I've made a lot of mistakes in my life. I know that this is the case with everyone. It's a process. You can't grow as a person without making a mistake. Some fall into categories that you can look back on and laugh, while others are difficult, nigh impossible, to surpass.

For a moment of introspection, I will admit that I have a tendency to ignore my mistakes on a person to person level. Acknowledging them is hard to do and in many causes I take the cowards way out - ignore it, pretend it never happened.

The past year I learned a lot about the necessity of stepping up to your mistake and staring at it eye to eye without flinching (maybe a wince, however). Perhaps more than a wince, perhaps a full fledged shudder should be in order.

Unfortunately, I realize that there are some mistakes that a person can make that they can't recover from. I'm talking about the mistakes that cause others emotional pain. For them, it may deaden over time, but the damage done will always remain, lodged somewhere in their psyche.

I decided this year that for every wrong I have made, I want to try and correct it as best I can. And even if I can't make it "go away", I can at least acknowledge it - as hard as that may be. Sadly, in some cases, it's all I can do. But, I'm trying and I hope that counts for something.

And now, it's time for a new picture.

Haha! No picture for you! I lied!

I felt immeasurable guilt for lying (not really). So, I give unto you (Jonesy, for buying that 20" widescreen flat panel monitor and usurping the beauty of my own wee 17")...The Hate of Kitty

My blog has gotten a serious makeover and it's all thanks to Seven. A big round of applause everyone! I don't know about you, but the orange scheme was getting a bit bland after awhile.

Prank and Whisper: I know you want me to continue the short story that I started and I will. I promise. I'll try and have something up by tomorrow afternoon.

JOINT RULER ANNOUNCEMENT
Doc.116.2007//<723.EOP.122>

"It is to the effect of this official statement that the Seven Nation and the Nightbug Kingdom are formally allies and strategic partners in the furtherance of Science, Machiavellian Domination of the Human Race, and the push for the expansion of our Dominion into Space."

SECTION I
"Do it big or stay in bed." Larry Kelly

While although the two parties involved are named as "Nation" and "Kingdom," we are in truth, a network of secret societies without geographic boundary. While this announcement reveals the existence of said parties, their operatives, the companies the operatives work for, and the plans they are charged with executing will remain unknown to all outsiders.

Because these two societies are geographically diverse, the need for communication over both private and public network communities remains an issue. For the public communication, codes will be transmitted by casual conversation - effectively saying the right thing at the right time - without the use of codes and numbers. Even knowing about the communication technique doesn't help anyone if you don't have the source codebook.

SECTION II
"Life being what it is, one dreams of revenge." Paul Gauguin

Because of the intrinsic nature of these two organizations, very little needs to be done in order to integrate all of the resources available to both parties. And because both organizations thrive because of a lack of knowledge on the part of the general populace, this is going to be a very short section as far as the public is concerned. But we're just going to give a few hints to really torment those not involved in the details. Two words: Subterranean Rivers. There's thousands of miles of them around the globe. And can you even imagine the parent company of Caliber & Velocity? Oh, and another thing: look up MJ XII and Neurocam International. Just do it.

SECTION III
"Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't." Mark Twain

Seven Nation Goals: Wouldn't you like to know? Ha ha ha ha!
Nightbug Kingdom Goals: We apologize that we are unable to accommodate the public's request for further information at
this time.

For those conspiracy theorists who devote their lives to hunting down secret societies, we have a little hint for you. Unfortunately, we have inconveniently forgotten to translate the hint from binary to English.

"01110111011001010010111001100100011001010110 0001011011000010111001101001011011100010111001 00110101001001010011100100010000101110010000110 10011110100111001010100010100100100111101001100"

SECTION IV recruiting & incentivizing
"When smashing monuments, save the pedestals - they always come in handy" Stanislaw Lem

We typically do not recruit lower-end minions. While although education is pretty nice, ability to be creative is typically another trait that we pursue in minion selection. And of course, willingness to undergo cybernetic enhancement. Our benefits package typically includes little things like instant bioelectochemical corporeal reconstruction. Especially for the minions that do the dirty work. Many people of the gaming persuasion would recognize this as "extra lives."

Upper Executives would have - effectively - carte blanche with regards to resources, would be paid a base salary and then scalable bonuses depending on both their success and the overall success of the mutual societies. In order to facilitate the payment of Executives and Minions, Master Seven does not take in a stipend. After all, he OWNS the Seven Nation.

Also, as both societies are sharing resources, the Nightbug Kingdom also gets a fair share of what Netizens used to recognize as villainsupply.com. This is an affirmation that the Seven Nation did, in fact, buy them.

* * *

In closing, this announcement is purely for those who follow conspiracy theories, and tend to think that secret societies control every event that occurs in the world. Do you hear us, conspiracy theorists? WE'RE TALKING ABOUT YOU.

While the raging paranoia stews over in the corner where the conspiracy theorists are attempting to hide, we turn our attention to the general public. All we have to say is, "You may return to what you were doing. Remember to enjoy life, don't work too hard, and don't think too hard. Nobody likes a pushy sheep."

I woke this morning and it wasn't to my delight.

My immune system stepped out for a holiday, packing it's bags with hard working white blood cells and loading them on a squeaky Grey Hound bus destined for Vegas. I'm sure they plan on gambling away the remainder of my vitality in the hopes of hitting it big and buying the affections of a statuesque blonde wearing only a green feathered tiara.

I was greeted with mind numbing chills upon opening the door and discovered, to my heart's delight, snow. Either that or Heimdall, guardian to the rainbow bridge to Asgard, had stopped by for a visit and left his dandruff behind by accident.

Sniffles forgotten, I proceeded to giggle maniacally and "tra la la" to my car until a troupe of Yetis armed with potato cannons burst from the woods surrounding my apartment complex.

Mere inches away from me, they were beseiged suddenly by twenty cartwheeling purple pixies singing "Dancing in the Rain".

A furious battle ensued.

Wings, fur, and frogs (their little scarves flapping in the wind) were flying willy nilly through the air only to be interrupted when the heavens parted, peeked at the chaos, and proceeded to lob freezing chunks of ice at everyone below.

A shrill voice sounded through the night, "Get inside this instant! You'll catch your death out there!"

Breaking out umbrellas against the onslaught, pixies and Yetis alike moodily stomped home, kicking an errant can and grumbling as they went.

So far, the rest of the day has been rather uneventful.

...Maybe I shouldn't mix and match my cold medication so much next time.

I have a big project to do for school, so I shall reward you with comics and a short commentary.


This only proves that Stapler Mayhem is not as rewarding as the name would lead you to believe.



Natural selection - oh, if only it were this easy.



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