Squid Girl! ~ de geso

This was really not an easy conclusion to come to... I've enjoyed being on here so much. The people I've met, the stories I've made, the things I've done... I enjoyed all of it, and although a (small) part of me really wants that to continue... it really can't.

This blog has been the most active and popular Squid Girl RP blog in the history of Tumblr, afaik. As of this post, I have 413 followers. 413! That's a crazy number! I was surprised to have 100, 200 followers... I really do want to truly thank each and every one of you, those of you who has interacted with me, sent me asks, or simply just liked a few posts... it seriously is because of you people that this blog has been so much fun.

This past year, I've spent a lot of time figuring out what specific things I want to do with my life, and what things I don't/can't. In high school, I had a huge range of hobbies: I made music, I wrote books, I drew art, I made skits and plays, I made animations, the list goes on and on. None of those things, I was particularly that great at. I can't stretch myself that thin. This is the latest of a series of things that I've decided that I just can't do anymore. Something that I can't focus on.

There's other reasons as well: 1. Tumblr as a platform isn't enticing to me anymore. I don't get enjoyment out of it. I am leaving Tumblr altogether. 2. I am starting my own business doing the things I want to focus on: video games and visual media. That business currently is and will continue to take up a lot of my time.

Finally, why should I sit here and ride on the coattails of a character I didn't create, and thus my actions as her are simply based upon my interpretations of her? When I create a video game or a film or something, I create my own story. I make my own characters. I can make a character as wacky as this. I can create a slew of characters like this. And they're all my own property too. Not that RPing as someone else's character is bad or anything, obviously I've been doing it for like 3 years now, but I'd be happiest knowing the character is fully and truly my own.

It's time for me to move on. I have big plans for my life, and I am really sad this blog can't be a part of it. This blog will always have a special place in my heart.

Thank you, everyone. This has really been a squid-tacular experience. :)

I originally planned for October because I thought things would be settled and figured out for me, and I'd be able to plan out time to be on here...

But things aren't. Not yet. Something big happened towards the end of this last month, and it's affecting, honestly, a number of people, and I'm right in the center. There's a few, rather smaller, things that I also want to get sorted out too.

Additionally, I'm busy with work and classes. Originally, the weekends were going to be the days I get to do stuff like go on Tumblr, and while I have some free time during October... come November, I have nothing. Literally every weekend, I have plans I can't (or at least won't) get out of. That is an issue.

Winter break starts in mid-December, though, and I'll have a lot of free time then. I should be able to come on here a lot, but no guarantees. By the time winter break ends, a lot of things should be easier for me.

I like being on here, I like talking to you people and being around. My issue is finding the time to do so. I will try to be on here when I can between now and December, but, unfortunately, I can't say when or for how long I'll be here.

Again, this blog is something I do for fun. I know other people depend upon their blogs to help give them an outlet or keep them sane. I, however, do not, and thus you can't expect me to be on here consistently. This blog is something I do in my free time, when I feel up to it, and simply for fun.