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Three days ago, I decided to change my name on Gaia. This wasn't a decision I made hastily, and in some ways I'm still adjusting to it. I haven't entirely abandoned my former identity as Osakasan_Kasuga-- I've kept two-thirds of my old sig (the only alteration was changing the Laughing Man image to a still of Nobue from the first episode of Ichigo Mashimaro), and I'm still posting at the Music forum as regularly as I did before. But I still feel the name change reflects a profound alteration in attitude, and a definitive break from the past.

When I was Osakasan_Kasuga, I made a lot of snarky, sarcastic posts in the Music forum, and also a lot of snotty elitist posts where I'd say nasty things about Fall Out Boy or Panic! At The Disco while extolling the virtues of Diamanda Galas or Joe Maneri. And after a while, I just got tired of being so obnoxious; especially once I got to know some of the other forum regulars better, and realized many of them were actually fans of the bands I was treating so savagely, and had intelligent and well-reasoned things to say about their music. Several of these people (in particular, Tara Without Sound and KaraKara! At The Disco) introduced me to bands that I probably wouldn't have listened to before... and as a result, I started to reconsider my outlook, and I realized I was often being mean simply for the sake of it, and I wasn't happy with myself as a result.

So the new name reflects a shift in how I approach things here... not a change in musical opinions (if I dislike a band, I'm going to say so, no matter what), but a change in the way I post. No more dogging repeat threads with admonitions to go to the official thread; no more barking at people because they might have different musical tastes from mine. I'm turning over a new leaf, and I want to put the more obnoxious elements of my old identity behind me.