So I'm a senior now, which feels rather interesting; knowing that a year from now, I'll be in college rather than high school. Most of my classmates are making it a bigger deal than I think it is. So far, the only change from previous years is that we now have our own special "senior" parking lot that's closer to the school than the other parking lots. We have a few new teachers this year too, and I like them quite a bit. Our new government teacher is a very enthusiastic and energetic person
I have decided to rename my blog: The Observatory, because ~Laughin'Man~ suggested it, and it totally rocks! Let me know what you think of the new name.
Also, ~Laughin'Man~, I will make you a banner and a PBZP. PM me as soon as you read this entry.
Well, it was pretty awesome. I got up at 4:30 this morning so that I could be at the school by 5:30 so that we could leave (on a bus) for a two and a half hour drive to Minot at 5:45. We arrived at close to 8:30 and Science Olympiad began. I just got home now, so it's been an incredibly long day for me. Worth it, however, because I took first place in the Astronomy division (go figure ). I'm really tired, so I'm gonna watch some TV and go to bed.
And for good!
A very wonderful person purchased another PMship for me, a lifetime one, no less, and I am incredibly grateful for it! Not sure if he/she want his/her name mentioned here, so I'll wait with naming who it was until I know for sure.
Anyway, I'm glad to have my blog back, especially since it's a lot sooner than I was expecting. Completely unexpected, in fact.
It snowed yesterday. Yeah, June 6, 2009, and it snowed yesterday morning. I believe they said it was the first tim
Currently doing a massive research paper on the entire history of BIONICLE for English class. It's challenging, but it's always fun to learn about the history of something you like. In other news, if any of you have Photok, can you let me know if it's worth getting or not? Same with Vamprah.
School starts on Tuesday!!!! I didn't even realize this until I posted my last post. The awful realization hits me like a bus. BAM! I'm 15 1/2 years old and I want to cry... just kidding, but it is depressing. Stupid school. Oh well, it's necessary for life, and I am looking forward to a few of my classes. How about the rest of you great people that are taking valuable time to read my humble blog?
You gotta love Adobe Premier Elements. I would have made them both better, but all I had was 50 minutes to make them.
It was pure coincidence that the both had the same number of frames.
Argy
I'm at camp again, same campgrounds, different camp, and this time, I'm on the staff. I'm a part of their security force, mainly nightwatch. At the moment, I'm watching the moniters of several security cameras throughout the campgrounds. Strangely enough, this work is actually rather enjoyable.
Argetlam
Want to know the current phase of the moon?
It's been added to the Astronomy page of nathan8472.com. Oh man, I've got so many updates I want to get done, it's not even funny. Not sure how long it'll take to get them all up though.
Argy
I was going through some books that my dad has and I found the complete Calvin and Hobbes collection. I've always loved Calvin and Hobbes, and I have a bunch of their collections, but not the entire, complete collection. I'm gonna spend the next couple of years reading them.
Calvin and Hobbes FTW!
Tis the season to be jolly, happy, and MOCing. Christmas is less than two days away, and I don't know about you, but I'm thrilled to death about it. This MOC of the Week was interesting for me, as I saw many very good MOCs. Unfortunately, I am only able to choose one of them per week. Who's this week's choice? Well, it's the Exo-toran by THOK-ZILLA! I've always liked mechanical things (hence why I'm such a big fan of BIONICLE), and the Exo-toran delivers big-time. It looks tough, quick, a
I bet you were getting worried about my lack of entries the last few days. You probably thought something happened to me, well, you were wrong if you did, but I don't think anyone did.
Anyway, several days ago, I posted this in the forums, but I never did in my blog. This is my self MOC, tell me what you think.
Yes, it's basically a recolor of Maxilos, but the closer you look, you find that I made dozens of changes, so as much as it's like Maxilos, it isn't. A lot of people in th
So, Sr. High Camp in Devils Lake, ND begins tomorrow, and I'll be embarking at about 8 AM. The camp lasts until Friday, when I'll get home at about 5:30-6:00 PM. During that time, I will have no access to any computers, but hopefully I'll be able to log onto BZP at least once or twice on my iPod. If not, well, I'll be back on Friday.
Also, prizes for the Pimp My Blog contest = epic win.
Argetlam
Once again comes the MOC of the Week contest (also the end of my reign as BotW), and I just found out today that CzaR has been holding something similar in his blog as well . Oh well, it's his blog, he can do whatever with it . Anyway, this week I had trouble coming up with a winner. There were so many great MOCs, but I think I found an appropriate winner. Who? Well, this week's winner is What? with The . . . Beetle?. I've never seen a beetle MOC before, and this one is truly awesome. Th
This last week was absolutely awful, and I need today to simply relax. Sorry, but I'm not really in the mood to MOCotW at the moment, I need the time it takes to do other things. If I can get some sleep in, and finish up some homework, I'll still try to get MOCotW up, but I make no promises.
Argy
I decided on a central theme for my blog in the Pimp My Blog contest, and I've pretty much finished making images for it. Now I'm deciding on some of the content that'll be needed throughout The Observatory (which shall be renamed when the new theme is put into place). The best part is that I'm really enjoying this and really getting into it.
Argetlam
Here it is, a Toa Mahri Hahli review!
First of all, we have the box. It's a nice box, but it's not a canister. That's a plus in some ways, and a minus in others. Front Back Opened
The pieces are awesome, she contains all of her Inika parts that were, if you remember, blue and white. Now, they're just blue. Her mask is awesome too. I think it's my new favorite Kanohi. It also has a transparent piece that acts like glass. It can be removed for a whole new look of the mask. She has
Spent Sunday night at a friends house, and we played Halo for almost 12 hours straight (starting in the afternoon and then ending when Live went offline). You know, I think I'm actually getting good at Halo, 'cuz I was able to beat my friend a few times, and he's really good. Also, he got a killtacular (5 kills in a very short time), and we both had some fun with a bunch of glitches that occurred in the Forge on Valhalla.
Argy
Epic Journey's been on sale for almost 5 months now, and I'd like to thank those of you who have purchased it. Up to this point, I've been keeping the money I've made off of it for use of future GarageBand efforts (among other things). Now, however, that's going to change. All money (from this point on) received from purchases of Epic Journey will be given to an organization called "Speed the Light" in a personal attempt to raise at least $500 for the cause.
The Argetlam
How many of you like Roller Coaster Tycoon 3? I do, I love that game. I was just messing around on it, and I came up with a bunch of short clips and pictures of in-game items. I used Windows Movie Maker and put the stuff to the Bionicle song "Hero". I synchronized the sequences as best as I could, and I like it. If you watch it, tell me what you think of it! Here's the Link: RCT3 Video (Note: the editor I used isn't the best, but it is good)
I hope you like it!
It's Sunday, and so as is now a weekly thing, I scanned through the BBC forum looking for what would see as the best MOC(s) there. Well, I certainly found some awesome MOCs, but I had to pick one. So, who's the winner this week? ToM Dracone and his group of Nektann! They strike me as being chibi-like, but without being overly "cute". There are no design flaws that I can see other than what ToM saw; grey Hordika necks that needed to be in different colors. Even so, they look extraordinarily
