Day 12

 This is and was our around the bend day at Village.  Oh boy did it deliver.  Deliverance began in the morning with singing.  We finally broke out the kazoos, "Bring the box of kazoos!!!!"  With singing and kazoos we sang Illegal in (fill in your own), the Sun song, the Llama song... at this point it was clear that we had lost control.  The kazooing never stopped at the ends of the songs.  We kazooed and sang our way through the Coffee song, the element song, the jeep song, and several moments of gibberish.  It was truly mellifluous and it got everyone pumped for the very hot day ahead.

rotating Illegal In Kentucky lyrics

The morning progressed innocently enough.  Homesteaders continued work on houses and furniture. Snack and swimming and lunch went  by without much hitch.

hitch free

inventorying the mint

paying bills

uprising begins

 Things took a turn after the selectpeeps meeting.  Rolph and I attended the meeting- I am very happy we did.  The "unplanned" meeting was called to order by Jim.  Present at meeting: Jim, Boris, Summer, Cassandra and Rolph (note: the clerk and secretary were not present).
Agenda:
Talk about who's in office
discuss the law that no one can vote but us ("I want to take back the law," Summer)

uprising moves down to the sheep shed

Boris- "I believe Summer is unfit and we have the power to kick you out."

Summer- "I feel you don't' want me in office because you think I don't make a difference.  You guys are making laws that don't make a difference.  Everybody should have the right to vote.  And, you're taxing peeps for selling stuff."

Boris- "Taxes are based on how many fish fingers are in peeps bank accounts."

Rolph- "Everyone needs to vote on kicking Summer out."

this is so very distressing!

Boris- "Town meeting are illegal."

Jim- "Fish fingers will be used for big projects like a hotel for peeps who don't sleep on the land."

Summer- "We don't need a hotel, almost all of the houses are complete."

Boris- "Let's make a law that only select peeps can change who's in office."

 Summer- "You can't make a law on that."

Cassandra- "What benefit does the town get by kicking Summer out?"

Boris- "There will be less fighting at the select peep meeting.  Let's make a law that everyone can vote, but our votes each count for 100 votes."

Jim- "Let's stay on topic."

Boris- "All of the tax money will go into the town bank account.  We will split that between the three of us so we get more money and we won't pay any taxes."

Summer- "I don't think that's fair."

Boris- "Join us in being corrupt or we will vote you out."

everyone's yelling

Summer- "Well, I do like money."

Jim- "The banker will have to take out our taxes, so this won't work."

Boris- "We'll pay taxes, but the money still comes back to us anyway.  If you break laws or don't pay taxes you will be executed.  Every week there will be a 500FF tax on all accounts.  Let's vote on all of this."

Jim- "Point of clarification, once or every week?"

Boris- "Everyday.  Actually, weekly, to the town account which goes to us."

Summer- "I should have made a bigger house."

vote (tax collected every Friday)- 2 yays, 1 abstains

Re vote called for: 1 yay, 1 nay, 1 abstains

Boris- "How about we lower the tax to 250FF a week?"

Summer- "How about 150 FF per week?  How will the peeps make enough money to pay back their loans and pay taxes?"

Boris- "Get jobs!  Think about all of the money we will get ourselves! (insert evil laughter).  Those that can't pay will go to jail."

Cassandra- "They will go to jail?  Where is all of the money going"

Boris- "Okay, 50 FF per week, we will remove all other taxes.  It all goes to us.  They pay for our excellent government.  With your hair (directed at Summer), my top hat and Jim's voice we are fabulous! (more evil laughter)"

Jim- "Okay, 50 FF a week for us being fabulous."

Boris- "All of the money will go into the town account and every week we will split it in three for us."

Summer- "How about some to the town and the rest to us?"

Boris- "Okay, what is left over will be used to build a jail."

Summer- "And buy an ax."

vote: 1 yay, 2 abstain - the yay has it

Proposed next:  the town account will be split in two parts 1/3 for jails and an execution rig, and a spa and hotel just for select peeps.  2/3 will be distributed evenly among the select peeps.  Vote: 1 yay, 2 abstain; the yay has it.

Rolph- "Do I get a cut for silence?"

Boris- "Once we make it a law."

Rolph- "The newspaper too?"

Boris- "No, we want everyone to know how awesome we are.   It will be death or jail if the public disobeys or displeases.  Execution for rebellion."

Summer- "Funerals should also be paid for with town money."

Jim- "Why?"

Summer- "I don't want to pay for them!"

Boris- "All in favor of being the ultimate court"

Jim to Cassandra- "I will cut a deal with you right now, I will give you a portion of my cut if you keep this out of the paper."

Cassandra- "No way!... wait, how much?"

Boris- "I will cancel your tax."

Boris- "Select peeps are the ultimate judges and create murders... I mean execution, must have been a slip of the tongue."  Vote: 2 yays, 1 abstains

Boris- "If they displease us we may seize their land.  If they don't pay taxes we may sell their items.  [mumble from Jim] Oh, right, we already have that power ."

Cassandra- "What about the mini fair- if peeps don't have any money how will we create our attractions?"

Jim- "Please raise your hand."

"You don't pay to make your attraction."

Cassandra- "I did last year."

[Wild cackling from everyone else]  Cassandra flees the meeting.

Cassandra is found up in the peep loft warning everyone to get all of the money out of the bank.  Then, there is a rum on the bank!!!  The rebel forces are rallied!

Boris- "Jim, get a paper, we need to make a list of everyone to execute."  The banker then deletes the town town account off of the computer.

Jim- "Rolph, I will give you most of my share if you change the banker RIGHT NOW!!!!"

G'lant runs to the radio and broadcasts over the music, "THE SELECT PEEPS HAVE TURNED AGAINST US!!! RUN!!!!"

Boris to G'lant- " You will now lose all of your money and be executed!!"

This is a video of some of what happened next.

When this was over we calmly cleaned everything up, corveed and went for another swim.  This swim was in the stream deep down in the forest where our acre had been two years ago.  It is wonderful that all of the drama is between peeps and people can remain good friends and joke about the craziness created by the peeps!

A peep was misplaced this afternoon.  As we retraced steps to find said peep a homesteader shared this:  "I was walking down to the sheep shed to get friendly with Boris and to give him some things so I won't get executed."  Oh my!!!  Also overheard: "We should have done monarch butterflies."

Today we liked:

• good day; everything is getting crazy
• things are getting really interesting
• government is kicking up (with kick downs)
• ditto
• life is becoming a crisis
• house is done!!
• peepicide
• sweet select meeting
• my first year is crazy!!!
• really really really really interesting politics- because they're kind of evil
• chaos and getting all the way here wearing flippers
• entire day!
• swimming!
• waterfall action "Hey! You stole my waterfall!"
• going to the brook!
• corrupt government
• lots of interesting stuff to write about for tomorrow's paper
• what happens between Boris and G'lant
• painting houses

We wish:

• Village gets even more interesting than it already is
• for cake
• a nice execution chamber
• ditto
• for more crisis
• snort snort
• peeposision
• for bigger bribes
• that my peep doesn't get killed
• yes
• to know why Ced and Harley always have power hungry peeps
• if I am executed, I am executed beautifully
• that I don't get executed- if there is time I will make cookies
• that John Watson and Elizabeth could stay the whole time
• it was tax collection day
• it was less hot
• got my house done
• that tomorrow is good too
• that peeps go French Revolution style on select peeps
• everything works how I want it to