L from the E to the OTF

Article by Polson

Good morning campers! Welcome once again to the Blue Report. We've got fun, we've got food, we've got pretty much anything that starts with an f, except for anything that wasn't on sale at Wal-Mart.

I'd like to think I have something profound to say to everybody this issue, but I don't really. Other than that I truly believe all computer games should come with warnings about zombies on the box, you know? Just a little corner devoted to preparing the skittish ones. "Warning! At some point in this game, you'll see a creepy old house. Your first instinct will be to run away, but you know that in order to move on in the game, you have to enter. Besides, what could happen? Well for starters, a whole bunch of zombies will jump out from the floor and surround you. I know you're just going to maddly hit keys until they all die or you do, but try to stay calm because as soon as you defeat them, you'll trigger a giant grave behind the house to open up and then it will get REALLY freaky." I'd tell you what happened next, except, that's when I hit the escape key and ran away from the computer for a few hours.

Life is kind of like that, I've noticed. All kinds of things jump out and get you all the time but there's no warning label on your birthday skin. I think that's why we're born naked, like an automatic built in red flag. "Caution! There's nothing between you and the world. Put on some shoes and a pair of pants before you hurt yourself."

I know, you're all like, "what the hell is she going on about?" but I suppose my point is, everybody here at OTF is a person. Sometimes I think we treat each other like ideas instead of people with real life frailties and problems and baggage. People who laugh, people who cry, people who hurt, people with passions.

I know there are a lot of people who are unhappy with OTF right now, one way or another. They don't like the politics, or they don't like the rules, or they don't like the format, or they don't like who's running what. I guess what I'm wondering is, why are you here? Are you here to interact with people? Or are you just futily trying to change an idea?

Sorry, I'll stop being philisophical now. Enjoy this issue!

Bring back the box!

Polson
_{Blue Report Editor}