thanks for the warm welcome, all! there seem to be a few questions and concerns floating about, and we can't have that, can we? I'll try to tackle them as randomly as possible.
1. why did i call you all foxes ... i have no idea. i like foxes? the moon was full ... and it was ... friday.
2. can you borrow my book ... no! I have the feeling i'd get it back covered in drool and soggy bits of mashed uni horns.
3. the clan question ... i was in DS, my first and only clan, then it disbanded. Three of us spammed up the DS boards for a month in anguish while waiting for it to come back ... and it didn't seem to be coming back, so i let myself get talked into joining TD, went to one war with TD and then whammo DS was back! So I'm DS. I felt bad about leaving TD, but hey. And I really didn't need to say all this because Final answered it already.
4. i didn't make my sig. wish i had skills like that, yeh, i love my siggy too

i'll pass along your compliments to the pixel chef.
5. the whole corruption thing ... like, omg, i dunno what happened, before i came here i was pure as the driven snow ... and then i entered forums and blacked out, sorta, and dreamed i was talking to a giant rat, and it was almost like my typing fingers were being controlled by a malicious, albeit unseen australian !! *shudder* I won't be making THAT mistake again.
*runs off to enter forums*