let's all take a moment to appreciate the fact that i - yes - changed my account name for the fourth consecutive time in eight years. that's consistency right there, lads 

In honor of me celebrating eight years on the interwebz, i've decided to reboot my online self quite a bit. it's not anything huge, it's just.... i marie kondo'ed my account, basically. so, for those of you who are interested: 

• i changed my name from -ericsnams to jaecomponents (i love jae so sue me). i also changed my name on ao3 to the same thing, so it doesn't feel weird crossposting my works anymore 
• i cleaned out my blog. i realize i've been going through some rough patches in life, and maybe in 2014 i thought that vague-posting about it late at night would make me feel better - it ultimately didn't, and now i just feel.... weird, looking back at my own angsty hopelessness. i don't think aff was the right forum for that kind of content, and it's gone now. mental health - mine, especially - has had a top priority for me for a few years now, and i'd rather not advertise myself as the kind of hopeless and depressed person i was when i was at my lowest. new year, new me, damn it! 
• i went through all of my published stories, and deleted a few (Carpe ing Diem, Suicidal, Runs In The Family, In The Dark and my review portfolio), mainly because they're works i loved writing, but didn't enjoy reading again. 'Suicidal' was a disrespectful and bleak attempt at writing mental illnesses at a time where it was 'haute couture' in fiction to lightly glaze over it, and i do in no way support making entertainment out of any kind of mental issue, in real life or on the internet. i should definitely have known better, i didn't, and it's gone. end of that! i won't be reviewing anything for the forseeable future - not until i've given myself and my own work a thorough once-over!
• furthermore, i've edited my #fictober-story into a more general drabble dump. i didn't finish fictober last year, and i'm pretty bummed i didn't, but instead of keeping this unfinished piece of work to guilt trip myself into writing more, i'll keep it around as a playground for smaller works that don't necessarily require 5,000+ words each
• the works i've kept will be crossposted to ao3 this weekend, and moving forward, i'll continue to post both here and there. i'll try to write more, and re-join the community on here, but hopefully with renewed energy and (let's be honest) improved writing skills. lessGITIT boys! 

you know i had to do it to em