Well, I highly doubt that anyone at all pays attention to this, but I just found my way back to DA via a new friend who has one. I'd completely abandoned mine, but when I came back and found that I had even a couple comments on my photography, it made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside :)
I'm now off at college, and not getting in much photography. I really should, though, because I love it. And I am still on my laptop! Though it's not strictly the same one, which is a long and depressing story.