And Yet More Conversations...

.....Spoke with the South Kitsap Community Recreation and Development Committee (I think I got it right there :-)). This is a group of citizens who act as an advisory committee for the development of certain parkland the County owns and manages in South Kitsap County. About seven years ago several of us attended several of their meetings in the hopes of gaining access to a couple of the parks in the area for the use of events.

.....At the time I had great hopes of using the Howe Farm for an event, maybe even a June Faire. We even made it to the point where we were allowed to use it for one of our Baronial Picnics. It was one of the first times we had the space to do a full York Round, which ended up going way into the night. :-) I remember Loric bringing out his lawn mower to clear out the space the archers used. :-)

.....Unfortunately the Community Group could never come to a consensus on the conditions under which we could use the park for a larger event. They were happy with the way we took care of the place for our picnic and seemed willing to at least consider other options.

.....However, before we made it too much farther the County brought in an ecologist who designated large portions of the Farm as 'wetlands' which made them unusable for many activities. There were strict limits placed on the allowance of vehicles on many portions of the Farm. This put the Community Group into Chaos as their big dream was to turn Howe Farm into a working agricultural learning center.

.....So, we backed off of our plans and drifted away.

.....Cut away seven years. One of the Community Group volunteers works in the Shipyard (go figure :-)) hunted me down recently and told me an interesting story. Seems that the original designation of 'wetlands' was flawed. The original report was based on the fact that sedge grass and other 'swamp' type plants were growing a large distance away from the stream that flows through Howe Farm. A biologist who specialized in wetlands was brought in by the Community Group and wrote a very different report stating that because of the large tracts of cleared land, many birds and woodlands creatures foraged near the stream and distributed seeds from the water based plants far away from the stream, where they grew due to the lack of drainage from rain runoff. Bottom line, there is a lot less 'wetland' area at Howe Farm then originally estimated.

.....So, the Community Group is excited again and someone remembered our interest in the park (I guess there was some discussion started from a couple of attendees to this year's June Faire) and they want to discuss the issue again. Instead of turning the entire site into Agriculture Education, there is renewed interest in using it for actual Parks and Recreation usage.

.....This is kind of exciting. This is a nice large park. It was a rather large farm. There is quite a bit of flat space with relatively few entry points. I do not think it would make a good June Faire site as parking would be problematic at best. This may be a disappointment to them, but we'll see.

.....It is a pretty place. It has a number of rolling hills, and a stream on one side of the Farm. Parking would be a little problematic for a Kingdom Event, but I think it could still be accomplished. I worry a little at how solid the ground would be if we experienced a good rain. But if we scheduled a July Coronation or September Crown there, our chances for good weather would be improved.

.....I was invited to speak to the Community Group at their July meeting. I may drag a few others with me if possible and we'll see. Definitely have to bring over a few people to walk the site.

.....Still not thinking seriously of it yet, but am open to any possibility at the moment.

.....Aaron / Arontius.

OMG! Avatar Porn! :-)

.....You KNEW it wouldn't be that long before 3-D made it's way into the XXX industry, did you? :-)

.....Taken From SciFi Wire...

"Hustler spending record amount to make a 3-D Avatar porn film

Hustler apparently just finished production on what it says is the most expensive porn film its ever made, This Ain't Avatar XXX 3D. Purists might note that the Na'vi in Avatar don't have sex, or sexual organs, but...whatever. Here's what MNN had to say about the film:

"The studio arm of the company has announced that the upcoming porn version of the film, titled 'This Ain't Avatar XXX', will be presented in 3-D. Such are the production costs, that Hustler is calling it their highest-budget flick ever produced."

The film will be available in September."

.....HAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!! :-)

.....Aaron / Arontius