Fine, the fact of the matter is I have no experience with lubes so I guessed.
Ideal birthday present...you know, that's a hard one to answer. As long as my computer is working there aren't many material things I want. In fact most of my goals are improvements to the house...an air conditioner for my room, an indoor garden, those sorts of things. And there's games, but I'm patient enough to wait until they go on sale and then get them for the price they're really worth...in fact I feel bad when people gift me games and then a few days/weeks later they're on sale for much cheaper. I grew up without much money, so I know the value of the money I have now, even though it's not much more.
I would say right now the best present I could have is for people to take on some of the civic work of this region. This region means a lot to me, and for that reason I shoulder a lot of civic work such as recruiting new nations, writing the articles for the Orendi, etc, and to be honest sometimes even I get burned out on it. It sucks recruiting 30,000 nations in a month, day in and day out, no matter how great a tool I've built for it. And if people don't have time I would appreciate a donation too. I still live paycheck to paycheck and have bills, but I still pay for our website and Minecraft server because I feel they're better than shitty free solutions that most other regions use. We deserve the best. And I'm ok with taking on those costs, but it always thrills me when someone wants to donate. I know that most of us aren't exactly rich, so it gives me a good feeling when someone wants to give a portion of what they do have to me for what I'm doing here. Makes me feel like I'm doing something right.
And having more people involved in the region just makes it more stable and less dependent on one person, and that alone sets my mind at ease.
So yeah.
