JAG18

I initially thought the raffle was for a mini/midsize spaceship I could put on my desk until I saw the word "pilot". Oh well, already participating.

It's a show you've probably already heard of/seen, but I love "The Owl House" and think it's a modern great successor to the action adventures I grew up watching like "Ben 10" and "Avatar". And it's got lots of funny moments involving an owl worm thing.

Bro's been holding out against hope that Lego would announce a continuation any day now but finally accepted this last month that they won't do it on their own.

(I think she would have appreciated anything anime 😝) Happy birthday! 🎉🎁🎂

"when death becomes her" - Kim Evans. Third place I'm posting about this tonight, but this is a surprisingly original paranormal thriller (?) about a woman wronged by her husband who puts her soul in a painting to spread her pain to whoever owns her. Several drinks are poisoned, many people die. This book should not have taken me two months to read and I might be ready to admit I ain't got the cognitive function to read anymore and should probably only read short familiar books from now on. No idea what that means.

"Mountaintop Removal" - Lissie. "My darling, my dear, I'll tell you what is right The moon on the lake and swimming by its light My darling, my dear, I'll tell you what is wrong I went to the mountain, but the mountaintop was gone."

I'll admit, I'm probably gatekeeping too hard. I'm just thinking of how many modern "Ben 10" fans haven't watched an episode in years and just watch the popular breakdowns of them. Or the trifecta of books no one has read (Blood Meridian, All Our Tomorrows, I Have No Mouth...) but have legions of fans who just watched viral videos about them. But then, I was fine with SW fans back in the 2000s who only played the games or only collected the comics but didn't watch all (or any) of the movies. Considering how Bionicle's been dormant, we can use all the fans we can get. Not to mention, at least some of the online Bionicle content is story based. If you watch/listen to a 8-12 hour video about Bionicle lore, then you probably know has much as most fans now or then. I'm not as optimistic as you, but I also hope we get at least a couple more of these minifigures (probably Kopaka or Lewa). It's just Tahu's our Pikachu, the face of the brand. When you need nostalgia, that's who you drag out. If anything, we might just get more Tahu cameos/products in the next few years.

Imagine some kid who was born after Bionicle ended (maybe even after Gen 2 ended) randomly pulling this and being like, "What's a Bionicle?" Maybe they'll go down the rabbit hole only to hit the Wall of History and instead of reading the serials or books they'll settle for watching Bionicle animations on YT and brain rot content on Tiktok. If anyone does become a hardcore fan from this, then they can join us in waiting for the next nostalgia bait designed to squeeze out more money from AFOLs which is all Lego seems to want to do with the theme (I mean, I'll probably try and get this figure, so I guess it worked on me). I know it's just business, but that doesn't mean I have to like it.

"TOMORROW" by Chxrlotte. "It's exhausting everyday, trying to hide your tears and sorrow/and it rained again today/but it might be sunny tomorrow, eh eh, tomorrow eh eh tomorrow, eh eh, tomorrow eh eh."

I don't know if everyone already saw this, but the minifigures have officially been revealed and "Bionicle Cosplayer" is one of them (available May 1).

"Dear Sara" - Lola Blanc. "Dear Sara I wish you could see you've got it all Your mascara is starting to bleed We all feel the terror when we look in the mirror"

I mean, my birthday is still on my profile now. A long time ago, I read some online privacy advice that you shouldn't have your birthday and birth year publicly available ( don't remember why though). Either way, I removed my birth year from my profile after they became available to view by non-members, but that screenshot was obviously taken before that. It's probably silly considering how much of my info is online and how little effort I've made to keep my various online profiles hard to trace, but I think the ideal of privacy still matters.

Well, moderately old. I've had some of this screenshots on my computers since 2014ish. Names and avatars of the most controversial ones have been blacked out and don't ask for the originals unless you're also offering a lot of money. Let's start with a lighter one: There was a weird feature that let people link their Twitter (at that time not known as X) to their status updates and this led to some strange updates (I have another saved that it absolutely NSFBZP). Something you had to be there for, checking BZP one last time before bed and seeing some serious drama starting or rule breaking happening, and then checking in the morning and (if you're lucky) being able to see what led to someone being banned (that's if the posts/blog entries weren't deleted overnight). But for the record, this status update wasn't deleted (probably because it's evidence for law enforcement) so I'm not re-uploading deleted content. On a happier note, I used to keep track of my posts and views but it includes other old info too. This is from August 2016 apparently. I got on the front page once! Finally, one of the few good (?) things about the updates going away is it got rid of a lot of evidence of when I was not okay. I saved the rest of what I wrote, but since no one reacted to it at the time, it's probably for the best I not share it (but seriously that was a rough time for me). Kinda wish I had saved more of old BZP but whatever, today is tomorrow's history. -JAG

"Loveless" - Lila Gold. One of my favorite songs of 2018 but I just found out today that the singer changed her name five years ago which is why I haven't heard any of her new music.

"The Poet and Her Vice (Happy Ending)" - Josie Edwards.

It's that time again (that’s the funny thing about birthdays, they’re kind of an annual thing), it's @Mushy the Mushroom birthday!!! She's the kind and thoughtful hermit, an incredibly talented artist, friend to many of us here, and brings so much light and life to our dusty little community. Everyone wish her a happy birthday! 🥳🎆🎁🎂❤️

"My Heart Wants Me Dead" - Lisa Ajax. I heard we were supposed to be listening to music from 2016 again.

"13 Reasons Why" by Jay Asher. Hoo wee mama, this is a heavy book. Don't know what it would have been like to read as an actual teen. Good, maybe a little dated, sounds like the show (that I've never seen) really dropped the ball. But first read of 2026 in the hole!

"Don't Leave Me Alone" - Chxrlotte. "Lucifier save me, all of the angels betrayed me. You said I was safe, you lied. If only I had known, don't leave me alone. In [Karzarni] the real [archfiend]'s yourself, that's what keeps you below."

Is there any particular reason it's Pink Prince Pohatu Palentine's Photoshoot and not some other Bionicle or anyone/anything else? Was he the only one on hand? Is it because his name starts with "P"?

"At Home In My Home" - Yo Gabba Gabba featuring CHVRCHES. I'm not sure which is more surprising, that this collab happened or that it's actually kinda good.

"Encouragement Pit" - Deaf Dog. "I say what I want and I'll say it again. It's the right thing done the wrong way."

I'd ask how you could have possibly found that out but I feel like I don't want to know the answer in case it'll incriminate me. Anyway, keep up the good work and if someone makes a Youtube video about all this then PUT ME IN THE VIDEO!!!

"Guilty" - Gravity Kills. The next step up from Gravity Hurts.

"Lullaby" - Chxrlotte. "Sometimes I wish I could just fold Give up and not have to grow old Sometimes the world is the darkest place (Ooh) That's when it helps to remember Stars don't see June or September None of your worries exist in space" Also fun fact, this song includes recordings from Nasa of the frequency the Earth makes.