Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Where World Peace Has Gotten To: A Response to Diamond Giver

Dearest friend,

We will miss you terribly when you leave our island, though I understand your decision to go. The island has become a place full of rebellion, and I encourage any frightened islanders to leave in order to protect their own safety and that of their families.

Lest this should every happen to you.

However, I wish to address the issue of world peace, which we have promised in the beginning of this blog.
We will attain world peace, in your lifetime. The island will succeed in this. However, the path to world peace is not always peaceful.
As the Romans said, Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum, or If you seek peace, prepare for war.


And, clearly, the Romans were very peaceful.


We will avoid outright battle at all costs. As we have done with Azlyn Aeron, we will find a peaceful solution with the fish. Hopefully.
Some people have wondered about the outcome of my negotiations with Azlyn. I can explain this by saying that we did not want war. Both our halves have open borders and peaceful relations. No islander lost any property or anything at all during these negotiations.
Others are confused about the fish. (Let's face it-these days, who isn't?) I can explain everything we know here.

...

We don't know anything. You now know everything.



But, not to worry! We have spies at every corner, and soon we will know everything there is to know! And world peace will flourish!
And then the world will be united!

This is a rather poor attempt at humor. 

So, fear not, Diamond Giver! This island will bring about world peace. Soon.

Love,
Island Queen

PS.  If you ever need better travel accommodations, let me know.

(Note to the reader: to read the post I have responded to, click here.)

Saturday, February 12, 2011

What Happened To World Peace?

With all of these fish rebellions and the splitting of the island, we might as well just call this blog Partial Island Dominance. 

Sound familiar, anyone? History Repeating itself...
Due to the recent violence that has occurred on Diamond Island, I have made the decision to move my residence off of the island until World Peace and Total Dominance has been restored. I feel like our government has become corrupt and there is way too much violence which is obscuring our original vision for peace. I will only move back to the island when I receive my long awaited invitation to the Grand Seafood Banquet! (which has been delayed for quite too long) For now, I say goodbye to all my fellow islanders and depart in...

a lovely green canoe!

Is there something wrong with that? The airfares were a bit ridiculous for this time of year so, I'm taking a different approach. Wish me luck on my trip to my new residence. I will blog when I arrive. For now, I will stay on this heart shaped Island, watching the news every night, awaiting the end of the violence on Diamond Island.


- Diamo N. Dgiver (The Diamond Giver)

State of the Island: Rebellions and other Rumpus

This blog consists mainly of ordinary blog posts which are random and have no connection with each other. However, in recent weeks, a plot has emerged!

To help new readers, readers who haven't read in a while, or readers who are confused by all the goddamn fish, we have decided to start a weekly blog plot summary. While it will be written by different members of the island, this week's summary will be by the Island Queen


Dearest Islanders,

Hello and welcome back! The Emergency Blog Shutdown, which was established earlier this week in a desperate safety measure against the fish, has finally ended, so we are back on the web! Of course, the fish are still at large, but my Safety at War administration tells me that they hope the fish will be brought to justice soon. In the meantime, we encourage all islanders to be safe and expect you all to follow these simple safety measures, outlined in an earlier post.
During the Emergency Blog Shutdown, the negotiations between Azlyn Aeron and myself came to a peaceful conclusion. The terms of our agreement will not change the lives of any islanders-I have merely given Azlyn half the island. My half will continue to include the town, as well as the respective mansions of my friends, family, and myself. There will be a small section of the island dedicated to the resort where people may come visit, and the town and its surrounding villages will continue to be used as housing for the islanders. To learn more on Azlyn's views on this negotiation, read her blog post.

And so, dearest fellow citizens, welcome back!
Love,
Island Queen


So that's what happened this week on the Island. If you want to read a specific Islander's posts, please follow the links below.

Thursday, February 10, 2011

Victory is Mine

Dear friends, today is an auspicious day indeed, shining more brightly than the whole of our illustrious history.
Shining so very brightly. 
For today, I stand before you not as Azlyn Aeron, but as Queen Azlyn Aeron of West Diamond Island. The fish have been confronted and seem to have retreated to the oceans, and in exchange for my victory, the Island Queen bestowed upon me one half of the island.

Yes, this Island.
The island is now two autonomous nations, each with full sovereignty. They have open borders and are very friendly towards each other. On East Diamond Island are the resort and all the other inhabitants. On West Diamond Island is my castle. The only exception to this is Genevieve Millianette, whose mansion is on the border between the two. 

How to describe my joy? I have finally achieved my goals of domination! Everything I ever wanted and I can retire before growing a single gray hair! But still, something felt... empty, somehow. 

I didn't understand what was missing, until I realized the one thing I truly lack is something that money cannot buy. 

Luckily, what money cannot buy, more money can.
And once I put the tank full of narwhals in the southern wing, my life felt complete. 
 

Sunday, February 06, 2011

Fitz as a Prefix

Genevieve:
Those of you who have been tossing and turning in your beds, worrying about my condition should be relieved to know that I have found shelter. While trekking through a field of wheat (in my tan llama skin coat, of course! I need to blend in) I came across an extremely dark, menacing-looking castle. You could imagine my extreme confusion, seeing a stone mass covered in gargoyles in the middle of a wheat field. Not to mention it had inexplicable clouds and lightening striking the tallest tower every few seconds.
Naturally, I went in through the conveniently ajar door. The inhabitant of this mansion obviously liked bread, and golly, I missed crust less cucumber and cream cheese sandwiches.
The castle’s owner was Azlyn, the daughter of Azula, famous for her demented lightening powers and even more demented scene of insanity which concluded her screen time on “Avatar: The Last Airbender.” Having seen the show and mentioned my Zutara opinions in past blog posts, I was surprised to meet her on Diamond island (not starstruck, of course, that only happens when I look in the mirror!)

Azlyn: When I noticed that my visitor was none other than Genevieve Millianette, of course I invited her in. I had been yearning for high class company for weeks! I had the servant set up my nicest guest room for her stay.
Third nicest, actually, the others are being redecorated.















Genevieve: Our perspectives on life somewhat contrast, her desiring island domination and being generally evil. However, we both got along quickly because of our high level of class and love of Bumblebee Bat cashmere (which most cannot imagine, let alone afford, did I mention llama cashmere is 100,000,0000000000$ per square inch?)




Azlyn: How can you see this picture and not think "cardigan"?

Azlyn: However, Genevieve has an unfortunate tendency to choose very cheerful colors, while I prefer black and dark shades of blue and red. In any case, our mutual good taste is something I am very grateful for.

Genevieve: During lunch this morning, Azlyn was telling me about a novel she was reading titled “Pride and Prejudice.” I did not have much to say, since I stopped reading the novel when Mr.Darcy was introduced (he was such a surly reeling-ripe flax wrench, the dankish hedge-born apple john!) Needless to say I had a perfectly good reason.

Azlyn: I find the novel rather fascinating despite my hatred of both romance and popular books. However, I made an interesting observation that will be detailed below.

Genevieve: Nevertheless, she told me that Mr.Darcy’s first name was Fitzwilliam. Now, Fitzwilliam may be a mewling dizzy-eyed hedge pig, but he did have class. He had a class that Azlyn and I did not possess, so we needed to discover how he gained it.

Azlyn: I personally disagree with that analysis. My insurmountable measures of class are demonstrated by every black marble stone in my palace.

Genevieve: At first we came to the conclusion that in order to have class you need two names (I, of course, have four excluding my last name, which means I officially outdid Fitzwilliam in class.)

Azlyn: But after exploring this possibility, it was noted that BillyBobJoe would also have to be considered “classy”, and thus the theorem crumbled and we were forced to explore other options. That is when we noticed it. What is Fitzwilliam without “Fitz”? Merely "William”, a rather common name.

Genevieve: We realized that the “Fitz” prefix on Mr.Darcy’s name is what made him truly classy. Thus, I officially dub myself:

Fitz Lady Genevieve Vertiline Constance Esther Rowena Millianette

Azlyn: And I shall consider the addition of Fitz to my name, so that it would read: Fitz Azlyn Aeron.  

Although someday, it will Queen Czarina Empress Sultaness Cheiftess Fitz Azlyn Aeron, the Almighty and Magnificent Ruler of the Universe.

Genevieve: Concluding, I thank you, Azlyn, for opening my eyes to a new degree of class that I humbly admit I did not have before.
Awesome insults credits to Shakespeare: http://www.pangloss.com/seidel/Shaker/index.html?

Azlyn: Indeed, Genevieve, I accept your gratitude and hope you will stay at my castle as long as you choose.