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I am currently in a hotel right now with my father, Because I cannot check in to the hotel next to the convention center until tomorrow. I look forward to meeting you all at brickfair tomorrow, and having a great LEGO filled weekend!
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So here's the highlights of my past week. I'm going through them briefly because I just spent an hour or longer typing out an entry about them and then hit the back button and lost everything, but brevity probably would have been better in the first place. Watched the second episode of this season of LEGO Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu. Lord Garmadon's mega-weapon is a great addition to the story and is truly in line with the LEGO spirit of creativity. And it's great getting some backstory on the Destiny's Bounty. However, the characters and music of this new season haven't totally impressed me-- the characters pale in comparison to the depth of mainstays like the ninja and their families, and the music has not included any new pieces as emotionally compelling as some of those in Home, The Snake King, and Tick Tock. Went to see The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses at Wolf Trap, performed by the National Symphony Orchestra. It was great hearing orchestral renditions of music from both Zelda games I've played or watched and ones I haven't. Props to conductor Eímear Noone and all the others who made this breathtaking experience possible. Went to stay at my grandparents' river house in Maryland with my parents, siblings, and some fun-loving relatives from Scranton, Pennsylvania. While doing laundry and preparing to depart from the river house, finished watching Avatar: The Last Airbender with my mom and siblings. She really enjoyed it, as did I. The finale remains a masterpiece, and I almost cried when Zuko reunited with Uncle Iroh, when Toph was hanging onto Sokka for dear life, and when Azula was wailing helplessly after her defeat. I hope my mom enjoys The Legend of Korra just as much-- my dad, for one, has no interest in watching A:TLA with us but loves Korra, partly because the more modern Asian-inspired setting doesn't create such a pronounced sense of culture shock. Now, what's in the forecast for the coming month? Brickfair. I will be exhibiting my MOCs Rise of the Dread Colossus, Sophia Blaze (who has undergone some modifications since the picture shown was created), and My Little Tahu as well as a CubeDude of the webcomic character Axe Cop. I also plan to bring some drawings including Swarm of the Century which took second place in the General Art Contest #18: Battlescapes! College. I will be preparing to move in at Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston where I will be studying Industrial Design. I'm somewhat nervous, but am hoping my time at Landmark College has prepared me well for this new and different learning experience. Overall, I've had a lot of fun this summer and still have some more adventures to look forward to!
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- Get hair to cooperate for once in its miserable life (hopefully for all of BFair, but it'll prolly look dumb for another year) </3 - Do the "luxury" packing (backpack full of stuff, like my camera, tablet, a few books maybe, my notebook, possibly my 3DS and -maybe- a small MoC or something) - Get all of my music back on my iPod (it was acting up so did a restore... on the wrong computer -__- ) and maybe add some more... maybe. ((Stop screwing up the song I'm lip syncing to << >>)) - Necessity packing! (Y'know, clothes, stuff that makes people smell nicer than a dumpster [like mint and/or strawberry~], and other such things After that it's all to hope I keep to schedule (I fly out Thursday, so like, I still have two full days to do all that in... oh and play KH Re: CoM... and maybe some Amnesia...) and that I'm easy-enough to find at the airport @.@ But that reminds me, I need to leave some "I'm gonna be gone" messages in places... oh and tell some people, though I think I told everyone who needs to know I'll be gone *so I'm not asked to do something last minute/end up looking rude by not responding to IMs/Posts in some places* I'm more hoping I won't be too stricken with anxiety... my psychiatrist gave me medication for it, but Iunno if that's really necessary *not bringing it <<*
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Finished up my finals with a 98.75% and 98%. Now I just have to write up one lab report and I'm officially done with class. Class doesn't end until Sunday, but I'm getting the work done now so I can pre-start my vacation. BrickFair in t-minus one week.
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Boom. That's right, sweet new art contest. Enter now guys, this one's only gonna last like two weeks and that's IT. This is intended as a design challenge for our members - the plan originated when it was decided we would have a sweet matte painting done as a backdrop for some of our MOCs this year at Brickfair - we wanted Ta-Koro, but the question became what about the most popular members of this little village? What of poor Tahu, noble Vakama, and sad little Jaller? Do they not get to be featured? We couldn't very well just put the sets on display, and me drawing them on the scene seemed a little boring. Plus, I wanted a way for Bionicle artists to get some play at Brickfair this year - we often have members send in posters they have done, but I wanted something more visceral and interactive. That's how I hit upon the idea of asking our members to design the characters themselves so that I could print them out and basically create free standing pieces of artwork that could intermingle with the various MOCS on display. Thus, the contest was born. Unfortunately the entry period got a bit truncated by the Battlescapes contest which uh...overran it's runtime by a bit. So sorry about that! On the bright side, sweet stickers are the prize. And also maybe some other stuff. Possibly. Oh yeah, and that comic? we're working on it. update maybe tomorrow. With brickfair getting closer and closer I've had to catch up on some other tasks to get ready for it.
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Brick badge already engraved. Whoops. Well I guess I won't be changing my name after all... Hrm. Oh well. I'm more than okay with the name I have printed. If anyone can figure out what my registered attending name is, I'll reward you with something at BrickFair. People that already know what my registered is name are exempt.
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The Climate Research Robot OF SCIENCE! *bum-ba-da-BA* (Bill Nye reference) This is an improvement of my previous creation, which can be seen here. Now, the creation: 1•2•3•4•5•6 This guy is currently at Brick Cascade, thanks to the amazing DeeVee. He'll be appearing at Brickfair in August. Comments & criticism appreciated.
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This is what I'm sending to brickscascade and brickfairYou are allowed to only say bad things about this moc.Edit: The second thumb did not link to the larger version of the picture, so I fixed it for you.-Wind-
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2012 EDITION Phew, finally kicking this project into gear! First things first: "What are you guys doing?" You look in those pics of BrickFair or BrickFest and see those staffers in them snazzy BZPower staff shirts? Then you see the members wearing their rainbow of a wardrobe, looking all... yanno... normal? (Seriously, guys-- you're Lego fans from BZPower. You're not allowed to look normal.) And then you want to, if you ever go to one of these conventions, have some sort of uniformity to make y'all look all sharp and awesome? The aptly-named BZPower T-shirt Project is intended to address this and more! Imagine walking down the halls of the Tyson's Corner hotels in your lovely BZPower member's t-shirt, getting admiring oohs and ahhs from passerby as they dig your sexy and snazzy member's shirt, catching whiff of your lovely perfume or cologne (perfume and cologne sold separately). You can walk with pride and without a care in the world in your custom-made BZPower member's t-shirt. "Sounds epic. What do the shirts look like?" See, that's the thing. We don't know. We don't even have a design or even know what colour the shirts will be. Why? Because you guys get to design the shirts. Yes, not only will you get to wear the shirts, you will also take pride in a sense of artistic ownership of the designs on the garment. Imagine you walking down the hallway of the hotel again. "Oh, nice shirts!" a cute girl says in that carefree Southern accent. "Where'd ya get them?" "I [helped]* make them," you respond. "Oh, rad!" she says. She may even ask for your number. * added because we trust you will have some degree of decency and humility and not take all the credit. "So, how does this work?" We'll have a few days of spreading the word around, and I encourage you to link to this entry from your signature and blog, if you have one. After this PR period, I will start a contest here in this blog, also posting rules and stuff when we decide on them. Once the contest finishes, we will look at the entries and decide on the one we will use on the T-shirt. Then, voila! They will magically appear and be available at BrickFair this August. "Just BrickFair?" No! They'll also be available at BrickCon this fall, and depending if we have enough interest and a way of getting it done, they'll also be at other conventions in the US. Additionally, any carryovers will be made available at BrickFair AL next year. "I'm staff. Can I have one too, pweese?" Absolutely! You're all members, too. =D "I don't have any plans to go to any of those conventions. How can I still get a shirt?" Depending on your location and your desire to get a shirt, we may (or may not! haha!) be able to ship a shirt to you. =3 Comments, questions, concerns, and such go here. PS: Yes, I know I just blatantly copied and pasted this entry from 2010. Don't judge me.
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BrickFair Birmingham is in only two short weeks from now! I am getting pretty excited. I get to hang with Black Six as well as meet Emzee! Fun times. Why BrickFair decided on Birmingham over, say, Atlanta is beyond me. Cheaper convention center, maybe? Anywho, I hope Andrew and Adrian have a fun time while they're here, especially since they're traveling pretty far. Birmingham doesn't have a lot of the cool museums that DC has. Any of you guys coming along? I'd like to say hello, if you are! Oh, and the week after I am going to Orlando for a week. Going to spend soooo much money at Harry Potter World.
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This was my big 2011 Lego Project; build two large subs based on the old Aquazone themes, Aquanauts and AquaSharks. The yellow Aquanaut sub was originally much longer, but I redesigned it to make it flow better, and thus it shrunk down. Both subs were at BrickFair VA 2011 and BrickCon 2011, and the AquaShark sub won the Best Adaptation Award at BrickFair. They've been sitting in my room for months now, but I finally got around to taking pictures of them. (I'm aslo eyeing them for parts, so in anticipating of scrapping them, I decided to finally take some decent pictures.) I'd appreciate comments and such on them, but so far my experience in this forum doesn't expect those to show up. Oh well. Brickshelf (When Public)Flickr Page
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I know it's been a while, and I never did say much about BrickFair, but for those who went and I had the pleasure of meeting. I wanted to thank them. I want to thank Friar Tuck, ToM Dracone, and his friend for letting me help by letting me room with them. They were really awesome to hang out with. I want to thank Chocolate Frogs for driving me and others to various places. I want to thank B6 for the Prototype mask and for the free Bionicle set. I want to thank Emperor Whenua for helping me with the BZP shirts. I want to thank all the people I met and engaged in great conversation with, as well as helped me in anyway. I learned a lot about my fellow BZPers. Some good and some bad. *wink* I have to admit in the beginning I felt pretty alone. I didn't really seem to fit in, but thankfully overtime others like Sisen and xccj let me hang out with them. Sorry if I was annoying. I only hope that I get to meet everyone again and to have an even better time next year. If I can go of course.
