Well, hello Bonnie!
Welcome to Hivewire 3D!
You probably can't tell, but I said that in a voice that sounded like Richard Attenborough, playing John Hammond as he greeted people to Jurassic Park...
I hope you weren't expecting dinosaurs...
Hivewire has been dinosaur free for almost six whole months now.
There may be some 3D ones but most of the little ones that were infesting the ductwork are gone now.
Or so I've been told.
Or I made the whole thing up in my mind.
It's hard to tell really.
I hope you don't mind long greetings...
It's been somewhat of a tradition that if I see a "Hello" post, I try and make the person (mostly it's people... Once there was a cat who was pretending to be a badger, but he was very mean and got banned)...
I try and make that person (or cat-badger) feel at home and welcome.
Mostly it tends to make people regret starting a hello thread, but I assure you...
Actually I can't assure you of anything as I have no idea what I'm going to say next.
But thats part of the fun of reading stuff I write... It's like a roller coaster ride in the dark with an incontinent badger in your lap...
You never know where it's leading and neither does the badger, who hopefully hasn't eaten any chile in the last few hours.
Well, anyway... As Alisa mentioned, Dylan noted that you might be joining the forums here.
That put me in a bit of a bind as Dylan is a wonderful chap and not at all a werewolf like I once thought, and knowing that someone who actually knew him in non-virtual, reach out with a stick and poke them in the ribs, real-reality, might actually be attending these forums and in fact introducing themselves at some point.
So not wanting to make Dylan, who is not at all a werewolf, though I have no actual proof... I didn't want to make him look like he had poor judgment, because I figured he would probably have mentioned that everyone at Hivewire was a nice person and we're all extremely awesomely helpful...
I don't picture him saying it exactly like that, in fact I actually pictured him singing it while riding a unicycle and playing an electric banjo...
But I assume that is inaccurate because unicycle riding, electric banjo playing 3D artists are fairly rare and what with Ireland's electric banjo embargo and super high unicycle taxes, would make the odds of that even slimmer.
Not to say that Dylan (who really, really, probably, but I'm really just guessing at it, isn't a werewolf), not to say he isn't dedicated enough to be an an accomplished unicycle riding, electric banjo playing, non-werewolf 3D artist.
If he wanted.
I have a feeling I've strayed from my point.
Excuse me for a moment while I go look up what this thread was about...
Well... That is good.
Okay... I didn't stray too far...
Welcome!
I also noted that you might be attempting to attain some level of booziness, which is fine I guess as the drinking age is different were you are as opposed to wherever the hell I am...
Seriously... I don't recognize this place...
Well... I'm not crazy about the dungeon look or the bars on the windows, but at least they have WiFi...
Anyway...
I suppose as long as you are just marching and not going to operate a flamethrower or motorized vehicle of some sort, it's probably no big deal.
Drinking and flying helicopters is a terrible idea.
Although I once operated one of those electric plastic kiddy cars down a flight of stairs after a "few" beers, which I did all in the name of science...
That was fun...
The next morning it proved to be less fun...
Apparently, I had not calculated earth's gravity into the equation...
Nor the door at the bottom of the stairs... Nor the stairs beyond that door...
Nor the concrete walkway beyond that... And the rosebush was a total surprise... As was the hill behind it.
That busy intersection below the hill was a known factor, but...
Really, the plastic car became a non factor fairly early into the experiment and the rest was mostly involved rolling and tumbling...
Anyway...
Hello.
I probably should introduce myself.
Actually, I just thought about it and that's a pretty terrible idea... I have a profile and if anyone were crazy enough to read it it would serve the purpose of further informing you of who or whatever I am.
Don't read it.
In fact don't read this post at all.
Bloody late for that now, eh?
Well... To be honest I'm just assuming you are not actually reading this at all, since most people are sane enough to see a lot of words and assume the person writing them is quite insane.
So if you are not reading this, congratulations on being quite sane...
Sorry about the other alternative if you are still reading.
But on the flip side, if you are still reading this and are not insane, you are probably quite persistent...
Persistence is a great asset in 3D art.
But I'm sure Dylan (who absolutely might not be a werewolf) has gone over that with you, as he seems to be a great teacher...
I'm only basing that on the fact that he sounds smart and his dog wears eyeglasses, which I'm assuming is because he taught her to read and she really like mystery novels and classic 18th century Russian literature.
For some reason pit bulls seem wacky for Trediakovsky...
Anyway...
Hi.
Well... I hope you like it here... If you are still here after reading that.
Please don't every let anything I write or say, reflect poorly on the other people here at Hivewire... They are all wonderful people, especially Dylan whom I've recently discovered is a werewolf...
But he is a great werewolf/person and a great teacher of stuff, as evidenced by his dog...
Well, I should go before you start questioning your sanity, or starting hating reading.
Have a great time and good luck!
Oh... Look out for Dylan... I hear he is a werewolf.
Great teacher though.
Bye!
Hi Bonnie and a very warm welcome to the Hive! 
