Rather than attempting to string recent events together in some sort of run-on paragraph, I shall fall back on the old standby of making a list:
1. I pulled a leg muscle playing soccer Saturday. It's not so bad now, but for a while I had to lift and move the leg if I wanted to move it somewhere without it hurting.
2. As expected, I got thoroughly trounced in the preliminaries. I expect that I deserved 2/3 of the trouncing, as Bundalings and Seranikai both had excellent MOCs, but getting be
After all, material acquisition is the most important thing on the planet.
I'm particularly excited about the dark red double-joints, the letter tiles, the nine Throwbot feet, the dark bley technic cams, and in fact most of the rest of the order. The seller even included some free stuff, seen at far right.
Arpy
When I first started entering BBC contests, I never imagined I'd see the day when we'd be using Alpha, Bravo, etc. as poll designators. While it's nice to see that this contest is so popular, I'm probably not going to be able to vote in all the preliminaries, due to their sheer number and the restraints on my time. I'm privileged to be in the same poll as Bundaling's Ussal Twins and Seranikai's Mr. Shrimp (and their sluggies and miniature Ussals, respectively), which are a couple of great entrie
I've had a couple great MOCing ideas recently: One, build a minifig-sized starship Bistromath. Two, build a Lego/and/or/Bionicle mech based off the robots from a video-involving-the-most-annoying-thing-ever. The first probably isn't feasible given the size of my collection, but the latter might make for an interesting project.
I should also mention (for posterity's sake, if nothing else) that I have a bunch of smallish Lego MOCs and a couple larger Bionicle ones that need to be put up. However
321 entries? *insert appropriate emoticon here* I feel sorry for Tufi/Kex/Shan. Maybe they can divvy up the poll-making, so each one gets about 107 entries to take care of.
Assignment: Think of a better "anti-emo" and post it in the comments.
Arpy
^Quote from a political ad sponsored by John McCain ad that came up during a Board Message^
It's nice to know that single-issue voters such as those in favor of destroying Lord Survurlode will have someone to vote for.
I'm fairly tired after a fun night spent quasi-partying/hanging/random-verb-here with friends. It's very entertaining to watch a trio of girls, one of which is still slightly doped out on opiates (Don't ask. If you ask, I shall have to bore you with a Tedious Reminiscence.), a
So I was Internet-hopping just now when I found this Spanish forum with a Bionicle topic. Out of curiosity, I translated it using Google, and I got some real gems:
I'm guessing "Mata" is a Spanish word for bush?
Wow. Wait until my cousin learns her name means "Mascara of the Resuscitation".
Caput! Those silly Google translators.
Arpy
Huh. Apparently complaining about blog ratings counts as an invitation to give my blog an even lower rating. Who knew?
Anyway, instead of wasting any more of your time whining about something that doesn't really matter that much, I will instead post the link to my latest creation, the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal.
Arpy
To the person who saw fit to give my blog a rating of one star while I was incommunicado: I would appreciate it if you could tell me what is so gut-wrenchingly disgusting about my blog that it deserves a rating of one star. I know it's nowhere near the best blog on here, but one star? Maybe I'm just too insecure.
To everyone else: I am (as you may or may not have noticed by the fact that my blog has appeared on page one for the first time in like six weeks) back. During my absence I got scrat
One last entry before my departure:
My little brother is fast becoming an elasmo-freak. He's checked out every piece of shark-related media from the library, and as a result, my brain is crammed with everything I ever (and never) wanted to know about sharks. One of those "everythings" are these things called Ampullae of Lorenzini.
Now to me, these sound like an ancient curse that would be unleashed upon some unlucky adventurers (Ohnoes! The Ampullae of Lorenzini! *ampullae chittering* Run for
I shall be gone from 2/21 to 4/9 as a result of my giving up the Internets for Lent. Before I shuffle off this mortal blog-thingy, I shall provide the link to my latest MOCs, Toa Patuara and Kamu.
Tearful goodbyes, etc., etc. can be deposited in the drop box below at your own risk.
Arpy
HPOMGBBQWII serious entry! Well, maybe not.
Anyway, I was thinking about the LGD contests and what could be done (IMO, obviously) to improve their popularity, and in particular the number of entries submitted. While they are often perceived as the geeky emo children of the BZP contests (Or is that RPGs?), I wish to see their kind continue and I am not averse to posting my opinions on the matter. However, since I am typing this at and around 1:52 am, my opinions on the matter may be confoozlifyi
Yes, you thought I had forgotten, didn't you? Well, I did. But only for a little bit. Actually, I just wanted to dump these thread-related cat pictures on you before Lent starts:
Feline Approval
Serious Cat
Relevance
Use them well.
Arpy
It's times like this, when I'm confronted with the many trials and difficulties that life offers, that I remember what my IT classmate always said, and in fact still does:
Mostly 'cause it makes me laugh.
Arpy
Yeah, positively miniscule.
Anyway, I am editing pictures of my Toa, making little lol's as a result of the SW quasi-prank, and I made an awesome HG2G CS spray to enhance my manly geek powers.
Arpy
Ya, seriously.
And now, the XLI Awards, brought to you by Ford. No, Chevy! Ford! Chevy! FORD! CHEVY! *crack* ford...
Best Overall Commercial: Snickers
Most Disturbing and possibly Second Funniest Commercial: Chevy
Either Second or Third Funniest: Bud Light. It's a, uh, bottle opener. And the rock, paper, scissors one. Yes.
Also Deemed Funny:
Careerbuilder.com
That one with the yellow robot. I forget which company it was for.
Probably a couple others I forgot.
Most Interactive: The For
No, no, apart from that. Well, I have three MOCs for y'all, I decided to hold off on posting Patuara and Kamu because I've been extremely busy today and I don't want to spend all night uploading pics to Brickshelf. Anyway, I present the Arcturan Mega-Crab and the Carfrax Cloudflitter, and also (in a separate topic due to its Bionicleness) the Cwulzendan Swamp Flagellate. These guys are for a creature contest on another Lego site, but I thought I'd share them with you as well.
Share And Enjoy!
I'm in the process of ordering parts for my Matoran (which I'm now making three of, Ta-,Onu-, and Ko-) and my mosaic project (recently revamped with the help of PicToBrick, a Lego mosaic design software). I have Toa Patuara and Kamu ready to post, and I built an Arcturan Megacrab for the creature contest on another site. It uses a Hau Nuva as its shell, which gives it a nice organic look. Hopefully I'll have pics of those Friday. And finally, I'm reorganizing my Brickshelf gallery into a couple
I pronounce thee "owned".*
Not only is it 79 maladies long, but it is alphabetized.
Arpy
* At least until someone goes and copies out most of a dictionary and blows me away with a 1,392+-character disclaimer. The war begins now.
Yeah, with a title like that you just know it's going to be a fun entry..
Anyway, I came back from DC only to fall victim to the colds that were plaguing my family while I was on the other side of the country Marching, eating pizza and touristifying. This is one of those colds that makes your head feel like it's filled with some sinister substance that would like nothing more than to ooze out your nostrils, or else build up inside your sinuses until your head explodes. It's still much better th
..And totally wasted. Jet lag wasn't a problem, but for some reason I'm almost unbelievably tired. I hope to blog about my experiences later, except for the Cheez Wiz Incident and Jon's birthday "present", which I'm not supposed to tell you about, so I think I'll just shut up now.
Arpy
Edit: I noticed that Humphrey has failed me.
However, due to his apparent popularity, I shall retain his services for the time being. If there is one thing that you, the reader, take away from this blog,
Yeah.. Nice of me to wait until the day before I leave to mention it, but I'm going to the "other" Washington for five days with some peoples from my church. Most importantly, this means that I will be gone Sunday. Therefore, I have appointed Humphrey, my stuffed møøse head, to receive the BotW in my absence, in the event that I win said award. He's over there ==>. Humphrey has been given a thorough grounding in Latin, French, and 'O' Level Geography, and should I win the BotW, he will contin
From time to time, people ask me, "Just how obsessed with Star Trek are you?"
This is when I open my closet and reveal the horror within: My, erm, book collection.
If anyone on here has more Trek books than me, I'll devote a content block solely to that person.
Arpy
Edit: Oh yes, I posted my Broodspawn. Fear it. please?
