After the June issue came out, summer break went into effect for most of us and we received only a handful of articles. They all had one common theme: my parents suck. After some time, we decided to drop the frequency of Oblivion from two months to three months. After summer ended, many great articles were promised to us. Our center spread would be from Courtney Manson, a student who compiled a list of everything his teacher did wrong as justification for his belief that the teacher should be fired. Then he printed them, distributed them and got in quite a bit of trouble. There is one problem with the article though. Because Courtney is still being punished for his crimes, the computer is off limits. No word processing or Internet access for our friend. The few times he responded to our mail, it consisted of one or two short fragments saying he wasn't allowed on the computer and he would type the article soon. His punishment continues.
Another major issue was oblivion.net. The virtual server has been great, but we were hoping to implement the box so we could give out accounts at will. We didn't want to always have to bother olywa.net to get them to hook us up with another email account. Some things haven't been worked out in reference to the box, so oblivion.net stays virtual. Someday, hopefully soon, the box should be in place, but not today.
Lack of a box doesn’t mean we can’t give out email accounts. Hooray! If you write an article and it’s published in Oblivion, you’ll get one of those free accounts. Just think, yourname@oblivion.net or something like that.
You don’t need to use your real name to contribute. You can specify the name you wish to be known by. You can also use the anonymous feedback form on our web page if you fear big brother. Although, for articles, it would be easier if you let us know how to contact you to give you the account.
Your contribution is not making anyone rich. This isn’t some big, glossy corporate funded publication. We are poor high school kids losing money every issue. Why do we do it? Because we’re artists and poverty is a prerequisite to be an artist. Wait, that’s lame. The real reason is because we’re grassroots activists trying to fight the powers of oppression. Well, maybe we’re just bad with financial matters, but whatever the reason, we’re doing it and paying the way with free accounts, not money.