate that pesky grass from my yard and cultivate a nice, healthy 
lawn of dandelions.
- develop a way to convert dirty diapers into an eco-friendly energy 
source.
- find a cure for paper cuts.
- teach myself to levitate and fly, so I can save time and money on 
commuting and parking.. and impress The Ladies.
- find the motivation to be the best lazy slacker I can be.
- make no more silly resolutions.

So it is written, so it is done.


--
Thanks for putting up with my crap,

Chad M. Riden
<http://www.ChadRiden.com/>
<http://www.MangyDog.com/>
<http://www.NashvilleStandup.com/>
<http://www.Riden.org/>
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