Kiotu

It's -definitely- fun. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Lemme explain what's been going on for the last few days. On Monday, I took a plane across Australia from Sydney, where I live, to Perth, where my grandfather and his wife lives. From there, we travelled out to their farm an hour north of the city, and I've been here since Tuesday afternoon. Since then I've been herding cows, making fires, cooking marshmellows, feeding livestock, moving (300 pounds of) dirt to make a new garden, pruning grape vines, and back-burning. Yes, back-burning. Which is completely awesome. Seriously, raking leaves, setting them on fire, and watching it spread when night's approaching is really cool. Before you think something like "zomguh Kiotu, that's dangerous", you have to remember, it's not, really. It was a controlled fire, and only the dry, crusty leaves would ever catch alight. Normal grass may have been burnt, but it doesn't catch on fire, really, it's too moist. So, not only does it clear away some massive amount of leaves (we're guessing around a tonne in the area we covered in an hour, without haste), it's actually safer in the long run. By burning the fuel source now, it helps against bushfires if they ever come around. So, yes, life has been awesome these last few days. Which is good. Glad to escape from the city setting and see the country for a change. It's been pretty fun. Except for the blisters. They hurt. This will affect my time on BZP, though. I'm only able to get onto the comp for about five minutes every couple hours or so. There are some exceptions, however. In the mornings, because of my jet-lag, I wake up two hours before everyone else, and in the afternoon, when we all hang low during the middle of the day. This will be the case until Monday-week, when I head back home to Sydney. But I'll be around. There's some other stuff I need to write about, but I'll put that into a different blog entry. -K

Voting this round was incredibly close, with the first ever tie for third. Since then, all of the RPGs have been posted and are moving at a quick pace. It seems like the slump in activity in the RPG forum has possibly ended. If you've been waiting to get into RPing, now would be the best time, since the new ones have just started (with the exception of Darkspace, but catching up shouldn't be a problem ). Returning RPers should check out the new ones as well: Early Days, by TPTI Darkspace, by Lloyd The War for Elementum-Nui, by Toa Levacius Zehvor And as always, congrats to the winners! -K

I think that was our original idea, actually. -K

No, this is about the name for the Toa in stasis on Odina. -K

There's also final exams for us around then. -K

Guys, I need to talk to you guys about BZPWriMo's status. Hahli Husky recently PM'd me about BZPWriMo, and how it would be best if it were moved from July, for the sake of both this and the official Summer Olympics slated for the same time slot. It wouldn't be so great if entrants from this contest were unable to participate in the official ones because of time, or that entrants from the other had no way to participate in this one. I completely agree. With both going on at the same time, neither contest can really do as well as they would've. However, there's no real reason to be disappointed. If you were looking forward to some serious writing, don't forget about the Summer Olympics. Multiple events should keep you happy for July and August, and Velox and I will reschedule the WriMo to another month, soon. Thanks everyone for understanding. -K