Wohoo! Simultaneous posting! XD
Anyways, the sign-up closings...yeah, I know the feeling. Hence why I tend to be very careful about finishing every sign-up ASAP. To be fair, though, there was quite a bit of time when people had just left a promise of a profile dangling without delivering on it, so I can't say I blame David for finally declaring that enough is enough. D:
As for your OOC thread. Yeah, I think starting a new one is the safest route. I mean, even if take the two days of posts that have been lost into account, even any posts from that time period would have been thread necromancy (since it's already August, whereas the last post now visible is from June)