What is it about plastic construction toys that make people so unpleasant? I'm just trying to have fun and talk about magic robots but I spend most of my time tiptoeing around battlegrounds and eternal grudges, heated disagreements about things nobody has any business even caring about, avoiding saying the wrong keyword of the week like I'm avoiding a landmine, lest it revive a nasty discussion whose only real conclusion is the immediate and permanent derailment of any topic, or get myself on
"Better than the original, all the sets are gorgeous, I had so much fun playing with everything. Seems like there's a Water character in every group of heroes. Okoto is surrounded by water. Too much water. 7.8/10"
How did we go from this to this? They called it a Skyblaster but we all know what it really is, it even shoots to-scale cannonballs. We're onto you, Greg. #GoneTooFar #EndUnnecessaryBionicleCannonization
Hey, so, I'm interested in buying a ton of parts and maybe sets off Bricklink sometime soon, probably by next week, but I've never used it before. Is there anything I need to know about how it works? I was curious as to how fast the orders arrive, and what I should expect with that process. Also maybe some general tips on what some really good parts to get for MOCing are? I've been out of the loop on anything that wasn't Bionicle for years; what're some new super handy Technic bits from the last
Oh my god I am done with my first year. That was. Well. That was an experience. Don't do art, kids. In the span of a week I completed 5 essays, 3 paintings, 2 videos, a presentation, an animation, a written exam, took several dozen photos, drew a very, very large nude model for several hours, got like no sleep at all, and only cried like once or twice, tops. It's over. I survived. Thank the lord. I'm pretty confident that I did really well on my finals. The semester is now over and I can ree
I'm not gonna answer any questions, I ain't no sucker; tell me all your secrets instead. Spill the beans. I know you're guilty. just under 750 kb mwahahaha
I almost cried like five times. I only actually cried like two or three times. The movie was sooo gooood . And ugh the feeeels. I don't know which part makes my heart do the things more. Such a good movie aahhhh I can't talk about it because Spoilrz but yeah omg Also there were so many wubs it was like Spidey was fighting the embodiment of Dubstep
This is probably the most surreal thing that's happened to me lately. I went down to my regular grocery store 'cause we were all out of beverages. I noticed that they had some big, dark, ripe and yummy looking pomegranates, way nicer than the sad pale ones at the store next to it. I need to save my money for some upcoming splurging, though, so I focused my willpower and self control and managed to avoid eye contact with the delicious fruit, quickly grabbing a couple bottles of seltzer water fr
I'm leaving for Spring Break, so I won't be on BZPower for a week and a half... I wouldn't mind seeing as it's not so long, but I still haven't solved the mystery of The Extra Proto Energy. I have 2 proto... but from where? This will haunt me forever! I'll wake up in the middle of the night, screaming, "Where did it come from?!"
...Getting excited for the new General Art contest, opening Photoshop, and watching Photoshop crash and then tell you that it finally realized that your trial expired long ago and it will no longer open. Even though the same thing happened with After Effects a few days ago and that's working just fine. Why, Adobe? Why me? Why today? ;~; Looks like it's time to bust out the pen nibs and brushes and restock on colored inks and big watercolor paper. My month just got a little wilder
Got to bring my best friend with me to an early screening of Big Hero 6, my school hooked us up. It was really good, I was so impressed. Some really good storytelling there, and while the animation obviously wasn't Pixar, it was still pretty superb, they really put a lot of focus on bringing out every motion and those were some beautiful designs and textures for basically everything. I feel like the culture blend wasn't necessary as it didn't really play much into the actual movie, but it didn't
Almost literally. For the past 4 weeks, my teammates and myself have been working on the dreaded Train Project, the final assigned by the hardest 3D teacher the school has. And it has been a trainwreck indeed. System crashes, memory problems, renders that take half an hour a frame, vanishing geometry, broken lights, poor planning, wonky textures, the whole shebang. Our two classes doing the train project literally broke the freshman-sophomore-junior-senior render farm yesterday with all our sc
So, our History of Film professor sent out this email yesterday... He has great timing He send out emails like this almost every week; last week it was about how if he hears anyone refer to him by anything other than his first name, they will automatically fail the class. It's like the teacher equivalent of angry vagueblogging
I'm back home in the city! Flew in last night after a wild night/morning, and with the ensuing head-melting headache and queasiness and the following jet lag from the flight keeping me awake, I basically ended up going straight to class without much rest. It was nice to be back, though, and I hopped over to the LEGO Store down the block right after class and picked up Gali, and she's standing all cool and mighty on my shelf now. I've never owned a CCBS set before, so it was a very new build
It's 3 PM, I'm almost done with my day at work, I'm all chill and looking forward to GotG in 5 hours. Then I get the text. Key words? "giving" "away" and "computers". I never worked harder in my entire life and I flew outta that place a half hour early. Apparently, the Computer Art labs are getting upgraded (I didn't even know tech could get better than the stuff we had) and they were giving away stuff on a first come first serve basis to Computer Art majors. I got there around 5, figured ou
Wow! It's been so long! Aside from a very short visit last July, I haven't been here in, well-- I don't know! Perhaps a year? Perhaps more; two even? However long it's been, it has been far too long! I'm back everyone! I'd be very flattered if any o y'all might remember me--I've gone by a few names over the years: dark hunter 554, The (Low-Carb) Dark Hunter, etc.-- because I sure as heck remember many of you! Coming back after all that time, and just browsing through the new topics and active
Totally wanna make Keetongu, but I'm pretty sure I have nowhere near enough CCBS parts for any sort of coherent creation, let alone enough keetorange. Here's hoping! But yeah, wouldn't it be neat to see a CCBS Keetongu? If anyone else wants to give it a stab please do because I just feel in my gut that there's a lot of potential there and I'm worried nobody else will think of it for whatever reason.
I was over at Nintendo World with my best bud for their trade-in event, where the first 250 people to present their original Ruby or Sapphire cartridge would get a free corresponding ORAS game. We were there since around 7 AM, and the store opens at 11; the security people went around and counted the line several times and we were something like 222nd in place. Basically, we were guaranteed to get our free games. We spent a few hours having a good time, making friends and playing Smash and shari
I'm not talking about the Bionicle 2015 videos, but rather my animation that my group and I have been slaving over for the past 4.5 weeks. The one that nearly killed me? That one. I haven't slept in two days but it's done and it's great and the Department Chair loved it and we're so happy. It's a bit glitchy here and there but it's so minor and we are so proud of our baby. Please give it a watch and spread it around if you like. If you've got any friends in New York, they'll love it for sure.
It's Finals Week, and I have soooo much work to do and studying to dive into, so I'm unplugging and getting right to it. I'll probably be back on Friday the 2nd, so, uh, hold on until then? Stay strong? Nobody is really gonna miss me, I'm only going for like a handful of days anyways See ya then, folks! Wish me luck.
It's crunch time. November is crazy and I have sooo many things I need to do. Both the Battle for the Gold Mask and A Picture's Worth a Thousand Likes contests end at the end of the month, so that's kinda looming since the only progress I have on the building contest is that I sorted all my technic/ccbs parts into about a dozen different containers and I'm ready to actually build something if ever get the time. I'm a lot more excited for the art contest, and that's going really great; I went o
