The end.

I am a social creature my identity was karpet.

Karpet spawned from trying to create a sweet name for Counter-Strike in highschool. Originally it was supposed to be magic karpet, but I could not make the magic look sweet in leet speak. As such the name karpet (k4|2p3t) stuck and that is who I was. What followed was a sense of euphoria, when people in real life started to acknowledge me as karpet, the name fit.

I was blinded by a sense of community, camaraderie, and wholeness. I carried these vibes with me when I moved to Calgary and still identified with the name. First it was Counter-Strike and then IRC then forums and finally my blog.

However there was nothing magical about it at all, as we all know a carpet is an item that decorates the bottom, covers up imperfections, and has people walk over it. The more I associated with my online nickname, the more I came to being a carpet.

I truly would not trade all of the experiences I have had for anything. But growth is a tricky thing and much like the snake, I must shed some skin.

I will have another blog, it will be much like this one except it will be me Joshua writing everything with my own name.

A thank you goes out to everyone I have met as karpet, it has made my life far richer than I could imagine, and I can not wait to meet you all as the real me.

karpet