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My Name And Its Underscore Issue

As you know, I'm quite pedantic about people using underscores rather than spaces when typing my name, because of potential confusion between me and the other Makuta of Oz, with spaces. However, I don't mind if people leave out underscores when abbreviating my name to MoO or MoZ. Just thought I'd clear that up.   And no I'm not a cow.   BTW, before you start, I don't want to change my display name until Bionicle comes back. I already have a name in mind for when that happens.

Makuta_of_Oz

Makuta_of_Oz

In A Startling Twist Of Events...

Metro, a company in charge of electric trains within the Melbourne metropolitan area, has begun hiring trainee train drivers!   Now I'm torn between applying for this position, and sticking with my conductor role at V/Line! What if I apply for this, and then get both!? I'm still studying a dual award, so it's gonna be hard to juggle 2 jobs and 2 courses at the same time!

Makuta_of_Oz

Makuta_of_Oz

Rejected!

My application process at V/Line is over. They rejected my application after the latest test.   Now i just have to worry about the position at Metro, which I should hear about in 3-4 weeks.

Makuta_of_Oz

Makuta_of_Oz

The [Removed.]

If Greg uses the [Removed. Please do not reference words that are filtered.-Nukaya] in his Bionicle stories, such as Federation of Fear and Swamp of Secrets, then why can't we use it here?

Makuta_of_Oz

Makuta_of_Oz

DERM Railtour

So, there was a vintage train called a DERM (Diesel Electric Rail Motor) doing a railtour from Melbourne's Southern Cross station yesterday, bound for Colac. Needless to say I couldn't resist participating!   During the trip we watched the surprised faces of people we went past. Never got old! I also fell in love with the DERM's high-pitched whistle!   Then there was trouble. CRUNCH! #MichaelAngelis   Between Marshall and Winchelsea, just past Geelong, the wind picked up. A tree was blown onto

Makuta_of_Oz

Makuta_of_Oz

Australia in Pokemon Video Game World Championships! :D

That's right! Australia is officially a part of the Pokémon Video Game World Championships! :D :D   This weekend and next weekend, we will be holding State championships, where we will be competing for entry into our very own Pokémon Video Game National Championships, held in PAX Australia, right here in Melbourne!   Ever since Worlds started in 2009, I have been campaigning long and hard for Australia to get a fair go in Worlds, and a long last my labours, and those of many other like-minde

Makuta_of_Oz

Makuta_of_Oz

Homeschooling

I was never homeschooled in my time, and didn't even find out about the concept until I was nearly out of high school.   After seeing a few mentions of homeschooling lately, I've begun wondering: why do people get homeschooled? Clearly bullying can't be the only reason.

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Makuta_of_Oz

Don't Ever Do That Again!

I think we're all lucky I didn't see this thread until too late, because if I was able to post there, trust me, it would NOT have been pretty! I, too, would rather see Greg's planned loose ends tied up before they give Bionicle a rest. The GB... the murderer... the Red Star... the Shadowed One... there's still way too much going on to just ubruptly stop just because of some deadline.

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Makuta_of_Oz

An Update Regarding My Job Application In The Rail Industry

In entries past I expressed my interest in working in the rail industry. Something I didn't mention (I haven't got a clue why) is that I applied online for a position as conductor at V/Line a couple of weeks ago.   Yesterday I got an e-mail saying my application was accepted! THAT made my day!   Today, for the next part of my application process, I had to do an aptitude test, which was divided into a verbal test, a numeric test and an error checking test. I had to answer a series of questions i

Makuta_of_Oz

Makuta_of_Oz

Why Can't Bionicle Return?

I'm sure Lego would've learned from their mistakes of making brittle pieces and using the Inika and Av-Matoran builds over and over.   I'm sure they could go in trillions of directions at LEAST with the story now that everyone's together on one now-whole planet.   I'm sure Toa Helryx, Artakha, the MU Robot, Kojol, Lariska Johmak and the Sisters of the Skrall would make brilliant sets.   But why is no-one giving them a chance?

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Makuta_of_Oz

Timid Bellsprout

This is the Bellsprout that follows me around on my journey, always out of sight. It wants to join my team and my quest, but is far too shy to approach me and ask.   Sometimes it can have its own adventures, and every so often its actions save me from danger, though I never realise.

Makuta_of_Oz

Makuta_of_Oz

Grammar

All over the Internet, I see nearly everyone using wrong grammar. Because so many people are doing it wrong, I've started thinking: maybe I am the stupid one! Maybe I'M the one who's doing it wrong!   Take a look at this older entry. Are the definitions of each word described in that entry wrong??

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Makuta_of_Oz

DERM railtour pictures

Here are the pictures from the railtour, as promised!   Front view of the DERM at Geelong Back view of the DERM at Geelong The damaged radiator after the DERM was hit by a tree The broken driver's window Inside a DERM N-class Locomotive N747, named City Of Traralgon, comes to the rescue City Of Traralgon couples onto the DERM. After all these years, the couplings are still the same!

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Makuta_of_Oz

Get Rid Of That Amazon Ad!

I have seen that new Amazon search ad thingy on the side of the front page of BZPower, and I don't like it. The default search term is HF, which, naturally, I find insulting for what is really a My Little Pony Bionicle website.

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Makuta_of_Oz

My Second Lot Of Pokerus!

Last night my friend offered me his Deoxys for my Pokemon White game, not caring what I gave him. Being a fan of Deoxys, I agreed, and captured a Darumaka to give him.   We traded, and then all of a sudden, the other guy told me (we were talking to each other on online chat at the same time) that the Darumaka had POKERUS! Well, you should've seen the look on my face! Not only did I find Pokerus, but I just traded away my only Pokemon with it!   Since this was the SECOND time I found Pokerus (I

Makuta_of_Oz

Makuta_of_Oz

Continuing My Rant Against Bs01

I just found out that that so-called April Fool's 'joke' was not a joke at all, that the banner is pretty much there to stay. That means I will not visit the wiki ever again until a trusted source tells me it's gone.

Makuta_of_Oz

Makuta_of_Oz

Pokémon Black 2 And Pokémon White 2

It's been revealed that Eevee is part of the main Pokédex in the coming Pokémon games!   I have therefore decided to get one of the games, and do a proper Eeveelution team! At this stage idk which game I want though.

Makuta_of_Oz

Makuta_of_Oz

My Opinion On Pikmin 3

Pros: stays true to the original, more captain interaction, graphics are improved but still true to tradition, new Pikmin species   Cons: Rock Pikmin? :/ They'll take some getting used to.   What else I'd like to see: more Pikmin species (particularly those pink flying ones on the title card, and what the parastiic Pikmin that infected Bulborbs in Pikmin 2 really look like), what happened to Olimar (he's not one of the pklayable captains in Pikmin 3), what happened to Louie, the President's real

Makuta_of_Oz

Makuta_of_Oz

A Haiku best describes my latest job application

The website you seek Cannot be located, but countless more exist.   It's a Haiku I learned in high school, which I have interpreted to mean "The way you want to do something can't always be done, but there are other ways to do it."   In this case, it's for a job at V/Line. I recently applied to become a fill-in Customer Communications Officer for them. The position won't get me on a V/Line train, but it nonetheless gets me a job.   V/Line is a very flexible company that approves of people moving

Makuta_of_Oz

Makuta_of_Oz

From: Collectable Minifigures You Want To See

Wow.   Wow.   I feel old.   When I was a kid in Boy Scouts, we used just used compasses. GPSes didn't even exist.   I feel SO. OLD.   Anyway I'd like to see bassist and drummer figs so I could make a complete band.     Source: Collectable Minifigures You Want To See   Was expecting him to say "Guitarist"! Or do we have one of those already?   That makes two of us. This old fart didn't even KNOW today's Scouts used GPSes! I bet the group I was in doesn't!

Makuta_of_Oz

Makuta_of_Oz

Jazz Jackrabbit in Lego Land

It is over 15 years old, but I figured this might interest people anyway.   In the olden days, computer game companies used to release various holiday versions of their games. Jazz Jackrabbit, for instance, had two Christmas editions: one in 1994 and one in 1995.   The 1995 version had two planets. The first was called Candion, which appeared to be a world full of candy, lollies and icing sugar. The second should interest people here quite a bit: Bloxonious, which was a world made from LEGO BRIC

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Makuta_of_Oz

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