I want to speak on a subject which all in the vamp community experience. 
That is your role and relationship to society and with those around you. 
As vamps, we have to realize that we are a part of the society around us, 
but in being who we are, we must also be careful and cautious with our 
relationships with others. Most misunderstand us and have had only what 
the film industry has told them about us. Others think we are immortal 
killers who suck the life and blood of victums. This makes too many 
believe that they must therefore hunt us or try to kill us.
 
So we are first faced with these attitudes perpetuated by those of the 
film industry. It is not easy changing such long held attitudes, so we 
must be careful about who we disclose our true selves to, since most 
will not either believe nor understand what the true vamp is, and there 
may be those who would respond with aggression. So caution in our 
relationships is a must. We do not need to think that we cannot be a 
part of this society, we just must be careful with who we share our 
vampirism with, if anything, to avoid unnecessary harrassment and 
crticism which we all can do without.

We also should be true to who we are, that is, live our lives as we know 
that to be. We should not have to feel that we must hide in the shadows 
either. Because so many are misimformed about us, it is up to us to try 
to change this film industry thinking about us. One forum we have is 
this technology of the computer. With the explosive growth of the 
internet and personal computers, more people are using this medium for 
information, and that is one place we can correct the myths and 
misconceptions about us. And we can do this in relative safety. So I 
encourage all of you as vamps to freely but carefully speak about your 
vampirism to those here on the internet who would not know or are most 
likely misimformed.

Like maybe some of you, I have had reactions from just disbelief to 
outright threats with the knowledge of my vampirism. In your life 
offline, consider the immediate people around you, your friends and your 
family members. Are there any of them that you think you could tell 
about yourself? Start there with connecting with others on who you are. 
We must communicate and live with all those around us both at home and 
at work. Consider who among them you can reveal who you are, but also 
remember that probably most will not understand and many will redicule. 
It is a balance we undertake in our relationships deciding on who may or 
may not understand, but it is only souls like us that can change the 
misconceptions of ordinary people in our society.

Remember, there are many more of us then you may think. We may be 
distanced by many miles, but we have the technology of our computers to 
change that. We have the opportunity of meeting many others like us in 
this life. So you may feel alone sometimes, but the soul down the street 
may well be as you and I, a true vampire. Only with the reaching out by 
us to others like us, the kindred, may we further develop the 
relationships we will have tomorrow. To know yourself and another will 
bridge those miles between us.