Jedi Master J.

Hey, folks. It’s been awhile since my last blog entry here, so I thought I pop in and give a little recap on what been happening with me lately. Really not much of anything. XD Just usual stuff; go to work, go home, do something with my free time (Video Games or Netflix generally), go to bed, repeat. That being said, this week I been on a bit of Star Wars kick for obvious reasons (I am so excited about watching Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens tomorrow at 3:50 PM EST), so I have been doing a marathon of the films since last Saturday (12/12). I actually just finished watching Return of the Jedi now, so the circle is almost complete. I guess since I am talking about Star Wars, I might as well share how I rank the films from favorite to least: - Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back - Episode VI: Return of the Jedi - Episode IV: A New Hope - Episode III: Revenge of the Sith - Episode II: Attack of the Clones - Episode I: The Phantom Menance I should probably note that while Prequel Trilogy is lower on the list, that's not because I don't like them. On the contrary, I quite enjoyed them and I like how they expanded the Star Wars universe. However I do think they could been written better, which is why they are lower down the list for me. But anyway, that's enough rambling about Star Wars. I don't want to annoy you folk by talking about it too much. Basically summary is I am excited to see the new film tomorrow. In other news, I got Xenoblade Chronicles X a couple of weeks back. I am not very far (I am on like Chapter 3.), but I enjoyed what I played of it so far. Really I would probably be further in it, if I didn't get distracted by Star Wars last weekend. But oh, well, the game isn't going anywhere. That's all the noteworthy stuff that I been going on with me lately. I mean I could ramble about some other stuff, but I doubt it will be interesting to read. I guess I mention before I go though, I am considering maybe getting LEGO Dimensions since it seem like there is a "deal" for it now at Toys'R'Us. What do you folks think is the game worth picking up? I appreciated hearing any thoughts you folks might have. Alright, that's enough from me. I hope you all have a great day and thank you for taking the time to read this. Talk to you later, BZPers. - JMJ 2015

Personally I rather like it. I mean it simple enough to follow and it provides me a good way keeping up on news about my interests (LEGO, Video Games, ect.) without overflowing my e-mail too much. I also like using it just share random thoughts during my day or to mention something that I am doing during my free time such as playing a video game (KH I: FM, Splatoon, Undertale, ect.), building something out LEGO pieces (Wall-E LEGO set, ect), or watching a TV show (Gravity Falls, Steven Universe, ect.). I am not a big fan of 140 characters limit, but I kind of gotten used to it since I been a member for like three years now. XD Oh, and there's some times giveaways there (I never won anything, but its worth mentioning.) Ultimately it depends on what you want to get out of it. I would hardly say you missing out on anything though by not having one. - JMJ 2015

My routine here lately is as follows: - Check Front Page for news (Pretty easy to do since my homepage is still that page) - Check the blogs for anything interest - Check Completely Off Topic forum (Mostly just for General Video Games topic there) - Repeat every a hour or so If I am logged in, I usually added this to routine as well: - Check Convention & Event Planning forum - Check BioniLUG Forum (I try to check that forum regularly as I feel like it is good to keep up to date on things since I am member and all.) Honestly I would like add stuff like checking out stories in library forums in my routine, but working 40 hours a week doesn't really leave me motivated to spent several hours on a review like I used to. (Admittedly it might due my experience with the old Critics Club as well since that left a bit of a mental imprint of it being "work" and all.) *shrugs* - JMJ 2015

Seeing someone enjoy the game you brought them... It fills you with determination. (I am so glad to hear you are enjoying it so far. ) - JMJ 2015

Hey, folks. It’s been awhile since my last blog entry here, so I thought pop in and give a little recap on last month or so. Really there’s not a lot to talk about since for most part, last month was rather uneventful. I mean I did go to Zelda Symphony last month and had a great time. But I don’t really have much to share about the event though, outside of a couple minor things (I didn’t throw up like at Pokemon Symphony 2014 or BrickFair VA 2015, so that’s good. And I burnt my tongue on some fries that day, so that wasn’t great as my tongue felt all weird for entire of symphony and I didn’t realize why till later. XD) Outside of that though, I just have been back on the normal work routine, which thankfully has start to pick up last month. I don’t know if I mention this here, but work has been dreadfully slow during July & August after we made the change to the new work schedule (Due our chief customer [boeing] not giving us as much production orders, we had overtime hours cut, so our employer wouldn’t have to laid anyone off.). So it feels like a good sign that things did start to pick up last month. Mind you, we are still on the “No Overtime” schedule and honestly I doubt that’s going to change anytime soon. Additionally I will admit I have been sending my resume out to places since I don’t want to be caught off guard, if they do have laid people off. So yeah, that’s my work situation at the moment. I could probably ramble more about work here (Such as one of my co-workers being like the Saint of Food Giving… Honestly that co-worker might just be most generous person I have ever met.), but I doubt my ramblings about work will interest you folks. Let’s move on to something else. Hm… What else did I do last month? Well, I played the awesome indie game, Undertale (So far I only got one of the neutral endings since I hadn’t done a second run yet.). Honestly I could gush over how much I like this game, but I am sure you folks have all heard that already from others here and elsewhere on the internet, so I’ll spare you. I will say this though that I highly recommend checking it out (If you on the fence about it, you should give the demo a look.) and well, if anyone on my Steam’s friends list wants the game, be sure to let me know and I might just sent you a copy of the game. Besides playing Undertale, I also started playing Mass Effect 1 (for first time) since by some stroke of luck; my computer “magically” is able to run after I had finished my first playthrough of Undertale. Just to clarified, my previous attempts to play Mass Effect 1 always result in the game minimizing itself, so I don’t think my computer really couldn’t run it per say. But I certainly don’t know why it did that before or why it works now. (I have a similar issue with Knights of the Old Republic game, which kind of why I still hadn't beat that game. That and well, I am not a fan of the combat in that game. *shrugs*) It’s a mystery. But anyway, my Mass Effect character is named Jamie Shepard (I named her after my Undertale character). She’s an Engineer class soldier and her backstory is spacer and war hero. Although in hindsight, I think I should made her a “Lone Survivor” since I am pretty terrible at the controls in this game (I wish this game had controller support. XD), so occasionally my squad member dies and I have to reload my last save (This game definitely has got me in the habit of saving often like I do in Pokemon games. XD). Garrus and Wrex are so far my favorite squad members (I have brought Wrex with me on almost 100% of side missions that I have done so far). I am currently at the point where you are give free roam of galaxy for first time. So yeah, I am not too far really. I mostly just been doing side quests since well, I want to explore the galaxy before I continue the main story stuff. And man, there are a lot of side quests and so many stories to collect about planets and stuff (I really love world building in this game.). Oh, and here are my Shepard’s current stats and stuff. XD Yeah, I know I am probably investing my points in all the wrong things. Like I probably should put more points into First Aid and Pistols (Especially since that’s only gun that I am trained in since I am an Engineer class.). Alright, I rambled enough about last month. I am sure there are things that I forgot to mention in this entry, but I feel like I have kept you folks here long enough. Thank you for taking the time to read this and I hope you all have a good day. Talk to you later, BZPers. - JMJ 2015 PS - Just remember I forgot to mention something here... I started watching Gravity Falls & Steven Universe last month as well. I must say I see why people like these shows as I am now pretty hooked on seeing what happens next in both of them. XD

I would be willing to help out. - JMJ 2015

@Terton: Well, then I hope you enjoy the book. @xccj: XD I appreciated the help with getting the word out. Thanks. @Lady Kopaka: Congrats! I hope you enjoy the book. @AZBlue, Lord Oblivion: Congrats again, AZBlue & Lord Oblivion. I am glad to hear you both thought that I handle giveaway well. I hope you both enjoy the book when you get it. @johnny_s & Gatanui: Thanks. @bionicleFanatic: Are you from outside North America? I asked because I did notice that on United Kingdom version of Amazon, it doesn't have Kindle version listed, so it might be why you can't find it. I am not sure why it is like that. But United States version of site definitely has the Kindle version listed and here's the link to it. I hope that helps. *** Thank you all for taking the time to comment here and I hope you all have a good day. - JMJ 2015

Hey, folks. Its time to announce the winners of my giveaway here. You all excited? Well, here are winners: - AZBlue - Vox of Vinheim - Iben - Terton - Lord Oblivion - Lady Kopaka - MavezIgnikari (As you probably noticed, there are seven winners rather than four winners. That's because I added three extra books to giveaway since I feel like it would make results more fair since there was so many entries.) *** Alright, if you are one of those winners, you should expected a PM from me asking for which version of the book you want (and for your address information, if you choose the physical book), so be on the lookout for that. Well, that's all I have to say really. Actually since I have you all here, thank you to everyone that decided to take part in this. I really appreciate that since I'll admit when I first posted this, I wasn't expecting 67 people to enter in it. XD I imagine that article on front page definitely help this, so thank you to BZP staff for getting word out about it. But anyway, do you folks have any thoughts or criticism on how I handle this giveaway? I would appreciate any tips on improving how I handle these things, so don't be afraid to share them here. Thanks in advance to those that do. Alright, that's enough from me. I hope you all have a great day and thank you for taking the time to read this. Talk to you later, BZPers. - JMJ 2015

And the entry period is over! Thank you all for entering. I never expected to get this many people entering, so this is a pleasure surprise. I should have results ready later today or tomorrow. *locks blog entry* - JMJ 2015

Hey, folks. As many of you probably know already, the first Bionicle (Generation 2) Chapter Book was released today. And well, naturally I thought I should do what I did with the LEGO Movie release on DVD and Blu-Ray last year and host a little giveaway here to celebrate the occasion. So without further ado, here is what I am giving away today: - Four copies of LEGO BIONICLE: Chapter Book #1 - Island of the Lost Masks Note: These books will be delivered to you through Amazon. Also you can pick to be gift the Kindle version, if you don’t want physical book. ***GENERAL RULES*** 1) To enter, all you have do is leave a comment here stating "that I want in on the giveaway" and you will have an entry in it. 2) Please follow all BZPower Rules and Guidelines in your conduct for this. 3) The giveaway winners will be determine by random number generators or pulling a name out of a hat. 4) The entry deadline is August 28th, 2015 at 11:00 PM EST. 5) Post all questions & comments here. ***QUESTIONS*** 1) Is there a restriction on what BZPower members can enter? Like do they have to be from U.S. or Canada? I won’t be putting any region restriction. Everyone is welcome to enter. 2) Why are you ship them through Amazon? It’s just easier that way. That and I won’t have to pay double shipping to send it out to you folks. 3) Does it have to be the physical book? Could I just get Kindle version instead? As mention above, you can choose to have Kindle version gift to you instead of physical book. I am leaving the choice up to you folks that win a copy. **ENTRY LIST** 1) Godhead Makuta Luroka 2) Lucina 3) Obsessionist 4) Dunkleosteus-San 5) Arc 6) Unit#phntk#1 7) AZBlue 8) the ghost of isaac newton 9) ~Shockwave~ 10) SPIRIT 11) fisher64 12) Crunchyn 13) Agent Epsilon 14) Korgot 15) Kohaku 16) Vox of Vinheim 17) SkullKid 18) Phantom Terror 19) Danska: Shadow Master 20) Swert 21) Iruini Nuva 22) Nanox 23) Mask Hunter Lewa 24) Professor Turnip 25) Mate.397 26) AbukAdobels 27) Gatanui 28) Iben 29) Xeo 30) admiraltyphoon 31) avmatoran 32) Nescent 33) doodleloot 34) johnny_s 35) Vakama-san 36) Madu Cabolo 37) Dallior: Rahkshi Lord 38) Ektris 39) Terton 40) davidr777 41) Wazdakka 42) Lord Oblivion 43) bionicleFanatic 44) Vrokorta 45) Toa of Gallifrey 46) Barkel 47) takanuva1988 48) Methaxx 49) Toa of Pi 50) Brickobotface 51) Vorik the mask maker 52) GeorgeS. 53) Renzari 54) ToaLugia 55) The Forgotten Chronicler 56) steelviper77 57) Mish 58) Lady Kopaka 59) JMSOG 60) Liopleurodon 61) Nidhiki of the Shadows 62) ToaKopakaMata 63) MavezIgnikari 64) Kraahlix 65) MrMan289 66) NicholasZireaux 67) CryoGyro 68) *** - JMJ 2015

Hey, folks. I am back one more time to share some stuff from the vacation last week. I promise I won't talk about it anymore after this entry. So yeah, this is my last entry on the subject (until next year, if I go again). If you hadn't read my day recap, here are some links: Days 1, 2+3, 4, 5 But anyway, enough talk, here's some links to my BrickFair VA pictures: - BIONICLE - Mixed - Mosaic - Towns Apologizes for quality of pictures, these were taken from my TracFone phone and my hands also kind shake a lot when people are nearby, so that doesn't help things either. Oh, and I don't think I got everything (I do think that I got most of BIONICLE Table though), so if you want better coverage of it, you should just wait for BZPower's. I mean they are going to better photos anyway (And it will probably be better organized as I threw a lot into a Mixed folder.). Beside those pictures, I have some from Air & Space Museum, if you are interested. Here's a link to Airplane stuff and Space stuff. I think that's all I needed to share really. I mean I don't want to ramble too much as I am sure you guys are sick of me by now. I am sorry for that. Oh, here's my painting from Nuyaka. And here's what my Brick Badge looked like, if you hadn't seen it yet. Okay, one last thing to share and I'll be gone, its a bit random, but I had this again with me at BrickFair VA. I had it with me mostly because I was considering the idea of giving people a TNG Miru, if they wanted it (I mean I did buy these Miru to give people, after all. Not to hoard in a canister for myself.). That and well, maybe have people sign the comic. I never follow through with that idea. Maybe I'll try again next year. *shrugs* Alright, that's enough rambling about stuff. I'll go back to feeling alone and stuff (And well, watching Original Star Trek since I started that today.). Thank you for taking the time to read this and I hope you all are having a good weekend. Talk to you later, BZPers. - JMJ 2015 P.S. - I'll be checking out Zelda Symphony again in September. I can't wait. It should be a fun Friday evening.

@Black Six: Okay, that's good to hear. Thanks, Black Six. And well, I must admit I am considering coming back again. @ChocolateFrogs: Well, I was involved with your past Mosaic projects here (I still have my three Mosaic Parts actually since I never took them apart.) I also helped Jason [xccj] with a school project thing that he did involving LEGO. I wouldn't be too surprised if that's why my username stood out to you. I do recall in the past considering attending BrickFair VA before and possible staying with you and others. But nothing really came from that as I technically didn't have a way to get down to Virginia back then (Technically I still don't since I don't drive and only manage to do it this time due to kindness of a friend.). Hm... I probably have an archive of that PM somewhere since I tend to keep that kind of thing. But anyway, my point in that part of this entry was that I didn't understand why I was worth hunting for really. I mean I am no one special or interesting really, so I always find it odd when people put a value on me as if meeting me will be highlight of ones' BrickFair experience or something. *shrugs* Still though, it was cool meeting you in person finally. - JMJ 2015

Hm... I am pretty sure I met you as I recall someone asking me about where to find Bionicle Raptor (Brappy Hour). If it was you, sorry that I wasn't much help. In hindsight, I probably should of walk with you as I had a hunch that he was the guy near the end of Bionicle table. So yeah, I am sorry about that. Again if it was you. it was nice meeting you and I am glad to hear you manage to find Bionicle Raptor (Brappy Hour) in the end. - JMJ 2015

@Aanchir: Yeah, Laser Tag thing was especially awkward thing for me, which is why I was quiet and try to stay far off from other people mostly. But yeah, overall I had a good time and you all are generally a nice bunch as you said. Oh, shoot... I think you are right. I don't know why I remember the badge saying Lyichir on it. Especially since I am pretty sure I call you Scott and I have try mentally engraved in my brain that Aanchir = Scott, Lyichir = Andrew as I know I can't pronounced your usernames. Really I can barely pronounced any BIONICLE names I am not even sure if I say Makuta right when I was talking about Makuta Luroka MOC. I definitely don't know how to say Luroka. XD I am so sorry about that. I'll corrected that. Well, actually I meant after closing ceremonies thing, but I guess you probably still had MOCs to pack up at that point as technically the schedule say MOC tear down happen after that. Either way, I am sorry that I didn't get to say good bye to you both. And well, if I go next year, I hope to see you folks again. @Dina Saruyama: It was after the closing ceremonies around like 7-ish, I guess. I am actually was going to say good bye to Black Six after you, while I was there. But I recalled that he was kind of busy, so I just kind of left after saying, "See ya, Jess" to you. But anyway, I hope you are alright. Sounds like you might have rough final day. =( - JMJ 2015

@ Zatth (Pablo): Eh, like I said with Lady K, don't sweat it. I wouldn't been that interesting to talk to really. @ Makaru, Not Makaru, Makaru: Oh... *faceplam* I am sorry. I actually thought Letagi had said he was Makaru when he met me, so that's why I drew that conclusion. Although afterwards, I did think it was weird as I didn't recall you being on list of BZPers that say they would be there this year. That and later when I was writing this entry, I noticed that Letagi had me on his list of people that he met and I thought "Wait... I met him? When was that? *scratch head*" Like I was thinking he might of been that guy who left early after public hour, but now I think that must been maybe GSR. XD So yeah, sorry about that. I'll corrected that in the entry here. - JMJ 2015

@Lady K: Its fine. No need to apologize. I mean you did ask if it was alright, so its my own fault really. So sorry for that. And well, don't sweat it. I wouldn't been that interesting to talk to really. XD Oh, and once again, I am sorry that I was coward today and kind hid by hotel phones area. I want to say good bye, but I am kind afraid to. Sorry. And I guess I'll see you next year, assuming I am there. - JMJ 2015

Hey, folks. I am back home now, so I thought I would pop back in and give one last little recap of BrickFair VA here. So as you all probably know already, yesterday was last day of BrickFair VA. So what I do that day? Well, like I said in previous entry, I went in a bit later (Around 1:20 PM) for public hours as well, I didn't feel like standing near my MOCs for another six hours as honestly that can get a bit tiring on the legs after awhile. Also as mentioned earlier, my friend didn't come over that day as he was pretty sore from the laser tag thing, so I guess you could say yesterday was kind what it would been like if I took the trip alone (Although I would argued that I likely shut myself in the hotel room a lot during the first couple of days.). But anyway, when I arrived there, I saw that Makuta Luroka and his friend were already there and they had chairs, so I guess they did the smart thing and figure out where to get chairs at (I didn't do that since I had no idea who to ask and I didn't want to take chairs from more popular area.). Since it looked like they got things mostly covered, I just chilled there and sat on the floor occasionally. Eventually I kind of decided to just play Animal Crossing: New Leaf since I was barely getting any Miis in my plaza. I spent a bit of time removing weeds from the town, removing the bugs from my house, and clearing out streetpass home thing. At some point while I was doing this, I was graced by the presence of BZPower resident dinosaur expert, Jess. That was pretty cool. Although I guess I might have intimidate or shock her a little when I say goodbye to her at the end of convention. I am sorry if I did, I just thought I should say good bye to you is all. Sometime after meeting Jess, Makuta Luroka had to go, so I say my goodbyes to the awesome dude. And well, I decided I might as well use the chair since he wasn't coming back and all. And little bit after that, Team Farm Animals crew came over to do their hatpile thing in the corner. They needed a chair, so I thought I might as well give to them as I was pretty used to standing by now, so I gave it to them. And just before they decided to do this, Makuta Luroka MOC (Like I mention last time, that MOC is really top heavy.) fell over again. I was just leave it be since I don't really have permission to touch it. But while Team Farm Animals were doing their thing, someone from public told me to fix it, so I gently put it back up. So while Team Farm Animals did their thing, I just continue watching over the MOCs basically. XD They ended up doing two versions since apparently they missed some hats. After they were done with that, they head back to area. Although AT and Lady K apparently held back as Lady K apparently noticed that MOCs I was standing near were in fact mines (Lady K knows my real name since I am one of her patrons, which I originally kept that a secret from her and everyone since I didn't want attention for that really. But I kind of let the cat of the bag about that a couple of months ago. XD), so she decided to look at them. Apparently she liked the design of Matoro One and AT like my Kolhii Team names, so that was nice. Thanks for that. At the some point after that, Lady K ask if she could do a selfie with me for some reason (I guess for memory's sake, although why I am worth remembering is beyond me.). Now personally I am not a fan of people taking pictures of me (Much like I am not fan of people entering my personal space to do something like a hug. *shrugs*), but I decided to let her since I didn't see any harm in it really. After that, I was left on my own and just did what I did during Saturday Public Hours mostly, which is be kind and friendly to the public people. At some point, a mother and daughter attendee shown up to sit near their MOCs (Apparently their MOCs were right next to mines and all.) and I decide to give my seat to the mother as I am used standing by now, And well, I end up having a bit a conversation with her and her daughter. It was interesting. Uh, usually I am terrible at small talk, but I did well there for what its worth. (If only I was good at that when I talk to with BZPers here.) I guess offering someone a chair is good way to start a conversation. XD So I did for that awhile and eventually when there wasn't anymore conversations going on, I decide to head over to where Aanchir was sitting as I thought I was on a roll with be sociable and I didn't really get talk much to him throughout this trip (Which I thought was kind of surprising as I like Chir Bros and all), so I decided to do that. It was interesting conversation. I asked if he was having good BrickFair VA, which he say yes to. Although naturally he was sad as it is last day and he won't see a lot of people again until next year (I can't blame him for feeling that way really.). Oh, I like his metaphor of me being like Kellam from Fire Emblem: Awakening as it is very true that I was forgotten a lot. XD Although I can't blame people as I wasn't there a lot during Wednesday through Fridays. That and let's be honest I am pretty dull person in general as I did spent good part of BrickFair VA pacing around when I was there. XD After that, I kind let him go back to rest and head back to my section. I talked a bit more with mother and daughter pair. Eventually the public ended and the mother and daughter pair decided to start packing up their MOCs as they were planning on leaving to get a meal and come back for Closing Ceremonies. Before they left, I realized I never did tell them my name (Its not JMJ obviously.), so I did that. And well, I was alone again, so I packed up my MOCs for Black Six and gave them to him (Please tell me you took that box, Black Six. I am kind of scared that you left it.). I attended the closing ceremonies. Not much say about that since I wasn't lucky. XD After that ended, I was kind like "I guess I should leave." I mean I want to say good bye to Chir Brothers, but I wasn't sure where to find them. I ended up saying good bye to Sumiki and Pablo though. Also oddly I have no problem with Pablo hugging me good bye (I am not sure why exactly. I must of been in a real good mood that day.). Then again, I was going to hug Sumiki, if he wasn't holding a box. XD The last person at the convention that I said good bye to was Jess. I apologize again, I just thought I should say good bye to you is all. After that, I kind headed back to hotel and I thought that was going be it for the day. But I kind offer online that if anyone want to say good bye to me. I could meet them in the lobby at the some point. And Black Six let me know that they meeting there anyway before they headed off to their fancy dinner. I wasn't going to go to dinner though as I didn't pack anything for that and I am a really pick eater (Trust me, my friend can confirmed this.). Still I went down to say good bye to people, if they want say bye to me and stuff. And well, I met ChocolateFrogs and Not Makaru in that lobby. That was interesting. Especially ChocolateFrogs, who for some reason was trying to hunt me down or something. He never explain the reasoning for that really. But he kind of left before I can find out why, so I never did. And then more professionally dressed adults show up, Black Six shook my hand, and that was it. I say good bye. I went back to elevator to go to my room on third floor. I ate some pizza (My friend had brought Pizza, while I was away at the convention) and watch some Youtube stuff. That was last day of BrickFair VA for me. Overall I thought it was pretty fun trip. I got to meet some cool people, check out the Air & Space Museum, see a cool movie (Ant-Man), had a conversation with some people, saw some cool creations, ect. Would I go again? I am not sure at this point. It is certainly possible. Although it wasn't very cheap by any means (I mean hotel stay cost like $582.40! Oh, that's going to be fun paying off at the end of the month.). So if there was any reason not to go would be money related really. *shrugs* And well, my friend did have a good time during the trip, so it is possible that we might do it again. Or I might do it on own. We'll see, I guess. Its still a year away, so it is hard to say either way at this point. Alright, that's enough rambling. I'll probably have my pictures and stuff up later in the week as I am too tired to deal with that now. Thanks for taking the time to read this and I hope you all have great week. Talk to you later, BZPers. - JMJ 2015

Hey, folks. I thought I would give another BrickFair update before I start the last day of BrickFair. Really there's not a whole lot to recap as outside of watching over some MOCs during the public hours and answer people's questions, if they had any. Well, I answered them to best of my abilities as I don't know everything (I am like John Snow... I know nothing. XD), especially about other people's MOCs, where I am like "Yeah, that's a snake." XD One person even ask me if we were payed to be show our stuff here and when I actually explain that we payed to be here, let's just say they looked at me like I had two heads as if it was that abnormal for people to do that. *shrugs* Still though, public hours weren't bad really. I enjoy seeing people's faces beam when they saw the MOCs on display. The Makuta Luroka MOC (It is very top heavy) was definitely the most popular at the table I watched (It is pretty awesome looking MOC. Much better than my stuff, that's for sure.). Oh, and I got to meet the person, Makuta Luroka, as well. That was pretty cool. He also holds the record for longest period of talking to me. Congrats, you beat AT. XD I also met someone from BZP that go by Unit, I think. I am not sure if that is right though as it was kind of hard to hear him. But he had asked me where to find Bionicle Raptor (Or Brappy Hour as he has been known as since last year, I think.), but I have no idea what he looked, so I wasn't much help really. Sorry. There was some other BZPers around too, but I didn't really meet them, so I don't know who they are on BZP really. Oh, I met DeeVee for second time (High five him even) and met Nuyaka for first time as they delivered the a painting commission thing that I brought from Nuyaka back in December (It was holiday charity BrickLink thing.), so that was cool. I'll upload a photo of it when I am home tomorrow (Although if you are impatience, just check my Twitter as I upload a photo of it there already.). Its basically just a painting of Lucina from Fire Emblem: Awakening as a Minifigure. I think it looks fantastic and I look forward to bring it home. Thanks again, Nuyaka. Outside of public hours, the only thing that I attended was Laser Tag party thing, which I must admit that I wasn't the most comfortable there really. My friend had good time at laser tag though, so that's good (Although unfortunately now it hurts all over when they move, so they might not be with me today due to that.). I can't say I was very good at it though as I didn't have a clue what I was doing really. XD Overall, it wasn't a bad evening really and I enjoyed the slice of Pizza, I ate. Thanks for pizza & laser tag, BZPower. Sorry, I wasn't very talkative there. I just don't know what to say to people really. But anyway, after laser tag thing, we head back to hotel room and honestly I was pretty tired from the day at that point, so I just went bed around 7 PM. So yesterday is most sleep that I got all week really. XD That was Saturday basically. I can't think of anything else to mention really. Before I go, I guess I'll mention my plan for today. At the moment, I am planning on heading over around 1:30 PM and well, I probably be there till closing ceremonies (Although I might step out for dinner, ect.). My friend might not be with me since he is pretty sore from yesterday. Alright, that's enough rambling. I guess I'll see some of you folks later. Thanks for taking the time to read this and I hope you all have great week. - JMJ 2015

Hey, folks. I thought I would give another BrickFair update. So as title suggests, Friday is technically third day of BrickFair VA. Although for me, it is technically the second day as well, we skipped Thursday as mention in previously entry. For those wondering why, I promise my friend that we would take a day away from convention to check out local sights such as the Air & Space Museum and Thursday just seen like best day to do. Although I am sad that I miss out on seeing "How LEGO Impacts Our Lives" seminar on Thursday. Hm... I guess I'll take a moment really quick to tell you all what exactly we did on Thursday. Basically we got to check out the Air & Space Museum (Which I must say it is really cool and personally I recommend seeing it, if you ever get the chance. I also got like 552 photos of that place on my computer. I'll probably share some of those pictures with you all later when I return home.) and I got to watch the Marvel film, Ant-Man (Which was also pretty cool... I should probably watch more Marvel films. This is like third Marvel film that I have seen so far.). But anyway, back on to Friday's recall, the day started with me being a worry wart like usually (Which did nothing but make me more tense about stuff.). I ended up taking a couple of walks around the Holiday Inn as a result, which did help relieve some of those worries as weather today was just so calming compared to previous days that it did well, to get my mind off things. Eventually we left the hotel to go to an IHOP for breakfast / lunch, which was nice (Although I still don't have much of appetite as I can't seem to finish any meal that I start during this trip. *shrugs*). After the meal, we decided to play some Mini-Golf since the weather was nice enough for it. It was good idea (Especially since we were using it to kill some time as we wanted to check out the seminar on "The LEGO Design Process" later.), but unfortunately I ended up going down the hill for second hole too fast to go after my ball and well, I tripped scratched up my right arm pretty bad. So yeah, it kind of ruin the mood of the day and I was rather irritable throughout the rest of golf course as well, I was in pain and all. (For those wondering why we just didn't stop the game right there, I really didn't want to ruin the outing, so I decide to just keep trucking.) That injury pretty much derailed the seminar plans as we felt that I should take easy after returning to hotel. We eventually up playing some local co-op stuff on our 3DSs, which was fun. Although after awhile, my friend shifted gears to a single player game, so I decided to go out for another walk to collect dinner. And well, after eating, I decided that I was going to walk over to convention center since I was curious about what things looked like now. And man, there was a lot cool stuff on display. I ended up going around taking photos till my phone died. Once that happened, I just head back to hotel, so I could go charge it and come back later. It took awhile though, so I didn't get back to convention until an hour before World of Lights thing. My friend decide to join me this time as he wanted to see what World of Lights was about, so we went over. Took some pictures of displays until lights were dimmed / turned off (Well, my friend was able to get pictures of some of the World of Light stuff since he had a better camera than I as I only got a phone camera and all.). I thought World of Lights was pretty cool and I walked around a few times till I felt that I saw them all. After awhile, I decide to just sat down near my MOCs and have a break from walking. That's about it really. I mean we eventually head back to the hotel, so we could sleep and all. Well, i guess I'll mention what BZPers that I talk to that day. For most part, it was just Aanchir & Lyichir (Who shown me there really cool poster of Generation 2 Gali that they won during the auction that day.) and AT (Who ask me how the trip was going, ect.). That was nice. There were other BZPers around and all, but I never buck up the courage to say anything to any of them. And that was Friday basically. It was certainly an interesting day. That's for sure. XD But anyway, its Saturday now, so hopefully I'll be around a bit more today. And well, if there are still tickets for BZP Party thing tonight, I guess I'll pay Black Six the fee today since AT convinced me to go and all yesterday. Alright, that's enough rambling. I guess I'll see some of you folks later. Thanks for taking the time to read this and I hope you all have great week. - JMJ 2015

Hey, folks. I thought I pop in and let you know how day one of BrickFair went. Honestly I didn't do much really, outside of walk around the convention center a lot since I wasn't sure really what to do really after setting up my MOCs (Which I am not sure they are in the right place. I mean the map say its a BIONICLE table, but I have heard Pop Culture want the space, so I wouldn't be surprise if it got moved. *shrugs*). Oh, and fail a lot at Bingo. It was nice though getting to see some BZPers in person. Mind you, it is not the first time for such people like Aanchir, Lyichir, Team Farm Animals, and Black Six. But well, I got meet people like Lady K, Vezok's Friend, TLH, Turakii, and TLH's & Turakii's kid (Adorable child, btw) for first time, which was cool. Although I was pretty deer in headlights around them. Sorry. But overall, I would say it was good first day (It was pretty exhausting day too. XD). I mean I did vomit in a Burger King parking, but honestly that's par for the course considering it always happens when I do anything new really. That's about it really. Uh, I guess I will see some of you folks again on Friday since I won't be in today as I am going to being checking out some sights and stuff today with my friend. Thanks for taking the time to read this and I hope you all have great week. - JMJ 2015

@Ryuko Matoi: Well, that's good to know. Although at this point, I think I might pass on the event. A single day here has already made me really exhausted. I can only imagine it being worst by Saturday. *shrugs* @Lycihir: Yeah, I seen the schedule. But I did promise my friend to have at least a day outside of the convention, which is why Thursday is no show for me. As for Brickumentary thing, my friend isn't too interested in it and I am rather indifferent about it. *shrugs* That and the tickets are sold on Thursday at 10 AM, which was the day that we skipping and all. So I don't think I will check that out. The Friday stuff though, I will consider checking out as they sound interesting and all. Oh, it was nice seeing you at the convention today. - JMJ 2015