Spring has fully come, absolutely everything has become properly green again, the weather is amazing, and that means it's time to go outside and take some more Tohunga pictures. As well as some gardening stuff on the side. I really can't get enough of them.

First, we have Jala – actually the Tohunga I've had for the longest, since 2003, after Nuparu and his Boxor. I really like the picture on the left; it's one of the few instances I've gotten a good close-up shot where my camera focuses properly and leaves the background blurry...

Next, Kongu. (One of my favorite sets ever.) Once again, I like the first picture best, this time for the way the colors turned out... and apologies for the out-of-focus last shot. It was windy.

And now for some familiar faces with unfamiliar names. For a while now, I've been compiling a list of every Matoran to show up on Mata Nui, including the MNOLG, the 2002-3 update videos, and selective characters from the MNOLG2. I've also been trying to come up with names for all of the unnamed ones (all, of course, in the style from 2001-2003), though that's very far from complete... and also changing the less-Maori-like names from the MNOLG2. (Though I'm not keeping all of those Matoran anyway.)

There are a few Matoran I shot today who still need names, and some names I made up whose individual shots didn't turn out well, but I'll get to those later. First up is Hano, a Koli player from the MNOLG.

Next, Kepaua, a Po-Matoran who showed up in 2002 when the Tahnok attacked Po-Koro. His/her gender is debatable. But I do know he/she is one of the Guards of Po-Koro.

A couple Onu-Matoran now. The one with the Kakama shows up in both games, and is named as Tehuti in the second, but I've decided Telanu is a better name for him, and Tehutti can keep his black Huna. The one with the Pakari is only in the first, and he's still in need of a name...

Finally, Akayo. I don't know what his job is yet, so suggestions as to that will be taken into consideration... maybe a member of the Ussalry?

And also needed is a name for a Ga-Matoran, with a blue Kakama, blue feet, and light blue body. Fisherwoman type. There are a few dozen of her in the MNOLG. It should be noted that she's different from Kai, because Kai is solid blue.

In other news, prom was way more fun than I had been expecting. In the realms of music and dancing, it was little different from any other dance-based event (and it was way too loud, which everyone agreed), but since I hate the type of dancing that involves jumping around flailing one's arms anyway, I had expected to find that boring. But it was great fun to spend a few hours talking to my best friends and taking hilarious pictures. More in the way of pictures inside, where it was too loud to hear each other, and talking outside, where we actually could hear each other (but it was cold). Regardless, it was fun. I'm looking forward to going next year, but it can't be quite as much fun, because all of said best friends are seniors (except my date, who was a sophomore) and won't be there next year, and my own grade isn't quite as fun...

Some people's outfits were also quite entertaining. There was a kilt. One of the chaperones was in a purple suit. One of my friends had a lime green tie and green converse (his date was wearing black converse)...

And I now have a cold, probably from someone at prom. Blah. *sniffles* Hope it doesn't last long...

~ ToM