It's easy.

Go to www.mlive.com.

(You can chat without registering, but please register so you can use your board name and we'll know which beloved AWAD friend you are.)

Click on the box at the top of the mlive page which is titled "Chat Xtra."

In the box which says, "start chatting now," click on the "go chat" orange arrow button under the "choose a main room" dropdown menu.

On the left will be a list of people in the chat room you are in. Click on your name.

To the right of that list will be a box containing the conversations in the chat room. Underneath that is a box in which to type your messages. In the message box, type </j awad> without the angle brackets. Be careful; the system is case sensitive.

Once you hit enter after typing in /j awad, you'll be in the awad chatroom.