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The Friday Washington Kokonvention is history (albeit recent and glorious history). The Wednesday Kokon’ is still to come. The kokonversation continues.

Continued from Part 1.

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I am the gate toward the sea: O sailor men, pass out from me!
I hear you high on Lebanon, singing the marvels of the sea.
The dragon-green, the luminous, the dark, the serpent-haunted sea,
The snow-besprinkled wine of earth, the white-and-blue-flower foaming sea.

Beyond the bay in utmost West old Solomon the Jewish King
Sits with his beard upon his breast, and grips and guards his magic ring:
And when that ring is stolen, he will rise in outraged majesty,
And take the World upon his back, and fling the World beyond the sea.

–James Elroy Flecker, “The Gates of Damascus,” from The Golden Journey to Samarkand

Those indefatigable podcasters Purple Panda and Taiwan Hippo Fan have assembled their fifth MuseCast for your delectation. It’s twice as long as any of the others and is ver-r-r-ry interesting.

If you’ve come in late, you can also listen to MuseCast 1, MuseCast 2, MuseCast 3, and MuseCast 4, right here on the blog.

Don’t worry if you don’t feel inspired to make pseudopies (“dry pies”). The GAPAs will whip up some quick-and-sloppy ones this weekend so nobody will go without.

If you haven’t made yours yet but plan to, think small. These pie-oid objects are symbols, not offensive weapons. The lighter and more portable they are, the happier you will be as you lug them around the scorching, steaming, sizzling streets of Washington, D.C., which non-natives have been known to mistake for the surface of the planet Venus.

This announcement will be repeated on the Kokonvention Kountdown thread.

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Also known as a “not-so-random discussion thread,” this forum tries to stay on topic longer than the random threads do. Newcomers should read The Rules and The Guide before plunging in.

Current topic: Nervous habits
Irrational fears
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ADVENTURES IN THE MUSIVERSE
Pie Isle (Alice, ‘Dotty-kay)
The Chronicles of Museica (the man for aeiou)
Expedition for the Scribblemaya (Beavo the Online Stalker, Koko du Pelle)
Life on the Pieceful Pie Planet (Koko du Pelle)
Muse RPG (Koko du Pelle)

LIFE BEYOND THE VIRTUAL DIVIDE
Just Friends (Red-Tailed HAWK)
Global Warming (Red-Tailed HAWK, Beavo the Online Stalker)
Evolution (Red-Tailed HAWK, Beavo the Online Stalker)
Romance and Relationships (Shadowkat)
Hot Topics (Shadowkat)

SILLY FUN
Titles, Labels, and Nicknames (kagcomix)
Stupid Senseless Smiley Stories (Beavo the Online Stalker)
Name Changes (Red-Tailed HAWK, Beavo the Online Stalker)

WRITING – RRRs
Etheterre (Alice)
Terenika (Alice)
The Sea Roc (Alice, Cat’s Meow)
Time Travel (Alice, Koko du Pelle)
Spirits and Blood (Shadowkat)

WRITING – ASSORTED OTHER
Books in Progress (Alice)
Writing (Alice)
Poems and Songs (widdershins)
MuseBlog Fan Fiction (the man for aeiou)
Muse Fanfiction (Koko du Pelle)
Writing Challenge: Theme with Variations (Jadestone)

OTHER THINGS WE LIKE
Pastoral Pleasures (Alice, Red-Tailed HAWK)
Song Lyrics (Red-Tailed HAWK)
Music (FrigidSymphony)
Manga, Anime, and Graphic Novels (kagcomix)
Summer Vacations, 2007 (tHE Pink stALkinG pENguiN of PEnZancE)
Computer and Video Games (Nemi — as he is known for the moment)

On Wednesday, August 1, our beloved blog turns two years old.

The date is also GAPA Appreciation Day and marks the beginning of GAPA Appreciation Week (hear, hear!).

Known Muser Birthdays this Month:

08-01 MuseBlog’s birthday (2005) = GAPA Appreciation Day
08-04 Capricious’s birthday (green and blue; rainbow)
08-11 Julieb’s birthday (1992)
08-11 Lawrence of Antarctica’s birthday (1994 – black)
08-13 Sora’s birthday (1992 – all shades of blue)
08-14 bulletproofmarshmallow’s birthday (1993)
08-15 Morbid’s birthday (1991)
08-16 The Bev’s birthday (1992 – green or blue)
08-16 rabbity24’s birthday (1994 – green)
08-21 Alice’s birthday (1993 – blue)
08-21 biblioRose’s birthday (1995 – blue and yellow)
08-27 Elentari’s birthday
08-26 Gwendolyn of the Eastern Seas’ birthday (1994 – purple pizzazz)
08-28 Sunrunner Bramblewood’s (=Dragonsrock828’s) birthday (1993)
08-31 Quintessentia’s birthday (1992 – golden)
08-31 shriya siolashrwa jeffica’s birthday (1992 – apple-green and raspberry)

You turn 5,000 days old this month if you were born between November 23 and December 23, 1993.
You turn 6,000 days old this month if you were born between February 27 and March 29, 1991.

*Middle English for “quiet madness,” a name that doesn’t mean very much but that is undeniably coole.

This ever-popular thread is for foreign languages and other unusual means of communication. Version 2007.1 and its predecessors will give you an idea of how it works.

By happy coincidence, both were born on July 31. (H. P. = 1980; J. K. R. = 1965.) Celebrations may be held on the Harry Potter, Summer 2007 thread.

At this rate, it won’t be long before we’re on part 3,105.

Continued from Books and Reading, Part 4.

Cinnamon Moon writes: “Inspired by Lady Bunniful’s bunny pics, I made some of my own.”

Once you’ve read it, all bets are off. For the sake of anyone scanning the “Recent Comments” sidebar, however, please paste the following notice at the beginning of your messages:

SPOILER WARNING: “DEATHLY HALLOWS” SPOILER WARNING.

Make sure to include the period at the end.

That should do it.

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Here’s the list of people who have said they are coming. NOTE: Quintessentia and Lady Visala, we still haven’t heard from your parents.

Friday, August 10
Julieb
curious and questioning
Shadowkat
Lady Visala of Reverie
Midnight Fiddler
Quintessentia
Capricious and her brother
Green Qween
Red-tailed HAWK
Purple Panda & Taiwan Hippo Fan
Glassboro

Wednesday, August 15
kt the gr8
Quintessentia
Green Qween
Red-tailed HAWK
NEW! Ebeth and her brother

Movie 5 is out, Book 7 is coming up — what’s not to talk about? NO SPOILERS from the book, please.

Ooo, scary.

For discussions that need to be handled with extra care. NO FLAMING. We’re not going to say “please” this time.

Continued from Hot Topics, v. 2007.5.

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We still haven’t heard from parents of the following declared Kokonventioneers:

curious and questioning
Lady Visala of Reverie
Quintessentia
Glassboro

Please have them e-mail us as soon as possible (gapa-at-musefanpage-dot-com). Make sure they mention your blog names, so we’ll know who belongs to whom.

Thanks!

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a writer, having written, wants to be read. A lot of MBers are thinking about this topic a lot. Here’s a place to talk about it.