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2012 in Retrospect

This past year has had its ups and downs, good times and bad, as any year would; but overall, it's been one of my most awesome, memorable, and accomplished years of my life. Not only because of things that happened and cool events I attended, but especially in personal growth.   I'm going to admit, I've always been a lurker online. That is to say, I've been content to join forums and websites, browse them almost daily, but rarely (if ever) actually post or contribute anything. I'm especially gui
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Happy Nightmare Night!

>Posts entry asking specifically for video game or pony-related pumpkin carving ideas >Gets suggestions for Pumpkinception, MSPA, BIONICLE, Ninjago, and Doctor Who series 5       Well, at any rate, I found a design! Some of the details were extremely difficult, because my brothers somehow managed to break all of our pumpkin carving tools on their pumpkins, so all I had to work with was a dull steak knife and a small screwdriver.   All things considered, I think it turned out pretty darn g
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I Need Pumpkin Ideas!

As some of you may know, I try to carve a geeky/video-game related/pony Jack-o'-Lantern every year for Halloween.   The problem is, tomorrow is Halloween, and I still haven't picked out a pattern to carve this year! Anyone have any ideas?   I don't have any particularly nice tools (just cheap plastic saws from dollar store kits), and I'd prefer not to have any shaved/thinned parts as I found out they don't light up well with just a candle inside. I'd like to do another pony-themed pattern this y
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Ask AT!

Ask me things and I will answer things!   Because jumping on bandwagons late is fun, and also because I need blog filler material since I have nothing else to blog about.   I'll put all answers here:   I'd say probably Joe.  I dream of electric sheep. Do they count as farm animals?  The difference is that one of them is a duck.  I dunno, but I'd like to shake his hand; he made my baby fall in love with me~  Approximately 28.2 sgu* of sand.  More like a Daytime Lord. And only during the summer. 
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Midwestria, Days 2 and 3

Oh yeah! I was supposed to blog about Saturday and Sunday, wasn't I?   Saturday (9/15) was most definitely the high point of the con.   I started out in the artists/vendors room, bought a bunch of buttons and a Vinyl Scratch hat. Ran into a friend of mine from my local meetups who was selling some of his own handmade plushies, and bought a Twilight and Fluttershy.   I headed over to the game room, where we had about 35 people gathered for a massive game of "Are You A Changeling" (Ponified versio
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Midwestria Convention

Today marked the kick-off of the first Chicago-area brony convention, Midwestria 2012!   Holy crud. It's been amazing so far. Despite the fact that I only got to arrive pretty late in the evening, due to my job.   It's about 3:30 AM right now so I'll just recap a couple things and then go to bed. MLP:FiM writers M.A. Larson, Amy Keating Rogers, and Cindy Morrow are in attendance, and just kind of hanging out with everyone Not a lot of custom merch, unfortunately, but I'm sure I'll end up with
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LEGO Studios Backlot

Jeez, Johnny, I'm two feet away. You don't need to yell.   Anyone here remember playing this on Lego.com way back in the day? Crazy to think it was over 10 years ago since it launched; less than a year after Bionicle started!   Several fond memories: That one guy with the pointless three-question movie trivia Running around delivering coffee to the movie crew Spotting Takua in the Commissary (!!) Being a stunt double, jumping across crocodiles Falling off catwalks ALL THE GLITCHES So ye
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BrickFair Blog Entry (It's About Time!)

Hey all,   I would have blogged about this sooner, but I've been out of commission with a really bad cold for the last couple days.   So here, finally, is my chronological account of Brickfair in EXCRUCIATING DETAIL.   Enjoy!   ---   Wednesday, Aug 1: TRAINS MET TAKUMA AND HIS COUSIN (APOLLOMAHRI) MORE TRAINS TRAIN EMPLOYEES BREAKING RULES ON TRAINS SLEEPING ON TRAINS TRAINS TRAINS TRAINS . Thursday, Aug 2: DONE WITH TRAINS CAR RIDE WITH SMEAG BRICKBADGE GET BINGO (BUT DIDN'T WIN) SUM
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BrickFair Is Over

So, BrickFair is over, and I'm currently on the train heading back home.   I'm gonna be perfectly honest here.   That was the worst BrickFair I've ever attended! Because it was the only BrickFair I've ever attended. =P I'll miss all of you guys so much. :[   I'll blog about ALL THE THINGS when I can get to a computer.   ~ (A VTOAHMKEARH)
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Brickfair

Oh man, you guys.   Take a wild guess who's officially registered for BrickFair.   Yep, you guessed it!   Takuma Nuva!   And guess who our very own Evil Blog Master is going to be bringing with him to BrickFair!?   That's right, HIS COUSIN! (Man, you're so good at this)   Okay fine, I'll stop with the fake-outs and make my announcement:   I've just officially registered and paid for BrickFair!   I'll actually be hopping on Takuma's train when it stops through my area, hanging out with him all th
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Find Me At Brickworld!

Update: I'm home! 'Twas fun meeting you, Captain Marvel!   Hey guys, I'll leave this entry short and sweet since I'm typing it from my tablet.   So, how many of you would you like the opportunity to MEET ME in REAL LIFE at Brickworld tomorrow?!   *crickets*   ...No one? Eh, I'm not surprised. But hey, I'd still like to meet any of you who might be there!   I and my brothers can be found at Brickworld Chicago all day tomorrow during the public hours! I'll be wearing one of these dark green BZPowe
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Brony Meetup!

Oh, man, tonight was awesome.   I just got home from my first-ever brony meetup at a local Colonial Cafe restaurant! Around 25 people total showed up to hang out and discuss everything pony. (Photo*) (Also, try to guess which one is me)   We showed off our pony collections on a big table, jokingly argued over who is best pony, sang Winter Wrap Up (among many other songs), ate ice cream, and then afterwards about 10 of us raided a nearby Toys R Us for all their pony stuff!   Only I didn't actuall
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You're Walking In The Woods...

There's no one around, and your phone is dead.   Out of the corner of your eye, you spot him: SHIA LABEOUF ----- Many of you who frequent the interwebs have probably heard this viral song by Rob Cantor and the meme it spawned.   What you may not know is that Rob Cantor also happens to be a member of my favorite band, Tally Hall! (Rob's the one with the yellow tie)   So yeah, I find this whole thing sort of awesome. Tally Hall has all sorts of crazy and catchy songs just like this, and
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You Got Ponies In My Bionicle! (Update: Response #2!)

UPDATE: Here's an audio clip I threw together! http://dl.dropbox.com/u/27614263/Twiley.mp3 Andrew Francis is the voice of Jaller from Mask of Light, as well as Shining Armor from the My Little Pony season 2 finale.   UPDATE 2: And now his response to the audio clip!   There are actually a number of voice actors with roles in both the Bionicle movies and My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. I posted this in Aho's blog comments a couple weeks ago, but here's a list I threw together: Tabitha St. G
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A Random Question For Everyone

Just so my blog doesn't get stale (again), I've got a question/discussion topic for you.   If you could have any ONE superpower, as yourself in your own life, what would be your choice and why?   Choose wisely.   Also I'm pretty sure this is my shortest blog entry yet.
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1-Year Brony Anniversary Celebration

So one year ago on March 29th, Takuma Nuva convinced me to watch Episode 1 of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. I then went on to watch five more episodes that night. That was the night I became a brony.     I did not get a healthy amount of sleep that night.   In the past year, I've bought pony merch, helped out a bit with several brony collabs and projects, and I even got to meet up IRL with a brony in my area for coffee! (He even gave me an amazing hand-carved woodwork Fluttershy!)  
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Happy Derpy Day!

MUFFINS FOR EVERYPONY!   Today (March 1st) marks the second annual Derpy Hooves Day!   In honor of everyone's favorite mailpony, feel free to eat a muffin, mail somepony a friendly letter, watch some My Little Pony, mail somepony a friendly muffin, eat a letter, or whatever other Derpy-related activities you can think of!
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