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Week Thirty-Nine: Let's Dance All's quiet on the western front. As usual it's been a crazy busy week, but all told, a pretty fun week. Unfortunately, I can't always talk about all the fun stuff that happened, or in what context it happened. Because there are secrets. Horrible, horrible secrets. This week's going to have a short entry because I can't think of anything else to write about that isn't a secret you'll find out about over the next couple of weeks wink Gaia: The Gathering Meetings are the things we hate to love and love to hate -- they're an essential and annoying part of being in a company that's trying to do 203948 different things, but still make it seem like our site has some semblance of cohesion. If you're unfortunate enough to work on the Event/Sponsorship/Quest team (see last week's update) you're in about 15 meetings a week. Some meetings are a blast. I mean, when you get 5 or 6 Gaia HQers together with the objective being to make something fun, and there are no rules, we usually end up laughing our asses off before the meeting is done. Asses successfully removed, we can then proceed to serious business. A major source of humor is the tremendous, unfettered evil of several Gaia HQ staffers (yours truly included). Gaians everywhere should consider themselves fortunate that we haven't executed some of our more twisted ideas, unleashed some of our more brash punishments, or turned Gaian against Gaian in what surely would be a gruesome digital Civil War. (SIDE NOTE: Does "gruesome" mean "filled with grue"? What is "grue" and where can I buy it?) Fortunately, we talk about these horrific ideas, but an hour of laughing about it usually gets it out of our system long enough to come up with the actual ideas we end up turning into events and features. On the other hand, some meetings are incredibly dull and tedious and can only be likened to a Friday afternoon Calculus 2 class. No pain no gain, though right? Everyone's got to eat a little dirt before they die.

Posted by: Fleep Fri Mar 30, 2007 @ 10:08pm

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Commented on: Fri Mar 30, 2007 @ 10:17pm


	What's the secret this time Fleep! Tell us! D: Side Note Can you tell one of the Admins to put back the missing items on Prize and Joy? gonk domokun

Commented on: Fri Mar 30, 2007 @ 10:19pm


	Fleep A major source of humor is the tremendous, unfettered evil of several Gaia HQ staffers (yours truly included). xd heart

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Commented on: Fri Mar 30, 2007 @ 10:22pm


	Coolish. whee oh secerts ... ninja

Commented on: Fri Mar 30, 2007 @ 10:29pm


	O_O Do you guys really have ideas that would cause a Gaia civil war to erupt? I mean, we're on the turning point with every plot and feature update. Half of the forums also have intenal strife, at least the big ones with strong community elements, including the GD, GCD, and ED.

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Commented on: Fri Mar 30, 2007 @ 10:31pm


	That comic was painful to read DX And some time you'll have to share these gruesome ideas, Fleep man biggrin

Commented on: Fri Mar 30, 2007 @ 10:46pm


	The horrific image sums up my feelings about meetings. This is my last day of vacation and my boss already sent me six emails about when/where/what meetings. So 15 meetings... lucky you. Did I mention my boss likes to have meetings at lunchtime? Perhaps it's about time I learn some martial arts pirate

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Commented on: Fri Mar 30, 2007 @ 10:46pm


	"Horrible, horrible, secrets"?! SHOCK LE GASP!~

Commented on: Fri Mar 30, 2007 @ 11:11pm


	Well, you can get your fill of fresh, hot groo here: It's Groo-Full!

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Commented on: Fri Mar 30, 2007 @ 11:22pm


	Ooo.. Secrets... ~Gimmeh! ~ EDIT: - I've never had Calculus ^^ Whatver that is... Ah the joys of England.

Commented on: Fri Mar 30, 2007 @ 11:25pm


	I'm a bored English major, so I looked up "grue" in the Oxford English Dictionary for you. It has five noun meanings: 1. With negatives: not a (one) grue, no grue: not an atom, not a whit. 2. A crane. 3. A kind of meal cake made in Cheshire. 4. The action of GRUE v.1; shivering, shuddering; a shiver, shudder. 5. Ice in flakes, or detached pieces. The verb meanings are: 1. Shuddering (esp. in horror) 2. The call of a crane So as far as I can tell gruesome either has something to do with that crane kick from the Karate Kid or with making a person shudder in horror.

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Commented on: Fri Mar 30, 2007 @ 11:56pm


	That man with those eyes has FOREVER scared me for life. gonk gonk gonk

Commented on: Fri Mar 30, 2007 @ 11:56pm


	It's a secret that involves flying bananas and drunken fish. Am I right or am I right? wink

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Commented on: Sat Mar 31, 2007 @ 12:18am


	Hi! my name is Vix` smile

Commented on: Sat Mar 31, 2007 @ 12:32am


	Umm... well.... I'm here! surprised Sorry, nothing interesting to say today xD I can't wait for the next update - after all, I'm a plot maniac <3 That's what happens when the first forum you visit when joining Gaia is the Mothership... or any other event subforum, for that matter.

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Commented on: Sat Mar 31, 2007 @ 12:43am


	Screw you Fleep. Please don't ban me for saying that. D: I loved second semester calculus. Who needs gaia when you have the improper integral?

Commented on: Sat Mar 31, 2007 @ 12:55am


	I used to have Cal everyday my senior year in high school, last class of the day too. It was awesome. emo Though I know this isn't your department, a gaia fighting game would be hilarious. xD All the npcs coming together to kick each other's butts, yeah, that's made of win. Make it so fleep! crying

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Commented on: Sat Mar 31, 2007 @ 01:01am


	That's why my computer crashes while i'm typing something important! ha ha just kidding.

Commented on: Sat Mar 31, 2007 @ 01:03am


	Nice read Fleep,as usual..I cant find anything else to say cos I am utterly grossed out by that "horrific" link...Thanks for the nightmares to come dear Fleep! gonk xx anyhoos!

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Commented on: Sat Mar 31, 2007 @ 01:07am


	ok i cant wait for these secret things fleep youve got me all paranoid now ...well hope it turns out sweet say a story line up date ? lol well good luck

Commented on: Sat Mar 31, 2007 @ 02:03am


	does Friday at lunch time Calc 2 class count? definantly had that today...though i'd say having a 3 hour lab on Friday afternoon is worse (stupid honor's college making the only lab for my section Friday at 1:45 scream ). i can't wait to see the slightly less horrific ideas that you guys came up with. i don't like meetings...i tend to fall asleep during them.

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Commented on: Sat Mar 31, 2007 @ 02:10am


	Magic reference! eek My Calculus class was, surprisingly, awesome. I sat way in the back and came up with the craziest ideas, most which revolved ninjas. Like the ultimate ninja weapon was Napalm Cookies because then you could lure your opponent to the sweet taste of death with flavor that seems to explode in your mouth. The trick was to not have them explode in the oven. domokun Next few weeks? Sounds exciting. What will be released? Will Fleep finally get the break he's been so desperately looking for? And what about those meetings? Will I ever stop writing questions? Stay tuned for next week's entry. Same Fleep-Time, same Fleep-Place.

Commented on: Sat Mar 31, 2007 @ 02:17am


	Twisted ideas FTW You should include a section of ideas gone wrong XD

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Commented on: Sat Mar 31, 2007 @ 02:45am


	brainstomr is usually cool XDD Agree w/ Sheshira :3

Commented on: Sat Mar 31, 2007 @ 02:55am


	-steals- That comic was horrible to read. DD : I hope mine will never get that dull. Which reminds me..I'm running a week or two behind. x.x Anywho, glad to know that you guys are evil? Hmm, no wonder you aren't afraid of us in the SoF thread. x D

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Commented on: Sat Mar 31, 2007 @ 03:12am


	It is dark. You are likely to be eaten by a grue. I named my Coco "Grue." Four or five people gonked at it and said "OMG THAT IS A PERFECT NAME!" ... xd Anylo. Gaia's horrible secrets really couldn't shock me. I ... could probably shock you with some horror stories out of Gaia's remote past however. Like. July 2004: The Month of No Avatars! I swear the avatar server died in a big way. It was heinous. If you saved your avatar during that time, you were X'd out. I was stuck in what was, at the time, my favorite avatar... and I haven't worn it since. Da da DUNNnnNnNnnNNNnnnnn! rofl

Commented on: Sat Mar 31, 2007 @ 04:24am


	Nice, Updates are good...Right?

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Commented on: Sat Mar 31, 2007 @ 05:10am


	Oooh. Digital Civil War!! xd That reminds me of an old Star Trek episode!

Commented on: Sat Mar 31, 2007 @ 05:20am


	Quote: Gaian against Gaian in what surely would be a gruesome digital Civil War. sounds awesome ninja

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Commented on: Sat Mar 31, 2007 @ 05:48am


	Gruesome: Etymology: alteration of earlier growsome, from English dialect grow, grue to shiver, from Middle English gruen, probably from Middle Dutch gruwen; akin to Old High German ingruEn to shiver. Basically, if you want to buy it, hand a random hairy person ten bucks and ask them to drop their pants.

Commented on: Sat Mar 31, 2007 @ 06:27am


	Is one of those "brash" punishments that dating service Lanzer was talking about? xd Nice update. Entertaining, as always.

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Commented on: Sat Mar 31, 2007 @ 06:53am


	dee heck, i just saw one of my qt guild memburrs. o3o oh, uhm. short entree. :C i'm kindof curious of what the "big darrkkk secret" is. x3 will it make us "crap our pants", like daily chance was supossed to do? ;3 okie, i'll lay off now. yayy. gaia meetings sound suparr fun. which is warrd, pretty much. uhm, fleepity? do you think maybe you cud talk bout the age restrictions being enforced in one of your journal entrys, sometime soon? >< doesn't have to be next week or sumthin, just sometime.

Commented on: Sat Mar 31, 2007 @ 09:05am


	I like this journal because it means we have new features/events coming up razz

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Commented on: Sat Mar 31, 2007 @ 09:12am


	Does no one play Infocom games anymore? Sigh... I fondly remember having to get milk of grue in Wishbringer (my first grue experience before Zork) The grue is a sinister, lurking presence in the dark places of the earth. Its favorite diet is adventurers, but its insatiable appetite is tempered by its fear of light. No grue has ever been seen by the light of day, and few have survived its fearsome jaws to tell the tale. To find a grue, turn off the light at night, or go for a walk in a dark place (but carry a flashlight with you). Do not stay in one location for too long, as grues have a habit of appearing unannounced, as do drop-bears. GameSpot Readers' Choice - Best Monsters #10 Grue

Commented on: Sat Mar 31, 2007 @ 10:40am


	In response to the question, does gruesome mean "filled with grue": Yes, it does. 3nodding When I have seen it in books, it is usually the phrase "cald grue" and is usually spoken by a Scottish person. It means a shiver of foreboding, usually relating to the weird. Good luck buying it! blaugh Perhaps that is what all those horror movies are actually trying to sell you...? mrgreen

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Commented on: Sat Mar 31, 2007 @ 01:17pm


	gonk I must know the horrible secrets of Gaia! crawls in Fleep's ear and crawls around in brain Where is it! scream

Commented on: Sat Mar 31, 2007 @ 02:18pm


	We all appreciate the work you do. (well most of us anyhow) As for the grue, I'd try ebay.

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Commented on: Sat Mar 31, 2007 @ 03:21pm


	Yay! Secrets mean very cool stuff for us in the not so distant future! I've been there with the meetings. Ugh. At least YOU work someplace fun! I was working in the IT Department of a multi-billion dollar insurance company. Wanna talk dry? Wanna talk meetings about meetings to schedule meetings? Wanna talk PTS (Project Tracking System) reports? And then most of the programmers would go to IT "WEST" after work (or starting at 4:00 if their directors weren't paying attention) which was the bar down the street to try and make them forget the horrors of the day! I'm glad I don't work there anymore. Gaia sounds like a GREAT place to work even will some of the crazy uncertainties you all live with. ::Ky-chan will happily wait for the fun and games to begin in the coming weeks! Whhheeee!::

Commented on: Sat Mar 31, 2007 @ 03:50pm


	rofl Sounds like working at GaiaHQ is loads of fun! (Why wouldn't it be?) And if you do really laugh your a of, do I get to keep it? wink Kidding! lol**

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Commented on: Sat Mar 31, 2007 @ 06:12pm


	I happen to think Calculus 2 is incredibly fun on Friday afternoons. (We get food and such) mrgreen

Commented on: Sat Mar 31, 2007 @ 06:22pm


	Fleep, your journals are always a wonder to read, while keeping a humor, you send us the sound of the working party to build Gaia. Programming and such are always mentally painful sometimes, but the result can be really splendid. Keep up the good work! The Item Arranger became impressive. :3 And grue is fearsome. o.o Hides from grue.

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Commented on: Sat Mar 31, 2007 @ 08:47pm


	claws way up from pile of sick Evil good. Good good evil. Horrible Gaians get brain smashy. Smashy smashy! Fleep is goooooddd. Goooooddd Fleep! @_@ wanders off muttering 4...itchy...tasty....

Commented on: Sun Apr 01, 2007 @ 04:59am


	Grue's do exist fleep but i don't think you wanna own one. see below: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grue_(monster)

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Commented on: Sun Apr 01, 2007 @ 08:23am


	Well, if it wasn't dull and tedious... it wouldn't be work now would it? xD As sad as that sounds... it's pretty much true. May not be completely true for a lot of jobs.. but certain aspects of every job I'm sure have their share of dullness and tediousness.

Commented on: Sun Apr 01, 2007 @ 01:20pm


	>Enter cave You have been eaten by a Grue. >Light torch >Enter cave Your light shines off the walls of the cave, revealing a grue running away from the light source. My friends and I are making a fantasy film. We're gonna enter a cave in the dark and actually kill the Grue! Well good luck with your secret plots of annihilation!

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Commented on: Sun Apr 01, 2007 @ 01:32pm


	grue reminds me of a rabbit stew my family makes in Peru neutral crying my rabbits...

Commented on: Sun Apr 01, 2007 @ 05:44pm


	Sounds awesome. I want to know the secret! D:

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Commented on: Sun Apr 01, 2007 @ 06:08pm


	I want to go to a Gaia meeting. Wait- I take that back. I would just yell and scream at some people because of their supreme stupidity and disastrous things they have contributed to the site.

Commented on: Sun Apr 01, 2007 @ 08:30pm


	Would one of those secrets be the exploding platinum halo??? stare Hehe honestly.. I LOVE IT ^^

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Commented on: Sun Apr 01, 2007 @ 11:26pm


	HEE! BLOOEY! I Love it!!!

Commented on: Mon Apr 02, 2007 @ 09:03pm


	My dear Fleep, "gruesome" doesn't mean "filled with grue" - it means "filled with Grues." As in, "It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a Grue."

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