I am still very much alive and well.
Just spoke with gold and I'll need to redact/rollback a few of my posts due to character issues, and I've got finals this week.
On top of that I don't have reliable internet at home and have to bum it from libraries and the college, AFTER I get my RL stuff taken care of.
SotE is great, but vs. RL it's pretty far down the totem pole so please be patient and I should be back soon.