The plot thickens, as seen in the previous installment.
The Kokonspiracy, 2008
The plot thickens, as seen in the previous installment.
The plot thickens, as seen in the previous installment.
The plot thickens, as seen in the previous installment.
Today I shall wear my Muse Hoodie, as said on the other thread…
This will get some attention, I hope!
Red-tailed HAWK
I think my e-mail worked, because my sister is going to send it to the e-mail list for her Muserly-seeming summer camp.
I also have a strange idea that requires everybody’s help to work. Every year, Merriam-Webster crowns a word word of the year. The nominees for word of the year are decided by the most looked up words on their website in their normal or open dictionary (a dictionary where anyone can add a word). I noticed that flamablamablous was in the open dictionary. If we all look up flamablamablous a lot this year, it could become the 2008 word of the year, which would result in a lot of people finding out about Muse.
I think I am getting the Muse siggie hoodie with the MA logo today
We shall see
I would like to buy a Muse-ish clothing item, but I’m broke. Okay, not really. I actually have a lot of money. I’m too much like a dragon; I hoard my money.
where would you go to buy a Muse-ish clothing item anyways?
As I suggested on the previous thread, we should build a rocket, fly to the moon, and draw a big picture of Koko in the moon dust. When the Japanese probe that’s photographing the moon now sends back a picture of it, it will become a famous picture!
2- Good idea! *looks up*
2-Great! Of course, I was rooting for the verb “Wiki”, but you can’t have everything, can you?
So, operations Craaw, Seahawk, and Bookworm are still alive?
I dont think the kokospirancy is “mostly harmless”,so called,even if i dont have any clue what i is.no clue at all…..lol. hpbs rock!
idea: 
8- the kokonspiracy: n. (KO Kon Spir acy)
the plan for world domination, al la museblog. it is code named “mostly harmless” due to the fact that is what earth is called in HG2TG. it is so secret, we can have MH shirts!
4- go to the home page and click the second from bottom link in the link section.
What is this thread, anyway?
11- a place to discuss how to take over the world, naturally.
Oh dear, we seem to have so many new recruits in our plan MH. We should start a boot camp to inform them of our goals.
Everyone at the boot camp will be required to read HG2G and Koko will be the drill sargeant.
There will be a brainwas…assimilation stage where all recruits are taught the importance of the Kokonspiracy and plan Mostly Harmless.
Of course if any recruit attempts to escape the assimilation area, the HPBs will deal with them.
I am going to try to get some Musery stuff soon. I made do with printouts of HPBs on my binders but now that I have my Christmas money I can get the real stuff.
12 – Hey, if these people are true musers, they won’t need brainwashing. Besides, I am fundamentally against brainwashing due to the fact that I value my mind and individuality.
But a boot/training camp is a good idea. I dibs training the government infiltration unit!
7 – I was rooting for sardoodledom.
By now, I must have memorized the definition of flamablamablous from looking it up so often. However, I need everyone else to go look it up to make this plan work.
I dunno, I was pretty glad that w00t won this year.
To make it easier for everybody to find the entry, how about somebody posts the link here? Since it would be linking to a known-to-be-respectable website, I would think that it would be okay. (GAPAs, correct me if I’m wrong)
If this is allowed, here is the link to the open dictionary:
http:// www3. merriam-webster .com/opendictionary/
Type flamablamablous in the search box at the bottom.
Flamablamablous–“Submitted by: gradster1/kokopellic/Grady on Mar. 13, 2006 15:41.” Was that a blogger?
(17) Yes, last seen in November.
Way cool!
2- EXCELENT!
8-10, read the last twenty posts on the last thread and youøll be ok.
I am Commander in Chief of the European Division. AKA Agent SnowFox. Yes, it is a pun on (DesertFox)
HEY! Everyone look at comment number 2!
MOSTLY HARMLESS UPDATE!
Operation Kokopelli T-Shirt
Does anybody remember ruth? (the random orson scott card girl). Well if you don’t, we randomly started talking about orson scott card on the walk home from school and that’s how i met her. she’s a freshman, but a cool one
Anyway, i was wearing my kokopelli t-shirt yesterday, and she saw it. Reaction follows…
Ruth: OMG Muse!
Me (shocked that somebody has finally recognized it): You read muse!?
Ruth: I used to
Me: Sweet! *high fives* Have you been on the blog?
Ruth: No
Me: You should
(At which point tater begins the discussion of xkcd shirts, which we enthusiastically join in, because everybody loves them)
Another shirt-related (though not mostly harmless-related) piece of information is that hewitt got the heavy metal thinkgeek shirt! we were all very jealous. bill and i found that ages ago and wanted to send it to feathers, but we didn’t
17-Graster1 is a MuseBlogger, yes.
For some reason, the open dictionary dosn’t have flamablamablous when I type it in the search box.
23 – Did you type it into the box at the bottom? The one at the top is for the normal dictionary, which doesn’t have flamablamablous (yet).
I was showing mu mom the campaign buttons, and trying to get her to buy me one, and then she says “I want one too! canøt we get a ten pack?” So we order the ten pack, and I am really happy, and she is still looking at the computer. Then she says, “they have hoodies too. You need a new hoodie. Which one do you want?” Then she ends up getting me two FEAR ME buttons, and a small one !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love my mom!
Clearly, your mother has impeccable taste and a keen eye for fashion.
(For those who came in late, we’re talking about that online cornucopia of all things Muse-ical, Musery Loves Company.)
I find it rather funny that someone said “corrupt them when they’re young” and was referring to something in a church preschool.
Who said that, and about what something?
Hey, it’s true, unfortunately. Things learned at a young age stick with a person for the rest of their lives.
Oh, I’m sure that it’s true and that many people have noticed it. I was just wondering whom agagabagabag was quoting.
24-Found it, thanks! *looks up*
22- Heavy metal thinkgeek shirt? I’ll have to look at that…
wearing Muse hoodie now!
27- That was MF.
30 – Well I figured people already knew that, but in many cases it’s unfortunate.
Hey, that just gave me an idea: We take in kids that would otherwise end up in and out of foster homes all the time, and raise them in a free-thinking, Muse-spirited environment. The kids would benefit, and so would our noble cause.
(27, 28, 33) Found it! It was indeed Midnight Fiddler, on The Kokonspiracy, Part 2.
Well, it would work pretty well. Corrupting youngsters, I mean.
34-Some kids aren’t like that, they wouldn’t want to grow up in a Muse kenvironment.
34- That is a good idea. Did you know some people still think the Earth is flat?
37-Really? They must be uneducated or something…I mean, no offense, but people have flown around the world.
25. My mom is a parttime fashion designer.
34- maybe. IF YOU ARE OLD ENOUGH TO ADOPT!!!!!!!!!
Here is a list of operations.
What if we send short e-mails to muse with messages like “Kokonspiracy is real, You realize?”???? (Operation Propaganda)
1) Go into library.
2) Find book about a topic that has been featured in Muse.
3) Place leaflet into book.
4) Nonchalantly walk away.
I think this would work, as I have found other people’s bookmarks and such inside of library books.
We shall call it…
Opertation Bookworm
If, for Operation Crraw, we make kites and tie around forty rolled up notes about muse with gift bonds on and a homemade gift tag on it that says OPEN ME on to the kite and the kites tail VERY LOOSELY, when we fly the kite, the wind should blow the notes away….. and then we let go of the string of the kite, and it goes even farther……
“operation nightcrane. Large origami paper cranes made out of newspapers (for even larger: tape sheets together) with “Please open.” written in clear print on the outside, then with the letter about Muse folded/stashed inside of it might be better to chuck off buildings, and less likely to be mistaken for garbage
“operation seahawk”: People! Have you read the message in a bottle article???????? I don’t know about you guys, but I am five minutes away from the ocean…. The North Sea, that is…..
Am I smart, or am I smart????
Dear Reader: Are you an intelligent young person? (Above the age of ten and under eighteen?) If not, please give this bottle to a young and intelligent person. I would like to tell you about an extraordinary magazine for people like you or me. It’s called Muse. And, surprisingly, it’s not like any other magazine out there in the world. People subscribe to Muse from all over the world to learn about art, science, nature, space, cultures, the whole world, books (from manga to Lord of the Rings to Harry Potter), origami, black holes, ancient Egyptian mummies, and pie throwing.
I am not an advertiser. I’m a fifteen year old girl living in Denmark and I’ve been getting Muse for six years. There’s a great online community of Musers, and once you have a subscription, a whole new world opens up. If you are not sure about getting a subscription, you can buy a used copy of a past magazine through Ebay.com or other used things sites. Or, if you live in the US, there’ll be a copy at a local library. Take a chance. Open your eyes and your mind. http://www.cricketmag.com/ProductDetail.asp?pid=12 https://musefanpage.com/
oh, there is also some chain letters going around.
Cranes? Why not Operation Nightbunny?
38- Sadly, yes. And there are also some folks who don’t think we landed on the moon, which is totally irrational because they brought back rocks for crying out loud!
As Kokonspiracists, we should fight against these conspiracy theories as they give a bad name to real conspiracies like ours.
Yes, those ideas sound fantastic! I especially like the book idea, I’m definitely doing that. ::searches through Muses for books::
42- About three months before launching a group of rocket scientist went to antartica to get rocks from the moon brought by an astroid.
Here is a list of operations. Neater than the last one.
Opertation Bookworm
1) Go into library.
2) Find book about a topic that has been featured in Muse.
3) Place leaflet into book.
4) Nonchalantly walk away.
I think this would work, as I have found other people’s bookmarks and such inside of library books.
Operation Crraw
we make kites and tie around forty rolled up notes about muse with gift bonds on and a homemade gift tag on it that says OPEN ME on to the kite and the kites tail VERY LOOSELY, when we fly the kite, the wind should blow the notes away….. and then we let go of the string of the kite, and it goes even farther……
Operation NightCrane and NightBunny
Large origami paper cranes made out of newspapers (for even larger: tape sheets together) with “Please open.” written in clear print on the outside, then with the letter* about Muse folded/stashed inside of it.
Operation SeaHawk
Have you read the message in a bottle article???????? I don’t know about you guys, but I am five minutes away from the ocean…. The North Sea, that is….. Put the letter* inside a glass botlle and put a cork or screw the lid on.
*Dear Reader: Are you an intelligent young person? (Above the age of ten and under eighteen?) If not, please give this bottle to a young and intelligent person. I would like to tell you about an extraordinary magazine for people like you or me. It’s called Muse. And, surprisingly, it’s not like any other magazine out there in the world. People subscribe to Muse from all over the world to learn about art, science, nature, space, cultures, the whole world, books (from manga to Lord of the Rings to Harry Potter), origami, black holes, ancient Egyptian mummies, and pie throwing.
I am not an advertiser. I’m a fifteen year old girl living in Denmark and I’ve been getting Muse for six years. There’s a great online community of Musers, and once you have a subscription, a whole new world opens up. If you are not sure about getting a subscription, you can buy a used copy of a past magazine through Ebay.com or other used things sites. Or, if you live in the US, there’ll be a copy at a local library. Take a chance. Open your eyes and your mind. http://www.cricketmag.com/ProductDetail.asp?pid=12 https://musefanpage.com/
44- Do you really believe that we didn’t go to the moon, or are you only repeating something somebody else said?
46- i’m repeating what I read somewhere or other.
Hre’s a list of subjects that would be easy to find at the liberary for Operation Bookworm!
Animal Mummies
Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
Ancient Egypt
The Rosetta Stone
Comets
Atoms
Vegetarianism
murals
Scientists are always going to Antarctica to look for meteorites that have fallen onto the ice. Some of the meteorites were knocked off the moon by asteroid impacts, and a few appear to have come from Mars. After passing through Earth’s atmosphere, however, the lunar meteorites look different from the rocks that the Apollo astronauts shoveled off the moon’s surface and brought back with them.
47- I thought so. It doesn’t seem the sort of idea a Muser would enspouse.
(50, 47, etc.) It is, however, exactly the sort of thing Muse would write about:
https://musefanpage.com/NewFiles/back_issues.html#6.4
I read an article “disproving” the lunar landings… it was hilarious, becasue it was so narrow minded.
If you want to see what Muse said about the topic, you can read the article online on the Carus Publishing website.
53- I read that article when it came out, but I didn’t know who Phil Plait was at the time. He’s the webmaster of the Bad Astronomy site!
*bringing the subject back to earth… WE ARE TRYING TO TAKE OVER A PLANET HERE!!!!!*
ffurther subjects for OPERATION BOOK WORM:
Inventing the Bicycle
Clones
Esparanto
Alian
chamelians
Gems
Naked Mole Rats
The Need for Sleep
Star Wars
Carl Sagan
Jaques-Henri Lartique
Anesthesia
Cottingley Fairies
Damascus Sword
Gold
The Origin of the Moon,
The Heidelberg Project,
Discovering Insulin,
roadside guardrails (Only a muser ;D)
here’s a sample “Book mark”
Dear Reader,
The subject of the book your holding has been featured in a notable magazine for young people, called MUSE. If you are interested in science, art, history, nature, current topics, culture, the universe and pie throwing, you would enjoy Muse.
For more information, wiki “Muse” or visit its webpages:
https://musefanpage.com
http://www.cricketmag.com/ProductDetail.asp?pid=12
Sincerely,
a Fellow Muser
WOW!!! Look at this…. “POINTS OF INTEREST: Koko proposes to Urania in the margin of “Gems.†She almost accepts, but things go sour.” I didn’t know that….
55- Well, when we take over Earth, I move that Moon and Mars colonies be the first order of buisness!
55-Koko+Urania? That must have been a reeeeeeally old issue or something.
But a good one. I wrote the article in the margins of which the great romance took place.
58-Cool! What issue/article was that?
I have/had that issue! Haha.
Maybe we should get the Muse editors to do a short article on the Kokonspiracy, even if they treat it as a joke.
61-Better yet…the MuseBloggers should write it.
61- That’s actually a good idea. If we write it here, and proof it a couple of times, and then send it in with a full explaination, we may actually have a chance. we need to get a full plan first.
What style should it be written in? I would say a deathly serious one….
the introduction should have a short explanation of what we are, the body a reasons of why and how, the conclusion should be recruiting…
All within 500- 700 words, ca.
Shall we do it round robin?
can I start????
Deep within the cyberspace, in a universe known only to the modern Muser, a conspiracy is afoot. Its mission: world domination.
In the troubled times that we live in, a group of MuseBloggers have formed a group of conspirators and sworn nonsecrecy to the common cause. in fact, the mission is so nonsecret that the group constantly tries to get attention.
The reader at this point may ask, “Why is world domination preferable?”
60 – Me too! Unfortunately, one sheet fell out of the magazine (younger brothers got into my room and trashed my Muses once)
which means that I’m missing four pages from that issue, including part of that article.
64- One answer is that if we don’t dominate the world, someone else will, and we don’t know if they will like Muse, the sacred magazine.
Better safe than sorry, I always say.
actualy i think operation bookworm is a good one! since i have a library in my vicinity.
Y’know, I’ve really forgotten WHY we want world domination.
Well, if you don’t want world domination, you might have said so earlier and saved some of us a lot of trouble.
Just kidding. It really doesn’t matter what you want, though it would help to be a good sport about it once you’ve got it.
Duh, Alice! It’s because of the fact that *static* and *rumble rumble rumble earthquake* TAKE OVER THE WORLD *duststorm* EVILLE PLOTTE *lightning and thunder and more lightning* destroy Iceland *fingers-on-chalkboard* so it’s obvious, isn’t it?
69-Bceause we can.
72- We can, and we WILL!!! BAHAHAHAHA!!
(59) October 1997.
Because the current leadership has done disturbingly little about several important issues.
74 – Wow, that WAS an early article.
Do you think we could get an article in Muse?
77- Maybe.
WE SHOULD SO WRITE AN ARTICLE FOR MUSE.
I mean, we’re all good writers…and knowing us, we’d edit it about 500 times. The only problem I see is that it’s not really Muse’s genre, since it’s not really science (yet). Maybe we could write like a one or two page article on MuseBlog and we could include the Kokonspiracy in that. I think an article on what we really do here would be really neat, since most readers who aren’t on here probably think we just talk about the magazine all day, and it’s really so much more.
But it’s what amounts to advertising for a personal website…….
*has brilliant yet impractical idea* *invokes Urania* *falls over* *swoons*
asjdkjasjdk;afkl;sdfaa…………………….
80 – I guess…
What’s your idea?
80- *glowers* You always do that! What is it?
79-
“As you probably know, what sets Muse head and shoulders above most ordinary magazines on the rack is the unique culture that has come to be associated with it over its 10+ year existance. What you may not know is that the website musefanpage.com is dedicated to sharing this culture, which it calls ‘La Vida Koko’.”
How’s that?
How much does one of the advertising pages that until lately were used in Muse and whose disappearance provoked much wrath on the part of readers and incomprehensible, hasty explanations on the part of Musers and editors alike cost?
Beats me. You could ask the company. They have an e-mail form at www. cricketmag.com/ contact_us.asp .
84- If you ask me, there definitely weren’t eight pages of ads.
86- There were, at first. But when Muse separated from Smithsonian they were no longer forced to have the 8 extra pages of ads. They filled the ad pages with more Muse stuff, and, in a sense, actually made the magazine larger. However, the editors got tired of having to fill 8 extra pages with Muse, and so they put it back to the regular size. Now you understand…?
I think this calls for an empirical test: go back and count. That’s the only way to know whether you’re getting more Muse or less.
They DID shrink it!!!! By four pages! ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!!! They lied to us, precious….
Robert (88): Yes! I’m definitely doing that!
::sets to work::
69- Because thye powers that do currently rule the world are some major idiots. And they are ruining the planet’s, and in that way our, future!
Got my stuff from the muse store!
We seriously need to write an article about the Kokonspiracy. If all the Muse readers know about it, then we’ll have a big head start.
All my Muse stuff is too small now. *sob*
92-Yes, that would be an excellent advertizing scheme, writing an article about world domination… maybe it could be a collective article, like everyone who wants to writes something does so, and all views are posted under the MuseBloggers name!
92 – Sounds good to me. Maybe we could write it in RRR form (as in one person writes a bit, another person writes the next bit, etc).
91- Here, here! We will clean up this planet, and colonize the others.
Operation MuseArticle
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The Kokonspiracy: Mostly Harmless
We MuseBloggers have found the current world leaders incapable of doing their job. Therefore, we have started a plot called The Kokonspiracy, codenamed Mostly Harmless, which calls for world domination, Kokopelli for present, and pies in every face. Already, we have carried out the first stage of our plan: Letting people know we exist. Have you found leaflets with mentions of Muse in your library books lately? Or found washed up bottles on the beach containing messages about Muse? Or seen any other odd things that have to do with Muse?
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That’s enough for now. Can someone add something to it?
I’ll try sneaking a few publicity notes into free newspapers in the supermarket
here’s a Q; what if the world leaders find out about Mostly Harmless?
yes, it’s me again, but why don’t we build an army of MBers
to take the planet? General Kokopelli sounds OK, what about Sergeant Urania? OK skeptic, but it might work. we’d just need a lot of cooks to fix pies for us. Maybe even travelling pie stand, pie throwers have a constant need for gloopy artillery!
97, 98, 99- *pies Mouse for triple posting*
Can anybody add anything to post #96…?
96 – Maybe start by telling them what MuseBlog is.
You have probably seen various references to MuseBlog in the letterbox. Perhaps you thought this was a place where Muse readers discuss the magazine. Nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, the MuseBloggers are extremely ambitious. They’re ambitions extend to everything up to and including taking over the world.
Feel free to edit it. I wrote it in all of one minute.
101- That’s great!
Can anyone add more? *is too lazy to do the work himself*
So here’s the current article.
You have probably seen various references to MuseBlog in the letterbox. Perhaps you thought this was a place where Muse readers discuss the magazine. Nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, the MuseBloggers are extremely ambitious. They’re ambitions extend to everything up to and including taking over the world.
Thee MuseBloggers have found the current world leaders incapable of doing their job. Therefore, they have started a plot called The Kokonspiracy, codenamed Mostly Harmless, which calls for world domination, Kokopelli for present, and pies in every face. Already, they have carried out the first stage of our plan: Letting people know they exist. Have you found leaflets with mentions of Muse in your library books lately? Or found washed up bottles on the beach containing messages about Muse? Or seen any other odd things that have to do with Muse?
Always refer to yourself in the third-person when writing. I’m not sure why.
98- I don’t think they’d really care. People always underestimate kids…
Which is a very foolish mistake!
*adds to article*
If you have [seen suspicious activity regarding Muse], that’s our doing. We’ve started advertizing campaigns, meant to let the world know of our existance.
Hopefully, being a Muse reader, you already know of MuseBlog. If you don’t, here’s the URL: http://www.musefanpage.com/blog. Check it out.
If you’re reading this, we guess that you enjoy Muse because you haven’t cancelled your subscription. And if you enjoy Muse, then why not let the world know how much better it could be?
Correct answer: Letter D, none of the above.
As you probably know, what sets Muse head and shoulders above most ordinary magazines on the rack is the unique culture that has come to be associated with it over its 10+ year existance. What you may not know is that the website musefanpage.com is dedicated to sharing this culture, which it calls ‘La Vida Koko’.”
Deep within the cyberspace, in a universe known only to the modern Muser, a conspiracy is afoot. Its mission: world domination.
In the troubled times that we live in, a group of MuseBloggers have formed a group of conspirators and sworn nonsecrecy to the common cause. in fact, the mission is so nonsecret that the group constantly tries to get attention.
You have probably seen various references to MuseBlog in the letterbox. Perhaps you thought this was a place where Muse readers discuss the magazine. Nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, the MuseBloggers are extremely ambitious. They’re ambitions extend to everything up to and including taking over the world.
The reader at this point may ask, “Why is world domination preferable?”
We MuseBloggers have found the current world leaders incapable of doing their job. Therefore, we have started a plot called The Kokonspiracy, codenamed Mostly Harmless, which calls for world domination, Kokopelli for present, and pies in every face. Already, we have begun carrying out the first stage of our plan: Letting people know we exist. Have you found leaflets with mentions of Muse in your library books lately? Or found washed up bottles on the beach containing messages about Muse? Or seen any other odd things that have to do with Muse?
So here’s all the snippets of articles combined to make a very long introduction and beginning to a body. At this point we really need to just write, and we’ll edit and cut it later.
Here’s a new snippet continuing from the above snippets/article:
If you haven’t, don’t be worried as other people have.
We do use the phrase “world domination” jestingly. What we want is an enlightened society. A society of no wars, no cultural problems such as racism or sexism, and no idiotic politicians getting us into all sorts of trouble. A society where the enviroment, animals and people are respected.
It sounds like an extremely corny kids movie. A pipe dreams. We must remind ourselves that in twenty, thrirty or fourty we will be the politicians, the lawyers, the doctors, the juries, the judges, the grocer at the grocery store. We will be in the position of power.
Hey! did that Wiki article ever get posted?
I think we’re failing to plan ahead, like when we make ourselves known, what will we do?
What this society needs is more people who read Muse. We are not advertising, we are just trying to make the world a better place. If you want to help us make this happen, then visit our site at https://musefanpage.com/blog/?p=1149. We can change the world.
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A bit corny, but that’s all I can think of right now. Feel free to edit or make suggestions.
107- Enough, Mouse! I know who you are!
Yeah, I’ve almost got my sister converted to a muser!
you should be talking about my presidency!
111- Hmm… you’re the first candidate I’ve gotten the ear of, Kokopelli.
As president, will you support the space program?
108- when we’ve got ourselves known, muses subscription numbers will go way up, converting more people to our cause. We play it by ear.
113- But first, we need to get more people into the Kokonspiracy, which is why we need to get an article about it in Muse.
how about this, we all send a letter to muse, then they’ll be forced to publish it because so many people wanted an article on the Kokonspiracy
I don’t think Muse will ever be forced to publish anything.
well yeah, but they will publish something if we keep at it
116- Yes, Muse must remain forever free!
Yea, but if they get letters from every single active MuseBlogger, that’s about one hundred e-mails aiming toward the same thing. They wouldn’t want to lose readers would they? So it’d be in their best interests.
I wrote Koko For President on a dry-erase board at school, along with a little picture.
By the way, Kokopelli has still not answered my question…
I have taken to wearing Muse-ry shirts almost every time I know I’ll be going out in public. I seem to be attracting more strange looks than I did before, too.
111- Dude, you’re nothing w/out Larry Gonick, and he wouldn’t be your vice prez. Sorry. Try again next year.
121- Strange looks are good. That means people are noticing you.
122- Perhaps Kokopelli could be a figurehead, and Larry Gonick would have the real power.
Hmmmm…. Larry Gonick as president? that could work, but when we send all those emails to muse we shouldn’t tell them exactly what we’re up to, I mean, they might have other good ideas that they want to publish
Larry Gonick as president! Okay….he could be my personal adviser
125- Did you read my question in post 112?
OK, who’s masquerading as Koko? We all know that when it comes to the muses, not bold means not real.
127- Mouse. Please stop. We are planning world domination here.
128- Man, I fell for that. I am such a sucker.
Whenever I go out I try and wear my muse shirts. And yes I am attracting strange looks. I vote Koko our leader!
130- YOU CAN’T VOTE KOKO OUR LEADER BECAUSE KOKO DOESN’T EXIST!!!!!! HE’S A STICK FIGURE! What you can do is find someone to become the Commander in Chief of the US Division.
Garry Cognac is never going to be president. “Koko” is the codename for the person on this blog who will want to become a politition.
Current article:
As you probably know, what sets Muse head and shoulders above most ordinary magazines on the rack is the unique culture that has come to be associated with it over its 10+ year existance. What you may not know is that the website musefanpage.com is dedicated to sharing this culture, which it calls ‘La Vida Koko’.”
Deep within the cyberspace, in a universe known only to the modern Muser, a conspiracy is afoot. Its mission: world domination.
In the troubled times that we live in, a group of MuseBloggers have formed a group of conspirators and sworn nonsecrecy to the common cause. in fact, the mission is so nonsecret that the group constantly tries to get attention.
You have probably seen various references to MuseBlog in the letterbox. Perhaps you thought this was a place where Muse readers discuss the magazine. Nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, the MuseBloggers are extremely ambitious. They’re ambitions extend to everything up to and including taking over the world.
The reader at this point may ask, “Why is world domination preferable?”
We MuseBloggers have found the current world leaders incapable of doing their job. Therefore, we have started a plot called The Kokonspiracy, codenamed Mostly Harmless, which calls for world domination, Kokopelli for present, and pies in every face. Already, we have begun carrying out the first stage of our plan: Letting people know we exist. Have you found leaflets with mentions of Muse in your library books lately? Or found washed up bottles on the beach containing messages about Muse? Or seen any other odd things that have to do with Muse?
If you haven’t, don’t be worried as other people have.
We do use the phrase “world domination” jestingly. What we want is an enlightened society. A society of no wars, no cultural problems such as racism or sexism, and no idiotic politicians getting us into all sorts of trouble. A society where the enviroment, animals and people are respected.
It sounds like an extremely corny kids movie. A pipe dreams. We must remind ourselves that in twenty, thrirty or fourty we will be the politicians, the lawyers, the doctors, the juries, the judges, the grocer at the grocery store. We will be in the position of power.
What this society needs is more people who read Muse. We are not advertising, we are just trying to make the world a better place. If you want to help us make this happen, then visit our site at https://musefanpage.com/blog/?p=1149. We can change the world.
131 – It should be “their ambitions” not “they’re ambitions.” And yes, I know I was the one who used the wrong word in the first place.
Hey, here’s a super idea! Let’s bring Avenger Toad back to earth!
he’d be a great help, and all we’d have to do is convince him to fight for Muse, then aha! piece of cake.
Nobody’s masquerading as me! You seem to have forgotten what an irresistible gravitational force I am!
134 – The impostor (yes, that means you) seems to have forgotten that the muses’ names are bold. Please stop this.
134- *throws spike pie at “Kokopelli”*
_/\_/\_/\_/\_/\_/\_
\____:twisted:____/
134- Yeah, stop it, Mr. Koko-fake-i who does not answer my questions!
123- That’s the idea…
the problem is, who is this impostor, and how do we catch them?
139- Like this: *catches Mouse*
You may have caught the culprit, but I’m Not sure….
IMPOSTOR!!!!! catch her!
*takes spike pie* *throws it at Mouse*
_/\_/\_/\_/\_/\_/\_
\____:twisted:____/
*spike pies spike pie-er*
l e-mailed Larry Gonick a while back. He said that he’d rather run from higher office than for it.
145- E-mail him and ask if he can tell us how longer it’s going to take for him to get Vo. 2 of the modern world out.
146- Why don’t you?
I might have recruted two more Musers. Their Mom sounded very inerested in MB and in Muse magazine.
I think we should have a advertisement for MB that we send to people, that might get them to at least go to MB and with luck, we could get them into the Kokonspiracy! by the way, I’ve recruited another Muser, good news for us MBers.
OK guys, is this thread dead or what?
Yes, a bit dead it seems. Hopefully this means the ko-units are out working, but I think not much may be going on…
I still wear my Muse Hoodie. I want to make some small slips of paper with Muse information, such that somebody who is interested in the world enough to pick it up will likely become a Muser. Any recommendations of what they should say?
I think this is almost better than throwing notes off of buildings, as: One, you put them where they won’t pollute, and two, you put them where you think somebody will find each one, while throwing them over a building means not knowing if any will be found. The key is putting them in a good place, where people won’t get mad, and where you know the notes will be found.
Red-tailed HAWK, Unit HAWK of the Kokonspiracy
I think we should hide them in say, keyholes or even in with the newspaper, that way people will find them and look at them.
152- Yes, you could even make it sound like some sort of Chasing Vermeer type of thing.
152- I like that….
As you probably know, what sets Muse head and shoulders above most ordinary magazines on the rack is the unique culture that has come to be associated with it over its 10+ year existance. What you may not know is that the website musefanpage.com is dedicated to sharing this culture, which it calls ‘La Vida Koko’.”
Deep within the cyberspace, in a universe known only to the modern Muser, a conspiracy is afoot. Its mission: world domination.
In the troubled times that we live in, a group of MuseBloggers have formed a group of conspirators and sworn nonsecrecy to the common cause. in fact, the mission is so nonsecret that the group constantly tries to get attention.
You have probably seen various references to MuseBlog in the letterbox. Perhaps you thought this was a place where Muse readers discuss the magazine. Nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, the MuseBloggers are extremely ambitious. They’re ambitions extend to everything up to and including taking over the world.
The reader at this point may ask, “Why is world domination preferable?”
We MuseBloggers have found the current world leaders incapable of doing their job. Therefore, we have started a plot called The Kokonspiracy, codenamed Mostly Harmless, which calls for world domination, Kokopelli for present, and pies in every face. Already, we have begun carrying out the first stage of our plan: Letting people know we exist. Have you found leaflets with mentions of Muse in your library books lately? Or found washed up bottles on the beach containing messages about Muse? Or seen any other odd things that have to do with Muse?
If you haven’t, don’t be worried as other people have.
We do use the phrase “world domination” jestingly. What we want is an enlightened society. A society of no wars, no cultural problems such as racism or sexism, and no idiotic politicians getting us into all sorts of trouble. A society where the enviroment, animals and people are respected.
It sounds like an extremely corny kids movie. A pipe dreams. We must remind ourselves that in twenty, thrirty or fourty we will be the politicians, the lawyers, the doctors, the juries, the judges, the grocer at the grocery store. We will be in the position of power.
What this society needs is more people who read Muse. We are not advertising, we are just trying to make the world a better place. If you want to help us make this happen, then visit our site at https://musefanpage.com/blog/?p=1149. We can change the world.
Are we happy with the contents?
Yes?
Editing time…
Yeah…I s’pose we could send little handwritten notes to people in the mail–if we sent them by email they’d just delete them.
ANY KOKONSPIRATORS INVOLVED IN THE ARTICLE PLEASE REPORT HERE NOW.
WE NEED TO GET THIS EDITED.
Ok…. I’m running it through spell check… Now moving some stuff around…. word count is 429… and voila! here’s second draft:
Deep within the cyberspace, in a universe known only to the modern Muser, a conspiracy is afoot. Its mission: world domination. As you probably know, what sets Muse head and shoulders above most ordinary magazines on the rack is the unique culture that has come to be associated with it over its 10+ year existence. What you may not know is that the website musefanpage.com/blog is dedicated to sharing this culture, which it calls ‘La Vida Koko’.”
You have probably seen various references to MuseBlog in the letterbox. Perhaps you thought this was a place where Muse readers discuss the magazine. Nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, the MuseBloggers are extremely ambitious. They’re ambitions extend to everything up to and including taking over the world.
In the troubled times that we live in, a group of MuseBloggers have formed a group of conspirators and sworn nonsecrecy to the common cause. In fact, the mission is so nonsecret that the group constantly tries to get attention.
The reader at this point may ask, “Why is world domination preferable?”
We MuseBloggers have found the current world leaders incapable of doing their job. Therefore, we have started a plot called the Kokonspiracy, codenamed Mostly Harmless, which calls for world domination, Kokopelli for present, and pies in every face. Already, we have begun carrying out the first stage of our plan: Letting people know we exist. Have you found leaflets with mentions of Muse in your library books lately? Or found washed up bottles on the beach containing messages about Muse? Or seen any other odd things that have to do with Muse?
Don’t be worried if you haven’t, because we can assure you that other people have.
We do use the phrase “world domination” jestingly. What we want is an enlightened society. A society of no wars, no cultural problems such as racism or sexism, and no idiotic politicians getting us into all sorts of trouble. A society where the environment, animals and people are respected.
It sounds like an extremely corny kid’s movie. Pipe dreams. We must remind ourselves that in twenty, thirty or forty we will be the politicians, the lawyers, the doctors, the juries, the judges, and the grocer at the grocery store. We will be in the position of power.
What this society needs are more people who read Muse. We are not advertising, we are just trying to make the world a better place. If you want to help us make this happen, then visit our site at https://musefanpage.com/blog/?p=1149. We can change the world.
What do you want us to do? type it all over again and edit it in Word or Publisher? come on, it’s fine as it is. why can’t we just get on with it? Okay, okay, it needs to be official in all, but we’re trying to take over the world here. So long as there is no grammar or spelling mistakes it should pass the test. Besides once we’ve got it written then what do we do with it? isn’t it kind of large to fit in a convenient hiding place? Yeah–I think its COMPLETELY FINE as it is, and anyone who reads it will be impressed and maybe–just maybe–join the Kokonspiracy or become a muser.
Therefore, if we get it out there as soon as possible then it will hit with a bang and get people interested, what we need is a huge number of MBers, then we will have a much better chance. We need to establish a following that makes people think, which is, of course, what Muse is about.
We also should get organized, 30 or so Musers coming up with ideas is all fine, but we need to really get everything set
up in perfect order: some MBers should have specific parts in
moving the Kokonpiracy along. By the way, once we have ourselves known, what do we do? I hope everyone is committed enough to MB to read all this.
Sorry about the double posting–but in the Mostly Harmless description it says “in twenty thirty or forty we will be the” and so on, but shouldn’t it be “in twenty thirty or forty YEARS we will be the” I just thought this should be pointed out.
157 – Meh…maybe just a little corny. It sounds like…I dunno. Maybe add some examples of what we DO do here, besides taking over the world? Pie wars? Pieceful Pie Planet? Muse Academy?
160- Yes. That would spark their interest.
160- It’s not an article promoting MuseBlog. It’s an article promoting the Kokonspiracy.
158- Of course it’s long. It’s what we are sending into muse, hoping they’ll publish it in the fan mail or some other place. It’s an ARTICLE. AND IT NEEDS TO BE EDITED. IT NEEDS TO BE PERFECT.
160- It is corny. We are trying to take the cornyness out. If you want to help, copy and paste it into word and have some fun with it.
Third draft (minor changes)
Deep within the cyberspace, in a universe known only to the modern Muser, a conspiracy is afoot. Its mission: world domination. As you probably know, what sets Muse head and shoulders above most ordinary magazines on the rack is the unique culture that has come to be associated with it over its 10+ year existence. What you may not know is that the website musefanpage.com/blog is dedicated to sharing this culture, which it calls ‘La Vida Koko’.”
You have probably seen various references to MuseBlog in the letterbox. Perhaps you thought this was a place where Muse readers discuss the magazine. Nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, the MuseBloggers are extremely ambitious. They’re ambitions extend to everything up to and including taking over the world.
In the troubled times that we live in, a group of MuseBloggers have formed a group of conspirators and sworn nonsecrecy to the common cause. In fact, the mission is so nonsecret that the group constantly tries to get attention.
The reader at this point may ask, “Why is world domination preferable?”
We MuseBloggers have found the current world leaders incapable of doing their job. Therefore, we have started a plot called the Kokonspiracy, codenamed Mostly Harmless, which calls for world domination, Kokopelli for present, and pies in every face. Already, we have begun carrying out the first stage of our plan: Letting people know we exist. Have you found leaflets with mentions of Muse in your library books lately? Or found washed up bottles on the beach containing messages about Muse? Or seen any other odd things that have to do with Muse?
Don’t be worried if you haven’t, because we can assure you that other people have.
We do use the phrase “world domination” jestingly. What we want is an enlightened society. A society of no wars, no cultural problems such as racism or sexism, and no idiotic politicians getting us into all sorts of trouble. A society where the environment, animals and people are respected.
It sounds like an extremely corny kid’s movie. Pipe dreams. We must remind ourselves that in twenty, thirty or forty years we will be the politicians, the lawyers, the doctors, the juries, the judges, and the grocer at the grocery store. We will be in the position of power.
What this society needs are more people who read Muse. We are not advertising, we are just trying to make the world a better place. If you want to help us make this happen, then visit our site at https://musefanpage.com/blog/?p=1149. We can change the world.
I want in! Can I join the Kokonspiracy? What do I need to do? do I need to sign a contract? I definately want to help tkae over the world!
163-Hi! Are you new? *Pies* I am AGENT HAWK of the kokonspiracy, and I think it’s okay for you to come in. See if you can come up with a good “Agent name,” if you want. Not everyone has one, though… Welcome!
Vixen-I cannot look at the article now, but I do want to help, so please wait!
Red-tailed HAWK
Okay, I’m Agent Vaxid. So when and how are we going to take over the world?
165- Read the posts above. We’re trying to get more people to know about us by writing an article for Muse.
164- That’s all right Hawk, it’s not going anywhere.
Signing a contract/saying an oath is a good idea.I’ll whip one up right away.
Oath Giver: In the printing of your name below, you vow to help the Kokonspiracy in all ways deemed possible, protect all it stands for, check this thread every time you come on MuseBlog, help other agents, fulfill missions assigned to you, and follow orders as long as you can conscientously agree?
Newb: I most solemnly vow.
Oath Giver: You also vow never to renounce the Kokonspiracy for fear of banishment from this thread, nor to leak classified information to an outsider, nor to harm the Kokonspiracy in anyway for fear of being charged with high treason?
Newb: I most solemnly vow.
Oath Giver: You vow to protect the enviroment, use commen sense, and never start any wars what so ever in whatever position you will recieve when you become of age?
Newb: I most solemnly vow.
Then arise as a member of the Kokonspiracy, place your name under this binding contract, and adopt your new codename. Forever, La Vida Koko! Vive le Revolution!
So, how this would work: An elder member (someone who has been a part of the kokonspiracy for at least two months) and the Newbie get on at the same time and in turn post a paragraph. So the Elder member would play the part of the Oath Giver and the Newb the newb. At the end the newb copies and pastes the whole dialog into a post and types her/his name at the bottom.
I happen to like the oath.
167 – Codename?
169- It’s a stupid tradition. I’m Agent SnowFox.
Okay, I guess I’ll take the oath.
I’ve almost convinced someone to start reading muse and check out the museblog. And I just took the oath by reading it and saying “I most solemly vow” Does that count? Or do I have to take it again? does taking the oath twice cancel it out?
Solemn vows aren’t very Muselike, are they? I mean, solemnity and all that.
As for planning, I’ve always found it vastly overrated.
and Don’t we want things to leak from the thread?
I’d say just at least putting your code name in a post saying you agree with the promise is good enough, or reading it aloud if you want…wait, but let’s make sure there’s no swearing on the Bible and such, I’m a Quaker, and if you didn’t happen to know, we don’t do that… So there should be some sort of Affirming option. Of course, I really don’t have to take this do I, I’ve been around as agent HAWK for a long time
Robert-true!
Red-tailed HAWK
Hawk-I never mentioned anything about swearing on the bible. I’m an atheist, so I really don’t know where you got that idea from????
173- Well, Napolien didn’t go to battle without a strategy, now did he? And MUSE is always a lot more serious than, for example, Seventeen, or Grrrlzz.
Vixen-No, you didn’t, I was just making sure in the solemn vowing and such there wasn’t any
Did somebody have a suggestion of what I should put on the papers I will be putting places? (See comment 151)
Red-tailed HAWK
177- Great. No problem then.
What about: Read Muse. It’s cool???
177- how about, Have you ever wondered about something, and then thought: “I’ll never know the answer to this, no one knows it.”? Well your wrong. Muse, knows it. Muse is the magazinefor people just like you who are curious about everything. It’s about life, the universe, and everything in between. Origami, Genes, Money, Myths, History, Art, Animals, Google, computers and online games are just a few of the topics Muse has covered in the past. And with a past like that, just think about what could happen in the future. So why not become a part of this wonderful magazine and the wonderful community of readers? If you are interested, subscribe, if not, pass this note on to someone who is! (and include a subscription form)
Well, how was that?
179- A bit long, maybe….
why didn’t I have to take the solemn oath? Is it because i’ve been with MB for a while, therefore I am a respected MB member?
Agent Mouse the Kokonquerer, hey! that’s a good name, for anyone who wants to use it. But anyway we need to organize
our members so we can then build a strong reputation for ourselves, what do you think of that Agent SnowFox?
181-YOU DO: GET OVER HERE NOW!!! PLEASE!
I like the oath.
Maybe we could swear on the first issue of Muse. (?)
I don’t come on this thread much, but I’ll still be a member of the kokonspiracy.
180- it may be long, but I’ve used that pitch and it won somone over already.
183- Sure. Do you want to assume membership or take the oath?
Deep within the cyberspace, in a universe known only to the modern Muser, a conspiracy is afoot. Its mission: world domination. As you probably know, what sets Muse head and shoulders above most ordinary magazines on the rack is the unique culture that has come to be associated with it over its 10+ year existence. What you may not know is that the website musefanpage.com/blog is dedicated to sharing this culture, which it calls ‘La Vida Koko’.”
You have probably seen various references to MuseBlog in the letterbox. Perhaps you thought this was a place where Muse readers discuss the magazine. Nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, the MuseBloggers are extremely ambitious. They’re ambitions extend to everything up to and including taking over the world.
In the troubled times that we live in, a group of MuseBloggers have formed a group of conspirators and sworn nonsecrecy to the common cause. In fact, the mission is so nonsecret that the group constantly tries to get attention.
The reader at this point may ask, “Why is world domination preferable?”
We MuseBloggers have found the current world leaders incapable of doing their job. Therefore, we have started a plot called the Kokonspiracy, codenamed Mostly Harmless, which calls for world domination, Kokopelli for present, and pies in every face. Already, we have begun carrying out the first stage of our plan: Letting people know we exist. Have you found leaflets with mentions of Muse in your library books lately? Or found washed up bottles on the beach containing messages about Muse? Or seen any other odd things that have to do with Muse?
Don’t be worried if you haven’t, because we can assure you that other people have.
We do use the phrase “world domination” jestingly. What we want is an enlightened society. A society of no wars, no cultural problems such as racism or sexism, and no idiotic politicians getting us into all sorts of trouble. A society where the environment, animals and people are respected.
It sounds like an extremely corny kid’s movie. Pipe dreams. We must remind ourselves that in twenty, thirty or forty years we will be the politicians, the lawyers, the doctors, the juries, the judges, and the grocer at the grocery store. We will be in the position of power.
What this society needs are more people who read Muse. We are not advertising, we are just trying to make the world a better place. If you want to help us make this happen, then visit our site at https://musefanpage.com/blog/?p=1149. We can change the world.
Do you know what this article needs? Humor. Much more humor.
186-I like it!
I’m not much for advertising, but I can get attention and act suspicious.
I don’t know if I’m already considered a kokonspirator, but if not I’ll take the oath.
OK, I’ll take the solemn oath.
183 – Well, although I have the first issue, I’m not sure how many others have it, and I don’t want to pass mine around for oath-making, I don’t want to lose it.
188- MOUSE: I’m your oathgiver, if you are on in the next twenty six hours. I’ll say the first bit, you say the “i solemnly vow” bit. Then we repeat with tyhe next paragraph.
In the printing of your name below, you vow to help the Kokonspiracy in all ways deemed possible, protect all it stands for, check this thread every time you come on MuseBlog, help other agents, fulfill missions assigned to you, and follow orders as long as you can conscientously agree?
*laughs because that oath reeks of the BSA*
192- What’s BSA?
Hey, my friends dad is a lawyer, and a while back she sent me a sample contract for an oil refinery/enviromental “treaty”. I got the idea from that.
193- Boy Scouts of America.
194- Thanks.
yeah I’m back on in the the next twenty six hours, now what do I do?
196- Say “I most solmnly vow” after reading post 191.
I MOST solemnly vow
I vow to help the Kokonspiracy in all ways deemed possible, come on this thread every time I visit MuseBlog, protect the Kokonspiracy and all it stands for, help other agents, and most definitely fulfilll missions assigned to me and most of all follow my own orders.
Oh, sorry, had to take the dog out. I’m on again.
198-199 You also vow never to renounce the Kokonspiracy for fear of banishment from this thread, nor to leak classified information to an outsider, nor to harm the Kokonspiracy in anyway for fear of being charged with high treason?
WHAT classified info!
201- We haven’t come upwith any yet, but if we do, then it’s useful to have that bit in the oath.
The genius of Mostly Harmless is that you don’t have to keep it secret, because nobody would believe it anyway.
203- You never know.
I most solemnly vow. but why didn’t you, Agent Snowfox, have to take the solemn oath?
Today i was at taekwondo, and i had my notebook for the teaching class. My friend saw the Mostly Harmless thing on it, and said “yeah right, you’re really harmful”. It was interesting.
People are constantly asking who “Kokopelli” is (because the poster that Purple Panda ((I think it was her)) made up is hanging in my locker, and his stickers are on my books) and I’d like to have an answer other than “Him *points to picture*”. Suggestions?
205- because I’m the one who wrote it. And if you’ll back at last thread, you’ll see that my exploits are probably some of themost daring Mostly Harmless has seen.
the oath takes too long. If we switch the words out a bit, and then you just post the entire thing, it’ll be easier.
So, to take the oath, just post:
In the printing of my name below, I vow to help the Kokonspiracy in all ways deemed possible, protect all it stands for, check this thread every time I come on MuseBlog, help other agents, fulfill missions assigned to me, and follow orders as long as I can conscientously agree.
I also vow never to renounce the Kokonspiracy for fear of banishment from this thread, nor to leak classified information to an outsider, nor to harm the Kokonspiracy in anyway for fear of being charged with high treason.
I vow to protect the enviroment, use commen sense, and never start any wars what so ever in whatever position I will recieve when I become of age?
I arise as a member of the Kokonspiracy, place my name under this binding contract, and adopt your new codename. Forever, La Vida Koko! Vive le Revolution!
(your name)
I’ll take the oath.
In the printing of my name below, I vow to help the Kokonspiracy in all ways deemed possible, protect all it stands for, check this thread every time I come on MuseBlog, help other agents, fulfill missions assigned to me, and follow orders as long as I can conscientously agree.
I also vow never to renounce the Kokonspiracy for fear of banishment from this thread, nor to leak classified information to an outsider, nor to harm the Kokonspiracy in anyway for fear of being charged with high treason.
I vow to protect the enviroment, use commen sense, and never start any wars what so ever in whatever position I will recieve when I become of age?
I arise as a member of the Kokonspiracy, place my name under this binding contract, and adopt your new codename. Forever, La Vida Koko! Vive le Revolution!
Vixen in the Eyes of the Moon, Agent SnowFox.
In the printing of my name below, I vow to help the Kokonspiracy in all ways deemed possible, protect all it stands for, check this thread every time I come on MuseBlog, help other agents, fulfill missions assigned to me, and follow orders as long as I can conscientously agree.
I also vow never to renounce the Kokonspiracy for fear of banishment from this thread, nor to leak classified information to an outsider, nor to harm the Kokonspiracy in anyway for fear of being charged with high treason.
I vow to protect the enviroment, use commen sense, and never start any wars what so ever in whatever position I will recieve when I become of age?
I arise as a member of the Kokonspiracy, place my name under this binding contract, and adopt your new codename. Forever, La Vida Koko! Vive le Revolution!
KaiYves, Agent JediWannaBe
In the printing of my name below, I vow to help the Kokonspiracy in all ways deemed possible, protect all it stands for,check this thread every time I come on MuseBlog, help other agents, fulfill missions assigned to me, and follow orders as long as I can conscientously
agree.
I also vow never to renounce the Kokonspiracy for fear of banishment from this thread, nor leak classified information to an outsider, nor to harm the Kokonspiracy in any way for fear of being charged of high treason.
I vow to protect the environment, use common sense, and never start any wars what so ever in whatever position I will recieve when I come of age?
I arise as a member of the Kokonspiracy, place my name under this binding contract, and adopt your new codename. Forever, La Vida Koko! Vive le revolution!
Mouse the Kokonquerer, Agent ZVX
whew, I took the oath!
I refuse to take the oath! I’ve been here longer then vixen, and I feel that I am fine without the oath, as I have been on here since 7/29/06. I also feel that the oath take the point out of the kokonspiracy.
Is someone talking….?
I’ll take the oath, but only because I don’t have anything else to do, and people will eat me if I don’t.
I’ll take the oath.
In the printing of my name below, I vow to help the Kokonspiracy in all ways deemed possible, protect all it stands for, check this thread every time I come on MuseBlog, help other agents, fulfill missions assigned to me, and follow orders as long as I can conscientously agree.
I also vow never to renounce the Kokonspiracy for fear of banishment from this thread, nor to leak classified information to an outsider, nor to harm the Kokonspiracy in anyway for fear of being charged with high treason.
I vow to protect the enviroment, use commen sense, and never start any wars what so ever in whatever position I will recieve when I become of age.
I arise as a member of the Kokonspiracy, place my name under this binding contract, and adopt your new codename. Forever, La Vida Koko! Vive le Revolution!
Beavo the Online Stalker Spy Dude Person (and such), hereby known on this thread as Agent NeonBlack
Go Beav–sorry–Agent NeonBlack!
Yes. Go me.
Mission Numero Uno*: “Drop” K4P flyers in completely random places that everyone goes to like the mall. And school. Yes, everyone goes to school.
*Ooh, nobody’ll know what we’re saying if we talk in Spanish!
217- !Una idea muy bien! ?Pero, quantos “Musers” hablan Espanol?
218- Yo hablo español.
A little.
219-Un poquito?
No puetho escribir la “enya” con un computadora.
220- Press alt, then press n. I don/t know how to make it when I’m not on a Mac.
*Yawn* Yeah, l”ll take the othe.
In the printing of my name below, I vow to help the Kokonspiracy in all ways deemed possible, protect all it stands for, check this thread every time I come on MuseBlog, help other agents, fulfill missions assigned to me, and follow orders as long as I can conscientously agree.
I also vow never to renounce the Kokonspiracy for fear of banishment from this thread, nor to leak classified information to an outsider, nor to harm the Kokonspiracy in anyway for fear of being charged with high treason.
I vow to protect the enviroment, use commen sense, and never start any wars what so ever in whatever position I will recieve when I become of age.
I arise as a member of the Kokonspiracy, place my name under this binding contract, and adopt your new codename. Forever, La Vida Koko! Vive le Revolution!
agagabagabag x. zepata of pie isle, formally known as Trevor Wreet of Chaddica. l shall be known as Agent Bunnyton.
Stop laughing.
l mean it.
Anyway, foreign languages?
Je parle francais.
Yo habla espanol.
(Actually, l don’t habla espanol. That’s all l can say other than “queso”.)
222- ¡Me gusta queso!
(220) On a PC you can press Alt+0241 — but remember to type the numbers on the key pad with Num Lock on. Alternatively, you can use Character Map, a little utility found in Windows under Accessories/System Tools (I’m not sure if it’s in all versions of Windows, but it’s in most). Then there’s always c+p the “ñ” from someone else’s post.
I’ll take the oath:
In the printing of my name below, I vow to help the Kokonspiracy in all ways deemed possible, protect all it stands for, check this thread every time I come on MuseBlog, help other agents, fulfill missions assigned to me, and follow orders as long as I can conscientously agree.
I also vow never to renounce the Kokonspiracy for fear of banishment from this thread, nor to leak classified information to an outsider, nor to harm the Kokonspiracy in anyway for fear of being charged with high treason.
I vow to protect the enviroment, use commen sense, and never start any wars what so ever in whatever position I will recieve when I become of age.
I arise as a member of the Kokonspiracy, place my name under this binding contract, and adopt your new codename. Forever, La Vida Koko! Vive le Revolution!
VAXiDXVII A.K.A. Agent Darkblade.
I see an error on post 22, oath isn’t spelled ‘othe’. but passing over that, I’m really not all that good at spanish so I won’t be able to understand, but I think we should form a code that no one can be taught unless they have taken the oath. wouldn’t that be dangerous if they knew spanish?
Asi?
ñ
Grasies, Señora Lasely!
222-Queso. MMM. No megusta, pero megusta la palabra.
was that supposed to be ‘gracias’ up there? it isn’t spelled “grasies”
I’ll take the oath.
In the printing of my name below, I vow to help the Kokonspiracy in all ways deemed possible, protect all it stands for, check this thread every time I come on MuseBlog, help other agents, fulfill missions assigned to me, and follow orders as long as I can conscientously agree.
I also vow never to renounce the Kokonspiracy for fear of banishment from this thread, nor to leak classified information to an outsider, nor to harm the Kokonspiracy in anyway for fear of being charged with high treason.
I vow to protect the enviroment, use common sense, and never start any wars what so ever in whatever position I will recieve when I become of age.
I arise as a member of the Kokonspiracy, place my name under this binding contract, and adopt my new codename. Forever, La Vida Koko! Vive le Revolution!
Unintended Pun a.k.a. Agent K-T
why the heck does everyone always say ‘I’ll take the oath’ before
they actually do? come on!
can’t anyone post? is this thread dead?
231 – No, it is not dead.
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I’ll take the oath.
In the printing of my name below, I vow to help the Kokonspiracy in all ways deemed possible, protect all it stands for, check this thread every time I come on MuseBlog, help other agents, fulfill missions assigned to me, and follow orders as long as I can conscientiously agree.
I also vow never to renounce the Kokonspiracy for fear of banishment from this thread, nor to leak classified information to an outsider, nor to harm the Kokonspiracy in anyway for fear of being charged with high treason.
I vow to protect the environment, use common sense, and never start any wars what so ever in whatever position I will receive when I become of age.
I arise as a member of the Kokonspiracy, place my name under this binding contract, and adopt my new codename. Forever, La Vida Koko! Viva la Revolution!
~ Kokonilly (aka Agent Darth Koko)
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Thank GOODNESS for copy and paste.
Now it’s dead.
no it’s not.
I’ll just get this over with.
In the printing of my name below, I vow to help the Kokonspiracy in all ways deemed possible, protect all it stands for, check this thread every time I come on MuseBlog, help other agents, fulfill missions assigned to me, and follow orders as long as I can conscientiously agree.
I also vow never to renounce the Kokonspiracy for fear of banishment from this thread, nor to leak classified information to an outsider, nor to harm the Kokonspiracy in anyway for fear of being charged with high treason.
I vow to protect the environment, use common sense, and never start any wars what so ever in whatever position I will receive when I become of age.
I arise as a member of the Kokonspiracy, place my name under this binding contract, and adopt my new codename. Forever, La Vida Koko! Viva la Revolution!
~ IBCF (Agent Seiph)
Now back to world domination…
Here’s the article again.
Deep within the cyberspace, in a universe known only to the modern Muser, a conspiracy is afoot. Its mission: world domination. As you probably know, what sets Muse head and shoulders above most ordinary magazines on the rack is the unique culture that has come to be associated with it over its 10+ year existence. What you may not know is that the website musefanpage.com/blog is dedicated to sharing this culture, which it calls ‘La Vida Koko’.”
You have probably seen various references to MuseBlog in the letterbox. Perhaps you thought this was a place where Muse readers discuss the magazine. Nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, the MuseBloggers are extremely ambitious. They’re ambitions extend to everything up to and including taking over the world.
In the troubled times that we live in, a group of MuseBloggers have formed a group of conspirators and sworn nonsecrecy to the common cause. In fact, the mission is so nonsecret that the group constantly tries to get attention.
The reader at this point may ask, “Why is world domination preferable?”
We MuseBloggers have found the current world leaders incapable of doing their job. Therefore, we have started a plot called the Kokonspiracy, codenamed Mostly Harmless, which calls for world domination, Kokopelli for present, and pies in every face. Already, we have begun carrying out the first stage of our plan: Letting people know we exist. Have you found leaflets with mentions of Muse in your library books lately? Or found washed up bottles on the beach containing messages about Muse? Or seen any other odd things that have to do with Muse?
Don’t be worried if you haven’t, because we can assure you that other people have.
We do use the phrase “world domination” jestingly. What we want is an enlightened society. A society of no wars, no cultural problems such as racism or sexism, and no idiotic politicians getting us into all sorts of trouble. A society where the environment, animals and people are respected.
It sounds like an extremely corny kid’s movie. Pipe dreams. We must remind ourselves that in twenty, thirty or forty years we will be the politicians, the lawyers, the doctors, the juries, the judges, and the grocer at the grocery store. We will be in the position of power.
What this society needs are more people who read Muse. We are not advertising, we are just trying to make the world a better place. If you want to help us make this happen, then visit our site at https://musefanpage.com/blog/?p=1149. We can change the world.
pretty nice, I think it will pass the test.
We should write letters to the IAU demanding that the next minor planet discovered be called Kokopelli.
Good idea! (That’s the International Astronomical Union, for you non-astronomers out there.) I’ve interviewed Martin Rees a few times. He’s the Astronomer Royal and the head of the IAU’s naming committee. Maybe he remembers me…
yeah, that’s a good idea, but hey, whenever they find a new planet, We should colonize it.
Maybe the Midwesterners on the blog would feel comfortable way out in the Kuiper Belt, but I think I’ll stay here in the habitable zone, thanks.
You guys remember the publishing thread? The one where we set up our own publishing house and publish RRRs, RPGs, NaNoWriMos, short stories, etc. On a variation of that, I think we ought to have our own recording company so we can put out parodies like “Have a Pie” and “Have some Soup” whatever else we want to record.
239- the Midwesterners on the blog can barley stand it in the midwest.
oh please, if we have another planet to operate off of, then taking over this planet will be a piece of cake.
I’m ready to move to the Kuiper Belt any day. I’ll pack my toothbrush!
The Kuiper Belt? Er… I think I’ll just stay here on good old Earth, where there’s mild temperatures, liquid water, and breathable gas.
Suit yourself… but I’m amped for adventure!
so am I!
• I’ll take the oath:
In the printing of my name below, I vow to help the Kokonspiracy in all ways deemed possible, protect all it stands for, check this thread every time I come on MuseBlog, help other agents, fulfill missions assigned to me, and follow orders as long as I can conscientously agree.
I also vow never to renounce the Kokonspiracy for fear of banishment from this thread, nor to leak classified information to an outsider, nor to harm the Kokonspiracy in anyway for fear of being charged with high treason.
I vow to protect the environment, use common sense, and never start any wars what so ever in whatever position I will receive when I become of age.
I arise as a member of the Kokonspiracy, place my name under this binding contract, and adopt your new codename. Forever, La Vida
KokoMuse Vive le revolution from now on I am agent silvertongue (that work?) Now do we aspire for one-world domination two-house hold domination three-universe domination four-molty universe domination five-galaxy domination six-other pleas specify_________________________________hey dude…are you new?
What is happening with the article? I wouldn’t put the exact thread address. We are close to 300 posts, and by the time an article is published, three hundred more posts–or even threads–will probably pile up…
Red-tailed HAWK
oh come oooooooooooon, won’t anybody post?
247- You did that all out of order. In zoom-out order it would be:
Household domination.
World domination.
Galaxy domination.
Universe domination.
Multi-Universe Domination.
Other, please specify.
No one commented on my idea. *pouts*
Maybe it would make more sense to send this in as a joint MuseBlogger letter to get put in the fanmail page…not as an article? I think it would better fit there.
I’ve already got household domination down pat.
that’s actually a pretty good idea, agent NeonBlack.
Okay, okay
In the printing of my name below, I vow to help the Kokonspiracy in all ways deemed possible, protect all it stands for, check this thread every time I come on MuseBlog, help other agents, fulfill missions assigned to me, and follow orders as long as I can conscientiously agree.
I also vow never to renounce the Kokonspiracy for fear of banishment from this thread, nor to leak classified information to an outsider, nor to harm the Kokonspiracy in anyway for fear of being charged with high treason.
I vow to protect the environment, use common sense, and never start any wars what so ever in whatever position I will receive when I become of age.
I arise as a member of the Kokonspiracy, place my name under this binding contract, and adopt my new codename. Forever, La Vida Koko! Viva la Revolution
~speller73 who can’t think of a codename right now
248: yes I’m a neophwatchacalit 254: I’ve got world domination down but am still strugeling with hous hold (hou pathetik)*snif sob* 251: I stand coreckted. Me: what about genetikly engenearing HPB to take over for us,with boms planted in them so we can blow them up if they turn evilus *bwa ha ha ha…. *
yeah. lol.
OPERATION BUG TO LAUNCH IN MAY
(MB)- Agent TMFA Announced today that Operation “Bug” Would start in may.
“The new Muse and Cricket Site will help us to Spread our message farther than normal. Muse will never be the same.
rock on!
yessssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!….
yessssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!….
pleeaaaaaaaaaaaase post. your breaking the solemn oath if you’re on here and don’t look at Mostly Harmless.
263- that’s why I don’t like oaths.
Wow. i’m alive. It’s good to see you all.
Hmm. Yes. We should send the article into the fanmail. I think it’s good
Enough.Does anyone want to edit it again?
no… i think it’s been perfected…but what names would put under it?
wher is article? I couldent find it
266- How about:
The Collective Museblogers, Age 4, Around the world.
267- see post 234
268- NO. o.0
266- Either the names of everyone who wants to put their name on it and helped edit/write it, or “The Kokonspirators.”
good idea… but how aout “the kokonspirators soon to be kokonconquerers”?
269- why not?
271- Because, as I already have found, the average age of musebloggers is fifteen, and we are SERIOUS!
270- “Kokonspirators soon to be kokonquerers.”
Well. um. should we mail it? It will seem more proffesional. I would prefer that to e-mail.
I think twelve people should print it out and mail it. There’s twelve people on a jury: it would get our point across, especially as these twelve people will be from different areas. It will make it seem unanonimous, and evryone should mail it on the same day. Or around the same day. I’ll run it through spell check, write the greeting and signatures, and then post it here. Be right back!
Dear Muse Staff and Editors:
Could you please print this in the fan mail section? We would really appreciate it.
Dear Musers:
Deep within the cyberspace, in a universe known only to the modern Muser, a conspiracy is afoot. Its mission: world domination. As you probably know, what sets Muse head and shoulders above most ordinary magazines on the rack is the unique culture that has come to be associated with it over its 10+ year existence. What you may not know is that the website musefanpage.com/blog is dedicated to sharing this culture, which it calls ‘La Vida Koko’.â€
You have probably seen various references to MuseBlog in the letterbox. Perhaps you thought this was a place where Muse readers discuss the magazine. Nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, the MuseBloggers are extremely ambitious. They’re ambitions extend to everything up to and including taking over the world.
In the troubled times that we live in, a group of MuseBloggers have formed a group of conspirators and sworn nonsecrecy to the common cause. In fact, the mission is so nonsecret that the group constantly tries to get attention.
The reader at this point may ask, “Why is world domination preferable?â€
We MuseBloggers have found the current world leaders incapable of doing their job. Therefore, we have started a plot called the Kokonspiracy, codenamed Mostly Harmless, which calls for world domination, Kokopelli for present, and pies in every face. Already, we have begun carrying out the first stage of our plan: letting people know that we exist. Have you found leaflets with mentions of Muse in your library books lately? Or found washed up bottles on the beach containing messages about Muse? Or seen any other odd things that have to do with Muse?
Don’t be worried if you haven’t, because we can assure you that other people have.
We do use the phrase “world domination†jestingly. What we want is an enlightened society. A society of no wars, no cultural problems such as racism or sexism, and no idiotic politicians getting us into all sorts of trouble. A society where the environment, animals and people are respected.
It sounds like an extremely corny kid’s movie. Pipe dreams. We must remind ourselves that in twenty, thirty or forty years we will be the politicians, the lawyers, the doctors, the juries, the judges, and the grocer at the grocery store. We will be in the position of power.
What this society needs are more people who read Muse. We are not advertising, we are just trying to make the world a better place. If you want to help us make this happen, then visit our site at https://musefanpage.com/blog/?p=1149. We can change the world.
Sincerely,
The Kokonspirators, soon to be the Kokonquerors
Where do you plan to mail this message? Because if the Department of Homeland Security is going to come calling, I want to make sure I have a book to read while I’m awaiting interrogation.
Oh, it’s to Muse. That should be all right, I guess.
275- well, we were planning to mail a copy to the FBI, but if you think that it might be superfluous, we’ll resist…
275- right now, right now. we know were you work…
I’ll be one of the twelve… How about you, too, TheMForA?
I’ll also be one of the twelve. but i don’t really know if my parents would like it…
Does anyone want to be one of the twelve?
ZVX- Why wouldn’t they like it, if I may ask?
yes, you can ask, they just don’t really get museblog, and i don’t know what they would think if i started sending letters about world domination to muse.
WE NEED SOME PEOPLE TO SEND LETTERS WITH US!!! Let’s send the letters off March 18, that’s a tuesday, it should fit.
281- My parents don’t get MuseBlog either. But they don’t really care what I do, so they don’t have a problem with it. Well, i don’t think they actually KNOW what I’m doing, so they can’t really have problem with it.
OK, i get your point, vixen.
DOES ANYONE ELSE WANT TO BE ONE OF THETWELVE? SEE POST 272.
KOKONSPIRATORS PLEASE COME TO THE KOKONSPIRACY THREAD! SEE POST 284!
Now wait a minute, let’s not rush off with this… What else has been done to the letter? I haven’t been following this. Also, sending a letter to Muse won’t get the message that far. We’ve already nearly captured those people… we shouldn’t lose sight of our other plans…
Red-tailed HAWK
286- We are trying to get an article/letter published in Muse so we can get as many Muser followers as possible. We aren’t rush (ing) off with this, we have been working on this for more than a month! I see that you haven’t solemnly taken the vow, which is your choice, but I expect that if you want to stay involved with this and be able to comprehend our exploits you’ll try to keep up with trhe stuff on here. We have finished the article (see post 266), we are sending twelve copies to muse (see post 272), we are then continueing taking over the world.
Could KaiYves, Mouse, TMFA, Beavo, Agagabagabag, Unintended Pun, Alice, Kokonilly, VAXiDXVII, Speller73, ¡Ã߀ƒ!, badrang, the Man for Aeiou, and any others who feel that they are a part of the kokonspiracy please read this post?
Some of you have taken the oath, others have not. It’s your choice. For those who have, you vowed to, along with other things, “to help the Kokonspiracy in all ways deemed possible, protect all it stands for, check this thread every time I come on MuseBlog, help other agents, fulfill missions assigned to me, and follow orders as long as I can conscientiously agree.â€
If you haven’t taken the oath, then I can’t hold it against you fornot checking with this thread. However, I would hope that you could help us out a bit more.
Could it be possible if my fellow Kokonspirators would read the posts around 272? It would help the kokonspiracy a lot if you didn”t ignore us, however accidental it w is.
Gapas, There IS SOMETHING FREAKY GOING ON: ARE YOU TRYING TO DO SOME CODNG OR SOMETHING?
(288) Sorry, Vixen. I’ve been doing a little housekeeping. I’ve stopped now. </freakiness> <for a while>
I feel I am a part of the Kokonspiracy…even though I’m not very active, I think I’m still a part of it. But I agree with Red-tailed HAWK about the whole “oath” thing.
290-Thanks Panda! I just feel it is a little much. And many parts are a bit confusing to me. (The oath appears in 167 for those of you who don’t remember it…) For example: Vixen did write the thing, and she is quite possibly our most active member, but somehow… I don’t know, before it seemed we were all equal, and worked together but didn’t control each other. It’s still mostly this way, but Vixen has sort of made the oath such that she has a bit more power. At least it seems so, maybe it isn’t.
She didn’t have to take the oath because she wrote it. In the oath, you have to vow to always follow orders and carry out your assigned missions unless it absolutely goes against your beliefs. This seems much too much. It never says who gets to have all of the power and hand out these orders, and because Vixen didn’t take the oath, I’m just wondering if she does.
So all I’m saying is, maybe we want to go back to the good ol’ days, when we all helped each other and nobody had more power than others. Also, we weren’t locked into coming to this thread, so we came when we were really excited about it. That’s when you get the most done, and that’s when it is still fun. This shouldn’t seem like a job, it should be enjoyable and exciting, correct?
Those are my thoughts…
Red-tailed HAWK
289- Thanks.
290- That’s fine. (If you ask me. You don’t have to ask me. I’m not trying to pressure any one. I’m just pointing out that we can’t get anything done if people don’t pay attention to this thread. ) Would you mind printing out a copy of the article (post 274) and sending it to Muse on tuesday the 18th?
And I’m sorry if I’ve sounded a bit harsh. *swallows pride*
291- I did take the oath. See post 209. I agree with you, but we are going back to the days when… no one was really posting all that mucha and NO ONE took it seriously. Now we have found that it is possible for us to make a difference in the world, some are still taking it more seriously than others and tha’s fine, but we are actually /attempting/ to do stuff.
Before anyone sends anything, why don’t we consider an article? I seem to recall something was happening, but nothing did happen, right?
An article would get more attention than a letter, as it would absolutely be published, and more people would read it. And it would absolutely would have to be published, the article I mean…
Red-tailed HAWK
good. we’re moving the Kokonspiracy along again. I’ll send mine tomorrow.
This is th earticle. The letter is the article. We are sending the article to fan mail so that we don’t waste Muse article space,and it has a higher chance of getting published.
My one problem with the kokonspiracy is its mission. It’s a little unclear why we’re trying to take over the world (something I never used to approve of), and I just want to know before I jump into it.
In the library there’s a sign asking for library helpers, and at the bottom it says, “Previous experience in world domination preferable.” If I hadn’t already filled out my forecast card, I’d jump right in. It was a very muserly sign.
hey vixen, i just sent the letter to Muse!
297- Doesn’t the article explain it?
OK, three questions and points: First, what are we going to say so they don’t wonder why twelve people sent the exact same thing, second, you give the address to this page, which shall soon be gone and we’ll be on the next thread, and third, I think an article is more likely to be published. This letter is as long as an article, and will take up several letter’s worth of space, which they won’t be happy about. I think this should be discussed for a minute, especially if these are being sent out tomorrow!
Also, have we agreed upon this letter/article thing? Because if you do send it as from all of the Musebloggers, it isn’t right to do so without approval from everyone.
Red-tailed HAWK
298-What!?!?!?! Excuse me, this is not right. I’m a major force in the kokonspiracy, and you have just sent something from me to muse without my approval. This is very serious and many people are going to be very angry about this!
Red-tailed HAWK
300- R-tH: Listen to me for a second! We have been planning this from post # 61. We have discusse dit. Written it. Planned it,. Edited it countless times. Decided to send it out. Chosen why we send it 12 times. Begun finding twelve people to send it. ETC.
301- Yes. You are a “major force” in the kokonspiracy, (which sounds a lot like what you were unfairly acusing me of being in post 291), but you haven’t been on this thread very much, which explains why you are confused.
And by the way, silence is consent.
274- One thing, there’s a typo. At one point it says “they’re” instead of “their”. Second, it sounds… I don’t know. I just don’t agree.
298- he’s right. I think He came up with the term Kokonspiracy.
any ways, No oath is needed, because the first time you post, you are a kokonspricter!
303- Could you possibly have mentioned that earlier?
304- So? I don’t see your point. Or your arguement.
Vixen, please. I’m just saying, everybody on the blog is part of the kokonspiracy, not just really active people. So sending a letter from all of us, one that was discussed on a thread where very few people go, does not count as asking people. Silence is not consent, especially when many people don’t even know this thread is here. Hopefully there is some way to stop them from publishing the letter. Like if the editors really read the blog, they will read this post. If there’s going to be a letter, it’s not that one. I’ll write my own and apologize for the false one before I have them think that is the general opinion of people here. You are saying we all agree with what the letter says, and we don’t. I never thought this was actually going to change the entire world, or that it was going to solve all of those problems. That’s not what we’re doing, we’re having a bit of fun and getting a few people to listen to us along the way. Seriously, I am not involved in anything as serious as you have said, and we’re not here to do things that would get national attention and the police on our-and the GAPAs’- doorsteps. That’s how I feel about it.
Red-tailed HAWK
(304) In fact, the first recorded use of the term “kokonspiracy” on the blog appeared in a comment by Violetfire back in March of 2006.
303- Not really. I only just noticed it.
Red-tailed HAWK: Are you on right now? If you are, can we have a word perhaps?
307- I don’t think it’s serious enough to get the police on our doorsteps. I don’t even think it’ll cause any harm. If other people want to send it, that’s fine with me.
309- Ahh. Ok.
310-Why yes, Vixen, I just posted 307. What is it you would like to say? I’d be happy to hear, as long as it’s something the GAPAs will let through…
Red-tailed HAWK
Vixen? I’m waiting.
Red-tailed HAWK
313- I’ll keep my honor and my pride. Don’t worry that I’ll upset the GAPAs.
If you’lllook at posts 280, 282, 284, 265, you’ll notice that I make anouncements to the fellow musebloggers about our need for assistance, exsistence, etc. Please don’t blame me for not letting people know about this thread.
This thread is “abandoned” because few people post on it. Maybe if you, a respected person on this blog, posted more, people would notice it more.
If you had objections to this letter, you could have objected. You didn’t. In fact, you agreed to it. In post 151 you commented, but didn’t mention the article blasting around your post. Silence is consent.
It rather hurts my feelings when you suggest that I have all the power and that implieing that I didn’t take the oath but made everyone else take it. I am not a power hungry person. I am ambitios, indeed. I am a “natural leader”, some say. I don’t find anything wrong with that. I never said that I wanted to be leader. I am not saying that I am a leader. All I say is that I post on a regular basis, except when I don’t have accsess to a computer.
Can we try to understand each other? I really don’t want us to be mad at each other.
Which I think we are.
All right, everyone, can we please take a few deep breaths and remain calm? First of all, there is no reason to be angry because one enthusiastic agent jumped the gun and sent in the letter ahead of schedule.
Secondly, there is no urgency. Nothing is going to happen quickly. The issue in which the letter would appear, IF it were accepted, is still months away. There is plenty of time to withdraw, correct typos, or anything else.
Furthermore, Alice is correct (comment 311). As Robert has pointed out on several occasions, the beauty of the Kokonspiracy is that no one outside of it is likely to take it seriously.
Red-tailed HAWK? Are you here?
Most importantly, please remember that all of you are proceeding from good intentions. Sometimes words don’t come across as intended, and it’s very easy for feelings to be hurt when others misunderstand our meanings. I know it seems like a lot to ask for even more patience and understanding at a time when many of us are already a little frayed from the ongoing technical difficulties, but please give each other the benefit of the doubt.
Sorry these two posts are kind of a chopped-up mess. I’m writing at work and have had a few interruptions.
Vixen, if you’re afraid I’m mad at you, you have nothing to worry about. Who I am mad at is the agent who sent it in without even your approval. Your send date was the 18th, several days from now.
What I’m saying is, the letter has been sent in too early, and people didn’t have time to approve it. If it would have been sent off on the 18th, I would have had time to post it on the random thread and have everybody see it. You did do a lot to get attention on this thread, but it should have bee put somewhere where everybody would definitely see it.
I had forgotten you had taken the oath. All I saw was you saying you didn’t have to take it because you made it. But still, who is giving the orders? I for one am not going to be bossed around by anybody, and I don’t plan to boss anyone else around either. That part of the oath really confuses me.
So there it is. I’m not angry with you, Vixen, really. You’re a perfectly nice person, but because this thread is old and forgotten you have, in your “natural leadership” led the thread. I think it’s time we get a new thread as soon as this mess is sorted out…
Lady b, I agree. People around here need to breathe more. It seems they stop breathing for a while and then hyperventilate in ranting posts. And I’m not talking about you, Vixen, by any means.
Now the hard part: Stopping them from printing the letter.
Red-tailed HAWK
`318- *small whisper* Won’t your boss get mad. My mom’s boss alaways yells at her if she get’s coffee from the kitchen outside of coffee breaks.
Sorry, guys. I didn’t check anything more than Hare-athon durring The Weirdness, and I’m just getting back to these threads now.
(320) I sympathize with your mom — I’ve had bosses like that before. Now I’m director and sole paid staff of a small house museum, so there is seldom anyone looking over my shoulder. But I do get interrupted by phone calls and tourists, especially on Saturdays, making it all but impossible to get any other sort of work done, anyway.
319- They won’t print the letter. That’s why we were planning on mailing it twelve times, so that we would get attention.
All right. I wasn’t trying to give orders, and I’m sorry that it sounded that way. What I meant in the oath is that if the entire kokonspiracy gets going with a project, and “jobs” are assigned, it could get messed up if someone doesn’t do their part. Therefor we would have the oath to fall back on.
I think we can say that we are in each other’s good graces, and that it time to get a new thread. Turn over a new leaf. As a team. Right?
Hawk, I think that could possibly be very good friends, and I am certantly not mad at you. Thank you for your apology, which you knew along that I would accept.
I can’t stands being mad at anyone for very long.
Gapas, a new thread, please?
I agree. New thread to the rescue!
Red-tailed HAWK
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Red-tailed HAWK – Yes, I definitely agree. I liked it when we all worked together…this whole “asking permission” to not sign the oath seems very unbalanced, and while I don’t mind that some people don’t sign the oath, I think that everyone should be treated equally, etc. during missions and projects.
Why is it such a big deal that someone sent it ahead of schedule? I don’t think that’s a problem…they’re not going to all arrive at the same time, anyway, because some people liver farther away than others. Also, just because someone noticed a mistake in the letter and didn’t notice it before…that’s definitely not a reason to get mad at them. It’s a reason to thank them, is it not?
I’m not really sure what has gone on here, but I think everyone needs to just take a deep breath…it’s not the end of the world, yet!
