Now if you go and look at my profile you'll see that apparently the date I joined is 23rd May 2007. This date is wrong and not just because, as most of you know, I joined BCUK in May 2005.

Last year a few bloggers joined me in Birmingham for my birthday which happens to be June 1st. One of my gifts was a tee-shirt that said "Loves kids! As a parent not a sicko!" which I found hysterical and what made is extra special was that it also happens to be one of my tags. On the reverse of the shirt it said "I'm a foster dad!"

Anyhoo, once back in Wales I showed off my tee to our foster lad. "That's one of your tags isn't it?" he asked at which point it was blindingly obvious he read my blog. Thus the arrival of Landers (and old nickname from school) and the death of Paddy (a new nickname from Wales!). I stopped blogging in GayButNotWelsh and in RobsPlace and started using LandersUK, which is where I've been since.

So, this change of blog happened after my birthday... June 1st... Landers signed up to blog in June 2007, not May. So the date on my profile is wrong.

A coincidence is that I actually joined blog in May 2005... as Landers!

I used to use LiveJournal but hated the blog web address as it was very long winded and wanted something that was easy to tell my technophobic mother. A quick hop into Google and a basic search for "blog" took me to blog.co.uk (beta) and within seconds I was signed up and hooked. This was in May 2005 and it wasn't long before I found Andy, Juz, Lynda, Dean, Jake and many others so my friends list began growing. In the February of 2006 I organised the first Bloscars and although it was went well I got a bit pissed off with the shitty emails I was getting from people telling me it was a pathetic idea or that it was just a way for me to boost the ego's of people on my friends list. The emails got more and more insulting until in the end I decided to just leave.

Three months later I was back, as MrBrightside but only told a few people. This was in the days when you could change your username so when I decided to come back properly I changed the username to Paddy and began inviting friends back again.

This was how I stayed until I moved over to Landers due to the foster kid (please see above!).

So, what I'm trying to say is that sometime in the middle of May of 2005 I joined BCUK and now, sometime in the middle of May in 2008, it could be my blogging anniversary. Three years later I/ve made some fantastic friends, got close to wonderful people, met people who are going to stay in my life, chatted with people I've yet to meet but know I'm desperate to and got to tour the BCUK HQ, meet those who make it happen and generally make a nuisance of myself.

I love blogging. Happy Anniversary me!