On April 3rd, 1998, Katie's Page o' Stuff was born when I decided that it was time that the world had the ability to learn about The Katie. The site flourished between that time and the middle of my freshmen year at THE Ohio State University in 2001, when I decided that it was time for a change. After talking to my lovely friend Ashley James, I determined that the old site wasn't quite . . . me . . . anymore. It was high school me, but there wasn't a trace of college me to be seen. So, I went on a massive name-hunt for my site. I chose Illuminations one night while reading Dandelion Wine. My friends shot it down. I chose Ethereality, just because it's a cool word. My friends shot it down. I chose Efficacious when my lovely friend Jonny G. mentioned his love for its obvious meaning. My friends shot it down. After a thousand names and a thousand shoot-downs, I finally spoke to Tracey, who whipped out the list of potential song titles that we made up many years ago after we decided that we were in dire need of a band of our own. We relived the story of Jeff and his pruning on the bus, and it was settled.
On March 10th, 2001, Yahoo! Geocities met Pruning the Ninja Star, and between then and October 25th, 2001, I worked rather undiligently to prepare the site for its grand opening. Fueled by Tang, cold stuffing, Ken's Steak House Ranch Dressing, and conversations with a stranger named Clay Ketterman, most of the work was done in the months of July and August between the hours of 11 PM and 3 AM while I was spending the summer at home in The BIG A-ville. Some of my finest moments, I have to say.
� Shout-Outs to My Bitchez and Hoez �
� All of the love in the entire world to Tracey, who reminded me of the sheer glory of the ninja star.
� Both my left arm and right leg to The BIG K.N., who allowed me to pester her night and day with silly questions about the site's layout and content while I was floundering in its early stages.
� A medium Iced Cappuccino and an onion bagel with garden vegetable cream cheese to Nick and Dave's Mike, who always have opinions when I need them, even if I don't always want to hear them.
� A coupon for a hearty helping of sex on the patio to Dave for allowing me to take up some of his site's space.
� A big, nasty slap on the face to my arch nemesis, Leigh, for keeping me on my toes.