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  1. HahliLavender
    I just got back from helping set up our church's VBS. It's nowhere near finished, since we just started. The theme is Around The World, and my sister and I need to draw a map of Africa and the Philippines. We also need to draw a windmill mural (on large paper) for the Netherlands.
     
    And I just got a bunch of masks I ordered in the mail! There's 19 in total, one of them being a CMoV!
     
    Also, I've just always wondered this, do you think the Mcdonald's version Kopeke has a sand-blue mask, or light a blue mask?
     

     
     
  2. HahliLavender
    I just got back from watching fireworks at a local park. Even though it's currently the 3rd of July for me, it's gonna be the 4th in 20 min. I don't know why they held them tonight instead of tomorrow. Anyway, the fireworks only lasted about 25 min., and the car line to get out of the park lasted about a half an hour. When we were on a small hill, the line moved a little and so did we... right into the back of the person in front of us! Our breaks gave out, so we couldn't stop in time. Nothing serious happened. The guy before us just got a little scratch on his bumper, but he was ok with it.
     
    Later on our way home I saw an armadillo scuttle across the street in front of us. I've never seen a real armadillo before. Well, not a live one anyway.
     
    Well, it'll be tomorrow in 5 min. for me!
     
    Happy Independence Day!
     

     
     
  3. HahliLavender
    This afternoon my family and I visited some sort of cavern. It was cool see all those strange rock formations. And there were may ancient fossils of ocean creatures. That was cool. The tour wasn't what I expected. Our guide was a girl who was probably between 14 and 15 years old. It was a very small, almost run-down place. We were expecting something a little more arousing. But it's a privately owned cavern, so...

    Anyway, on our way there there was a sun shower. But not any normal sun shower. This one poured and poured while it was still sunny! That was totally refreshing, since our car's AC is broken. Then the rain stopped before we got there. On our way home however, it was completely cloudy and poured even harder! I think it's still raining.

    In other news... My website got totally "pimp'd!" I completely changed the layout and added some CSS features I've recently learned. Go check it out!
     
    ,4^
  4. HahliLavender

    17+1=18

    By HahliLavender,

    I'm 18 today! Well, actually I'll be 18 at 6:45 PM EDT.
     
    And about the whole moving situation, I think I understand what's going on. My parents are going through all the options for places to move to that will accommodate us well. The previous states mentioned are the options, not an indecisive attempt at choosing where to live. It's just the way they brought this all about that got me so confused!
     
    Anyway, a new option (big surprise there) is just around New York City! New York is one of my favorite states, (I was born there) but I've never been to the Big Apple. So that's exciting! Unfortunately, NY has ridiculously strict homeschool laws. Homeschool for my younger siblings, of course, because I'm graduating!
     
    Anyway, I may not make anymore posts on moving until we really move. This is just all so confusing.
     
    -- off topic --
     
    Have you heard about what happened to Steven Curtis Chapman's youngest daughter? ;_;
     
    *is sad*
  7. HahliLavender
    I've won an ebay auction today for a really nice pocket watch! It's silver plated, flips open, has a classic face, comes with a chain, is brand new, and only cost $11.98! (including shipping). It looks really nice, and I've always wanted a pocket watch. It's being shipped from Hong Kong, So it might take a while to get here. :/
     

     
    Also, I'm starting to get into J-pop/rock/etc... and I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions as to which artists you might recommend.
  8. HahliLavender
    Well, it looks like my week isn't so busy after all. Our trip to visit Texas has been postponed due to lack of money, and really bad timing. But I'm not disappointed. In fact, I'm actually relieved! We had way too much planned for one week. Now I might be able to actually have a party for my birthday. I want my 18th birthday to be special. After all, you only turn 18 once!
     
    Anyway, I've been thinking about my birthday. Actually, it's not only my birthday, but I'm also graduating this month too, so I've been thinking that I might want a party.
     
    For some reason, I haven't been too exited about my upcoming birthday recently. I guess I've had a lot on my mind, and I didn't know what I wanted to do for it, so I just told my mom I wanted something simple. But now I'm real excited about an idea I have, and I want to make it happen! What is it? A steampunk themed birthday/graduation, where everyone dresses up in neo-victorian clothing, and we have a party with themed food, beverages, and activities! And talk like upper class European gentlemen!
     
    Though, I only have about a week. Any low-budget steampunk party ideas would be greatly appreciated.
     
    - Edited for spelling. -
  9. HahliLavender

    Ac13!

    By HahliLavender,

    Ok, I finally entered the art contest! I wasn't sure if I was going to... I didn't have any ideas of what to do. But this morning I finally thought of it. And now I'm finished! Click the banner below to go to the topic.
     

     
    If you want to say something about the entry, please do so in the topic.
     
  10. HahliLavender
    Some friends of ours visited today from Missouri. They were passing by on their way home from... Texas, I think. We had lunch with them, (sub sandwiches) and then just messed around the house. We have this empty lot that we own next to our house... we don't live in a modern suburban area. It's filled with trees, and we have this disc swing tied to a tree, which we swung around on. I filmed my dad pushing my little sister on the swing at a wide angle, and when he pushed her she swung out of the shot, and since on the film you can't exsactly see the rope, it looked like my dad threw her... it was hilarious! Don't worry, it just looked that way.
     
    Later, we searched for a place to play softball. It took a while to find one, but we found this "abandoned-looking" one, where we played for a while.
     
    After all that, we went to McDonald's for supper, and played Mad Gab while we ate. That was a lot of fun! After we ate, we played freeze-tag in the parking lot (it was vacant). We probably looked ridiculous, but it was fun. I'm all wobbaly now from all the runnng I did today.
     
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    I just saw Smeagol4's review. Great job, that was entertaining! "Why don't you go prank -Kex- or something." ... funny!
     

  11. HahliLavender

    Ahhhhh...

    By HahliLavender,

    Just so you know, that's not a scream.
     
    It's such a nice day out today! I opened my bedroom window a wile ago and now is smells so good in here! So fresh!
    ,4^

  12. HahliLavender
    This article contains major spoilers.
    For as long as I can remember, Alice in Wonderland has always been one of my favorite stories. When I was little, I used to watch the Disney animated adaption all the time. Then my sisters and I would reenact the movie, using a dollhouse as the White Rabbit's home for when we ate a Cheeze-it that makes you grow. And whenever we were at my aunt's house I watched the 1985 TV movie. Always knowing the slightly damaged tape would inevitably stop at the same place no matter what. (I still haven't seen the whole thing.) Then when the 1999 adaption came out, that became my favorite version of the story. So when this movie was announced, I was naturally real excited to see it. Especially with the Burton/Depp creative combo.

    So I've been anxiously awaiting this movie for a long time now. Almost a year, I suppose. And I finally had the chance to see it last week. (March 6th, to be precise.) The movie was not quite what I expected, but it was definitely enjoyable, and I liked it. However, there are a few elements about it that almost seemed to disappoint.

    First, a bit of a synopsis. This movie isn't actually an adaption of the book, but a sequel to them. Which I'm sure was in part to give the production team much more freedom than what would have been allowed had it been otherwise. It's been 13 years since Alice's first visit to Wonderland. She's 19 now, and Wonderland is just a barely remembered dream to her. She doesn't want a part in the high Victorian society that she's expected to be a part of. But while at a garden party, she finds out that she's going to be proposed to. By a guy she doesn't want to marry. And when she sees the white rabbit, she follows him down the rabbit hole once more to Wonderland. But Wonderland has changed since her last visit.

    The story is basically a growing up story. At the beginning, Alice is a little childish in the way she acts. Quietly rebelling against the ridiculousness of the Victorian high society she was born into. (Like not wearing a corset or stockings.) But when she returns to Wonderland, she's thrown into an adventure that she doesn't really want to be a part of. But not long after she arrives to Wonderland, she's shrunk and stretched, attacked by a bandersnatch, hunted by the Knave of Hearts, and stuffed into a teapot. As well as hearing everyone continue to argue as to wether or not she's the same Alice as before. The only one who's sure she's the same one is the Hatter. And they quickly become friends. (Again)

    So, now they can get on with the Frabjous Day! Or, the day Alice is destined to slay the Jabberwock to end the evil reign of the Red Queen. (aka Queen of Hearts) Yeah, the plot is basically Lewis Carroll's poem Jabberwocky, from Through the Looking Glass. Read it, and you pretty much know know how it ends.

    However, Alice is meant to slay the Jabberwock alone. And as both armies stand before each other, They just watch their champions battle it out. Until the Hatter jumps in to help Alice, and the Red Queen sends her army out against the White Queen's army.

    Now, about the characters. They're all great! And Burton, as well as the actors, have added much more character depth to their rolls than was seen in the book. And fortunately, Alice's character doesn't get lost among the other wacky personalities. But none of them stand out like the Mad Hatter. In this story, he's not just another wacko. (Even though he is the wackiest.) In fact, he's one of the most human characters. His madness is almost tragic at times. Which is probably why he's investigating things that begin with the letter M. (try mercury)

    The Cheshire cat is an interesting character. You never know what it is he's thinking behind that grin. He's a little selfish, but he'll help if you ask him to. (And he has a strange fascination with the Hatter's hat.)

    The Red Queen is just plain selfish and heartless. The closest you get to her is when the Knave asks her weather it's better to be loved or feared. Which she later decides it's better to be feared.

    The White Queen is the Red Queen's younger sister. However she wants to be everything her sister isn't. Good, kind, and nonviolent. She's real quirky but exaggeratedly graceful. An interesting combination that works well for her.

    Alice. At the beginning she's a little rebellious. And while in Wonderland, she learns to make decisions for herself. However, when she returns, brave and confident, she chooses to take an apprenticeship to someday take over her fathers old ship and trade business. Which was purchased by a family friend after her father's death. And the movie closes with her about to set off on a ship. (To what we assume is to China.) However I couldn't help but feel a sense of loneliness at that.

    Now this movie is definitely a little feminist, even though some of the things people would call feminist I think are appropriate for the circumstances. But Alice "finding herself" and setting out into the world on her own, all by herself, with nothing but the confidence that she can see in herself just feels lonely to me. And it leaves me to wonder what happens next.

    Overall, It was an enjoyable movie. The movie looks wonderful, and the 3D really sucks you into it. I liked it. But the ending doesn't leave you with the feeling you know they're trying to give. And there's plenty of violence that might turn some people away. So, for a sequel to the books it's good, but the story could have been better. I guess there's still nothing like the original.

  13. HahliLavender

    Art - A Poem

    By HahliLavender,

    Art is the soul
    Expressed as a whole
     
    Meant to explain
    Feelings unfeigned
     
    Though only perceived
    By those who receive
     
    The art as a whole
    As expressed by the soul
  15. HahliLavender
    Wow, my first topic post here in a long time! I want to apologize for constantly dropping of the face of BZP, only to pop up again every now and then. But that's been done before, and I suppose it's just the way it's going to be.


     

    Anyway, check out my latest post, though it's nothing special. Just a wallpaper.


     



     

    Source:
    Battle With Makuta (Wallpaper)

  16. HahliLavender
    Pneumonultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis
     
    The longest word in the english language. It's a lung disease caused by breathing in particles of siliceous volcanic dust.
     
    Why do I tell you this? Because I can.
     
    ,4^
  17. HahliLavender
    Wow! I never expected BZP to get blogs! What a cool new feature! Anyway, welcome to my blog! I don't know how often I'll update it, but if I have something to blog, you'll see it here. Now I'll be able to share the little things I've done (random artwork, pixel stuff etc.) of things that don't realy need their own topic.
     
    Speaking of which, Last night I was taking screen caps of MoL, and paused at these two frames that I just had to do something with. And I made this. I don't know about you, but I think it's totaly funny! The two frames I used can be viewed here and here. It was in the Kohlii scene just after Takua did his "special move." I liked it so much, I put it in my sig. Oh yeah, and I used Photoshop to edit it.
     
    Well, that's about it for now. Tell me what you think of the banner.
     

     
     
     
     
  18. HahliLavender
    I just got the comic I ordered in the mail! It was the Mcdonalds promo comic "Callenge of the Rahi!" And I also got a bonus comic #19 that the seller never mentioned, and they're both in mint never-been-read condition! You can still buy one from here. (Free shipping!)
     

     
     
  19. HahliLavender
    Today is my sister's birthday, she's 12 now. Last night she and I browsed around Barnes & Noble while the rest of our family went to Toys R Us to do last-minute b-day shopping for her. She's a huge horse lover, and they got her a huge stuffed horse! She was so excited when she opened it.
     
    While at Barnes & Noble, I got BL3. I'm on chapter six right now. Greg did a good job on this book.
     
    Well, as much as I'd like to write a larger entry, that's all I have to say right now.
     
    ,4^
     
     
  20. HahliLavender

    Books!

    By HahliLavender,

    I just got back from the library. I got The Time Machine by H.G. Wells, Firebirds - an anthology edited by Sharyn November, Airborn by Kenneth Oppel, and a mammals encyclopedia for photo reference. I want to learn how to draw wild cats, and such.
     
    Also, I just got my first blog award! Thanks Arpy!
     
    UPDATE:
    I joust found out right now that one of the books I got at the library, Airborn, is going to be a movie! I had absolutely no idea of that when I checked out the book! What an interesting string of events!
  21. HahliLavender
    Books. A great way to melt the boredom blanket which hovers over your otherwise bright summer day.
     
    I just got back from the library. I cheched out a few calligraphy books, The Ultimate Lego Book, and Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography. My library also has this small room where they sell unused books for 25¢, and I got The Slippery Slope. It's not in the best condition, and I already had that book, but I'm like, why not? I might be able to sell it or something, though I don't think I'd get much for it, seeing it's condition...
     
    Well, I'm gonna get reading.
     
    ,4^
     
     
  22. HahliLavender
    I just added a new content block of the messages you get when the sever's busy. I'm gong to add more as I find them, but feel free to post any here that you find. (That's not already listed, of course.)
     
    ,4^
     
     
  23. HahliLavender
    Come up with a funny caption for the screenshot below.



    Leave a comment with your caption and by next Tuesday I'll add my 3 favorite captions to this post. Each winner will receive a virtual trophy!

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    Here are the winners, and thanks for your submissions!

    1st Place
    "Batman never tried supersized batgrenades again."
    - Xaeraz:Toa-demon/Dr.Zephyr

    2nd Place
    "I don't just jog every morning, I do it with an explosive to improve my time. I'm dead if I don't get it home in time!"
    - ChocolateFrogs

    3rd Place
    "Extreme Basketball"
    - Cap'n Bionicle

    And here's your virtual trophy!


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    And a small version...



    [url="http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?automodule=blog&blogid=78&showentry=26158"][img=http://www.majhost.com/gallery/Air-Master/OtherImages/virtual_trophy_sml.png][/url]

  25. HahliLavender
    I've just received in the mail today, a large catalog of info on a college my mom suggested for me. It's called Full Sail, and I've got to say, I haven't been more excited about any other college than this one. It's a school for the arts and entertainment media. My only problem is that I have an interest in almost all forms of media development, so it's hard for me to pick just one career. But if I go to any college, it might be for graphic design, seeing as that spans through most forms of media. (And I rather enjoy designing the way things look.)
     
    Now, the campus of the college looks great! The only negative thing being the fact that there aren't any dorms. So I'd have to rent an apartment, or something, because it's in Florida, and I don't currently live near Florida. Oh, and it's expensive. XD
     
    But Florida's nice; the sky there is absolutely marvelous! So wide-open... Not like the mountain-barrier skyline of where I live right now. So closed-in...
     
    Not only that, but it's close to Disney World! I've been wanting to go back there some time.
     

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