Ah, here we have the ever energetic Kiri and her magical "Word Sword". People who have seen this image ask me occasionally what's with the "w00t" on it. Well, there's a story to that. Originally, I was a pretty big anti-fan of internet abbreviations. It's a rare day in hell that you'll see me use internet slang on this site, particularly acronyms, although I hate to attribute that to the sheer length of some of my writings. In any case, I'm a fast typer, so I generally take the long way around, however, there are some fabulously contagious slang out there that are far more valuable as a whole than the sum of their parts. "w00t" is such a word.

Now, you might have a hard time believing that a long winding writer like me would like the word "w00t", especially since I have a bit of a vendetta against people who write entire paragraphs in "1337" , if only because I can't read them, but w00t is the only exception, because it has evolved pass being just a convenient misspelled abbreviation and has taken on a cultural meaning all onto itself.

What I love the most about "w00t" is it's viral reputation and the mysterious history behind it that has taken shape through internet culture, despite no one knowing it's through origin. It is in essence, a child born from the form of global communication and interaction. Although there are several other words that have done this, I personally feel that none compare to the sheer beauty and energy of "w00t", and I have fond memories of the word in utilization, as a result, I decided to make Kiri heavily associated with the word. Oh yeah, for those careful observers, that actually is a slower case "w" on the Word Sword, it just seems bigger because of the perspective and the font I used.