a long time ago, in a galaxy far far away, there was a music and entertainment site owned by Ticketmaster, and besides sharing news and updates, it also contained forums for different pop artists and genres. one of those was the Christina Aguilera board. it has been almost 30 years since liveDaily was created, 14 years since it closed and afterLD was launched, and 8 years since that itself closed. yours truly has been around for most of that, discovering liveDaily before Stripped came out, and ultimately opening this site's predecessor, xtina.red, in 2016, before that too shut down and aguilera.red was born. that is a long history, and the amazing bit is that people from those early beginnings still remain today, a testament to both the artist and the community that has been created through this medium.
I've lost track of which begathon number this is, but it doesn't change the fact that we are around, now, and may continue to be around, later, thanks to you and your contributions. I got us started, as it were, both in time and money, but the money factor has been all yours since after the first year, and we're still around, so, truly, thanks for that.
our goal for our current begathon is $768. I typically would include handy screenshots of the bill and all that goodness, but as I mentioned a few weeks ago, I'm changing us to a less expensive server configuration and that is a whole manual process that apparently takes a few days. it should result in no downtime, but when they do process it, the bill is due, so I'd just as rather have it available for when it comes through, assuming we're sticking around. so below is the email confirmation of the process, and the amount as given to me by their rep:
as last time, we will be using PayPal for donations, and you don't need to have a PayPal account to use it, just a valid credit card. it is the easiest and best way to make this happen, and I hope there's no issues this time around either.
thank you for your help. hope we stick around <3
We appreciate her Delusions enthusiasm for entertaining us, she’s truly exceptional. But thank you Jorgie for your ownership and once in a year dedication to this forum, keeping us together but I the same time separated. 
