Well, it's been a long time since I've updated the Blaaaaahhhhhg. Over a year, in fact. But it's not my fault, it's because BZPower only does this Premier Perks thing once a year!

What's that you say? It is my fault, because I could have paid for Premier Membership instead of waiting a whole year? SILENCE, FOOL!

Let's get down to business. Obviously, due to the Forum Downtime, this Premier Perks thing was delayed for nearly a month. If that had not been the case, I would have been continuing my plan of giving you status updates on Vakama's Secret and The Search for the Mask of Light. However, because of the delay, I can't give you a status update such as "I'm writing chapter 15 now" for the former story, and for the latter story... I really have bad writer's block, because I have not written anything since the last time I could update the Blaaaaahhhhhg!

But why can't I give that kind of status update for Vakama's Secret? Well... because I finished the darn thing!

That's right - I took advantage of the Forum Downtime, sat down in front of my computer, and said to myself: "Alright, PeabodySam, you must stop talking to yourself." Then, I said to myself: "Alright, PeabodySam, you've got to finish this story that you've been working on for two years... before the end of July!"

I thought that giving myself a deadline would make me anxious, and anxiety presumably brings that Writer's Block, or else lower-quality chapters. Instead, giving myself a deadline made me work harder and longer on it, and on July 31... I finished Vakama's Secret! And I said to myself: "Great! Now I gotta post it!"

"... oh yeah, that's right... BZPower is offline. DARN IT!"

So, I waited...

... and waited...

... and waited... Is this getting repetitive?

... and waited... Seriously, I think I should stop with the waiting.

... and waited... OKAY, ENOUGH WAITING ALREADY!

... and finally, today I checked BZPower, and to my delight I saw the news entry titled "The Forums Return". So, in no time at all, I updated The Story of Frosam's Review Topic and posted Vakama's Secret! And, if you want to read this long-awaited Epic, sit down and click!

Alright, seriously, click this instead.