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ZOMG, a journal that's on time? What does it mean? Fleep must have more time because he's getting fired? Fleep has been replaced by a typing robot? Fleep and Gaia have never existed, and you completely lost your mind years ago?

It just means that I have the teensy-weensiest of breathers and I decided that, instead of actually using it as an opportunity to breathe, I would write this journal. (If you occasionally see me write gibberish, that's just my head hitting the keyboard from axphyxiation)

The Real Gaiaversary
So last Friday, the 15th, was not only the release of the 100th MC, but also my account's 1 year Gaiaversary. I got a lot of congratulations from my friends here on Gaia (thanks!), and we managed to get about 12 other Gaia staffers into my house in Towns. If you were there, you lucked out!

But the REAL Gaiaversary, and the one most important to this journal, happens on July 5th -- which will mark one full year that I've been an employee inside Gaia HQ. This first year at Gaia has taught me a lot -- so look out for a first-year wrap-up that week!

Perguntas
Last week... erm, earlier this week, I asked journal commenters to join me in a little format experiment. You all ask questions, and I'll pick a few to answer in this journal.

Now there are a lot of questions I've answered a bajillion times before, so I'm going to cherry-pick a few that are either interesting, have an interesting answer, or I feel as though I can get a good joke out of it.

Cid High-Wind asked: "If you were stranded on an island, what three things would you want to have with you?"

I assume "a helicopter", "a solar-powered, satellite cell phone", and "computer w/ internet" would mean I technically wasn't stranded. Damn. Well, assuming that food and water weren't an issue, I'd probably have to say:
1. An acoustic guitar
2. A journal (w/ pens)
3. A copy of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

I figure I'll spend the first 10 years memorizing Hitchhiker's Guide from cover to cover until I can recite it by heart. Then I'll spend the next 10 years putting it to music. Then I'll write about it in my journal and walk into the ocean.

Sgt.Pepperhat asked: Pepsi or Coke?
Personally, I prefer Coke, but Pepsi is great in a pinch. Or generic, grocery-store brand cola, yeah! (Sure, I was a cola fiend in high school, why do you ask?)

Vincent Valentine-Jenova asked: "What's your favorite Game System?"
I'd probably have to say that the system that gave me the most joy in life was the Super Nintendo. A few of my favorite games were on that system, including Earthbound - one of my ALL TIME favorites crying

hijimushi asked: "How many hours do you put in a week? Do you take a lot of vacations?"
I always work at least 40 hours a week, but when things get a little crazy or there are events/sponsorships coming up, sometimes I put in a lot more than that. I'm actually taking my first vacation at the end of July, which is why I can't attend Comic Con or Otakon gonk

Darkramon13 asked: "Do coconuts migrate?"
An African swallow could maybe carry them, MAYBE. But they don't migrate. Maybe if two European swallows carried one together...

Rayinte asked: "Read anything good lately?"
Actually I just finished "Breakfast of Champions" by the late American author Kurt Vonnegut. It wasn't just good, it was great.

Ryuu Hime asked: "Are you coming to AX this year?"
Unfortunately, I have a prior engagement the weekend of AX, so I won't be able to go down there this year sad

`Osiris asked: "Paper or Plastic?"
Either, as long as you recycle! (Incidentally, San Jose has one of the largest recycling programs in the world.)

Gaidin asked: "Where's the Fishy Love?"
Underwater, I hope!

(Actually, Gaidin was commenting on how I said Rally was our first competitive game on Gaia, and he was saying fishing was. Sorry -- doesn't count!)

TurtleJen asked: "Favorite video game? Are you into Pokemon? Uh, do you watch Code Lyoko?"
Earthbound. Not anymore, but I really liked the first movie when it came out - saw it in the theaters and everything with my little sister. And no, I've never heard of Code Lyoko.

Dwarf Woot asked: "I have decided, that Fleep, is woot, and thus, fwoot!"
THAT'S NOT A QUESTION! NEXT!

`Hydro asked: "How will be hearing about the battle system information updates? As cool as it must be for you guys to reveal to the live audiences along the convention tour, but please don't forget us who aren't able to attend them!"
Oh, don't worry, the convention tour people are learning surprisingly little. The Battle Team is keeping things under tight wraps!

Fleep asked: "Should we keep doing this in the future?"
Hmm, it may have been a flop. I'm trying my best to keep things quiet as much as I can, since revealing too much has bitten me in the a** in the past. So I had to skip over a lot of questions that were very feature/future specific. This journal originally was to be more about what life is like at Gaia and how great it is -- not a gossip column smile

ARTS
Finally, I mentioned this last week, but I opened up an art guild.

There wasn't enough space on my profile for everything that was being submitted, so now there's a place where you can go and comment on the artwork. I still have about 14 more to upload (it's very time consuming!).

Thanks to everyone who's ever submitted to me!