I figure President's Day was a good day to make the following confession that I am sure will blow the mind of every single person that has ever visited this page: I am not really George W. Bush, former president of the United States of America. Now even though I am sure you are shocked, I hope you aren't too disappointed! The truth is, my name is really Shaun and my main account here at deviantART is ~cool4dude So I guess, feel free to send hate mail there from now on instead of here.

Now, to share a little bit about what this was. Roughly 4 years ago, I took a look at various "celebrity" accounts here at dA and was extremely disappointed that no one was actually using them. They were just sitting on them doing nothing. There was a georgebush account, and a georgewbush account and both were pretty much inactive. I decided it was time to have a celebrity account that actually did something, but what?

The answer, of course was shitty poems, and crappy MSpaint drawings. For one thing, it's about all I'm capable of. Also, it seemed very apt given this was supposed to be an account for George Bush. I had a little bit bolder ambitions in the beginning. I had hoped I could be more active, but laziness prevailed more often than not. Still though, I think I put up a reasonable amount of stuff, and I hope it was entertaining on one level.

I want to thank all the people that took this account the right way. The people that knew it was a joke, without acknowledging it was a joke. Thanks for playing along, I hope it was fun. This account really got every reaction under the sun. Some people addressed me as if I was genuinely the President of the United States, without a hint of humor. Some people treated me like I was a loyal republican living out my dreams in some twisted internet experiment. Some people treated me like a anti-American piece of trash. I've had everything from praise for "hating Bush" to death threats. Seriously, someone said they wanted to choke me to death, wanted me to die of cancer, wanted to kill my whole family. The reactions I got were what made this interesting. Frankly though, I am a little surprised that I never got a knock on the door from the Secret Service.

Anyway, this account will stay up. Everything I have posted will stay posted. I don't really have any plans to post anymore, because the man is out of office, and there is no reason to beat a dead horse. I guess if I am inspired to post more, I will, and we can all just forget I ever posted this journal.

To those that thought my comics were amusing, I urge you to check out my webcomic Poop Toast! [link]

I hope you had as much fun with this account as I did. It was funny to just be able to pop into a chat room with this name and inevitably have someone swear at you. Have some fun guys. Have some fun.

~~cool4dude