If you want to contact me via irc my main handle is aimee_maree and I can be found on freenode server,
most times on #debian or #fedora
Two irc clients I recommend;
Pidgin > More User friendly nice GUI (both for Linux and PC) http://www.pidgin.im/ for security you will need to add encryption http://pidgin-encrypt.sourceforge.net/
ISSI > Command Line based highly secure not as User friendly as Pidgin but ultra fast and secure (both for Linux and PC) http://www.irssi.org/“