Ok. Ok guys. Just some stuff.

1. A forum for is officially in-progress. It's taking awhile. Sifting through the admin panel gives me a headache after an hour or two, and graphics stuff is not my forte. I'll also keep updating the dA group as I finish writing up information, so feel free to keep checking back.

2. I don't plan on opening either the group or the forum until mid-July. I have final exams the first week of June, and right after that I'm gone for three weeks in the Internet-less wilderness. I'll make sure everything that needs to be done for the forum is complete before I leave, though, so I can open it immediately once I get back. After the three-week trip I'll be sitting at home without any plans (omgfinallynomorework), so I'll be able to manage things and smooth over any initial bumps.

3. I AM SO FUCKING BUSY RIGHT NOW SORRY FOR MY INACTIVITY

4. We're building a really big machine installation in studio. It's basically a box on wheels, except the box is 10ft long, 8ft high, and 7ft wide, and the wheels are 3ft in diameter. We have pistons attached to the axles on the wheels, so when we push the machine, the top, cracked surface of the box alternates up and down based on the position of the pistons. A netting attachment is currently being designed and redesigned to act as a pseudo-skin for the box, and it'll be able to deploy into hammock-like seating through linkages and other mechy stuff. The hammocks will be climbable, so people can get on top of the moving pistons, and there'll be a pair of periscopes inserted between those pistons, so the people who are pushing the machine from the inside can act all creeper-like. FYI, it's made entirely from scratch out of two by fours, plywood, and steel. I've learned a shit-ton more about humongous power tools down in the wood shop than I ever thought I would.

5. Why did I just explain that to you.

6. Yes, our machine is freakin' weird. WE DESIGNED IT OURSELVES. It kind of looks like a boxy... bug... thing.

7. I feel manly.

8. Wait I swear I had more to say.

9. RIGHT. What do you guys think about a summer contest?



I'll also have a short one-shot (...is 4000 words short?) featuring Kamui's backstory uploaded by the end of the day (onceigetoutofstudiolol). Stay tuned?