So I figured it was time for a new newspost. And it's ClockDay so what better time to do it?

FYI; I am not a real Clock, I should have become one, but I don't want to anymore. But let me use this newspost to discuss why i have this name and how I came to be.

In the year 2007, April, I believe it was, I found NewGrounds. It was all because of a Madness animation about a school shooting. Weird, since V-tech happened that same month. But watching that animation, NG began to grow on me. And within time, it was already May, and I was exploring the many parts of Pre-Redesign NG. By June, I had found a group that I found quite interesting. As you probably have guessed, it was the Clock Crew.

Being 11 at the time (Oh wow, feels like a long time ago), I learned as much as I could and drew comics, made clay figures, the works. I was an 11 year old kid with a fascination for Madness, the Clock Crew, and the internet in general, but ESPECIALLY NewGrounds. By July I was visiting this site every day, evenon vacations I wanted to check NewGrounds for cool animations.

And then, the redesign came.

The site was down for a few days, and when it was back up, I was appalled. it was so much fun exploring the areas of the new site, looking for secrets and such. Watching animations on the then new front page with the music added. Fun times.

Then August came, and I was still a lurker of NewGrounds. But, while on another vacation, I thought, hey, why don't I become a MEMBER of NewGrounds? Granted, I had my doubts, me being 11 I felt that I would get in trouble for being underaged. However, within a week or so, I had gotten over my fears.

I asked my mom at the time, (I didn't have an e-mail address, wow, this was a LONG time ago) if I could join. She was fine with it. What would my name be though? I thought and thought, then realized that I wanted to be part of the Clock Crew. I liked SaltshakerClock, it had a nice ring to it. So, within time, I was SaltshakerClock, an underaged user on NewGrounds.

It wasn't long until I met some NG friends. IceCubeClock (or however his name was spelt), aLIsters, and within a few months, BrazilianNinja became my friends. I know there were more that I have probably forgotten, but I digress. Today, i still see aListers post on the BBS sometimes, and I think IceCubeClock remembers me. BrazilianNInja I talk to every now and then, but nothing like when we used to have long conversations over PM.

However, within time, i realized I was not a Clock just because I had the name. I had to join the CC website. At the time though, I was on a confidence boost from joining NG underaged. I figured, hey, I can join anywhere. Wrong. I entered CC with my real age, which was 11 at the time, and I was unable to get an account. it didn't directly say, "You are too young" but I figured it out soon enough. I felt like lying about my age was wrong too (Hey there 11 year old morality) so I forgot about it. Everywhere I went on the internet that followed in the months after, I used this username. And everywhere I went, I had to explain that I was not a Clock, or in the case of deviantArt, I had to explain my name was not SaltshakerCOCK. Yeah. Fun times.

Years passed and I grew less and less fond of the name. Knowing that it grouped me with the Clock Crew yet somehow thinking they would know I'm not one of them bothered me. I've tried multiple times to get my name changed, but to no avail. Within time I figured out that I needed to write a big long paper about how I wanted my name changed, and not just a tiny, few sentenced PM.

And with that explained, I am here to say that I plan to make the days of this username numbered. I might have one of my alts changed to this name (Just so no grubby newcomer doesn't take it), but I plan to change it to something a little less childish, or rather, childish in my head.

Don't get me wrong, I like the name, and I have some emotional attachment to it (Getting kind of mushy, isn't it?), but I don't think it represents me anymore. Did it represent me as an 11 year old CC crew wannabe? Yeah, it sure did. Does it represent the person I am now? I don't really believe so, but those who hardly know me, or know me as of recently, may think otherwise.

So, fellow NewGrounders. I think the time has come. Say goodbye to SaltShakerClock and hello to ____________.

Happy Clock Day everyone. :)

AND EDIT: JUST FIXED SOME SHTUFF.