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Well, that's that then. 9 years ago (if we skip the leap days), I registered with a little Bionicle site called BZPower. 8 years ago, I left. 1 year ago - plus a few days - I came back. Bionicle had gotten the axe by then - no more sets, not many more serials. Why'd I leave? Honestly, part of it is that I thought I was too grown-up for Bionicle. I was a middle schooler - I didn't want some boring, the-heroes-always-win stuff for kids! I wanted something darker and edgier, like Sonic Adventure! Go ahead and parse that for everything wrong with it. I'll wait. My only defense is that I was a middle schooler, and I couldn't really afford the sets (though frankly speaking, I always did love the setting and story more than the sets - but I wouldn't be caught dead then buying a Bionicle book. Go figure.) So why'd I come back? Part of it, truth be told, is that I finally got back my login details. I changed my display name at some point after I registered from GSR (fun fact: originally GoldenSunRules, but I now just see it as "GSR") to something completely different, and at some point in my hiatus some upgrade or database change led to that becoming my login name. Thus my last successful login until last year (when I remembered that other name) was late 2006. Part of it is that, at the end of the day, I'm a sucker for Bionicle. Yeah, it's a decade-old cancelled kids' toyline, that has been duly noted. Yeah, it had some really cringe-worthy stuff in there (Mask of Light's voice acting speaks quite literally for itself). But having immersed myself in all sorts of mature works (which I did and still do enjoy immensely), I found I still have a soft spot for a story that, by and large, is just the good guys vs. the bad guys. Granted, part of this is nostalgia - Hero Factory really doesn't appeal to me - but I have to admit I was pleasantly surprised to learn just how large the universe became over the years of Bionicle's run. Elemental cyborgs struggling to protect their people even as the tribal culture that they know and love slowly tears away to reveal a story of biotechnology on a grand scale? Sign me up. And part of it is that, frankly, I missed being around a decent online community. I'm active on three other boards besides BZP at the moment - one is large enough that I don't know any of the members that well, one is largely ruleless and extremely fast-moving, and one is a practically inactive fan forum for a series whose fate is currently in limbo for the English-speaking world. BZP's not as big as it used to be - the downtime truly did a number on things - but it's usually got somewhere between 50 and 100 active members on during the day, and people are usually pretty civil to each other. Granted, Bionicle being gone is putting a bit of a drag on things, but that's a topic rather larger than this blog's focus. So what now? Honestly, I'm not sure. College's starting up again soon, and that'll eat into my time here quite a bit - and it looks like it's going to be a very, very busy first month or so. But I think I like it here - there's getting to be familiar faces around, and the good response to "Fractures" really made me feel like I was contributing to the community. And I do have a rather larger project brewing in the back of my head (which I'd actually hoped to get a little more fleshed out over break, but c'est la vie). Granted, said project would have an expected readership of... 5, or so? I guess it would technically appeal to one smaller audience and one very large audience, but said audiences have a pretty small intersection. But I digress. Anyways, here's to you, BZP. I can't promise I'll be around forever, but I hope to make the best of the time I am.
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Something extremely disturbing happened to a close friend of mine, and I'm still a little shaken. This is going to be a difficult few weeks, but all I can really do is put faith in modern medicine and his/her friends and family. Without going into further details, suffice to say I've learned a rather important lesson about one's lifestyle, and all I can say is I'm thankful I have the personality I do, which should help me avoid ever coming close to something similar. So that this isn't a complete vague frustrating mess of an entry, COT SSC2 entry probably isn't going to happen (in part due to this). The other project I've mentioned is still under construction, though that also hasn't been worked on recently.
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Umm..... Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!!! I got Hydraxon, Maxilos, Lewa & Antroz, Tanma, Radiak, and Toa of Life But in the meantime: Christmas Card ~Toa Lewa Nuva~
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HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 2008!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I saw BeowulF today, it is an old English tale even though it takes place in Denmark, I am English, not Denish but I liked it. Anyone else see it?
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I came home from school today, and checked the mail (like I always do) and there I found Bionicle Legends 8! Downfall! I'll read it on the weekend when I have time.
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Well it is finally December! Woot! Christmas at the end of the month! Now I would like to talk about this special time of the year: Many people say "Hey!!! There are people who don't celebrate Christmas, or don't celebrate any Holidays, or don't have a religon, or tecically for them it isn't the end of the year yet..." Well I have this to say: If you don't celebrate, Christmas that is cool, I have nothing against the Jewish or other religions, if you don't celebrate any Holiday or don't have a religion I feel sorry for you to not see the light, and if tecicnally it isn't the end of the year for you yet, cool, cool. But it is for me so let me have my fun. I am Catholic so I am talking to all Christians when I say this: Isn't hard to wait till Christmas? It is for me! I can't wait! Can you?
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I know it is late but Happy Thanksgiving!!!!
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*Sigh* Gypsy was an old cat and when I woke up on the 19th my mom said, "Dad just saw Gypsy fall over, he is very skinny, he is 22 years old that is a long time in cat years, I don't want him to suffer anymore. Dad is taking him to be put to sleep." So it happened Gypsy got put to sleep, I miss that old cat, we used to joke and say he came with our house (cuase he kinda did). We burried him in our backyard and even our dog cried during the funeral, OUR DOG. And as we put him in his hole to be burried I took one last look at him and relized two things: 1: He was being burried right next to another good cat of ours who died long ago: Macy, 2: He looked like he always acted and felt, ferocious. He had a tooth pointing out of the side of his mouth, making him look like a saber-tooth tiger. Alas I shall miss him and I hope he is up in Heaven, with God. But here is where things get intresting, my dad saw this cat that was young and it looked like Gypsy when he was younger, and when dad tryed to chase it the cat dissapered, we think it was Gypsy's spirit. Alas it is late now and I need to sleep, so I will say one last thing and go: Goodbye Gypsy I miss you!
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My favorite bands are: 1. AC/DC 2. Journey 3. Kiss 4. Nirvana 5. Queen 6. Starship 7. Alice Cooper
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Yes, it is that time again, Halloween! Woot!!!! Go Halloween!!!!!
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The languages I wanna know are: English - Why? Cuse I live in America & I'm part EnglishSpanish - Why? Cuse I live in California if you get what I'm sayin' & I'm part SpanishItalian - Why? Cuse I'm part ItalianFrench - Why? Cuse I'm part FrenchGerman - Why? Cuse I'm part GermanRussian - Why? Cuse I'm part RussianLatin - Why? Cuse most languages that I wanna learn come from this oneHmong - Why? Cuse there are like a gillion Hmong people where I live, and that way I could talk to this friends in HmongJapanese - Why? So that I can watch Naruto in Japanese without the need of subtitles If it is crossed out it means I already know it. Some people might not think dog is a reconizable language but it is! My dog: Hershey taught me, he is in my personal photo incase you wanna know what he looks like.
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ill be at disney land till wednesday but ill still kinda be on well i went there and it was fun but i remember being there 2 years ago and seeing tahu mata and they took him out
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Take me home tonight I don't wanna let you go till you see the light! If you wanna be my lover you gotta be hip with my friends!! Here I am rock you like a hurricane!!! Poison!!! Your poison!!!! She's my cherry pie!!! Sorry that is all for now I'll put in more later
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Last week on Monday I for the first time waight lifted!!!!
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Guess what it is. Cleofan119 guessed it! It is my Dog Hershey! He is a Black Lab (he is named Hershey becuase when we got him he was molting and he looked more like a chocalte lab) and he is 2 years old in dog years that is 14 we got him when he was 11 months old. He understands English and Espanol (Spanish) and he taught me dog. He rocks! His middle name is his old name: Cooper and he has my last name, my parents joke and say he is my son. His b-day is on June 14th and we got him the day before mothers day, my b-day is may 24th so it was both my b-day present and my mom's mothers day gift and ironicly my moms b-day is may 4th.
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School got out for me June 8, 2007. It gets in well the last week of August 2007. I'm not sure what day.
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Summer School is actually fun! Well, it depends on what class you take, but I'm taking a Web Design class, and I'm posting from the computer lab we're working in right now. HTML=fun stuff. Anyways, I'm really busy over the summer, so I can't spend so much time online. Just saw the new (freakin' cool!!!!!) James Bond movie trailer. They're rebooting the movie series, and Daniel Craig looks like a good actor. But I will always think of Pierce Brosnan as "Bond. James Bond." so go see it!! Laterz! torritorri
