That's it. That's the reminder.

Here's Bo's boobs.

First of all, please sheathe your weapons (ESPECIALLY YOU, DEADPOOL) and put your hands together for our newest townsperson, Shokudaikiri Mitsutada (battlewithstyle), from Touken Ranbu Hanamaru. Welcome, Mitsu-bou; may your blade never be dull.

Second: given the reduced size of our player group and consequently reduced number of applications we now receive during open periods, we've decided to open up the Early Application process to everyone. (Something we would have liked to do a long time ago, if it had been feasible.) So now there's no requirement that it be the first time you've apped a teacher or that you must have no current students for the upcoming term. As long as you get your application in by December 3rd, and mark it as an Early Application*, you'll get feedback and a chance to make changes if there's anything we think is missing or needs more information.

*We've added a space on the application form just for that. You folks who've been storing apps as documents, please, before you submit them, go to the official form and check to see that your app matches it. Most of us have apps we've been saving forever and a day, and the app form does change over time, so let's make sure what we send in has all the correct information!

This would normally be the time we'd interrupt your BDE-ing to remind you that applications for the summer session are due by Sunday night, but since we've done a bit of calendar juggling this month to straighten out some seasonal stuff, we've actually got a little extra time, and we're passing that on to you so you don't need to fight off infestations and come up with writing samples at the same time.

You've now got until Tuesday night, April 26th at 11:59pm Pacific to get those apps in!

Class requests for current teachers, signups for Big Sibs, and new roomie requests for current students, though, are still due by Sunday night.