I Am Doing Absolutely Nothing Now...

I'm actually on my way out but I thought I might just post something in the meantime. The current consensus is that I really should just be home or possibly tied up somewhere. I think that if I can go to school with the people that I do I should be fine in all situations. I'm battleing my chance to go to a Halloween party tomorrow because most people have decided that I should not be around people for the time being. Convienently I didn't need to go to school so that at least is okay.

More than anything I guess I'm really annoyed. I wanted a chance to go and I'm definately worried about my friend who will also be going to the party. Anyway, I'm going to ice skate now...or at least that's what I'd call it. We froze water on the neighborhood parking lot and it's finally frozen enough to take our ATV's and skate over them. I might or might not post something tomorrow depending on how bored I am.

In the meantime the lot is open for everyone who lives in the neighborhood.
- BlackFireMyth -

Rumors And Cross-Examinations

I'm posting this to disprove everyone who has been spreading the rumor that I'm dying. I am in an unstable condition but it is not something that is fatal or otherwise perilous. I am still conducting all work in the UACA and the Council. The reason for the rumors was my sudden disappearance after the keynote speech last night. I have been examined by Council doctors who have diagnosed me. I should be fine in a few days and back to doing everything.

Other than that I have a little rant to share. In the past week all of my email addresses have been filled up with a ton of questions from people who read my blog. While I usually answer all of them one at a time I have found that many questions are constantly repeated. In that spirit I am going to make a FAQ post once a month with the top ten questions that I get asked. Be mindful that there are some questions that I can't answer on the blog but other than that there is basically no limit to what you can ask. If you wish to submit a question you may send it to my email. The first post will be made on Wednesday, November 4th at midnight. This really is an opportunity to get to ask me questions and learn more about me.

I can't say I'm particularly excited for this though...
- BlackFireMyth -

Well What Can I Say?

I was finally going through all the posts to put the correct tags to them and I noticed some interesting things. Keith let Jareth post in my blog even though I told him not to and we ended up in crazy mix-ups regarding my name. I made a few edits considering that but nothing too major. I don't know why I'm really posting about it but whatever.

I guess I really have nothing better to do...
- BlackFireMyth -

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Lesson Of The Day: Shopping With Family Usually Leads To Unwanted Attention...

This is going to be more of a casual "what I did today" kind of post.

Since I really had nothing to do I went shopping with Jareth, Amy, and Tony. It was quite a sight to see, we managed to get quite a bit of attention. Jareth has rarely ever gone shopping at malls, usually he picked all of his clothes from a catalog and they were delivered to him. Now that I'm going to the mall once a week I usually picked out his clothes (that really managed to get me attention at the stores), anyway he was acting like a child today picking out everything that he liked and many things that he really didn't need. It really entertained me.

The part that he is never going to live down is an eight year old girl who was shopping at Nordstrom with her mother. Seeing Jareth she went up to him and asked if he was a vampire. Jareth got really confused and asked why she was asking that and the girl tells him that he sparkled under the light. While I was laughing my head off Amy responds that her dad is a real vampire unlike the ones in the Twilight world. Ah, the fun of kids...

It feels so weird that after two months of insanity I am just going to school and being normal again. Everything seems so calm now that I must ask myself "is there really nothing I need to be doing right now?" Apparently not...

I'll get back to you soon(ish)
- BlackFireMyth -

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Note To Self: Never Say "What Could Possibly Go Wrong?"

I can't stand my bad luck anymore. I have found out that in the few days that I have been gone everything has gone wrong in headquarters. Even with half of the people gone it should have been able to run without any problems. Then I realize that the people who were left there are not suited for the job. We're going to have trouble with the VMZE again apparently and I have no idea why (of course this is really normal considering I never really knew why we had a problem with them in the first place). I'm quite tired of this now...

Anyway, that could not have been the only piece of bad luck that I had. My friend was being taken charge by some of my people from the council and I just realized how they were doing it. It is not the way that I wanted it to be handled but I have no choice anymore. I am going to let them keep doing it but for the record I do not approve of their methods.

I start school tomorrow and I can honestly say that it is going to be my savior from this week of insanity that is bound to happen. I have to go to school with my friend and keep her from ruining everything. Then I have to take care of the current problems in headquarters. In theory, I should be able to solve all my problems by saying two words but then again it would not be done in the morally correct way.

I wonder what else can happen...
- BlackFireMyth -

P.S. Remind me to update all the tags on the posts...

Last Update From Helsinki... The Tournament Is Finally Over...

The ball having been formally ending, the tournament is officially over. I am proud to say congratulations and get ready for another year. It is 1:30pm here and Jareth and I have been frantically getting our bags and leaving towards the airport. The plane will leave earlier than I have mentioned so I should be back home in no time. I should arrive in DIA at about 6pm. It's funny how I'm going to be making it home in four hours when it took me twenty two to get there. Time zones are so useless. Well I think I have to go board a plane now. Nicole and Alex are somewhere at the party but I would rather not talk about it right now.

See you guys when I get home...
- BlackFireMyth -

Tournament Update (Day Four - 12:00 AM)

So the party has just ended and preparations for the ball have begun. I wan to personally thank everyone that showed up, all the performers, and the guys who brought the food. I also want to congratulate you people for going through all of this. The ball will begin at 5 am today and of course this is a formal event.

This reminds me to mention that it was a year ago when Jareth proposed to me (technically tomorrow since that was the day of the ball last year). Also reminds me that we started "dating" (technically except not really) about three years ago. It's amazing to see the crazy stuff we've been up to since. I was definitely not expecting that.

Well anyway, I hope that you will all enjoy the ball. Don't forget that there will be more partying after the ball is over. I suspect the more scandalous things are to occur there where I'm not watching. This will be the last post I will make until about 12 hours from now.

Hope you have fun,
- BlackFireMyth -

Tournament Update (Day Three - 5:56 PM)

With about an hour to go until the start of tonight's party I wish to remind all of you that while this is not a formal attire event a reasonable ensemble is encouraged.

That's the only part that I was to officially say. Just keep in mind that there will be ten year olds here. Stop being sluts and dress with some respect. Guys this is not a chance to hook up with some random girl that you'll probably never see again. Girls, don't fall for the name game because who knows if they will keep their jobs in a week besides me.

We will not have the insane amount of alcohol that we had last year (as if anyone wanted last year to happen again). In fact, besides the toast that will be given at the ball tomorrow there will be no alcohol at all. You guys lost the privilege that we had given.

This is my warning for all the people who are coming to the party. If I see someone doing something that I deem to be inappropriate or someone acting inappropriately I will have them kicked out and other consequences may follow.

On that cheerful note I hope everyone has fun.
- BlackFireMyth -

Tournament Update (Day Three - 3:37 AM)

This really is not another tournament update but you can just pretend it is...
It's 3:37am this time. Just thought you should know. This is how bored I am right now. Nothing new with the tournament on the other hand. I want this to be over with!!!...

Now!
- BlackFireMyth -

Tournament Update (Day Two - 11:10 PM)

I finally had the ability to get up. Seven hours... That must be a record of longest time that it took me to rest. Then again not all of it was really used for resting. I got around to unpack my computer and write a post. The phone does get quite irritating to write on after a while.

In the news of the tournament, we've decided to laze off tomorrow morning but start the party at 7pm tomorrow evening. We will continue the party through the 23rd as we have added more people for the set list. At midnight beginning the 24th the party will end and there will be a five hour delay to begin the official tournament ball. The ball will last from 5am to exactly 12pm that day. This will include the formal tournament conclusion. Festivities will continue during the rest of the 24th and all day on the 25th.

Jareth and I will be departing Helsinki at 3pm the 24th so the tournament is a little shorter but the day that was cut really was quite useless as anything but rest. I will be delivering the keynote in the Main Headquarters Auditorium on the 28th at 10pm. It will take approximately three to four hours. Passes for this event are being distributed to the board first and then additional passes will be given out by invitation. This only serves to remind me that I'm not done with the keynote yet.

So now I'm going to screw up my computer by doing a bunch of things at once...starting with the keynote.
- BlackFireMyth -

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Tournament Update (Day Two - 3:37 PM)

Hey, I'm getting better at updating at my favorite time. This is not really going to be a real post rather I'm just seeing what I can write on my phone. I am planning to rest at some point in the next three hours so don't bother me. I'll have something on the first party once I decide to get up and do something. I am currently sitting around my hotel room with Jareth staring at our favorite TV channel (A black screen with random white moving across it). We are so tired we really don't want to get up. I'll post something soon but in the meantime just relax.

Thank you, and have a nice day...not.
- BlackFireMyth -

Tournament Update (Day Two - 2:06 PM)

That was quite brutal, I'm not sure Nicole and I can bear to look at each other for a bit. I'll explain everything a bit later once I have a chance to collapse on the bed some more. We decided to have a 24 hour rest period which means that the party and the ball will be moved up a day or so. Right now I'm really not in the mood to talk so I'll be making a post in a couple hours once I actually have a chance to relax.

There goes my sanity...
- BlackFireMyth -

Tournament Update (Day Two - 1:33 PM)

This is the last post that we shall be making since the end is in sight. It is going to end up that Laura and Nicole will win the tournament as long as they don't stop to strangle each other before the finish line. Laura is about a half hour ahead of Nicole and they are about another hour from the others. As far as this goes we are quite proud of them. We assume that she will post something as soon as she gets around to it. Thanks for sticking with us.

Keith Hulse and Jareth Maxwell

Tournament Update (Day Two - 10:41 AM)

Things have been quite interesting in the last five hours. The physical side of the fight is over as Laura tied Nicole up to a tree with a thick vine. The verbal fight however has escalated into a yelling match that they are exchanging between each other. At this point it is a bunch of codswallop. I can see Laura being narked from over here but she actually got back to focusing on the tournament.

Jareth Maxwell

Tournament Update (Day Two - 5:29 AM)

It has been five hours since the last post and the most interesting thing that seems to be developing in this tournament is the fight between Laura and Nicole. Nicole caught up with Laura about ten minutes ago and then they somehow managed to get each other caught in the vines. I really have no idea what their problems are with each other but one would think that they could wait. This might just cost both of them the tournament. Laura and Nicole were about two hours ahead of the rest and now they are reaching the one hour margin. I wish I could just go and yell at both of them.

Keith Hulse

Tournament Update (Day Two - 12:13 AM)

It is a little past midnight and the only interesting thing that has happened is that Nicole and Laura seemed to have gotten into a fight in the middle of the tournament. No one could really hear what they were going on about but Laura tripped Nicole and moved on. Currently she is in the lead but she has probably lost some ground because of the fight. There is nothing else that has happened since so I'm probably just going to not post unless something else happens.

Keith Hulse

Tournament Update (Day One - 10:52 PM)

Although she specifically asked me not to let Jareth near this thing I think it would be better if he gets a say as well. The tournament is nearing four hours and there is little to say from the girls. As far as we can see this will actually be a more competitive tournament for them than what it was for the guys. Jareth will be posting something here now.

I, of course, will be cheering for my wife. The tournament is quite dull but is blatantly useful. We seem to have little to do but write in this blog. As for myself I have little reason to comprehend why it is that this blog is so vital. It is quite important for her to have someone tell the world about everything that seems to happen. It almost seems to be her speciality. I'll be gobsmacked if she stops posting on her blog.

Keith Hulse & Jareth Maxwell

Tournament Update (Day One - 8:21 PM)

I am not quite sure how often she wanted me to post so I am just going to post another update every once in a while. The girls are going through a lot of work but I am sure that they will be fine. Jareth Maxwell and I have taken to watching the tournament since there is little else that we can do here. There is not much else I can say so I shall leave this for now.

Keith Hulse

Tournament Update (Day One - 6:53 PM)

Hello,
I'm Keith and I will be posting a couple updates of the second half of the tournament. Since I just barely had time to learn how to post I hope that I do not end up breaking everything. The girl's tournament is scheduled to start exactly at seven. This is just a quick introduction and I will be posting as the tournament actually starts.

Keith Hulse

Tournament Update (Day One - 5:09 AM)

I'm quite excited to inform you guys that Jareth and Alex Montrose are declared the winners of this year's tournament. I'm quite excited as this brings us back our experienced leaders. I'm quite motivated for the tournament now (as I'm sure Nicole is as well lol). I still can't believe that a ten kilometer race took over 17 hours to complete.

I guess I'll talk again in 17 hours or so...
- BlackFireMyth -

Tournament Update (Day One - 4:58 PM)

So as everyone started cheering at this end I can only assume that the winner is close. I'm hoping for the best and of course I had to hear the news. I wait a bit and finally manage to hear the name that is going around. So I don't leave the ones who are not here in suspense I will tell you that it is Jareth. I'm all over excited now and I'm just jumping up and down in glee. We'll find out who the other is in a short while apparently so I'm going to post another time before I get started. I asked Keith to make some posts while I'm in the tournament. I was going to get Jareth to do it but I don't want him to read what I have and I also assume that he will want to rest. So Keith will keep you guys posted.

YAY!!!
- BlackFireMyth -

Tournament Update (Day One - 3:37 PM)

Yay, my favorite time! We still have not much news regarding the guys and their little adventure. People say that it could still be another hour before we have a winner. On the bright side it looks like Jareth has a bit of an advantage in the end. This is usually the part in the tournament where the last ones standing have a bigger gap in between them. Well, I'll be here waiting for the answer. Keith has recommended that I start warming up but I'm feeling lazy now.

My next post will hopefully see an end to this.
- BlackFireMyth -

Tournament Update (Day One - 1:48 PM)

I think I'm going insane by now. I have literally spent the last hour playing hangman with Nicole and Keith on one of the whiteboards. We had to stop because we went through the 213 words that we could come up with. This is definitely a pathetic waste of time. I've been doing so many random things for the last 13 3/4 hours with random blog posts in between. I think I'm going to go play some real hangman now. Preferably with the ones that came up with this year's tournament.

Someone come save me form my insanity!
- BlackFireMyth -

Tournament Update (Day One - 11:38 AM)

I'm sure posting a lot this year. I guess that I'm just so bored that I have nothing better to do than talk to the blog. As far as we know the tournament just got worse. The rainy weather is definitely not helping matters. Why must the tournament be in the worst month of the year. It's always freezing and usually raining or snowing while we're trying to compete. It really doesn't matter where we are but the weather is usually terrible. Or maybe that was the point? Regardless of the weather, I'm still bored and I wish I could go outside of this stupid tent and get some fresh air. I'm dying here!

I'm serious about that last line...
- BlackFireMyth -

Tournament Update (Day One - 9:50 AM)

Almost ten hours in and all we're hearing is that they just all barely made it past the halfway point. Many rumors have been getting to us that the tournament is brutal and that there are many injuries. Then again that's just what we're hearing since we can't actually see what's going on. Keith says I'll be fine but he did warn me not to panic or get nervous. Now I'm getting nervous about being nervous. Thanks a lot Keith. I hope Jareth's alright.

I'll probably update later since I'm so bored right now.
- BlackFireMyth -

Tournament Update (Day One - 7:51 AM)

Another update since I have nothing to do. I'm not allowed to have my laptop but I can use my phone as long as I'm not receiving messages from the outside world. Oh well, I guess I'll just write this on my phone then. Still no major news of the guys. Last year this tournament lasted about 8 hours. This year? I heard that they were not even half way yet and it has been almost 8 hours now. This is quite disturbing. I can't wait for our turn. Nicole and I have been talking and we're getting a little impatient. I don't remember being impatient a couple of years ago but that was when the tournaments actually lasted quite a long time. Are they finally reverting to the old ways?

Either way, I'm bored...
- BlackFireMyth -

Tournament Update (Day One - 6:03 AM)

There's still not much to report. I really don't have anything better to do. Everyone who is watching gets to see what's happening while we're all stuck here with nothing to do. I'm going to go see if I can get my laptop while I wait. Last year we finished the tournament in less than 24 hours for both divisions but by the sound of things it's not going to happen this year. We do in fact have 48 of "official" tournament time plus the extra 48 of delay. I don't understand why they don't cut that time if the tournament usually has lasted less than 24 hours for each. Especially now that the tournament has pretty much been cut down to be less than 12 hours. Tradition I guess...If we're done early this year we're going to move the party and ball over the days and just have extra celebration at the end.

Does that sound fun?
- BlackFireMyth -

Tournament Update (Day One - 4:48 AM)

So about four hours into the tournament and we still have little word here. I hope the best for the guys (especially my husband who I'm rooting for) and as promised this has proved to be quite the impressive setup. The tournament course is longer than usual and the difficulty is proving to make the guys stumble. This fares bad for the girls but I have confidence in our abilities. The only thing I hate is the lack of plain ground to run on. I'm quite impressed on how well Keith prepared me for this terrain. If I didn't know better I would totally say that he was on the committee. Or maybe he is? Well I can only hope that it's easy enough.

This is going to be a long day so I think I'm going to go get a meal now. Keith told me to wait but after the lunch that I had with some people here (more details of this to come at a later date) I really think I deserve it.

I'll probably post another update sometime later and the results as soon as I get them.
- BlackFireMyth -

Official Start Of This Year's Tournament!!!

So the tournament is about to start and so I'm ready to finally get to some hardcore blogging. I was going to post earlier but the time changes are difficult. I'll get to posting more during the morning until the first tournament is over. I obviously won't post on the second day but I'll get around to it the third.

Talk to you later!
- BlackFireMyth -

A Special Surprise For Everyone!!!

No, not what you were expecting...
Just another update before I leave for Helsinki. As soon as I get set up over there I will remember to do some other posts. Of course I shall be updating throughout the first day and the third. I will have to leave after the main events so we have tried to reschedule the tournament slightly and reduce the wait time. Then again, if people are as diligent as we were last year we should be perfectly fine. None of the events have been removed and there will be festivities on the 25th. Jareth and I are returning then but there's no reason the party can't continue.

For those who were wondering why I'm coming back so soon I would rather make a brief statement here rather than explain it a hundred times over. There are two reasons why I will be returning to my home early. The first is because I go to school and although I am in fact in fall break, I would rather get home early to be prepared for school. I know this is not a valid excuse and it's definitely not my real excuse. An acquaintance of mine had a serious misstep with one of my close friends and she is basically in a critical state. She requires constant attention and so I must return to help her. I should not leave her for the length of my stay in Finland but I'm doing so anyway.

I know most of you won't be satisfied with my explanation but it is all that I am going to publicly share.
I really have nothing else to talk about regarding the tournament or my friend.
I'll see most of you in Helsinki.

Good luck to all.
- BlackFireMyth -

Tournament 2009

Okay, this is just basically going to be an information page regarding the days of the tournament. I would have usually had this for you long before but we just barely got all of the information today. What's wrong with the committee?

UACA Tournament 2009

Dates: October 20-25, 2009
Location: Helsinki

October 20, 2009 - TGK/TGP Tournament
October 21, 2009 (As soon as 1st Tournament is over) - TGQ/TGPr Tournament
October 22, 2009 - Drawback Delay and Rest
October 23, 2009 - End of Tournament Delay
October 24, 2009 - End of Tournament Party
October 25, 2009 - Formal Ball and Introduction to the new royals. Official end of Tournament

This of course is just a basic schedule. I can remember that last year we ended a bit early. I personally hope so because I have to get back to school by Monday which means leaving a day early. I'm sure I'm not the only one. Many of you have skipped school for a week for this. This is another benefit of studying at the academy.

Anyway good luck to everyone out there. I hope you all plan to watch or participate. It's always a blast and never the same. I've heard rumors that this is going to be the hardest yet and that they didn't want anyone to know the location to make it hard to inspect the area. I have a bad feeling about it.

Will communicate later...
- BlackFireMyth -

Edit: I posted one minute before midnight so it was in fact within the day...

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I Actually Have An Excuse This Time...

Yes, I know I haven't posted on the blog for a while but since we are 12 days away from the start of the tournament you have to give me a break and realize that I'm working my butt off for this. The rest of us have been trying to reestablish our old group so we're busy. I am going to post less as the final days come by but I finally had time to post a recap of some of the things that we've done.

I have been starting up a "game show" with the rest of the crew. We have no idea what we're going to call it yet but rest assured that it will be quite entertaining. More details will come later as we're a little busy with the tournament still. I'm not too worried about transition but that might just be me being over confident.

Alex Monstrose and Nicole have started dating. As much as I would like to spill the details (which personally make me crack up) I value my life too much. If you happen to see them just tell them congratulations and then run for it. I'm just kidding, I really don't think I've seen Nicole this happy for quite some time. Alex Sterling has started up a new art funding program. He's trying to steal our prodigies but that's not going to work since we can do it better than him. Anyway, if you want to get some funding for your artwork and you think that you have the skills you can talk to him. Some of you have been asking what happened to Trevor and Hunter. Trevor is in Bulgaria trying to establish a new headquarters there. He'll be back soon. After about a month, I finally saw Hunter again. He's been avoiding me since my wedding (can't imagine why) and finally today he came by to say congratulations (and then promptly asked me out on a "business" lunch. Oh, if he only knew...

Training has been cutting into my time that I've had to keep up with the UACA. I still pass by headquarters when I need to and I do most of my work by phone now. We're planning some new additions of the main headquarters so there's much to look forward to this coming year. Once again I'm being optimistic but hey, I want to win. Jareth is in his last year with the UACA so that will be quite interesting to see what happens when he's gone seeing as I plan to keep my spot. I really think that when Jareth's gone then Keith should totally go for it. I know he can win this if he wanted to. Just like him and Jareth who had never wanted to compete, there are a lot of people that could probably win if they wanted to. These are the people that should really consider it.

In completely unrelated news, I know what I'm doing for Halloween. I'm hanging out with some of my closer friends which means that I'm going to be acting like a crazy teenager. Anyone have any good costume ideas? I know I'm a little too old for this but at this point I don't care. I am really excited for my birthday which comes up in about a month. I really am getting old. At some point I will have to start acting my age, but that can come later.

In my ideal little world I would get a chance to see AFI at my birthday but seeing as they're on tour this year I have to hold off. In other news I got floor seats to see them in December here in Denver. I'm totally excited seeing as it will be the first time I see them performing Crash Love songs. Can you say a little obsessed?

Anyway that's all I'm posting right now. I will post something in about an hour or so when I get my next break regarding the tournament. Helsinki is not the best place in the world for this...

Wait! It's almost over!

- BlackFireMyth -

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